EU Deforestation Regulation update: An update from the European Commission (and what Canadian publishers need to know) The latest news out of the European Commission.
https://www.booknetcanada.ca/b....log/2025/12/3/eu-def

Call For Papers for a special issue of Studies in Canadian Literature on “Speculative Futures in Canadian Literature.” Speculative Futures in CanLit Call for Papers Article submissions in English or French are invited for a special 50th-anniversary issue of Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne on the theme of Speculative Futures in CanLit. The issue will be co-edited by John Clement Ball, Laura Moss, and Cynthia Sugars, and with a submission deadline of 15 May 2026. This issue invites...
https://speculatingcanada.ca/2....025/11/11/call-for-p

Keep that Candle Burning Bright I’d heard legends about such practices, but until this summer I’d never witnessed it myself, the meticulously maintained collections of used books up for grabs at rural waste transfer stations. When we arrived at the dump in late August at the end of cottage holiday, it just rained in Haliburton, mercifully, for the first time […]
https://picklemethis.com/2025/....11/26/keep-that-cand

Why I Write?  “There is no certainty. You never know. Nobody cares if you finish your novel, unless you’re Miriam Toews. The page, the page, the blankness of eternity.” New essay for paid subscribers. What is the writing life for those of us who aren’t Miriam Toews (which is most of us)? I bared my soul again! Read […]
https://picklemethis.com/2025/12/01/why-i-write/

You are a sophisticated person if you think things are bad. “We get accustomed to something improving, and we stop recognizing that actually matters. I think as well, there’s an element where for audience, it feels weirdly not smart to consume this kind of coverage. Like, you are a sophisticated person if you think things are bad. Because you’re smart enough to see it, which actually […]
https://picklemethis.com/2025/....12/02/you-are-a-soph