Canada Fiction Fest
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Like a great big online book fair, featuring Canadian fiction books and authors from all across the country. 🍁🦫🫎 | FictionFest.ca (Also @nptwrites.bsky.social)
Don't sleep on this panel from @canadafictionfest.bsky.social - it's going to be taken down soon! What a delightful conversation about horror writing. One of my faves from the festival, featuring @diannalgunn.bsky.social @markleslie.bsky.social and Frank Paul Beghin. m.youtube.com/watch?v=QHkn...
07-04 Hello Darkness, My Old Friend: The Enduring Appeal of Horror
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Similarly, here’s three of us Canucklehead YA authors reading from our YA books for @canadafictionfest.bsky.social and in a week it will vanish from the tubes that you! #BookSky
06-28 YA Author Readings
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If you've been meaning to check out our livestream replays or our book showcase, please do it now -- everything comes down on July 18th! #FictionFest #ReaderSky #BookSky #reading #books
Finally caught this replay from #FictionFest and in addition to hearing great story segments from Rachel, K.A. and Trinity, I learned about Rachel's upcoming event! Absolutely perfect timing, since I'm working on a fantasy dystopia! GTA friends, care to join? m.youtube.com/watch?v=xPKf...
07-04 Fantasy Author Readings
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Rachel A. Rosen 📚💙🪐@darkerthanvanta.bsky.social · last mo.Toronto friends, join me in an interactive workshop to create your own post-apocalyptic hellscape: What's the Worst That Can Happen?: Writing Dystopian Fiction With Rachel A. Rosen Saturday, August 08, 2026 2:30pm–4:00pm Lillian H. Smith
New AUTHOR YOUTUBE VIDEO is up! 📹In this one, I'm recapping my time as a panelist at #CanadaFictionFest - what I did, how it went, and my thoughts on the whole experience!🍁 youtu.be/RRFHw1Fzb0o?... #booksky #writesky #FictionFest
Canada Fiction Fest 2026 Recap!
YouTube video by Claris Lam (Author & Poet)
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Check out this news article about Canada Fiction Fest, then head to fictionfest.ca to explore the author gallery and book showcase. Author panels and readings are still up on Canada Fiction Fest's Youtube channel for another week. @canadafictionfest.bsky.social www.granthaven.com/post/canada-...
Canada Fiction Fest celebrates Canadian storytelling
Bringing together 121 authors from 11 provinces and territories, Canada Fiction Fest offered a two-week celebration of Canadian storytelling.
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Wow! This is the second book I got through @canadafictionfest.bsky.social which has absolutely delighted me. So nice to have well-written, engaging books. #FictionFest #CanadianLit #Booksky
Bounty has restored my faith in science fiction. #FictionFest #sciencefiction #amreading #readingcommunity #CanadianSF fictionfest.ca/showcase/
So #FictionFest is over, which would be a letdown, except now I am catching replays with my kid, who is also a writer, and we are nerding out about Canadian books together. 💙 📚 🇨🇦
Canada Fiction Fest@canadafictionfest.bsky.social · last mo.If you missed any of our #FictionFest livestreams, the replays will be available on our YouTube channel until July 18th! 🧵 THREAD of our playlists follows below...
If you missed any of our #FictionFest livestreams, the replays will be available on our YouTube channel until July 18th! 🧵 THREAD of our playlists follows below...
I did a reading and a panel for anyone interested.
Canada Fiction Fest@canadafictionfest.bsky.social · last mo.If you missed a livestream you wanted to see, replays will be available until the weekend of July 18th, so you still have time. All direct replay links can be found at FictionFest.ca/events, or just check out our YouTube channel to find them all! 😊
Thank you @nptwrites.bsky.social and @stevewestenra.bsky.social for a wonderful festival! I'll be catching up on some of the sessions I missed over the next week. So glad it's on YouTube.
Canada Fiction Fest@canadafictionfest.bsky.social · last mo.And with that final livestream, #FictionFest comes to a close. Thank you so much to all our authors for being a part of this— it couldn't have worked without you! Thank you to anyone who tuned in to watch, and thank you to @stevewestenra.bsky.social for helping to host all these sessions! 😊
Thread! What a wonderful, positive event for Canadian authors. I've already watched a lot of sessions, and I'm looking forward to catching the rest on replay and finishing my showcase shopping before the 18th! Bonus: Many panels featured spontaneous cats, and we also had a parrot! 🐈 🦜 💙 📚
Canada Fiction Fest@canadafictionfest.bsky.social · last mo.And with that final livestream, #FictionFest comes to a close. Thank you so much to all our authors for being a part of this— it couldn't have worked without you! Thank you to anyone who tuned in to watch, and thank you to @stevewestenra.bsky.social for helping to host all these sessions! 😊
Canada #FictionFest has come to a close and and I SO happy to have taken part in this! 🍁 Huge thanks to @nptwrites.bsky.social for organizing this and to N.P. and @stevewestenra.bsky.social for moderating and hosting all 36 panels! 😁 I hope this comes back next year.♥️ #booksky #writesky
Canada Fiction Fest@canadafictionfest.bsky.social · last mo.And with that final livestream, #FictionFest comes to a close. Thank you so much to all our authors for being a part of this— it couldn't have worked without you! Thank you to anyone who tuned in to watch, and thank you to @stevewestenra.bsky.social for helping to host all these sessions! 😊
And with that final livestream, #FictionFest comes to a close. Thank you so much to all our authors for being a part of this— it couldn't have worked without you! Thank you to anyone who tuned in to watch, and thank you to @stevewestenra.bsky.social for helping to host all these sessions! 😊
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Replay links for all of today's livestreams are up on our events page! FictionFest.ca/events (You can also just check out the YouTube Channel directly -- everything is sorted into genre-based playlists so should be easy to find!) #BookSky #ReaderSky #CanadaSky
All good things must come to an end, and we'll be closing out #FictionFest with a bonus panel discussion and author reading in ten minutes, in which N.P and Steve will read from their own books and chat about their experiences with this book festival. youtube.com/live/PBh...
