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On Creative Writing podcast interviews with writers about all things creative writing. From Sheelagh Caygill 🇨🇦 in Amiskwaciwâskahikan-Edmonton. OnCreativeWriting.com and https://ko-fi.com/oncreativewriting
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Creative writing contest. The Writer's Spark Coaching Competition. A writer will win writing coaching, Brain.fm free for a year, editing, an On Creative Writing interview.
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Our poetry contest is accepting original poems in the English language by poets living anywhere in the world. Thanks to sponsors @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social and @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social and judges @kimmannix.bsky.social and Rob Winger. Full details:
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Novelist Catherine Walker on how hope, history, and feminism are the main forces shaping her writing. What shapes your writing?
https://www.oncreativewriting.com/post/catherine-walker-on-feminism-history-and-hope-shape-writing
https://www.oncreativewriting.com/post/catherine-walker-on-feminism-history-and-hope-shape-writing
November 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Novelist Catherine Walker on how hope, history, and feminism are the main forces shaping her writing. What shapes your writing?
https://www.oncreativewriting.com/post/catherine-walker-on-feminism-history-and-hope-shape-writing
https://www.oncreativewriting.com/post/catherine-walker-on-feminism-history-and-hope-shape-writing
Kim Fahner's new poetry collection The Pollination Field is getting strong reviews, and we have one hard copy for someone to WIN! Details here:
https://www.oncreativewriting.com/win-copy-of-kim-fahner-the-pollianation-field-poetry
https://www.oncreativewriting.com/win-copy-of-kim-fahner-the-pollianation-field-poetry
November 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Kim Fahner's new poetry collection The Pollination Field is getting strong reviews, and we have one hard copy for someone to WIN! Details here:
https://www.oncreativewriting.com/win-copy-of-kim-fahner-the-pollianation-field-poetry
https://www.oncreativewriting.com/win-copy-of-kim-fahner-the-pollianation-field-poetry
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hey! im launching my new poetry book, the book of sentences, this saturday 5pm at plan 99/the manx pub w zane koss! you should come! / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social ;
here's a wee piece i wrote on the new collection:
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here's a wee piece i wrote on the new collection:
robmclennan.substack.com/p/the-book-o...
the book of sentences
, notes on my new poetry title, available from University of Calgary Press,
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October 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
hey! im launching my new poetry book, the book of sentences, this saturday 5pm at plan 99/the manx pub w zane koss! you should come! / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social ;
here's a wee piece i wrote on the new collection:
robmclennan.substack.com/p/the-book-o...
here's a wee piece i wrote on the new collection:
robmclennan.substack.com/p/the-book-o...
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Manahil Bandukwala, Heliotropia / @manahil.bsky.social @arcpoetry.bsky.social ;
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Manahil Bandukwala, Heliotropia
My review of Ottawa poet Manahil Bandukwala's Heliotropia (Kingston ON: Brick Books, 2025) [ which won the 2025 Archibald Lampman Award, by...
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October 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Manahil Bandukwala, Heliotropia / @manahil.bsky.social @arcpoetry.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/10/mana...
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/10/mana...
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Kim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social : UNMET, by stephanie roberts / @biblioasis.bsky.social ;
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Kim Fahner : UNMET, by stephanie roberts
UNMET , stephanie roberts Biblioasis, 2025 UNMET , the second collection of poetry by stephanie roberts, asks readers to conside...
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November 2, 2025 at 12:29 PM
newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Kim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social : UNMET, by stephanie roberts / @biblioasis.bsky.social ;
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/11/kim-...
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/11/kim-...
