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Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Did you know that the only communist government in Canada’s history was elected in the Crowsnest Pass, Alberta? Me neither, and I live next door. This fiction from Carissa Halton is a page turner through a period of extremism. Would be an excellent gift for history buffs. @newestpress.bsky.social

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Stop!Look!Listen! to Issue 305 Contributor Michelle Spencer's Reading Recommendation "There should be a word for books that show up in your life when you need them. Books which obliterate fears or seemingly by magic connect some of the disparate dots of a lifetime" thefiddlehead.ca/content/stop...

The cover of Linguaphile: A Language of Love by Julie Sedivy

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Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Tnrilled to be included in issue no.305 @fiddlehd.bsky.social Many thanks to @saleema.bsky.social for all her kind and thoughtful edits. There are so many great contributions in this issue, including 2025 Creative Nonfiction Prize winner Shelley Pacholok.

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Wolsak & Wynn @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Backlist Mondays: Dear Ghost, by Catherine Owen. Shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award. In this dreamlike and ethereal collection Owen pulls from facets of everyday life, work, sex, acquaintances and art, and imbues them with extraordinary quirks and uncertainties to dizzying effect.

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Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

How many small businesses in rural Canada can say they’ve been in continuous operation for 89 years? If you are near Pincher Creek this summer, come and check out Blackburn Jewellers. It’s amazing and the owner, Doris Blackburn, is a delight. #southernAlberta

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Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

On the eve of Danielle’s Smith’s town hall on coal mining. We will drink dust I suppose. #ableg

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Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Met some new friends and had a whole lotta great writing time in the forest.Thank you Federation of BC Writers for tolerating this interloper from Alberta at your annual retreat. And @franceslpeck.bsky.social for the new book ! @bryanmortensen.bsky.social @genevievewynand.bsky.social

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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

“Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack.” ― Virginia Woolf writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity

The Sanctuary used book store in Lyme Regis

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Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

If you are looking for a nonfiction read that’ll leave you inspired, wiser and sobbing like a baby, look no further than @juliesedivy.bsky.social latest masterpiece. #writingcommunity #canlit

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Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I no longer believe art can save the world, but I believe still that it can save me. So in the face of chaos, misinformation, hatred & ignorance, I'm going to make more art, experience more, share more, pay for more & publish more. I started this in darkness & it'll continue to be my light. 🖤🤍

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Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

January afternoon writing vibes in the Canadian north.

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Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

We golf together once a year—- through gullies, snowdrifts and beauty. It’s cold as fuck and good preparation for the year ahead. #2025

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Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Can’t stop—wont stop —revising this manuscript. #writing

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Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

There are two kinds of people: those who make fun of fruitcake and those who realize it’s the food that will save us at the end of the world. Declare yourselves. #Christmas

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Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I don’t know about you, but I’m liking the rose coloured lens of the world these days. #betterdaysahead

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Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Some big blue Alberta sky—and my two guys— for this new Blue Sky-y app thing. Looking forward to being part of a positive space with you. #writingcommunity

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