Hollay Ghadery
@hollay.bsky.social
Writes. Mothers. Neurodiverges.
Poet Laureate of Scugog Township.
📚: Fuse (CNF), Rebellion Box (poems), Widow Fantasies (stories).
Co-host of HOWL on CIUT 89.5 FM & host at The New Books Network.
www.hollayghadery.com
Poet Laureate of Scugog Township.
📚: Fuse (CNF), Rebellion Box (poems), Widow Fantasies (stories).
Co-host of HOWL on CIUT 89.5 FM & host at The New Books Network.
www.hollayghadery.com
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@hollay.bsky.social
· Jan 3
My novel, The Unravelling of Ou, is featured in the Foreword Reviews Writers of Color column and I’m delighted. Not just because it’s marvellous review, but because as an “ethnically ambiguous” mixed race individual, it’s wonderful to be seen.
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“One of the novel’s most powerful aspects is that it rejects the idea that survival must end in triumph, suggesting instead that it’s about identity shaped by life’s struggles.”
—Olivia Zimberoff, The Independent Book Review
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—Olivia Zimberoff, The Independent Book Review
independentbookreview.com/2026/02/10/t...
#bookreview
February 13, 2026 at 3:17 PM
“One of the novel’s most powerful aspects is that it rejects the idea that survival must end in triumph, suggesting instead that it’s about identity shaped by life’s struggles.”
—Olivia Zimberoff, The Independent Book Review
independentbookreview.com/2026/02/10/t...
#bookreview
—Olivia Zimberoff, The Independent Book Review
independentbookreview.com/2026/02/10/t...
#bookreview
In this NBN episode, I speak with poet Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi about their new poetry collection, The Book of Interruptions. I also babble on about Kess being the Doctor Strange of poetry. And I mean that in the best possible way.
Listen to the conversation:
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Listen to the conversation:
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February 12, 2026 at 4:55 PM
In this NBN episode, I speak with poet Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi about their new poetry collection, The Book of Interruptions. I also babble on about Kess being the Doctor Strange of poetry. And I mean that in the best possible way.
Listen to the conversation:
newbooksnetwork.com/the-book-of-...
Listen to the conversation:
newbooksnetwork.com/the-book-of-...
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If I could see Cora now
I’d see the winding sky has shrunk her,
but we would watch the damp
vectors of mountains.
—from “Sun Gone” by Mallory Tater
Read the full excerpt on our blog at www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2025/12....
#poetry
@palimpsestpress.bsky.social
I’d see the winding sky has shrunk her,
but we would watch the damp
vectors of mountains.
—from “Sun Gone” by Mallory Tater
Read the full excerpt on our blog at www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2025/12....
#poetry
@palimpsestpress.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 4:20 PM
If I could see Cora now
I’d see the winding sky has shrunk her,
but we would watch the damp
vectors of mountains.
—from “Sun Gone” by Mallory Tater
Read the full excerpt on our blog at www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2025/12....
#poetry
@palimpsestpress.bsky.social
I’d see the winding sky has shrunk her,
but we would watch the damp
vectors of mountains.
—from “Sun Gone” by Mallory Tater
Read the full excerpt on our blog at www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2025/12....
#poetry
@palimpsestpress.bsky.social
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One of the underrated pleasures of being a writer is when writers you admire casually name drop you and your novel in their interviews. 😍 See, for instance, @hollay.bsky.social in an interview with @alllitupcanada.bsky.social, talking about her debut novel: alllitup.ca/i-became-enc...
“I became enchanted with the puppet’s voice”: An Interview with Hollay Ghadery – Alllitup.ca
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February 12, 2026 at 1:55 PM
One of the underrated pleasures of being a writer is when writers you admire casually name drop you and your novel in their interviews. 😍 See, for instance, @hollay.bsky.social in an interview with @alllitupcanada.bsky.social, talking about her debut novel: alllitup.ca/i-became-enc...
