Josiah Neufeld
banner
josiahneufeld.bsky.social
Josiah Neufeld
@josiahneufeld.bsky.social
Author: The Temple at the End of the Universe (House of Anansi)
Journalist: @thewalrus.ca @broadviewmedia.bsky.social

www.josiahneufeld.com
Hi Dora, many writers I've talked to have voiced similar feelings of ambivalence. I think this interview with Michael DeForge answers some of those questions really succinctly and clearly. I'm also happy to continue this conversation in DMs if you want. torontolife.com/culture/canl...
"We can throw a wrench into the war machine": Why pro-Palestine Canadian authors are boycotting the Giller Prize - Toronto Life
Comics artist and illustrator Michael DeForge, an organizer with CanLit Responds and No Arms in the Arts, on protesting the award's lead sponsor's stake in...
torontolife.com
May 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Reposted by Josiah Neufeld
As Europe did in wake of Putin's invasion of Ukraine, we need to rapidly make ourselves less dependent on oil & gas. These fuels are poison, not only to the earth but to democracy; the more reliant we are, the more it serves the petro-oligarchs and their political servants like Putin & Trump...
January 22, 2025 at 3:43 AM
And finally, one from 2023. I collaborated with the brilliant Jonathan Dyck for this work of comics journalism that won gold at the @canadamediaawards.bsky.social. broadview.org/eldorado-ura...
How Prairie Mennonites took on a uranium refinery in the 1970s and won | Broadview Magazine
Near Warman, Sask., a young philosophy student helped start a movement that halted the project
broadview.org
January 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Literary prizes should cut ties with companies building weapons being used to kill children, Omar El Akkad told me when I talked to him for this piece. thewalrus.ca/giller-prize...
How the Giller Prize Became Associated with Genocide | The Walrus
Scotiabank’s military investments have tainted one of Canada’s most prestigious literary awards
thewalrus.ca
January 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
My best sentence of 2024 included the term "bad-boy billionaire" and appeared in this double book review. broadview.org/exploring-th...
Exploring the new wave of 'cli-fi,' where climate catastrophe meets fiction | Broadview Magazine
Billionaires play the villains in two recent Canadian novels
broadview.org
January 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
In March I published this piece about what the pandemic showed us about how we could end child poverty. broadview.org/child-povert...
Why child poverty is rising in Canada again | Broadview Magazine
Pandemic CERB payments helped lift thousands of kids out of poverty. But the effect was short-lived
broadview.org
January 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM