Iryn Tushabe (she/her)
@wordsweaver.bsky.social
EVERYTHING IS FINE HERE (House of Anansi, 2025) available now from your favourite indie bookstore.
Native of Uganda transplanted to the Canadian Praries on Treaty 4 (Regina, Saskatchewan)
Iryntushabe.com
Native of Uganda transplanted to the Canadian Praries on Treaty 4 (Regina, Saskatchewan)
Iryntushabe.com
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EVERYTHING IS FINE HERE by Iryn Tushabe has been selected for the 2026 #CanadaReads longlist! 🎉
🔗 Explore the rest of the longlist here: https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/canada-reads-2026-longlist-9.7029177
🔗 Explore the rest of the longlist here: https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/canada-reads-2026-longlist-9.7029177
So thrilled and a tad nervous! Congratulations to all the writers on the list!
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Environmental journalist Trina Moyles recalls the upwelling of wonder she felt when she first touched a bear cub as a child. Years later, face-to-face with a much bigger bear in the Alberta bush, that wonder turned into a primal battle over space: https://ow.ly/NNhY50XYhyP
January 19, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Environmental journalist Trina Moyles recalls the upwelling of wonder she felt when she first touched a bear cub as a child. Years later, face-to-face with a much bigger bear in the Alberta bush, that wonder turned into a primal battle over space: https://ow.ly/NNhY50XYhyP
For the first time since I started volunteering at my local floral conservatory, I’ve brought a plant home to try and rehabilitate. I have a soft spot for cyclamens and this one has a healthy tuber so fingers crossed.
January 17, 2026 at 7:10 PM
For the first time since I started volunteering at my local floral conservatory, I’ve brought a plant home to try and rehabilitate. I have a soft spot for cyclamens and this one has a healthy tuber so fingers crossed.
Thank you for that wonderful lecture you just delivered to my MFA program, @alexanderchee.bsky.social. How to be a writer in this world? What to make, how to make.
January 16, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Thank you for that wonderful lecture you just delivered to my MFA program, @alexanderchee.bsky.social. How to be a writer in this world? What to make, how to make.
Every time I update my computer or phone seems like a trick for Apple to force AI on me. All these “smart” things I then have to spend forever figuring out how to deactivate. Let me live!
January 15, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Every time I update my computer or phone seems like a trick for Apple to force AI on me. All these “smart” things I then have to spend forever figuring out how to deactivate. Let me live!
Listening to the King’s MFA fiction cohort read from their works in progress is the perfect antidote to lingering pain from my dentist appointment earlier in the day. Storytelling rocks!
January 13, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Listening to the King’s MFA fiction cohort read from their works in progress is the perfect antidote to lingering pain from my dentist appointment earlier in the day. Storytelling rocks!
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Starred reviews for Black Bear in @readbookpage.bsky.social and @publisherswkly.bsky.social. Writer Alice Cary says, “Black Bear is reminiscent of the very best nature writing, belonging on the shelf with Raising Hare, H Is for Hawk and Late Migrations.”
What a surreal week! Thank you for reading.
What a surreal week! Thank you for reading.
Book review of Black Bear by Trina Moyles
Trina Moyles’ graceful debut memoir navigates sibling love and loss, and deserves a space among the ranks of the very best nature writing.
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January 11, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Starred reviews for Black Bear in @readbookpage.bsky.social and @publisherswkly.bsky.social. Writer Alice Cary says, “Black Bear is reminiscent of the very best nature writing, belonging on the shelf with Raising Hare, H Is for Hawk and Late Migrations.”
What a surreal week! Thank you for reading.
What a surreal week! Thank you for reading.
So thrilled and a tad nervous! Congratulations to all the writers on the list!
EVERYTHING IS FINE HERE by Iryn Tushabe has been selected for the 2026 #CanadaReads longlist! 🎉
🔗 Explore the rest of the longlist here: https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/canada-reads-2026-longlist-9.7029177
🔗 Explore the rest of the longlist here: https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/canada-reads-2026-longlist-9.7029177
January 8, 2026 at 3:18 PM
So thrilled and a tad nervous! Congratulations to all the writers on the list!
