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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#currentlyreading "Enn Pchit Fee Michif: A Life and Legacy" by Nora Cummings and Cheryl Troupe 💙📚

An open book, dirty gin martini, and glass of water sit on a table in the foreground. In the background are empty tables in a nice restaurant.

Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Metis poetry haul 👌✨ Good reading, but also, workshop prep, stay tuned. Not pictured because I already own or have ordered copies of them: North End Love Songs, Whitemud Walking, Scars & Stars. And of course there are tons more out there that I couldn't grab on short notice. #poetry 💙📚✒️

Photo of a hand holding a stack of poetry collections: #IndianLovePoems by Tenille K. Campbell, The Pemmican Eaters by Marilyn Dumont, The Gathering by Gregory Scofield, Love Medicine and One Song by Gregory Scofield, and River Woman by katherena vermette. In the background a bluery library shelf can be seen.

Hand holding a copy of A Really Good Brown Girl by Marilyn Dumont, next to a library shelf.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Got my copy of @bdiehl.bsky.social's chapbook! And coffee. Recipe for a good afternoon. 👍

A copy of "Foolish" by Barbara Westwood Diehl sits on a granite restaurant bartop alongside cutlery and a large cup of coffee

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

#currentlyreading "Spirit Gifting" by Elmer Ghostkeeper, a Métis elder from Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement. The blurb and cover don't really match the book's contents, which are based on a Master's thesis. It handles shifting lifeways and the loss of traditional land use practices. 📚💙

A book being held on a person's lap. The painted cover depicts Elmer Ghostkeeper staring out from a background of spirits, presumably ancestors, and a horse, amid tree trunks. The title reads "Spirit Gifting: The Concept of Spiritual Exchange" by "Elmer Ghostkeeper".

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

#currentlyreading "Why Indigenous Literatures Matter" by Daniel Heath Justice and drinking some very good coffee 👌 📚💙

Two coffee cups, an empty dessert plate with two forks, a laptop, and an open book crowd a small white cafe table. The man sitting opposite, typing on the laptop, is wearing a black and white Li Isprii magazine t-shirt.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Spent the week in the Waterton area (got to Crowsnest Pass, Pincher Creek, Fort McLeod, Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump). The weather was terrible but the hotel was lovely. We checked out some great shops, breweries and restaurants, and went for a few windswept hikes. Bought tons of books! Photo dump:

A photo of the lakeshore at Waterton townsite, rows of empty docks ring the bottom of the photo, mirrored by a mountain that rises over the lake in the background. The sky is blue and full of fluffy white clouds.

Photo of a large bighorn sheep with massive horns sitting passively in the front yard of a small house with a river-stone facade in the town of Waterton.

A photo of a man in a black ballcap and a black denim jacket beaded with traditional Red River Metis florals standing at a lookout point on the upper trail at Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump. In the background the cliffs can be seen rising over the prairies under a cloudy, windswept sky.

A photo of Lundbreck Falls from above. A river winding through a dusty brown spring landscape splits in two just before the cliff edge and tumbles over in two large falls.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

#currentlyreading "Pourin' Down Rain," Cheryl Foggo's brief memoir of growing up Black on the Canadian prairies. Spotted this brand new 30th anniversary edition at the library last week and had to grab it. So far, a very friendly read: interesting anecdotes, good writing, lots of photos. 👍 📚💙

A library copy of "Pourin' Down Rain" by Cheryl Foggo resting on a wooden café table. The cover depicts two young black women holding an umbrella over their heads.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

An interesting idea: In a fractured but cosmopolitan society, perhaps fiction doesn't merely teach us "how to be human," but also what it might feel like to interact with the world as someone else, bridging social divides. Either way, a vital technology in the current moment. 📚💙

Quote from page 145 of Bad Indians Book Club by Patty Krawec: "Toni Morrison, in her essay 'Rootedness: The Ancestor as Foundation,' attributes the popularity of the contemporary novel to the rising middle class and its isolation from extended family and community, where the stories we just thought up have traditionally been held. Morrison explains that in the absence of multigenerational families and stable communities, we needed some way to teach each other how to be human. We needed to teach others how we express our humanity, to learn to live together in communities that are constantly coalescing and remaking themselves. Novels become a kind of permanence in an impermanent world."

