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Editors/Réviseurs Canada @editorscanada.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Letitia Henville of Montreal, Quebec, is the winner of the 2026 Karen Virag Award! This award, which comes with a $400 prize, recognizes exceptional efforts by an individual or organization to raise the profile of editing in their community. editors.ca/news/letitia...

A white lady with black hair and red lipstick holds a small brown puppy on her lap. Behind her is a messy bookcase stacked with books.

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Royal City Literary Arts Society @rclas.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Spread the word about our workshop for newcomer women and female identifying folx. May 28th @wildfiresbookshop.bsky.social.

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Women's Poetry Workshop

Your Story in Verse: Free Poetry Workshop for Newcomer Women
With Jessica Lee McMillan and Alan Hill

Your story in your own words –
a poetry workshop for newcomer women – no experience needed!

Meet new people, learn new skills, share your story.

Date: Thursday May 28, 2026
Time: 6:30pm-8:00pm
FREE to attend.

Drop in ok but registration helpful
Registration required – Email secretary@rclas.com

Location:
Wildfires Bookshop Literary Lounge
712 A 12th Street
New Westminster, BC
Canada V3M 4J6

Presented by the Royal City Literary Arts Society.

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Frances Peck @franceslpeck.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Steven Novella is the best. Lucid, never pedantic, always relatable.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 05/03/2026

I try to preach the opposite of imposter syndrome to creative people. Know that you are literally the only person on the planet equipped to tell the very specific stories you have to tell in the way only you can tell them.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Here is my opening statement to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today.

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Vancouver Writers Fest @writersfest.bc.ca · 04/02/2026

Tell the teachers in your life about Writers in the Classroom! This popular Vancouver Writers Fest program will provide 13 FREE author visits (in-person and online) to schools in BC between April and June 2026. Apply by Friday, February 27: writersfest.bc.ca/youth#writer...

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Frances Peck @franceslpeck.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

NO ONE gets editors and editing the way you do, Iva. 😍

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Frances Peck @franceslpeck.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

An excellent memoir. Holiday gift, anyone?

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Frances Peck @franceslpeck.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

In the mood for a writerly conversation? Tonight (7pm Pacific), Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho and I sit by the fire (literally) and chat about process, inspiration, community, and more. On Zoom, open to all. Register via the Federation of BC Writers: www.bcwriters.ca/event-6414559

Yellow and black poster for a Fireside Chat, from the Federation of BC Writers. There are rounded photos of (left) Frances Peck and (right) Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho. Poster says event is Wednesday, December 3, 7pm Pacific. Sponsored by the Province of British Columbia. bcwriters.ca

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Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Tnrilled to be included in issue no.305 @fiddlehd.bsky.social Many thanks to @saleema.bsky.social for all her kind and thoughtful edits. There are so many great contributions in this issue, including 2025 Creative Nonfiction Prize winner Shelley Pacholok.

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

There are less than two weeks until the deadline for our 2025 Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize! Don't miss out on your chance to submit!

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Frances Peck @franceslpeck.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Excited to share what inspired my novels, read snippets from both, and of course savour tea and the museum. 📚🍵🍪🏚

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Frances Peck @franceslpeck.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Museum + tea + treats + authors = FUN! 🏠🍵🫖🍪🍰📖 Sunday, Nov 23, Log Cabin Museum, Saanichton (Vancouver Island). If you're on Vancouver Island, come on by!

A beige poster in the middle of which are head shots of three light-haired white women, (left to right) Edeana Malcolm, Frances Peck, Petra Krumme. The poster says Author's Tea, Celebrate Local Authors! November 23rd, 2 to 4 pm, $10 cash at door includes tea and light treats. Along the bottom is a line that says Talk and Tea series at the LogCabinMuseum.com

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Leonard Cohen recites “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae | Legion Magazine youtu.be/cKoJvHcMLfc?... #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 27/10/2025

Withholding money for food and finding money for every unnecessary thing is what sparked the French Revolution. Literally.

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Frances Peck @franceslpeck.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Funding cuts are eviscerating BC arts organizations. I just donated to FBCW because the Fed has: 1. taught me a ton about the craft and business of writing 2. given me a network of writers to connect with and learn from 3. launched a MATCHING campaign - my favourite way to donate bcwriters.ca/Match

Purple and gold poster with a laptop in the background, by the Federation of BC Writers (bcwriters.ca). Text says: "I'm spreading the word to support BC writers. Donate now! Every dollar up to $10,000 is matched." There is an image of 10 dollars expanding to 20 dollars, and a note in the corner that says "Words that multiply."

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Dave Bidini @davebidini.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Writers/Podcasters: DM if you’re interested in me talking about our fancy new record in our 45th year as a band!!

