Backlist Mondays: Dear Ghost, by Catherine Owen. Shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award. In this dreamlike and ethereal collection Owen pulls from facets of everyday life, work, sex, acquaintances and art, and imbues them with extraordinary quirks and uncertainties to dizzying effect.

Writing Distractions 101

How many small businesses in rural Canada can say they’ve been in continuous operation for 89 years? If you are near Pincher Creek this summer, come and check out Blackburn Jewellers. It’s amazing and the owner, Doris Blackburn, is a delight. #southernAlberta

On the eve of Danielle’s Smith’s town hall on coal mining.

We will drink dust I suppose. #ableg

Met some new friends and had a whole lotta great writing time in the forest.Thank you Federation of BC Writers for tolerating this interloper from Alberta at your annual retreat. And @franceslpeck.bsky.social for the new book !

@bryanmortensen.bsky.social @genevievewynand.bsky.social

It was an absolute pleasure to speak with @ianhanomansing.bsky.social about two of my favourite topics: politics and home. #candianpolitics

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“Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack.”
― Virginia Woolf
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If you are looking for a nonfiction read that’ll leave you inspired, wiser and sobbing like a baby, look no further than @juliesedivy.bsky.social latest masterpiece. #writingcommunity #canlit

I no longer believe art can save the world, but I believe still that it can save me. So in the face of chaos, misinformation, hatred & ignorance, I'm going to make more art, experience more, share more, pay for more & publish more. I started this in darkness & it'll continue to be my light. 🖤🤍

January afternoon writing vibes in the Canadian north.

Today was a stunner.

We golf together once a year—- through gullies, snowdrifts and beauty. It’s cold as fuck and good preparation for the year ahead. #2025

Can’t stop—wont stop —revising this manuscript. #writing

There are two kinds of people: those who make fun of fruitcake and those who realize it’s the food that will save us at the end of the world. Declare yourselves. #Christmas

I don’t know about you, but I’m liking the rose coloured lens of the world these days. #betterdaysahead

Some big blue Alberta sky—and my two guys— for this new Blue Sky-y app thing. Looking forward to being part of a positive space with you. #writingcommunity