Reposted by Kim FahnerMark Mattson @waterkeepermark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Once people swim - they become fierce protectors. Great piece from @cangeo on how the Swimmable Cities movement is taking root across the Great Lakes, from Kingston's Gord Downie Pier to the sunrise swimmers in Oakville. Is your waterfront swimmable? canadiangeographic.ca/articles/mak...canadiangeographic.caMaking swimmable cities in the Great Lakes watershedHow three organizations have come together to promote urban swimmability and change our relationship with water — one plaque at a time 123
Reposted by Kim FahnerMike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I know there is a hell of a lot going on right now. But not all of it is bad. Some is astonishingly good - like the results of this study from June. Cervical cancer is a terribly cruel thing. This might, at long last, be the beginning of the end of it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 15657111592
Reposted by Kim FahnerRiver Heron Review @riverheronreview.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In Poetry as a Coping Tool, Kelsey Bigelow - Poetry creates space to explore poetry as a means of processing grief, loss, trauma, and difficult emotions. Begins October 5–there’s still time to join us. Register by October 1 and save 10%. www.riverheronreview.com/poetry-as-a-... 021
Reposted by Kim Fahnerwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Linocut by contemporary printmaker Mariann Johansen-Ellis #WomensArt 21613307
Reposted by Kim Fahnerrob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026new from above/ground press: Self-Portrait in a kaleidoscope, by Pete Smith / @bcbooklook.bsky.social @shearsmanbooks.bsky.social ; abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2026/09/new-...abovegroundpress.blogspot.comnew from above/ground press: Self-Portrait in a kaleidoscope, by Pete SmithSelf-Portrait in a kaleidoscope Pete Smith $6 SELF-PORTRAIT IN A KALEIDOSCOPE. I, clad in clown-costume: down-turned, exaggerated white lip... 032
Reposted by Kim Fahnerfravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Time passes. Could it be that I never believed it? Did I believe the blue nights could last forever? — Joan Didion, Blue Nights John Dowd (American Artist, born 1960) 91092142
Reposted by Kim FahnerAndrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Ontario government is aggressively privatizing surgeries and medical imaging—core hospital services My new @policyalternatives.ca research study evaluates whether this policy direction reduces wait times and serves the public interest www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... #onpolipolicyalternatives.caNot adding up: Surgical and diagnostic privatization in Ontario | CCPAThe Ontario government favours for-profit delivery of surgeries and medical imaging, but the evidence shows this isn't good health policy 10201130
Reposted by Kim FahnerThe Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 28/09/2026The near-total eradication of millions of buffalo wasn’t accidental. As early conservationist William Temple Hornaday noted in 1889, the annihilation was part of a federal strategy to force Indigenous nations onto reservations. thewalrus.ca/wild-buffalo-make-a-co… 01711
Reposted by Kim FahnerVancouver Writers Fest @writersfest.bc.ca · 28/09/2026We’re pleased to introduce these authors as featured guests for #VWF2026! Tickets for all events on sale now at writersfest.bc.ca. 122
Reposted by Kim Fahnerwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026'Landscape with a Geoglyph ll' by contemporary painter Sarah Lees #WomensArt 61605252
Reposted by Kim FahnerMichelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Very few things compare to being away from home for several hours and coming home to dogs who are beyond thrilled you're back. 🥰 591852109
Reposted by Kim Fahnerold fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 28/09/2026white queen plums, painted by bertha heiges, 1903 0387
Reposted by Kim Fahnerrob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Claire Marie Stancek, Operating Moon robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/09/clai...robmclennan.blogspot.comClaire Marie Stancek, Operating MoonThis is the place. May basket rhymes. Bluntly identified the words. Enter the dream-house, brothers and sisters, leaving. A sterile band... 032
Reposted by Kim FahnerThe Wood Lot Canadian Poetry Reviews & Essays @the-wood-lot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026the-wood-lot.ca/2026/09/27/t...the-wood-lot.caThe World as “Too Overmuch:” A Review of Arleen Paré’s Encryptedreviewed by Caitlyn Carr In the fall of 2020, Arleen Paré’s nineteen-year-old grandson moved into the basement of the home she shares with her wife in Victoria. While witnessing his struggles with … 011
