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This shift among separatists coincides with their abandonment of all things Danielle Smith. They have something in common with federalists. Everyone should vote No to the Nine.

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Maria Dunn Music 🇨🇦 @mariadunnmusic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

5th annual Monica Miller Memorial Lecture Lisa Moore Winner of the Commonwealth Fiction Prize & CBC’s Canada Reads, nominee for a Man Booker Prize and a Giller Prize. Oct 7/26 730pm MacEwan U Free/Register: purchase.macewan.ca/EventAvailab...

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 04/10/2026

Anyway I took a photo of mine books at the @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social stall at the book fair because ?? does it ever get less weird ?? just seeing your books OUT THERE? BUT ALSO I love the title WHY YOU SHOULD READ CHILDREN'S BOOKS, EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE SO OLD AND WISE (I didn't buy it)

a photo of a bunch of books at a book fair. including WICKHILLS by me and others. and A YEAR OF JUNK JOURNALING and THE ORANGE AND OTHER POEMS and WHY YOU SHOULD READ CHILDREN'S BOOKS, EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE SO OLD AND WISE.

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Indigenous Editors Association @indigeditors.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Today, the IEA honours the National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People. We remember their lives, their stories, and their memories. They matter, and they are not forgotten. #HonourTheMissing #IEAStatement

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David Shepherd @dshepyeg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Danielle Smith is spending $4 million of your taxes to tell you how to vote in the referendum she’s using $134 million dollars of your taxes to hold. Pushing propaganda on the public dime. #abpoli

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Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com · 02/10/2026

#FridayReads Last night I started reading The Department of What it (Really) Means to be Human by @darusha.ca, and I'm hooked! Fascinated by the mystery of the missing artist, intrigued by how the other threads of the story will come into play!

Paperback book: The Department of What it (Really) Means to be Human by M. Darusha Wehm. The cover is pale gray with yellow text and a design of scattered circles that appear to be pills.

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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The numbers are in; the latest Alberta Unbound is one of our most downloaded episodes! If you missed it, here’s my fiery conversation with @carterab.bsky.social, @jaredwesley.ca and Avnish Nanda of @ouralbertadvantage.bsky.social about how to fight the noxious nine. #saynotothenine #abpoli #cdnpoli

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Announcing a new, occasional journal - PALE GREY IDOL. I hope you'll come along with us on this new venture. Info: palegreyidol.ca

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Cast in the mold of Shadows & Tall Trees, you say?

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Drew Broussard @drewsof.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A new journal of the ineffable and strange from the great @undertow.bsky.social?! YES PLEASE palegreyidol.ca

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Pale Grey Idol

Weird tales from the best contemporary writers

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 30/09/2026

📣Funded PhD Position exploring the social and political implications of the consolidation, death—and even rebirth—of local newspapers in rural communities in Canada and the United States. Supervisor: Clark Banack at the University of Alberta www.ualberta.ca/en/alberta-c...

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The Progress Report @theprogressreport.ca · 30/09/2026

The Alberta chapter of the Canadian Bar Association has published an analysis of Premier Smith's nine referendum questions. They find that most of these proposals would invite immediate court challenges, and several of them are not legally clear at all.

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CBA Alberta Referendum Analysis

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Time for this classic again.

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Editors/Réviseurs Canada @editorscanada.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Our fall lineup of webinars has been released! Check out the selection and register before Wed., Sept. 30 to get 10% off. Use the promo code EARLYBIRD at checkout to access this exclusive offer. Sign up now! editors.ca/news/announc... (Image copyright: liravega258 © 123RF.com) #Editing

Two women examining a pie chart, surrounded by illustrations of a dollar sign, a lightbulb, a circular graph, a magnifying glass, a pencil, a clock and a video player screen

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The Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP) @the-ciep.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ready to expand your skills into developmental editing? Learn how to evaluate a non-fiction text as a whole and help authors communicate clearly. 📅 20 and 27 October, 3 and 10 November 🕑 2pm to 4pm BST/GMT Find out more: www.ciep.uk/events/event...

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A small selection of books that informed DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY (assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w...) ... each of these will blow your mind and send you down a rabbit hole of radical thinking. @pressassembly.bsky.social #poetry #teaching #poetrycommunity #instapoetry

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Orca Book Publishers @orcabook.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

September 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. In recognition of this important day we are highlighting books by Indigenous creators that can help young readers of all ages on the journey toward reconciliation. blog.orcabook.com/kids-books-f...

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Kids’ books for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - Orca Book Publishers - Blog

September 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. In recognition of this important day we are highlighting books...

