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Michelle Spencer

@writingranchette.bsky.social
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Southern Alberta transplant. Never say no to tea and a walk. Long-listed CBC NonFiction Prize and TNQ Peter Hinchcliffe Short Fiction Prize. Recent ✍️ The Guardian, The Fiddlehead

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Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Exceptionalism is always delusional in my opinion—- but especially these guys.
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Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Sovereign Alberta within a united Canada = Single within a monogamous marriage Tricky and generally not recommended
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Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I wasn’t planning on crying today but this hit the tenders
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Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
This is so wonderful! Congratulations!
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Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Just bought this. Can’t wait !
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Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
There’s no such thing as underage women. They are children.
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Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
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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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Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
@juliesedivy.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 · 20/11/2025
Thank you Frances. As soon as my work ends up in print, I immediately panic about folks reading it. We are ridiculous humans.
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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 · 29/07/2025
Writing Distractions 101
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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 · 05/05/2025
God that was embarrassing
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Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Ahhh thank you :) especially coming from someone who read such a polished excerpt of their new book!
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Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
@taraavery.bsky.social
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Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Thank you for your kind words!
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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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Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Thank you :)
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Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
It was an absolute pleasure to speak with @ianhanomansing.bsky.social about two of my favourite topics: politics and home. #candianpolitics youtu.be/crG0Cl71FLI
youtu.be
Rural voter urges parties to represent all Canadians this election | Hanomansing Tonight
YouTube video by CBC News
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Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Or diversity
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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 · 14/03/2025
It’s a book I needed
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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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Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
What a sweet find !
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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 · 21/01/2025
Making ourselves whole is not the only work but maybe the most important work. Supporting you here from Canada ( and hoping we don’t get invaded!)
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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 · 06/01/2025
Today was a stunner.
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Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Tennis balls only
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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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