🔫Scott Martin🛼 @youcaughtscott.com Landback | He/Him | Award-winning CDN Journalist | News Media Critic | Pod: The North State | Words: rabble, Toronto Star, The Beaverton, The Maple, Ricochet | YouTube: Pinko Punko | Subscribe to The Catch: https://readthecatch.ca/
Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social 🟥🍁 🟥 CANADÁ 😏
The Resistance, Adventurer, Climate Change is real, fighting for Canada’s democracy, VOTE ABC #NDP #LIB #GREEN #Canada 🇨🇦 I Nova Scotia is HOME🏡 , Cape Breton Island is a hidden gem. #TeamCanada
Solidarity with Greenland and Ukraine.
Joey Coleman @joeycoleman.ca Hamiltonian, publisher of http://thepublicrecord.ca
I cover Hamilton City Hall with reader support.
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social A nerd at large. Writer of stuff.
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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social Your Canadian Public Aggregator For Polling, Data, and Other Related Canadian Content // 338Canada Contributor // Consider Supporting: http://ko-fi.com/polling 🇨🇦🇺🇦
Carol Off @caroloff.bsky.social Author of At a Loss for Words: Conversation in an Age of Rage --"an instant #1 bestseller."
It's the story of how political words have been weaponized and who weaponized them.
caroloff.ca
Substack.com/@caroloff
Imbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social Tweetdecker formerly known as @cityslikr or Former Tweetdecker known as @cityslikr
Creator of, curator and writer for All Fried Up in the Big Smoke afuitbs.com
Elliott Gish @elliottgish.bsky.social TT, LL. Writer, librarian, too many freckles, not enough sleep. Debut novel GREY DOG available now. She/her. https://linktr.ee/elliottgish
Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social Opti-mystic writer & futurist; father of two. Author with Richard Rohr of 'The Divine Dance.' Co-founder, Wild Goose Festival . Curator, TheSpeakeasy.info Read my stuff @ MikeMorrell.org/BonusChapter
Dave Bidini @davebidini.bsky.social Publisher @westendphoenix Rheostatics. Author of 13 books. Hockey Nomad. Movies. Also: Ballpoint Agency.
rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social poet, fiction writer, publisher, critic, papa, etc.
out now: edgeless (Caitlin Press)
https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/
https://www.patreon.com/robmclennan
http://robmclennanauthor.blogspot.com/ https://robmclennan.substack.com/
Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social Earth scientist. Poet. Editor. Arctic. Geohumanities. Black Canadian & white settler. Books: Attic Rain (NeWest) & I'll Get Right On It! (Roseway). Greyhound enthusiast. Speaks/Parle/Puhun English, mal français, vähän suomea. https://linktr.ee/JonesYYC
Charlie Petch @sawpoet.bsky.social They/he - Poet, playwright, librettist, founder of @queerslam & musical saw player. "Why I Was Late" with @BrickBooks ReLit award winner.
John Semley @johnsemley3000.bsky.social writer and researcher, covering books, films, and psychoactivity, in no particular order. a pocket full of spare change and anger unlimited.
Melissa Ren @melisfluous.bsky.social SFF & literary | Chinese-Canadian
Tin House | senior editor @augursociety.bsky.social
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Edward Keenan @thekeenanwire.bsky.social Toronto Star columnist, etc., etc.
Judy Rebick @judreb.bsky.social I am a feminist writer activist and educator in Toronto working on my next book. Last one was Heroes in My Head.
Jane Shi | 皮爬高 echolalia echolalia is out now @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social narrator & protagonist of her own life | echolalia echolalia (Brick Books, 2024) | Crips for eSims for Gaza bit.ly/eSimsRUs
website: janeshi.org
Isabella @isabellawangbc.bsky.social 
Theresa Kishkan @fishgottaswim.bsky.social a devotee of essays, novellas, hybrid writing, rivers, trees. 17 books. The Art of Looking Back: a painter, an obsession, and reclaiming the gaze, forthcoming (Thornapple Press, 2026). North American half of fishgottaswimeditions.com
theresakishkan.com
AJ Dolman @ajdolman.bsky.social They/she. Writer, editor, goldstar #bisexual. Shhh...I'm reading. Poetry collection Crazy / Mad: https://www.gordonhillpress.com/products/crazy-mad
Susie Tremblay @s17-c.bsky.social Writing Canadian fiction, about a time travelling family band, an ode to Canadian music and a look at how history repeats itself, and the healing power of music.I love to run.
