Thank you, editors. I recommend this lit journal nonpareil! #writingcommunity #dirtyrealism #gritlit
ICYMI: "On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61," flash fiction by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social:
On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61 by Patricia Q. Bidar
You emerge from your apartment, wheatfield hair ablaze in the afternoon sun. My big sister, skinny in a form-fitting dress. Today you are 60. I smooth my Hawaiian shirt over my paunch. “Birth…
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December 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Thank you, editors. I recommend this lit journal nonpareil! #writingcommunity #dirtyrealism #gritlit
RIP Daniel Woodrell #noirfiction #gritlit
November 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
RIP Daniel Woodrell #noirfiction #gritlit
Check out Blue Pencil Writing Consults at the gritLIT Festival in Hamilton, April 18–19. You can register here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/gritlit-an...
#booksky #writersky #authorsky #freeediting #hamiltonontario #literaryevents #literaryfestival #canadianeditor #editors
#booksky #writersky #authorsky #freeediting #hamiltonontario #literaryevents #literaryfestival #canadianeditor #editors
March 22, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Check out Blue Pencil Writing Consults at the gritLIT Festival in Hamilton, April 18–19. You can register here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/gritlit-an...
#booksky #writersky #authorsky #freeediting #hamiltonontario #literaryevents #literaryfestival #canadianeditor #editors
#booksky #writersky #authorsky #freeediting #hamiltonontario #literaryevents #literaryfestival #canadianeditor #editors
Hamilton friends, gritLIT is coming up soon, with lots of fabulous programming including our own Nicola Winstanely, Margaret Nowaczyk and Daniel Coleman. You can find out more here: www.gritlit.ca
gritLIT: Hamilton's Readers & Writers Festival
April 23–27, 2025 || gritLIT is Hamilton's annual literary festival for readers and writers, uniting Canada's biggest authors, up-and-coming talent and local voices in one event.
www.gritlit.ca
April 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Hamilton friends, gritLIT is coming up soon, with lots of fabulous programming including our own Nicola Winstanely, Margaret Nowaczyk and Daniel Coleman. You can find out more here: www.gritlit.ca
It's just another *bookish* Monday!
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#booksky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmReading #HistoricalFiction #GritLit #RuralNoir
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#booksky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmReading #HistoricalFiction #GritLit #RuralNoir
April 20, 2026 at 11:20 AM
It's just another *bookish* Monday!
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#booksky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmReading #HistoricalFiction #GritLit #RuralNoir
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#booksky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmReading #HistoricalFiction #GritLit #RuralNoir
April 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Its going to take me a few days to recover from reading these beautiful tragedies #lit #gritlit #shortstories #booksky @jdclappwrites.bsky.social @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Its going to take me a few days to recover from reading these beautiful tragedies #lit #gritlit #shortstories #booksky @jdclappwrites.bsky.social @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
#Authors and #writers, get ready because we are about to open up program registration from now until the spring festival in April.
Find out more here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/gritlit-an...
#booksky #writersky #canadianwriters #authorsky #5amwritersclub #literaryfestival #canadianevents #ontariobooks
Find out more here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/gritlit-an...
#booksky #writersky #canadianwriters #authorsky #5amwritersclub #literaryfestival #canadianevents #ontariobooks
December 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
#Authors and #writers, get ready because we are about to open up program registration from now until the spring festival in April.
Find out more here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/gritlit-an...
#booksky #writersky #canadianwriters #authorsky #5amwritersclub #literaryfestival #canadianevents #ontariobooks
Find out more here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/gritlit-an...
#booksky #writersky #canadianwriters #authorsky #5amwritersclub #literaryfestival #canadianevents #ontariobooks
This year, I’ll be reviewing independent press books as part of the #100smallpress project. I love short story collections, weird and wonderful literary fiction, and crime fiction or gritlit. If you or anyone you know has a book coming out from a small press in 2025, I would love to hear about it.
January 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This year, I’ll be reviewing independent press books as part of the #100smallpress project. I love short story collections, weird and wonderful literary fiction, and crime fiction or gritlit. If you or anyone you know has a book coming out from a small press in 2025, I would love to hear about it.
GritLit in Hamilton was *chef’s kiss*!
Literary festivals are such a vital part of our cultural landscape. Thank you to everyone who attended and immense respect to my fellow panelists and the organizers. ♥️
w/ @farahghafoor.bsky.social
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#hamilton #canlit #literaryfestival #bookish
Literary festivals are such a vital part of our cultural landscape. Thank you to everyone who attended and immense respect to my fellow panelists and the organizers. ♥️
w/ @farahghafoor.bsky.social
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#hamilton #canlit #literaryfestival #bookish
April 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
GritLit in Hamilton was *chef’s kiss*!
