Mark Leiren-Young
@leirenyoung.bsky.social
🐋 📚 🏆 Author, playwright & hockey nut in Canada Host @SkaanaPod https://leirenyoung.substack.com/ https://linktr.ee/leirenyoung 🇨🇦
Today's @theglobeandmail.com! Of course the moment this goes live today the line I should have added to this hits me like a lightning bolt... "I can imagine @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social reading this budget thinking... I climbed the CN Tower for this?" www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
November 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Today's @theglobeandmail.com! Of course the moment this goes live today the line I should have added to this hits me like a lightning bolt... "I can imagine @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social reading this budget thinking... I climbed the CN Tower for this?" www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Wow. Tonight in New York. First preview! Congrats and thank you Martin Kinch & Saul Rubinek
October 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Wow. Tonight in New York. First preview! Congrats and thank you Martin Kinch & Saul Rubinek
Excited to be back on @cfax1070.bsky.social tomorrow (Friday, Aug 15) at 4 with Ryan Price. This week's topic is gonna be octopuses - like the octopus who borrowed someone's camera and started filming... who is almost as cool as Rambo, the New Zealand octopus octographer 🐙 @orcabook.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Excited to be back on @cfax1070.bsky.social tomorrow (Friday, Aug 15) at 4 with Ryan Price. This week's topic is gonna be octopuses - like the octopus who borrowed someone's camera and started filming... who is almost as cool as Rambo, the New Zealand octopus octographer 🐙 @orcabook.bsky.social
What is this American way that right-wing critics think Superman represents? Asking for a Canadian friend. leirenyoung.substack.com/p/its-a-bird...
August 13, 2025 at 9:46 AM
What is this American way that right-wing critics think Superman represents? Asking for a Canadian friend. leirenyoung.substack.com/p/its-a-bird...
If you saw the #fantasticfour movie - and didn’t know anything about the comic - did you get that The Thing was Jewish or just think he was crushing on Natasha Lyonne?
August 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
If you saw the #fantasticfour movie - and didn’t know anything about the comic - did you get that The Thing was Jewish or just think he was crushing on Natasha Lyonne?
While I don't believe the guy very often... Does anyone out there think Trump has ever read or watched Shakespeare? Oooh maybe a reporter can ask him to name his fave Shakespeare play...
July 8, 2025 at 12:59 AM
While I don't believe the guy very often... Does anyone out there think Trump has ever read or watched Shakespeare? Oooh maybe a reporter can ask him to name his fave Shakespeare play...
At @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social in #victoria Just finished talking #sharks & Sharks Forever & @skaana.bsky.social for the anniversary of #Jaws On CBC All Points West live at 5:15 PST!
June 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
At @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social in #victoria Just finished talking #sharks & Sharks Forever & @skaana.bsky.social for the anniversary of #Jaws On CBC All Points West live at 5:15 PST!
Thanks for this! I originally planned to pretend this was fiction... The poster is real... two names changed because... lawyers.
June 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Thanks for this! I originally planned to pretend this was fiction... The poster is real... two names changed because... lawyers.
Every summer I try to do at least one cool thing to recharge my creative batteries. So glad I decided to spend two days taking a workshop with @lizgilbert.bsky.social in #Vancouver. Wow.
May 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Every summer I try to do at least one cool thing to recharge my creative batteries. So glad I decided to spend two days taking a workshop with @lizgilbert.bsky.social in #Vancouver. Wow.
Ooh, either this is a glitch on the Apple News @theglobeandmail.com feed or Pierre Poilievre is promising a clone & #Cdnpoli is going sci-fi🇨🇦
May 7, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Ooh, either this is a glitch on the Apple News @theglobeandmail.com feed or Pierre Poilievre is promising a clone & #Cdnpoli is going sci-fi🇨🇦
If you're in Victoria - and have kids in your world - please check out the @orcabook.bsky.social book launch tonight at @Munro's! 8 writers and I'm launching Octopus Ocean, so I love the numbers! See you at 6:30!