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Frances Peck @franceslpeck.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Happy to be among the Lower Mainland authors at the Richmond Library's Writers for Readers event today, Oct 7. Come say hi if you're around! Until 7pm. Brighouse branch. 📚

Blond white woman in a red sweater standing behind a table of books, with library bookcases in the background.

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Iva Cheung @ivacheung.com · 30/09/2025

I made a li'l cookbook! *After the Feast* suggests ways to use up leftovers from your big turkey dinners. The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre. Please spread the word! 🍗 ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...

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After the Feast: A Turkey Leftovers Cookbooklet - Iva Cheung

After a couple decades of editing and indexing cookbooks, I took a stab at writing (a small!) one. After the Feast brings together 25-ish of my favourite ways to use up the leftovers from big turkey d...

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Frances Peck @franceslpeck.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

A fine bookstore for a fine poet.

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Frances Peck @franceslpeck.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Seeking that creative spark? Paper Covers Rock on Salt Spring Island, Oct 3-4, is an affordable, multidisciplinary festival for writers and other creatives. I'll be there to teach my Sentences with Style workshop (Oct 4) and to soak up the inspiration. Details: www.papercoversrock.ca

Image of a piece of paper, folded like a tent and covering a rock. Text says: "Paper Covers Rock, 3-4 October 2025, Salt Spring Island, BC; workshops, live readings, music, and creative sparks shared in good company."

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Frances Peck @franceslpeck.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Sorry to miss the launch party for The Fiddlehead issue 304, which (I'm still pinching myself) contains an essay I wrote. I'll be downtown at Word Vancouver all day, wishing I could do two things at once. If you're free, the Fiddlehead launch is open to all: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...

Poster for launch party of The Fiddlehead's special issue 304, on Saturday, September 20, 2025, Fredericton Public Library, 12:30-3:00pm (Atlantic time). Beside the text is the cover of issue 304, which features a painting of a hand holding a s'more.

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Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Signed and shared. ✍🏽 “In 1991, Canada signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child … This order stands to violate these rights and freedoms if implemented.” Canadian Authors & Illustrators Against Book Bans. #ableg #abpoli #abed #cdnpoli chng.it/msmGkKmbD7

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Have you seen this petition yet?

Tell the Alberta Government: No Book Bans

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king's co-op bookstore @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

support the humanities

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Frances Peck @franceslpeck.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Thanks, Indigo Robson, for including "The Broken Places" in this display of fiction set in Vancouver. Thanks, too, to @lisabrideau.bsky.social (whose "Adrift" is set nearby, in Nanaimo) for spotting and photographing!

Photo of a round table in a bookstore. A sign on the table says "Set in Vancouver." A number of books are piled on the table. The most visible are "She's a Lamb!" by Meredith Hambrock, "The Gum Thief" and "JPod" by Douglas Coupland, "The Rise and Fall of Magic Wolf" by Timothy Taylor, "Kill All the Lawyers" by William Deverell, and "The Broken Places" by Frances Peck.

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Frances Peck @franceslpeck.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Nice to see Meltdown, the science memoir by @snowhydro.bsky.social, in the North Vancouver District Public Library.😍📚

Cover of the memoir "Meltdown: The Making and Breaking of a Field Scientist" by Sarah Boon. Cover background is a blue, grey and white glacier with two silhouetted figures climbing it. A red sticker in the corner says "New!"

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Frances Peck @franceslpeck.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Give your writing project (or yourself) a kick in the you-know with my Getting Unstuck workshop. On beautiful Bowen Island, Sep 13, 9:30-11:30 am. Still some seats left. Register: www.writeonbowen.com/event-detail...

Poster for Write on Bowen Festival of Readers and Writers, www.writeonbowen.com, featuring a head shot of female author Frances Peck, blond hair, wearing blue, with the text: Getting Unstuck: Get out of the muck and back into the magic! Saturday, September 13, 9:30 to 11:30 am, Bowen Island Public Library Annex.

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Frances Peck @franceslpeck.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

This was an amazing event, folks. I picked up Annalee's "Stories Are Weapons," the book I need to read that I didn't know I needed to read. Thanks, as always, to Iron Dog Books for bringing readers and writers together. 💗 wwnorton.com/books/978039...

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Stories Are Weapons

A Book Riot Best Book of 2024 One of Publishers Weekly's Top 10 Politics/Current Events books of Spring 2024 A sharp and timely exploration of the dark art o...