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

This is a great exercise and reminds me of a similar practice I use in my own day to day. When interacting with insitutions, I try to stop and ask, "Where are the failure points?" In this mode, I've noticed all kinds of systemic roadblocks (for example: un-translated translation support signs). 💙📚

Quote from page 64 of "Bad Indians Book Club" by Patty Krawec. It reads: "How we arrive in a place, and then how we receive others, matters deeply. When I studied social work, a professor once asked us to make a list of the things that somebody would need to do to make a cup of coffee.
What steps are involved? We started with the obvious: boil water. Then he asked what room we were in. Why did we assume that the person we were writing the instructions for was in the kitchen? So, we backed up. Go to the kitchen, we added as an instruction.
Then our professor asked: How are they supposed to do that? What assumptions are we making about the person and where they lived? By the end of the exercise, we had more than two hundred steps involved just to make a cup of coffee. Nobody working in an assisted-living facility or doing homecare work was going to provide a list of over two hundred steps for a client who needed to make a cup of coffee. But it forced us to think about everything we assumed. It forced us to shift the centre."

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

#currentlyreading "Bad Indians Book Club" by Patty Krawec. Just started this one and I've already pestered Jeremy with a bunch of quotes (always a good sign). This passage, considering a question first raised by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein in "The Disordered Cosmos," is from pg 57. 💙📚

Photo of a quote from "Bad Indians Book Club" by Patty Krawec. It reads: "What would it take for an urban child to see the night sky? At the end of the conversation in April, I posed that question to the panelists. What do our communities need to see the night sky, to connect with the natural world around us? We need our land back, and for that land to be free. We need a world where a single mother has the means and the time to take their child to a place where the city lights do not drown out the sky. We need a world of mobility, free from physical and financial barriers. We need oceans filled with fish instead of plastic. And we need time for curiosity, a life free from the exhaustion that strangles our desire to see."

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Catching the first Toga da wôhnagabi participant concert at the Banff Centre with Jeremy ✨👌

Rolston Recital Hall at the Banff Centre, filling up before the show. Seating in the foreground with scattered people sitting, a stage in the centre under a display that reads "Toga da wôhnagabi."

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Happy hour and The Sunflower Boys by Sam Wachman #currentlyreading 💙📚

A wooden restaurant table, with a long platw of fish tacos in the foreground and an open book, bowl of fries, and pint of hazy pale ale in the background.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Found a peaceful corner away from the New Years Eve chaos to drink a cup of coffee and read the last few chapters of @sequoian.bsky.social's fabulously inventive "How High We Go in the Dark." 👌📚💙

A book and a cup of coffee sit on a round, wood-topped table. An empty section of a small mall can be seen in the background.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Stopped by the library for a pre-holiday book haul! I’ve heard good things about all of these titles, so I’m expecting some solid reads. ☕️🎄❄️ What are you reading over the holidays? #currentlyreading 🌎📚💙🌈📚🖋️

A stack of hardcover library books sits on a wooden dining table. The titles, from top to bottom, are “How High We Go in the Dark” by Sequoia Nagamatsu, “The Sunflower Boys” by Sam Wachman, “Apple Skin to the Core” by Eric Gansworth, “Black Cake” by Charmaine Wilkerson, and “The Talk” by Darrin Bell. A Christmas tree with multicoloured lights can be seen in the background.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Haven’t been posting much recently (busy with Christmas prep), so I thought I should put together a little update. Currently reading: Small Ceremonies by Kyle Edwards and North End Love Songs by Katherena Vermette About to start: The House of My Mother by Shari Franke #reading 💙📚🌎

Cover of “small ceremonies by kyle edwards” featuring a blue river full of stars snaking across a white landscape under an orange sky. A tiger is stalking out of frame.

Cover of “North End Love Songs by Katherena Vermette.” The middle of the frame features an illustrated in a wobbly style, with muted colours. A street, car, and abandoned shoe fill the foreground, and a Ukrainian-orthodox cathedral dominates the background.

The cover of “the house of my mother by Shari Franke.” In a torn photo a woman sits on a chair with her feet up on the seat, the rest of the cover is a stark white.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Happy Hour tacos, a beer, and a good book ✨👌 #reading 📚💙

A plate of fish tacos, a pale, hazy beer, a plate of fries, and a book held open with a piece of cutlery, rest on a restaurant table. In the background, diners sit at a bar.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Solo dinner and a book ✨👌 Ramen from Ramen Arashi. #currentlyreading Queers at the Table: An Illustrated Guide to Queer Food, edited by Alex D Ketchum and Megan J Elias. #books #reading 🌈📚💙

Foreground, in focus, a bowl of tantan ramen topped with greens, green onion, fried garlic, and two pieces of karaage chicken. In the background, a half-empty glass of water and an open book rest on a dark wood table.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Bookish in the Banff area? Join me at Banff Pride's first ever book event! Bring a book to swap, sign up to share a personal favourite with the group, socialize, and enjoy a little something tasty from the cafe. All books, and book-lovers, welcome. estrempler.com/banff-writer...