nour abi-nakhoul @nourabinakhoul.bsky.social Supplication out on PRH now. Short fiction in the Walrus Hazlitt TNQ etc
Gregory Betts @whatisapoem.bsky.social Experimental Poet—Experimental Lit Prof—Experimental Musician
Curator @ bpNichol.ca — Literary Arts Residency Lead @ The SETI Institute
Lauren Turner @sickpoettheory.bsky.social chronically ill poet person 🃏🔪🔪 The Only Card in a Deck of Knives (Wolsak & Wynn, 2020)
Barbara Radecki @barbararadecki.bsky.social Novelist (THE DARKHOUSE, MESSENGER 93), Screenwriter, Creative Writing Instructor at UofT SCS, agent: Sam Hiyate @TheRightsFactory 🇨🇦
Lily Lachance 🏳️⚧️🚀✍️ @lilylachance.com Trans 🏳️🌈, adventurer, author, poet, filmmaker. 🇨🇦
Unagented but seeking.
Words in Phano, Gavagai, Bullet Points, and more. Anti-gen-AI absolutist. (No both-siders, ever.)
Upward... Ever upward. 🙂🚀🌌
Kirti Bhadresa @beingkirti.bsky.social she/her
Author of An Astonishment of Stars (ECW Press 2024)✨💕✨ Living and writing in Calgary - Treaty 7
www.beingkirti.com
Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social Novelist. Fier Montréalais. Beer league hockey. Habs. Board member Access Copyright. "Certified Elder.” Host The Full Bleed, a podcast about the future of magazines. https://linktr.ee/arjunbasu
jaye simpson @jayesimpson.bsky.social i’m like sorta a writer, sorta a dream girl (evil), i’m like kinda bisexual but like a whole lot crybaby. award winning writer + award losing writer // from SCN 🧡
Derek Mascarenhas (he/him) @dpmasca.bsky.social Author of | COCONUT DREAMS🌴🥥 | 100 CHAPATIS & 🥭THE MANGO MONSTER🥭 |✍🏾spec novel | Goan | tea & fruit lover | www.derekmascarenhas.ca
Anna Leventhal @leventhology.bsky.social Writer in Winnipeg, Treaty 1. Author of Sweet Affliction (Invisible Publishing), occasional teacher, frequent pickler. She/her
Carrianne Leung @cleung.bsky.social "Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight"
Writer. Educator. Wondrous Woo (2013) That Time I Loved you (2019) The After (Forthcoming)
@melissa-mccabe.bsky.social @melissa-mccabe.bsky.social 
Ryan McGreal @ryanmcgreal.bsky.social Solvitur ambulando. Off course but constantly correcting. One of Penny’s favourite scent clouds. (he/him)
HamOntAlerts @hamontalerts.bsky.social Real-time automated weather and other important alerts for #HamOnt as received. CAP-CP + alerts from #HamOnt Public Health. Not affiliated with the agencies providing these alerts.
Sean @gumshoe.ca tech⋅nol⋅o⋅gy gum·shoe; self-employed IT + Linux sysadmin; vinyl record and radio geek; archives crawler; Go Bills!; lifelong #HamOnt resident; Dad x 2; VE3HLY; mostly harmless; he/him
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Amelinda Bérubé @metuiteme.bsky.social Writer, editor, terrifying bog witch, werewolf of productivity 💀🍁 Ottawa, she/her
Three spooky YA books on shelves now!
Latest: THE ONES WHO COME BACK HUNGRY
Writing romantasy as Elise Saint-Séverin 💃
Rep: Jacqui Lipton
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social Fascinated by nature: birds, frogs, beach, sky & more. All media by me w/ a long lens. No AI! Lots of nature goodness here & on YouTube & Patreon. (In PA, USA)
Mini nature documentary every Saturday. https://www.youtube.com/gettoknownature
Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan.
Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy.
Free newsletter, Can We Still Govern?: https://donmoynihan.substack.com
Jeremy Cohen @jeremyfcohen.bsky.social Assistant Professor @ McMaster University.
Anthropologist of religion. Immortality, transhumanism, conspiracy theories and technology.
Vegan. Dad. ADHD haver. TalkDeath.com co-founder.
Michelle Shephard @michelleshephard.bsky.social Journalist, NYT best-selling author, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, Podcast host and producer. Co-president of Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (@CJFE.) May post photos of adorable dogs. www.michelleshephard.ca
Michael Azerrad @michaelazerrad.bsky.social Author of _The Amplified Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana_ and _Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991_.
Bylines: the New Yorker, the Yale Review, the New York Times, etc.
Kate Armstrong @brainchain.ca On a journey trying to find new worlds while sending joy into the ether.
Human 🎧 Shazam 🎧. Sports fan. Anti-racist. 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️LGBTQ2S+ Supporter 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈. From Tkaronto.
She/her.
Co-curator of @womensart2.bsky.social.
T Shea @tpshea.eurosky.social Music, education, bicycles, antifascist live band karaoke, existential dread. Transphobes fix your heart or die.
Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social Poet. Speaker. Educator. Performer. Adult, YA, and Children's poetry. Occasionally picture books. Lots of posts about churches. Unapologetically trans (he/him) jayhulme.com
josh o'kane @joshokane.bsky.social I write about the people and institutions shaping Canadian arts + culture and also wrote a book called Sideways: The City Google Couldn't Buy that is mostly explained by its subtitle. Pls send tips to jokane@globeandmail.com
Chris Andersen @bodhidrop.bsky.social Music (Punk, Jazz, Garage, Funk n Soul, Psych, Folk, Blues). Dad. Husband. Commie. History (Paleo, European, Revolutionary movements). Optimistic Curmudgeon. Fumbling Buddhist. Living in Hamilton, Canada.
scott dagostino @scottdagostino.ca Gay Irish-Canadian Buddhist journalist and former bookseller.
Chaotic good. He/him.
Dan Seljak @anotherglassbox.bsky.social Building hater/appreciator out of Toronto. He/they. Hates your neighbourhood’s character, yes, specifically yours.
Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social Reporter with the Investigative Journalism Bureau;
Author, Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person;
Nosy questions, mostly.
anna.mehler.paperny@gmail.com / amehlerpaperny@ijbureau.org
Bookstagramming/dogstagrammimg @mehlerpaperny
Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social Comedian and writer, year-round iced coffee drinker.
Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social Author, freelance journalist, socialist. Kryptonite to a certain type of man.
http://www.noraloreto.ca
Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social Author, journalist. New book: What She Said: Conversations About Equality. Quill & Packet mysteries with Kate Hilton. Bury the Lead (2024); Widows and Orphans (2025) Linktree: https://linktr.ee/lizrenzetti
Andy Roddick @aroddick.bsky.social Associate prof @ McMaster; Andean Archaeologist; Bolivia; Dad; Photographer; Cyclist, Music. roddick_a@mstdn.social Opinions mine not of my employer.
Meredith Hambrock @meredithambrock.bsky.social Novelist, OTHER PEOPLE'S SECRETS (Crooked Lane Books, 2022), and SHE'S A LAMB! (ECW Press - 2025), Screenwriter (Corner Gas Animated,) and Writing Instructor. Curling- biking-reading repeat. Canadian.
https://linktr.ee/mhambrock
Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social Consultant! Writer! Programmer! Host! SEMcast, SHINY THINGS, "former Toronto fest film picker" - The Hollywood Reporter. He/him. https://linktr.ee/normwilner
Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social "Above all, we loved this country and loved exploring and painting it." ~ Lawren Harris
Ayelet Tsabari @ayelettsabari.bsky.social Author of SONGS FOR THE BROKENHEARTED (HarperCollins Canada, Random House US), THE ART OF LEAVING, a memoir, THE BEST PLACE ON EARTH, stories.
southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social Writer, lawyer, Dodger fan, internet dog. nycsouthpaw18 at gmail. 
