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ReadingWithAPencil

@readingwithapencil.bsky.social

All about text: reading it, editing it, enjoying it. I am a professional reader: an author, an editor, a reviewer, an academic, and an administrator.

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NeWest Press @newestpress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🍂 📚️ Fall books are on their way! And have we got a slate for you. From a family road trip that changes everything, to poetry of the Anthropocene, to a beloved Edmonton playwright's first collection, this will be a season of good books! #NeWestPress #ReadRadically #ReadCanadian #NewSeasonNewCovers

Fall 2026 Coming Soon! Six titles sit in two rows of three on a blue background.

NeWest Press @newestpress.bsky.social · 3w ago

☀️ Summer is here! Have you started the @wereadab Summer Reading Challenge? Get your bingo card now and join in on the fun! There are prizes to be won!! buff.ly/pCfHAnZ #NeWestPress #ReadAlberta #SummerReadingChallenge

ReadingWithAPencil @readingwithapencil.bsky.social · 4d ago

#Reading today: Ultra Blue by Graeme Bezanson. #Poems about boys, boyhood, and masculine identities. I really enjoyed this volume and expect to return to it soon. Check it out! #books #poetry #boys #Canadian @houseofanansi.bsky.social

Cover of Ultra Blue: Poems by Graeme Bezanson, The cover is bright red; the type is strong yellow and imitates the look of something finger painted. The cover images is a stylized wolf, its paws splayed and its jaw partly open.

ReadingWithAPencil @readingwithapencil.bsky.social · 2w ago

Apparently I've been engaging in self-care with #books for a long, long time! (Or at least that's what I'm going to tell myself.) #reading #tsundoku #TBR theconversation.com/why-you-keep...

Why you keep buying books you don’t read – and why it feels so good

Why a pile of unread books is not stressful, yet a pile of unread emails is.

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ReadingWithAPencil @readingwithapencil.bsky.social · 4w ago

#Reading today: A False and Fatal Claim by Iona Whishaw. The newest volume in an enjoyable #historical #mystery series set in #BritishColumbia. If you haven't met accidental sleuth Lane Winslow, check out these #books: they're a delight!

Cover of the book A False and Fatal Claim by Iona Whishaw. The cover illustration is in colour and shows a woman in a 1940s bathing suit standing on a beach looking across a lake and into a bright blue sky. The perspective of the image is from behind the woman; we see her legs, back, and long hair, plus the beach bag slung over her arm.

ReadingWithAPencil @readingwithapencil.bsky.social · last mo.

"With sharply detailed, precise language, Zorn conjures a parade of cars carrying moose carcasses along a Gaspé highway as beautifully as she summons the nighttime murmurs of birds..." A gorgeous review of Alice Zorn's MIND THE GAP! mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/mind... @newestpress.bsky.social

Mind the Gap | Montreal Review of Books

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Editors/Réviseurs Canada @editorscanada.bsky.social · last mo.

Trying to figure out your footnotes or style-check a book? Access to @chicagomanual.bsky.social Online is included with Editors Canada membership. Learn how our members and student affiliates can access it at no additonal cost: www.editors.ca/members/reso... (member link)

Chicago Manual of Style Online - Editors Canada

Access to The Chicago Manual of Style Online (CMOS Online) is included with Editors Canada membership! From The University of Chicago Press: Find it. Write it. Cite it. The Chicago Manual of Style…

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The Torontonian🍁🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇬🇱 🇮🇱 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 🏒⚽️@thetorontonian.bsky.social · last mo.

#CanadianNews #TourDivine🚴‍♀️ - Meaghan Hackinen rode from Banff, Alta., to Antelope Wells, N.M., in 14 days, 10 hours, two minutes, breaking the women's record at the Tour Divine, an event many consider the pinnacle of off-road ultra-distance bike racing. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Kelowna woman sets record at 4,400-km Tour Divide bike race | CBC News

A cyclist from Kelowna has broken the women's record at the Tour Divide, an event many consider the pinnacle of offroad ultra-distance bike racing.

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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thursday, join us in Edmonton for Prairie Pollinations, where prairie publishers U of Alberta Press, AU Press, U Calgary Press, and U Regina Press authors celebrate their new literary titles. Part of the Cross Pollinations conference (CLC/ALECC). https://bit.ly/3QH1BOF @ucalgarypress.bsky.social

ReadingWithAPencil @readingwithapencil.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I ordered a used copy of A Very Large Soul: Selected Letters from Margaret Laurence to Canadian Writers. These items were tucked inside the front cover; the title page is signed by author J.A. Wainwright. I love finding stuff like this in #books! #FoundInBooks #reading @cormorantbooks.bsky.social

Photograph of the book A Very Large Soul: Selected Letters from Margaret Laurence to Canadian Writers, edited by J.A. Wainwright. Next to the book is a bookmark marking "The First Annual Lakefield Literary Festival July 1995", a program from the festival, and a newspaper clipping about the festival and remembering Margaret Laurence.