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Study shows draining prairie wetlands is increasing Canada’s carbon footprint
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Study shows draining prairie wetlands is increasing Canada’s carbon footprint | CBC News
A new study shows wetland drainage in the Prairies is increasing Canada’s carbon footprint by at least eight per cent a year.
www.cbc.ca
January 7, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Study shows draining prairie wetlands is increasing Canada’s carbon footprint
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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A small but concrete task for today:
Sameer Project told us on 12/25 that it costs $38 for 1 blanket, which can help keep a family that is in their 3rd winter in genocide (😢) warm.
Can anyone join us today in donating the cost of one blanket to Sameer? Can you get 1 other person to join you?
Sameer Project told us on 12/25 that it costs $38 for 1 blanket, which can help keep a family that is in their 3rd winter in genocide (😢) warm.
Can anyone join us today in donating the cost of one blanket to Sameer? Can you get 1 other person to join you?
December 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
A small but concrete task for today:
Sameer Project told us on 12/25 that it costs $38 for 1 blanket, which can help keep a family that is in their 3rd winter in genocide (😢) warm.
Can anyone join us today in donating the cost of one blanket to Sameer? Can you get 1 other person to join you?
Sameer Project told us on 12/25 that it costs $38 for 1 blanket, which can help keep a family that is in their 3rd winter in genocide (😢) warm.
Can anyone join us today in donating the cost of one blanket to Sameer? Can you get 1 other person to join you?
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There’s still time! Give the gift of nightmares to someone you hate—or love! Available at all the best bookstores, online and in your very own town 👻
December 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
There’s still time! Give the gift of nightmares to someone you hate—or love! Available at all the best bookstores, online and in your very own town 👻
Thank you, @hararereview.bsky.social for including Everything is Fine Here 💕
That also means.... I got to pick my top 5 African reads of the year 👏🏾
Books from Goretti Kyomuhendo, @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social, @wordsweaver.bsky.social, @hofrench.bsky.social, and Oyinkan Braithwaite are on the list!
Books from Goretti Kyomuhendo, @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social, @wordsweaver.bsky.social, @hofrench.bsky.social, and Oyinkan Braithwaite are on the list!
December 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Thank you, @hararereview.bsky.social for including Everything is Fine Here 💕
What are the chances they will let me harvest this little lemon when it’s good and ripe?
December 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
What are the chances they will let me harvest this little lemon when it’s good and ripe?
Don’t mean to brag, but I wrote five hundred words today. Someone give me a sucker😅 #Imwriting #memoir
December 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Don’t mean to brag, but I wrote five hundred words today. Someone give me a sucker😅 #Imwriting #memoir
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We’re proud to congratulate Guelph MFA candidate Madeeha Hashmi, winner of the 2025 Austin Clarke Prize in Fiction for her short story “Thousands of Longings Like These.” We’re thrilled to see her writing receive this well-deserved attention!
![[Descriptive text: A two-slide graphic announcement from The Ex-Puritan. The first image shows a portrait of Madeeha standing outdoors, looking directly at the camera, overlaid with text reading “Announcing the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence. Fiction Winner: ‘Thousands of Longings Like These’ by Madeeha Hashmi.” The second image displays a quote block on a blue background praising the winning story and crediting Iryn Tushabe as the 2025 Fiction Judge, with The Ex-Puritan logo at the bottom.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vn4nljhzwixh6tnp4oktlg5v/bafkreihugmkmce2mliy6d4z5hvidpfcbdzmkvyrmijdftktp2wvzspz3m4@jpeg)
December 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
We’re proud to congratulate Guelph MFA candidate Madeeha Hashmi, winner of the 2025 Austin Clarke Prize in Fiction for her short story “Thousands of Longings Like These.” We’re thrilled to see her writing receive this well-deserved attention!
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Today is the LAST DAY to shop our Black Friday Sale online! Get 30% OFF BOOKS when you use the code: BLACKFRIDAY2025 (after discounts, before tax).