Matt Kavanagh @mattkavanagh.bsky.social college professor / contemporary American novel / film noir / financial fiction / writer and reviewer / 🇨🇦 / personal account
Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social Narrative Director for videogames at discoglobe.ca. MFA Creative Non-Fic student at UKC. Luddite in the historical sense. She/They www.jillmurray.com
Coach House Books @coachhousebooks.bsky.social Coach House Books is an independent Canadian publisher of poetry, fiction, drama & nonfiction. Good on paper since 1965. https://linktr.ee/chbooks
CBC Pitchbot @cbcpitchbot.bsky.social Status-quo propaganda for the average upper-middle class white Canadian. Satirical. Parody account. Not the CBC.
they
Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social 🇨🇦 🇸🇬 Illustrator, author (The Pink Pajamas, S&S 2025) | Rep: Tracy Marchini | Co-host @kidlitart.bsky.social chat | 🚫AI/NFT
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Nik Bennett @mancunadian.bsky.social manc with hoser cred / psychogeographer / all writing - made up shit, based on stuff that’s happened / photos / nik bennett / mufc / tml / raiders / blue jays
Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social I write Popular Information, an independent newsletter dedicated to accountability journalism. | judd@popular.info | Signal: juddlegum.47
Popular.info
Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social Still in that awkward pre-ghost phase
writer/editor at The Beaverton
she/her | Vancouver B.C.
Articles: https://www.thebeaverton.com/author/mary-gillis/
If you wanna criticize me, pay here first: https://ko-fi.com/marygillis
Matt Carrington @mattcarrington.bsky.social Book editor, poetry and cultural policy researcher. I edit Holocaust survivor memoirs. 
GO round @gloomen.bsky.social Industrious Designer of useful things for healthcare. Medical & scientific illustrator (glenoomen.ca) Recovering medical school anatomist and gross anatomy/pathology guy. Friend to other peoples cats and dogs (it's not weird).
Barbara Tran @staranise99.bsky.social Poet, writer, K9 behaviour geek
Precedented Parroting 🦜 (poetry)
Finalist, Governor General's Literary Award
#anstrutherbooks | @palimpsestpress.bsky.social
barbaratran.com | https://linktr.ee/barbaratran
Julie Penner @julespenner.bsky.social Musician, mother, arts worker. I play violin with Do Make Say Think, Broken Social Scene, JP Hoe, etc. Made radio/podcasts with The Vinyl Cafe and William Prince. I tend to post about Winnipeg, biking, urbanism, and politics.
https://linktr.ee/JuliePenner
Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social Strategy/Creative/Content/Branding @ rovélo creative. Lectures on reframing the mainstream narrative around road safety, cities and mobility.
Devout follower of Jesus and Mary Chain
Creativebyrovelo.com
Satirical news at The Rovélo Record
Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now.
https://sirenscallbook.com/
Sarah @sarahjen.bsky.social Average Canadian
Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social Toronto Star columnist, nice guy, jump shooter. 
Justin Ling @justinling.ca Uh-oh!!!!!!! Columnist/journalist @thestar.com, sometimes @wired.com, @foreignpolicy.com
Newsletter: www.bugeyedandshameless.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JustinLing
Signal: JustinLing.42
Jes Trudel 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @jestrudel.bsky.social Literary agent with The Rights Factory. Founder of WritingCommunity.ca. CLOSED TO QUERIES.
unborn linoleum @unborn-linoleum.bsky.social (to Susan Johnson, played by Carol Burnett)
Magnum: Nice looking coat! What is it? Unborn linoleum?
Paul Copcutt @paulcopcutt.bsky.social Publisher of The Vibe Hamilton - a comprehensive weekly list of the best things going on in the city. Subscribe for free https://thevibehamilton.com/ #HamOnt
Velvet Hammer🇨🇦 @hamont.bsky.social For those times when you find yourself in Hamilton, Ontario, but you want a cozy, gentle, enchanted place. Welcome. #thehammer #steeltown #demure Not to be confused with Velvet Jones.