Reposted by Kim Fahnerwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026While listening to council meetings in Montreal, local mayor Sue Montgomery decided to knit in red when men spoke and in green when women spoke, when similar numbers of both attended. Day 1 results.... #WomensArt 191297387
Kim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If you’re a member of The Writers’ Union of Canada, the Mentorship Microgrants Program is now open for applications. The deadline is Oct 25/26. ✍️📚✨ thewritersunionofcanada 010
Kim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Thanks, Tamarack Festival & Timmins—you’re lovely. ❤️🙏✍️📚🍁 020
Reposted by Kim Fahnerold fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 25/09/2026lady rusk strawberries, painted by muller, frank, 1891 0446
Reposted by Kim Fahnerrob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 24/09/202612 or 20 (second series) questions with Blair Trewartha / @btrewart.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/09/12-o...robmclennan.blogspot.com12 or 20 (second series) questions with Blair TrewarthaBlair Trewartha’s debut collection, Easy Fix (Palimpsest Press, 2014), was shortlisted for the Relit Award. He is the author of three chap... 153
Kim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026As part of a global effort to demand regulation for artificial intelligence developers, The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) has launched a Parliamentary Petition calling for radical transparency for AI training processes and the works they subsequently produce. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... 148
Reposted by Kim Fahnerwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Blue Morning Glories, 1935 by Georgia O'Keeffe #Womensart 51296241
Reposted by Kim Fahnerrob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026newly posted at periodicities: a journal of poetry and poetics : folio : Scrapbook : edited by Manahil Bandukwala Conyer Clayton : Ellen Chang-Richardson : Grace : Misha Solomon : Dani Spinosa : Jade Wallace : Sanna Wani periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/09/foli... 0135
Reposted by Kim Fahnerwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Marg Dier, contemporary embroidery artist #WomensArt 6902123
Reposted by Kim Fahnerold fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 22/09/2026pilot apples, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1895 0405
Reposted by Kim Fahnerrob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026sad to hear, via Ben Friedlander, that American poet Beverly Dahlen (b. 1934) has died, // @ampoetryreview.bsky.social @pw.org ; 0104
Reposted by Kim FahnerBill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Tonight’s extra-dumb napkin cartoon… 402251169
Reposted by Kim Fahnerwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Kirsty Elson who creates small sculptures by upcycling driftwood and other found materials #WomensArt 121493229
Reposted by Kim FahnerLorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 21/09/2026God this is going so well. I haven’t laughed this hard in so long! 808111022745
Reposted by Kim Fahnerwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026#GoSeeArt 'Lightshift' Irish painter Hannah Mooney’s 1st solo exhibition in Ireland. From the changing light of the western landscape to studies of flowers, exploring light & darkness, turbulence, calm, resonance of place. Exhibition, Gormleys, Dublin from 10 – 30 September 💙 121201192
Reposted by Kim Fahnerwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Grace Gillespie, contemporary printmaker specialising in reduction linocuts, based in Bristol, UK #WomensArt 71321224
Reposted by Kim FahnerCatherine Owen @cowenwriter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026So excited to approve the copy edits of my next book, Sixteen Homes: a memoir, today. In the meantime, enjoy these shots of the stunning Cirque Kalabante from Guinea/Montreal who performed in my neighbourhood this weekend! #canlit 141
Kim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It’s just so lovely to see so many writer friends and colleagues here in The Fiddlehead’s latest edition, a special issue titled Disability: The Revolution. Kudos to The Fiddlehead & to the editors of this special edition—Amanda Leduc, Reese Es, phillip crymble, Christine Wu, Grace R. Taylor. ❤️✨✍️📚 051
