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Canadian screenwriters, hyphenates, industry allies & friends. Community vibes since 2007. Home of #inkdrinks. Website: https://www.inkcanadascreenwritersandfriends.com Accounts managed by @karenwalton.bsky.social
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Thanks to everybody who joined us in Tdot for Feb hang, #inkdrinks. Thrilled to meet so many first-timers and get to giggle with allies we haven't seen since pre-pandemic days! SO grateful if you took the time to vote same day. Next one: www.inkcanadascreenwritersandfriends.com/events/inkdr...

Pop-UP! Saturday, first of March. ink's beloved Writing Sprints sesh via zoom. Online. Free to Attend. You must Register, see link. Writers working together apart, no matter where their work/life is at. Online Sessions are Eastern Time. Check your time zone/schedule accordingly buff.ly/4hUt1sP

#inkdrinksToronto tonight! Vote then visit! Yes, inkAdmin screenwriter-hyph Karen Walton is co-hosting with @allyturcotte.bsky.social & first-timer #AmandaMays. And yes, it's very gross to post about yourself in the third person, always. Come say hi. Vote first. Then come hang!

#inkdrinksToronto tonight. Vote then visit with beloved writer-SE-accessibility content specialist @allyturcotte.bsky.social, record-setting volunteer host for GTA's monthly socials. Free to attend. Your tab is your responsibility. Warm welcomes on tap. Please, no pitching. #CDNscreenwriters

"Canada is not a real country" Considering the troll pushing this disinfo is credibly accused of election interference in other democracies, recklessly platforms Hate, and is profiting from a private contract without public consultation thanks to the current #Ontario gov, #WritersVoteToday -Admin

#inkdrinksToronto meet first-time host, longtime writer-nomad #AndreaMays. Local and visiting screenwriters and industry allies of all stripes are welcome to our totally casual social Thursday Feb 27th from 7pm, karaoke at 10pm Upstairs at The Monarch ... 1/..

Industry Reminder: Full members in good standing of the Writers Guild of Canada are reminded to check their email from the Guild regarding current, time-sensitive business. #WGC https://www.wgc.ca

#Ontario Election Day is Thursday February 27th, 2025. Your employer is legally required to give you time to vote. Not registered to vote? You can do that when you vote. Here's an interview from public broadcaster TVO on voting in Ontario https://buff.ly/3ESCVwp

Reminder - inkie Liz Whitmere and Team COLD are offering an online screening and Q&A at 7PM EASTERN tonight. Registration is required. #cdnFilm Here are the details https://buff.ly/41hPHMB

LOVE this, @highballtv.bsky.social 😍 #ukraine #film #canada

accept no suspicious accounts when aiming to follow one of our favourite creative citizens. It’s @realgdt.bsky.social

the Canadian Intelligence Community's screenwriters may here share the obvious replies that notion. Also, colleagues in NZ, UK, Australia. Bonus points if writers reply without invoking NSA's reliance on Canada re clandestine ops, border security and 'eyes and ears' around the globe - too easy 🕵️

what if this is the one where I do get on stage and do #AprilWine? or #Feist? or #Sloan? or #AlanisMorissette? or #Celine .... OR @thetragicallyhip.bsky.social?! #karaokeCanada #inkdrinksToronto Upstairs at the proudly inkie owned historic #MonarchTavern #WritersSocialLocal 🇨🇦

Just popped a simple 'industry standards' resource, re. Frequently Asked Questions we get from all over Canada, from screenwriters of all stripes. Draft. More to come. Great place to start for Emerging, Independents, Students, Newcomers... www.inkcanadascreenwritersandfriends.com/industry-res...

#FreedomtoReadWeek we're supporting challenged and banned authors, illustrators, translators & publishers with library recs from our neck of the woods this week, how about you? Here's a great one, TY Library History Guy at #HamiltonPublicLibrary #FTRW hpl.bibliocommons.com/list/share/9...

#HaleyWickenheiser 🇨🇦 🏒

don't stay for us, we're right here... and here www.inkcanadascreenwritersandfriends.com ... and we'll start an old school real mail 'n call list like it's 1979 list if we must 🇨🇦

A perfect opportunity to remind our Ontario members and friends that advance polls are now open through the 22nd (that's yes tomorrow) and if you've done your own research and got yourself organized... get out there and #WritersVote www.elections.on.ca/en.html?gad_...

So much coming up this next week, we just put a fresh inkEvents (and Signal Boosts) newsletter out. Not a subscriber? we got ya: https://buff.ly/41cYnU6

If you haven't given your Canadian screenwriters who are hockey fans the night off, you do not yet completely understand your Canadian screenwriters. Love and respect to our US hockey-fan colleagues... But #GoCanadaGo #4Nations #final #WeAreCanadian www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...

Signal Boost. We see inkies! Feb 24th -- The Pacific Screenwriting Program presents Playwrighting to Screenwriting online event with award-winning playwrights Anusree Roy and Michael MacLennan https://buff.ly/41oU7m4

we see inkies... free. online. screening & Q&A of COLD w @lizwhitmere -- Tuesday, 25 February, 2025. #genre #cdnfilm #maybeblooperreel #signalboost

At last, you too could be using your sarcasm for Good. #opportunities

Nation being threatened with annexation reminded to be polite to would-be conqueror's special song (Patreon Exclusive)

#signalboost for this petition from ink's excellent pros/educators fighting to save the Screenwriting Graduate Certificate Program at #AlgonquinCollege . inkAdmin: Original screen stories and great training to write them should be top-priority in Canadian institutions #students chng.it/T4NNQT66Bm