Ian Roy book launch poster

Good Saturday morning! Planning your day? Come join Ian Roy and me for a sure-to-be interesting and undoubtedly funny conversation about Ian's new collection of short stories, Astrid, Aghast. @kingsbookstore.bsky.social @tridenthalifax.bsky.social

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Fun times this Saturday evening... please join us! @tridenthalifax.bsky.social @kingsbookstore.bsky.social

Two fiction books

Promising weekend ahead! @kingsbookstore.bsky.social
@theghostpine.bsky.social @gaspereaupress.bsky.social

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I'm pleased to be a judge for this year's @canadamediaawards.bsky.social 😃

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Another hour of processing material from my UK book-research trip, another fountain to share. This is the 1859 public drinking fountain set into the railing outside the Church of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate; it's London's oldest public fountain.

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I am so grateful for libraries and for the PLR program, administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. 📖💥

Skilled workers are considering leaving the trades — and toilets are to blame Tradies are walking out. Not over ability or aptitude but toilets — in a symbol of the sector's persistent barriers.

This story from the ABC shows a not-surprising link between bathroom provision and women in skilled trades. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Obituary information for Erica Joy Axent Hilton View Erica Joy Axent Hilton's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

This is worth a read and, by way, a deep consideration of the assumptions we are awash in, and affected by, about the circumstances of others. www.eastcoastmemorial.ca/obituaries/E...

Lezlie Lowe — Sidewalk Ballet Public bathrooms are small spaces with big consequences. In this episode of The Sidewalk Ballet , journalist and author Lezlie Lowe joins Chip to unpack how access to restrooms reveals deeper truth...

Always happy to talk urban public infrastructure with Downtown Chip on the Sidewalk Ballet podcast. Listen to the full episode to hear the ever-amazing @carytyson.bsky.social from Portland Downtown… www.sidewalkballet.com/episodes/lez...

It will never not be funny to me that they are playing Wingspan. Never.

News!

No Place to Go: How Public Toilets Fail Our Private Nee… Adults don't talk about the business of doing our busin…

Might I recommend @lezlielowe.bsky.social 's book No Place To Go, amazing to turn the lack of public toilets into an entertaining read!

www.goodreads.com/book/show/38...

Happy World Toilet Day! 🚽💦🎉

I highly recommend reading No Place To Go by @lezlielowe.bsky.social.

Review: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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What will you be doing at exactly this moment next Thursday evening? I'll be starting up another Writing Your Family Story workshop. 8 weeks, online, all levels — come join in, why don't you? ukings.ca/programs/non... ✍️

King’s Writing Workshops | University of King's College Kickstart your writing! Whether you’re working on a novel, a memoir or a more journalistic piece, the King’s Online Writing Workshops can help you take your skills and your project to the next level. ...

Always wanted to write about your fam? Now's the time. Join me for an eight-week online workshop. ukings.ca/programs/non...

Women on the Page poster

Our Women on the Page webinar series, The Seven Deadly Sins of Writing, kicks off TOMORROW, Sept. 23.
I get started at 6:30 EDT with the Gluttony session.
Spots still available! womenonthepage.com

Women on the Page poster

Spots still available. We get going Sept. 23!

King’s Writing Workshops | University of King's College Kickstart your writing! Whether you’re working on a novel, a memoir or a more journalistic piece, the King’s Online Writing Workshops can help you take your skills and your project to the next level. ...

Psst... Writing Your Family Story, an eight-week online workshop I'm teaching for all levels of writers interested in memoir and family history writing, has an early-bird pricing special that ends FRIDAY. ukings.ca/programs/non...

One week and a bit left before the start of our seven-week workshop... register at womenonthepage.com

The Bird in My Backyard | Short format | CBC Gem For 15 years, a window salesman has had a special view into the secret lives of hummingbirds as they build nests in his urban backyard in Victoria, B.C.

Feed cleanse: gem.cbc.ca/the-bird-in-...

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Fall writing workshop alert! From beginner and beyond, seven sessions full of sinful fun, good companions, and practical tips... nab your spot today!

King’s Writing Workshops | University of King's College Kickstart your writing! Whether you’re working on a novel, a memoir or a more journalistic piece, the King’s Online Writing Workshops can help you take your skills and your project to the next level. ...

Registration is finally open! Discounts for Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia members, as well as King's students, faculty, staff, parents, and alumni. Bursaries available...
ukings.ca/programs/non...

King’s Writing Workshops | University of King's College Kickstart your writing! Whether you’re working on a novel, a memoir or a more journalistic piece, the King’s Online Writing Workshops can help you take your skills and your project to the next level. ...

King's has a slew of great four- and eight-week non-credit MFA workshops happening this fall. Registration opens soon and goes fast! ukings.ca/workshops

The Seven Deadly Sins of Writing workshop series — Sept. 23 - Nov. 4

The Seven Deadly Sins of Writing workshop series — Sept. 23 - Nov. 4

Welcome, ye sinners!
Starting September 23...

Developing countries unfairly blamed? Vancouver, one of the world's most beautiful cities known for its natural beauty, has a human waste problem on its sidewalks Vancouvers human waste crisis is getting so bad that businesses are hiring “poop fairies” to clean sidewalks. The citys feces removal program isnt fast enough, leaving streets dirty and businesses str...

Sometimes you wake up and you're an expert source in the world's second-most-read English-language business paper. Unfortunately, this has no bearing on the rest of your day, and you still have to go get groceries.
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/interna...

Worth the trip. ❤️🔥🚴🏾‍♂️🍺

AI continuing to create images of humans with six fingers feels like Lieutenant Commander Data not being able to master contractions.

A better strategy, IMO, would be donating to a party countering the Conservatives in another riding, a swing riding.

Voting Liberal because you believe it's the right choice is totally valid. Voting Liberal because you think you'll help make sure a Conservative won't be in the PMO, if you live in Halifax, isn't impactful.