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  • 1 month ago | 49thshelf.com | Su Min Chang |Robert Wiersema |Spencer Miller

    Amber Dawn's latest poetry collection, Buzzkill Clamshell (March), flaunts the chronically pained body as a source of lewd feminine power. Python Love (February), by Shannon Arntfield, weaves together experiences of childhood abuse, birth trauma, and recovery from the perspective of a medical doctor who is also a mother.

  • 1 month ago | 49thshelf.com | Su Min Chang |Robert Wiersema |Spencer Miller

    An excerpt from new book Women Who Woke up the Law: Inside the Cases That Changed Women's Rights in Canada. Women Who Woke Up the Law is up for giveaway until the end of March! Head over to our giveaways page for your chance to win, and to check out all the other terrific titles up for offer. *****As Bertha Wilson, the first woman appointed to Canada’s Supreme Court, said: “Change in the law comes slowly and incrementally; that is its nature.

  • Nov 16, 2024 | theifp.ca | Robert Wiersema

    In the early stages of his career, Tallahassee, Fla.-based writer Jeff VanderMeer was something of a cult figure. While his fantastic fiction, including stories set in the imaginary world of Ambergris, was highly regarded by critics and peers and received many genre awards, he was far from a household name.

  • Nov 16, 2024 | thespec.com | Robert Wiersema

    In the early stages of his career, Tallahassee, Fla.-based writer Jeff VanderMeer was something of a cult figure. While his fantastic fiction, including stories set in the imaginary world of Ambergris, was highly regarded by critics and peers and received many genre awards, he was far from a household name.

  • Aug 22, 2024 | everythingzoomer.com | Robert Wiersema

    It’s fitting that Arizona writer T.J. Newman’s third novel is called Worst Case Scenario; her two previous books were also characterized by cataclysmic, high-tension disasters. Take Falling, her debut novel. The former flight attendant wrote it over several years, taking notes on napkins or her iPad on long-haul flights, and distilling her thoughts into fiction during layovers.

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Robert J Wiersema
Robert J Wiersema @robertjwiersema
6 Nov 24

I turned on CBC's coverage -- I don't think I realized just how profound my trauma from 2016 remains.

Robert J Wiersema
Robert J Wiersema @robertjwiersema
11 Mar 24

I think it's so great that in this age of technological wonders, they've made watching the Oscars so easy! All you have to do is download the CTV app and, voila! ...Then you call your mom and ask to borrow her cable provider log-in information! So easy!

Robert J Wiersema
Robert J Wiersema @robertjwiersema
22 Feb 24

I don't think the ending of a book has hit me this hard since the first time I read John Crowley's Little, Big a couple of decades ago. If you know me at all, you know how much that means. https://t.co/gjgOD5QR7C