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If you're in Victoria, B.C. and want to check out my books, now you don't have to come all the way over to Sooke to see them. They're now at Dragonfly books in Langford. #booksky dragonflybooks.ca

Author Richard Winder holds up two of his books at Dragonfly Books in Langford, B.C.

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INaturalist user spots spider that mimics its fungal hyperparasite. #fungifriends #mycology #ecology #biology 🍄 www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

It looks like it’s infected with a deadly zombie fungus – but the truth is far more sinister | Discover Wildlife

This spider has developed a remarkable ability to mimic a parasitic fungus.

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The latest volume of Fungi magazine is now online, and my article on octenol is linked there. Beware: there is chemistry involved! :-) #fungifriends #mycology 🍄 www.fungimag.com/v19i1/v19i1-...

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If you're going to be up-Island this weekend, I'll be at the book fair in Parksville, BC with all my books. Drop on by and say hi! #booksky #fungifriends #sci-fi #VancouverIsland

Book it to the Fair, June 20, 2026 10 to 4, Knox United Church

How the decision to reforest Japan with Japanese cedar and Japanese cypress decades ago has lead to a severe rise in seasonal allergies and a critical health crisis. #ecology #health #Japan #biology #botany #forestry www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Japan is gripped by mass allergies. A 1950s project is to blame

A decision made 70 years ago to reforest vast swathes of Japan with just two kinds of tree has come back to haunt the country.

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Here we go.... #fungifriends www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

U.S. to slap tariffs on Canadian mushrooms as growers warn of broader risks for agriculture | CBC News

The U.S. is about to slap countervailing duties on fresh mushrooms grown in Canada, as Canadian growers warn of broader risks to the farming sector on both sides of the border.

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I have two works in this anthology: a short story and a poem (about hockey!). If you're in the south Vancouver Island area, stop by and hear the authors read their works! #booksky #poetry

Poster for the the launch of Sooke Writer's Collective's thirteenth anthology, titled "Writer's Local 13." Launch is at the Sooke Region Museum Pavilion, May 30, 1 p.m.

The Spring issue of Fungi magazine is out, and it has one of my articles in it: "Octenol, the fungal compound you didn't know you love (and possibly hate?). #fungifriends #mycology 🍄

Image of partial article in Fungi magazine by Richard Winder, titled "Octenol, the fungal compound you didn't know you love (and possibly hate?).

I will be there with my books at the "Book it to the Fair" event in Parksville, B.C. June 20. If you're in the area, drop on by! I'll have both my mushroom and sci-fi books there, and a couple of copies of our "Sooke at Heart" poetry chapbook. See you there!

Poster for "Book It To The Fair," June 20, 2026, 10:00 to 4:00, Knox United Church, Parksville.

With rising print costs, global distribution feels like highway robbery. I know everyone wants "free" shipping, but I don't want to cover the cost any more. My books will stay at Lulu. Customers will pay shipping, but I'll have an incentive to write more! #booksky 📝 🪶✒️✍️ www.lulu.com/spotlight/rs...

Richard Winder - Books and Publications Spotlight | Lulu

I live on southern Vancouver Island, where my back yard is forest frontier. I love to explore Canada and travel the world as a retired research scien

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Our chapbook is finally out! It will be available shortly at Sooke Museum and Terrier Books. I have 2 poems in it. One of them even has a rhyme with orange! 😀 #bboksky #poetry #Canada

A poetry chapbook titled "Sooke at Heart" (poems of the region)

Mushrooms influence the weather. #fungifriends #mycology 🍄 www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qYy...

Mushrooms Have an Ability to Control Rain According to New Study

YouTube video by Anton Petrov

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It's Poetry Month! I'll have two poems in this one. #poetry #booksky #Sooke 📚✒️🪶

Poster for A Poetry Chapbook Launch and Reading by Sooke Writer's Collective. The Chapbook is titled "Sooke at Heart: Poems of the Region." The Launch will be at the Sooke Library meeting room April 26 at 10:30am.

There is a push to study African mycoflora, as appreciation grows for the important role of fungi have in ecological systems. #fungifriends #mycology #ecology #Africa 🍄 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Without them there is no life’: the race to understand the mysterious world of Africa’s fungi

Amid growing evidence of fungi’s key role in ecosystems and storing carbon, African scientists are championing the need to preserve ‘funga’ as much as flora and fauna

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At the Ladysmith Book Festival!

It's National Poetry Month! 📖 #Booksky #Poetry #Canada ✒️ poets.ca/offerings/pr...

National Poetry Month | Le Mois national de la poésie - League of Canadian Poets

National Poetry Month Le Mois national de la poésie NPM archives | Archives MNP Established in Canada in 1998 by the League of Canadian Poets, National Poetry Month takes place every April and brings ...

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