iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

How are people’s lives set up that this is a thing that they think people want or would use? Y’all got kind of free time to have a make-believe conversation with a made up character on a platform — who does dinner and cleans out the fridge at your house that you have time for this?

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Eaton Hamilton @eatonhamilton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’m always amazed that at my age I can still write words I’ve never written down before and realize I’ve spelled them incorrectly: today’s, sergeant, which I always assumed began with “sar."

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Eaton Hamilton @eatonhamilton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I finished the rough draft of my grant proposal. Well, not the budget or the sample of work, but the rest. Why they make grant apps so incredibly odious has always escaped me, although admittedly they do cause one to consider one’s project from angles one hadn’t previously, and I appreciate that.

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jeanrene62.bsky.social @jeanrene62.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Erdrich, 72, is already a Pulitzer winner for her 2020 novel “The Night Watchman” and a National Book Award winner for her 2012 novel “The Round House.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

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Louise Erdrich wins the Gish Prize, a top arts honor

Louise Erdrich has received the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, recognizing her outstanding contributions to the arts. A Pulitzer and National Book Award winner, Erdrich also co-founded Birchbark Book...

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 25/09/2026

we were at our neighbours' place last night, and on the table was a paper leaflet, their 8yo had written a story and his teacher turned it into a comic, with genAI what a child should learn from that experience really is beyond me

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Eaton Hamilton @eatonhamilton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I look much forward to reading this:

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Eaton Hamilton @eatonhamilton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Haven’t we all been noticing how carefully white male literature is becoming again?

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Every book he claims is DEI is incredible, especially Marlon James’ new one. No indication Bret read any of these books www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/o...

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Opinion | The National Book Awards Are No Longer National (Gift Article)

The National Book Awards longlists are a study in tedious political orthodoxy.

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Eaton Hamilton @eatonhamilton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Annie Dillard has died. Her “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek,” arriving as it did with my adulthood, was a lodestone in my life; her talent and light will be missed. There’s a lovely essay by Texas Jack Omohundro on FB today if you want to read more.

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Eaton Hamilton @eatonhamilton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Just working my slow way through a grant application. Grantors seem inured to how long these apps actually take.

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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The National Book Awards list is out, and I've already seen drama over who was included and who wasn't, and so on, and...I'd just like to offer a perspective.

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Eaton Hamilton @eatonhamilton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The kiddlywinks will be here again this week, so work has flown out yet another window, but at least I’ve decided on the topic of my grant proposal and spent time with a story. Novel editing delayed (seemingly forever). Sigh.

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Eaton Hamilton @eatonhamilton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

🧵 Not writing because of an unexpected three weeks of babysitting kiddos; instead, I've been swimming at the pool, at the lake, doing tie-dye (disliked it in the 70s, still dislike it, though that’s unimportant), teaching how to put up peaches (survival skills!), and teaching chemistry. It’s been...

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Heather J. Witchy🧙 Wood @rollwithheather.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

An important #CanLit series. Please donate if you are able so that featured authors can continue to be paid. ❤️📚

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The Press @thepress.co.nz · 30/08/2026

Twenty-six emerging writers are stepping into the spotlight with a new anthology — launched alongside a Booker Prize winner in Christchurch.

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Meet Canterbury’s next generation of writers

Twenty-six emerging writers are stepping into the spotlight with a new anthology — launched alongside a Booker Prize winner in Christchurch.

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Eaton Hamilton @eatonhamilton.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I’m not writing for three weeks and it’s just about killing me. Family is visiting, and instead I’m actually having a summer. Lots of swimming. Tie-dye with kids. Making up stories to put them to sleep. Teaching them how to put up peaches—what a day that was!

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🇨🇦👠OhHellNoCanada👠🇨🇦 @ohhellnocanada.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Canadian Dolly Parton Fact Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has benefited hundreds of communities across Canada, delivering over 5 million free books. Key Canadian communities covered are First Nations, Métis, & Inuit Communities. Over 52% of all books that are mailed go to indigenous children👍❤️

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Heather J. Witchy🧙 Wood @rollwithheather.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I like it that #CanLit has a poetry collection called Black Girl in the Ring, Nalo Hopkinson’s award-winning novel Brown Girl in the Ring and Priya Ramsingh’s workplace-set novel Brown Girl in the Room. I need to find out if there are other “Girl in the…” #CanLit books.