WHOO! #FictionFest has been a blast and while I'm looking forward to the rest I'm also sad that it's coming to a close. It's been such a great distraction from social media. If you'd like to close out the festival with us or hear NP and I read from our work, please join us!
N.P. Thompson 🍁@nptwrites.bsky.social · last mo.Coming up in about 40 minutes, at 3:30pm EDT, @stevewestenra.bsky.social and I will be doing the LAST livestream of #FictionFest! We'll both be reading from our own books and chatting about our Fiction Fest experiences and impressions. #BookSky youtube.com/live/PBhHwsi...
Coming up in a bit, the very last livestream of Fiction Fest 2026!
N.P. Thompson 🍁@nptwrites.bsky.social · last mo.Coming up in about 40 minutes, at 3:30pm EDT, @stevewestenra.bsky.social and I will be doing the LAST livestream of #FictionFest! We'll both be reading from our own books and chatting about our Fiction Fest experiences and impressions. #BookSky youtube.com/live/PBhHwsi...
Next up today we have a horror discussion panel in ten minutes, at 2:00 EDT, and you can catch that livestream at: youtube.com/live/QHk... And be sure to find our full event schedule and all our replay links at FictionFest.ca/events #FictionFest #BookSky #ReaderSky ⏰📚
In about 45 minutes, at 2:00pm EDT, @stevewestenra.bsky.social will be hosting a horror-themed panel, "Hello Darkness, My Old Friend", over at #FictionFest! #BookSky #ReaderSky youtube.com/live/QHknZui...
07-04 Hello Darkness, My Old Friend: The Enduring Appeal of Horror
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LAST DAY! Do you love #CanLit? I’m in this great all-Canadian book showcase featuring authors from all across the country. 🍁📚 ➡️ FictionFest.ca
Our final day of #FictionFest kicks off with our last group of #fantasy author readings, and you can catch that livestream at: youtube.com/live/xPK... And be sure to find our full event schedule and replay links at FictionFest.ca/events #FictionFest #BookSky #ReaderSky ⏰📚
Last chance to check out this showcase full of #books from authors all across #Canada (including mine!), for all ages and fiction genres! 🍁📚 ➡️ FictionFest.ca
There were some really great panels here that are now up on YouTube. If you're looking for Canadian authors that you may not be familiar with, this is the place to find them!
Sue Archer 🍁@suearcher.bsky.social · last mo.Thrilled to have experienced Canada Fiction Fest, and I highly recommend catching the replays!
So excited for the final day of Canada Fiction Fest! I'll be on the horror panel chatting with some amazing folks about why horror is so powerful in this moment
Canada Fiction Fest@canadafictionfest.bsky.social · last mo.Today is our LAST DAY of #FictionFest, & we have these livestreams: - 12:00pm EDT Fantasy Author Readings - 2:00pm EDT "Hello Darkness, My Old Friend" horror panel - 3:30pm EDT Host Chat: Fiction Fest Wrap-Up panel www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Find replays at FictionFest.ca/events! #BookSky ⏰📚
Thrilled to have experienced Canada Fiction Fest, and I highly recommend catching the replays!
Canada Fiction Fest Panels – Catch the Replays!
Recently I had the opportunity to jump into a fantastic new celebration of Canadian fiction with both feet: Canada Fiction Fest, a free online two-week event launched by N.P. Thompson (and co-hosted by Steve Hugh Westenra). Canada Fiction Fest features 121 Canadian authors from 11 provinces and territories doing 36 author group readings and panel discussions, along with a…
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Today is our LAST DAY of #FictionFest, & we have these livestreams: - 12:00pm EDT Fantasy Author Readings - 2:00pm EDT "Hello Darkness, My Old Friend" horror panel - 3:30pm EDT Host Chat: Fiction Fest Wrap-Up panel www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Find replays at FictionFest.ca/events! #BookSky ⏰📚
What's On Today? - YouTube
These are the live Fiction Fest events happening today. Check out our playlists to find livestreams by genre, and head to https://FictionFest.ca/events to fi...
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Replays for both of today's livestreams are now linked on our Events page! (You can also find them all on our YouTube channel... everything has been organized into genre-based playlists so it should be easy to find what you're looking for.) #BookSky #ReaderSky ➡️ FictionFest.ca/events