I was on CBC Ontario Morning this AM talking about The Unravelling of Ou! Many thanks to Ramraajh Sharvendiran for the conversation. 🫶🏼
Tune in:
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#litfic
Tune in:
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#litfic
February 12, 2026 at 12:36 AM
I was on CBC Ontario Morning this AM talking about The Unravelling of Ou! Many thanks to Ramraajh Sharvendiran for the conversation. 🫶🏼
Tune in:
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#litfic
Tune in:
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#litfic
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TONIGHT! CIUT 89.5FM 10pm - 11pm Alison Gadsby talks to Dennis Bock about “Strangers At The Red Door” (Harper Collins) & @hollay.bsky.social talks to Banoo Zan & Cy Strom about “Woman Life Freedom” (Guernica Editions) TUNE IN TONIGHT!
February 10, 2026 at 4:18 PM
TONIGHT! CIUT 89.5FM 10pm - 11pm Alison Gadsby talks to Dennis Bock about “Strangers At The Red Door” (Harper Collins) & @hollay.bsky.social talks to Banoo Zan & Cy Strom about “Woman Life Freedom” (Guernica Editions) TUNE IN TONIGHT!
In this @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode, I speak with @thesunnydhillon.com about his powerful collection of epistolary essays, Hide & Sikh: Letters from a Life in Brown Skin ( @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social 2025).
Listen to the conversation:
newbooksnetwork.com/hide-and-sikh
#nonfiction
Listen to the conversation:
newbooksnetwork.com/hide-and-sikh
#nonfiction
February 9, 2026 at 12:08 AM
In this @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode, I speak with @thesunnydhillon.com about his powerful collection of epistolary essays, Hide & Sikh: Letters from a Life in Brown Skin ( @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social 2025).
Listen to the conversation:
newbooksnetwork.com/hide-and-sikh
#nonfiction
Listen to the conversation:
newbooksnetwork.com/hide-and-sikh
#nonfiction
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ICYMI: author and former Globe & Mail journalist Sunny Dhillon was on CTV Ottawa recently to talk about his new book, Hide & Sikh: Letters from a Life in Brown Skin (Wolsak & Wynn).
Watch the interview:
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Watch the interview:
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February 8, 2026 at 4:07 PM
ICYMI: author and former Globe & Mail journalist Sunny Dhillon was on CTV Ottawa recently to talk about his new book, Hide & Sikh: Letters from a Life in Brown Skin (Wolsak & Wynn).
Watch the interview:
youtu.be/uiZObdP959k?...
Watch the interview:
youtu.be/uiZObdP959k?...
In this NBN episode, I speak with the LEGEND, poet Margo LaPierre, about her poetry collection, Ajar (Guernica Editions, 2025). Margo is one of my favourite writers on the planet, and I’m stoked to share this interview with you all.
Listen in:
newbooksnetwork.com/ajar
#poetry
Listen in:
newbooksnetwork.com/ajar
#poetry
February 4, 2026 at 5:10 PM
In this NBN episode, I speak with the LEGEND, poet Margo LaPierre, about her poetry collection, Ajar (Guernica Editions, 2025). Margo is one of my favourite writers on the planet, and I’m stoked to share this interview with you all.
Listen in:
newbooksnetwork.com/ajar
#poetry
Listen in:
newbooksnetwork.com/ajar
#poetry
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I spoke about my new book “Hide and Sikh: Letters from a Life in Brown Skin” with @hollay.bsky.social for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast
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#canlit #booksky @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
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#canlit #booksky @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
Sunny Dhillon,
Podcast Episode · New Books Network · 2026-02-03 · 32m
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February 4, 2026 at 1:20 PM
I spoke about my new book “Hide and Sikh: Letters from a Life in Brown Skin” with @hollay.bsky.social for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast
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TONIGHT! CIUT 89.5FM 10pm - 11pm host @valentinoaaaa.bsky.social talks to Lindsay Wong “Villain Hitting For Vicious Little Nobodies” (Penguin Random House) & @hollay.bsky.social talks to @margolapierre.bsky.social for her book “Ajar” @guernicaeditions.bsky.social TUNE IN TOMORROW NIGHT!
