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Sheelagh Caygill 🇨🇦
@sheelaghcaygill.bsky.social
Writer, editor, reader, journalist, photographer, podcaster. 🍁 Student, MA Contemporary Creative Writing, Northeastern University London. Sheelaghcaygill.com | Oncreativewriting.com
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The @oncreativewriting.bsky.social Writer's Spark Coaching Competition is open. Creative Writers! Want to win some powerful coaching and more? The prize is coaching from Fiona Fenwick, one-year free of Brain.fm editing with me, & an interview on OCW!
www.oncreativewriting.com/writers-spar...
Writer's Spark Coaching contest | On Creative Writing
The Writer's Spark Coaching Competition - one winner a chance to win one prize of writing coaching, a one-year to Brain.fm, an editing session, and an interview!
www.oncreativewriting.com
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Join me and @annykchoi.bsky.social for an Author Social at Flying Books at Neverland (371 Queen Street West) on November 26 (6:30pm). Would love to see you there! flyingbooks.ca/events/39313...
JOIN US FOR AN AUTHOR SOCIAL WITH ANN Y.K. CHOI AND SAAD OMAR KHAN | Flying Books
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November 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
“History is very present in Eastern European minds,” says a Polish journalist. So why are so many of us forgetting the lessons of the Second World War?
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
In 1945 we said ‘never again’, yet already we’ve forgotten | The Observer
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November 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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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
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For just $1/month you can support hot art like this as my book covers! 😈🥵🔥✍️🌶️
Another art update | Scarlet Lee Winters
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November 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Vauhini Vara examines why so many people are seduced by OpenAi's nameless and faceless ChatGPT.
www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
Why So Many People Are Seduced by ChatGPT
What makes OpenAI’s chatbot so dangerous? It’s a fictional character without an author.
www.theatlantic.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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I'm sharing this now because things are changing so fast that our collective memory sometimes fails. Here's the full article again. (5/x) story.californiasunday.com/silicon-vall...
The Political Awakening of Silicon Valley
What happens when tech leaders, like Y Combinator's Sam Altman, believe our system is broken? They treat it like a startup.
story.californiasunday.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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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
“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...
For a Literary Saint, Margaret Atwood Can Sure Hold a Grudge
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:47 AM
That's right - poetry contest alert!
Poetry contest alert!
Poets! Oncreativewriting.com will launch its first poetry competition next week! Judges will be poets @kimmannix.bsky.social , Professor Rob Winger, and me. @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social and @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social are the generous sponsors! So grateful for their support. 🙏 Details soon.
October 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Congratulations, Hollay!
the blades of grass are dreaming (Anstruther Press, 2025) is my debut chapbook is almost out!

If you’d like a signed copy, drop me a DM or contact me HollayGhadery.ca.

Thanks to Anstruther Press, The Canada Council of the Arts, The Ontario Arts Council, and The Government of Ontario.
October 27, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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The Unravelling of Ou (by me!) is forthcoming with Palimpsest Press, February 15, 2026, and is available for pre-order now. 🧦 📖

Here is the listing at one of my local bookstores!

tinyurl.com/5an25y7h

This book was made possible through the generous funding of Ontario Arts Council.

#canlit
September 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Contest alert, poetry pals! Stay tuned 🖋
October 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Poets! Oncreativewriting.com will launch its first poetry competition next week! Judges will be poets @kimmannix.bsky.social , Professor Rob Winger, and me. @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social and @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social are the generous sponsors! So grateful for their support. 🙏 Details soon.
Creative Writing | On Creative Writing
On Creative Writing: Resources and inspiration for creative writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting. Listen to our creative writing podcast show of author interviews discusing their boo...
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October 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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the green notebook,
, further notes from spring: reading Diane di Prima's 1985 Charles Olson lecture, and Grant Faulkner’s The art of brevity. crafting the very short story, / @unmpress.bsky.social ;
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October 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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The @oncreativewriting.bsky.social Writer's Spark Coaching Competition is open. Creative Writers! Want to win some powerful coaching and more? The prize is coaching from Fiona Fenwick, one-year free of Brain.fm editing with me, & an interview on OCW!
www.oncreativewriting.com/writers-spar...
Writer's Spark Coaching contest | On Creative Writing
The Writer's Spark Coaching Competition - one winner a chance to win one prize of writing coaching, a one-year to Brain.fm, an editing session, and an interview!
www.oncreativewriting.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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My Edmonton book launch info!
October 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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If you're in Toronto, the flamenco group I study with is performing in a multi-group show in November. My personal participation is limited (because reasons😞) but the pieces are amazing and the other performers come from rich dance traditions. Ticket info below:
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Under the Moon's Embrace, the dance emerges
Join us for an enchanting evening under the imaginary moonlight where various rhythms and styles of dance come alive.
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October 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
On The Next Chapter with Antonio Michael Downing he and guest creative writing professor Robert J. Wiersema discuss three books that can help you be a better writer:
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© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.
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October 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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"Bristol Vaudrin’s AFTERWARD is a raw and gut-wrenching novel that pulls readers into a world of emotional turmoil, relationships strained by tragedy, and the quiet, lingering pain of grief and identity." - Goodreads Reviewer (5 stars)

#litfic #readingcommunity #booksky
Afterward
Amazon.com: Afterward eBook : Vaudrin, Bristol: Kindle Store
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September 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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I had so much fun talking to Natalie Lim about her stellar book, Elegy For Opportunity.

Thanks for letting me get behind the mic, @sheelaghcaygill.bsky.social and @oncreativewriting.bsky.social!
A lovely conversation between poet @kimmannix.bsky.social and poet Natalie Lim. Podcast episode coming in a few days.
Poet @kimmannix.bsky.social interviews poet Natalie Lim, author of the beautiful collection of Elegy for Opportunity, in our next podcast episode. It drops in just a few days!
www.oncreativewriting.com
September 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Creative Writers! The Writer's Spark Coaching Competition is for creative writers who want an extra push to reignite focus or motivation. One winner will receive professional coaching, a year's subscription to Brain.fm, editing, and more!
www.oncreativewriting.com/writers-spar...
Writer's Spark Coaching contest | On Creative Writing
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.
www.oncreativewriting.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Poetry lovers! Kim Mannix hosts a superb interview with Vancouver poet Natalie Lim! Many thanks to Kim for sitting behind the mic, and to Natalie for a beautiful interview!
I had so much fun talking to Natalie Lim about her stellar book, Elegy For Opportunity.

Thanks for letting me get behind the mic, @sheelaghcaygill.bsky.social and @oncreativewriting.bsky.social!
A lovely conversation between poet @kimmannix.bsky.social and poet Natalie Lim. Podcast episode coming in a few days.
September 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Poet @kimmannix.bsky.social interviews poet Natalie Lim, author of the beautiful collection of Elegy for Opportunity, in our next podcast episode. It drops in just a few days!
www.oncreativewriting.com
Creative Writing | On Creative Writing
On Creative Writing: Resources and inspiration for creative writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting. Listen to our creative writing podcast show of author interviews discusing their boo...
www.oncreativewriting.com
September 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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middle daughter an appointment, so starting in on the new Kristjana Gunnars title today, from those lovely people at @coachhousebooks.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing has talks on all aspects of life-writing through program of events including lectures, performances, panel discussions, conferences, and more! Most are free and many are online!
https://oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/events
September 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM