Randall Perry 🍁
@randallperry.bsky.social
Independent editor and writer. Publisher at October Park Editions (a micropress). Toronto, ON
Mamdani is going to implement Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings Law. It'll last for 100 days and 100 nights.
Mamdani is going to implement Shakira Law. Nobody's hips will be allowed to lie.
Mamdani is going to implement Sha-Na-Na law. Everyone has to grease their hair and sing DooWop.
November 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Mamdani is going to implement Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings Law. It'll last for 100 days and 100 nights.
Drunk Fiction is a delight and I'm pumped for the November 25 event at The Caledonian, where I'll join literary luminaries Russell Smith, Danila Botha, and Andrew Daley for some chilly-eve reads. Kudos to Emily Weedon, Matron of the Macabre, for creating and hosting this fab monthly reading series.
November 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Drunk Fiction is a delight and I'm pumped for the November 25 event at The Caledonian, where I'll join literary luminaries Russell Smith, Danila Botha, and Andrew Daley for some chilly-eve reads. Kudos to Emily Weedon, Matron of the Macabre, for creating and hosting this fab monthly reading series.
Yesterday was colour check day for a little side project of mine. I'm publishing a chapbook of a sort-of-old short story to use as a test run for a micropublishing project I'm looking at starting up. This will be available when I read at November's Drunk Fiction event in Toronto.
November 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Yesterday was colour check day for a little side project of mine. I'm publishing a chapbook of a sort-of-old short story to use as a test run for a micropublishing project I'm looking at starting up. This will be available when I read at November's Drunk Fiction event in Toronto.
A witchy story for spooky season.
October 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A witchy story for spooky season.
It was a process for me. Started at age 17 in 1985 (came out to my prom date: easy) and ended at age 21 in 1988 (came out to my parents: difficult). I'm now 58.
Came out at 17 (in high school in Winnipeg in 1979, not recommended); now 63 years old.
Queer BlueSky: how old were you when you came out and how old are you now?
Came out as gay for a dry run in 9th grade and then fully in 10th grade. Totally out as a junior and senior. Danced with a guy at my prom (who decided at prom to come out?!). Came out as ace in late 30s.
I’m 42 now.
Came out as gay for a dry run in 9th grade and then fully in 10th grade. Totally out as a junior and senior. Danced with a guy at my prom (who decided at prom to come out?!). Came out as ace in late 30s.
I’m 42 now.
October 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It was a process for me. Started at age 17 in 1985 (came out to my prom date: easy) and ended at age 21 in 1988 (came out to my parents: difficult). I'm now 58.
Sure, Jan.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Sure, Jan.
Post you from a different era. (SGK, your photo reminds me of someone I used to know when I was an undergrad in the 80s.)
September 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Post you from a different era. (SGK, your photo reminds me of someone I used to know when I was an undergrad in the 80s.)
Less than a month away, this one. Rosanna will also be at @wordstocksudbury.bsky.social on Saturday, October 25, if you're in Sudbury, Ontario that weekend.
Thrilled to announce the upcoming Oct. 18 publication of my #CNF collection Product of Italy 🇮🇹, Made in Canada 🇨🇦: An Immigrant's Love Letter to Food, Family, & Resilience! @latitude46pub.bsky.social! #creativenonfiction #canadian @canadianauthors.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Less than a month away, this one. Rosanna will also be at @wordstocksudbury.bsky.social on Saturday, October 25, if you're in Sudbury, Ontario that weekend.
St. Lawrence Writers' Festival swag. All the participants got a commemorative mug with their name highlighted! Great touch... here's to getting involved for 2026. 📚
September 14, 2025 at 3:25 AM
St. Lawrence Writers' Festival swag. All the participants got a commemorative mug with their name highlighted! Great touch... here's to getting involved for 2026. 📚
Counting down to the inaugural St. Lawrence Writers' Festival in picturesque Brockville, Ontario. September 5 – 7 . . . just go, eh? It's going to be a blast. Tickets here: visit.brockvilletourism.com/checkout/104...
August 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Counting down to the inaugural St. Lawrence Writers' Festival in picturesque Brockville, Ontario. September 5 – 7 . . . just go, eh? It's going to be a blast. Tickets here: visit.brockvilletourism.com/checkout/104...
Less than two weeks from the literary event of the summer: join Giles Blunt and company on August 6 at Noonan's Pub, 141 Danforth Ave, for the launch of Giles's new novel, Bad Juliet, published by Dundurn Press.
@gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social
@dundurnpress.bsky.social
@gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social
@dundurnpress.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Less than two weeks from the literary event of the summer: join Giles Blunt and company on August 6 at Noonan's Pub, 141 Danforth Ave, for the launch of Giles's new novel, Bad Juliet, published by Dundurn Press.
@gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social
@dundurnpress.bsky.social
@gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social
@dundurnpress.bsky.social
I worked on two of these lovely books ("The Upending of Wendall Forbes" and "Product of Italy, Made in Canada") and will definitely grab the Brit Griffin title. If you're looking for great small press books to read this fall, this little stack from @latitude46pub.bsky.social won't steer you wrong.
July 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I worked on two of these lovely books ("The Upending of Wendall Forbes" and "Product of Italy, Made in Canada") and will definitely grab the Brit Griffin title. If you're looking for great small press books to read this fall, this little stack from @latitude46pub.bsky.social won't steer you wrong.
I'll be at Jobsite Brewing in Stratford, ON, this coming Saturday with some @latitude46pub.bsky.social books on the table. Come down and mingle; buy a book (or two) (or more).
Jobsite Brewing
45 Cambria Street
Stratford ON N5A 1G8
Jobsite Brewing
45 Cambria Street
Stratford ON N5A 1G8
July 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I'll be at Jobsite Brewing in Stratford, ON, this coming Saturday with some @latitude46pub.bsky.social books on the table. Come down and mingle; buy a book (or two) (or more).
Jobsite Brewing
45 Cambria Street
Stratford ON N5A 1G8
Jobsite Brewing
45 Cambria Street
Stratford ON N5A 1G8
Apply that construction rate to the Ontario Line and we'd be looking at an opening date of September 1, 2290 (or thereabouts) for that one.
Tunnel connecting UP Express to TTC's Dundas West station under construction after long delay
CodeRedTO: "it should be something that we are able to pull off in a little *less* than 10 years"
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/up-express-ttc-tunnel-1.7563769 […]
[Original post on mstdn.ca]
CodeRedTO: "it should be something that we are able to pull off in a little *less* than 10 years"
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/up-express-ttc-tunnel-1.7563769 […]
[Original post on mstdn.ca]
June 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Apply that construction rate to the Ontario Line and we'd be looking at an opening date of September 1, 2290 (or thereabouts) for that one.
Reposted by Randall Perry 🍁
I wrote a piece for The Guardian about the spike in political violence. The question: When do we start calling this what it is?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Violence is coming to define American political life | Stephen Marche
Spectacular violence like Trump’s military parade and real violence like Melissa Hortman’s assassination are part of a growing trend
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I wrote a piece for The Guardian about the spike in political violence. The question: When do we start calling this what it is?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Randall Perry 🍁
Read the Excerpt from Birch and Jay by Allister Thompson
@latitude46pub.bsky.social
quillandquire.com/omni/excerpt...
@latitude46pub.bsky.social
quillandquire.com/omni/excerpt...
June 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Read the Excerpt from Birch and Jay by Allister Thompson
@latitude46pub.bsky.social
quillandquire.com/omni/excerpt...
@latitude46pub.bsky.social
quillandquire.com/omni/excerpt...
Got an acceptance on an essay submission yesterday — sure, it was solicited for a collection, but a solicit doesn't mean automatic acceptance, so that's a win.
June 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Got an acceptance on an essay submission yesterday — sure, it was solicited for a collection, but a solicit doesn't mean automatic acceptance, so that's a win.
Reposted by Randall Perry 🍁
Here’s a public service announcement from me about ‘Birch and Jay’ and why you (and your teens) should read it. #booksky #postapocalyptic #youngadult #climatechange
June 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Here’s a public service announcement from me about ‘Birch and Jay’ and why you (and your teens) should read it. #booksky #postapocalyptic #youngadult #climatechange
Reposted by Randall Perry 🍁
Symbols aren’t hollow tokens - they have meaning. I can’t imagine living in a world where I don’t have to think about my safety every time I leave the house. This video shows the power of symbols dismissed as ‘DEI’.
For noen kan et lite regnbueflagg bety at vi føler oss tryggere. Man ser flagget og tenker; « her kan jeg passe inn»
En enkel måte å vite at jeg også blir satt pris på.
Veldig fin video
Oslo Pride🌈
En enkel måte å vite at jeg også blir satt pris på.
Veldig fin video
Oslo Pride🌈
May 29, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Symbols aren’t hollow tokens - they have meaning. I can’t imagine living in a world where I don’t have to think about my safety every time I leave the house. This video shows the power of symbols dismissed as ‘DEI’.
The hidden path taken.
May 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The hidden path taken.
It's a sunny, bright day (for a change) so the light was perfect for such things.
May 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
It's a sunny, bright day (for a change) so the light was perfect for such things.
Do not cite the Deep Magic to me, Witch! I was there when it was written.
May 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Do not cite the Deep Magic to me, Witch! I was there when it was written.
Remove a letter, ruin a movie.
Star Was
Star Was
Remove a letter, ruin a movie
Psych
Psych
Remove a Letter, ruin a movie
The Muppet Move
The Muppet Move
May 3, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Remove a letter, ruin a movie.
Star Was
Star Was
Would you like some mustard?
April 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Would you like some mustard?
I think the Crocs are the chef's kiss on this brilliance.
April 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I think the Crocs are the chef's kiss on this brilliance.