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Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Pick up copies of almost ALL my books at Montreal's coolest used bookshop, The Word, 469 rue Milton! And/or get 'em and my music from my blog! thewordbookstore.ca/one normannawrocki.blogspot.com

Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

normannawrocki.bandcamp.com/merch/kapust... Folks call our music: Goth, rock, metal, alt-folk, experimental, rock, non-trad trad, etc. Listen yerself & party with us online Thurs July 16th, 5pm in Vancouver, 8pm Montreal, 2am Paris!

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Kapusta Listening Party from Norman Nawrocki

Listening Party from Norman Nawrocki.

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Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The Nawrockis, the Ukrainian-Polish / Vancouver-Montreal genre-bending drums ‘n violin sibling duo of Vivian & Norman Nawrocki launch their exciting new album, Kapusta, with a rare & early FREE show @ Co-op Bar Milton Parc, 3714 ave du Parc, Thur July 2, '26, 7pm. www.facebook.com/events/24866...

Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Congrats & thanks to the Constellation organizing collective behind yet another (27th annual) great Montreal Anarchist Bookfair yesterday! Thanks also to all who came & supported indie distributors & sellers. My annual bookfair photo op with the ever-charming Jaggi Singh.

Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

When you walk into a high-school English classroom, see copies of your books on a shelf below The Diary of Anne Frank, speak about them, then hear short stories written by amazing 14 year olds who tell you about writing their 1st novels, new play or film script. Hats off to incredible teachers! :)

Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

1986, Rhythm Activism, our ‘cabaret rock’n’roll band’ of guitar whiz, Sylvain Côté & myself, spoken word. “Tyrannosaurus Wrexpo, The Spirit of ’86” my anti-world fair rant broadside poem on a DOA EP & others. On exhibit @ the Surrey, BC Art Gallery as “critical artistic responses to Expo ’86."

Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

"High spirited memoir/auto fiction . . . Nawrocki is the anarchist as Renaissance man." Thank you Tom Sandborn and Rabble.ca! rabble.ca/books/the-ea... #EastVan #vancouver #Fiction #history #solidarity #anarchist #community

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Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

"An easy-to-read, memoirish romp about his first twenty-some years of growing up in Vancouver’s East End. His writing is effortlessly droll yet engaging. There’s a lot here and it’s worth reading." — Grahame Ware, The British Columbia Review thebcreview.ca/2026/04/16/2... #eastvan #eastend #anarchy

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Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Our band, The Nawrockis, joins 9 other artists on a new CD, The Oystercatcher Sounds Compilation, celebrating the work of The Oystercatcher, an annual anarcho-surrealist publication from the shores of Sla-Dai-Aich in the wilds of British Columbia. #surrealist Listen here: archive.org/.../oyster.....

Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

With one of Canada’s most respected antiquarian book dealers, Don Stewart in Vancouver's beloved McLeod’s Books. 2 floors crammed with treasure like Mao’s little Red Book & my newest, The East End Rules, An East Van Memoir. Support indie bookshops like Don’s. www.instagram.com/macleodsbooks/

Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Tonight, Vancouver, 7pm, Spartacus Books, 'The East End Rules, An East Van Memoir' with videos & stories about the rad rad East End in the 1960s & '70s. Working class kids rocking the school & the streets. With Marcy Toms, ex-Templeton teacher. Free, eh. #SFU #eastvan #radical #protest #solidarity

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Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Hear about the years that rocked a generation of Templeton & SFU students from 1967 to 1971, protest to graduation. With former Temp teacher, Marcy Toms. Plus videos! Then read my book, 'The East End Rules, An East Van Memoir.' Sunday March 15, 7pm @ Spartacus Books, 1983 Commercial Dr. Free!

Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

BECAUSE OF POPULAR DEMAND, THE 2PM SESSION IS SOLD OUT! A SECOND SESSION HAS BEEN ADDED FOR THE SAME DAY, SAT MAR 7TH FOR 3:15PM . Free, but pre-registration required. With videos and disucssion about the 'hood in the 1960s & '70s & what politicised me! vpl.bibliocommons.com/.../699f93e5...

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Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Join us in Victoria for a fun multi-media booklaunch & discussion Tues March 3rd, Camas Books, 7pm, free! www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4BE... #thoreau #camasbooks #victoria #anarchism #EastVan #vancouver #activism #SFU #hastingssunrise #anarchists #rebels #radicals #communityorganising #greenpeace

Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Snippit from an interview. The events, people, influences in East Van that molded & formed me. Thanks to Irwin Rapoport, Westmountmag. My birthday party / book launch / ‘60s & ‘’70s dance party @ the Casa, Sun Feb 15, 5pm. Free! www.facebook.com/events/86913... www.westmountmag.ca/norman-nawro...

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Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

My newest book out now from University of Toronto Press Distribution. Canada book tour, eh. Order now: utpdistribution.com/978155164834... #memoir #EastVan #EastEnd #Vancouver #history #fiction #anarchy #communityorganising #workingclass #studentpower #SFU #Thoreau #Greenpeace #Unions #MacLeodsBooks

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Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

1960s & '70s East Van/East End Vancouver. Working class heroes, hippies, Yippies, anarchists, rad students & more . . . #EastVan #EastEnd #Vancouver #1960s #1970s #SFU #protest #revolt #antiwar #Greenpeace #studentrights #studentpower #freespeech #freedom #rebels #blackrosebooks #riots

Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Celebrate Solstice with 6 amazing non-Xmas music playing indie acts! Sun Dec 21 @ Casa del Popolo, Mtl, 7pm doors, 8pm show! Crazy, wild, enchanting, experimental, some Ukrainian folk, piano, harp, violin, drums, guitars, electronica! #harp, #piano Tix: : tickets.venuepilot.com/e/norman-naw...

A poster with a smiling nawrocki sitting in a chair holding an old fashioned radio announcing the show!

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Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

"A guide for the ways in which everyone can use whatever talents & interests they might have in order to make meaningful change." Tx Ashton Diduck, Montreal Review of Books! #housing #HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight #housingcrisis #HousingJustice #montreal leftwingbooks.net/products/squ...

Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

In Oct 1985 I started my stage career & released albums as a spoken word artist with Rhythm Activism, my first band, co-founded with guitar meister Sylvain Côté. With sis Viv, The Nawrockis will soon release our first spoken word single. #drums #violin #experimentalmusic #spokenword #ClimateAction

Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Sis Viv & I after recording a hot new climate crisis spoken word & music single as The Nawrockis. Launch date coming soon. Meanwhile, hear our last album, ‘Thrunkit!’ on Bandcamp. normannawrocki.bandcamp.com/music www.facebook.com/TheNawrockis #climatecrisis, #climatejustice #ClimateAction

Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Thanks to all who came to our 'Squat the City! Toronto booklaunch with inspirational speakers from the York South-Weston Tenants Union, Parkdale Housing Justice Network, High Park Tenants’ Association, Parkdale-High Park for Palestine, Davenport for Palestine. leftwingbooks.net/.../squat-th....

Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

If ya open yer eyes, you’ll find re-stocked Squat The City! @ Montreal’s Librairie Insoumise, 2033, boul. St-Laurent. Otherwise, see ya in TORONTO 10.10.25, 7pm, for an amazing book launch event @ Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncesvalles Ave, with 6 local activists! www.facebook.com/events/32466...

Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Hey Toronto! Fri Oct 10th, 7pm, launching Squat the City! with a stellar lineup of community activists also! It's free but you need to get tickets. www.facebook.com/events/32466... www.eventbrite.ca/e/squat-the-... #torontolife #bookstagram #artistic #activist #housing #tenantrights #solidarity

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Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Sis Viv & I released a new non-trad drums & violin CD, Thrunkit! A benefit album for the grassroots Solidarity Collectives in Ukraine. On Bandcamp. normannawrocki.bandcamp.com/album/the-na... #solidarity #ukraine #postrock #drums #violin #experimentalmusic #improvisedmusic #indiemusician

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Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

"A brilliant organizer’s handbook" — rabble.ca Available @ better bookshops or from: leftwingbooks.net/products/squ... Upcoming book launches: Victoria Anarchist Bookfair 21.9.25 www.facebook.com/events/32466... #HousingForAll #tenantrights #arts #activist #solidarity #communityorganising #cabaret

Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Reposted by Norman Nawrocki

Check out my interview with @normannawrocki.bsky.social, a long-time activist and prolific musician and writer in Montreal. He talks about housing struggles, strengthening movements through the arts, being inspired by Zapatistas and Palestinian youth, and his new book. mediacoop.ca/node/119300

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Learning from Movements – Norman Nawrocki

Norman Nawrocki got his start in grassroots political work as a Vancouver high school student protesting the Vietnam War in the 1970s. From there, he got involved in a broad spectrum of issues as a un...

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Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Our new daring drums & violin album coming! Sister & brother housingcleaning music. Infectious. Original. Raw. Explosive. Online listening party launch Mon July 7 on BANDCAMP. But 1st sign up for a fan account. normannawrocki.bandcamp.com/merch/the-na... #postrock, #postpunk, #indie, #ukrainian

Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Tune in to CKUT 90.3 FM, 5pm on Thurs June 26 to hear "Radio Renovictions" interview about my new book, ‘Squat the City! How to use the arts for housing justice.’ Pic: Rhythm Activism (Sylvain Côté & myself) playing our song, 'Condo Vampire', from our housing rights cabaret. ckut.ca/playlists/RN

Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

My latest books now also @ Iron Dog Books, 2671 E Hastings St., Vancouver and Massy Books, 229 E Georgia St, Vancouver. For Montreal, Kersplebedeb Books does FREE LOCAL DELIVERY if you order it from their website: leftwingbooks.net/products/squ... #housing #art #activist #bookstagram #books

Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Heads up: July 7, 2025, The Nawrockis (sis Viv & I) launch a new full length album online. Experimental. Epic. Exciting. Fun. Like us. Polish/Ukrainian roots, eh. www.facebook.com/TheNawrockis #drums #violin #duo #indiemusic #experimentalmusic #soundscape #ambientmusic

Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

My recent interview about my Squat the City! book with CBC Radio’s ever sharp & wonderful "On The Coast" host, Gloria Macarenko. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #vancouver #HousingForAll #tenantrights #thearts #Activism

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Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

With the ever genial proprietor of Vancouver's beloved MacLeod's Books, Don Stewart, selling my Squat the City! How to use the arts for housing justice. MacLeod’s is one of Canada's top used & antiquarian bookstores, 455 W. Pender. #HousingForAll #thearts #tenantrights #macleodsbook #activism

Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Re-stocking cool East End indie bookstores with my new "Squat the City! How to use the arts for housing justice." Spartacus Books, 101 - 1983 Commercial Drive; People's Co-op Bookstore, 1391 Commercial Dr & with Nena of Cross & Crows Books, 2836 Commercial Drive. leftwingbooks.net/collections/...

Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

"Squat the City: How to use the arts for housing justice”, launching Sat May 24, 7pm @ Vancouver's Spartacus Books. With film, music & speakers. Fun! www.facebook.com/events/98963... Book trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCwn... leftwingbooks.net/collections/... #tenantrights #thearts #activism

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Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Music, poetry, art, theatre, cassettes, protest, history/lessons/strategies to fight for tenants' and housing rights for all. leftwingbooks.net/products/squ... #tenantsrights, #housingrights, #squattingmovement, #music, #poetry, #theatre, #protest, #resistance, #montreal, #rentstrike

Cassette cover of my single song, the Overdale Rag, about the late 1980s historic protest to save Montreal's inner-city Overdale neighbourhood. A huge fight! Image: myself singing and playing kazoo with other tenants on steps of a historic home before being arrested.

Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

My exciting new book, Squat The City! How To Use The Arts For Housing Justice. Non-fiction. Mtl launch 15/4/25, BMP, 5-7pm Book trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCwn... www.facebook.com/events/54131... Distributed by Leftwingbooks ISBN 978-1-989701-41-6 leftwingbooks.net/collections/...

My book cover for my new book, SQUAT THE CITY! HOW TO USE THE ARTS FOR HOUSING JUSTICE. Gold and yellow text on a purple blurred downtown cityscape. Distributed by Leftwingbooks

Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

We had a great run, 18 years long, but here’s my article about the end of the Montreal International Anarchist Theatre Festival. Get yer copy of the ever-fab Detroit-based Fifth Estate, Spring 2025 www.fifthestate.org/archive/416-... More info: www.anarchistetheatrefestival.com/en/about

Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Thanks to all who came to our POETS FOR THE MONTREAL TENANTS' UNION benefit reading! (SLAM-MATU). And to the amazing poets who shared their work! The power & magic of poetry to help tenants organize and defend their rights. linktr.ee/slam.matu #poetry #tenantsunion #tenantsrights #montreal #poets

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Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Tomorrow / Demain! Thurs / jeudi March 6 mars, 12 hot poets / 12 poétes chaud! Reading in solidarity with Montreal Tenants’ Union SLAM-MATU / Une bénéfice bilingue en solidaritié avec le Syndicat des locataires autonomes de Mtl. 7pm/19h, Bar Milton Parc Co-op. www.facebook.com/events/13799...

Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

4 more of Montreal's finest reading to help the Montréal Tenants' Union, SLAM,defend tenants' rights, 6.03.25, BMP Co-op, 7pm. 12 poets in a night of solidarity poetry! Kelly Norah Drukker, Hubert Gendron-Blais, Marilou Craft & Nawrocki. www.facebook.com/events/13799... #poet #poetry #tenantsrights

Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

In solidarity with the Montreal Autonomous Tenants' Union. With/avec: Ahmad Al-khatat Alex Sadeum Bryan Sentes Darby Minott Bradford Deanna Radford George Slobodzian Hubert Gendron-Blais Kelly Norah Drukker Laura Doyle Péan Marilou Craft Norman Nawrocki DJ Swan (CKUT's Free Kick Radio Show) plus +!

Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

www.facebook.com/events/13799... A benefit night of poetry & music for the Montreal Autonomous Tenants' Union / Syndicat des locataries Mtl (SLAM-MATU). Une soirée de poésie et de musique au profit du Montreal Autonomous Tenants' Union / Syndicat des locataries Mtl (SLAM-MATU). linktr.ee/slam.matu

Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Our new re-written trad Uke song full of meaning for the resistance today—everywhere! Marks year 3 of continued Ukrainian resistance to the russian invasion. A benefit for the group, Solidarity Collectives in Ukraine. Please donate. www.solidaritycollectives.org/en/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=jozQ...

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MARUSYA NIKIFOROVA by The Nawrockis (Official video) МАРУСЯ НІКІФОРОВА

YouTube video by Norman Nawrocki

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Norman Nawrocki @normannawrocki.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Not even a 50 vehicle pile up on Highway 10 yesterday could stop ‘Big Mouth’ from delivering copies of his book & speaking to high school English lit classes east of Montreal. Part of the 'Culture in the Schools' Quebec program. Teaches can invite me. Snowstorm or not.

Author standing in snowstorm in front of Cowansville, Quebec high school with copy of his book, The Anarchist & The Devil Do Cabaret in hand.

Long line of mashed up cars and trucks in a pileup on Highway 10 in the snowstorm.