Sydney Hegele
@sydhegele.bsky.social
Author of The Pump (2021) Bird Suit (2024) Bad Kids (2026) @invisibooks.bsky.social
I read 13 novels in September: • Please read The Pump by Sydney Hegele. 🤌 • The Shards is about 300 pages too long. Not necessary. • Fruit Fly is like Yellowface, but better. • These Are The Fireworks was terrific. (Nova Scotia author) • I didn't overly enjoy The Caretaker until the ending. #booksky
A good illustration of petty Zionist grievances. The Giller boycott ended, so instead of complaining about that, Marsha Lederman's upset that --- what, people aren't celebrating the Giller Prize sufficiently? How much veneration does it need www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: A happy ending for the Giller Prize – or is it?
Canada’s most prestigious literary award has found a new donor. Will it silence the critics?
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them: The beavers are NOT okay. me: SAY LESS 📚 🏃🏃♀️🏃♂️💨 anything by @sydhegele.bsky.social is bound to be weird-as-fuck—so basically, an immediate “yes”
Dr Mitten@mittencrab.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe Pump by Sydney Hegele Small town horror. The beavers are NOT okay. Love the way this tangled together various short stories. Also really loved how queer so much of it was!
finished the pump by Sydney Hegele and oh my god it is incredible. the way all the stories are woven together is so so so cool, and I love their writing style. the last two stories especially I loved, but honestly every story in there was just really good.
The Pump by Sydney Hegele Small town horror. The beavers are NOT okay. Love the way this tangled together various short stories. Also really loved how queer so much of it was!
Had convos w/ multiple people in the past 4 days who DID NOT KNOW that 1. AI doesn't "think" or know anything; it's a probability machine 2. It was created using massive amounts of work stolen from actual people including me 3. The environmental costs are astronomical Spread the word, every time!
I have chronic pain issues that make it hard to write or do anything at all, and I have disabilities that compound on those issues too, and I write all the goddamn time without using AI because I'm not also a fucking loser.
Indie Book Spotlight@bookspotlight.bsky.social · 6mo agoI’m tired, boss. These people suck.
Happy Canadian Independent Bookstore Day! Always grateful for the wide selection and kind community at Bookmark Halifax, @tridenthalifax.bsky.social , and @kingsbookstore.bsky.social . I'm especially excited to have a physical copy of Carnalis by @tiffmorris.bsky.social to add to my shelf! #CIBD2026
A very merry Independent Bookstore Day to all who celebrate! Hello from Iron Dog Books in Vancouver 👋
JOIN The Augur Bookshelf’s virtual book club meeting on April 27th! 📚 We'll be reading “Bird Suit” by @sydhegele.bsky.social! A queer, fictional story about a birdwoman. 🐦🍃 CW: death, child abuse, toxic relationship, domestic abuse, pedophilia, physical abuse, sexual assault, mental illness, gore
Our next book club read is “Bird Suit” by @sydhegele.bsky.social! 🐦🌿 RSVP OR subscribe to our magazine to get a code for 10% off this and other spring titles 👉 bakkaphoenixbooks.com/augur-book-c... 🎟️ Grab a FREE ticket now! (Seats are limited!): Click the link in bio! Or click below! ⬇️
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Augur’s sci-fi, fantasy, and speculative book club “The Augur Bookshelf" meets on the fourth Monday of every month!
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Our full TBR👇 March - “The Empire” by Susanna Fournier April - “Bird Suit” by @sydhegele.bsky.social May - “A Palace Near the Wind” by @aijiang.bsky.social June - “Green Fuse Burning” by @tiffmorris.bsky.social July - “The Dragonfly Gambit” by @thesuiway.bsky.social & more 👇
I had so much fun making this list of amazing short story writers and novelists for @49thshelf.bsky.social It includes @zoewhittall.bsky.social @mbatiz.bsky.social Chava Rosenfarb Val Bah @sydhegele.bsky.social and more 💗💗📚 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/10...
Incredible Novels by Short Fiction Writers · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
A recommended reading list by the author of A Place for People Like Us (Guernica Editions).
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New book reviews up. @sydhegele.bsky.social and @bokchoygurltjong.bsky.social I only write reviews for books that I love so don't judge me for my gushy five stars! I'll give 'em out all day if I want to!!! @invisibooks.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social junctionreads.ca/junction-wri...
