Join Maya Ameyaw and me for our joint launch! We’ll be talking about our books UNDER ALL THE LIGHTS and THE BEAUTY OF US! 🌟Tues Oct 1, 7pm - 9pm 📍Society Clubhouse, 967 College St Toronto ✍🏽Free! Register: doctorameyaw.eventbrite.ca

Attention writers! Spots are still open and filling up in our online writing workshops. Register now for the opportunity to learn from published authors and take part in our festival wherever you are! Visit buff.ly/3KtuYNU for more details and to register! The Bookshelf

Over the past year, these eight incredible Canadian Women have broken the glass ceiling, paving the way for those behind them. #ELLECanada ellecanada.com/culture/societ…

Here’s TPS thinking they are IOF, stopping people leaving the Exhibition GO station. Their reason? Keffiyehs, “Palestine colours”, pins and flags were not allowed on CNE property. Even if this were true, we weren’t entering the CNE but trying to get to the eastbound TTC stop.

Yesterday there was an incident with fascist police and then a hateful email from a zionist who had a complaint about my novel Seven. And this morning, 2 new poems, one about fascist police and another about hateful emails from zionist readers. 🧚‍♀️

Next Saturday! 7 Psych Tricks to help you with writer’s block (virtual Eden Mills Writers' Festival) Sign up: linktr.ee/farzanadoctor

Canadian COVID Forecast: Aug 31-Sep 13, 2024 SEVERE: CAN, AB, BC, MB, NL, North, NS, ON, SK VERY HIGH: NB, PEI, QC HIGH: none MODERATE: none About 1 in 32 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

Happy pub day to Attic Rain (and to me, I suppose lol). The eagle has left the nest, or the northern flicker has left the attic, or whatever. Check it out if you dare! #Poety #CanLit #OCD #MentalHealth bookshop.newestpress.com/products/attic…

Memories from 2010. It’s great to see that the opposition to the war show has grown. World BEYOND War Canada thestar.com/news/gta/prote…

NEW: Canada's biggest banks all have subsidiaries with financial ties to Elbit Systems, the Israeli arms maker driving controversy in Canadian arts They're largely passive ties. And the Scotia subsidiary stake that prompted the protests is far more active theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

Upcoming: Diana Bereseford-Kroeger, David A Robertson, Linzey Corridon, Hanif Abdurraqib, KJ Aiello, Aviva Rubin, S Bear Bergman and more! - mailchi.mp/anotherstory/s…

Wowee. This Toronto-based thriller by Jayne Green kept me on my toes! Its plot is tight, beautifully written and weird in these best ways. There is interesting commentary about cults, coercive control, misogyny. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 bookshop.org/p/books/disgra…

An Unmasked Doctor is....

Next Monday! All welcome! USEndFGMNetwork Sahiyo Equality Now EndFGMCanada

*the best of authors who did not pull their books from consideration

The Giller Prize has announced its 2024 longlist – without Scotiabank in its name anymore But Scotiabank is still lead sponsor – so this appears to be a branding decision following months of contention over Scotia-sponsored arts events over ties to Elbit theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/art…

✨Join us Sept 10 at 9:00 AM PST/ 12:00 PM EST! Farzana Doctor, activist, social worker, and author, will share practical strategies to help reduce burnout and vicarious trauma. 📲Register: bit.ly/CareForActivis…

Events this week! Register/info at linktr.ee/farzanadoctor -7 Psych Tricks for Writer's Block (online) with Eden Mills Writers' Festival: Sept 7, 3-4:30pm ET. -4 Essential Strategies for Self and Community Care for Activists (online) with USEndFGMNetwork The US Sahiyo Sept 10, 12pm ET.