Grey text on a crinkly paper background reads "Spill the Tea, Oct 07, 6pm-8pm, Wild Flour Bakery." A grainy picture of a book sits open amind the text.

Grey text on a crinkled paper background reads, "Hosted by local author, Emily Strempler, this event invites you to spill the tea by sharing your favourite read and enjoy delicious selections from Wild Flour Bakery."

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Joined briefly by this confident little magpie, who strutted around the place picking up snacks like they owned the joint. 😆

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Spent a lovely afternoon/evening reading Palm Meridian by Grace Flavie in a local Banff restaurant with walls open to the warm autumn breeze. Good beer, a good book, delicious snacks. What more can you ask for? ✨ #reading #booksky 🌈📚💙

On a restaurant table in the foreground, a hand rests on an open book next to a hazy golden beer. Through the open wall, patio tables can be seen, and beyond them a mountain view.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

“The threat of games is not in telling us who we are, but in telling us how the systems around us operate, revealing their hypocrisies, our own complicities, and how we are in fact produced through that system.” - Of Floating Isles by Kawika Guillermo (p156) #booksky 🌎📚💙🌈📚💡

A hand holds a paperback book. The cover fills most of the frame. The image shows stylized video game worlds as floating islands against a blue sky filled with soft clouds. Black text reads, “Of Floating Isles: On Growing Pains and Video Games.”

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

I originally wrote "Godsend" for CLOVES Literary, an online-only arm of Reservoir Road. Their niche was fiction and CNF under 500 words dealing with trauma, nostalgia, and difficult memories. "Godsend" handles church misconduct and abuse through the blinkered perspective of a teenage victim.

A plate of sugary donuts on a plate are drawn with a chalk-like brush on a black background. Above them, in block white text is the title "GODSEND."

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

A little bit of outdoor chaos fluttering through a crowded coffee shop, perching on chairs and tables, feels like an oddly fitting intrusion into the final chapters of “All the Little Monsters,” @davidarobertson.bsky.social’s excellent memoir of mental health. 🌎💙📚

In the foreground a blurry copy of “All the Little Monsters” by David A Robertson rests on a light wood cafe table. In focus in the background, a tiny brown sparrow meanders between the legs of occupied tables.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

A delightfully unexpected book haul from @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, including three early pre-orders! 🥳 They’re shooting right up to the top of my TBR. 😁 #reading #bookhaul 🏳️‍🌈📚💙

Four books lying on a wooden table. Clockwise from top left: “Beaver Hills Forever” by Conor Kerr, “A Safe Girl to Love” by Casey Plett, “Of Floating Islands” by Kawika Guillermo, and “Queers at the Table” by Alex F Ketchum and Megan J Elias

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Today’s quiet reading spot in Banff. A book, a beer, a bit of lovely sunshine, overflowing flower boxes in the window. What more can you ask for? ✨ Today’s reading: The revised edition of Halfbreed by Maria Campbell, and Times Square Red, Times Square Blue by Samuel R Delaney 🌎📚💙🏳️‍🌈 #reading #books

A beer, a menu in a menu stand, and an open book sit on a sunny wooden restaurant table. Through a large window there’s a view of businesses on Banff Avenue over colourful flower-boxes.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

#AlwaysReading 😜 Just grabbing a bite to eat in town between errands. Never a bad time to read. #books #reading 📚💙

Photo of a plate of fish and chips sitting on a wooden restaurant table beside a book, a tall can of PBR, and a glass of water.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

“but when the British East India Company forces all 105 carats of it into the centre of the coronation crown Queen Elizabeth calls it merely heavy” Delving into health, disability, mental health, and trauma with “a fate worse than death” by Nisha Patel. #poetry ✒️📚

Portion of a page from the poetry book “a fate worse than death” by Nisha Patel. The poem reads:

“the curse of the Kohinoor diamond tells us
that all empires who covet it will fall

but when the British East India Company forces
all 105 carats of it into the centre of the coronation crown
Queen Elizabeth calls it merely heavy

the way the intergenerational epigenetics of colonial famine are heavy

the way the shortened lifespans of my grandfather
and grandmother
and grandmother
and mother-in-law
and father-in-law
and father
and aunt
and aunt
and uncle
and uncle

are heavy.”

