John Lorinc
@johnlorinc.bsky.social
Toronto journalist & editor. Contributor to Globe & Mail, Toronto Star, Corporate Knights, Walrus, Spacing. Co-editor: Messy Cities (Coach House, 2025). Author: No Jews Live Here, A Memoir. https://chbooks.com/Books/N/No-Jews-Live-Here.
ICYMI from me in @thestar.com y’da: the recent alarmist warnings from tech execs has only muddied the waters in the crucial debate over govt regulation of AI, esp. in Canada. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
John Lorinc: Even as they say ‘slow down,’ tech giants are arguing for self-regulation. Why should we trust them?
There must also be consequences for non-compliance, just as there are in many other regulatory regimes, from banking to food processing.
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A packed launch last night for WOMEN, WALKING, edited by Zahra Ebrahim and Jane Farrow! Thanks to everyone for coming out to support this anthology and making it such a fun night, to Zahra and Jane, and to all of the contributors (both in attendance and sending their support from afar). 🚶♀️📚❤️
See you tonight for the Women, Walking launch in Toronto! Remarks from the editors, Zahra Ebrahim and Jane Farrow, will begin at 7:30 PM.
Coach House Books@coachhousebooks.bsky.social · 6d agoTomorrow night! Celebrate Women, Walking: Notes on Lives in Motion with editors Zahra Ebrahim and Jane Farrow at Henderson Brewing Co, Toronto. Full event details here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-launc... (RSVPs are helpful, but NOT necessary to attend! Please join us, even if we're sold out!)
Out Sep. 22 -- explore Dominique Béchard's SHADOW OF THE LIVING BRIGHTNESS via All Lit Up below 🤍
All Lit Up@alllitupcanada.bsky.social · 5d ago“Only the unknowable self is infinite.” Dominique Béchard’s SHADOW OF THE LIVING BRIGHTNESS (@coachhousebooks.bsky.social) embraces uncertainty and feelings of discomfort to question interpretations of the self & being human. Learn more & watch a reading by the poet: alllitup.ca/poetry-in-mo...
#topoli Today on @spacing.bsky.social , a welcome break from the news cycle: Leora Bromberg on the rich intersection of Toronto’s laneways and the print shops that made their homes there. spacing.ca/toronto/2026... cc: @coachhousebooks.bsky.social
Intersections of print culture in Toronto's laneways - Spacing Toronto
The handprinted broadside below was one of my first and most memorable encounters with the works of Glenn Goluska (1947-2011), celebrated today as one of Canada’s most influential fine press printers....
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Toronto #bookhistory , with a bonus on the city’s laneway culture.
John Lorinc@johnlorinc.bsky.social · 6d ago#topoli Today on @spacing.bsky.social , a welcome break from the news cycle: Leora Bromberg on the rich intersection of Toronto’s laneways and the print shops that made their homes there. spacing.ca/toronto/2026... cc: @coachhousebooks.bsky.social
Tomorrow night! Celebrate Women, Walking: Notes on Lives in Motion with editors Zahra Ebrahim and Jane Farrow at Henderson Brewing Co, Toronto. Full event details here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-launc... (RSVPs are helpful, but NOT necessary to attend! Please join us, even if we're sold out!)
Book Launch for Women, Walking: Notes on Lives in Motion
Come hang out and dive into stories of women on the move, exploring life one step at a time.
eventbrite.ca
#topoli Today on @spacing.bsky.social , a welcome break from the news cycle: Leora Bromberg on the rich intersection of Toronto’s laneways and the print shops that made their homes there. spacing.ca/toronto/2026... cc: @coachhousebooks.bsky.social
Intersections of print culture in Toronto's laneways - Spacing Toronto
The handprinted broadside below was one of my first and most memorable encounters with the works of Glenn Goluska (1947-2011), celebrated today as one of Canada’s most influential fine press printers....
spacing.ca
“We would never tell motorists they cannot drive to the places they need to go: their workplace, their child’s school, their favourite restaurant, their bank…Yet cyclists are routinely told that their destinations are somehow less legitimate, that their mobility should be relegated to the margins.”
John Lorinc@johnlorinc.bsky.social · last wk.Today on @spacing.bsky.social: former Ontario cabinet minister Eleanor McMahon on the need to extricate bike lanes from Doug Ford’s culture war. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
Today on @spacing.bsky.social: former Ontario cabinet minister Eleanor McMahon on the need to extricate bike lanes from Doug Ford’s culture war. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
Election 2026: Culture wars are warping cycling policy - Spacing Toronto
In 2014, I did something I never imagined I would do — especially after years spent as a political staffer watching campaigns from the inside. I put my name on a ballot. The invitation came from Kathl...