Literary festivals are such a vital part of our cultural landscape. Thank you to everyone who attended and immense respect to my fellow panelists and the organizers. ♥️
w/ @farahghafoor.bsky.social
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#hamilton #canlit #literaryfestival #bookish
Literary festivals are such a vital part of our cultural landscape. Thank you to everyone who attended and immense respect to my fellow panelists and the organizers. ♥️
w/ @farahghafoor.bsky.social
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#hamilton #canlit #literaryfestival #bookish
I'm going to be hosting an event @gritlitfestival.bsky.social this year!
Join me for "gritLIT After Dark: Horror" with Cheryl Isaacs, @agawilmot.bsky.social, and @pas-mal.bsky.social on Sat April 26 #HamOnt
www.gritlit.ca/festival-eve...
Join me for "gritLIT After Dark: Horror" with Cheryl Isaacs, @agawilmot.bsky.social, and @pas-mal.bsky.social on Sat April 26 #HamOnt
www.gritlit.ca/festival-eve...
gritLIT After Dark: Horror — gritLIT
In their three chilling new books, Cheryl Isaacs ( The Unfinished ), Pasha Malla ( All You Can Kill ), and AGA Wilmot ( Withered ) bring haunting narratives to life, each pulling readers into an...
www.gritlit.ca
March 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I'm going to be hosting an event @gritlitfestival.bsky.social this year!
Join me for "gritLIT After Dark: Horror" with Cheryl Isaacs, @agawilmot.bsky.social, and @pas-mal.bsky.social on Sat April 26 #HamOnt
www.gritlit.ca/festival-eve...
Join me for "gritLIT After Dark: Horror" with Cheryl Isaacs, @agawilmot.bsky.social, and @pas-mal.bsky.social on Sat April 26 #HamOnt
www.gritlit.ca/festival-eve...
Want to help a great writer celebrate her debut collection?
And, hear work from other talented women writers of gritlit?
Want a sneak peak at my debut? I'll be reading a chapter.
Sign up for this time zone friendly event on Sept. 6th!
And, hear work from other talented women writers of gritlit?
Want a sneak peak at my debut? I'll be reading a chapter.
Sign up for this time zone friendly event on Sept. 6th!
A reminder to RSVP for "Women of Grit Lit," a virtual reading with some great writers. And we'll be celebrating the publication of my story collection! @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social and @rfpress.bsky.social mash up.
August 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Want to help a great writer celebrate her debut collection?
And, hear work from other talented women writers of gritlit?
Want a sneak peak at my debut? I'll be reading a chapter.
Sign up for this time zone friendly event on Sept. 6th!
And, hear work from other talented women writers of gritlit?
Want a sneak peak at my debut? I'll be reading a chapter.
Sign up for this time zone friendly event on Sept. 6th!
What a glorious day for a good book! 😃📖
The Weight of the Light
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#booksky #writingcommunity #AmWriting #AmReading #GritLit #SouthernFiction #RuralNoir
The Weight of the Light
tinyurl.com/TWOTLp
#booksky #writingcommunity #AmWriting #AmReading #GritLit #SouthernFiction #RuralNoir
April 18, 2026 at 11:47 AM
What a glorious day for a good book! 😃📖
The Weight of the Light
tinyurl.com/TWOTLp
#booksky #writingcommunity #AmWriting #AmReading #GritLit #SouthernFiction #RuralNoir
The Weight of the Light
tinyurl.com/TWOTLp
#booksky #writingcommunity #AmWriting #AmReading #GritLit #SouthernFiction #RuralNoir
You know what always cures a case of the Mondays?
A good book.
I have one just for you!
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#booksky #writingcommunity #GritLit #RuralNoir #amwriting #amreading #novel #LitFic #HistoricalFiction #reading
A good book.
I have one just for you!
tinyurl.com/bdhyj3jh
#booksky #writingcommunity #GritLit #RuralNoir #amwriting #amreading #novel #LitFic #HistoricalFiction #reading
April 13, 2026 at 12:23 PM
You know what always cures a case of the Mondays?
A good book.
I have one just for you!
tinyurl.com/bdhyj3jh
#booksky #writingcommunity #GritLit #RuralNoir #amwriting #amreading #novel #LitFic #HistoricalFiction #reading
A good book.
I have one just for you!
tinyurl.com/bdhyj3jh
#booksky #writingcommunity #GritLit #RuralNoir #amwriting #amreading #novel #LitFic #HistoricalFiction #reading
Yep, I’m a finalist. I’ll be there on Thursday win or lose. They asked a read a few minutes as well. Always fun going back to my hometown. hamiltoncitymagazine.ca/hamilton-lit...
Hamilton Literary Awards reward standout books and storytelling - Hamilton City Magazine
The 31st annual ceremony, now co-hosted by the Hamilton Arts Council and the gritLIT Readers and Writers Festival, will happen Dec. 12 at the Central Library. Over 30 years of stories is something Ham...
hamiltoncitymagazine.ca
December 7, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Yep, I’m a finalist. I’ll be there on Thursday win or lose. They asked a read a few minutes as well. Always fun going back to my hometown. hamiltoncitymagazine.ca/hamilton-lit...
