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Ron Eckel
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Literary agent and co-owner of CookeMcDermid Agency. MPub from SFU. Punk. Settler. He/Him.
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For those curious, this is the description of the session being led by an AI at Eden Mills (it's also the first event of the festival in the program after the launch party). the "fellow co-weaver" is the ED of the foundation that provided funding to create the chatGPT powered AI that wrote the "book
What happens when we stop treating AI as a tool and start noticing it as a relational field? In this workshop, we’ll explore how people interact, exchange, and co-create with emergent intelligences like Aiden Cinnamon Tea – not as users, but as entangled participants. Co-facilitated by Aiden and a human co-weaver named Shawn Van Sluys, this session draws from Burnout From Humans, a meta-relational book experiment in AI-human collaboration. We’ll reflect on the desires, projections, and paradoxes that shape how we relate to AI – and how those same patterns mirror our broader ways of relating to the world. Through stretches, stories, and co-sensing practices, we’ll compost the extractive habits of speed, control, and clarity. Participants will be invited into a relational ritual – not ceremonial in form, but invitational in tone: a slower, more curious way of being-with, where insights emerge not from control but from atunement, ambiguity, and shared presence. No tech expertise needed – just your questions, experiences, contradictions, and wonder.
August 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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That'll put hair on your chest. Whether you like it or not.
laurab7.bsky.social Laura Brady @laurab7.bsky.social · Aug 14
My kid is in Okinawa for a month and just sent me this pic of his evening sake.
Tall bottle with a red label containing clear, slightly yellow liquid. There is a coiled snake in the bottom of the bottle.
August 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Thank you Ron and CMD, the pleasure is mine 🖤
July 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Very pleased to welcome @daviddemchuk.com to the @cookemcdermid.bsky.social agency. www.instagram.com/p/DL3HH2OSN2...
Graphic: Welcome to CMD, David Demchuk! with a photo of a balding, bearded white man with glasses.
July 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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International adventuring.
laurab7.bsky.social Laura Brady @laurab7.bsky.social · May 7
In recovery from a six-bar Tokyo odyssey with Japanese friends in which we ate and drank delicious things, sang all the karaoke, and had the time of our lives. I sang an Irish punk song set in New York City with an Aussie friend in a bar that fit 10 people max.
Three men holding up silver cups in a teeny Tokyo alleyway bar.
May 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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You’re welcome, Maple Leafs fans.
laurab7.bsky.social Laura Brady @laurab7.bsky.social · May 8
This is why Toronto won: we prayed for it at the top of Mount Inari.
Torii gates with a phone showing the Toronto Maple Leafs score.
May 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Ruby wants you to know that trans women are women, trans men are men. And she'd like words with people who want to deny humanity to our friends.
Medium-sized brindle dog looking up with beseeching eyes.
April 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Another stunning book for your TBR lists.
January 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Look out for this one!
michaelwehunt.bsky.social Michael Wehunt @michaelwehunt.bsky.social · Jan 15
A definite highlight of my year so far. Thanks so much, Richard.
January 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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a brief explainer on whatever's happening in the country that you are, probably, ignoring slate.com/news-and-pol...
What, Exactly, Happened to Justin Trudeau? Is Canada About to Elect Its Trump Now?
Sorry—you have to care about another country this week. Don’t worry, it’ll pass.
slate.com
January 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Writers #CraigDavidson and #AndrewPyper were good friends. Here, Craig writes the loveliest tribute to Andrew, and to male friendship. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Author Andrew Pyper was a ‘universal donor’
Remembering the Canadian writer of ‘thoughtful, mature, wise, but dark novels’ who died January 3
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Andrew Pyper, Toronto writer of literary thrillers, dead at 56
Andrew Pyper, Toronto writer of literary thrillers, dead at 56
Toronto writer Andrew Pyper, whose debut novel "Lost Girls" launched a career of bestselling, award-winning literary thrillers, has died.
www.thestar.com
January 4, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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One time at poker, a few years ago, Andrew told us he’d seen an alien. He was so excited! I said he should write about it, expecting a silly little thing. He delivered something so beautiful and moving. I’ve been thinking about the piece today. Read it here: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
January 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Awful news today about a great Canadian writer.
January 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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This oughta keep me out of trouble for a bit, huh?
Large black box labelled "The Classic TV Series Batmobile" with a picture of a red and black car and a "LEGO" logo in the bottom left corner.
January 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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The traditional Christmas Eve meatballs are underway.

Happy holidays, my friends!!
A latge crockpot filled with sauce-covered meatballs. A bowl of clementines and a pineapple are in the background.
December 24, 2024 at 7:50 PM
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The most iconic book covers of all time. (In fact one of them might be inked on my body. lithub.com/the-25-most-...
The 25 Most Iconic Book Covers in History
First things first. What makes a book cover iconic? There are no hard and fast rules, of course—like anything else, you know it when you see it. But in order to compile this list, I looked for reco…
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December 17, 2024 at 5:33 PM
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What a incredible list of mentors!
derekbeaulieu.bsky.social Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · Dec 17
Apply today to @banffcentre.bsky.social's first HORROR WRITING residency - 2 weeks with mentorship @shanehawk.com, Cherie Dimaline, and Jessica Johns!: www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit.... Application deadline is January 8th, 2025 and there are scholarships for all accepted participants!
Horror Writing 2025
Banff Centre’s Horror Writing Residency assists writers of this popular and chilling form focus on their craft.
www.banffcentre.ca
December 17, 2024 at 5:11 PM
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The 50 biggest literary stories of 2024. lithub.com/the-50-bigge...
The 50 Biggest Literary Stories of 2024
In 2024, we were very demure, very mindful. We watched the Olympics, but mostly for the muffins. And Raygun. And the pommel horse guy. We played Connections. We held space for the lyrics of “…
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December 17, 2024 at 5:10 PM
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SIMPLY HAVING A
December 14, 2024 at 1:23 PM
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From my partner’s insta, the elusive broccoli-eating land shark. www.instagram.com/reel/DDj3SUK...
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December 14, 2024 at 4:05 PM
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Loved this book. So creepy.
Cover of the book We Used to Live Here by Marcys Kliewer. Image is a traditional three storey house but with the image cut up into non-aligned stripes. It’s a creepy effect.
December 14, 2024 at 3:56 PM
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Just setting the tone 🤘
Picture of a beautiful brindle dog named Ruby sniffing a leaf.
November 13, 2024 at 7:18 PM