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Katherine Govier

@kmgovier.bsky.social
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🇨🇦novelist, founder of The Shoe Project, fond of the Rockies and Japan, reader, feminist, free speech and human rights defender. repped by Inkwell. www.katherinegovier.com

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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Reclaiming Canadian Sovereignty is in stores now! Edited by Bob Rae, it has 20 essays by experts in as many fields. My essay is CANADA MADE US, on immigration and culture working together.
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Referendum Teach-In - Care to join us this Wednesday? I’ll be on a panel with some very smart people, as we attempt to decode the convoluted referendum questions - and to brainstorm strategies to get out the vote and increase public engagement. #yeg #Edmonton #cdnpoli #abpoli #notothenine
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Referendum Teach-In
Worried about the Oct. 19 referendum? Come join us and learn how you can help push back.
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
People 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/
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
my opinion piece in @thestar.com Alberta separatists are all hat and no cattle www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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I spend my summers in Alberta. It’s hard to believe this province wants to tear the country apart
Are the separatists with their 10-gallon hats of self-interest and grievance only dreaming that there is a “forest” of people like them — racist, greedy, and lying — to be
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
tribute to #yayoikusama by @emilyhonderich.bsky.social Rest in peace and polka dots
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
tribute to #yayoikusama by @emilyhonderich.bsky.social Rest in peace and polka dots
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
My piece in @thestar.com today www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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I spend my summers in Alberta. It’s hard to believe this province wants to tear the country apart
Are the separatists with their 10-gallon hats of self-interest and grievance only dreaming that there is a “forest” of people like them — racist, greedy, and lying — to be
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Here's my latest read of a #canadian #book @rollwithheather.bsky.social @brainchain.ca copy to give a friend just arrived in the mail from new west press www.google.com/search?q=Peg...
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Heather J. Witchy🧙 Wood @rollwithheather.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP9t...
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The Only Good Fascist Is a Very Dead Fascist
YouTube video by Propagandhi - Topic
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Heather J. Witchy🧙 Wood @rollwithheather.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Since @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social is trying to resurrect #FollowFridays here's a #CanLit starter pack folks might want to check out. We need more #Canadian content on BlueSky! No spreadsheets required😉 bsky.app/starter-pack...
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
it's important to be in good company even if it is in the discard pile. Thank you for spotting me there, Kate @brainchain.ca
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
my kind of car (mine's red) my kind of hotel
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
just enjoying.
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
friend George sent this pic of a shelf at the Elgin branch of the #RideauLakes #publiclibrary. Says 3 Sisters has been read 17 times. One #libray#book goes a long way!
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
What do you think of the eighties? Some hated it some love it. Revist with my newly launch, Toronto Book Award winning, novel, HEARTS OF FLAME. Anywhere you get your ebooks... cover by Emily Honderich iguanabooks.ca/hearts-of-fl...
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Hearts of Flame - Iguana Books
When their folk rock group, Hearts of Flame, breaks up, Ruby and the other members gravitate from Alberta to Toronto. The booming city at the end of the eighties invites them to its heart. Ruby starts...
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I love my #bluesky feed because it is full of birds. Here's another one. watercolour, 2025 by emilyhonderich.ca
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
rare wild yellow columbine beside the trail #bowlake #alberta #canada
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Long Lance is a character in my novel, The Three Sisters Bar and Hotel. And actually he was Indigenous. Just not quite as Indigenous as he said he was.
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Today's walk Bow Lake toward Bow Falls. Air was a bit yellow, but the water sounded great.
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
yes it is still beautiful #canmore #alberta #canada. Ha Ling peak, the Miners' Wall and the Prow. and that's the Engine Bridge that brought the coal out.
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
morning walk along the Bow River, looking at Ha Ling, the Prow, and Miners' Peak. #canmore #alberta #canada
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Donate to this third party advertiser, get Alberta citizenship, and a chance to win a van, offered by a guy convicted of manslaughter for hiring a hitman who killed a Calgary businessman. Separatists Offer Donors a Piece of the 'Republic of Alberta' via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...
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Separatists Offer Donors a Piece of the ‘Republic of Alberta’ | The Tyee
For a $1,000 contribution, a website seems to promise land and citizenship opportunities. ‘Unethical,’ says one expert.
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
morning walk around silent, still #quarrylake #canmore
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I love #Toronto for having a #BookPark . And it's very nice to have my name and title on a tile in it... Thank you!
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Thanks @gfostaty.bsky.social for find this street tile of Hearts of Flame iguanabooks.ca/hearts-of-fl...
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Hearts of Flame - Iguana Books
When their folk rock group, Hearts of Flame, breaks up, Ruby and the other members gravitate from Alberta to Toronto. The booming city at the end of the eighties invites them to its heart. Ruby starts...