Why reframing the story of your life plays such an important role in well-being.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/myelin-matters/202511/the-science-of-expectation-how-we-shape-our-world
https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/myelin-matters/202511/the-science-of-expectation-how-we-shape-our-world
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Why reframing the story of your life plays such an important role in well-being.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/myelin-matters/202511/the-science-of-expectation-how-we-shape-our-world
https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/myelin-matters/202511/the-science-of-expectation-how-we-shape-our-world
Finished a podcast interview with poet and novelist Kim Fahner earlier. A pleasure to speak with an impressive poet and author of The Pollination Field! Kim's Q&A interview:
https://www.oncreativewriting.com/post/author-kim-fahner-how-grief-gives-her-deep-understanding-of-her-characters-feelings
https://www.oncreativewriting.com/post/author-kim-fahner-how-grief-gives-her-deep-understanding-of-her-characters-feelings
November 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Finished a podcast interview with poet and novelist Kim Fahner earlier. A pleasure to speak with an impressive poet and author of The Pollination Field! Kim's Q&A interview:
https://www.oncreativewriting.com/post/author-kim-fahner-how-grief-gives-her-deep-understanding-of-her-characters-feelings
https://www.oncreativewriting.com/post/author-kim-fahner-how-grief-gives-her-deep-understanding-of-her-characters-feelings
Did you enjoy Marco Melfi's recent interview with poet Chris Hutchinson? Read more from Chris in this Writers Reveal interview:
https://www.oncreativewriting.com/post/writing-tips-plus-advice-from-creative-writing-teacher-chris-hutchinson
https://www.oncreativewriting.com/post/writing-tips-plus-advice-from-creative-writing-teacher-chris-hutchinson
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Did you enjoy Marco Melfi's recent interview with poet Chris Hutchinson? Read more from Chris in this Writers Reveal interview:
https://www.oncreativewriting.com/post/writing-tips-plus-advice-from-creative-writing-teacher-chris-hutchinson
https://www.oncreativewriting.com/post/writing-tips-plus-advice-from-creative-writing-teacher-chris-hutchinson
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TONIGHT! CIUT 89.5 FM 10pm - 11pm Host @hollay.bsky.social welcomes poet Zachari Green talking about his book “Green” @radiantpress.bsky.social - Also on the show @sadiqademeijer.bsky.social on her book of essays “In The Field” @palimpsestpress.bsky.social TUNE IN TONIGHT!
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
TONIGHT! CIUT 89.5 FM 10pm - 11pm Host @hollay.bsky.social welcomes poet Zachari Green talking about his book “Green” @radiantpress.bsky.social - Also on the show @sadiqademeijer.bsky.social on her book of essays “In The Field” @palimpsestpress.bsky.social TUNE IN TONIGHT!
Not sure we need a govt study to confirm immersing oneself in art is healthy, but Katy Hessel's new book How to Live an Artful Life does sound interesting:
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Can art enhance your life? Here’s what I learned from Ali Smith, Tracey Emin, Claudia Winkleman and more
In our always online, AI-imperilled lives, simply looking at a painting can improve wellbeing and offer creative guidance. For my new book, artists and writers shared their advice on how to live life ...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Not sure we need a govt study to confirm immersing oneself in art is healthy, but Katy Hessel's new book How to Live an Artful Life does sound interesting:
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Extended metaphors linking stunning images so that in less than 20,000 words let you intimately know a character. Verse breaks boundaries and asks readers. Novels in verse:
https://lithub.com/the-invitation-of-brevity-ten-novels-in-verse-that-will-hook-you/
https://lithub.com/the-invitation-of-brevity-ten-novels-in-verse-that-will-hook-you/
November 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Extended metaphors linking stunning images so that in less than 20,000 words let you intimately know a character. Verse breaks boundaries and asks readers. Novels in verse:
https://lithub.com/the-invitation-of-brevity-ten-novels-in-verse-that-will-hook-you/
https://lithub.com/the-invitation-of-brevity-ten-novels-in-verse-that-will-hook-you/
It's less than a week to Kim Mannix's lauch of her new poetry collection, Confirm Humanity, set for Nov. 16, Audreys Books, 2 p.m. In the meantime, read A Day in the Life of Kim, and some of it is by her younget daughter, Fiona!
https://calgaryguardian.com/calgary-artist-kim-mannix/
https://calgaryguardian.com/calgary-artist-kim-mannix/
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It's less than a week to Kim Mannix's lauch of her new poetry collection, Confirm Humanity, set for Nov. 16, Audreys Books, 2 p.m. In the meantime, read A Day in the Life of Kim, and some of it is by her younget daughter, Fiona!
https://calgaryguardian.com/calgary-artist-kim-mannix/
https://calgaryguardian.com/calgary-artist-kim-mannix/
Is the new age of social media - powered by AI - more anti-social than the last?