The Canadian Children's Book Centre @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social We support the reading, writing, illustrating and publishing of Canadian books for young readers. 🇨🇦🧒🏽📚 bookcentre.ca
Ken Hunt @kenhunt.bsky.social Recovering publisher, aspiring bartender.
Jeff Miller @theghostpine.bsky.social Writer, reader, punk | MFA UBC | He/him
Novel: Temporary Palaces (House of Anansi, out now!) Non-fiction: Ghost Pine: All Stories True (Invisible)
Richard Levangie @richardlevangie.bsky.social #Author. Environmentalist. Ally. Survivor. Warrior. Settler. Climate activist. Woke AF. MFA. Secrets of the Hotel Maisonneuve (Nevermore), 2020. Red Tiger, Winter, 2027 (Galleon). Kjipuktuk. Halifax, Nova Scotia. He/him. Be kind, be cool. 🇨🇦 315ppm
Octopus Books @octopusbooks.ca Woman owned, independent, and committed to making the world a better place.
116 Third Ave, Ottawa
Anishinaabe Territory
Canada
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Shelf Life Books @shelflifebooks.bsky.social Independent bookstore in Calgary [Moh’kinstsis]. Open 7 days a week. Free local delivery. Dog friendliest. Find good books here. www.shelflifebooks.ca
BMV BOOKS @bmvbooksannex.bsky.social Canada’s largest used bookstore with great prices . We sell books, comics, graphic novels, cd’s, dvd’s,Blu-ray’s vinyl , action figures, puzzles and more
4 floors of bargains 471 Bloor Street West Toronto 
Liz Worth @lizworth.bsky.social Poetry. Tarot. Oddities. Punk rock etc. My new book "INSIDE EVERY DREAM, A RAGING SEA" is out now through Book*hug Press: www.lizworthauthor.com | #hamont
Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com Award-Winning Book designer • Comics publisher • Fuji photography enthusiast • He/him • http://linktr.ee/michelvrana
Craig Silverman @craigsilverman.bsky.social Cofounder of https://indicator.media, your essential guide to understanding and investigating digital deception. Sign up for free! Investigative journalist and OSINT trainer.
https://craigsilverman.ca
Justin Chandler @justinchandler.work He/Him | CBC News reporter in #HamOnt | @cmglaguilde.bsky.social / @cwacanada1.bsky.social union organizer | Comic-book enthusiast | Ex: @wearetvo.bsky.social, CBC Radio, Radio Free Krypton | DM for Signal | https://www.justinchandler.work/
Cadence Weapon @cadenceweapon.bsky.social 📩 grant@midnightagency.com (booking)
📨 helen@sixshooterrecords.com (mgmt)
https://sixshooterrecords.lnk.to/Forager
cadenceweapon.substack.com
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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com Nightmares for sale. 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 Sunburst winner; Giller Prize, Amazon, Aurora & Shirley Jackson nominee. The Stone Garden. The Butcher’s Daughter. RED X. The Bone Mother. Gay/Queer. Cis. Old. No AI. https://daviddemchuk.com
Denise Balkissoon @balkissoon.bsky.social Executive editor @thenarwhal.ca. Still hate gum. The lakes, they are Great.
(Illo by Andrea Bell, from The Leak, a kid's graphic novel about a girl that does environmental journalism!)
Anakana Schofield @anakanaschofield.bsky.social 🚨LIBRARY OF BROTHEL MAY 2026 Knopf Canada Jan 2027 NYRB
“tips it off the cliff” Globe
“One of the most adventurous writers working in English today”
“sui generis”
Award winning author of Bina, Martin John & Malarky
www.anakanaschofield.com
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Christine Estima @cestima.bsky.social Author of THE SYRIAN LADIES BENEVOLENT SOCIETY (2023) and LETTERS TO KAFKA (2025) Bylines: The New York Times, The Walrus, Observer, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, Vice, Chatelaine, and more. Free Palestine🇵🇸 Free Lebanon🇱🇧