Editors/Réviseurs Canada @editorscanada.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thinking of taking an #EditorsCanada certification exam? Don’t miss our FREE July 16 webinar on preparation strategies and resources (including a Q&A!), presented by Kristen Clark, who passed both the copy editing and stylistic editing exams in 2024. Sign up now: webinars.editors.ca/upcoming_web...

49th Shelf @49thshelf.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This month's publishing spotlight goes to @medicinewheelpub.bsky.social! Medicine Wheel Publishing is the publisher of many Indigenous authors, as well as the official publisher of Orange Shirt Day, written by the Orange Shirt Society. Check out our interview! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/06...

Publisher Spotlight: Medicine Wheel Publishing · Blog Post · 49th Shelf

Welcome to our new Publisher Spotlight series, where we highlight Canadian independent presses doing standout work in the literary and academic world.

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Cormorant Books @cormorantbooks.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Congratulations Zilla Jones. THE WORLD SO WIDE is the Gold Winner in Historical Fiction for the Foreword INDIES! @mandagroup.bsky.social #IReadCanadian #CanLit #bookawards

Editors/Réviseurs Canada @editorscanada.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Keep your editing skills fresh with the hands-on exercises and assessments in Edit Like a Pro, a resource published by Editors Canada. Edit Like a Pro: Proofreading, the first in the series, is available for sale:

Edit Like a Pro - Editors Canada

Edit Like a Pro is a series of four workbooks published by Editors Canada to help editors assess and improve their skills.

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ReadingWithAPencil @readingwithapencil.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#Reading today: DO IT WRONG by Derek Beaulieu. A wonderfully refreshing #book about #writing and reading #poetry and living engaged with art and artistic communities. I love it and plan to use it in my teaching next term. @pressassembly.bsky.social

Cover of Do It Wrong by Derek Beaulieu, subtitled "How to be a poet in the twenty-first century." The basic colour of the cover is bright yellow, with series of large, curvy bursts on top, in red, light blue, purple, and off-white; the book's title appears on top of the colour bursts.

ReadingWithAPencil @readingwithapencil.bsky.social · 2mo ago

To honour #Pride month I recommend Cruising the Downtown: Celebrating Edmonton's Queer History, assembled by the Edmonton Queer History Project & edited by Kristopher Wells. A great way to learn more about the place sometimes called #Edmonton. #books #reading #history @newestpress.bsky.social

The cover of Cruising the Downtown: Celebrating Edmonton's Queer History. The cover is predominantly light purple with black type, with inclusive rainbows curving around the title block and author text. At the bottom of the cover, the viewer may perceive a historic image of the Alberta Legislature building with Edmonton's High Level Bridge stretching away from it.

Indigenous Editors Association @indigeditors.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Did you know that we’re releasing a new monthly newsletter called Words in Relation? We're working hard to grow the IEA and aim to share more consistently. Please visit our website www.indigenouseditorsassociation.com to sign up for our newsletter!

Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I can't find a single word in here about protecting Canadian artists from having their work stolen by AI companies, or compensating them for that stolen work. Why is it that people who create Canadian culture don't deserve accountability or control?

Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We just launched Canada’s new AI Strategy: AI For All. We’re taking control of our future — with AI that’s governed by Canadian values, AI that’s accountable to Canadians, and AI that serves all Canadians. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...

ReadingWithAPencil @readingwithapencil.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#Reading today: JEWISH CHANGEMAKERS: STORIES OF COURAGE, CREATIVITY AND IMPACT. I love this book of affirming profiles and stories of the accomplishments of girls and #women, historical and contemporary. A must purchase for school and public libraries: get it now! @orcabook.bsky.social #books

The colourful cover of Jewish Changemakers: Stories of Courage, Creativity and Impact. The cover shows illustrations of women and girls from various backgrounds in different eras. The illustrations, which are by Joanna Rubin Dranger, are highlighted in bands of orange, magenta, and green.

Great Plains Press @greatplainspress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Join Katherine Koller and Rona Altrows for the Calgary launch of Earthen, Stories! ☀️ 📍Shelf Life Books (1302 4 St SW #100, Calgary, AB) 🗓️ Tuesday, June 23 at 7:00 PM #Calgary #BookLaunch #ShortStories #CanLit @Katherine_Koller

ReadingWithAPencil @readingwithapencil.bsky.social · 3mo ago

#Reading today: SOUTH WITH THE SEABIRDS by Jess McGeachin. This picture book tells the story of four female researchers who visited Antarctica in the mid-20th century to build foundational scientific knowledge. #children #science #women #scientists #birds #GroundBreaking @orcabook.bsky.social

Cover of the book South with the Seabirds. The illustrations shows a mid-twentieth century boat moving toward land. In the foreground are penguins on the rocky shore and sea birds in a cloudy sky. The author's name, Jess McGeachin, appears close to the bottom of the cover.