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2025/12/ai-companionship-anti-social-media/684596/?gift=M90mcsZLfQoTvPssSWZo00h1Tdi0z3MDU0ml-42wW_c&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2025/12/ai-companionship-anti-social-media/684596/?gift=M90mcsZLfQoTvPssSWZo00h1Tdi0z3MDU0ml-42wW_c&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
November 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Is the new age of social media - powered by AI - more anti-social than the last?
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2025/12/ai-companionship-anti-social-media/684596/?gift=M90mcsZLfQoTvPssSWZo00h1Tdi0z3MDU0ml-42wW_c&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2025/12/ai-companionship-anti-social-media/684596/?gift=M90mcsZLfQoTvPssSWZo00h1Tdi0z3MDU0ml-42wW_c&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
A fabulous interview with Margaret Atwood by Matt Galloway, who even gets his palm read by Canada's famous author.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/margaret-atwood-book-of-lives-9.6961609
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/margaret-atwood-book-of-lives-9.6961609
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 AM
A fabulous interview with Margaret Atwood by Matt Galloway, who even gets his palm read by Canada's famous author.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/margaret-atwood-book-of-lives-9.6961609
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/margaret-atwood-book-of-lives-9.6961609
Humanity in prison and the sensationalism of the true crime genre. @vauhinivara.bsky.social interviews John J. Lennon:
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John J. Lennon on Humanity in Prison and the Sensationalism of the True Crime Genre
In 2019, I was editing articles about criminal justice for the website of The Atlantic when a colleague, David A. Graham, sent me an email that started: “I’m passing along this pitch fr…
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November 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Humanity in prison and the sensationalism of the true crime genre. @vauhinivara.bsky.social interviews John J. Lennon:
lithub.com/john-j-lenno...
lithub.com/john-j-lenno...
Author Q&A - Catherine Walker discusses how feminism, history, and hope shape her writing, and her new novel A Watch of Nightingales:
https://www.oncreativewriting.com/post/catherine-walker-on-feminism-history-and-hope-shape-writing
https://www.oncreativewriting.com/post/catherine-walker-on-feminism-history-and-hope-shape-writing
November 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Author Q&A - Catherine Walker discusses how feminism, history, and hope shape her writing, and her new novel A Watch of Nightingales:
https://www.oncreativewriting.com/post/catherine-walker-on-feminism-history-and-hope-shape-writing
https://www.oncreativewriting.com/post/catherine-walker-on-feminism-history-and-hope-shape-writing
Creative writers! A new podcast episode, and this time with author of the acclaimed debut novel Drinking the Ocean, Saad Omar Khan:
https://www.oncreativewriting.com/podcast-1/episode/1c66fc46/multiculturalism-and-creative-writing-balancing-love-faith-identity-and-mental-health-in-the-novel
https://www.oncreativewriting.com/podcast-1/episode/1c66fc46/multiculturalism-and-creative-writing-balancing-love-faith-identity-and-mental-health-in-the-novel
November 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Creative writers! A new podcast episode, and this time with author of the acclaimed debut novel Drinking the Ocean, Saad Omar Khan:
https://www.oncreativewriting.com/podcast-1/episode/1c66fc46/multiculturalism-and-creative-writing-balancing-love-faith-identity-and-mental-health-in-the-novel
https://www.oncreativewriting.com/podcast-1/episode/1c66fc46/multiculturalism-and-creative-writing-balancing-love-faith-identity-and-mental-health-in-the-novel
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The book from which this extraordinarily open-hearted and moving essay is excerpted in @theatlantic.com is out this week from @nxthompson.bsky.social. Buy it here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/678434...
October 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The book from which this extraordinarily open-hearted and moving essay is excerpted in @theatlantic.com is out this week from @nxthompson.bsky.social. Buy it here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/678434...
