Selena Mercuri | Writer, Editor, Book Publicist
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Hi everyone! I thought I would introduce myself now that I’m planning to post on here a bit more frequently. I’m Selena, a #writer, recovering #barista, and #booklover working in the #literaryindustry. 📚
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It was an honour to get to review @sadiqademeijer.bsky.social beautiful and evocative new book, In The Field.
@palimpsestpress.bsky.social
Every essay is a work of art. Thank you so much to @selenamercuri.bsky.social @thenewquarterly.bsky.social
tnq.ca/under-review... 💗📚
@palimpsestpress.bsky.social
Every essay is a work of art. Thank you so much to @selenamercuri.bsky.social @thenewquarterly.bsky.social
tnq.ca/under-review... 💗📚
Under Review: In the Field by Sadiqa de Meijer - The New Quarterly Digital Edition
Danila Botha Reviews Sadiqa de Meijer's In the Field, touching on form, authenticity, experiences, and more. Read now!
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October 29, 2025 at 1:43 AM
It was an honour to get to review @sadiqademeijer.bsky.social beautiful and evocative new book, In The Field.
@palimpsestpress.bsky.social
Every essay is a work of art. Thank you so much to @selenamercuri.bsky.social @thenewquarterly.bsky.social
tnq.ca/under-review... 💗📚
@palimpsestpress.bsky.social
Every essay is a work of art. Thank you so much to @selenamercuri.bsky.social @thenewquarterly.bsky.social
tnq.ca/under-review... 💗📚
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As we prepare to open submissions for the #WarlandAward on Nov 1, we extend our deepest gratitude to #AlisonBraid for her wonderful work and wish her all the best in her next chapter. We're delighted to welcome @selenamercuri.bsky.social to the team as the new coordinator for the Warland Award.
October 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
As we prepare to open submissions for the #WarlandAward on Nov 1, we extend our deepest gratitude to #AlisonBraid for her wonderful work and wish her all the best in her next chapter. We're delighted to welcome @selenamercuri.bsky.social to the team as the new coordinator for the Warland Award.
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"I listen to my circadian rhythm on repeat
to drown out the laments of the harsh winds."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Seasonal Affective Disorder by @SelenaMercuri.bsky.social (2023 The Innis Herald)
to drown out the laments of the harsh winds."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Seasonal Affective Disorder by @SelenaMercuri.bsky.social (2023 The Innis Herald)
Seasonal Affective Disorder | The Innis Herald
Snow tires trudge through grey slush as headlights interrogate the blizzard that has murdered the warmth of the sun and my shadow melts through the
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October 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
"I listen to my circadian rhythm on repeat
to drown out the laments of the harsh winds."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Seasonal Affective Disorder by @SelenaMercuri.bsky.social (2023 The Innis Herald)
to drown out the laments of the harsh winds."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Seasonal Affective Disorder by @SelenaMercuri.bsky.social (2023 The Innis Herald)
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“Worldly Girls unfolds like a series of controlled explosions, each essay detonating just enough certainty to reveal what lies beneath...” @selenamercuri.bsky.social reviews the debut memoir from @bokchoygurltjong.bsky.social for @thenewquarterly.bsky.social
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September 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“Worldly Girls unfolds like a series of controlled explosions, each essay detonating just enough certainty to reveal what lies beneath...” @selenamercuri.bsky.social reviews the debut memoir from @bokchoygurltjong.bsky.social for @thenewquarterly.bsky.social
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September 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Tuesday September 23, 6pm at the Caledonian! @emilyweedon.bsky.social's launches her new detective/vampire novel Hemo Sapiens. Q&A with @hvonpalleske.bsky.social. Readings by @mattcahill.bsky.social @selenamercuri.bsky.social @andrewawesome.bsky.social & Brooke Lockyer #CanLit
Happening a week from now! I will be reading from Radioland (and signing books) at the next Drunk Fiction event at The Caledonian, hosted by Emily Weedon (who will be launching her next novel)! There will be authors aplenty and a wide array of ales and whisky. Hope to see you Sept 23rd @ 6pm!
September 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Tuesday September 23, 6pm at the Caledonian! @emilyweedon.bsky.social's launches her new detective/vampire novel Hemo Sapiens. Q&A with @hvonpalleske.bsky.social. Readings by @mattcahill.bsky.social @selenamercuri.bsky.social @andrewawesome.bsky.social & Brooke Lockyer #CanLit
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September 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We're getting closer to 500 subscribers (free & paid)! Join us! www.theseaboardreview.ca
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Exciting news! Our program coordinator and plenary class instructor #CanisiaLubrin is the Guest Curator for the 38th annual @writersfest.bc.ca, taking place October 20-26, 2025.
