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JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

7:30 not 7:00 PM, Friday, Dec. 19. It'd be great to see you #newwest #newwestminster

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JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Need to know someone had a worse Christmas than you? Come to the free live storytelling event (surprise drop, friends) at @ GROOVE CAT BOOKS & RECORDS in #newwestminster. Hear stories from Jennifer Lutes, Subbu Govindarajapuram, and me.

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JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

First volume of the anthology series made a comeback at the very niche Amazon.ca category of Canadian Collections. We're #9, we're #9, we're #9!

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JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Anthologies getting some just-in-time holiday love in the form of reviews and shoutouts... thebcreview.ca/2025/12/09/2... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... www.cbc.ca/books/38-can...

A diptych comprised of the cover of Better This Year featuring evergreen branches holding a single repair Christmas tree ornament and a head shot of the editor JJ Lee in black glasses and a denim shirt.

The cover of BETTER NEXT YEAR which is illustrated with a shattered red Christmas tree ornament with pieces on the floor.

JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Cozy? Seasonal? Storytime? The live HOLIDAY storytelling continues! Friday, Dec. 5th at West Vancouver Memorial Library. Reserve a free ticket here: westvanlibrary.ca/event/fa-la-...

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JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

BETTER THIS YEAR's Thi Tran compares Vancouver's Kingsgate Mall to Oakridge BITD. For more worst-case-scenario holiday stories, join us at the West Vancouver Memorial Library Dec. 5! Reserve seats here: westvanlibrary.ca/event/fa-la-... Buy the book: www.tidewaterpress.ca/better-this-...

JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Do you have a true story of a horrible Christmas? I want to hear about it and quite frankly share it with the world. Call the brand new WORST CHRISTMAS EVER HOTLINE! 1-604-223-4628 For more info: transcanadastoryrodeo.com

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JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

#newwest Join us Nov. 19 for a night of real stories of truly awful holiday moments! I'm hosting storytellers who are featured in the latest nonfic anthology Better This Year. @artsnewwest.bsky.social artsnewwest.ca/new-westmins...

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JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

#newwest strong smokey smell uptown..anyone else. Out of nowhere.

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JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Leading a discussion at North Shore Writer's Festival on Unsettling Fiction w Sam Wiebe Linda Cheng Erica McKeen... andI think I'll focus GORE HORROR EVIL! www.eventbrite.ca/e/unsettling...

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Unsettling Fiction with Sam Wiebe, Linda Cheng, Erica McKeen, & JJ Lee

Join Sam Wiebe, Linda Cheng, and Erica McKeen, as they discuss the process of writing unsettling fiction with JJ Lee.

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JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social "He works out"??? It was a revealing interview. Slightly depressing.

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JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

I went to the site in North Vancouver with Lenore Rattray who was held for over a week there by a serial sexual assault perpetrator and convicted double murderer. Here's Lenore podcast about her trip back there. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBkK...

Episode 9 - Tree Number Three - Stand Up Eight - The True Crime Podcast by Lenore Rattray

YouTube video by Stand Up Eight - The Podcast

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JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

On Saturday Mar 22 at the West Vancouver Memorial Library 1030am the workshop for Older Adult I helped facilitate will share their podcast trailers. And here we are on CBC Radio yakking it www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Proud to share with you Episode 9 of LENORE RATTRAY's Stand Up Eight. Her brave account of survival after being abducted by a double murderer and serial rapist 30 years ago. This episode she returns to the scene of the crime. creators.spotify.com/pod/show/len...

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STAND UP EIGHT: Episode 9 - Tree Number Three by Stand Up Eight

Lenore returns to the scene of the crime on her own terms.

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JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

EXCITED. Starting Sat. Feb 15, learn how to use WVML’s Recording Studio while helping create a podcast about #podcasting! We'll record our progress through this workshop, learn audio engineering skills, build community, and tell our stories. #westvancouver westvanlibrary.ca/event/podcas...

west vancouver memorial library ad for a podcasting workshop with jj lee

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JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Such a thirll to hear tasteful, sensitive piano backup for a jazz vocal album. Cottage for Sale · Lucy Yeghiazaryan · Michael Kanan, piano. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUmT...

