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Nicholas Ruddock @zephyrax.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

"Snake" slithers into shortlist... David Booth Children’s and Youth Poetry Award ($3,500) This Is a Tiny Fragile Snake Written by Nicholas Ruddock (Guelph, ON) Illustrated by Ashley Barron (Toronto, ON)

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Nicholas Ruddock @zephyrax.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Bakeapples deserve an ode, congratulations to Melanie Power and here's the last two lines of my bakeapple effort, taken from the Uncollected Bakeapple Poems of Newfoundland (there are only three) Cloudberries, she said later, that’s their other name.

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Nicholas Ruddock @zephyrax.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I will be on CBC radio on Tuesday approx. 1020 AM EST speaking to Adam Walsh (The Signal) and Joan Sullivan of the Nfld Quarterly, with several other contributors, and in particular I will speak about Belleoram and Rencontre East and hawsers and widows and houses surrounded by long grass.

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Nicholas Ruddock @zephyrax.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202... Here's a review that in quality and depth I could not personally match should I review my own book, thanks Adam Hill @reviewcanada.bsky.social and those are nice bergs and floes from Baffin Island too suitably confused

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Short Change | A review of “Planet Earth” by Nicholas Ruddock | Literary Review of Canada

Adam Hill reviews “Planet Earth” by Nicholas Ruddock, a collection of stories inspired by climate change and our species’ dire circumstances.

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

We're thrilled to share that two essays from The Fiddlehead’s Autumn 2024 issue were named among the Notable Essays & Literary Nonfiction of 2024 in The Best American Essays 2025! A big congratulations to @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social & @nancyhuggett.bsky.social

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Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I have been on media almost everywhere (locally) but here about this- let me give you an update about our work to protect a public park, an ecologically significant beach area, from being developed into a golf course.

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Nicholas Ruddock @zephyrax.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Despite the out-of season storm we filled Black Heritage Hall in Guelph yesterday for the launch of "Planet Earth" (House of Anansi) with much good humour and thanks to Jesse Ruddock for MCing and Barbara Kyle for being much more perceptive than I about writing and Stephen Best for the photo...>

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House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

WELLWATER by Karen Solie is now the third WINNER of the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry by House of Anansi in a row! 🎉 🔗 Learn more about WELLWATER and House of Anansi's poetry collections on our website here: houseofanansi.com/collections/poetr…

A graphic reads, "WINNER of the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry, Three Years in a Row," showing the book covers of WELLWATER by Karen Solie in 2025, SCIENTIFIC MARVEL by Chimwemwe Undi in 2024, and XANAX COWBOY by Hannah Green in 2023.

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House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

So excited to announce that WELLWATER by Karen Solie is shortlisted for the 2025 T.S. Eliot Prize! 🎉 🏆 🔗 Learn more about WELLWATER here: houseofanansi.com/products/wel...

Two copies of the poetry book WELLWATER by Karen Solie sit askew on a wooden table. The cover is white with an illustration of a purple flowering plant with sprawling roots.

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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Protect the land that inspired this page.

A page from Kate Beaton’s “Ducks”. Five panels, in panel 1 we see Kate’s feet on the beach at the edge of the water. In panel 2 we see a wave wash over her feet. In Panel 3 we see a zoomed out image of the shoreline, beautiful and calm, wild and undeveloped, Kate is still standing at the shore, dwarfed by the landscape. In panel 4 we see Kate looking up and shielding her eyes against the sun with her arm. In panel 5 we see her perspective, a seagull crossing the disc of the sun.

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Nicholas Ruddock @zephyrax.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

why isn't he on the American team?

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Nicholas Ruddock @zephyrax.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Spadina Avenue, north of College, north of sam's Billiards, north of El Mocambo

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Nicholas Ruddock @zephyrax.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

If you get a copy of Sunday's @TorontoStar, there will be my op-ed about Allenby School, the diagnosis of measles, the polio epidemic of the 1950s, "Wall Ball" and 1 Spadina Street. BTW was the eastern playground covered in coal slag then? It was irregular, brown-black, abrasive.

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Nicholas Ruddock @zephyrax.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Thanks to the crew at Guelph Little Theatre for their production of "The Ward", making my sketch comedy, somehow, poignant as well as funny.

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Nicholas Ruddock @zephyrax.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

I have joined the thespian world The Bench by Tom Reidel, director Jocelyn Drainie The Strand that Beads You by Allison Fradkin, director Laura Finlan The Script by John Settle, director Dennis Gray The Ward by Nicholas Ruddock, director Alex Bayliss July 3, 4, 5, 7 pm, July 5,6 at 2 pm

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House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

🍁 "...a window to a similar moment when Canada was a foil to America’s aggression and brutality." @literaryhub.bsky.social reviews a vintage House of Anansi title: MANUAL FOR DRAFT-AGE IMMIGRANTS TO CANADA, a handbook for Americans who refused to serve in the Vietnam war: lithub.com/so-you-want-...

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So You Want to Flee to Canada: Revisiting a Classic Guide to Leaving America

In 1967, House of Anansi Press released Manual for Draft-Age Immigrants to Canada by Mark Satin, a practical how-to for escaping the American military draft and moving to Canada. Anansi reissued th…

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Save the date! February 8, 2025 We are thrilled to be opening an exhibit at the Fredericton Public Library gallery, showcasing artwork associated with the magazine’s history. As part of this special event, we’ll also be launching our Winter 2025 issue with readings from our amazing contributors.

A dark green graphic outlining the details of The Fiddlehead's 80 Years of Art at The Fiddlehead: A Gallery Exhibition. On the right is an assortment of covers from across the decades, the left reads: gallery opening and winter issue launch. Saturday February 8, 2025 2-3PM Fredericton Public Library.

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