Reposted by John Degen 🍁ScrivenerApp @scrivenerapp.bsky.social · 02/09/2026John Degen is the author of four books and is the head of The Writers' Union of Canada and Chair of the International Authors Forum. He wrote his latest novel, Seldom Seen Road, entirely on his iPhone with Scrivener. Read or listen to the whole story here: buff.ly/KC98P6i 033 3
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Well, thank you to the Crime Fiction Lover website for including Seldom Seen Road in this review of “Three atmospheric indie crime novels from Canada.” What a treat! #seldomseenroad #northernnoir crimefictionlover.com/2026/09/thre...crimefictionlover.comThree atmospheric indie crime novels from Canada | Crime Fiction LoverWe profile three atmospheric indie crime novels from Canada, by authors Rune Christiansen, John Degen and Elizabeth Urso 000 0
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The Writers' Union of Canada has launched a Parliamentary Petition urging immediate regulation of artificial intelligence. Please share the petition link widely, and sign it today (if you're Canadian). www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...ourcommons.caPetition e-7774 - Petitions 022 2
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Are you Canadian? Hey, how about signing this petition to get Canada’s Parliament to take AI regulation seriously? www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...ourcommons.caPetition e-7774 - Petitions 000 0
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Been recording and editing podcast sound since 2009, and have just now learned I could be colour coding? What?! 111 1
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This is step one of the robot uprising. They start pretending we don’t exist. 000 0
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I really enjoyed chatting with Kirk McElhearn on the Write Now with Scrivener podcast. We talked about Northern Noir, writing sheds, and how I taught myself to write standing up on a moving subway train by using the Scrivener app on my phone. podcast.scrivenerapp.com/66podcast.scrivenerapp.comEpisode no. 66: John Degen, Author and Head of The Writers' Union of CanadaJohn Degen is the author of four books and is the head of The Writers' Union of Canada and Chair of the International Authors Forum. He wrote his latest novel, Seldom Seen Road, entirely on his iPhone... 000 0
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Is Wyna Liu now actively performing psychological experiments on us? My eyes! 000 0
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026It’s Taco Tuesday. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/w...nytimes.comTariffs on Hold as Trump Claims Deal With Canada Is NearPresident Trump announced a three-day delay on imposing 50 percent tariffs in a social media post on Tuesday night, roughly 90 minutes before the 12:01 a.m. deadline. 000 0
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Heading into a buzzsaw of a midterm election because they can’t be arsed to fix the economy or stop their president from stumbling into wars, the GOP believes attacking a national hero who saved millions of lives is the way to go right now. 000 0
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Delightful conversation. Kirk is living the dream… in the English countryside, surrounded by birds. 000 0
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Well, thank you very much indeed. You picked out one of my favourite moments in the book. 110 1
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 10/07/2026There’s room in the vast, unforgiving, northern landscape for many murder mysteries. Come join us. 010 1
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Wondering what to read next? How about this? open-book.ca/News/Read-an...open-book.caRead an Excerpt from SELDOM SEEN ROAD, the First Title in the New Burnt River Mystery Series from John DegenA murder on a riverbank pulls an unlikely detective out of retirement in Seldom Seen Road (Latitude 46),l the first instalment in John Degen’s Burnt ... 031 3
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Canada’s @alllitupcanada.bsky.social has listed Seldom Seen Road as one of six great beach reads for Summer 2026. Check them all out here: alllitup.ca/a-beach-read... 010 1
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Last night’s Toronto launch was the kind of literary event that is seldom seen. Poetry mixed with genre fiction. An author interview. Actual food! And just a whole bunch of folks jazzed about books and reading. Nordic Noir from Northern Ontario. store.latitude46publishing.com/products/sel... 050 5
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Alrighty folks. Today is book launch day! Print and e-book versions of Seldom Seen Road wherever fine books are sold. 021 2
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Years after smoking bans were everywhere else, Illinois bars still allowed it. I remember walking into a pub and hitting a wall of stink. Leaving with that on your clothes was just gross. 000 0
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Yeah we do! 🇲🇽 🇨🇦 www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...theglobeandmail.comCanada, Mexico agree to ‘close co-ordination’ on USMCA talksCarney and Sheinbaum also discussed expanding collaboration in strategic areas such as critical minerals, the PMO said 010 1
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 12/04/2026For those wondering, the loud bird in the hush of The Masters is a male Northern Cardinal announcing his readiness for mating. 000 0
