Martha Bátiz
@mbatiz.bsky.social
Mexican-Canadian writer, professor & translator based in the Greater Toronto Area. Book, music & animal lover. Mother of three. “A Daughter’s Place,” my first novel, is now available through your favourite bookseller! Published by House of Anansi Press
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Martha Bátiz
@mbatiz.bsky.social
· Nov 26
My first #novel, based on the lives of the daughter, niece, sisters, and wife of legendary Spanish writer Miguel de #Cervantes, author of #DonQuixote, and published by the amazing #HouseOfAnansiPress, can be preordered now. Secure your copy!
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Doesn’t #ADaughtersPlace look gorgeous sitting at the beautiful bar in #LaPlume at #TheWell Last night? This is where #OSLER, the prestigious law firm, held its annual women’s book club meeting, and I will forever be grateful that they picked my novel!!!
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November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Doesn’t #ADaughtersPlace look gorgeous sitting at the beautiful bar in #LaPlume at #TheWell Last night? This is where #OSLER, the prestigious law firm, held its annual women’s book club meeting, and I will forever be grateful that they picked my novel!!!
@houseofanansi.bsky.social
@houseofanansi.bsky.social
Lovely to see this finally out there. Thank you to Rina Barone and #StoriesFromThePinkHouse for this lovely interview 🙏🥰
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Martha Bátiz on reading Toni Morrison: A human experience so raw that it had me at the verge of tears
Why I Write: Q & A with Mexican-Canadian writer Martha Bátiz
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November 12, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Lovely to see this finally out there. Thank you to Rina Barone and #StoriesFromThePinkHouse for this lovely interview 🙏🥰
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📽 | Nace un rinoceronte blanco en BIOPARC Valencia, un hito en su conservación
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social.elpais.com/odrjg4
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
📽 | Nace un rinoceronte blanco en BIOPARC Valencia, un hito en su conservación
social.elpais.com/odrjg4
social.elpais.com/odrjg4
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50 años desde que murió, 86 desde que terminó la Guerra Civil, y todavía hay 140.000 cuerpos en fosas o quién sabe dónde.
Siempre que pienso en esto me acuerdo de esa frase del final de Las bicicletas son para el verano: “Es que no ha llegado la paz, Luisito. Ha llegado la Victoria.”
Siempre que pienso en esto me acuerdo de esa frase del final de Las bicicletas son para el verano: “Es que no ha llegado la paz, Luisito. Ha llegado la Victoria.”
🇪🇸 As Spain marks the 50th anniversary of Franco's death on November 20, exhumations of 3,300 mass graves from the Spanish Civil War gather pace as relatives and authorities seek to identify more than 140,000 missing persons.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
50 años desde que murió, 86 desde que terminó la Guerra Civil, y todavía hay 140.000 cuerpos en fosas o quién sabe dónde.
Siempre que pienso en esto me acuerdo de esa frase del final de Las bicicletas son para el verano: “Es que no ha llegado la paz, Luisito. Ha llegado la Victoria.”
Siempre que pienso en esto me acuerdo de esa frase del final de Las bicicletas son para el verano: “Es que no ha llegado la paz, Luisito. Ha llegado la Victoria.”
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"Often people think about the experience of the camps and the ensuing liberation, but not as much about what it feels like to like to carry those memories through the years that followed." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Two Holocaust survivors wrote each other letters for decades. Now they're being shared with the world | CBC News
Jewish London is hosting an event Thursday, Nov. 13 featuring a Canadian woman who came across a collection of her mother's old letters. The correspondence, lasting decades, reveals the experiences of...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
"Often people think about the experience of the camps and the ensuing liberation, but not as much about what it feels like to like to carry those memories through the years that followed." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Seeing #NoStarsintheSky and #ADaughtersPlace together on #literaryfestival tables just never gets old. Thank you @houseofanansi.bsky.social for the gift of these books! And thank you #wildwriters for inviting me this weekend to be a part of your wonderful festival! It was such a treat! 🙏🎉🥰📚🇨🇦
November 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Seeing #NoStarsintheSky and #ADaughtersPlace together on #literaryfestival tables just never gets old. Thank you @houseofanansi.bsky.social for the gift of these books! And thank you #wildwriters for inviting me this weekend to be a part of your wonderful festival! It was such a treat! 🙏🎉🥰📚🇨🇦
¿Dónde está el gerente de este changarro? Quiero poner una queja: nos sirvieron la nieve muy temprano, demasiado pronto y en cantidad extrema. ¡Auxilio! 😩😩😩😩😭😭😭😭
November 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
¿Dónde está el gerente de este changarro? Quiero poner una queja: nos sirvieron la nieve muy temprano, demasiado pronto y en cantidad extrema. ¡Auxilio! 😩😩😩😩😭😭😭😭
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Me: We have too many books.
