SuperCanucks has been out for 3 weeks now! Hard to believe. Still promoting and getting it out there. My co-editor Mat and I just recently sat down with @markleslie.bsky.social on his podcast Stark Reflections - You can listen to it here: starkreflections.ca/2026/04/10/e...
$4B didn't get shot into space, though? It created jobs here on earth; paid scientists, engineers, material specialists, designers, technicians, construction workers, data analysts, interns, janitors. Science is always worth the investment, because investing in knowledge also invests in *people*.
It was amazing to be in such fantastic company! Really proud of my story, the editors, and the final anthology (which is A+ all through).
Spent the morning copying my CV into yet another janky web portal for a job I probably won't get an interview for. At least this one was up front that AI is used in the screening process so when I don't get it I can be all high and mighty about AI being a bad tool for hiring.
#SpoonieAuthChat An anthology I've got a story in,
"SuperCanucks: An anthology of Canadian small-town superheroes", launched on March 21st, 2026. It's eleven amazing stories by Canadian sci-fi authors, including several of us spoonies. store.latitude46publishing.com/products/sup...
Please spread the word about my upcoming course at Irish Arts Center: "U for You! Joyce's Ulysses for New Readers (and Re-Readers) (Online)" irishartscenter.org/event/u-for-...
Oh, haha, no, I meant the baby. There’s a lot of women insisting that Francesca has to have a baby to be happy, when the author didn’t intend for that to be her story and only added it, later. It’s thinly-veiled homophobia (or lesbophobia, really; the same women *love* Heated Rivalry…).
Noo not “pee”! How dare you, sir! 😂
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What?! I’ve read TONS of fantastic sci-fi in written in the first person. That’s bizarre.
Absolutely insane take.
PS I bet there’s overlap with the “book purists” pissed that Francesca’s season of Bridgerton can’t end with her having a baby because they gender-swapped her love interest (which only happens in an epilogue that was added *after the book came out* to appease angry fans!).
How did we end up with a culture of people bragging about being planet-boilingly bad at their jobs
Like do people genuinely not feel shame any more
BRING BACK SHAME
That’s an idea! I just put a reminder on my calendar to request it in early June.
Oh absolutely! And in full-time university, to boot. I have no idea how I did it. I have far fewer spoons now and I’m doing a fraction of the work.
Looks like Matt Davies, the editorial cartoonist for Newsday in NY.
Free alternative idea for those who don't have a book budget at the moment: I shall be doing my part by borrowing bell hooks' Communion from the library and posting a review on June 16.
The TikTok girlies (gender neutral) are hatching a plan to all buy copies of communion by hooks on Vance's release date. I will be participating.
#SpoonieAuthChat Far back as I can remember, I knew I wanted to be a writer.
I think I've been bragging about how good an author I was going to be since Kindergarten.
Didn't think I'd publish my first novel at 19, though! (Kindergarten me was sure it would be earlier!!)
I read a lot of books. Sometimes I review books I liked a lot. These two were highlights of the first quarter of 2026. Very similar covers, but represent two parallel threads of feminism: the hard work of nurturing new systems & the fight to dismantle broken ones.
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They were very tasty!
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I'M IN THIS
EVERYBODY BUY IT
My story is about a young guy in the prairies with a really useless superpower
L-R: Matthew Heiti, Melanie Marttila, Andy W. Taylor, Matthew Del Papa, Casey Lawrence, & Heather Campbell, publisher Latitude 46 Publishing, at the Super Canucks book launch.
Author Casey Lawrence holds a copy of Super Canucks in front of a Latitude 46 banner in Sudbury, Ontario.
Had a SUPER time celebrating with @harkback.bsky.social & @melaniemarttila.bsky.social at the Super Canucks book launch in Sudbury on Saturday! Thank you again to the heroic efforts of @sooguy68.bsky.social & Matthew Del Papa for putting together this anthology of small-town Canadian superheroes.
We launched “SuperCanucks: An Anthology of Canadian Small-Town Superheroes” this past weekend. I co-edited the anthology and also have a story in it along with 10 other fabulous authors including @premeemohamed.com, @pbarmby.bsky.social and @myexplodingpen.bsky.social
If weather permits, I shall be making a 5hr trek up to Sudbury this Saturday for the launch of SuperCanucks. Looking forward to meeting a few of my fellow contributors and, of course, readers! 🍁
In just under a month, on March 21st from 1 to 3 pm, SuperCanucks will be having its Sudbury Launch at the main branch of the Greater Sudbury Public Library. If you’re in the area, come on out and support us!
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"SuperCanucks is an anthology that paints in all the colours, showing us many ways to be a hero. This is a deeply Canadian group of stories by some of our best short fiction writers. I enjoyed it immensely."
—Kate Heartfield, Aurora-award winning author of The Embroidered Book
I like the red but my husband likes the gold. I enjoy the Canadiana of it but from a design pov, the gold stands out more. I’d almost pair the red leaf with a different colour of tassel. But both are lovely!!