📚 Shop the sale here: houseofanansi.com
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🔗 Browse our titles to get ready to save this weekend here: https://houseofanansi.com 🛍️
Note: We are not shipping orders to the U.S. at this time.
🔗 Browse our titles to get ready to save this weekend here: https://houseofanansi.com 🛍️
Note: We are not shipping orders to the U.S. at this time.
December 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Today is the LAST DAY to shop our Black Friday Sale online! Get 30% OFF BOOKS when you use the code: BLACKFRIDAY2025 (after discounts, before tax).
📚 Shop the sale here: houseofanansi.com
📚 Shop the sale here: houseofanansi.com
Do all the couples break up by the end of season two of Nobody Wants This?
November 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Do all the couples break up by the end of season two of Nobody Wants This?
Every Saturday morning I get to spend an hour or so at the Regina Floral Conservatory taking care of plants etc. when it isn’t flowering, which is a lot of the time, one might wonder why this plant is called bird of paradise. But it’s one of my favourites here. As kids we called it the crane plant.
November 30, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Every Saturday morning I get to spend an hour or so at the Regina Floral Conservatory taking care of plants etc. when it isn’t flowering, which is a lot of the time, one might wonder why this plant is called bird of paradise. But it’s one of my favourites here. As kids we called it the crane plant.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
I have a short story, Rapture, in Grain Magazine’s Fall issue, which is also the magazine’s 200th! Mine is predictably a mother-daughter story: grainmagazine.ca
November 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I have a short story, Rapture, in Grain Magazine’s Fall issue, which is also the magazine’s 200th! Mine is predictably a mother-daughter story: grainmagazine.ca
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"Thousands are escaping El Fasher with nothing but the clothes on their backs — help us raise $50,000 to keep them alive."
#KeepEyesOnSudan
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#KeepEyesOnSudan
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Emergency Appeal: Save Families Fleeing Alfashir | LaunchGood | LaunchGood
Thousands are escaping El Fasher with nothing but the clothes on their backs — help us raise $50,000 to keep them alive.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"Thousands are escaping El Fasher with nothing but the clothes on their backs — help us raise $50,000 to keep them alive."
#KeepEyesOnSudan
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#KeepEyesOnSudan
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Tiny ornamental pineapples I’m not allowed to eat though I keep wondering how many bites I’d get out of one of these. Has anyone ever tried eating these?
November 16, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Tiny ornamental pineapples I’m not allowed to eat though I keep wondering how many bites I’d get out of one of these. Has anyone ever tried eating these?
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"Search African Futurism authors" just popped up at the top of my Instagram app.
I took the time to coin and define africanfuturism yet people can't spell it. The spelling of the term is PART of the definition! Now it's been gotten wrong so often that AI have picked that up. Mscheeew, exhausting.
I took the time to coin and define africanfuturism yet people can't spell it. The spelling of the term is PART of the definition! Now it's been gotten wrong so often that AI have picked that up. Mscheeew, exhausting.
October 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"Search African Futurism authors" just popped up at the top of my Instagram app.
I took the time to coin and define africanfuturism yet people can't spell it. The spelling of the term is PART of the definition! Now it's been gotten wrong so often that AI have picked that up. Mscheeew, exhausting.
I took the time to coin and define africanfuturism yet people can't spell it. The spelling of the term is PART of the definition! Now it's been gotten wrong so often that AI have picked that up. Mscheeew, exhausting.
Congratulations, trace press, on another beautiful book!
🔸🌊 Arrived! The books are beautiful!!!
Will start mailing out to all who have pre-ordered —please be patient with Canada Post delays.
Will start mailing out to all who have pre-ordered —please be patient with Canada Post delays.
October 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Congratulations, trace press, on another beautiful book!
I got both my Covid and flu shots yesterday and am now feverish and achy and moany and groany and very grateful I was able to just walk into my pharmacy and get both shots.
October 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I got both my Covid and flu shots yesterday and am now feverish and achy and moany and groany and very grateful I was able to just walk into my pharmacy and get both shots.