My husband: We have inadequate shelf space.
My husband: We have inadequate shelf space.
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Me: We have too many books.
My husband: We have inadequate shelf space.
My husband: We have inadequate shelf space.
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For @torontostar-rss.bsky.social I spoke with JOHN IRVING about being an outsider, finding the plot, his friendship with
@stephenking.bsky.social & much more.
(Puck spoke with him about his leash.)
His 16th novel, #QueenEsther, is out now.
#WritingLife #Writers #booksky
@stephenking.bsky.social & much more.
(Puck spoke with him about his leash.)
His 16th novel, #QueenEsther, is out now.
#WritingLife #Writers #booksky
November 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
For @torontostar-rss.bsky.social I spoke with JOHN IRVING about being an outsider, finding the plot, his friendship with
@stephenking.bsky.social & much more.
(Puck spoke with him about his leash.)
His 16th novel, #QueenEsther, is out now.
#WritingLife #Writers #booksky
@stephenking.bsky.social & much more.
(Puck spoke with him about his leash.)
His 16th novel, #QueenEsther, is out now.
#WritingLife #Writers #booksky
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Buzzing after moderating the panel, Rewriting The Past: Experimental Approaches to Historical Fiction with @mbatiz.bsky.social @kasiajaronczyk.bsky.social and @karensmythe.bsky.social at the 2025 Wild Writers Festival @thenewquarterly.bsky.social
Check out their phenomenon novels!
Check out their phenomenon novels!
November 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Buzzing after moderating the panel, Rewriting The Past: Experimental Approaches to Historical Fiction with @mbatiz.bsky.social @kasiajaronczyk.bsky.social and @karensmythe.bsky.social at the 2025 Wild Writers Festival @thenewquarterly.bsky.social
Check out their phenomenon novels!
Check out their phenomenon novels!
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Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
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"A new analysis shows a continent-wide collapse in the animal 'power' that drives nutrient cycling, seed dispersal, and other life-support functions in Africa. This collapse raises risks for biodiversity and the people who depend on it." 🌏 www.earth.com/news/africas...
Africa's natural wildlife 'power' has nearly collapsed
Scientists warn that losing Africa’s large animals is draining ecosystem energy and reshaping the continent’s biodiversity.
www.earth.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:35 AM
"A new analysis shows a continent-wide collapse in the animal 'power' that drives nutrient cycling, seed dispersal, and other life-support functions in Africa. This collapse raises risks for biodiversity and the people who depend on it." 🌏 www.earth.com/news/africas...
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#BREAKING: Canada adds surprise 67,000 jobs in October, unemployment rate drops to 6.9%
Statcan: Canada adds surprise 67,000 jobs
Statistics Canada says the economy added 67,000 jobs in October, blowing past economists’ expectations for the labour market for a second month in a row.
www.cp24.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
#BREAKING: Canada adds surprise 67,000 jobs in October, unemployment rate drops to 6.9%
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Thank you so much to
@thecjn.bsky.social for this
generous review of A Place For People Like Us 🧡📚
“A fast paced page turner that is at times thriller, romance, and Bildungsroman… highly engaging, offering a fascinating character study…sure to be enjoyed by admirers of Botha’s earlier work.”
@thecjn.bsky.social for this
generous review of A Place For People Like Us 🧡📚
“A fast paced page turner that is at times thriller, romance, and Bildungsroman… highly engaging, offering a fascinating character study…sure to be enjoyed by admirers of Botha’s earlier work.”
November 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Thank you so much to
@thecjn.bsky.social for this
generous review of A Place For People Like Us 🧡📚
“A fast paced page turner that is at times thriller, romance, and Bildungsroman… highly engaging, offering a fascinating character study…sure to be enjoyed by admirers of Botha’s earlier work.”
