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Rebecca Hirsch Garcia @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Thanks to the Canadian Jewish Literary Awards for awarding Other Evolutions their fiction winner!

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Rebecca Hirsch Garcia @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Politics & the Pen 2026! A great time had by all.

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Rebecca Hirsch Garcia @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I'm back in print! My contributor copies of @prisminternational.bsky.social are finally here! What a beautiful journal, I can't wait to dig into the rest of the issue.

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Rebecca Hirsch Garcia @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Early Valentine from Heather O'Neill. 🫀

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AimEEK!! Ogden @aimeeogdenwrites.com · 12/02/2026

"A Bird in the House" by @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social :

The cover of Prism International 63.3, background fading orange to pink, a purple swan-like bird has its wings spread facing upward at the bottom of the image, a white swan-like bird has its wings spread facing down at the top. Each bird has a large stylized eye in the middle of its back/body.

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

It's important to note that this means that only 8% of the top 100 GROSSING films are directed by women. It doesn't mean that 92% of all films are directed by men. It means the films by women are not making as much money. But the directors are there and making films.

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Rebecca Hirsch Garcia @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

End of the year gift from Heather O'Neill. My sister studied criminology and I remember reading books about Aileen Wuornos when I was a kid.

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Ben Berman Ghan @inkstainedwreck.ca · 22/12/2025

Had to shout out @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social for the notable Notable 2025 Books list on the Ancillary Review this year, because man, it’s just stuck with me ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/12/22/a...

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Rebecca Hirsch Garcia @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

The only one of these I've read was Greyhound but it was absolutely fabulous.

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g @g--0.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

there are so many books that everyone should read and hardly anyone has read any of them

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

****Elizabeth May’s balance of power intensifies****

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Rebecca Hirsch Garcia @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

As a non-driver from Ottawa who still thinks nostalgically of the Greyhound, Joanna Pocock's Greyhound: A Memoir, feels like it was specifically written for ME!

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Rebecca Hirsch Garcia @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

#100smallpress, where I was a contributor, is live! Wasn't sure which of my recommendations would make it. I'm thrilled that it was Demons of Eminence. I've long been a fan of Publication Studio's Fellow Travelers series. lithub.com/100-notable-...

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100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025

The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…

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ecw press @ecwpress.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

This selection of books is perfect for the person who starts planning their next Halloween costume on November 1, is waiting for S3 of Interview with a Vampire, and loves an unreliable narrator. Enter the code HAPPYHOLIDAYS2025 for 30% off this year’s releases! ecwpress.com/blogs/whats-...

Books featured include: The Witch of Willow Sound by Vanessa F. Penney, The First Thousand Trees by Premee Mohamed, Seventhblade by Tonia Laird, Veal by Mackenzie Nolan, She's a Lamb! by Meredith Hambrock, and Other Evolutions by Rebecca Hirsch Garcia.

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Danila Botha @danilabotha.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

To celebrate Jewish book month, and its incredible 100th anniversary, I’m sharing a small fraction of my Jewish book collection 🩷🩷📚 There are so many incredible Jewish writers whose work has inspired me so much. @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social #jewishbookmonth #jewishbookmonth100

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Rebecca Hirsch Garcia @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

It was so nice to start a launch with my editor walking in right beforehand and saying "You got a starred review!" Reviews aren't for writers yadayadayada but it's always so bizarre and humbling when someone really understands what you were trying to do: quillandquire.com/review/other...

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Rebecca Hirsch Garcia @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Montrealers! Heads up, I will be at Joie de Livres on November 18th to launch my new novel. Hope to see you there!

Join us for the launch of Other Evolutions by Rebecca Hirsch Garcia.
Tuesday November 18th, 6 to 8 p.m.
Joie de Livres
5163 Boul. Saint-Laurent,
Montreal QC

Rebecca Hirsch Garcia in conversation with Neil Smith (author of Jones)

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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

I genuinely love when you’re in a liminal space, like an airport, and then you have to pass through a liminal space in the liminal space, like a weird hallway under construction - that’s the feeling I’m always looking for in my writing

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ecw press @ecwpress.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Join us on November 18th! @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social will be at @joiedelivresmtl.bsky.social to discuss her new novel, Other Evolutions!

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Rebecca Hirsch Garcia @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Torontonians! I will be at Another Story talking Other Evolutions on November 7th! Can't wait to see you there.

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Rebecca Hirsch Garcia @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Hamiltonians! I am going to be at City & the City Books talking about Other Evolutions with @afsulli.bsky.social. November 5th! See you soon!

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Rebecca Hirsch Garcia @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

On the one hand I'm stranded at the airport for several hours. On the other hand... dogs.

Photos of a golden retriever and a dachshund at the airport, both very good girls

Photo cards with picture of a Golden retriever named Jamie and a daschund named Dixon.

