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My newsletter just dropped! I talk about impostor syndrome and accountability! Not to meant I speak with @manahil.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/melissar...

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49th Shelf's Spring Fiction Preview is here & we're thrilled that You Crushed It by Jean-Philippe Baril Guerard, tr. by Neil Smith, I Remember Lights by Ben Ladouceur, The Fun Times Brigade by Lindsay Zier-Vogel, & Iris and the Dead by Miranda Schreiber are included! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/02...

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research for a story, fitting response to the overview panel

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CBC Poetry Prize winner Natalie Lim’s debut collection, Elegy for Opportunity, is coming out this April 8, 2025 @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social—and we have review copies available now! (Yes, even hard copies!) Request a review copy: www.riverstreetwriting.com/join-river-s... More deets in comments!

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My friends, I am so beyond thrilled to share the second installment in Love Letters: Reasons To Be Alive, written by none other than the absolutely legendary @hellafitzgerald.bsky.social

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Trumpeting in @arcpoetry.bsky.social and thrilled about it. Thanks to the team for including me!

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New chaotic book sorting system: by weight of book

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So far I’ve seen two listings for Neil Gaiman books up on FB marketplace and I have no doubt I’ll be seeing more

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I’m an acquiring poetry editor with Wolsak & Wynn and wanted to remind poets based in Canada that our submissions window is open now until March 31! I would love to see your work.✨ For more info, check out our submissions guidelines: www.wolsakandwynn.ca/submissions

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At last, they solved soups biggest problem: Wet

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THE Hatecopy is reading Heliotropia and thinks it’s a joy to read 🥺

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Come hang out with me and @manahil.bsky.social on IG Live on January 21 at 7:30pmEST

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New blog post! 📚💙 Today I shared a list of upcoming releases by Caribbean authors. Read it here: helenaramsaroop.com/2025/01/06/b...

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The @sfpoetry.bsky.social’s Rhysling Awards are open! I have two poems eligible - wela’lioq for your kind consideration 💚 The first is from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social:

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Just $48,500CAD until $2M CAD! We are running critically low on funds and the pace of spending is higher than donations at the moment! Please share and donate if you can <3 bit.ly/eSimsRUs #ConnectingGaza

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This spring, on April 1st, @houseofanansi.bsky.social will publish my debut poetry collection, Myth! It's a little tropical, a little lyrical, a little speculative, something for everyone! 🌴🧜🏾‍♀️👽🌙 Preorders are open! Please share if you can! houseofanansi.com/products/myt...

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It was a very good writing year for me, with my first fiction pub, the CBC prize longlist, etc. But I’m definitely most proud of Heliotropia, love poems intersecting with space and joy, a theme that feels the most “me”

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Top books of 2024: - Relative to Wind by Phoebe Wang - Thyme Travellers, ed. @soniasulaiman.bsky.social - In Exile by Sadiya Ansari - An Astonishment of Stars by @beingkirti.bsky.social - The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty - Rakesfall by @vajra.me

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Excited & humbled to finally share Ksenija Spasić's first collection of poetry, "the beautiful the bearable"

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Spent 2 hours undoing stitches on a crochet sweater that I’ve decided would be better as shorts

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newsletter drop! open.substack.com/pub/melissar...

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I love this game! I'm reading short story collections as I put the final touches on my manuscript, and have just finished @beingkirti.bsky.social incredible "An Astonishment of Stars." I tag @conyerclayton.bsky.social @teresempierre.bsky.social and @ehjchang.bsky.social

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"Bandukwala is a poet whose guide is love." Beautiful review of Heliotropia in Quill & Quire by Shazia Hafiz Ramji quillandquire.com/review/helio...

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“I would hold you in a world with no atmosphere” @manahil.bsky.social @londonlibrary.bsky.social #canlit #canadianpoetry #poetrycommunity #poetry #poem #smallpress

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Your holiday shopping post about Heliotropia, a collection of poems for lovers of poetry, love, science fiction, plants, and souls. If you're in Ottawa in particular, I'm happy to coordinate so you can ensure you have it in time for the holidays and aren't crossing any strike picket lines

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Like, just look what I get to pick up on Tuesday from @londonlibrary.bsky.social ❤️ @manahil.bsky.social

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Read this story this morning and that’s it that’s my day

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I've updated the Read Palestinian Speculative Fiction Reading list! If you know of any other fantasy and science fiction works by Palestinian writers around the world, do let me know! soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...

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Had a fantastic time meeting my mentor, Angel Di Zhang & fellow mentee, Sarah Ariza-Verreault, as well as some amazing authors, including @sydhegele.bsky.social , @manahil.bsky.social , Chido Muchemwa & Holly Cassidy at the Angel Reading Series last night.

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obligatory promo post for the #holidays: you should definitely buy BROUGHTUPSY for the right-leaning uncle in yr life who high key hates the gays. it absolutely won’t spark a WWE smackdown at the holiday table. nope, no chance of that at all: www.oblongbooks.com/christinacooke #BookSky #Christmas

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It's a mystery: every three days for the past month, a new squash has appeared hidden inside your house. You've collected pumpkin, butternut, acorn, spaghetti, and several you can't identify. Today at last, you've figured it out. What is causing this glut of gourds? #TinyTalesTuesday #WritingPrompt

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I have my first fiction publication in the @ex-puritan.bsky.social today, guest-edited by @puneetdutt.bsky.social. If you're interested in roommates and using duct tape to repair everything, this might be the story for you! ex-puritan.ca/duct-tape

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