April 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
If you're in Victoria - and have kids in your world - please check out the @orcabook.bsky.social book launch tonight at @Munro's! 8 writers and I'm launching Octopus Ocean, so I love the numbers! See you at 6:30!
April 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Tonight's performance of Playing Shylock... 200% more meta than usual. I filmed this minutes before Saul Rubinek stepped on stage to complain about the show being shut down by protesters. #Toronto #Theatre #TorontoTheatre
April 5, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Tonight's performance of Playing Shylock... 200% more meta than usual. I filmed this minutes before Saul Rubinek stepped on stage to complain about the show being shut down by protesters. #Toronto #Theatre #TorontoTheatre
#Toronto! Saul Rubinek! About to watch dress tech. Opening tomorrow night... 8 shows. And finally here with director Martin Kinch ❤🤩 new.starvoxent.com/playing-shyl...
March 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
#Toronto! Saul Rubinek! About to watch dress tech. Opening tomorrow night... 8 shows. And finally here with director Martin Kinch ❤🤩 new.starvoxent.com/playing-shyl...
So cool to make the cover of #BCBookworld again with Octopus Ocean! I also made the cover with The Killer Whale Who Changed the World. And I'm definitely the only author whose cover photos are an #octopus and an #orca! Thank you #BCBooklook & @orcabook.bsky.social #Books #Children'sBooks
March 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
So cool to make the cover of #BCBookworld again with Octopus Ocean! I also made the cover with The Killer Whale Who Changed the World. And I'm definitely the only author whose cover photos are an #octopus and an #orca! Thank you #BCBooklook & @orcabook.bsky.social #Books #Children'sBooks
So cool to make the cover of #BCBookworld again with Octopus Ocean! I also made the cover with The Killer Whale Who Changed the World. And I'm definitely the only author whose cover photos are an #octopus and an #orca! Thank you #BCBooklook & @orcabook.bsky.social #Books #Children'sBooks
March 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
So cool to make the cover of #BCBookworld again with Octopus Ocean! I also made the cover with The Killer Whale Who Changed the World. And I'm definitely the only author whose cover photos are an #octopus and an #orca! Thank you #BCBooklook & @orcabook.bsky.social #Books #Children'sBooks
McDavid scores! Crowd at Boston Pizza in #Saanich EXPLODES like it's Crosby's golden goal. High fives fly. The entire freaking restaurant sings "O #Canada." This had the vibe of Canada vs. the Russians in '72. And based on the way US alliances have shifted in the last few weeks... #Hockey
February 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
So thrilled to see Octopus Ocean out in the wild! Because it is Orca Book Publishers the book is beautiful. And, as always, Frejya gets to check out the book and has only one thought... oooh fishy... tasty fishy... This officially hits stores in about three weeks but you can pre-order now!
January 23, 2025 at 6:38 AM
So thrilled to see Octopus Ocean out in the wild! Because it is Orca Book Publishers the book is beautiful. And, as always, Frejya gets to check out the book and has only one thought... oooh fishy... tasty fishy... This officially hits stores in about three weeks but you can pre-order now!
Time to share a wild secret. Closing night of Playing Shylock wasn’t quite closing night. Last night there was one final final performance by Saul Rubinek @ Canadian Stage as Vérité Films shot the play in front of an invited audience for a documentary about the play and the issues it raises.
December 12, 2024 at 12:39 AM
Time to share a wild secret. Closing night of Playing Shylock wasn’t quite closing night. Last night there was one final final performance by Saul Rubinek @ Canadian Stage as Vérité Films shot the play in front of an invited audience for a documentary about the play and the issues it raises.
Happy World Oceans Day! Reading from Orcas Everywhere, Sharks Forever & Octopus Oceans today at World Ocean Day Fishermans Wharf - Victoria, BC (Sunday, June 9) at 1 pm and 2:30! See you there!
June 9, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Happy World Oceans Day! Reading from Orcas Everywhere, Sharks Forever & Octopus Oceans today at World Ocean Day Fishermans Wharf - Victoria, BC (Sunday, June 9) at 1 pm and 2:30! See you there!