Kim Werker
@kpwerker.bsky.social
Publisher & CEO, Nine Ten Publications. Views here my own. Editor, writer, weaver, knitter, crocheter. I make a decent babka. Formerly #mightyugly
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You know what? Meet your heroes.
January 6, 2026 at 7:57 PM
You know what? Meet your heroes.
"It’s not just yaoi smut we’re exporting: it’s the joy of a better future."
First of 2026 from me in @xtramagazine.com
On the breakout success of Heated Rivalry, the legacy of Schitt's Creek, and why Canada is so good at making queer TV about fundamentally good people ✨🇨🇦🏒
xtramagazine.com/culture/tv-f...
On the breakout success of Heated Rivalry, the legacy of Schitt's Creek, and why Canada is so good at making queer TV about fundamentally good people ✨🇨🇦🏒
xtramagazine.com/culture/tv-f...
What ‘Heated Rivalry’ and ‘Schitt’s Creek’ say about the Canada we want to be | Xtra Magazine
There are surprising commonalities between "Heated Rivalry" and "Schitt's Creek," two of Canada’s most successful TV exports
xtramagazine.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:07 PM
"It’s not just yaoi smut we’re exporting: it’s the joy of a better future."
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First of 2026 from me in @xtramagazine.com
On the breakout success of Heated Rivalry, the legacy of Schitt's Creek, and why Canada is so good at making queer TV about fundamentally good people ✨🇨🇦🏒
xtramagazine.com/culture/tv-f...
On the breakout success of Heated Rivalry, the legacy of Schitt's Creek, and why Canada is so good at making queer TV about fundamentally good people ✨🇨🇦🏒
xtramagazine.com/culture/tv-f...
What ‘Heated Rivalry’ and ‘Schitt’s Creek’ say about the Canada we want to be | Xtra Magazine
There are surprising commonalities between "Heated Rivalry" and "Schitt's Creek," two of Canada’s most successful TV exports
xtramagazine.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:38 PM
First of 2026 from me in @xtramagazine.com
On the breakout success of Heated Rivalry, the legacy of Schitt's Creek, and why Canada is so good at making queer TV about fundamentally good people ✨🇨🇦🏒
xtramagazine.com/culture/tv-f...
On the breakout success of Heated Rivalry, the legacy of Schitt's Creek, and why Canada is so good at making queer TV about fundamentally good people ✨🇨🇦🏒
xtramagazine.com/culture/tv-f...
Can't say I was thrilled to learn about the Shopify-products-showing-up-on-Amazon situation first thing this new year. It's not happening to Canadian shops yet I don't think but I will certainly have to sort out how to turn it off when it does, and that will take me away from making books OH MY GOD.
January 5, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Can't say I was thrilled to learn about the Shopify-products-showing-up-on-Amazon situation first thing this new year. It's not happening to Canadian shops yet I don't think but I will certainly have to sort out how to turn it off when it does, and that will take me away from making books OH MY GOD.
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I've been vocal in saying groups like the ADL are much too quick to label all anti-Zionism as necessarily antisemitism, and I will continue to say so. But if you want to see why many Jews instinctively feel like criticisms of Zionism are antisemitism, look at this. www.i24news.tv/en/news/inte...
'Zionist attack:' Venezuela’s acting gov't blames Israel for Maduro seizure - i24NEWS
Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez asserted that the US operation that led to the arrest of President Nicolás Maduro "seems Zionist"
www.i24news.tv
January 5, 2026 at 12:42 PM
I've been vocal in saying groups like the ADL are much too quick to label all anti-Zionism as necessarily antisemitism, and I will continue to say so. But if you want to see why many Jews instinctively feel like criticisms of Zionism are antisemitism, look at this. www.i24news.tv/en/news/inte...
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My friends in Austria sent this and I can't stop watching...wait for the end. 🤗💜
January 3, 2026 at 11:38 AM
My friends in Austria sent this and I can't stop watching...wait for the end. 🤗💜
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I don't sell a lot of books but I've sold more of these than all the others *put together* (and now I'm out again)
December 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I don't sell a lot of books but I've sold more of these than all the others *put together* (and now I'm out again)
No exaggeration, I banged the table and silent screamed when I saw this.