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Today on @spacing.bsky.social: former Ontario cabinet minister Eleanor McMahon on the need to extricate bike lanes from Doug Ford’s culture war. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
Election 2026: Culture wars are warping cycling policy - Spacing Toronto
In 2014, I did something I never imagined I would do — especially after years spent as a political staffer watching campaigns from the inside. I put my name on a ballot. The invitation came from Kathl...
spacing.ca
For Lisa Robertson fans: we have only THREE signed & stamped copies of Riverwork left: chbooks.com/Books/R/Rive... (Purchase a paperback as normal and we'll fulfill your order with one of our last copies; we'll update this post when we're totally out.)
Lisa Robertson's Riverwork has been shortlisted for the 2026 American Library in Paris Book Award! Learn more about the award and the full shortlist here: americanlibraryinparis.org/bookaward/
We're thrilled that Lisa Robertson's RIVERWORK has been longlisted for the 2026 Giller Prize! Read more about the full Longlist below. 📚
Giller Prize@gillerprize.bsky.social · 2w agoFourteen remarkable Canadian authors have been named to the 2026 #GillerPrize longlist. These exceptional novels were chosen from more than 140 works of fiction submitted by publishers across Canada. gillerprize.ca/the-giller-p... #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature
Happy pub day to The Point! by Nasser Hussain!!! Missing everything but the point: visual poetry celebrating excitement, with a beautiful cover of silver foil on pink felt stock! Buy your copy here: chbooks.com/Books/T/The-...
Writing spotlight: Gold, NMA:B2B Best Topical Reporting: AI & Technology / Pivot @johnlorinc.bsky.social Contributors: Paul Ferriss, Stephanie Matas Learn more about the 2026 NMA: B2B winners: zurl.co/xkAoc #B2B26 #CanadianBusiness
It’s official: Big Dumb Doug Ford is Ontario’s very own King of Stupid. 🤷🏼🙄🤷🏼 🚴🚴🚴
#topoli New from me om @spacing.bsky.social : on the eve of the formal start of the campaign, mounting evidence that Brad Bradford’s got some worrying judgment issues. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
Brad Bradford's glaring judgment problem - Spacing Toronto
By John Lorinc Spacing So, here we are on the eve of the firing of the starter’s pistol for the mayoral race, and Brad Bradford is already mired in the company-you-keep problem. Or, maybe to put it mo...
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#topoli New from me om @spacing.bsky.social : on the eve of the formal start of the campaign, mounting evidence that Brad Bradford’s got some worrying judgment issues. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
Brad Bradford's glaring judgment problem - Spacing Toronto
By John Lorinc Spacing So, here we are on the eve of the firing of the starter’s pistol for the mayoral race, and Brad Bradford is already mired in the company-you-keep problem. Or, maybe to put it mo...
spacing.ca
New from me in @torontostar: as the province prepares to waste millions ripping out bike lanes, a pressing legal issue remains unresolved: can govts just walk away from their duty to keep residents safe? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
John Lorinc: What happened when a dominatrix and a cyclist met up in court
Laws meant to ensure individual public safety often mix with politics, to everyone’s detriment
thestar.com
Thank you library readers! What I Know About You, Encampment, Fifteen Dogs, The Sleeping Car Porter, Riverwork, and Instructions for the End of the World among the most borrowed indie books for August. 📚❤️
@lpgcanada.bsky.social · 3w agoThanks to BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here are the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in August '26. Ft. top 10 from @biblioasis.bsky.social, @invisibooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, and @arsenalpulp.bsky.social.
Phillips Square, downtown Montreal. Lovely day, lunch-ish hour. This space achieves that amazing equilibrium - people sitting but also places to sit if you happen by. Why? There are *enough* tables and chairs and benches. No evidence of vagrancy for the pearl clutchers. The E=MC(2) of public space…
Everyone loves the Plateau’s townhouses with their crazy exterior staircases, but these fourplexes (and similarly configured sixplexes) are the workhorses of Montreal’s post war suburbs. Thousands of them.
New from me in @torontostar: as the province prepares to waste millions ripping out bike lanes, a pressing legal issue remains unresolved: can govts just walk away from their duty to keep residents safe? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
John Lorinc: What happened when a dominatrix and a cyclist met up in court
Laws meant to ensure individual public safety often mix with politics, to everyone’s detriment
thestar.com
#topoli Look Toronto, a square in a downtown location (in Montreal) with comfortable seating, moveable chairs, shade, a bit of landscaping, even a low maintenance water feature. (Not rocket science… 👀)
Women, Walking: Notes on Lives in Motion, edited by @zahraeb.bsky.social and Jane Farrow, is officially out today – and we are thrilled to announce it is featured on the Fall 2026 Canadian Independent Booksellers’ List! Learn more about Women, Walking: chbooks.com/Books/W/Wome...