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

One of a million similar stories, but this account of the clearance of the entire island of Rum, off the north coast of Scotland struck me as a compelling example of the brutality that too often arrives with notions of "private property." Quote from "Love of Country" by Madeleine Bunting, p.142 📚💙

Photo of a large portion of a page in a book. The text reads: "The long history of human habitation on Rum came to a dramatic conclusion in the early nineteenth century. Rum's clan chief in 1815 was the respected Alexander Maclean, but he made a disastrous investment in kelp by buying the small island of Muck at precisely the moment the kelp boom collapsed when cheaper imports of Spanish barilla were resumed at the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Bankrupted, he was forced to let the island of Rum to a tenant, Dr Lachlan Maclean, who planned to make Rum profitable by farming sheep. The islanders were not needed; in the infamous contemporary phrase they were a 'redundant population. In 1825 every islander was given a year's notice to leave. In 1826, three hundred men, women and children were herded onto two ships. An Edinburgh lawyer, Alexander Hunter, supervised the operation, and he admitted to a government committee in 1827 that some islanders 'were not very willing to leave the land of their ancestors'. A Rum shepherd, John McMaister, provided a rather more vivid picture: 'The wild outcries of the men and the heart-breaking wails of the women and their children filled all the air between the mountainous shores of the bay.'"

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Not a bad place to do a bit of evening editing ✨ #writing

A laptop, pot of colourful flowers, and a gin and tonic, sit on a small round tabletop. A sunny courtyard crisscrossed with hanging lights can be seen in the background. A rim of mountaintops are just visible over the top of the far wall.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Currently reading “Truth and Conviction” by L Jane McMillan. It’s a useful overview of Donald Marshall Jr’s life, the important court cases he fought, and the broader issue of justice and sovereignty that affect Mi’kmaw communities in Nova Scotia. Well researched and surprisingly intimate. 💙📚💬📚💡

Cover of “Truth and Conviction: Donald Marshall Jr. and the Mi’kmaw Quest for Justice” by L. Jane McMillan. The cover features a pale, blue-tone image of a man fishing in a quiet body of water.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Banff’s National Indigenous People’s Day event moved indoors due to rain, but folks showed up anyway. Caught a performance by hoop dancer Lakota Tootoosis and bought a few of Métis potter Corry Pepper’s pieces (proceeds from the pin go to the Downie & Wenjack Fund). Great way to spend an afternoon!

A crowd watches hoop dancer Lakota Tootoosis perform inside a municipal rec centre. Behind him, is a large, brightly coloured tipi. The image captures Tootoosis in a complex pose with hoops framing his arms and legs, and hoop spheres held aloft in his hands. The crowd is visibly applauding.

A small red, blue, and gold glazed bowl and a heart shaped orange stoneware pin pressed with a flower pattern across one half rest on a light wood table.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Grateful for rain drenching dry pines, for quiet corners, and cafés that continue to serve coffee after 6pm. Time to review some submissions. #writingcommunity

A scuffed MacBook with headphones plugged in, a black paper coffee cup, and a glass of water and ice sit on a dark wood table. In the background you can see empty hotel café tables.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Spotted an excellent beaver on our evening walk! 😊

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Another lovely, quiet evening out in Banff with a book ☕️🌺✨ #reading #books ✒️📚💙

A book, cup of mint tea, large plate of chips with onion dip, and a flowering potted plant sit on a small circular table in the open courtyard of a hotel. A pool and strings of unlit hanging lights can be seen in the background. The sky is still blue and bright despite it being late in the day (it gets dark very late here in the summer).

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

A beautiful evening view, a pint of good beer, and a good book ✨ #books #reading 📚💙

View from a second floor restaurant patio overlooking Banff Avenue. A book rests on the wooden tabletop beside a glass of water and a pint of dark beer. Flower-filled planters line the railing.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

“…the trees fell away, and the prairie opened up. Grain silos bobbed, buoys on the horizon. Windbreaks like the anchored masts of distant ships dotted the land...one moment you were in the bush, and the next the land convinced you there was no such thing as bush.” - Hold Your Tongue ✒️📚💙🌎📚

Hand holding a copy of the novel “Hold your Tongue” by Matthew Tétreault, the cover features a bison standing in a circle of blue sky on a peach-coloured backdrop.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

A fantastic first slam poetry night at ArtsPlace in Canmore. Heard from some wonderful, brand new, local poets, and crowned a writer of gorgeous verses about life, love, and Palestine our first ever winner! #poetry #slam #poets #writingcommunity

A crowd of poets and attendees listens to hosts Tim Murphy and Nikki Tate at the opening of Canmore’s first poetry slam. The dark room is laid out with tables and chairs, cabaret-style, with a low stage at the front.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Fabulous to hear from local artists Sol Chiniquay and Nic Latulippe as part of the Decolonizing the Narrative series at the Banff Centre this evening! They’re doing some cool stuff, including facilitating a film photography program together in Bow Valley high schools.

