apples

apples

a wall of Indigenous books

we’ve been growing our Indigenous book collection enough to now have an entire bay in the shop dedicated to Indigenous reads! we’ll be continually adding to it in the hopes of having the best selection in the region. pop into the store to shop or browse our categories online at kingsbookstore.ca

gano apples, painted by amanda almira newton, 1907

gano apples, painted by amanda almira newton, 1907

This.

CHUDs is such a great word.

They do use it in the context of "to understand something."
The worst part? I caught myself using it the other day.

I really have come to loathe that word. A certain podcast I appreciate uses it, and it perturbs the ever-loving humanity in me.

I mean, look at these beauties. The manual’s title notwithstanding, a lot of interesting data in here.

@katkinsman.bsky.social I'm looking at you. It's gonna be a very Balkan day here.

Kalimankou Denkou (The Evening Gathering) YouTube video by Bulgarian State Television Female Choir - Topic

The first time I heard her voice, it didn't make sense, but it hooked me. Yanka Rupkina, (Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, Trio Bulgarka) has passed away.

If you were one of those weird teens who listened to these records, I tip my hat to you.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lak6...

Today’s readings, for an upcoming French-language podcast I am producing. Stay tuned!

The Grain Pest Detectives In America’s breadbasket, stored product entomologists work to safeguard our stored crops from annihilation.

Destructive pests that feast on rice, wheat, and other grains destroy a minimum of 30% of our stored grains. Meet the insect investigators working to fight back.

New from Jonathan Feakins:
ambrook.com/offrange/cro...

catline apples, painted by royal charles steadman, 1929

catline apples, painted by royal charles steadman, 1929

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

monmouth apples, painted by amanda almira newton, 1912

monmouth apples, painted by amanda almira newton, 1912

On the left: Image of a digital shopping card icon outlined in blue rising off circuit board pattern. On the right: text that reads “Manitoba moves to outlaw algorithmic pricing—a first in Canada. The bill would ban using personal data to charge customers different prices for the same goods.”

Your grocery app knows your income, your neighbourhood, your habits — and charges you accordingly. That's not retail. That's surveillance capitalism at the checkout. VassB explores: thewalrus.ca/manitoba-moves-against-r...

hiley peaches, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1911

hiley peaches, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1911

Agreed.
To me, lazy writers are writers who lack curiosity. That’s the worst service a writer can offer. It also leads readers to accept mediocrity too easily.

Well this is the balm I needed this Monday morning. Bless you Tamar Adler.

Dead.

It’s the hardest part of writing and editing (including self-editing) is trying to find the balance: who am I writing for? Who am I inviting and how are people brought to the table?

Oftentimes I just remember: sometimes maybe this book just isn’t for me. And that’s ok too.

Publisher Pulls Book Following AI Allegations | Kirkus Reviews Hachette has decided not to publish Mia Ballard’s ‘Shy Girl’ in the U.S.

Hachette says it will not publish Mia Ballard’s novel Shy Girl after allegations that the book was written using artificial intelligence.
www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea... #kirkusreviews

Five of Our Greatest Novelists on What It Takes to Write Something True Margaret Atwood, Jesmyn Ward, Jhumpa Lahiri, Joyce Carol Oates, and Ottessa Moshfegh spoke to Bazaar about art, process, and why storytelling still matters

Such a tremendous package on writing and the novel at @harpersbazaar.com.web.brid.gy, featuring Margaret Atwood, Jumpa Lahiri, Otessa Moshfegh, Joyce Carol Oates and Jesmyn Ward. www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...

In an Ohio Apple Grove, Researchers Race to Save Rare Varieties These Central Asian trees could help shape the future of apples in the United States. They will soon be uprooted.

Preach! "Genetic diversity for environmental resilience.”

Old varietals from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan taken to Appalachian Ohio.

civileats.com/2026/03/24/i...

On the left: Blurred image of a man in jeans with a bare chest lying on a bed. On the right: text that reads “I flew across the country to look at the most controversial work of art in Canada. Why did the Art Gallery of Ontario change its mind on acquiring Nan Goldin’s Stendhal Syndrome?”

A twenty-six-minute slideshow has become the centre of a controversy sweeping Canada’s art scene. The Walrus associate editor Ariella Garmaise reports on photographer Nan Goldin’s Stendhal Syndrome and the institutional tensions it’s exposed: https://thewalrus.ca/nan-goldin-stendhal-syndrome/

Working Through the Cuts: Heritage and Public Memory in Nova Scotia, 2026 By Jay Lalonde, Tegan Rowlings, and Zachary A. Tingley “Museums play a key role in preserving and sharing our heritage. To protect that work for future generations, we’re taking steps to modernize …

On the blog, Jay Lalonde, Tegan Rowlings, and Zachary A. Tingley cast a critical eye on the Nova Scotia Government's decision to cut funding to the history and heritage industries:

Suffolk writer Peggy Cole's recipe for Horseradish Vinegar.

"The vinegar is strong" writes Peggy Cole.

I've made it, it blows your bloody head off.

black eagle grapes

black eagle grapes

There was bear pastrami at this event. In a teeny tiny village of 300 peeps. Was very cool

cerise de montmorency cherries, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1910

cerise de montmorency cherries, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1910