February 3, 2026 at 6:28 PM
TONIGHT! CIUT 89.5FM 10pm - 11pm host @valentinoaaaa.bsky.social talks to Lindsay Wong “Villain Hitting For Vicious Little Nobodies” (Penguin Random House) & @hollay.bsky.social talks to @margolapierre.bsky.social for her book “Ajar” @guernicaeditions.bsky.social TUNE IN TOMORROW NIGHT!
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TOMORROW NIGHT! @CIUT895FM 10pm - 11pm host @valentinoaaaa.bsky.social talks to Lindsay Wong “Villain Hitting For Vicious Little Nobodies” (Penguin Random House) & @hollay.bsky.social talks to @margolapierre.bsky.social for her book “Ajar” @guernicaeditions.bsky.social TUNE IN TOMORROW NIGHT!
February 2, 2026 at 10:25 PM
TOMORROW NIGHT! @CIUT895FM 10pm - 11pm host @valentinoaaaa.bsky.social talks to Lindsay Wong “Villain Hitting For Vicious Little Nobodies” (Penguin Random House) & @hollay.bsky.social talks to @margolapierre.bsky.social for her book “Ajar” @guernicaeditions.bsky.social TUNE IN TOMORROW NIGHT!
Oodles of gratitude to Chris Reed and The Seaboard Review of Books for this lovely review of my novel, The Unravelling of Ou (Palimpsest Press, February 15, 2026).
Read the full review: ♥️
open.substack.com/pub/theseabo...
@palimpsestpress.bsky.social @theseaboardreview.ca
Read the full review: ♥️
open.substack.com/pub/theseabo...
@palimpsestpress.bsky.social @theseaboardreview.ca
February 2, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Oodles of gratitude to Chris Reed and The Seaboard Review of Books for this lovely review of my novel, The Unravelling of Ou (Palimpsest Press, February 15, 2026).
Read the full review: ♥️
open.substack.com/pub/theseabo...
@palimpsestpress.bsky.social @theseaboardreview.ca
Read the full review: ♥️
open.substack.com/pub/theseabo...
@palimpsestpress.bsky.social @theseaboardreview.ca
In this NBN episode, I speak with beloved Kamloops, BC author Katie Welch about her extraordinary novel, Ladder to Heaven (Wolsak & Wynn, 2025).
Listen in:
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@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
#canlit
Listen in:
newbooksnetwork.com/ladder-to-he...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
#canlit
January 31, 2026 at 12:32 PM
In this NBN episode, I speak with beloved Kamloops, BC author Katie Welch about her extraordinary novel, Ladder to Heaven (Wolsak & Wynn, 2025).
Listen in:
newbooksnetwork.com/ladder-to-he...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
#canlit
Listen in:
newbooksnetwork.com/ladder-to-he...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
#canlit
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Looking forward to being on this SharpWords book publicity panel with the awesome @hollay.bsky.social this coming Saturday morning (Jan 31) in #HamOnt. ❤️📚
📣Hamilton ON! The awesome @hollay.bsky.social and I will be giving a session on the subtle (and not so subtle) art of book publicity at the Hamilton Sharpwords Super Crawl, Saturday, January 31, 11:00am, Bridgeworks, 200 Caroline St. N #HamOnt
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Sharpwords.ca
January 29, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Looking forward to being on this SharpWords book publicity panel with the awesome @hollay.bsky.social this coming Saturday morning (Jan 31) in #HamOnt. ❤️📚
Did I dedicate my novel to a sock puppet?
Yep.
The Unravelling of Ou will be released by Palimpsest Press in a little over two weeks. If you read the novel—and I hope you do—I think you’ll understand why. ♥️
palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un...
#love
Yep.
