happy st viateur's day to all who celebrate

Montreal, come hang: WRITERS' ROOM #4, November 7 2025.

"This will never work": PARCHMENT (@parchmentmag.bsky.social), a literary journal devoted to contemporary Canadian Jewish writing, is returning to print.

I joined the editorial board because I don't feel "Jewish writing" needs to mean what it usually means, especially lately. 1/5

earlier this year i nearly tripped into Hockney's "Portrait of an Artist"

now my novel about art, poetry, kinship and AI is out in a superbly Hockney-coded Canadian paperback edition

hope you have a chance to trip into it yourself.

Can I say something without people getting mad?

it being 3pm on a friday in montreal, it is the time to listen to punk rock and watch a human-pony race in the park

two days left to get autographed books (including a "book club bundle" from me) while doing some good toward the humanitarian crisis in gaza app.galabid.com/authors4esim...

really chock-full, amazing literary fundraiser (featuring a "book club" pack of my novels) now live, collecting funds for eSims for Gaza. my admiration to the organizers, end the war. tinyurl.com/authors4esims

happy Frozen Mammoth Day 2025, for all in montreal who celebrate

friday!

the weather's cold, the going's tough, the year's subsiding—but i'm delighted to share my 100 favourite songs of 2024:
www.saidthegramophone.com/archives/bes...

Writers of Montreal! This is coming up on Thursday.

David Bergen on tonight's Giller Prize gala, and why he won't be attending. (I won't be there either.)

www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...

There are counter-events across Canada tonight (including at D&Q in Montreal), calling for an end to arms in the arts.