2025 was the pits in many ways, but not all ways. Our pals at @microcosm.bsky.social have been a source of joy, support and deep nerdy conversations, and partnering with them to make our books available worldwide has been the absolute best. From their newsletter today 👇 (@kateatherley.bsky.social!!)
December 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
No exaggeration, I banged the table and silent screamed when I saw this.
I am howling. In that way of my people who laugh when nothing else could do. Look, antisemitism in Canada is as real as it is anywhere else. That this commentary was even deemed worthy of publishing, though, is absolutely wild. Tulsa. OMG
Somehow I am skeptical that this plan is going to work: nationalpost.com/opinion/new-...
New program urges Canadian Jews worried by rising hate to relocate to Oklahoma
As more Canadian Jews consider fleeing the country due to rising antisemitism, a U.S. non-profit is urging them to make an exodus to Tulsa.
nationalpost.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I am howling. In that way of my people who laugh when nothing else could do. Look, antisemitism in Canada is as real as it is anywhere else. That this commentary was even deemed worthy of publishing, though, is absolutely wild. Tulsa. OMG
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Somehow I am skeptical that this plan is going to work: nationalpost.com/opinion/new-...
New program urges Canadian Jews worried by rising hate to relocate to Oklahoma
As more Canadian Jews consider fleeing the country due to rising antisemitism, a U.S. non-profit is urging them to make an exodus to Tulsa.
nationalpost.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Somehow I am skeptical that this plan is going to work: nationalpost.com/opinion/new-...
The spring was truly wild. I wrote all about it 👇
2025 Recap Part III: Q2 Is Wild
Tariffs, shipping disruption, and a bestseller
dispatches-from-nine-ten-pub.ghost.io
December 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The spring was truly wild. I wrote all about it 👇
When your bff is like, "Please give me your full publishing nerd rundown of Heated Rivalry for my keen sister," and you crack your knuckles and are like, "Welcome and join me in praying it's not some poor intern who Absolutely Knew whose head will roll over this."
December 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
When your bff is like, "Please give me your full publishing nerd rundown of Heated Rivalry for my keen sister," and you crack your knuckles and are like, "Welcome and join me in praying it's not some poor intern who Absolutely Knew whose head will roll over this."
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One of the fun parts of teaching about Jews and Jewish identity at this moment in history is that sometimes students want you to weigh in on the question of whether Anne Frank had white privilege.
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ALT: a picture of an alien with the words " it 's a trap " on the bottom
media.tenor.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
One of the fun parts of teaching about Jews and Jewish identity at this moment in history is that sometimes students want you to weigh in on the question of whether Anne Frank had white privilege.
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News was slow to reach me of the death of Barbara G. Walker, pillar of the world of knitting as author of the "Treasury of Knitting Patterns" series, "Knitting from the Top," et al (still in print thanks to Schoolhouse Press ), and originator of slip-slip-knit.
I mentioned her..
I mentioned her..
December 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
News was slow to reach me of the death of Barbara G. Walker, pillar of the world of knitting as author of the "Treasury of Knitting Patterns" series, "Knitting from the Top," et al (still in print thanks to Schoolhouse Press ), and originator of slip-slip-knit.
I mentioned her..
I mentioned her..
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hey Vancouver, Park Theatre is re-opening!!
They're doing a soft-launch event showing a handful of classics for $10/ticket. Worth checking out if u dont have any plans in the next few days, want to support the reopening of a historic theatre, and see some good moveys! www.theparktheatre.ca
They're doing a soft-launch event showing a handful of classics for $10/ticket. Worth checking out if u dont have any plans in the next few days, want to support the reopening of a historic theatre, and see some good moveys! www.theparktheatre.ca
December 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
hey Vancouver, Park Theatre is re-opening!!
