Jen Falkner
@jenfalkner.bsky.social
she/her
Author of SUSANNA HALL, HER BOOK (Fish Gotta Swim Editions) and ABOVE DISCOVERY (Invisible Publishing)
Trying to learn Welsh, obsessed with standing stones
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Author of SUSANNA HALL, HER BOOK (Fish Gotta Swim Editions) and ABOVE DISCOVERY (Invisible Publishing)
Trying to learn Welsh, obsessed with standing stones
linktr.ee/jenfalkner
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🎉 EXCELLENT NEWS!
The University of Ottawa has lifted the suspension of admissions to Greek & Roman Studies.
Thank you to everyone who signed, shared, wrote letters, and raised their voice. Apply now for next year's cohort: buff.ly/1i2Iw0B #SaveTheHumanities #SOSClassicsUO #AncientHistory
The University of Ottawa has lifted the suspension of admissions to Greek & Roman Studies.
Thank you to everyone who signed, shared, wrote letters, and raised their voice. Apply now for next year's cohort: buff.ly/1i2Iw0B #SaveTheHumanities #SOSClassicsUO #AncientHistory
Greek and Roman Studies | Faculty of Arts
Discover all the good reasons to choose uOttawa. From programs made for you, co-op opportunities and more.
buff.ly
November 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🎉 EXCELLENT NEWS!
The University of Ottawa has lifted the suspension of admissions to Greek & Roman Studies.
Thank you to everyone who signed, shared, wrote letters, and raised their voice. Apply now for next year's cohort: buff.ly/1i2Iw0B #SaveTheHumanities #SOSClassicsUO #AncientHistory
The University of Ottawa has lifted the suspension of admissions to Greek & Roman Studies.
Thank you to everyone who signed, shared, wrote letters, and raised their voice. Apply now for next year's cohort: buff.ly/1i2Iw0B #SaveTheHumanities #SOSClassicsUO #AncientHistory
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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I see we're being told piracy is good, actually, or we get exposure,or it's a compliment that someone wants our work enough to steal it.
1)No.
2)People die of exposure.
3)No. It's entitlement.
Would you walk into someone's house, take a book and leave? Theft is theft.
1)No.
2)People die of exposure.
3)No. It's entitlement.
Would you walk into someone's house, take a book and leave? Theft is theft.
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I see we're being told piracy is good, actually, or we get exposure,or it's a compliment that someone wants our work enough to steal it.
1)No.
2)People die of exposure.
3)No. It's entitlement.
Would you walk into someone's house, take a book and leave? Theft is theft.
1)No.
2)People die of exposure.
3)No. It's entitlement.
Would you walk into someone's house, take a book and leave? Theft is theft.
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I wrote a little thing.
Alt title: the Hypocrisy in Having Value(s)
Alt title: the Hypocrisy in Having Value(s)
Carney’s calamitous course causes consternation at climate summit
Canada arrived at COP30 with empty hands, expressly moving backwards on almost every climate policy we’ve put in place since Paris.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I wrote a little thing.
Alt title: the Hypocrisy in Having Value(s)
Alt title: the Hypocrisy in Having Value(s)
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Supporting Greek & Roman studies and ancient language at uOttawa. Here's what people are saying online about the proposed cuts. Sign the petition: buff.ly/PKodcK2 #SOSClassicsUO #SaveTheHumanities #uOttawa #Ottawa
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Supporting Greek & Roman studies and ancient language at uOttawa. Here's what people are saying online about the proposed cuts. Sign the petition: buff.ly/PKodcK2 #SOSClassicsUO #SaveTheHumanities #uOttawa #Ottawa
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Join us for a vital discussion with @alexhim.bsky.social about his book Breaking Free of Neoliberalism: Canada's Challenge, in conversation with @kevinskerrett.bsky.social.
Tues Dec 2, 7pm - 8pm. Doors open 6:30pm.
Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 355 Cooper St., Ottawa
RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/himelfarb
Tues Dec 2, 7pm - 8pm. Doors open 6:30pm.
Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 355 Cooper St., Ottawa
RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/himelfarb
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Join us for a vital discussion with @alexhim.bsky.social about his book Breaking Free of Neoliberalism: Canada's Challenge, in conversation with @kevinskerrett.bsky.social.
Tues Dec 2, 7pm - 8pm. Doors open 6:30pm.
Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 355 Cooper St., Ottawa
RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/himelfarb
Tues Dec 2, 7pm - 8pm. Doors open 6:30pm.
Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 355 Cooper St., Ottawa
RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/himelfarb
I don't poem often and I share even more rarely. Many thanks to Bywords for publishing Eclipse <3
www.bywords.ca
www.bywords.ca
Bywords: Poetry and Ottawa Literary Events
Bywords publishes poetry, a Calendar of Literary Events, and the Bywords Quarterly Journal. Its aims are to publish emerging and established poets who reside, study or work in Ottawa.
www.bywords.ca
November 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I don't poem often and I share even more rarely. Many thanks to Bywords for publishing Eclipse <3
www.bywords.ca
www.bywords.ca
Please sign!
The petition is LIVE! uOttawa suspended Greek & Roman Studies without consultation ending advanced ancient languages teaching and Ontario's only ancient languages programme in French. Please sign, share widely and follow for updates. buff.ly/hjj4J7u #SOSClassicsUO #SaveHigherEd #ONfr #Ottawa
Sign the Petition
Save Greek and Latin at the University of Ottawa!
buff.ly
October 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Please sign!
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Shocking news from uOttawa: Greek & Roman Studies closed to new students without consultation. Teaching of ancient languages to end. Open letter coming soon - follow for how you can help. #DefendClassicsUOttawa #Ottawa #AncientHistory #SaveHigherEd #HigherEdCuts #AncientGreek #Latin
October 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Shocking news from uOttawa: Greek & Roman Studies closed to new students without consultation. Teaching of ancient languages to end. Open letter coming soon - follow for how you can help. #DefendClassicsUOttawa #Ottawa #AncientHistory #SaveHigherEd #HigherEdCuts #AncientGreek #Latin
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The petition is LIVE! uOttawa suspended Greek & Roman Studies without consultation ending advanced ancient languages teaching and Ontario's only ancient languages programme in French. Please sign, share widely and follow for updates. buff.ly/hjj4J7u #SOSClassicsUO #SaveHigherEd #ONfr #Ottawa
Sign the Petition
Save Greek and Latin at the University of Ottawa!
buff.ly
October 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The petition is LIVE! uOttawa suspended Greek & Roman Studies without consultation ending advanced ancient languages teaching and Ontario's only ancient languages programme in French. Please sign, share widely and follow for updates. buff.ly/hjj4J7u #SOSClassicsUO #SaveHigherEd #ONfr #Ottawa
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Please sign this petition to save the Honours Classics program at the University of Ottawa, the same program from which I graduated in 2003. This is also the only program in Ontario that delivers Greek and Latin training to Franco-Ontarians, and its loss would be immeasurable for that community.
The petition is LIVE! uOttawa suspended Greek & Roman Studies without consultation ending advanced ancient languages teaching and Ontario's only ancient languages programme in French. Please sign, share widely and follow for updates. buff.ly/hjj4J7u #SOSClassicsUO #SaveHigherEd #ONfr #Ottawa
Sign the Petition
Save Greek and Latin at the University of Ottawa!
buff.ly
October 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Please sign this petition to save the Honours Classics program at the University of Ottawa, the same program from which I graduated in 2003. This is also the only program in Ontario that delivers Greek and Latin training to Franco-Ontarians, and its loss would be immeasurable for that community.
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If we make it illegal to steal paintings from the Louvre then the entire industry will be unsustainable
you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
October 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM
If we make it illegal to steal paintings from the Louvre then the entire industry will be unsustainable
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A few new short stories, and a poem: www.tom-cox.com/fungal-misad...
October 16, 2025 at 10:37 AM
A few new short stories, and a poem: www.tom-cox.com/fungal-misad...
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"Our two heads bent in conversation,
touches on shoulder, on the small
of backs. That daylight dance
we recognize from long years of practice."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
affinity/ease by @francesboyle19.bsky.social (2025 @talking-time.bsky.social) talkingaboutstrawberries.blogspot.com/2025/10/fran...
touches on shoulder, on the small
of backs. That daylight dance
we recognize from long years of practice."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
affinity/ease by @francesboyle19.bsky.social (2025 @talking-time.bsky.social) talkingaboutstrawberries.blogspot.com/2025/10/fran...
Frances Boyle
affinity/ease Our two heads bent in conversation, touches on shoulder, on the small of backs. That daylight dance we recognize from...
talkingaboutstrawberries.blogspot.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"Our two heads bent in conversation,
touches on shoulder, on the small
of backs. That daylight dance
we recognize from long years of practice."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
affinity/ease by @francesboyle19.bsky.social (2025 @talking-time.bsky.social) talkingaboutstrawberries.blogspot.com/2025/10/fran...
touches on shoulder, on the small
of backs. That daylight dance
we recognize from long years of practice."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
affinity/ease by @francesboyle19.bsky.social (2025 @talking-time.bsky.social) talkingaboutstrawberries.blogspot.com/2025/10/fran...
Is it... me?
