Spencer Miller

Calgary

Editorial Coordinator at 49th Shelf

Teacher, writer, reader, freelancer. Sharing my thoughts on 📚, 📺, 🎥, and other things. My instagram: spencerbmiller (he/him)

Articles

Most Anticipated: Our 2025 Spring Poetry Preview

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.
Women Who Woke Up the Law

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.
9 Books You Can Judge by Their Covers

2 months ago | 49thshelf.com | Gabriele Goldstone |Spencer Miller |Kerry Clare |Julie Booker

It Must Be Beautiful to Be Finished is one of the terrific books we've got up for giveaway until the end of February. Head to our giveaways page for your chance to win! *****We all know the adage about books and covers: don’t judge in the interior of something by its exterior. Good words to live by. Important words. Sometimes life-saving in a world that’s become increasingly parsed by quick-switch assumptions about marginalized bodies.
School of Architecture Receives $1.5 Million Donation

Nov 4, 2024 | themiamihurricane.com | Spencer Miller

The University of Miami’s School of Architecture has received a $1.5 million commitment from the Goldman family to honor Tony Goldman’s legacy. Tony Goldman was a visionary real estate developer whose career spanned from the 1970s into the 2010s. His work revitalizing New York City’s SoHo district, Miami Beach’s Art Deco neighborhood and the Wynwood Arts District in Miami testifies to his creative vision.
The Jewish community comes together to remember Oct. 7 at UM

Oct 21, 2024 | themiamihurricane.com | Spencer Miller

A year after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, members of the Jewish community came together at the University of Miami to pay tribute to the event and reflect on the past year. It was a packed event capturing the Jewish spirit on campus, with guest speakers ranging from Rabbis to Jewish students, the mayor of Coral Gables, and personal accounts of Oct. 7 and the recent war. The event began with an acknowledgment of the day’s significance.
UM hosts largest-ever Family Weekend

Sep 18, 2024 | themiamihurricane.com | Spencer Miller

The 2024 Family Weekend at the University of Miami set a new standard for engagement, drawing a record registration of over 1,567 families to join the fun of reconnecting with their students, networking with other ’Cane families and engaging with faculty and staff. The weekend, which ran from Thursday, Sept. 12, to Sunday, Sept. 15, was filled with events both on and off campus, such as food truck rallies, college tours and a football game.
Creator Interview: David A. Robertson

Apr 10, 2024 | bookcentre.ca | Spencer Miller

Written by Spencer MillerThis is an edited excerpt of an interview with author David A. Robertson. Watch the full interview on Bibliovideo. You’ve been wanting to write a hockey book for almost nine years. Why was now the time for this story? When I write a story, I not only ask myself if it is a good story but does it have something to say? It has to have something to say. In the last couple of years I became more aware of the discrimination, racism–all the stuff kids face in hockey.
Creator Interview: Yewande Daniel-Ayoade

Mar 4, 2024 | bookcentre.ca | Spencer Miller

Written by Spencer MillerThis is an edited excerpt of an interview with author Yewande Daniel-Ayoade. Watch the full interview on Bibliovideo. What inspired you to write this story? First, I'm a mom of five. My three youngest kids were going through a phase where all they would watch on TV was princess shows. I remember thinking to myself, where's the African princess? Wouldn't it be so neat to have a princess that's African with a story that's African?
Creator Interview: Wanda John-Kehewin

Dec 13, 2023 | bookcentre.ca | Spencer Miller

Photo credit: Wanda John-KehewinWritten by Spencer MillerThis is an edited excerpt of an interview with author Wanda John-Kehewin. Watch the full interview on Bibliovideo. What inspired you to write Hopeless in Hope? I’ve worked with children in care for over four years. That was the place where this book started. I was working with children who were asking me questions like "Why am I here?" and "Why isn't my mom able to take care of me?".
2023 Fiction: Books of the Year

Dec 3, 2023 | 49thshelf.com | Trevor Corkum |Spencer Miller

Books of the Year: where even to start? It's been another incredible year of Canadian books, more than a single person could ever hope to read, let alone encapsulate in a list. But we've done our best with this list of fiction, a list that only just begins to reflect that fascinating work taking place on the CanLit scene with a wide range of mood, genre, and literary approaches, proving that Canadian fiction has something to offer to every kind of reader. And even better?