Kate Gies
@kategies.bsky.social
writer/educator/cat enthusiast Author of IT MUST BE BEAUTIFUL TO BE FINISHED: A MEMOIR OF MY BODY (Simon & Schuster) linktr.ee/kategies
A little late to the bluesky party, but thrilled to have It Must Be Beautiful on the list of nominations for the Evergreen Award. Thank you thank you to @forestofreading.bsky.social <3
Forest of Reading@forestofreading.bsky.social · 12mo agoTHIS JUST IN: The 2026 nominees for the Evergreen Award program have just been released! Head on over to our website to learn more bit.ly/ForestNomine.... Congratulations, everyone!! 👏🏼
I dearly love Kathryn Mockler's interview with my wife, @kategies.bsky.social about shame and trauma and all the ways we find to heal sendmylovetoanyone.substack.com/p/id-send-my...
I’d send my love to all the kids who feel like weirdos.
I've been meaning to ask Kate Gies
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Rewriting a Story About Medical Trauma: Kate Gies joins me on Let’s Talk Memoir.🧡 @kategies.bsky.social Here’s the episode: ronitplank.com/2025/07/08/l...
We gave helium to a parrot to hear if it talked funny but it just floated to the ceiling.
If you have a memoir struggling to get out of you, @kategies.bsky.social shares her own experience and advice this Thursday, courtesy of the Baltimore Public Library. events.bcpl.info/event/13043765
Writers Studio
Author and educator Kate Gies discusses her experiences writing her book It Must Be Beautiful to Be Finished.
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Very proud to see @kategies.bsky.social on Wordstock Sudbury's list to honour International Womens' Day! wordstocksudbury.ca/events-progr...
Reading List - Wordstock
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What a great turnout for our “Can you outrun a bear?” three-mile fun run! For the sixth consecutive year, the answer was no.
Thank you CBC books for including It Must Be Beautiful on the list of 30 Canadian Books to read this winter!
Heather J. Witchy🧙 Wood@rollwithheather.bsky.social · 2y ago30 Canadian books to read in winter 2025 - CBC Books #CanLit www.cbc.ca/books/30-can...
we all have that one knee we drew a face on and that sings to us when we're sad
Kate Gies@kategies.bsky.social · 2y agoI mentioned I used to make puppets with my knees as a kid, and someone just asked me how i did that. So, here you go
Me: A sandwich is a book made of bread that tells the story of the ingredients Bank clerk: *frantically pressing the silent alarm*
Shout out to my amazing cover designer @michelvrana.com. I couldn't have asked for a more beautiful cover <3
Michel Vrana@michelvrana.com · 2y agoSo cool to see the cover I designed for @kategies.bsky.social here! And @zoewhittall.bsky.social's No Credit River (with fantastic illustration by Ambivalently Yours www.ambivalentlyyours.com
I mentioned I used to make puppets with my knees as a kid, and someone just asked me how i did that. So, here you go
Kate Gies@kategies.bsky.social · 2y agoI got to talk to the amazing @mattgalloway.bsky.social from CBC's The Current and you can listen to our conversation here.
I got to talk to the amazing @mattgalloway.bsky.social from CBC's The Current and you can listen to our conversation here.
© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.
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Such a great honour to be part of such an amazing festival!
FOLD@thefoldcanada.bsky.social · 2y agoWe're thrilled to announce the FOLD's 2025 Writer-In-Residence, Kate Gies, author of IT MUST BE BEAUTIFUL TO BE FINISHED! Join us for the FOLD's 10th anniversary, virtually from Apr 27-30 & in-person May 1-4 in Brampton. #FOLD2025 @kategies.bsky.social @simonschusterca.bsky.social
This is brilliant from @kategies.bsky.social. I “should” have two more major surgeries but they’re not medically necessary and I don’t want them. From my pov as a parent… I don’t 100% know what I’d do in this situation if doctors were advising the same. Confronting! thewalrus.ca/i-was-born-m...
I Was Born Missing an Ear. To the World, It Was a Problem to Fix | The Walrus
Surgeons promised to make me whole. No one asked what I wanted
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"A man of good intentions, who wanted only to build me the best ear he could. A man who, despite his efforts at kindness, was still the man who sliced into me while I was asleep." @kategies.bsky.social @thewalrus.ca
I Was Born Missing an Ear. To the World, It Was a Problem to Fix - Longreads
"Surgeons promised to make me whole. No one asked what I wanted."
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@kategies.bsky.social’s childhood was characterized by one familiar routine: a train ride into Toronto, a hot-fudge sundae at the Eaton Centre, a small gift from her mother, then the Hospital for Sick Children for surgery. thewalrus.ca/i-was-born-missi...
This interview with @kategies.bsky.social is on the radio TODAY!! (or on your podcast platform of choice, if you prefer to listen on your own schedule)
blink-sun8tzu@suntzufuntzu.bsky.social · 2y agothrilled to be at @kategies.bsky.social book launch last night! Tomorrow she'll be on CBC's Bookends talking about (among other things) the damage wrought by societal stigmas against bodily difference. www.cbc.ca/books/booken...
Up online today from the Toronto Star - books I love, the one classic I really don't.
Author Kate Gies on her reading habits and why she considers this one classic book ‘deeply problematic’
The writer of "It Must Be Beautiful to Be Finished" answers our author questionnaire.
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Highly recommend this excerpt from the new memoir by @kategies.bsky.social “With Uncle Louie, I became two bodies: the one I experienced and the one he measured.”
I Was Born Missing an Ear. To the World, It Was a Problem to Fix | The Walrus
Surgeons promised to make me whole. No one asked what I wanted
thewalrus.ca
Out today! My interview with @thestar.com where I talk about lots of things, including how vulnerability and variability in bodies is the very essence of humanness.
Charlie Petch @sawpoet.bsky.social · 2y agoSo cool to be leafing through The Toronto Star and find a writer I enjoy, getting acclaim! Congratulations @kategies.bsky.social !
Tomorrow you can listen to my interview with the brilliant @mattearoach.bsky.social on CBC Radio's Bookends With Mattea Roach.
blink-sun8tzu@suntzufuntzu.bsky.social · 2y agothrilled to be at @kategies.bsky.social book launch last night! Tomorrow she'll be on CBC's Bookends talking about (among other things) the damage wrought by societal stigmas against bodily difference. www.cbc.ca/books/booken...
On this official pub date of It Must Be Beautiful to Be Finished, a reminder that while we're distracted by trade talk, Trump is stripping away the rights of those with marginalized bodies. Stay vigilant people.
Even in the incredibly unlikely case that trans rights in the US stop getting worse, judges grow a spine, whatever miracle you want to imagine— You should still go out of your way to support trans folks because every fucking thing is harder for them. Work. Family. Housing. Walking down the street.
What do all of these beautiful Canadian books have in common? They're all on a list I wrote for the 49th Shelf! What kind of list? Read here to find out: 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/02...
No they don’t. Canada and Mexico want none of this. They want the president of the United States to respect and abide by the trade treaty he negotiated with them - and not make up bogus pretexts for plunging us all into a gratuitous no win economic debacle.
Hi, I am @motherjones.com' disability reporter. In the following weeks, I am very interested in hearing how tariff nonsense impacts getting your meds and medical equipment. My email to get in touch is jmetraux@motherjones.com. Reposts appreciated.