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Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

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ecw press @ecwpress.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Two new books are out today! Other Evolutions by @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social and Princess Nai and Other Stories by Jamal Saeed 📖✨🌼

Two books lay on top of layered blue and cream fabric with delicate floral patterns. The books are Other Evolutions by Rebecca Hirsch Garcia and Princess Nai and Other Stories by Jamal Saeed.

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Rebecca Hirsch Garcia @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

It's pub day for my first novel, Other Evolutions! Find it at Indigo, Amazon and wherever books are sold. 📸 : TMG www.indigo.ca/en-ca/other-...

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Rebecca Hirsch Garcia @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Two years of crying diamonds!!! I'm so grateful to the people who continue to read and support my book.

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Tomorrow is the two year anniversary of Skin Thief: Stories! I'm very proud of this book. I put it together during the darkest period of my adult life. I felt very alone and friendless when I sent it out into the world and it brought me so much love in return. Thank you to everyone who's read it. 🖤

My hand holding a copy of Skin Thief: Stories.

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

I am begging Canadians to understand that Canada Post, like public transit, should not be a business - it's a service. Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

I seem to be writing another sad, unsellable story.

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

will never understand how Canadians became known for saying “eh” when we should be known for our ability to make the phase “okay buddy” mean everything from “of course I will give my life for yours” to “I am the drunkest man alive and I am going to fight you in this parking lot”

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Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 22/09/2025

Can*Con @canconsffh.bsky.social's schedule is officially out! Heartlines will be stationed in the vendor room for the weekend! Come say hi and talk about short fiction! www.can-con.org/events/live-...

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Live Can*Con — Can*Con

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

small one about to begin this week’s ukulele lesson, so I’m going to dig into Ottawa writer Rebecca Hirsch Garcia’s The Girl Who Cried, / @ecwpress.bsky.social @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social

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Rebecca Hirsch Garcia @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

The secret is out! The vast majority of 2025 for me was reading for the 2025 City of Ottawa Book Awards where I was on the jury for English Fiction. Here is the shortlist! Congrats to the nominees! Full list here: ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...

5 books are arranged on a background of a sheet printed with leaves. From left to right going clockwise: This Bright Dust by Nina Berkhout, The Last to the Party by Chuqiao Yang, The Voyageur by Paul Carlucci, Heliotropia by Manahil Bandukwala and On Beauty by rob mclennan

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Rebecca Hirsch Garcia @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Last chance to enter the goodreads giveaway for Other Evolutions: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

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Rebecca Hirsch Garcia @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

HMU if you need new bookmarks. Other Evolutions coming October 7th! Pre-order now: ecwpress.com/products/oth...

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Rebecca Hirsch Garcia @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Goodreads giveaway for Other Evolutions! www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

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Rebecca Hirsch Garcia @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

New header. Other Evolutions. Coming October 7th.

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Rebecca Hirsch Garcia @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

In hour two of my trip to Ikea to pick up ONE THING I was collapsed on a couch saying "I'VE LOST THE WILL TO LIVE" while people just strolled past me. So you know, a normal trip.

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Rebecca Hirsch Garcia @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Amazing times at the Ottawa Book sellers dinner where I got to meet the amazing person who makes sure my book ends up in stores and the Ottawa owners of those stores. Plus I got to hold my ARC for the first time!!!

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Rebecca Hirsch Garcia @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

American friends only: Kirkus is doing a bundle of SFF books which includes Other Evolutions. Ends on June 21st! www.kirkusreviews.com/contest/give...

An image of 5 books titled House of Ash and Bone, Other Evolutions, Titan of the Stars, Veal and Seventh Blade

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Elizabeth Ranger @elizabethrangerart.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

So excited about this release! Rebecca’s writing is so unnerving and beautiful, it was an honour to illustrate for it 💛

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Rebecca Hirsch Garcia @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Tomorrow! Me, and the talented Lisa Alward and Paola Ferrante talk all things short stories. Hosted by Heather O'Neill. writersunion.ca/webinars/sha...

Image of four portraits of women with the text shaping a story. Lisa Alward, Paola Ferrante, Rebecca Hirsch Garcia, Hosted by Heather O'Neill. May 8. Webinar.

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Rebecca Hirsch Garcia @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

It gives me such joy to see this story continue to be read. I almost didn't write it. And then when it was written it was @jenralbert.bsky.social who pushed me to get it published. 📸: @rebecca-b.bsky.social at @banffcentre.bsky.social

A photo listing suggested reading that includes the short story Mother by Rebecca Hirsch Garcia

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Only 2 DAYS!!! left to get your nominations in for this year's Aurora Awards! Nominations will close at 11:59 EDT on Saturday, April 5, 2025. Please take a look through our awesome lists of eligible works and submit your nominations through our member portal at www.csffa.ca

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