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Christine Hassay Artist @christinehassay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Oh I’m excited to share this piece. It definitely took more time than my average work. Worth every minute. Nothing is more simple and fun as a bouncy ball. #Bouncyball #yegartsist #abarts #newartwork #canadianartist

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Are you an editor or publisher with an original short fiction project of weird fiction out this year? Anthology? Magazine? Collection? Get it in for consideration in The Best Weird Fiction of the Year.

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Writers' Guild of Alberta @writersguildab.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Edmonton, October's next pub night will feature a spooky Halloween theme: Unrequited Love! October 21, 2026 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM MT Open Mic Sign-Up at 6:45 PM MT Rooster Bar & Kitchen 10732 82 Ave (Whyte Ave) Edmonton

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Writers' Guild of Alberta @writersguildab.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Writers’ Guild of Alberta is pleased to announce that the 10th Annual Kemosa Scholarship for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Mothers Who Write is now open!

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Athabasca University Press @aupress.ca · 26/09/2026

"Between the trails of our Black Prairies and our African legacies, there is history, there are cowboys, and because there is love, there is always a tomorrow." Happy pub day to Numinous Animal: Tracing the Afrofuturism of Black Cowboys by Bertrand Bickersteth! www.aupress.ca/books/120348...

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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

There seems to be a bit of misinformation circulating on social media about my latest @albertaviews.bsky.social column and what it actually says. So perhaps you’d like to read it for yourself and draw your own conclusions. (Feel free to share, it you are so moved.) #ableg #abpoli #Canada #cdnpoli

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Alberta's Referendum Questions - The Noxious Nine - Alberta Views

Nine disingenuous, malicious referendum questions, push-polls, designed to incite social division and undermine confidence in the country.

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Maria Dunn Music 🇨🇦 @mariadunnmusic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Save the date! Nov 15, 2026, eve (Venue TBA). We perform the Packingtown Video Ballad in Edmonton to commemorate Gainers #meatpacking #strike 40 years ago. Here's 1 of the songs I wrote, inspired by Renee Peevey's #oralhistory interview with @ablabourhistory.bsky.social youtu.be/WgkcRLfAlHk

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 25/09/2026

Anyway HAPPY FRIDAY I hope you are enjoying your day more than Special Agent Vycol "Everything Is Terrible" Ferec (not his real name) Today is a good day to buy WICKHILLS and get you some fantaspionage in a very safe (nice, safe) weird city! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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Wickhills

In the dangerous magical city of Wickhills, a streetwise secret agent is tasked with protecting a foreign defector from his pursuers... even at the threat of...

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49th Shelf @49thshelf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Our responsibilities for Truth and Reconciliation goes beyond a single day of the year. Take a look at our picks for reading and reflection: 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member... @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social @harpercollinsca.bsky.social @dundurnpress.bsky.social

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More Books for Truth and Reconciliation · Lists · 49th Shelf

Books for reading and reflection

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NNELS @nnelsca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's #GuideFriday! This week, we're featuring Accessible Social, a website that provides learning resources to help you create accessible, inclusive social media posts. You can explore these resources here: www.accessible-social.com

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Accessible Social

Accessible Social is a free resource and education hub that helps marketers and content creators learn about accessibility and how it relates to social media.

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Running the Goat Books @runningthegoat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

You probably only want to pick the sweet, ripe blueberries this weekend, but eating the bitter berry certainly worked out well in PEG BEARSKIN. Ask for this fantastic folktale at your local bookstore, or find it at www.runningthegoat.com

An illustration by Denise Gallagher from Peg Bearskin. A woman in flowing green and purple clothes holds up a large purple berry.

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Maria Dunn Music 🇨🇦 @mariadunnmusic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sep 27, 2026 - 2pm Matinee Yardbird Suite Edmonton Fireweed - My good friends and beautiful singers Debbie Houle and Jenn Dahlen debut their new musical project. Link: yardbirdsuite.com/shows/matine...

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 25/09/2026

The federal policy "overcorrected so much that they scared a lot more people away from even trying to come to Canada."

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Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

There’s a concerted campaign to undermine EDI in Canada. The evidence behind EDI policies reducing excellence are based on abysmal, flawed evidence. Look at who feels threatened by equity, diversity and inclusion. They’re the least diverse, least equitable and most exclusive people. Just no.

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wereadab.bsky.social @wereadab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sorry we're late posting September's new releases. We were too busy reading them! 😜 #ABBooks #NewReleases buff.ly/6kq6qnj

Graphic titled "New Releases from Alberta Book publishers" featuring six book covers: THIS IS YOUR PROBLEM NOW, FOXBOROUGH, AT ENDS WE REST, CANTALOUPE!, MAD HELL-RUSH OF DAYS, and AT THE FREAK SHOW.

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The difference between "full verbatim" and "clean verbatim" transcripts: Full verbatim captures spoken word exactly as stated, including filler words, stutters and false starts. Clean verbatim has words exactly as stated, but edits the filler words, repeated words and stutters.

