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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 01/09/2026

Post something random in hopes of a brilliant September:

a globe shaped object hanging from a ceiling. It is made of brass. on the side facing the camera, it shows a map of North America, with Schlitz's written across it.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 27/07/2026

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam or Alice In Chains

the cover of the album When I Was a Boy, from Jane Siberry. A redish backgournd, the face of a woman with blonde hair, green eyes, and red kios. The titke of the album is a handwriting font.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 03/07/2026

it's a library research day for two audio commentaries I'm recording this month, for two very different films. I love it when research takes me to such different topics and places in the world to understand.

a stack of six library books: Paradoxes of time travel, cornish feasts and folklore
place attachment, the defense of berlin
the hollywood propaganda of wwii

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 13/06/2026

Two extraordinary recent books I've read by Canadians: THE ANNUAL MIGRATION OF CLOUDS @premeemohamed.com a haunting coming-of-age novella in a dark post-apocalypse world; LAYAWAY CHILD by @csuther.bsky.social , tender and moving stories of women and children who navigate immigration to Canada.

On the left: the cover of the annual migration of clouds by Premee Mohamed. The base is an off-white colour, the author's name is across the top, the main image is of a bird with its wings beginning to extend, and the title in white font across its feathers. On the right, the cover of layaway child by Chanel Sutherland. The base colour is yellow, the title is split across the top and bottom, with an image of a woman and a child, holding hands, between them.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 01/06/2026

what a joy and an honour to be a guest at Flying Broom Internation Women's Film Festival / Uçan Süpürge Uluslararasi Kadin Filmeri Festivali

a two-page spread in a film festival catalogue. the left side, white writing on a black background, says ODAK: KANADA. The right side, red writing on a black background, says FOCUS: CANADA

a film festival catalogue page. Across the top is the title of the film. in turkish: ÇAMLARIN ARASINDA. In english, AMONG THE PINES. in french, DANS LES PINS. the bottom half is a photo: a country road in the winter, a house witha snowy rooftop, with some pine trees around. a figure is a long black coat stands in the road, looking to the camera.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 06/05/2026

The poetry-inclined in Montréal! ON OCCASION: POEMS FOR THE PEOPLE edited by @queyras.bsky.social from @coachhousebooks.bsky.social launches Tuesday May 12th / mardi 12 mai, 7pm, Librarie De Stiil. Readings by me, @mishasolomon.bsky.social @csuther.bsky.social @pslycnrd.bsky.social and more!

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 02/05/2026

with alt text. The short version: @mark-carney.bsky.social is proving yet again that he is Harper 2.0, selling out Canadians for his corporate buddies.

But dig into the details and you learn national pharmacare is ending. There is no new money to create more child care spaces. Federal health-care spending is drastically being cut. Oh, and the government is looking at privatizing airports and ports — moves prime minister Stephen Harper didn’t even publicly contemplate.

Two years ago, prime minister Justin Trudeau announced with much fanfare the “first phase of a national pharmacare plan,” $1.5 billion over five years to cover a range of free contraception and life-saving diabetes medications. The plan — crafted under pressure from the NDP — was to study the initial roll out, and expand coverage to more drugs in the future. Trudeau said national pharmacare would strengthen the social safety net, and help Canadians get the care they needed.
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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 11/04/2026

It was a great pleasure to be asked by @jlalibs.com & @filmmovement.bsky.social to write about ANIMALE, Emma Benestan's terrific French revenge western fairy tale. Now available for order! vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/...