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River Street @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

You may recognize Catherine Owen as River Street’s current Reviewer-in-Residence. You may also recognize her as the award-winning author of seventeen collections of poetry and prose. If you live in Edmonton, you may know her through her arts work and advocacy. #housing #nonfiction #memoir

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All Lit Up @alllitupcanada.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Nadia Bozak chats with us about her new book FRET (@ecwpress.bsky.social), a novel about "learning to survive in a warming climate, and how social connection and fostering community are essential for healthy, sustainable living." Read our Q&A with Nadia here: alllitup.ca/writers-bloc...

Nadia Bozak's author photo with an inset photo of her book Fret. Nadia is a light-skin-toned woman with short hair and clear-rimmed glasses. She is outdoors in rocky terrain, sitting on top of a large rock formation. She is wearing jeans and a striped shirt with a beige cardigan and running shoes.

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Heather J. Witchy🧙 Wood @rollwithheather.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

“After decades of underrepresentation, women have, in recent years, approached or just achieved parity, which is the backdrop against which we hear about fears that literary men are disappearing”

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Eaton Hamilton @eatonhamilton.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I’m trying to appease my guilt in not keeping to ten pages a day by telling myself I’m almost halfway through the edits on this novel after about 6 weeks. Nearly. One chunk at a time. Wishing I had the $ to hire eds. Now I have a week off, babysitting.

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Noelle Allen @noelleallen.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Some good reporting on Ottawa's fear of tech firms.

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Eaton Hamilton @eatonhamilton.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This has nothing to do with writing, but I just got called “Hami” in a call from my doc’s office. I did not bother to correct.

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Eaton Hamilton @eatonhamilton.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The novel editing proceeds while the life falls apart. I’m back doing some developmental changes which make my days long and my noggin hurt as I try to keep them all in mind and in order.

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Jones Bahadur Black @jonesbahadurblack.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Also, speaking as the author of a literary thriller (among other books): 🔷Publishers believe that men will never read literary fiction. And they publish accordingly. Publishers believe (and have told me repeatedly) that men will only read Tom Clancy airport fluff, or dull WWII history.

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Eaton Hamilton @eatonhamilton.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

With all the hoopla about AI, what few who want to quash it (me!) realize is that if we reject it in every place we have power to reject it, it will crash.

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Eaton Hamilton @eatonhamilton.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I’ve upscaled my time with the novel I’m editing the last few days, and yesterday for the first time I did some significant work, then I got to bed and thought, Nope, that was exactly the wrong direction. Save it for further along in the book and rewrite from scratch for current placement. SIGH.

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Gary Rawnsley @garydrawnsley.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

In her Booker Prize longlisted novel The Palm House, Gwendoline Riley sends her main character’s mother & boyfriend to #Saltaire village near my hometown #Bradford. It is a #UNESCO World Heritage Site & famous for its connection to David Hockney. Well worth a visit. #Booksky saltairevillage.info

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Saltaire, World Heritage Site

Everything you need to know about Saltaire. History, research, tourist information.

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Eaton Hamilton @eatonhamilton.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Wikipedia banned AI. Tide is turning.

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River Street @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

More literary love for a stellar spread of fiction we’re proud to be celebrating this year! Thank you to Quill & Quire for compiling an excellent autumnal preview. Go to the full list: quillandquire.com/omni/2026-fa... #readers #litfic #mustread

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Eaton Hamilton @eatonhamilton.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

What d’ya think, will Carney also merge Canada’s military with Israel’s?

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KQED Arts & Culture @kqedarts.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

This year’s Booker Prize longlist, announced today, includes 13 books covering a wide range of genres, from thriller to dystopian sci-fi to romance. Douglas Stuart, Marlon James and Elizabeth Strout are among the authors featured. www.kqed.org/arts/13992113/booker-p…

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Here Are the 13 Books That Made the Booker Prize Longlist | KQED

The 2026 list includes new works from household names Douglas Stuart, Marlon James and Elizabeth Strout as well as a few debut authors.

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Noelle Allen @noelleallen.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

A brilliant bit of political work here:

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Eaton Hamilton @eatonhamilton.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

There are many reasons this was a NYT bestseller. I didn’t know anything about the lives of fishes and wasn’t curious, but my curiosity was immediately piqued when I started in to it. Great book on the mysteries of our friends under the seas. Jonathan Balcombe. www.amazon.ca/What-Fish-Kn...

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What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins

What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins: 9781786072092: Books - Amazon.ca

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Eaton Hamilton @eatonhamilton.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I’m very lackadaisical with this novel editing, like I can’t make my ADHD brain settle into it. Does that happen to you? Usually once I’m in, I’m in, and that’s it, I don’t take a day off until it’s done.

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