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Maria Dunn Music 🇨🇦 @mariadunnmusic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

When I read Alberta's Oct. 19 referendum questions implying that immigrants/refugees don't pay their way, I can't help but think of the women at Edmonton's GWG factory and how tremendously hard they worked to establish their families and lives here. They inspired this song youtu.be/pBk3i-ssx9w?...

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026

We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.” This is what Microsoft’s director of applied science had to say about training their AI model on copyrighted content from our newsroom and many others, according to new docs revealed during our lawsuit against the company.

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AI exec: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.”

Documents from our lawsuit reveal how tech leaders talk when they think no one is listening.

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UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Tonight! Join Candas Jane Dorsey to launch her new novel, At the Freak Show at Audreys Books Edmonton. 7:00PM! buff.ly/bY3o4aj

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Orca Book Publishers @orcabook.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Your source for picture books that spark imagination! Check out these new picture books that celebrate the power of playing make-believe to help us make friends, dream big and create new worlds and stories. conta.cc/3TK6XtE

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For little readers with BIG imaginations✨

Email from Orca Book Publishers Your source for picture books that spark imagination! Free resources Request an author visit The Orca Blog Your source for picture books that spark imagination! Check o

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Horned Lark Press @hornedlarkpress.com · 22/09/2026

We want to thank every single reader who’s picked up one of our titles: THANK YOU! For supporting a small Canadian Antifascist press that doesn’t use AI in any part of the publishing process, for supporting our authors and leaving reviews, and for spreading the word! Stories change the world.

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ecw press @ecwpress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The 2026 Giller Prize longlist includes six books published by Canadian-owned independent presses! Supporting Canadian stories, culture, writers, artists, and publishers is more important than ever.

6 Canadian Independent Publishers on the 2026 Giller Prize Longlist: Celebrating Canadian-owned independent publishing. 6 book covers are featured: Daphnis and Chloe by Colin McAdam, Riverwork by Lisa Robertson, The Unraveling of Ou by Holly Ghadery, At Sea in a Sieve by Cordelia Strube, Your Breath in Charcoal by Nicholas Herring, and Dodge City by Patrick deWitt. Published independently in Canada by: Biblioasis, ECW Press, House of Anansi, Coach House Books, Palimpsest Press, and Goose Lane Editions

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We'll see how many of these changes last a full year, after all of the complaints about it being dark until 10 AM in the middle of winter.

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Indigenous Editors Association @indigeditors.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Powley Day marks the 2003 Supreme Court decision recognizing Métis harvesting rights. Today, we honour the Powley family’s courage & celebrate Métis culture and self-determination. #PowleyDay #MétisRights

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Book Publishers Association of Alberta @abbookpub.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Lifetime Achievement in Alberta Publishing Awards is awarded to JEAN POULIN, founder of influential Alberta press, Les Éditions Duval. This award recognizes his decades-long career and his lasting impact on the Alberta book publishing industry. #ABPubAwards #ABbooks

Announcement graphic declaring Jean Poulin the Lifetime Achievement in Alberta Publishing Award winner, featuring a circular "Winner" seal, teal burst decorations, and "The 2026 Alberta Book Publishing Awards" banner at the bottom.

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Book Publishers Association of Alberta @abbookpub.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Mel Hurtig Publisher of the Year is awarded to @FreehandBooks! This award recognizes Freehand Books’ commitment to excellence and innovation. Congratulations! #ABPubAwards #ABbooks

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Book Publishers Association of Alberta @abbookpub.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Learning Book of the Year is awarded to Brush Education for ELEMENTS OF INDIGENOUS STYLE, 2ND ED. by Gregory Younging, edited by Warren Cariou, Deanna Reder, Lorena Sekwan Fontaine, and Jordan Abel. Congratulations! #ABPubAwards #ABbooks

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Book Publishers Association of Alberta @abbookpub.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Scholarly & Academic Book of the Year is awarded to CARTOGRAPHIC POETRY: EXAMINING HISTORIC BLACKFOOT AND GROS VENTRE MAPS by Ted Binnema, François Lanoë, and Heinz W. Pyszczyk. Congratulations to @ualbertapress.bsky.social! #ABPubAwards #ABbooks

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Book Publishers Association of Alberta @abbookpub.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Regional Book of the Year is awarded to CRUISING THE DOWNTOWN: CELEBRATING EDMONTON'S QUEER HISTORY by The Edmonton Queer History Project edited by Kristopher Wells. Congratulations to Newest Press! #ABPubAwards #ABbooks

Regional Book of the Year announcement showing the book cover "Cruising the Downtown", a circular "Winner" seal, and the NeWest Press. The 2026 Alberta Book Publishing Awards.

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