The poets from across Canada who've made the CBC Poetry Prize longlist:
https://www.cbc.ca/books/literaryprizes/23-writers-from-across-canada-make-2025-cbc-poetry-prize-longlist-9.6956574
https://www.cbc.ca/books/literaryprizes/23-writers-from-across-canada-make-2025-cbc-poetry-prize-longlist-9.6956574
November 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The poets from across Canada who've made the CBC Poetry Prize longlist:
https://www.cbc.ca/books/literaryprizes/23-writers-from-across-canada-make-2025-cbc-poetry-prize-longlist-9.6956574
https://www.cbc.ca/books/literaryprizes/23-writers-from-across-canada-make-2025-cbc-poetry-prize-longlist-9.6956574
Who's read any of Robert Macfarlane's books? His writing is always rewarding to read. Here's Daegan Miller on Macfarlane's latest book, Is a River Alive?
https://lithub.com/the-world-is-alive-or-how-robert-macfarlane-came-to-trust-his-senses/
https://lithub.com/the-world-is-alive-or-how-robert-macfarlane-came-to-trust-his-senses/
November 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Who's read any of Robert Macfarlane's books? His writing is always rewarding to read. Here's Daegan Miller on Macfarlane's latest book, Is a River Alive?
https://lithub.com/the-world-is-alive-or-how-robert-macfarlane-came-to-trust-his-senses/
https://lithub.com/the-world-is-alive-or-how-robert-macfarlane-came-to-trust-his-senses/
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“The story of your life is a story, and we’re always rewriting it, whether you’re a writer or not,” Margaret Atwood on her new memoir, Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/b...
For a Literary Saint, Margaret Atwood Can Sure Hold a Grudge
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November 2, 2025 at 4:47 AM
“The story of your life is a story, and we’re always rewriting it, whether you’re a writer or not,” Margaret Atwood on her new memoir, Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/b...
New episode alert for creative writers! Coming in a few days, an informative interview with writer Saad Omar Khan, author of Drinking the Ocean.
November 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
New episode alert for creative writers! Coming in a few days, an informative interview with writer Saad Omar Khan, author of Drinking the Ocean.
A lovely piece on Robert MacFarlane's Is A River Alive:
https://lithub.com/the-world-is-alive-or-how-robert-macfarlane-came-to-trust-his-senses/
https://lithub.com/the-world-is-alive-or-how-robert-macfarlane-came-to-trust-his-senses/
October 31, 2025 at 9:35 PM
A lovely piece on Robert MacFarlane's Is A River Alive:
https://lithub.com/the-world-is-alive-or-how-robert-macfarlane-came-to-trust-his-senses/
https://lithub.com/the-world-is-alive-or-how-robert-macfarlane-came-to-trust-his-senses/
Happy Publication Day to poet @kimmannix.bsky.social , whose collection Confirm Humanity debuts today! Find it at all good bookstores or online. Launch is Nov. 16, Audreys Books, Edmonton!
www.oncreativewriting.com/post/how-to-...
www.oncreativewriting.com/post/how-to-...
How to evolve as a poet: focus on craft, community, and growth
Poet Kim Mannix is the author of Confirm Humanity. Kim discusses how to evolve as a poet, her writing evolution through practice, workshops, mentorship, and broad reading. Common themes across her wor...
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October 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Happy Publication Day to poet @kimmannix.bsky.social , whose collection Confirm Humanity debuts today! Find it at all good bookstores or online. Launch is Nov. 16, Audreys Books, Edmonton!
www.oncreativewriting.com/post/how-to-...
www.oncreativewriting.com/post/how-to-...
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Some lovely early reviews of Sunny Dhillon's Hide and Sikh are starting to come in:
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/hide-and-s...
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/hide-and-s...
Hide and Sikh: Letters from a Life in Brown Skin by Sunny Dhillon
Reviewed by Anne Smith-Nochasak
www.theseaboardreview.ca
October 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Some lovely early reviews of Sunny Dhillon's Hide and Sikh are starting to come in:
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/hide-and-s...
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/hide-and-s...