@thecjn.bsky.social for this
generous review of A Place For People Like Us 🧡📚
“A fast paced page turner that is at times thriller, romance, and Bildungsroman… highly engaging, offering a fascinating character study…sure to be enjoyed by admirers of Botha’s earlier work.”
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Qué sería de los libros sin las manos tendidas en las librerías. Merci, #PointVirgule #Namur
✒️ « Ce roman audacieux déploie un style subtil. L’autrice revisite le mythe pour y tisser une réflexion contemporaine sur le pouvoir, la guerre, l’exil, l’amour, la condition des femmes ».
✒️ « Ce roman audacieux déploie un style subtil. L’autrice revisite le mythe pour y tisser une réflexion contemporaine sur le pouvoir, la guerre, l’exil, l’amour, la condition des femmes ».
November 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Qué sería de los libros sin las manos tendidas en las librerías. Merci, #PointVirgule #Namur
✒️ « Ce roman audacieux déploie un style subtil. L’autrice revisite le mythe pour y tisser une réflexion contemporaine sur le pouvoir, la guerre, l’exil, l’amour, la condition des femmes ».
✒️ « Ce roman audacieux déploie un style subtil. L’autrice revisite le mythe pour y tisser une réflexion contemporaine sur le pouvoir, la guerre, l’exil, l’amour, la condition des femmes ».
A todas, a todas nos ha pasado. Los hombres creen que estamos ahí para su entretenimiento y gozo. Pero que le sucediera a la presidenta es el colmo. Ojalá esto traiga medidas que nos protejan y castiguen con severidad a todo mano larga, y más aún a los violadores. Ya basta.
🔴 La presidenta de México denuncia al hombre que la acosó en plena calle: “Si me lo hacen a mí, ¿qué va a pasar con todas las mujeres en el país?” social.elpais.com/whwbe4
Claudia Sheinbaum denuncia al hombre que la acosó: “Si se lo hacen a la presidenta, ¿qué va a pasar con todas las mujeres en el país?”
La mandataria ha confirmado que hay un detenido y ha recalcado: “Nadie debe vulnerar nuestro espacio personal”
social.elpais.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A todas, a todas nos ha pasado. Los hombres creen que estamos ahí para su entretenimiento y gozo. Pero que le sucediera a la presidenta es el colmo. Ojalá esto traiga medidas que nos protejan y castiguen con severidad a todo mano larga, y más aún a los violadores. Ya basta.
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This is daily life for women in public. Even the president of Mexico isn't safe from creeps fondling her on the street. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Man gropes Mexico president as she speaks with citizens on the streets
Video shows man trying to kiss and embrace Claudia Sheinbaum, highlighting both security risk and harassment faced by Mexican women
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This is daily life for women in public. Even the president of Mexico isn't safe from creeps fondling her on the street. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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The Vancouver Writers Fest couldn’t happen without the support of our incredible team of 400 volunteers. Year after year, we hear from authors and attendees about how helpful and welcoming they are.
Help us thank them for all that they do! ❤️
Help us thank them for all that they do! ❤️
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The Vancouver Writers Fest couldn’t happen without the support of our incredible team of 400 volunteers. Year after year, we hear from authors and attendees about how helpful and welcoming they are.
Help us thank them for all that they do! ❤️
Help us thank them for all that they do! ❤️
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Just what he needed
November 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Just what he needed
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i want a ban on tv commercials that feature ringing doorbells
just open the door and get into the story faster, please, and stop upsetting my dog
just open the door and get into the story faster, please, and stop upsetting my dog
November 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
i want a ban on tv commercials that feature ringing doorbells
just open the door and get into the story faster, please, and stop upsetting my dog
just open the door and get into the story faster, please, and stop upsetting my dog
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If you’ve ever dressed up as Wonder Woman, or if your kid or dog is dressed as Wonder Woman, you should skeet a picture to @lyndacarter.bsky.social tonight, she’s retweeting them because obviously she’s awesome.
November 1, 2025 at 1:37 AM
If you’ve ever dressed up as Wonder Woman, or if your kid or dog is dressed as Wonder Woman, you should skeet a picture to @lyndacarter.bsky.social tonight, she’s retweeting them because obviously she’s awesome.