New issue! Editor @dylanreid.bsky.social introduces our soccer issue (#74), ahead Toronto hosting World Cup games, and argues that Toronto has been and is much more of a soccer city than many might think. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
…lose *our* money…
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#topoli #onpoli Doesn’t matter. He’ll forever be the premier who thought it would be a good idea to have twxpayers buy him his own personal jet in the midst of a generational economic crisis. The wikipedia entry writes itself. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
"it doesn’t surprise me a bit that this organization [FIFA] and the companies riding its coattails are reaching deep into the city’s pockets to see what else they can grab."
#topoli Gutter & storm sewer: de-schmutzed. It would be terrific if the City could actually do its part now & remove the detritus.
An image of four books by Sina Queyras on a picnic table: Lemon Hound, Expressway, MxT, and My Ariel.
On Occasion: Poems for the People, edited by Sina Queyras, is almost here (pub day is May 12) -- and in the meantime we have a wealth of poetry by Queyras to explore. Lemon Hound, Expressway, MxT, and My Ariel are all 15% off on chbooks.com until April 30 in celebration of National Poetry Month. 🏹
A graphic with a photograph of André Alexis, announcing that he has received a 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship in fiction.
A list of Guggenheim Fellows for Drama and Performance Art and Fiction.
Our warmest congratulations to André Alexis, who has received a 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship in Fiction!
With Coach House Books, Alexis has published his Quincunx, comprised of five novels: Fifteen Dogs, Ring, Days by Moonlight, The Hidden Keys, and Pastoral.
chbooks.com/Authors/A/Al...
How did FIFA’s free Fan Fest suddenly become a ticketed event?
Senior editor @johnlorinc.bsky.social digs into the latest cash-grab. #TOpoli #ONpoli #WorldCup26
spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
Trough.
A wonderful discussion about "Messy Cities" hosted by the Brampton Board of Trade, with my co-editors @johnlorinc.bsky.social @zahraeb.bsky.social and @shebuildscities.bsky.social and lots of great questions from the hosts and the audience. Starts around 17 m mark. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhWs...
On the new @spacingradio.bsky.social we bring you two perspectives on landlords. First, we speak to Tony Irwin, CEO of the Federation of Rental Housing Providers of Ontario, and we follow up with Bruno Dobrusin of the York South-Weston Tenants Union: spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
I’ll share.
#topoli New from me in @torontostar-rss.bsky.social: With the feds doling out infrastructure mega-$$, a question: why don’t we just give cities the legal authority to raise funds for local projects on their own? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
#topoli Spring in Toronto: sun is shining, birds are chirping, the quote-unquote moveable chairs are chained up in Berczy Square & Market Lane is lined with parked cars. Sigh.
A banner image featuring a black and white photograph of Michael Ondaatje, with the text: "Coach House Press, Michael Ondaatje"
'I was a student at the University of Toronto and was writing poetry and got a call from a place called Coach House Press, who asked if I had perhaps a book of poetry they could publish...'
Michael Ondaatje reflects on Coach House, for Brick, A Literary Journal: brickmag.com/coach-house-...
Not a moment too soon.
@davidcavlovic.bsky.social
A graphic featuring The Booksellers' List selection sticker alongside the cover for The Coffin of Honey. Beneath these two images is a quote from Basil Sylvester, a bookseller at Flying Books: ‘Geoffrey D. Morrison's The Coffin of Honey is an existential romp and a heartfelt cry for an international humanitarian awakening. It’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind for our modern era. Morrison's command of prose and literary devices has me breathlessly awaiting whatever's next.’
The Coffin of Honey by Geoffrey D. Morrison has been selected for The Booksellers’ List Spring 2026!
‘An existential romp and a heartfelt cry for an international humanitarian awakening.’ – Basil Sylvester, Flying Books
Out May 12: chbooks.com/Books/T/The-...
We're so thrilled that What I Know About You, by Éric Chacour and translated by Pablo Strauss, has been shortlisted for the 2026 Dublin Literary Award!
Across Canada in April, What I Know About You is available with no holds/waitlists in library systems. Learn more here: tr.ee/uAqQ1AdB2H
Poetism. Insidious.
Messy Cities is at #28!! Still going strong.
#artemisII I have to say the most dramatic aspect of this mission is witnessing the incredible chemistry and affection those four astronauts have for one another, and also the way they’ve articulated the enormity of what they’re doing. So very inspiring. 👏👏👏
But…but…but next thing you know they’ll want to stay…
The IEA estimates that global energy storage capacity will have to increase by 1,500 gigawatts by 2030 to support new solar PV and wind. Sand batteries could play a big role in meeting that demand.
@johnlorinc.bsky.social reports: bit.ly/4sKFgNY
Provincial governments are acting like schoolyard bullies. It’s time for voters to take a stand | #Opinion
Pay as you grow blah blah…blah blah…
Long-needed piece, by @johnlorinc.bsky.social, about the disingenuous nature of the architectural rendering. My current example is 1 Bloor West, which looks cheap and sad compared to the zippy renderings we began with.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
#topoli New from me in @thestar.com: Lies, damn lies and, well, renderings. On architectural fantasy-scapes, AI and why maybe we should use a bit more realism in selling big projects. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
#topoli Walking thru Seaton Village this am: older people out for a stroll, kids going to school, birds chirping - and all this despite the presence of a sky-is-falling small apartment, going up on Barton. (Sky: still overhead.)