Pumpkin Spice Jenny
October 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Is it... me?
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Just a reminder! If you're buying books in support of #BannedBooksWeek buying from Amazon undercuts the broader project of social justice supporting the right to read is a part of. Get your banned books absolutely anywhere else!
Amazon is the invisible backbone of ICE’s immigration crackdown
Lobbying dollars and a cozy relationship with the government have given the tech giant an outsize influence in the Department of Homeland Security.
www.technologyreview.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Just a reminder! If you're buying books in support of #BannedBooksWeek buying from Amazon undercuts the broader project of social justice supporting the right to read is a part of. Get your banned books absolutely anywhere else!
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Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
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I'm giving away this signed 1st edition h/b of my new novel (it has a tiny jacket rip which means I wouldn't sell it) to one person who reposts this.
You might like it if you like:
Folkloric creatures
Old records
Intricate psychedelic stories
The idea of circular time
All shares much-appreciated.
You might like it if you like:
Folkloric creatures
Old records
Intricate psychedelic stories
The idea of circular time
All shares much-appreciated.
October 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I'm giving away this signed 1st edition h/b of my new novel (it has a tiny jacket rip which means I wouldn't sell it) to one person who reposts this.
You might like it if you like:
Folkloric creatures
Old records
Intricate psychedelic stories
The idea of circular time
All shares much-appreciated.
You might like it if you like:
Folkloric creatures
Old records
Intricate psychedelic stories
The idea of circular time
All shares much-appreciated.
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“Every day we make some impact on the planet. And the cumulative effect of millions of small ethical actions will truly make a difference.”
RIP to the epic Jane Goodall. And a hearty recommendation of her book: The Book of Hope, A Survival Guide for Trying Times.
RIP to the epic Jane Goodall. And a hearty recommendation of her book: The Book of Hope, A Survival Guide for Trying Times.
October 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM
“Every day we make some impact on the planet. And the cumulative effect of millions of small ethical actions will truly make a difference.”
RIP to the epic Jane Goodall. And a hearty recommendation of her book: The Book of Hope, A Survival Guide for Trying Times.
RIP to the epic Jane Goodall. And a hearty recommendation of her book: The Book of Hope, A Survival Guide for Trying Times.
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Found the gate that leads to winter.
September 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Found the gate that leads to winter.
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Look what we have here then.
September 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Look what we have here then.
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coming up November 22nd: the 31st anniversary edition of the ottawa small press book fair! / @arcpoetry.bsky.social @swooncor.bsky.social @thesedayszine.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social ;
smallpressbookfair.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...
smallpressbookfair.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...
the ottawa small press book fair, autumn 2025 edition: November 22, 2025
span-o (the small press action network - ottawa) presents: the ottawa small press book fair autumn 2025 : will be held on Satur...
smallpressbookfair.blogspot.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:09 PM
coming up November 22nd: the 31st anniversary edition of the ottawa small press book fair! / @arcpoetry.bsky.social @swooncor.bsky.social @thesedayszine.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social ;
smallpressbookfair.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...
smallpressbookfair.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...
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The concept also has non-religious legs, so to speak: theconversation.com/how-giving-l...
(Although if corporations can be legal persons, then rivers and lagoons and lakes definitely should. I think religions offer sensible shorthand for this logic, but what do I know.)
(Although if corporations can be legal persons, then rivers and lagoons and lakes definitely should. I think religions offer sensible shorthand for this logic, but what do I know.)
How giving legal rights to nature could help reduce toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie
Should lakes, rivers and other resources have legal rights? New Zealand, Ecuador and other countries have taken this step. Now Toledo, Ohio is a US test case.
theconversation.com
September 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The concept also has non-religious legs, so to speak: theconversation.com/how-giving-l...
(Although if corporations can be legal persons, then rivers and lagoons and lakes definitely should. I think religions offer sensible shorthand for this logic, but what do I know.)
(Although if corporations can be legal persons, then rivers and lagoons and lakes definitely should. I think religions offer sensible shorthand for this logic, but what do I know.)
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Ottawa friends! Would love it if you came out on Tuesday at 7 to Perfect Books for this fabulous event. Honoured to have Crazy/Mad shortlisted alongside these two wonderful books!
Join us at Perfect Books on Tuesday, Sept 23, for a special reading with the 2025 Lampman Award Finalists: Emily Austin, Manahil Bandukwala, and AJ Dolman. Don’t miss the chance to hear these incredible poets share their work before the Lampman Award winner is revealed later this fall!
September 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Ottawa friends! Would love it if you came out on Tuesday at 7 to Perfect Books for this fabulous event. Honoured to have Crazy/Mad shortlisted alongside these two wonderful books!