The Unravelling of Ou will be released by Palimpsest Press in a little over two weeks. If you read the novel—and I hope you do—I think you’ll understand why. ♥️
palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un...
#love
January 29, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Did I dedicate my novel to a sock puppet?
Yep.
The Unravelling of Ou will be released by Palimpsest Press in a little over two weeks. If you read the novel—and I hope you do—I think you’ll understand why. ♥️
palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un...
#love
Yep.
The Unravelling of Ou will be released by Palimpsest Press in a little over two weeks. If you read the novel—and I hope you do—I think you’ll understand why. ♥️
palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un...
#love
The Haunting of Modesto O’Brien by Brit Griffin, published by Latitude 46 Publishing, 2025.
Add The Haunting of Modesto O’Brien to my list of most beloved gothic novels. It’s earned its place.
@latitude46pub.bsky.social
#gothicliterature
Add The Haunting of Modesto O’Brien to my list of most beloved gothic novels. It’s earned its place.
@latitude46pub.bsky.social
#gothicliterature
January 27, 2026 at 3:21 PM
The Haunting of Modesto O’Brien by Brit Griffin, published by Latitude 46 Publishing, 2025.
Add The Haunting of Modesto O’Brien to my list of most beloved gothic novels. It’s earned its place.
@latitude46pub.bsky.social
#gothicliterature
Add The Haunting of Modesto O’Brien to my list of most beloved gothic novels. It’s earned its place.
@latitude46pub.bsky.social
#gothicliterature
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Hamilton ON! I'm on the publicity panel with @hollay.bsky.social before this one but I'm super looking forward to this discussion about this rise of romance books.
January 26, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Hamilton ON! I'm on the publicity panel with @hollay.bsky.social before this one but I'm super looking forward to this discussion about this rise of romance books.
In this NBN episode, I’m honoured to speak with Bänoo Zan and Cy Strom about their powerful anthology, Woman Life Freedom: Poems for the Iranian Revolution (Guernica Editions, 2025).
Listen in:
newbooksnetwork.com/women-life-f...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
#iran #poetry
Listen in:
newbooksnetwork.com/women-life-f...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
#iran #poetry
January 24, 2026 at 1:25 AM
In this NBN episode, I’m honoured to speak with Bänoo Zan and Cy Strom about their powerful anthology, Woman Life Freedom: Poems for the Iranian Revolution (Guernica Editions, 2025).
Listen in:
newbooksnetwork.com/women-life-f...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
#iran #poetry
Listen in:
newbooksnetwork.com/women-life-f...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
#iran #poetry
In this NBN episode, I speak with Sean Minogue about his excellent play, Prodigals (Latitude 46 Publishing, 2025). In case you’ve never heard me go full fangirl about how much I love reading plays, I think you’ll pick up a smidge of that vibe if you listen in.
newbooksnetwork.com/prodigals
newbooksnetwork.com/prodigals
January 23, 2026 at 10:12 PM
In this NBN episode, I speak with Sean Minogue about his excellent play, Prodigals (Latitude 46 Publishing, 2025). In case you’ve never heard me go full fangirl about how much I love reading plays, I think you’ll pick up a smidge of that vibe if you listen in.
newbooksnetwork.com/prodigals
newbooksnetwork.com/prodigals
✨The Subtle Art of Book Publicity✨
Join me (River Street’s Senior Publicist & independent publicist Heather Wood on Saturday, January 31, 2026 at Sharp Words in Hamilton, Ontario to learn about how book publicity really works.
Visit SharpWords.ca for more details.
#bookpublicity
Join me (River Street’s Senior Publicist & independent publicist Heather Wood on Saturday, January 31, 2026 at Sharp Words in Hamilton, Ontario to learn about how book publicity really works.
Visit SharpWords.ca for more details.