Photo of a small auditorium. On stage Sol Chiniquay and Nic Latulippe present from arm chairs. A slide show of photos plays behind them on a large projector screen.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Rainy day, quiet patio, cake, coffee, and a good book. What more can you ask for? #writingcommunity #poetry ✒️📚💙☕️

View of an empty patio in Banff, Canada, with chairs flipped up due to rain, a slice of coconut cake, a coffee, and a book rest on a dry table.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

"His father is a pastor, he says.. a truly great teacher. So are both his grandfathers. Something she wouldn’t know anything about." Today in @rfpress.bsky.social, “The Boy From the ‘Good’ Family,” a story about faith, legacy, and the limits of grace. Link: www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-boy...

Silhouette of a young man against a paper-white background. A title, "The Boy From the 'Good' Family," floats above his head.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

“THE GREAT PLAINS Soil poor, herbage scanty, no wood except on Northern exposures.” Not the only book I’m reading, just the one that was closest to me. 🖋️📚💙

Cover of “Shaping a World Already Made: Landscape and Poetry of the Canadian Prairies” by Carl J. Tracie. The abstract image depicts a flat, golden landscape under a grey sky.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

A pair of lovely new hardcovers arrived in the mail today! Both definitely FOMO purchases. It feels like these have been on everyone’s list recently and I just had to know what all the hype was about. 😆 #writing #reading #books 📚💙

Hardcover copies of “Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism” by Sarah Wynn-Williams and “Abundance” by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson rest on a wooden coffee table. Both have matte beige covers with minimal serif-font titles and a single illustration in the centre.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Nico Lang spent nine months interviewing and spending time with transgender teens in preparation for this slice of life look at the ways they are navigating their increasingly anti-LGBTQ+ world. Lang engages with the barriers kids face while leaving space for joy and resistance. Excellent. 💙📚🌎🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Cover of “American Teenager: How Trans Kids are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era” by Nico Lang. The art is colourful and modern, depicting a crowd of teen faces.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Just a little weekend book haul… This Bright Dust by Nina Berkhout Small Ceremonies by Kyle Edwards Hold Your Tongue by Matthew Tétreault Native Air by Jonathan Howland #booksky 🌎📚💙

Four books stacked on a living room coffee table. The spines read: “This Bright Dust” by Nina Berkhout, “Small Ceremonies” by Kyle Edwards, “Hold Your Tongue” by Matthew Tétreault, and “Native Air” by Jonathan Howland.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

No books this time, just a lovely little early season hike up Sleeping Buffalo with Jeremy ✨

A man wearing a black jean jacket decorated with traditional Red River Métis beadwork stands on top of Sleeping Buffalo Mountain (Tunnel Mountain) overlooking the town of Banff, Alberta.

View of Mount Rundle and the Banff Springs Fairmont golf course from the top of Sleeping Buffalo Mountain (Tunnel Mountain) in Banff National Park.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

“Dad transmuted into something beautiful down there. He seemed to be part of the landscape itself, as if the very soil had nurtured and grown him.” Spending the evening with “Isaac’s Song” by Daniel Black, considering the process of healing and the love we owe to ourselves. #books 💙📚🌎

A book rests on a reader‘s lap. A small section of living room is blurry in the background. The cover features a young black man standing in front of a city skyline, with the title “Isaac’s Song” by Daniel Black. Part of the cover is obscured by library stickers.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Love this sticker, and the reply. More of this energy, please. 😆 Spotted in a women’s washroom stall at the Banff Public Library.

Inside wall of a women’s washroom stall. A trans flag sticker with the text “A trans person shit here and you survived” is stuck to the surface. Beneath someone with neat handwriting has added the note “love you ❤️ keep shitting here.”

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

“He looked sad and happy at the same time. That’s a popular adult look because adults are bust and have to do everything at once, even feel things.” Watching fresh snow fall outside and reading “Fight Night” by Miriam Toews #writingcommunity 🖋️📚💙

A copy of “Fight Night” by Miriam Toews rests on a readers knees, a living room is blurred in the background.

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Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Spending my evening reading 📚💙

Photo of the dark interior of a restaurant and bar. An open book is visible in the foreground beside a glass of water and pint of amber beer.

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