Sharp Words Winter Book Fair is coming! We'll be there on Saturday, January 31st from 11 to 5 pm, down at Bridgeworks at 200 Caroline Street North. Come by for panels, artists, authors, and the best selection of indie books to top up your winter TBR. Check Sharpwords.ca for updates!
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A Novelist's Alter Ego
Robertson Davies, a key figure in Canadian literature, was known for novels like 'Fifth Business.' Less known is his work's connection to Jungian psychology, exploring archetypes & the subconscious. His famous public persona, with its flowing beard and grand style, was said to mirror the wise 'magus' characters found in his fiction, blurring the line between the author & his creation. #Canada #RobertsonDavies #CanLit #Jung
Friday Night Poetry returns to Russell Books on January 16. Join poets Mahaila Smith (Seed Beetle) and Lorne Daniel (What Is Broken Binds Us) for an open mic and readings. 7pm sign-up, 7:30 start. See you there!
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Calling all Canadian #IndieAuthors! If you sell on #Itchio and want to participate in a group bundle promo in March, here is a sign up sheet. All genres except erotica are welcome (because there are already tons of promo opportunities elsewhere for that genre), you just need to be Canadian and selling on Itchio.
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The City & The City posted their 2025 bestsellers and we love to see a Stelliform book on the list! Also of note: the book is on the list because it is great, yes, but also because The City & The City read and loved it and recommended it and made it a bookclub feature. Indie bookstores are THE BEST.
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A Novelist's Alter Ego
Robertson Davies, a key figure in Canadian literature, was known for novels like 'Fifth Business.' Less known is his work's connection to Jungian psychology, exploring archetypes & the subconscious. His famous public persona, with its flowing beard and grand style, was said to mirror the wise 'magus' characters found in his fiction, blurring the line between the author & his creation. #Canada #RobertsonDavies #CanLit #Jung
ICYMI: there was a lovely review of Rebecca Campbell's THE OTHER SHORE in Brief Ecology, a newsletter focusing on environmental news - not just what's happening but also what we can do. It's definitely worth checking out.
Here's a link to Brief Ecology #22, where you can find more about THE OTHER SHORE: https://www.briefecology.com/p/no-desert-data-centers-climate-impacts
#rebeccacampbell #theothershore #shortstories #shortstorycollection #canlit #canadianliterature #canadianauthor #speculativefiction #sffh #bookstodon #books
My spoken lyric video Life’s Bad Novel is up on YouTube
Join travel editor Rachael Boardman as she reflects on her first time sailing — fortunately with able skipper Jules Octavian.
https://countyfencemagazine.com/sailing-yacht-atlanta
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ICYMI, The Woodlot published a thoroughly delightful review by Pearl Pirie of Mahaila Smith's SEED BEETLE. If you still haven't picked up your copy, you truly can't miss with this debut collection.
Read the whole review here: https://the-wood-lot.ca/2025/09/29/seed-beetle-poems-by-mahaila-smith-stelliform-press-2025/
#poetry #canlit #canadianauthor #speculativepoetry #sfpoetry #poetrycollection #debutcollection #books #bookstodon
if you're looking for gifts, my garbage proems are a great gift for those who have everything, and you're supporting a Canadian small press above/ground press, maybe subscribe too?
My spoken lyric video Said No One Ever is now up on YouTube.
Steven Mayoff is a Canadian novelist, poet and lyricist. His web site is www.stevenmayoff.ca
#lyrics #spokenword #narrativepoetry #canlit #literature #homemadevideo #gratitude #satire
Your child’s bookshelf is more Canadian than you think! Support Canadian-owned kids’ book publishers, like Heritage House, to share and celebrate diverse stories.
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With thanks to illustrators Julie Flett, Isabelle Malenfant, and Tim Mack.
Just found that the Ottawa International Writers' Festival is on the fediverse but not active. Been trying to get them to cross post here for a bit. Maybe if I remind them that someone there joined, they'll make the time.
I also learned that my latest book, which just came out, is apparently eligible for some of the bigger awards. So if you're able to nominate/vote and are looking for new reads, may I awkwardly suggest Chalice of Caladriai?😊
#books #bookstodon #reading #CanLit #CanKidLit #CanadianAuthor #Canadian
My spoken lyric video Who Gets Remembered? Is now on YouTube
©Who Gets Remembered? By Steven Mayoff 2023
Who Gets Remembered? appeared in my short story Foreword, published in Midlvlmag in 2024
Steven Mayoff is a Canadian novelist, poet and lyricist. His web site is www.stevenmayoff.ca
#lyrics #spokenword #narrativepoetry #canlit #literature #homemadevideo #posthumous #recognition #remembering
A Novelist's Alter Ego
Robertson Davies, a key figure in Canadian literature, was known for novels like 'Fifth Business.' Less known is his work's connection to Jungian psychology, exploring archetypes & the subconscious. His famous public persona, with its flowing beard and grand style, was said to mirror the wise 'magus' characters found in his fiction, blurring the line between the author & his creation. #Canada #RobertsonDavies #CanLit #Jung
Every map has edges. Every edge hides a story.
MacIver Kids Adventures — eco-mystery + science for curious 12–16s (and the adults who read with them).
Nine MacIver teens. One family notebook. Clues → patterns → warnings — from coastlines to distant moons.
Start with Book 1: LOMA 👉 https://books2read.com/u/bpkQa6
Books 1–3 out now; more coming soon.
#YALit #TeenReads #STEM #EcoFiction #AdventureBooks #BookSeries #CanLit
After the Kamloops Lake derailment—where officials now estimate ~80,000+ litres of jet fuel spilled and nearby communities shut or limited water intakes—Draconim: Lacrima Mortis hits painfully close.
A YA eco-fantasy about a train crash, poisoned water, and teens choosing courage. Book 1 of the Draconim series.
Read/discuss: https://books2read.com/u/mgekQD
This 4th and final instalment of Keith Burgoyne’s and my interview about Swinging Between Water and Stone (Galleon Books, 2025) is a double-header, where I read an excerpt from a seven-poem cycle that alternates between the present and the past, and an early poem that uses humour as a means of discovering my identity as an Islander by Choice.
#poetry #literature #CanLit #CanadianPoetry #interview #PrinceEdwardIsland #PEI #charlottetown #SpokenWord