At the top can be seen a page from a blu ray booklet, with the title of the essay, Animale: The Wretched Justice of the werebull, by Shelagh Rowan-Legg. On the left side is the cover of the blue ray, with extreme close-up of a black bull's eye, with the reflection of a woman. On the right, another image, with a young man's face, the title of the film Animale, below that un film d'Emma Berenstan.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 23/03/2026

I splurged a little for premium economy on French Bee, never flown the airline before but I do appreciate the leg room and glass of champagne pre-takeoff

an image of a seat screen, with a message that says Bienvenido al Bordo, with an image of the Eiffel tower, and a hand with blue painted nails holding a glass of champagne

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 28/01/2026

Two terrific recent reads for me: Grey Dog, by Elliot Gish, and The Atrocities, by @jeremycshipp.bsky.social Terrific gothic stories about women teachers sent to strange places, dealing with forces supernatural and all too human as they struggle to keep themselves together. Highly recommended.

On the left, the cover of the book ‘Grey Dog’ by Elliot Gish. The background is red; the author’s name is in lower case across the top. The image taking up most the page is of a half-deer, half-wolf creature, the body and head of both on either side. The title of the book is in large cursive font across the bottom, with a quote below. On the right, the cover of the book ‘The Atrocities’ by Jeremy C. Shipp. The top is a grey background with a gothic house in black on the left. There is a red line from the house and moving in various straight lines, starting to follow a dark maze that takes up most of the rest of the cover. Across the middle is the title in white letters, and below that the author’s name.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 21/01/2026

Very happy to receive mine & @simonlaperriere.bsky.social 's contributors copy of “EXORCISMO: Defying a Dictator and Raising Hell in Post Franco Spain” Blu-ray set from @severinfilms.bsky.social ! Order today: severinfilms.com/en-ca/produc...

Three images from a Blu-ray box set. The first on the top left is the cover, with the words “EXORCISMO: Defying a Dictator and Raising Hell in Post Franco Spain” across the bottom. The image is of a man in black, with his eyes missing and blood running from the sockets. Behind him is an image of flames, and superimposed below him is the torso of a woman, her face staring out in pain, with stars covering her nipples. On the top left is from inside the box set booklet, a page showing the title of one of the essays, “The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Devilish: The Women of Spanish Horror and S-Classified Films, by Shelagh Rowan-Legg”. The bottom centre image shows two men string up, wearing only g-strings, with a sacrificial altar between them, surrounded by candles. Below that is a young woman, her hair west and partially covering her face, which itself looks like it is about to scream.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 11/01/2026

I put Holmes's window perch cushion in the laundry and he is baffled l.

a black cat is inside the metal frame of a window perch, the cusion of which is currently being laundered. He sniffs at the empty space, confused and forlorn.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 05/01/2026

today I begin my big project of 2026: turning this binder of 16 months of research, into a book on Eloy de la Iglesia for the Hidden Horror Histories imprint. I've got a reasonable timeline to keep a steady pace of outline and writing. I expect many mochas will be consumed.

the image of the side of a black binder, between whose covers are hundreds of pages of paper filled with research from books, films, and my own thoughts on the early films of Spanish filmmaker Eloy de la Iglesia. I know that somehow, I will turn this into a 80,000 word book. Somehow. Spells might be cast.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 25/12/2025

my partner is extremely happy with his xmas gift of @josie.zone 's book

a 40-something man with dark curly hair and a goatee, holding a copy of TRUE BELIEVER: THE RISE AND FALL OF STAN LEE by Josie Reisman

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 21/12/2025

I finally found somewhere to buy the saturday globe and mail so I can get it for the annual gigantic crossword

two parts of the saturday newspaper: on the left, a small section of the gigantic annual crossword. on the right, part of the clues. at the top of this is also a drawing featuung snowmen, trees, and a group of bears staring at a small sofa.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 27/11/2025

Post something random or you’ll have an awful December

a retail space doorway, the glass and windows all covered with a green and black patterned cover. There is a square in the middle with the words À BIENTÔT

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 27/11/2025

You just died. The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.

an image from an Iphone step counter, showing 6,666 steps taken.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 25/11/2025

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you? You know what? If I was not part of the hive mind, I think she would try to rescue me, as we would have a great time drinking vodka and watching Golden Girls.

the actress Rhea Seehorn in a still from the show Pluribus. A middle aged white woman, seen from the shoulders up. She has short blond hair, she's wearing a blue shirt and grey cardigan. Her facial expession is one of quiet anger.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 23/11/2025

A themed short story anthology is always a joy, and 'As the Earth Dreams' edited by teresempierre.bsky.social joins Thyme Travellers as two of my favourite reads of this year. Favourites are 'The Hole in the Middle of the Word', 'A Fair Assessment' and 'Peak Day'.