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I have an essay in @bobbyrae48.bsky.social 's upcoming book www.indigo.ca/products/rec.... Just appeared on Indigo's list of most anticipated books for #fall2026 #theshoeproject
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
What do you think of the eighties? Some hated it some love it. Revist with my newly launch, Toronto Book Award winning, novel, HEARTS OF FLAME. Anywhere you get your ebooks... cover by Emily Honderich iguanabooks.ca/hearts-of-fl...
iguanabooks.ca
Hearts of Flame - Iguana Books
When their folk rock group, Hearts of Flame, breaks up, Ruby and the other members gravitate from Alberta to Toronto. The booming city at the end of the eighties invites them to its heart. Ruby starts...
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Postcard #65 is up on katherinegovier.com Did Marilyn have a Room of her Own?
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Emily Honderich art up in the Meridian Gallery North York
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Many, many of us can say the same.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. The seventh richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Cloud Drama West of Caley Illingworth Kerr 1981
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
While Albertans were distracted by separatist nonsense, you may have missed the fact that Danielle Smith has functionally stripped Albertans of their constitutional right to MAID, making us 2nd-class Canadians. Where was the outrage? Well, here’s mine. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #SenateofCanada #MAID
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Danielle Smith's medical assistance in dying law - Alberta Views
Unable to access medical assistance in dying in Canada, the 89-year-old travelled to Switzerland to obtain the care denied to her here.
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
This is a good reflective piece on Alberta, Canada, immigration-- and even mentions how our writers have helped us along as a nation. Worthwhile reading. albertaviews.ca/the-case-for...
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The Case for Sticking Around - Alberta Views
I’m calling on us to do something un-Canadian: and stand up for the country we love—and reject the idea of a sovereign Alberta
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Thank you Mum for sharing your love of books and reading, not just with me, but with the many members of your Doris Govier Fiction group in #Calgary. It's still running, though you are gone and much missed.
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The Economist @economist.com · 22/04/2026
A year ago Alberta’s separatists were riding high. Now the western province’s “Wexiteers” are feeling downbeat. Register for free to read the story, and understand why
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Albertans find it harder than expected to break from Canada. Good
Separatists in the oil-rich province are beset by political and legal challenges
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mgregorywriter.bsky.social @mgregorywriter.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
"although she probably wielded the brush in many of the late, great works attributed to him, full recognition still eludes her." Terrific piece from @kmgovier 👇 Katsushika Oi: The hidden hand behind Hokusai engelsbergideas.com/portraits/ka...
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Katsushika Oi: The hidden hand behind Hokusai
Katsushika Oi, historically overshadowed by her father Katsushika Hokusai, should be recognised as a pivotal figure in the history of Japanese art.
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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Virginia Woolf, more than a hundred years ago:
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Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) Sounds the Alarm Over the Politicization of Alberta’s Electoral Map
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CCLA Sounds the Alarm Over the Politicization of Alberta’s Electoral Map - CCLA
With Bill C-25, the government once again fails to protect privacy in federal political campaigning, leaving voters in Canada unprotected.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Thank you for your courage to publicly address abusive language.
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Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Please contact Smith via form & phone: I do not agree with the government drawing their own electoral boundary map. I expect the Alberta government to accept the boundary changes as defined by Alberta's independent Boundaries Commission. #AbPoli #FireTheUCP #CdnPoli
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Contact the Premier
Send a message to the Premier.
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Ghouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
“Winning Alberta does not require winning Alberta. It requires winning enough of it, in the right places, under rules you write yourself.”
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
#katsushikaoi makes it to Paris Fashion Week on the backs of garments by Yohji Yamamoto. This is her groundbreaking image of courtesans behind the lattice in the brothel district. Will it begin to rival her dad's #greatwave?
back of model wearing coat with image on  runway
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
hey #bigfive if the #shygirl #catastrophe freaks you out, maybe try more #writers with #trackrecords? Promise, we're #human art by Emily Honderich
orange nude woman walking away
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
People have all sorts of reasons to go to audio for their reading! That's why there's a waiting list at #torontopubliclibrary for my latest. toronto.overdrive.com/media/129855...
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The Three Sisters Bar and Hotel
It is 1911 and the coming of the railroad to the Bow Valley has brought a galaxy of newcomers- coal miners, runaway aristocrats, artists, remittance men, and Quakers. Among them is Herbie Wishart, a f...
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Yay!! My portrait of Katsushika Oi has appeared in Engelsberg Ideas. engelsbergideas.com/portraits/ka... #womensart #japaneseart #historicalfiction #theghostbrush #theprintmakersdaughter @marygregory.bsky.social
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Katsushika Oi: The hidden hand behind Hokusai
Katsushika Oi, historically overshadowed by her father Katsushika Hokusai, should be recognised as a pivotal figure in the history of Japanese art.
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Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Katsushika Oi: The hidden hand behind Hokusai | @kmgovier.bsky.social engelsbergideas.com/portraits/ka...
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Katsushika Oi: The hidden hand behind Hokusai
Katsushika Oi, historically overshadowed by her father Katsushika Hokusai, should be recognised as a pivotal figure in the history of Japanese art.
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I'm loving reading Gallant's reportage from the Paris '68 student riots-- which shut down the whole city as everyone wanted a new world.
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Daphne Odjig Katie Ohe
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Katherine Govier @kmgovier.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Emily Carr Mary Cassatt
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