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Can the Legislative Branch please go and collect their drunk uncle? He’s making everyone very uncomfortable. 000 0
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 30/03/2026I hereby declare today’s NYTimes Strands puzzle unnecessarily vague. 000 0
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Over at Shore Report, we’ll be diving deeper into the anti-renewable-energy movement, and how it co-opts environmentalism to the benefit of the fossil fuel industries. The small-town council in Massey, Ontario is getting a close look at the disruptive tactics. open.substack.com/pub/shorerep...open.substack.comMassey Solar Project Can Proceed to Next PhaseSables-Spanish Rivers Council reaffirms support during tense, disrupted meeting 010 1
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Any food I don’t have to make myself. There’s a little hitch in my step every time I enter any restaurant. 060 6
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 14/03/2026How very fragile is the 1st amendment when 1st amendment warriors don’t want their embarrassing ignorance made public. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/n...nytimes.comAfter DOGE Deposition Videos Go Viral, Judge Orders Them Taken Down 000 0
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Does anyone know when the Board of Peace meets again? 120 2
Reposted by John Degen 🍁Neil Turkewitz @neilturkewitz.bsky.social · 05/03/2026“Most of what a writer experiences is failure. Developing a voice takes years. The point is not to make it out of the woods quickly or unscathed. Getting lost is not the rough part. It’s the whole thing.” —Charles Yu @theatlantic.com @authorsguild.org @penamerica.bsky.social @wgawest.bsky.socialtheatlantic.comDon’t Call It ‘Intelligence’Humans are question machines. AI is an answer machine. 0116 11
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 28/02/2026No, seriously Republicans… you’re just going to let him march you into a deadly mess instead of giving him up to justice? 000 0
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 19/02/2026It’s peaceful because literally half these dudes are asleep. 010 1
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Valuing Human Creativity in the Age of AI. I spoke and moderated at this important symposium this week in Ottawa. www.cpac.ca/public-recor...cpac.caValuing Human Creativity in the Age of AIThe Coalition for the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (CDCE) hosts an event in Ottawa to explore the impact of artificial intelligence on the creative industries. The conference aims to deepen under... 010 1
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 06/02/2026The spectacle of sad, middle-aged tech cheerleaders trying to recapture relevance by pretending they’ve always been against the excesses of Silicon Valley. Whaaaaatever. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...nytimes.comOpinion | We Didn’t Ask for This Internet 000 0
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 05/02/2026No, seriously, he was Epstein’s best friend. BEST FRIEND! He’s all over the files. What are we waiting for? 000 0
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 30/01/2026US immigration enforcement ignoring 18th Century treaty right? Mississauga First Nation and Garden River First Nation on Lake Huron’s north shore warn members about recent US border-crossing troubles. open.substack.com/pub/shorerep...open.substack.comNorth Shore First Nations Warn of US Border ConflictsHistoric Jay Treaty Right not always known or respected 000 0
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Rest assured, we are actively investigating our own perfectly legal killing of terrorists. 000 0
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Canada doesn’t care, btw. Call us when you stop murdering your citizens. 000 0
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Please enjoy this conversation I had with Conservation Biologist Carolyn Callaghan, about wolves and other Canadian wildlife. Her confidence around the staying-power of North America’s wolf population is a balm on the soul at a very dark time. open.substack.com/pub/shorerep...open.substack.comNever Cry WolfTalking timber wolves and conservation with Dr. Carolyn Callaghan 010 1
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Thank you for your attention to this matter.media.tenor.coma man in a suit and tie is smiling with the words " buh bye now " next to himALT: a man in a suit and tie is smiling with the words " buh bye now " next to him 010 1
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 23/01/2026I’m old enough to remember the EFF arguing in favour of Napster. You know… the “innovation” that destroyed the market for physical media and brought us all right here. 010 1
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 22/01/2026I’m not anti-tech, I’m anti-theft. If the future of “innovation” depends on stealing creators’ work without asking or paying, that’s not progress - it's stealing, and we shouldn’t accept it. #StealingIsntInnovation 051 5
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Do not give the babyman anything. C’mon NATO. No concessions. 110 1
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Wonder if Mark Carney's speech scored a hit on Trump? Wonder no more. 021 2
John Degen 🍁 @jkdegen.bsky.social · 21/01/2026If you're in Switzerland, right now might be a good time to go get one of those great coffees they have. There is absolutely nothing important going on at the moment. 010 1