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For reviews of Junction Reads’ titles, check out the Homepage. When the beauty of the entire world exists inside the writing we share, the books we read, and that to write, and to read, we ca…
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The 5th protester from the 2023 Gillers has *finally* had her charges dropped. The Gillers directly lobbied police to charge those protesters, and the production team behind the CBC broadcast helped police carry out the arrests. Enjoy the longlist celebrations canlitresponds.ca/boycott-giller
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Over 20 authors pull work from the 2024 Giller Prize
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Toronto Star@thestar.com · last yr.Former Giller Prize winner André Alexis (“Fifteen Dogs”) and the Irish-Canadian novelist Emma Donoghue (“Room”) are among the 14 authors whose books have been longlisted for the 2025 Giller Prize, one of the country’s top awards for fiction.
📣✨The Sunburst Award Society is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Award. We are delighted that the five-book shortlist highlights the scope and stellar quality of contemporary Canadian literature of the fantastic published in 2024. www.sunburstaward.org/node/144
A massive thank you to Natalee Caple, Geoff Ryman, and Lorina Stephens for selecting BIRD SUIT (@invisibooks 2024) as one of five books on the shortlist for the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. Grateful to be alongside Canisia, Nalo, Clayton, and Frankie ❤️
Sunburst Award@sunburstaward.bsky.social · last yr.📣✨The Sunburst Award Society is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Award. We are delighted that the five-book shortlist highlights the scope and stellar quality of contemporary Canadian literature of the fantastic published in 2024. www.sunburstaward.org/node/144
Blackheart Man has moved from the Sunburst Award longlist to the shortlist! Congratulations to my fellow authors on the list: Frankie Barnet, Sydney Hegele, Canisia Lubrin & Clayton B. Smith locusmag.com/2025/07/2025...
2025 Sunburst Award Shortlist
The shortlist for the 2025 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic was announced on June 21, 2025. Mood Swings, Frankie Barnet (McClelland & Stewart) Bird Suit, Sy…
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congrats to @nalohop.bsky.social @sydhegele.bsky.social and all the finalists!
Sunburst Award@sunburstaward.bsky.social · last yr.📣✨The Sunburst Award Society is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Award. We are delighted that the five-book shortlist highlights the scope and stellar quality of contemporary Canadian literature of the fantastic published in 2024. www.sunburstaward.org/node/144
Five books have been shortlisted for the 2025 Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic! Huge congratulations to Nalo Hopkinson @nalohop.bsky.social, Frankie Barnet, Sydney Hegele @sydhegele.bsky.social, Canisia Lubrin, & Clayton B. Smith! quillandquire.com/omni/five-bo... #booksky ❤️📚
Five books shortlisted for 2025 Sunburst Award - Quill and Quire
The winner of the $3,000 prize for literature of the fantastic will be named in the fall.
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NEW PAINTING! "Real Location" 22" x 30", acrylic, graphite, and coloured pencils on paper.
www.thestar.com/opinion/my-f... Thank you Andrea Robin Skinner and siblings for your candour.Thank you @debdundas.bsky.social and the Star team for your guidance. And @sydhegele.bsky.social let’s talk
My fiction left Alice Munro shaking. Her daughter’s reality did the same to me
I wasn't able to confront my abusers — until now.
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Such a powerful story, Sydney. Thank you for writing it. Words have such power.
Sydney Hegele@sydhegele.bsky.social · last yr.For the Star, @lindasvendsen.bsky.social and I share pieces one year after Andrea Skinner's editorial that detailed her childhood sexual abuse at the hands of her stepfather, and revealed that her mother, Alice Munro, stayed with him. Ed. by @debdundas.bsky.social. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
For the Star, @lindasvendsen.bsky.social and I share pieces one year after Andrea Skinner's editorial that detailed her childhood sexual abuse at the hands of her stepfather, and revealed that her mother, Alice Munro, stayed with him. Ed. by @debdundas.bsky.social. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Andrea Skinner’s story helped me transform shame into solidarity
I have witnessed the power of storytelling to save lives
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✨The Sunburst Society is pleased to announce the longlist for the 2025 Award. We are delighted that the longlist highlights the diversity, quality, and scope of contemporary Canadian literature of the fantastic published in 2024. www.sunburstaward.org
The Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is back! Read the longlist for the 2025 award! Then read the books! Big congrats to @nalohop.bsky.social, @robertjsawyer.com, and the rest of the nominees! 💙📚 #booksky #sunburstaward #canlit
Sunburst Award@sunburstaward.bsky.social · last yr.✨The Sunburst Society is pleased to announce the longlist for the 2025 Award. We are delighted that the longlist highlights the diversity, quality, and scope of contemporary Canadian literature of the fantastic published in 2024. www.sunburstaward.org