Running the Goat Books @runningthegoat.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It's always lovely to get a little something in the mail. Surprise a friend with a note in a beautiful letterpress card! We've got a great selection by local artists in our Tors Cove shop. You can also find them on our website www.runningthegoat.com

Six cards. One has a colourful bouquet of flowers; one has the words "love is a four-legged word" printed on it in pink and black with small images of cats, dogs, deer, and an elephant printed in red; one has three black cats sitting up tall with their backs to you, against a blue background; one has a fancy yellow sun; and one has a black and white image of a Newfoundland dog and a beaver shaking hands

la Vermeer @lavermeer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

So excited to announce I have a #CNF #essay in the upcoming #anthology BEYOND THE CONCERT HALL, coming Fall 2026 from Laberinto Press. For more info or to preorder: laberintopress.com/shop/p/beyon... Such a privilege to be published with these phenomenal writers! #writing #music #sound #books

Beyond The Concert Hall: An Anthology of Sound — Laberinto Press

Available now for pre-order. This title releases October 01, 2026. Sound can heal and harm, comfort and confront, catalyzing the other senses and carrying us to distant places. Sound moves us. Th...

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ReadingWithAPencil @readingwithapencil.bsky.social · 3mo ago

#Reading today: Kim Spencer's I WON'T FEEL THIS WAY FOREVER. Sequel to WEIRD RULES TO FOLLOW. After ending a vital friendship, Mia is at loose ends until her grandmother gets sick. Tender, quirky, heartbreaking, this book's a gem. Read it! #MiddleGrade #BC #writing #Canadian @orcabook.bsky.social

Cover of the book I Won't Feel This Way Forever by Kim Spencer. A colourful image presents a late 1980s cityscape with an Indigenous girl's figure in the foreground. The girl has her back to the viewer and is wearing runners, jeans, and a striped sleeveless top; her dark hair is cut to just about her shoulders.

la Vermeer @lavermeer.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#Reading today: SAVING WOLFGANG by Gregor Craigie. When his father dies, Wolfgang moves from Vancouver to Calgary. He soon unlocks the mystery of #hockey, but the mystery of his father's death is much more complex. A sad, beautiful, heartwarming story. #middle-grade #books #grief #families #1980s

The cover of Saving Wolfgang by Gregor Craigie. It shows a colourful illustration of a white boy wearing hockey gear, staring at a puck in front of a hockey net, with lights, trees, and the evening sky in the background of the sheet of ice.

Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 9mo ago

ICYMI, I get royalties for this, if you want to help out a freelancing writer in the heat death of online promo.

Indrapramit Das@indrapramitdas.bsky.social · last yr.

My Lambda Award-winning debut novel THE DEVOURERS, a dark, queer, mythic realist tale about sex, love, violence, & shapeshifting, has finally surpassed 20k sales. Those may be rookie numbers to many authors, but for me, it's a big deal, even if not big money. Sincerest gratitude to my readers 🖤

Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP)@clmporg.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Submit to The Nomad! The editors seek fiction, nonfiction, memoir, literary book reviews, and poetry on the theme of “music” through April 30. Learn more: www.clmp.org/members/open...

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Writers' Guild of Alberta @writersguildab.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We've heard only good things about PowerPoint lately, Edmonton — so please join us for another spring Pub Night with your fellow writers and friends. If you have a slideshow about literally anything you can contact jason.norman@writersguild.ab.ca by May 1, 2026 for more info.

ReadingWithAPencil @readingwithapencil.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#Reading today: SONGS FROM THIS AND THAT COUNTRY by Gail Sobat. A powerful novel about intergeneration trauma, music, and healing. Please read this one: it is heartbreaking and beautiful, the social conversation we need today. #books #authors #Alberta #writing @greatplainspress.bsky.social

Cover of Songs from This and That Country by Gail Sidonie Sobat. The cover has a dark image in the background: a cityscape at dusk or before sunrise, with towers and spires shown in silhouette. In the foreground is the title block with a decorative, colourful floral mandala behind.

la Vermeer @lavermeer.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Just a reminder that this free event is coming up next week — Sunday, March 29. If you're into music, conversation, and/or community, check it out! #yeg #books #music #events #reading #writing #fun #AllAges

la Vermeer@lavermeer.bsky.social · 5mo ago

#Strathearn Community League presents Books & Bands, featuring @carissahalton.bsky.social and Paint Drying. Hear an interview with the #author; stay for live music. • Sunday, March 29 • Doors @ 4 pm • 9511 90 Street All ages welcome. Please join us! #reading #books #music #bands #YEGevents

Poster for Books and Bands event. The image is the cover of the novel Revolution Songs by Carissa Halton. The event features an interview with Carissa Halton and live music from band Paint Drying. The event is on Sunday, March 29; doors at 4 pm, author talk at 4:30, music at 5 pm. Food and drink will be available for purchase. The Strathearn Community League Hall address is 9511 90 Street, Edmonton.