#bookpublicity
January 23, 2026 at 2:50 PM
✨The Subtle Art of Book Publicity✨
Join me (River Street’s Senior Publicist & independent publicist Heather Wood on Saturday, January 31, 2026 at Sharp Words in Hamilton, Ontario to learn about how book publicity really works.
Visit SharpWords.ca for more details.
#bookpublicity
Join me (River Street’s Senior Publicist & independent publicist Heather Wood on Saturday, January 31, 2026 at Sharp Words in Hamilton, Ontario to learn about how book publicity really works.
Visit SharpWords.ca for more details.
#bookpublicity
“I can’t remember exactly when or how, but one day a sweet and slightly squeaky-voiced sock puppet meandered into my head and didn’t leave. And didn’t shut up.”
Thank you to Open Book for this interview with me about my novel, The Unravelling of Ou (Palimpsest Press).
open-book.ca/News/Hollary...
Thank you to Open Book for this interview with me about my novel, The Unravelling of Ou (Palimpsest Press).
open-book.ca/News/Hollary...
January 21, 2026 at 8:34 PM
“I can’t remember exactly when or how, but one day a sweet and slightly squeaky-voiced sock puppet meandered into my head and didn’t leave. And didn’t shut up.”
Thank you to Open Book for this interview with me about my novel, The Unravelling of Ou (Palimpsest Press).
open-book.ca/News/Hollary...
Thank you to Open Book for this interview with me about my novel, The Unravelling of Ou (Palimpsest Press).
open-book.ca/News/Hollary...
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TONIGHT! CIUT 89.5 FM 10pm - 11pm host @valentinoassenza.bsky.social talks to poet Anna Yin about her poetry book “Breaking Into Blossom” (Frontenac House) & @hollay.bsky.social talks to Caitlin Galway about her book of short stories “A Song For Wildcats” @dundurnpress.bsky.social TUNE IN TONIGHT!
January 20, 2026 at 7:44 PM
TONIGHT! CIUT 89.5 FM 10pm - 11pm host @valentinoassenza.bsky.social talks to poet Anna Yin about her poetry book “Breaking Into Blossom” (Frontenac House) & @hollay.bsky.social talks to Caitlin Galway about her book of short stories “A Song For Wildcats” @dundurnpress.bsky.social TUNE IN TONIGHT!
Reposted by Hollay Ghadery
📣Hamilton ON! The awesome @hollay.bsky.social and I will be giving a session on the subtle (and not so subtle) art of book publicity at the Hamilton Sharpwords Super Crawl, Saturday, January 31, 11:00am, Bridgeworks, 200 Caroline St. N #HamOnt
Sharpwords.ca
Sharpwords.ca
January 21, 2026 at 6:45 PM
📣Hamilton ON! The awesome @hollay.bsky.social and I will be giving a session on the subtle (and not so subtle) art of book publicity at the Hamilton Sharpwords Super Crawl, Saturday, January 31, 11:00am, Bridgeworks, 200 Caroline St. N #HamOnt
Sharpwords.ca
Sharpwords.ca
Reposted by Hollay Ghadery
Some of the awesome books on The 49th Shelf’s Spring Fiction Preview! 📚
You can request review copies of all of them through us.
www.riverstreetwriting.com/join-river-s...
Not shown here (cover reveal pending!) but still on the list is David Ly’s Not All Dragons!
#litfic #books
You can request review copies of all of them through us.
www.riverstreetwriting.com/join-river-s...
Not shown here (cover reveal pending!) but still on the list is David Ly’s Not All Dragons!
#litfic #books
January 20, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Some of the awesome books on The 49th Shelf’s Spring Fiction Preview! 📚
You can request review copies of all of them through us.
www.riverstreetwriting.com/join-river-s...
Not shown here (cover reveal pending!) but still on the list is David Ly’s Not All Dragons!
#litfic #books
You can request review copies of all of them through us.
www.riverstreetwriting.com/join-river-s...
Not shown here (cover reveal pending!) but still on the list is David Ly’s Not All Dragons!
#litfic #books