My novel, The Book of Records, will slip into the world next year. I am so very grateful. Literature tries to hold, even fleetingly, what history and time dissolve.

THIS JUST IN: The 2025 nominees for the Evergreen Award program have just been released! Can you guess which titles those might be?! Head on over to our website to learn more bit.ly/ForestNominees…. Congratulations, everyone!! 👏🏼

Are these Giller Prize ads paid for by prize sponsor Scotiabank which has a $113 million investment in Elbit Systems, whose weapons are implicated in war crimes in Gaza? The same Elbit currently suing the Canadian government? The same Elbit which makes banned cluster munitions?

Among the signatories: Annie Ernaux, Percival Everett, Ben Lerner, Miriam Toews, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Deborah Eisenberg, Mary Gaitskill, Ha Jin, Michelle de Kretser, Rachel Kushner, Jhumpa Lahiri, Guy Maddin, Raven Leilani, Robert Macfarlane, Jacqueline Rose, Namwali Serpell .../

I have had the privilege of being in Tyre with my loved ones. I can't understand how we abide this, and how the lives of Lebanese and Palestinians are dehumanized by people I once respected. Do they believe the abyss will not take us all – can they not see we are already there?

Doctors without Borders is outraged by the repeated killings of our staff in #Gaza and calls for an immediate halt on attacks of medical personnel, humanitarian workers and civilians.

I understand this was posted on Tuesday by the Executive Director of the Giller Prize. I understand, also, that the publication referred to by Elana Rabinovitch informed her that neither Omar El Akkad nor I were the source of the questions they sent to her earlier this week.

Too many smears and falsehoods in Giller Prize director Elana Rabinovitch's interview with Toronto Life for it to be worth doing a point by point breakdown, but here's a few: torontolife.com/culture/giller…

ELECTION ALERT: Still Too Early To Know Which Minority To Scapegoat ONN political analyst Jason Copeland breaks down why it's still too early to say exactly which racial and ethnic minority groups will be to blame for each political party's shortcomings this election.

Americans: "Why does everyone care so much about our elections?" US military & CIA Interventions since World War II:

Regardless of the outcome at this point, I really hope this outcome ends the idea that Trump's first term was some sort of fluke, that we as a country are 'better than that.' Naive, see-no-evil ass position that self-sabotages the work of building an holsitic alternative vision.

A beautiful speech by Madeleine Thien who will be donating the entirety of her prize to the Woodcock Fund for Canadian writers in need, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, and the Lebanese Red Cross, in the name of her friend Y-Dang Troeung, who passed away in 2022.

“The Chamber found reasonable grounds to believe Mr Netanyahu and Mr Gallant bear criminal responsibility for the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare; for crimes against humanity; and for intentionally directing an attack against the civilian population.”

This was instantaneously my deepest fear as the news of the ICC arrest warrants came in. It is noticeable that as of January, at every move at the int'l justice level, there has been an immediate intensification of lethal violence against the Palestinians in Gaza. This also

I think it is wrong that David Bergen continues to be attacked by the The Giller Prize, a literary organization, for daring to write and express his thoughts. Today David spoke movingly with jayme poisson on Front Burner. The interview can be heard here, cbc.ca/listen/cbc-pod…

5 paramedics were killed today #Lebanon WHO: 226 health workers killed and 199 injured in Lebanon between Oct. 7, 2023 and this Monday.

VANCOUVER: tomorrow at Massy Arts Space \2pm-4pm, We're having an art opening. Around 3pm Elee and I will give an artist talk about our work in LOCATED IN THE INK. We hope to see you! *Reminder that MAS is a masked space youtube.com/watch?v=AWPptd… eventbrite.ca/e/reception-lo…

➡️ Watch it here! youtube.com/@analgesicprod… Co-organized by Smiling Apple.jpg and I! Logo + Video editing help from noah❦(beanlette) Featuring contributions from: Em Reed (Debut novel MORE BUGS out now)!!!, John , Bennett, yoppi , Laura Michet, DrKrisPy, Liz, me, and more!

the unearthed treasure room showcase I helped organize is airing today!! come learn about some great, overlooked games. tune in here... youtube.com/watch?v=SNPPJo…

Pre-order Of Floating Isles now! arsenalpulp.com/Books/O/Of-Flo… DrKrisPy