Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com Writer of 100% human-generated stuff. He/Him. ITW and HWA member. Opinions my own. Rep’d by Dr. Uwe Stender at Triada US: @uwestenderphd.bsky.social
My stuff: caseystegman.com/fiction
Kate Harris @kateonmars.bsky.social Off-grid in a log cabin & most senses. Writer, misadventurer, pilot, backyard astrobiologist, author of LANDS OF LOST BORDERS. Prefer soaring in the real bluesky in a Cessna but, as Annie Dillard put it, here we so incontrovertibly are.
www.kateharris.ca
Jennifer Chrumka @jenniferchrumka.bsky.social Writer, journalist, adventurer, associate professor at Thompson Rivers University
Cal Flyn @calflyn.bsky.social Author of the Sunday Times bestseller ISLANDS OF ABANDONMENT: LIFE IN THE POST-HUMAN LANDSCAPE—a book about the ecology and psychology of abandoned places. Currently at work on THE SAVAGE LANDSCAPE, expected early 2026
Trevor Boudreau @trevorboudreau.bsky.social Vancouver-based public affairs professional.
Sr. Director, Gov't Relations | Office of the President at SFU
trevor_boudreau@sfu.ca
Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social I'm a background artist in Vancouver! Projects include Star Trek: Lower Decks, Rick and Morty, Carmen Sandiego, My Little Pony: The Movie amanda.wt.wong@gmail.com
Website: http://www.amandadraw.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amandawtwong/
Xtra @xtramagazine.com Queering the conversation. Fierce, proud and independent LGBTQ2S+ journalism, since 1984. 🌈✨
Read more at xtramagazine.com
Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social Novelist and essayist, most recently author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Professor of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. He/him. Agent: Jin Auh, The Wylie Agency. alexanderchee.net
Jen Sookfong Lee @jensookfonglee.bsky.social Still an author, still an editor, new book THE HUNGER WE PASS DOWN out now, it might scare you
Charlie Smith @charliesmithvcr.bsky.social Vancouver journalist who agrees with Richard Gere on USAID. Email: csmith@since1867.ca.
Simon Lewsen @simonlewsen.bsky.social Magazine journalist. Kinda arty. Kinda science-y. Toronto / Ottawa.
Sean Kheraj @seankheraj.bsky.social Canadian and environmental history Professor and Vice-Provost Academic, Toronto Metropolitan University. Executive member of Network in Canadian History & Environment. https://seankheraj.com He/Him
Leslie Hurtig @lesliehurtig.bsky.social Artistic Director Vancouver Writers Fest; New Yorker cartoon aficionado; fast walker. Views are my own but you could consider adopting them. Canadian made.
Alix Ohlin @alixohlin.bsky.social alixohlinauthor.com
Carine Abouseif @carineabouseif.bsky.social Senior Editor at thewalrus.ca: carine@thewalrus.ca
Writer carineabouseif.com
Tom Hawthorn 🇨🇦 @tomhawthorn.bsky.social Mean and nasty Canadian. SABR. SIHR. Author of "Play Ball!," a lavishly illustrated, coffee-table book about pro baseball in Vancouver, B.C., now available for sale at Nat Bailey Stadium and the BC Sports Hall of Fame.
Sarah Cox @sarahkcox.bsky.social Environmental journalist & author of "Signs of Life: Field Notes from the Frontlines of Extinction" and "Breaching the Peace: The Site C Dam and a Valley’s Stand Against Big Hydro." Biodiversity reporter for The Tyee.
Sandra Thomas @sthomas10.bsky.social Journalist on the beautiful Sunshine Coast, in B.C. Canada. Opinions are my own. Don’t even start…
Charles Montgomery @charlesincities.bsky.social Author, Happy City.
Founder, Happy Cities.
I post on the connection between design + social trust.
Cities, algorithms, laws and invisible systems.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
WIRED @wired.com For Future Reference.
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Gregor Craigie @gregorcraigie.bsky.social Sleep-deprived early morning radio host of CBC On the Island. Author of Our Crumbling Foundation, On Borrowed Time, Walls, Radio Jet Lag & Why Humans Build Up.