YouTube video by Lucy Yeghiazaryan - Topic

Cottage for Sale

ok. have left the breadcrumbs from facebook and instagram to here.

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Admittedly I feel I have certain amount of social media energy I need to vent. But as long as I have a space, I think I might be okay

And I think I can break the habit. Have the most followers on Twitter bitd and I no longer feel the need to be on it. So it's possible.

JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Just uninstalled insta and Facebook and it felt goooood

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Christmas ghost stories is the topic on THE NEXT CHAPTER on CBC Radio. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Another story that I was honoured to edit and share with readers by Rob Wolf - "THE HITCHHIKER" youtube.com/shorts/NBKbk...

JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Lillian Au wrote "Arviat" for UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR. The anthology of holidays seemingly best forgotten is a reminder that this is a time of year for reflection, forgiveness, and funny-sad stories. #memoir #canlit #creativenonfiction #christmas #christmasstories www.youtube.com/shorts/5lIHv...

LILLIAN AU - UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR

YouTube video by UP CLOSE: Memoir writing with JJ Lee

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JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

My latest anthology is out. I collect people's true disastrous holiday stories. #memoir #christmas Upon A Midnight Clear has twelve writers from across Canada sharing tales of holiday survival. Here's Averill Groeneveld-Meijer talking about her story: www.youtube.com/shorts/ghQnp...

JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

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i get crazy nostalgic when i visit cbc vancouver. doing a yak for THE NEXT CHAPTER

Measure of a Man is going into another printing (absolute miracle and mystery) AND it got another medallion on the cover along the way. just plain bragging, folks.

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so fellow 50's, the actual answer is cardio, pylometrics, joint strength, and yoga.

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i keep seeing mobility in tyson. is this a rope a dope? is that what i'm seeing. what is going here. tyson looks fresh?

watch Tyson's feet. do they move. is he switching lead hips. if he does, if he can, Jake Paul is in trouble

ok. i respect Jake Paul's walk-in music

#taylorserrano disgusting decision. Rosie Perez is right, It will tarnish Katie Taylor's reputation. Undeserved win for Taylor.

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#taylorserrano Katie Taylor is using her head to open the wound on Amanda Serrano. Dirtiest thing I've seen in boxing including Tyson biting Holyfield's ear.

dirty fight. katie taylor (ireland) is head butting.

have to comment on the fashion #tysonpaul. ringside commentator mauro ranallo (from BC) is wearing perhaps a too light blue dinner jack. Rosie Perez is also wearing blue. But it's deep and really looks rich and gorgeous under TV lights.

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I'm sorry for this boxing run...but it's happening. Backing Amanda Serrano who reps a Patrick Ewing jersey when it counts. Wished the commentators would stop calling the women boxers "ladies".

JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 19/08/2024

so riled up by #barriosramos fight. had to log on. haven't done microblogging forever. what a boxing match. #tysonpaul

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excited to post this new video on the craft of memoir writing on youtube. it's on the role of setting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9H2...

JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 12/04/2024

got a chance to freshen up my website...because DO I EXIST if I don't blog ? jj-lee.com

JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 29/03/2024

I'll lead a podcasters DIY club @ShadboltCentre starting April 11 in #burnaby. If you have a computer and a phone you can easily create your own podcast. Learn how with me... anc.ca.apm.activecommunities.com/burnaby/acti... #podcasting #newwest

JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 23/03/2024

Join me and this wonderful group of writers for a great afternoon of dim sum, wine and words. Joy Kogawa, Lindsay Wong, Ujjal Dosanjh, Keiko Honda, Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio, and Angie Wong. www.eventbrite.ca/e/wine-and-w...

JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 16/03/2024

My first solo photo show coming up. jj-lee.com

JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 12/02/2024

this opening up of bluesky has taken forever. but i'm glad it can now grow without invites. i haven't been on it for weeks.

JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

Writing tip?! For me there's a huge difference between "let you know everything at the transmitter is okay" and "let you know everything is okay at the transmitter". Because "transmitter" is the power or interesting word, I would put it at the end.

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JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 09/12/2023

We're on @CBCBooks THE NEXT CHAPTER www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social · 08/12/2023

check out last year's ghost story....THE HAUNTED GHOST www.cbc.ca/player/play/...