Kim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026If you’re a member of The Writers’ Union of Canada, this webinar is for you. ✍️📚✨ 001
Reposted by Kim Fahnerrob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026above/ground press participates in the Fisher Fine and Small Press Fair at the University of Toronto, Sept 19, 2026 , come out, oh ye Toronto-area small press enthusiasts, abovegroundpress.substack.com/p/abovegroun... 0139
Reposted by Kim Fahnerwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Sibylle von Olfers (1881-1916), German art teacher and a nun who worked as an author and illustrator of children's books #WomensArt 3869135
Reposted by Kim FahnerCatherine Owen @cowenwriter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Over the past year of writing reviews for Canadian periodicals I have learned: one cannot make but a teensy living off it; one is only allowed to write once a year for many; if one cannot say all nice things one should not say anything; they will "endeavour" to pay at some point. Come on #canlit. 1112
Kim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Thanks to @rdcarley and the folks at the St. Lawrence Writers’ Festival for inviting me to Brockville for a poetry panel discussion. So many great poet friends and writers—in one lovely place by the water. Grateful. ❤️🙏📚✍️ (Shout out to the lovely TWUC members I met! ❤️📚✍️🙏) @brockvilleon.bsky.social 040
Reposted by Kim Fahnerwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Australian pioneering modernist photographer Olive Cotton, Tea Cup Ballet, c.1935 #WomensArt 4703119
Reposted by Kim Fahnerwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Hay Meadow, collagraph prints (waxed) on blocks in vintage type case, (detail) by Hester Cox, UK printmaker #WomensArt 040664
Reposted by Kim Fahnerrob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026the banff notebook : , eleven days in may (part eight, (during which karaoke happens, robmclennan.substack.com/p/the-banff-... 072
Reposted by Kim FahnerKatherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 06/09/2026People keep asking me- what's it like out there? This...https://katherinegovier.com/toronto-star-opinion-piece-i-spend-my-summers-in-alberta-its-hard-to-believe-this-province-wants-to-tear-the-country-apart/ 011
Reposted by Kim FahnerMs. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 06/09/2026As we grieve the passing of Gloria Steinem, Ms.‘s co-founder and feminist visionary, we’re looking back at some of our favorite quotes from her 50+ years of speaking and activism across the U.S. and around the world.msmagazine.comGloria Steinem in Her Own Words: On Trump, Roe v. Wade, and the Birth of the Modern Women’s Rights MovementAs we grieve the passing of Gloria Steinem, Ms. founder and feminist visionary, we’re looking back at some of our favorite quotes from Steinem’s 50+ years of speaking and activism across the U.S. and… 13917
Reposted by Kim FahnerHeather J. Witchy🧙 Wood @rollwithheather.bsky.social · 05/09/2026CBC Books: Meet 14 writers who won Canada's biggest literary awards this year #CanLit www.cbc.ca/books/canadi...cbc.caMeet 14 writers who won Canada's biggest literary awards this year | CBC BooksHere are the books and writers that won Canadian literary awards recently, including the Governor General’s Literary Awards and CBC's Canada Reads. 032
Reposted by Kim FahnerJacob Wren @jacobwren.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I have this feeling the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s were one story, a story about attempted resistance to capitalism and all the ways capitalism had of absorbing and suppressing such resistance. And starting with Y2K it became a different story, a story in which computers start to become a main character. 1121
Reposted by Kim FahnerMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Anthony Howe is a kinetic sculptor who creates wind-driven sculptures resembling pulsing, alien creatures and vortices. This one is in downtown Montreal. Original post 21573381351
Reposted by Kim Fahnerrob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Kim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social : The Garbage Poems, by Anna Swanson / @annaswanson.bsky.social @pressassembly.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/09/kim-...periodicityjournal.blogspot.com 052
Kim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I found this a few weeks ago in my friend Annie’s new studio in The Harbour Centre in Gore Bay. Annie’s an artist and writer, and she’s got a very fine wall of second hand books in her studio, which is where I found Katherine May’s Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times. 020