Once again I am leaving the Munich Security Conference in a low mood. Amongst all the noise, the US signalled their plans for Europe, so things are becoming clearer. But things are clearly not good. This is what we now know, and what we now have to do about it:🧵1/17

Oh, Canada! Our favourite books by homegrown authors /via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/art…

"Strong female characters, champagne, Paris" -- sounds good to me. Globe readers share their favourite Canadian books /via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/art…

As a proud member of the Literary Press Group of Canada, we’re excited to wish the LPG a happy 50th anniversary! Here’s to many more! #lpg50 #IReadCanadian

Books and sunshine, what better combo? canadianwritersabroad.com/2025/09/10/rel…

Closing summer at the Eden Mills Writers Festival: canadianwritersabroad.com/2025/09/10/rel…

Can your mother be a stranger? Merilyn Simonds reviews Anita Desai's Rosarita for Canadian Writers Abroad. canadianwritersabroad.com/2025/10/01/the…

Elizabeth Hay reviews Walking With Beth by Merilyn Simonds for Canadian Writers Abroad. canadianwritersabroad.com/2025/10/15/gui…

She was my great-aunt, and great in many ways.

In time for Halloween, Mark Sampson reviews the horror novel Hemo Sapiens by Emily Weedon for Canadian Writers Abroad. canadianwritersabroad.com/2025/10/30/hun… Mark Sampson Emily A. Weedon

Barbara Sibbald launches her new novel, Almost English, published by Bayeux Arts. The story of an Anglo-Indian family in the North-West Frontier Province during the Raj. barbarasibbald.com

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun And in the morning We shall remember them. 🇨🇦 - Laurence Binyon 1/2

Best to remember: on the historian Tim Cook. canadianwritersabroad.com/2025/11/11/the…

Eleanor Proudfoot reviews The Life Cycle of the Octopus by Emma Knight for Canadian Writers Abroad. canadianwritersabroad.com/2025/11/17/the…

Jane Christmas talks about pilgrims, runaway nuns, and aliases in this interview about her novel, A Flight Of Saints: canadianwritersabroad.com/2025/11/26/of-…

Looking for a fun read during the dark days? canadianwritersabroad.com/2025/12/06/is-…

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