Why I wrote this book?

In this NBN episode, I speak with Alison Gadsby about her thrillingly unsettling collection of short fiction, Breathing is How Some People Stay Alive (Guernica Editions, 2026).

Listen in:

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Promote image with a photo of summary Turaki beside a picture of his book cover EVERY DROP OF BLOOD IS RED

Thursday! A conversation with Umar Turaki!

Next Sunday. I hope you’ll come (and introduce yourself you do!).
My book launches with Guernica Editions and I am thrilled to share work alongside fellow GE authors!

Baba Yaga and the Girl Who Ate the Rope · Books · 49th Shelf In these incantatory poems, Kate Rogers reimagines family, folklore, and climate grief. Her muse: the Slavic witch Baba Yaga, both matriarch and mirror. ...

#NationalPoetryMonth #NewRelease: Baba Yaga and the Girl Who Ate the Rope by Kate Rogers uses the Slavic witch Baba Yaga as a muse to reimagine family, folklore, and climate grief. #CanLit #CanPo
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Familiar names make 2026 long list for Leacock Medal for Humour 'This year's long list showcases the remarkable talent, wit and keen insight that continues to make Canadian literary humour so vibrant and essential,' says official

2026 Leacock Medal for Humour longlist announced #CanLit
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Unboxing THE PEACE THIEVES, dropping June 2! Preorders are live wherever you buy books, y’all. #canlit #fiction #novel @thistledownpress.bsky.social @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social

Sunday May 3 6:30 pm at Type Books Junction Kerry Clare, Alice Fitzpatrick Liz Johnston

Umar Turaki Live on Instagram Thursday April 23 7:00pm ET

Upcoming events!!

This was such an amazing conversation!!! I love every minute I get to spend with Hollay Ghadery but the work she does in this community needs a round of applause every single day!
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“A feat of imagination and execution.”

— Wendy J. Fox, Electric Lit

Thank you Wendy & Electric Lit for the spotlight on, The Unravelling of Ou (Palimpsest Press, 2026)

Read Wendy’s full column:
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@palimpsestpress.bsky.social

@junctionreads.bsky.social’s is also on the list!

Get a load of this CanLit goodness! 💫

Thank you to Wendy J. Fox and Electric Lit for including two of the awesome books we’ve been celebrating on their list of 15 Must-Read Small Press Books of Spring 2026!

Read the full list: ⚡️

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I love this so much!!

15 Must-Read Small Press Books of Spring 2026 - Electric Literature Celebrate the warmer weather with these hot new indie titles

Woke up this morning to a tag to this incredible news!
My wee book is on a reading list on @electricliterature.com
and I have to get over my excitement because I'm supposed be writing a project grant for the series!

Anyway #canlit pals, check this out!

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Quietly remembering when this post went viral. ❤️ @krwbooks.bsky.social

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Monster by Jowita Bydlowska cover depicts a woman’s side profile, she is dressed in black, and has a black cloud with black wisps around her head

I devoured Unshaming and Possessed this year so I immediately rushed out to the library (took back Marie NDiaye’s The Witch) and got Monster by Jowita Bydlowska #canlit

Against a grim #SaultSteMarie residential school, a bright-faced, exasperated girl—who will survive: the cover of Shirley: An Indian Residential School Story, bio of #ShirleyFletcherHorn by #JoanneRobertson. My privilege 2 revu 4 #TheSeaboardReviewofBooks. #SecondStoryPress #canlit shorturl.at/DDvuX

Envisioning A World Without Prisons: Books on Abolition · Blog Post · 49th Shelf What would a world without prisons look like?If you asked me this question ten years ago, I would have likely looked at you confused and completely dumbfounded. ...

What would a world without prisons look like? Take a look at these fascinating reads on abolition and envisioning a bold and beautiful world.

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This Sunday!!!! Adelle Purdham hosts three fantastic authors! @krwbooks.bsky.social Ashraf Zaghal and Lucy E.M. Black.

Hope you can join us at TYPE Books Junction, 2887 Dundas Street W, but if you can't why not register for the livestream?

The link is below.

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Thank you Kerry Clare and @49thshelf.bsky.social !

A Long-Buried Secret Reshapes a Family’s Understanding of Itself in THE BREAKWATER by Leslie Shimotakahara A long-buried secret reshapes a family’s understanding of itself in The Breakwater (Cormorant Books), a multigenerational story that moves between ...

A long-buried secret reshapes a family’s understanding of itself in THE BREAKWATER (@cormorantbooks.bsky.social), the new novel from award-winning author, Leslie Shimotakahara. Check out our Long Story interview!
#AmReading #Novel #Fiction #CanLit
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If you're able, would you consider becoming a Junction Reads monthly supporter?
There are great benefits and th greatest of these is that our #canlit commuter will be better.

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Baba Yaga and the Girl Who Ate the Rope · Books · 49th Shelf In these incantatory poems, Kate Rogers reimagines family, folklore, and climate grief. Her muse: the Slavic witch Baba Yaga, both matriarch and mirror. ...

#NationalPoetryMonth: Kate Rogers' new collection which uses the Slavic witch Baba Yaga to reimagine family, folklore and climate grief releases April 15 from Frontenac House. #CanLit #CanPo #BookSky
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What joy to sit down and chat with Vanessa Shields about my book.