See the full schedule and get your tickets here: writersfest.bc.ca/2025-festiva...
See the full schedule and get your tickets here: writersfest.bc.ca/2025-festiva...
![[Image description: A promotional graphic for Vancouver Writers Fest 2025 featuring a headshot of Canisia Lubrin labelled as Guest Curator. The graphic also includes green design accents and the covers of two books by Canisia Lubrin—THE WORLD AFTER RAIN and CODE NOIR.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vn4nljhzwixh6tnp4oktlg5v/bafkreienw4gorl2vyqcqfgnucthajl66rc6fzf45gmwgftbpwj3rvqn4hy@jpeg)
September 14, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Exciting news! Our program coordinator and plenary class instructor #CanisiaLubrin is the Guest Curator for the 38th annual @writersfest.bc.ca, taking place October 20-26, 2025.
See the full schedule and get your tickets here: writersfest.bc.ca/2025-festiva...
See the full schedule and get your tickets here: writersfest.bc.ca/2025-festiva...
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Greatl day at the Mississauga Literary Festival! I did a talk on reading poetry and helped with the launch of Issue No. 8 of the @theampersandreview.bsky.social. Great people, great venue, great sense of community, all sorely needed in these brutish times. Thank you, @mississaugalib.bsky.social !!!
September 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Greatl day at the Mississauga Literary Festival! I did a talk on reading poetry and helped with the launch of Issue No. 8 of the @theampersandreview.bsky.social. Great people, great venue, great sense of community, all sorely needed in these brutish times. Thank you, @mississaugalib.bsky.social !!!
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There's an excerpt from Canisia Lubrin's new book, The World After Rain, in the @yalereview.bsky.social. Check it out!
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Canisia Lubrin: “From ‘The World After Rain,’ II: Twice Awake“
A poem by Canisia Lubrin: “the hour is thick, our tables full, our fields long again with cane”
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September 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
There's an excerpt from Canisia Lubrin's new book, The World After Rain, in the @yalereview.bsky.social. Check it out!
yalereview.org/article/cani...
yalereview.org/article/cani...
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Our MFA students had a lovely time reading at the Eden Mills Writers’ Festival yesterday alongside the Read at the Fringe winners!
September 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Our MFA students had a lovely time reading at the Eden Mills Writers’ Festival yesterday alongside the Read at the Fringe winners!
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As writers, one of the greatest challenges is sustaining ourselves over the long journey of creation and publication. Not just perseverance, but an irreducible devotion to the act of writing itself.
#breathingthepage #writingcommunity #amwri̇ti̇ng #authorcommunity #writers #betsywarland #onwriting
#breathingthepage #writingcommunity #amwri̇ti̇ng #authorcommunity #writers #betsywarland #onwriting
August 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
As writers, one of the greatest challenges is sustaining ourselves over the long journey of creation and publication. Not just perseverance, but an irreducible devotion to the act of writing itself.
#breathingthepage #writingcommunity #amwri̇ti̇ng #authorcommunity #writers #betsywarland #onwriting
#breathingthepage #writingcommunity #amwri̇ti̇ng #authorcommunity #writers #betsywarland #onwriting
I’m so excited to be joining the wonderful TNQ team!
We are delighted to announce that Selena Mercuri has joined the TNQ team as our Reviews Editor! Stay tuned in September for our first book review in this new series.
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#bookreview #bookrecommendations #canlit #tbr #TNQunderreview
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#bookreview #bookrecommendations #canlit #tbr #TNQunderreview
August 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I’m so excited to be joining the wonderful TNQ team!
Check out these Toronto literary events happening in August!
#bookevent #booklaunch #toronto #torontoevents #authorcommunity #authorgram #writers
#bookevent #booklaunch #toronto #torontoevents #authorcommunity #authorgram #writers
August 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Check out these Toronto literary events happening in August!
#bookevent #booklaunch #toronto #torontoevents #authorcommunity #authorgram #writers
#bookevent #booklaunch #toronto #torontoevents #authorcommunity #authorgram #writers
Hi everyone! I thought I would introduce myself now that I’m planning to post on here a bit more frequently. I’m Selena, a #writer, recovering #barista, and #booklover working in the #literaryindustry. 📚
July 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Hi everyone! I thought I would introduce myself now that I’m planning to post on here a bit more frequently. I’m Selena, a #writer, recovering #barista, and #booklover working in the #literaryindustry. 📚
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Read @selenamercuri.bsky.social's review of Myna Wallin's The Suicide Tourist (pub. Ekstasis Editions) in Issue 31!