They're doing a soft-launch event showing a handful of classics for $10/ticket. Worth checking out if u dont have any plans in the next few days, want to support the reopening of a historic theatre, and see some good moveys! www.theparktheatre.ca
They're doing a soft-launch event showing a handful of classics for $10/ticket. Worth checking out if u dont have any plans in the next few days, want to support the reopening of a historic theatre, and see some good moveys! www.theparktheatre.ca
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One of the Heated Rivalry guys was in Prince George recently (one of my co-workers saw him at Costco) and apparently he did this for a friend's store
December 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
One of the Heated Rivalry guys was in Prince George recently (one of my co-workers saw him at Costco) and apparently he did this for a friend's store
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This is so true they should hand it out at citizenship ceremonies! 😂
The only true way is the Canadian way
(As much as I wish it was a joke, it is in fact not one and this is exactly how it works here)
(As much as I wish it was a joke, it is in fact not one and this is exactly how it works here)
December 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is so true they should hand it out at citizenship ceremonies! 😂
Today I will drive an automatic car in the snow for the first time in 25 years. (I never broke the habit of pumping the breaks even while driving a stick shift with antilock breaks in the snow.) But I am from snow country. I will NOT be a Vancouver driver today. I. will. not.
December 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Today I will drive an automatic car in the snow for the first time in 25 years. (I never broke the habit of pumping the breaks even while driving a stick shift with antilock breaks in the snow.) But I am from snow country. I will NOT be a Vancouver driver today. I. will. not.
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😂😂😂
Love interest will not let his alpacas’ wool be blended. HOPE YOU LIKE STRUCTURALLY UNSOUND GARMENTS, TERRIBLE PROTAGONIST
December 22, 2025 at 11:40 PM
😂😂😂
Ok, so it's interesting to learn they kept pushing up release of Heated Rivalry. Maybe Harlequin did plan for a reprint timed for later release of the show. But you know who can rush just like the show rushed? A publisher, who still had weeks' notice.
How ‘Heated Rivalry’ Became the Year’s Biggest TV Surprise: ‘We’re Now Premium Smut on HBO!’
HBO's Casey Bloys, Bell's Justin Stockman and exec producers Jacob Tierney and Brendan Brady on how "Heated Rivalry" became TV's biggest surprise hit.
variety.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Ok, so it's interesting to learn they kept pushing up release of Heated Rivalry. Maybe Harlequin did plan for a reprint timed for later release of the show. But you know who can rush just like the show rushed? A publisher, who still had weeks' notice.
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Learning that Zohran Mamdani celebrated Hanukkah with Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody means there is still some joy in the world.
It was such a joy to celebrate Hanukkah with Mandy, Kathryn and their son, Gideon. As Jewish New Yorkers across our city prepare to light candles and mark the seventh night today, I wish you and your families a Hanukkah full of light and love.
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youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
Happy Hanukkah
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
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December 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Learning that Zohran Mamdani celebrated Hanukkah with Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody means there is still some joy in the world.
My kid has played competitive baseball for long enough that I, like, know a lot of sports parents. His roster for next season was just posted and I'm hearing from so many friends I've made in the bleachers over the years. For this very not-sporty book nerd, it's just wild.
December 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
My kid has played competitive baseball for long enough that I, like, know a lot of sports parents. His roster for next season was just posted and I'm hearing from so many friends I've made in the bleachers over the years. For this very not-sporty book nerd, it's just wild.
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It seems almost impossible, but the holidays are finally upon us. Nine Ten operations will be slowing down considerably.
📣 Orders placed in our online shop may or may not ship until full operations resume on January 5, 2026. Our books are available wherever books are sold, including craft shops.
📣 Orders placed in our online shop may or may not ship until full operations resume on January 5, 2026. Our books are available wherever books are sold, including craft shops.
December 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
It seems almost impossible, but the holidays are finally upon us. Nine Ten operations will be slowing down considerably.
📣 Orders placed in our online shop may or may not ship until full operations resume on January 5, 2026. Our books are available wherever books are sold, including craft shops.
📣 Orders placed in our online shop may or may not ship until full operations resume on January 5, 2026. Our books are available wherever books are sold, including craft shops.
