thank-you for adding me @richardlevangie.bsky.social. You can put me on Team Oxford Comma!

thank-you! The spotted owl is that story, for sure. B.C. and Canada handed wild spotted owls a death sentence.

Canada Council and other arts councils give grants to authors to write books and to publishers to publish books. But more and more books they support can’t get reviewed. What's the solution? Could the Canada Council help fund book review sections? #writing #Canada #books

Some publications ask publishers to buy ad space before they will review a book. A bigger ad gets you more book review space. That’s a huge disadvantage for smaller, independent Canadian publishers. #writing #Canada #books

Without reviews, people don't know a book exists. If they don’t know a book exists, they don’t buy it or talk about it on social media. Book review space has greatly shrunk or disappeared entirely across Canada in recent years. #writing #Canada #books

It’s a far cry from 2018 when I published my first book and received many reviews, even as an unknown author. #writing #Canada #books

This is not the only 'article' painting Canada and Canadian institutions in a bad light. They dovetail with Trump's continuing demonization of Canada, cultivating American support for annexation.