...Rather than writing about survival as a triumph, Wallin describes it as a process that is gritty, repetitive, and nonlinear...
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...Rather than writing about survival as a triumph, Wallin describes it as a process that is gritty, repetitive, and nonlinear...
www.thetemzreview.com/mercuri-31.h...
June 17, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Read @selenamercuri.bsky.social's review of Myna Wallin's The Suicide Tourist (pub. Ekstasis Editions) in Issue 31!
...Rather than writing about survival as a triumph, Wallin describes it as a process that is gritty, repetitive, and nonlinear...
www.thetemzreview.com/mercuri-31.h...
...Rather than writing about survival as a triumph, Wallin describes it as a process that is gritty, repetitive, and nonlinear...
www.thetemzreview.com/mercuri-31.h...
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"Your Presence is Mandatory centres around several false narratives..."
The debut review by Olga Stein is up at TSR! Graphic by @selenamercuri.bsky.social www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/your-prese...
The debut review by Olga Stein is up at TSR! Graphic by @selenamercuri.bsky.social www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/your-prese...
May 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"Your Presence is Mandatory centres around several false narratives..."
The debut review by Olga Stein is up at TSR! Graphic by @selenamercuri.bsky.social www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/your-prese...
The debut review by Olga Stein is up at TSR! Graphic by @selenamercuri.bsky.social www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/your-prese...
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Re: Wild Her is "an intimate, itinerant work of lyric poetry that blends the celestial with the sorrowful, the bodily with the political, & the personal with the planetary." @selenamercuri.bsky.social on the latest collection from Shannon Webb-Campbell for @theseaboardreview.ca.
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Re: Wild Her by Shannon Webb-Campbell
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April 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Re: Wild Her is "an intimate, itinerant work of lyric poetry that blends the celestial with the sorrowful, the bodily with the political, & the personal with the planetary." @selenamercuri.bsky.social on the latest collection from Shannon Webb-Campbell for @theseaboardreview.ca.
tinyurl.com/32e9vd49
tinyurl.com/32e9vd49
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All my thanks to @selenamercuri.bsky.social for this gorgeous and careful review of Myth! 🥹❤️🙏🏾
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Myth by Terese Mason Pierre
Reviewed by Selena Mercuri
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April 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
All my thanks to @selenamercuri.bsky.social for this gorgeous and careful review of Myth! 🥹❤️🙏🏾
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/myth-by-te...
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/myth-by-te...
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WHITE by @avivarubin-author.bsky.social has been reviewed by @selenamercuri.bsky.social for TSR. www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/white-by-a... #canlit
March 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
WHITE by @avivarubin-author.bsky.social has been reviewed by @selenamercuri.bsky.social for TSR. www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/white-by-a... #canlit
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"antibody" by Rebecca Salazar is reviewed by @selenamercuri.bsky.social (who also designs our social media graphics). #poetry #canlit www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/antibody-p...
March 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
"antibody" by Rebecca Salazar is reviewed by @selenamercuri.bsky.social (who also designs our social media graphics). #poetry #canlit www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/antibody-p...
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tomorrow ✨️ feat. the first review of antibody by @selenamercuri.bsky.social in @theseaboardreview.ca , with many thanks for such a thoughtful read 💜
March 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
tomorrow ✨️ feat. the first review of antibody by @selenamercuri.bsky.social in @theseaboardreview.ca , with many thanks for such a thoughtful read 💜
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Review of J.M. Frey's Time and Tide by @selenamercuri.bsky.social @theseaboardreview.ca #CanLit www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/time-and-t...
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March 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Review of J.M. Frey's Time and Tide by @selenamercuri.bsky.social @theseaboardreview.ca #CanLit www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/time-and-t...
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Thank you @selenamercuri.bsky.social for this very fine review of Only Insistence for @theseaboardreview.ca! Flattered that the book is still getting some attention! www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/only-insis...
Only Insistence by James Lindsay
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March 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Thank you @selenamercuri.bsky.social for this very fine review of Only Insistence for @theseaboardreview.ca! Flattered that the book is still getting some attention! www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/only-insis...
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April will mark our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY and we have some giveaways in the making. (Hint: April will also be a great time to become a PAID supporter of TSR. More to come!) #CanLit #giveaway #poetrymonth
March 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
April will mark our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY and we have some giveaways in the making. (Hint: April will also be a great time to become a PAID supporter of TSR. More to come!) #CanLit #giveaway #poetrymonth