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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/o...
Opinion | A Great Unraveling Is Underway (Gift Article)
Trump’s foreign policy philosophy is not “containment” or “engagement,” but “smash and grab.”
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March 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/o...
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“We are resolved!”
Check out Matt Galloway’s interview with renowned Cdn author Louise Penny on CBC on the CBC LISTEN app❤️
#LouisePenny
#MattGalloway
#TheCurrent
#CBClisten
#TheBlackWolf
#WeAreResolved
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Check out Matt Galloway’s interview with renowned Cdn author Louise Penny on CBC on the CBC LISTEN app❤️
#LouisePenny
#MattGalloway
#TheCurrent
#CBClisten
#TheBlackWolf
#WeAreResolved
apps.apple.com/ca/app/cbc-l...
March 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
“We are resolved!”
Check out Matt Galloway’s interview with renowned Cdn author Louise Penny on CBC on the CBC LISTEN app❤️
#LouisePenny
#MattGalloway
#TheCurrent
#CBClisten
#TheBlackWolf
#WeAreResolved
apps.apple.com/ca/app/cbc-l...
Check out Matt Galloway’s interview with renowned Cdn author Louise Penny on CBC on the CBC LISTEN app❤️
#LouisePenny
#MattGalloway
#TheCurrent
#CBClisten
#TheBlackWolf
#WeAreResolved
apps.apple.com/ca/app/cbc-l...
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New @backlisted.bsky.social episode! A Compass Error by Sybille Bedford, with Francesca Reece @mistinguettecat.bsky.social @johnmitchinson.bsky.social @birchos.bsky.social and me. www.backlisted.fm/episodes/235...
235. A Compass Error by Sybille Bedford — Backlisted
Sybille Bedford's A Compass Error (1968) is a classic coming-of-age novel, a love story, a family saga and a study in psychological suspense rolled into one. Joining us to discuss it are the nov...
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March 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
New @backlisted.bsky.social episode! A Compass Error by Sybille Bedford, with Francesca Reece @mistinguettecat.bsky.social @johnmitchinson.bsky.social @birchos.bsky.social and me. www.backlisted.fm/episodes/235...
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“The tariffs and then that obscene event in the Oval Office happened. And then USAID and women's rights…. It's such a parade of shame.” — Louise Penney
March 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“The tariffs and then that obscene event in the Oval Office happened. And then USAID and women's rights…. It's such a parade of shame.” — Louise Penney
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This bestselling Canadian author says she didn't think twice before cancelling U.S. book-tour dates in response to Trump's tariffs. Q+A w/ @louisepennyauthor.bsky.social by @mattgalloway.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/radio/thecur... via @cbcnews.ca
Author Louise Penny says she didn't think twice before cancelling U.S. book-tour dates | CBC Radio
The novelist first announced the decision last week in a social media post. She says the choice isn’t a political one, but a moral one.
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March 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This bestselling Canadian author says she didn't think twice before cancelling U.S. book-tour dates in response to Trump's tariffs. Q+A w/ @louisepennyauthor.bsky.social by @mattgalloway.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/radio/thecur... via @cbcnews.ca
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A reminder that books by Canadian authors published by independently owned Canadian presses are almost always printed in Canada. The GST holiday ends on Valentine's Day so show #CanLit some love and head out to your local independent bookstore this week or next.❤️📚
February 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
A reminder that books by Canadian authors published by independently owned Canadian presses are almost always printed in Canada. The GST holiday ends on Valentine's Day so show #CanLit some love and head out to your local independent bookstore this week or next.❤️📚
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New old episode up now. Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban, with guests Max Porter and @unamccormack.bsky.social plus a newly recorded introduction from @johnmitchinson.bsky.social.
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/232
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/232
232. Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban - Rerun — Backlisted
Due to an unfortunate bout of flu, we've had to postpone the Biographies and Memoirs special until next week. So in lieu of that we offer a rerun of one of our classic episodes with a new introduction...
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February 4, 2025 at 7:05 AM
New old episode up now. Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban, with guests Max Porter and @unamccormack.bsky.social plus a newly recorded introduction from @johnmitchinson.bsky.social.
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/232
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/232
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Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these readers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."
Welcome to the @backlisted.bsky.social Winter Reading special - 10 book recommendations to kick off our 10th anniversary year...
backlisted.fm/episodes/230
Welcome to the @backlisted.bsky.social Winter Reading special - 10 book recommendations to kick off our 10th anniversary year...
backlisted.fm/episodes/230
230. Winter Reading 2025 — Backlisted
Happy new year! We kick off 2025 - and Backlisted's tenth anniversary year - with our traditional Winter Reading episode, in which Andy, John and Nicky recommend a selection of favourite books to see ...