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Frances Peck @franceslpeck.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

@djkrushen.bsky.social Thanks for sharing my workshop, Juliann. 🌞

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Wolsak & Wynn @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

This is lovely news and we're particularly delighted to see Douglas Barbour, whose poetry we published many years ago, honored this way:

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Frances Peck @franceslpeck.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Is your writing blocked? "Getting Unstuck" is the theme of a workshop I'm leading on Sat, Sep 13 (9:30-11:30am), at the Write on Bowen Festival of Readers & Writers. Cross the ocean to a Pacific island (i.e., hop the ferry to Bowen!) for this inspiring weekend. www.writeonbowen.com

Blue and white poster for Write on Bowen Festival of Readers and Writers, September 12-14, 2025. Poster says: "Come write with us on beautiful Bowen Island! A weekend of words, craft, and connection. www.writeonbowen.com Discounted early bird registration now open!"

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Frances Peck @franceslpeck.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Victoria readers, join the queue! This memoir is an intriguing glimpse into the scientific life and the inner life that goes with it.

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

💫 Calling all emerging poets! The 2025 Foster Poetry Prize is officially open for submissions! 💫 The Foster Poetry Prize awards $1000 and publication in CV2 Magazine to the author of the single best poem submitted to the contest. Click the link in bio for all the details and to submit!

Text graphic with a dark green background and the following text in a pink font. Text: The 2025 edition of the Foster Poetry Prize is open for submissions. Early bird deadline: October 1. Final deadline: November 1.

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Frances Peck @franceslpeck.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Perfect pairing of fruit and fiction. 💥

The novel Uncontrolled Flight, which has a largely orange-and-gold cover, photographed on a flat surface with rows of orange-and-gold apricots underneath.

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Frances Peck @franceslpeck.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Warmest congratulations on this hot Duncan day to Sarah Boon on her debut memoir, Meltdown. Sarah is signing books at Volume One until 1pm! ⚡📚🖋 @snowhydro.bsky.social @ualbertapress.bsky.social

Two white women standing side by side with bookshelves behind them. Left, Sarah Boon; right, Frances Peck holding Sarah's book, Meltdown.

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Frances Peck @franceslpeck.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Excited to attend the launch for "Meltdown" tomorrow at Volume One Bookstore in Duncan, BC. This debut science memoir by @snowhydro.bsky.social was a long time in the making and promises to be AWESOME!! @ualbertapress.bsky.social volumeone.ca/events/30624...

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AUTHOR-IN-STORE: Sarah Boon | Volume One Bookstore

Cowichan Valley's local independent bookstore since 1972

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Sarah Boon @snowhydro.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

"It is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world." --Mary Oliver

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Frances Peck @franceslpeck.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Can't wait to join veteran book editors Iva Cheung (@ivacheung.com‬) and Leslie Vermeer (@lavermeer.bsky.social‬) for a panel on editing your book or other long manuscript! July 14, 2pm (Pacific). The online Writing Intensive is a super deal. $75 for a full pass. www.bcwriters.ca/event-619191...

Orange and gold poster on a brick wall. The poster has a gold fountain pen nib at the top and says Writing Intensive: Revision Quest, online July 14-18.

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Zazie Todd PhD @zazietodd.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

The early bird deadline for this conference is tomorrow. There are in-person and online options. I hope to see you there! educanine.org/2025-confere...

Educanine and CAPDT presents Dogs and the City: A dog conference experience like no other. Tom Candy Fri Sep 26 10 til 5, Zazie Todd Sat Sep 27 10 til 5, and Malena DeMartini Sep 28 10 til 5. 967 College St Toronto Canada. Virtual option. In person early bird $455 or $170/day. Virtual early bird $295 or $105/day. There are photos of Tom, Zazie, and Malena, and in the top right there is a giant dog on the city streets.

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Sarah Boon @snowhydro.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Note I will keep you anonymous in my article. 🌍🧪

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Frances Peck @franceslpeck.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Just back online after a writing retreat and seeing this. 😍Thank you, Michele, for reading and posting. Gives me renewed energy for the novel-in-progress!

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Frances Peck @franceslpeck.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

What a treat to see @snowhydro.bsky.social and her debut memoir, Meltdown, featured in the summer issue of BC Bookworld! @ualbertapress.bsky.social

BC Bookworld article with, on the left, a photo of a brown-haired white woman wearing a toque and parka against a backdrop of mountains. On the right is the text, with a headline that says "Glaciers and grizzlies."

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Mignon Fogarty @grammargirl.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Calling all researchers, especially linguists or English professors: ACES, The Society for Editing, has an RFP out for a research study on the value of editing. Deadline: June 9. Learn more here: aceseditors.org/about/the-va...

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The Value of Editing Research Request for Proposals

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Iva Cheung @ivacheung.com · 02/06/2025

JUNE CARTOON: ivacheung.com/2025/06/cama... #AmIndexing

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Camaraderie - Iva Cheung

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