Vancouver Writers Fest @writersfest.bc.ca Connecting people to exceptional books, ideas, and dialogue.
📚 Special Events Year-Round
💡 Books & Ideas series January–June
📖 2026 Festival Oct 18–25
Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com it's "see-sa"
hot takes bureau chief @thenarwhal.ca
writer @thewalrus.ca
adjunct prof @ubcjournalism.bsky.social
journalist, nêhiyaw, mom, roller skater
she/her ✌️michellecyca.com
Dorothy Woodend @dorothywoodend.bsky.social Culture Editor for The Tyee.
Instagram animal: https://www.instagram.com/dorothywoodend/
Jackie Wong @jackie-wong.bsky.social Senior editor @thetyee.ca
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Danny Ramadan @dannyramadan.com 🏳️🌈 - Syrian-Canadian author
Crooked Teeth, The Foghorn Echoes, The Clothesline Swing, and The Salma Books.
Lambda winner 🏆. Governor General Finalist 🏆.
Former refugee.
I don’t bite, unless you ask nicely!
https://linktr.ee/dannyramadan
National Media Awards Foundation @canadamediaawards.bsky.social Since 1977, Canada’s 🇨🇦 most prestigious awards programs for magazine and digital publishing communities.
Depuis 1977, les programmes de prix les plus prestigieux du Canada 🇨🇦 pour les communautés de l’édition magazine et numérique.
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
Helen Macdonald @hjm.bsky.social Writer. One half of a dynamic duo. H is for Hawk, Vesper Flights. PROPHET with Sin Blache. Rep by the Clegg Agency. Non-binary. They/she
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social This space would like me to place a short sentence here, but short sentences are contrary to my nature.
Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com.
bioGraphic @biographic.bsky.social An independent, award-winning online magazine connecting you with stories about biodiversity and conservation from around the world. (Former account of Hakai Magazine)
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Nora Young @nora3000.bsky.social Technology journalist, CBC broadcaster researching AI and tech ethics
The Walrus @thewalrus.ca Award-winning independent journalism, fact checking, national ideas-focused events, and podcasts. Stay connected: http://thewalrus.ca/newsletters
Harley Rustad @harleyrustad.com Senior editor @thewalrus.ca: harley@thewalrus.ca
Author of LOST IN THE VALLEY OF DEATH (2022) and BIG LONELY DOUG (2018)
Founder @portrenfrewwritersretreat.com
harleyrustad.com
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social Pencil pusher
𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐫 @robertmoor.com essayist, journalist, wandering-around-and-looking-at-stuff-ist
books: On Trails; In Trees.
magazine work: The New Yorker, Outside, NYMag, New York Times Book Review, Emergence, Lapham's Quarterly, n+1, Granta
website: robertmoor.com
The New York Times @nytimes.com In-depth, independent reporting to better understand the world, now on Bluesky. News tips? Share them here: http://nyti.ms/2FVHq9v
Erica Lenti @ericalenti.com deputy editor, features at Chatelaine • erica dot lenti at chatelaine dot com • ericalenti.com
The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca Our pod of investigative journalists dives deep to tell stories about the natural world in Canada you can’t find anywhere else. Sign up for our newsletter: http://thenarwhal.ca/newsletter or become a member: https://thenarwhal.ca/bsky-member/
sarah berman @sarahberms.bsky.social author of don't call it a cult
podcast producer
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Marsha Lederman @marshalederman.bsky.social Columnist, The Globe and Mail
Author, Kiss the Red Stairs: The Holocaust, Once Removed
Vancouver, Canada
Mark Medley @markmedley.bsky.social Deputy Opinion Editor, @theglobeandmail.com. Former Globe and Mail/National Post Books Editor.
Author of Live to See the Day, a national bestseller. https://linktr.ee/mark.medley
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John Vaillant @johnvaillant.bsky.social I write about collisions between human ambition and the natural world: The Golden Spruce, The Tiger, The Jaguar's Children,
FIRE WEATHER: @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social
10 Best Books: @nytimes.com
https://www.lyceumagency.com/speakers/john-vailla
Anne Shibata Casselman @annecasselman.bsky.social Vancouver-based journalist: Public interest, climate, and science.
www.annecasselman.com