The cover of the book As The Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories. across the top is the text Edited by Terese Mason Pierre. The title of the book is in turquoise and white, with the image of an insect in the middle.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 17/10/2025

Two recent discs: THE COLUMNIST, a dark comedy horror from Film Movement for which I wrote an essay; ALL THE MOONS, a Basque gothic vampire tale from Shudder, with an audio commentary from me & the fabulous Rebecca Wynne-Walsh. Both available at @vinsyn.bsky.social vinegarsyndrome.com

Two physical discs: on the left, ALL THE MOONS, the title across the top in yellow letters; a small crucifix is on one side, while the centre of the image has one woman's face, green-inked, hiding under a cloak, while below the larger face of a young girl. On the right, THE COLUMNIST written across the tp, below a drawing of the back of the head and upper back of a woman, sitting in front of a computer screen.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 17/10/2025

Of course women don't like the Cybertruck. Women only want one thing, and it's Barbarella's Alpha 7 spaceship with shag carpet interior.

a red, almost cello-shaped soaceship with three large rpund sprogs coming out one side, flying through outer space.

a screenshot from Barbarella. Jane Fonda as Barbarella, a blonde woman in a black plastic spacesuit, sits in the cockpit of her spaceship. the floors and walls are covered in dark beige shap carpets. there is a chair protruding, also covered in shah carpet, and a computer screen on the back wall.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 05/10/2025

climate change means it's October 5th in Montréal and I'm sitting on my balcony in a short-sleeved t-shirt, light skirt and flip-flops, and I'm still a little warm. A convertible just drove by with the top down. At least I have a good book of poetry to read.

the book Barangay, an offshore poem by Adrian de Leon. A blue and white cover, designed with flowing lines to look like ocean waves. In the bottom right corner is a black drawing of a small sea-faring fishing boat.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 03/10/2025

I'm delighted to have a poem in the new edition of @pinholepoetry.bsky.social alongside many other amazing contributors. The issue in online and free to read. pinholepoetry.ca/issue-4-3/

The cover of the new Pinhole Poetry, Volume 4 Issue 3, October 2025. The cover image os from the inside of a kitchen, modern country style, looking towards the sink and outside to a backyard. The light is softly filtered.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 30/09/2025

I've had the pleasure to write two essays for @umbrellaent.bsky.social recently, for their releases of INTACTO (The Gambler’s Crutch: Good and Bad Luck in Intacto) and CYPHER (Am I Not Your Spy Girl: The Femme Fatale in Cypher). Both discs (and many more!) available to order. shop.umbrellaent.com.au

Images from a blu ray release of the film CYPHER: A postcard of Lucy Liu, in a white dress and black boots, hanging in the air; Lucy Liu and Jeremy Northam, both wearing white shorts, sitting on a boat with the ocean seen behind them. Lucy Liu in a short auburn wig, wearing a grey sweater. The cover of the box set features the face of Jeremy Northam tintred green, melded into the title of the film in red. The title image of the essay has a woman with short red hair seated at a table, smoking, looking across to the figure of a man.