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January 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these readers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."
Welcome to the @backlisted.bsky.social Winter Reading special - 10 book recommendations to kick off our 10th anniversary year...
backlisted.fm/episodes/230
Welcome to the @backlisted.bsky.social Winter Reading special - 10 book recommendations to kick off our 10th anniversary year...
backlisted.fm/episodes/230
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David Lodge, 1935-2025.
I read Changing Places (1975) while in grad school--a wonderful break from my thesis, and a witty and insightful window into the academic world I was about (briefly) to enter. If you haven't yet met Professors Philip Swallow and Morris Zapp, you've got a real treat coming.
I read Changing Places (1975) while in grad school--a wonderful break from my thesis, and a witty and insightful window into the academic world I was about (briefly) to enter. If you haven't yet met Professors Philip Swallow and Morris Zapp, you've got a real treat coming.
January 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
David Lodge, 1935-2025.
I read Changing Places (1975) while in grad school--a wonderful break from my thesis, and a witty and insightful window into the academic world I was about (briefly) to enter. If you haven't yet met Professors Philip Swallow and Morris Zapp, you've got a real treat coming.
I read Changing Places (1975) while in grad school--a wonderful break from my thesis, and a witty and insightful window into the academic world I was about (briefly) to enter. If you haven't yet met Professors Philip Swallow and Morris Zapp, you've got a real treat coming.
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January 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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New Christmas episode up now. Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, with guests Jarred McGinnis and Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social, with @iammilliam.bsky.social @johnmitchinson.bsky.social @birchos.bsky.social. THAR SHE BLOWS!! 🎄📚 🐳
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/229
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/229
229. Moby-Dick; or the Whale by Herman Melville — Backlisted
Join the Backlisted crew as we navigate the swells and surges of Moby-Dick; or the Whale by Herman Melville. That's right, Moby Dick is a Christmas book! Andy, John and Nicky welcome aboard nove...
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December 25, 2024 at 8:10 AM
New Christmas episode up now. Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, with guests Jarred McGinnis and Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social, with @iammilliam.bsky.social @johnmitchinson.bsky.social @birchos.bsky.social. THAR SHE BLOWS!! 🎄📚 🐳
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/229
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/229
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Local street artist @joderoberts.bsky.social known for his charming heritage signs, redesigned Toronto's coat of arms and it is spot on hilarious!
November 29, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Local street artist @joderoberts.bsky.social known for his charming heritage signs, redesigned Toronto's coat of arms and it is spot on hilarious!
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How to gift wrap a book… my cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.
December 21, 2024 at 11:13 AM
How to gift wrap a book… my cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.
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✨✨✨Just a reminder that there's no GST on books until mid February. Consider buying books from independent bookshops by Canadian authors published by independent Canadian presses this holiday season.❤️📚
December 20, 2024 at 5:07 PM
✨✨✨Just a reminder that there's no GST on books until mid February. Consider buying books from independent bookshops by Canadian authors published by independent Canadian presses this holiday season.❤️📚
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The forthcoming Chrystia Freeland bio Chrystia: From Peace River to Parliament Hill by Catherine Tsalikis, originally slated to be published on Feb. 4, 2025 by House of Anansi, is now coming out on Friday (Dec. 20). I wonder what prompted the change in pub date...
December 17, 2024 at 4:27 PM
The forthcoming Chrystia Freeland bio Chrystia: From Peace River to Parliament Hill by Catherine Tsalikis, originally slated to be published on Feb. 4, 2025 by House of Anansi, is now coming out on Friday (Dec. 20). I wonder what prompted the change in pub date...
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We're excited to announce the longlist for the 2024 NBCC Award for Fiction! Congratulations to all of the nominees. www.bookcritics.org/2024/12/16/2...
December 16, 2024 at 7:00 PM
We're excited to announce the longlist for the 2024 NBCC Award for Fiction! Congratulations to all of the nominees. www.bookcritics.org/2024/12/16/2...
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We should ask him on as a guest.
Snoopy’s been listening to a lot of @backlisted.bsky.social
December 15, 2024 at 11:45 AM
We should ask him on as a guest.
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Alistair MacLeod’s short story ‘To Everything there is a Season’.
December 15, 2024 at 4:46 PM
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The Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2025 Shortlist
Details here: www.stanfords.co.uk/edward-stanf...
Details here: www.stanfords.co.uk/edward-stanf...
December 15, 2024 at 1:12 PM
The Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2025 Shortlist
Details here: www.stanfords.co.uk/edward-stanf...
Details here: www.stanfords.co.uk/edward-stanf...
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