Did you know you can watch what e-books are getting borrowed at the Toronto Public Library in real time? I did not. I am thrilled. (Thanks Maria Cipriano!) insights.overdrive.com/dashboards/bf0…

Excited to be chatting about storytelling for VR at Word on the Street this year! Sep. 22 The Word On The Street School for Writers thewordonthestreet.ca/toronto/events…

Always a great event! See you there!

“In the end, Your Honor, the more frightening my future, the broader the smile with which I look at it. Thank you.” newyorker.com/news/our-colum…

A wonderful piece about Torontonians using Libby. Thanks Jessica Duffin Wolfe (and Maria Cipriano)!

In "Pandemic," from our upcoming April issue, Jessica Duffin Wolfe reflects on the current health crisis. #COVIDCanada #COVID19 Read more: bit.ly/39VS2AH.

Two full-time journalism job postings at Humber! Apply! Be in touch if you have questions. humber.taleo.net/careersection/… humber.taleo.net/careersection/…

WJT Mitchell on working with students: yes classes should be demanding, but “The big thing is when they feel like theyʼve got to produce something out of it, what sorts of possibilities do you open for them so they donʼt feel totally blocked, intimidated?” news.uchicago.edu/story/w-j-t-mi…

My big takeaway from writing this piece for The Walrus — LGBTQ2+ battles for the right to safe sex outside paved the way for digital privacy protections today.

Why the metaverse shows Silicon Valley “is in desperate want of a big new idea.” I’m baffled to think they’re betting this much on everyone suddenly really enjoying VR—but “the dustbin of technology past is littered with failed VR headsets.” Best piece I’ve read on this.

Among my favourite things we've published since I started at the magazine. Jessica Duffin Wolfe is a master.

What happens if the line shifts from “lost at sea” to “a sea, lost”? I wrote this essay about oceans, books, and doom to explore how, wherever we’re headed with climate change, we’re taking the ocean to get there. reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2021/…

I wrote about collections for Literary Review of Canada and about how sometimes books sneak out of the stacks--and then back in. Also, time, chance encounters, and bookstores, especially my favourite--Berry & Peterson in Kingston, ON.

"What's being pushed with the metaverse, in terms of infrastructure? VR as a tool for fostering empathy (ref Lisa Nakamura's plenary) has gained attention in recent years, but it is an illusion (as in Dick's dystopia); a tool for reducing all storylines to one" Jessica Duffin Wolfe

Loved writing this piece—my first for the The Globe and Mail. Such a thrill to report on “what the hearthside season’s haunts are trying to tell us” for Canada’s paper of record. Thanks to Seth Biblioasis Aruna Dutt Rasha Mourtada and Ian Brown for making it happen.

Writing this piece was a dream. Massive thanks to Pat and the whole Vann family–for sharing their story and for decades of great eats!! Thanks also to Juliette Lie Baxter Matthew J M Allen and to Johnny C Y Lam for such beautiful photos! theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-…

Grateful to have had the chance to tell Pat's story and for all the responses it's generated–many far flung folks are chatting about their love of Kingston’s Cambodian food now… so nice to see.

Very exciting: Zack Russell’s doc on tiny shelters maker Khaleel Seivwright and the story of Toronto’s encampments is premiering at Hot Docs April 29. Can’t wait.