The cover image of the box set for the film INTACTO. It looks like the box for playing cards, with the words Plastic coated playing cards at the top; below that in capital letters, the film title. Below that, a black spade, with the image of a man running blindfolded inside the space. Below that the words, Standard deck, 52 cards, and below that, All bets are on.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 17/09/2025

Post a movie you like with a terrible rotten tomatoes score. I will champion this film until the day I die.

the rotten tomatoes page for Unicorn Store, showing the tomatometer at 66% and the Popcommenter at 43%. The stikl image from the film shows Brien Larson, a white woman with blond hair, wearing a backwards pink ballcap, her face streaked with purple and pink paint.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 11/09/2025

#TIFF50 Day 8: ADULTHOOD, ETERNAL RETURN, A USEFUL GHOST. My last day so very glad I finally got to see my friend Norm

two very tired TIFFers: white lady with grey hair, black guy in a black shirt. They're in a movie theatre way too early.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 04/09/2025

today's pre/between #TIFF50 screening reading: film magazine 24images

the front cover of Quebecois film magazine 24images, issue 215, titles RÉSISTER/EXISTER: HISTOIRE ACTUALITÉ DU CINÉMA PALESTINIEN. an astronaut plants the Palestinian flag on the moon.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 09/08/2025

this is Sherlock Holmes, being a lazy boy, enjoying the Montréal sunshine

a tuxedo cat (almost all black except for a splash of white below his chin) lounges on his side on the balcony. he is caught mod-yawn.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 05/08/2025

A ROOM IN THE FOREST by Heather Ramsay. a contemplative and rich story. I love diving into the Haida Gwaii location, the prose evoking the density and mystery of the place. love and secrets hidden in the trees. from Caitlin Press, recommended. #booksky

the cover of A Room in the Forest by Heather Ramsay. swirls of green evoking a western rain forest.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 21/07/2025

You've inherited a movie theatre, what's your first double feature SINGING IN THE RAIN (Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, 1952) GOODBYE DRAGON INN (Tsai Ming Liang, 2003)

from Singingin the Rain. Gene Kelly, in a blue suit, hangs off a lamppost while it rains. he holds an umbrell and his mouth is open in song.

from GOODBYE DRAGON INM: a young man in a white tank top sits in a film projection booth, next to the projector, looking towards the screen.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 12/07/2025

What a wonderful book FUNGAL is. I take delight & reflection on how she moves in the crossover spaces of her life & her love of mushrooms. My sister-in-law’s recent move to Winnipeg means more visits so I will get her this book and talk her into some local foraging. #canadianbooks #caturday

On a grey couch, a black cat is laying down with its back to a book: FUNGAL: FORAGING IN THE URBAN FOREST by Ariel Gordan, from Wolsak & Wynn

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 30/06/2025

This seems a good book to end the month with. Also to go with my pipedream of being either a bryologist or mycologist.

A photo of the book ´Fungal: Foraging in the Urban Forest’ by Ariel Gordon. The top half of the cover is a shade a brown, with a black and white drawing of mushrooms. They are drawn as if growing out of a sea of urban buildings, drawn in the bottom half of the book.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 30/06/2025

Oh nothing to see here, just @mark-carney.bsky.social folding like a cheap sheet, caving into a fascist government. Elbows up, my ass. What a liar. What else will he sell us out on?

Canada rescinds digital services tax to advance broader trade negotiations with the United States
From: Department of Finance Canada

News release
June 29, 2025 - Ottawa, Ontario - Department of Finance Canada

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 26/06/2025

What an honour to be included in the latest issue of @theampersandreview.bsky.social , alongside such amazing Canadian writing legends as Stuart Ross, Dennis Lee, Barry Dempster, as well as many others.

A photo of the skeeter, trying to smile for the camera but she hates her smile so it never works well: her hair is grey (french bob style), she has blue eyes, and she's wearing a brown shirt. She is holding a copy of The Ampersand Review of Writing & Publishing, Issue 8, with Stuart Ross on the cover (an older man, grey hair beautifully blowing in the wind). Behind her are her poetry bookshelves.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 19/05/2025

Take the fiction characters quiz and post the first four you know openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...

Marianne from PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE

Guinan from STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION

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