It's GritLit weekend! Stelliform has a nice prize in the silent auction. If you're at the festival or local to Hamilton, bid & you could win two books by GritLit alum Rebecca Campbell and a Stelliform canvas tote.
Let the bidding begin!
https://loom.ly/y4DmDM8
Let the bidding begin!
https://loom.ly/y4DmDM8
April 17, 2026 at 1:38 PM
It's GritLit weekend! Stelliform has a nice prize in the silent auction. If you're at the festival or local to Hamilton, bid & you could win two books by GritLit alum Rebecca Campbell and a Stelliform canvas tote.
Let the bidding begin!
https://loom.ly/y4DmDM8
Let the bidding begin!
https://loom.ly/y4DmDM8
Cleghorn Pens Debut Novel
tallasseetimes.com/2026/04/09/c...
Thankful for the coverage and the radio interview!
#books #novel #GritLit #ruralnoir #historicalfiction #amwriting #amreading #writingcommunity #theweightofthelight #amazonKDP #farming #Alabama #southernculture #booksky
tallasseetimes.com/2026/04/09/c...
Thankful for the coverage and the radio interview!
#books #novel #GritLit #ruralnoir #historicalfiction #amwriting #amreading #writingcommunity #theweightofthelight #amazonKDP #farming #Alabama #southernculture #booksky
Cleghorn Pens Debut Novel
Tallassee native Jason Cleghorn has written his first book
tallasseetimes.com
April 9, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Cleghorn Pens Debut Novel
tallasseetimes.com/2026/04/09/c...
Thankful for the coverage and the radio interview!
#books #novel #GritLit #ruralnoir #historicalfiction #amwriting #amreading #writingcommunity #theweightofthelight #amazonKDP #farming #Alabama #southernculture #booksky
tallasseetimes.com/2026/04/09/c...
Thankful for the coverage and the radio interview!
#books #novel #GritLit #ruralnoir #historicalfiction #amwriting #amreading #writingcommunity #theweightofthelight #amazonKDP #farming #Alabama #southernculture #booksky
You know what day it is...
A good day for a good book!!!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GTYR33W1
#booksky #writingcommunity #AmWriting #AmReading #Friday #LitFic #GritLit #RuralNoir
Oh and you're welcome for the earworm...
A good day for a good book!!!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GTYR33W1
#booksky #writingcommunity #AmWriting #AmReading #Friday #LitFic #GritLit #RuralNoir
Oh and you're welcome for the earworm...
April 17, 2026 at 10:17 AM
You know what day it is...
A good day for a good book!!!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GTYR33W1
#booksky #writingcommunity #AmWriting #AmReading #Friday #LitFic #GritLit #RuralNoir
Oh and you're welcome for the earworm...
A good day for a good book!!!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GTYR33W1
#booksky #writingcommunity #AmWriting #AmReading #Friday #LitFic #GritLit #RuralNoir
Oh and you're welcome for the earworm...
Ecstatically grateful to @saralippmann.bsky.social for her kind words about my upcoming collection!
#workingclasslit #gritlit #UnsolicitedPress #IndieLitScene #IndieBooksMatter #RebelReaders #BookCommunity #ReadIndie #BookReview #LitCulture #PoetryAndProse #FictionThatBites
#workingclasslit #gritlit #UnsolicitedPress #IndieLitScene #IndieBooksMatter #RebelReaders #BookCommunity #ReadIndie #BookReview #LitCulture #PoetryAndProse #FictionThatBites
September 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Ecstatically grateful to @saralippmann.bsky.social for her kind words about my upcoming collection!
#workingclasslit #gritlit #UnsolicitedPress #IndieLitScene #IndieBooksMatter #RebelReaders #BookCommunity #ReadIndie #BookReview #LitCulture #PoetryAndProse #FictionThatBites
#workingclasslit #gritlit #UnsolicitedPress #IndieLitScene #IndieBooksMatter #RebelReaders #BookCommunity #ReadIndie #BookReview #LitCulture #PoetryAndProse #FictionThatBites
Spent the evening with writers, first at dinner, then at the launch party for #gritlit which is coming up in April here in Hamilton. It's a great little literary festival. Check it out!
February 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Spent the evening with writers, first at dinner, then at the launch party for #gritlit which is coming up in April here in Hamilton. It's a great little literary festival. Check it out!
Meaghan Strimas (award-winning author and coordinator of Humber Polytechnic’s Bachelor of Creative and Professional Writing) is running a workshop at the GritLIT Literary Festival that I am certain will be brilliant and funny and helpful and human, just like her.
@gritlitfestival.bsky.social
@gritlitfestival.bsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Meaghan Strimas (award-winning author and coordinator of Humber Polytechnic’s Bachelor of Creative and Professional Writing) is running a workshop at the GritLIT Literary Festival that I am certain will be brilliant and funny and helpful and human, just like her.
@gritlitfestival.bsky.social
@gritlitfestival.bsky.social
Don't just take my word for it...
The Weight of the Light
theweightofthelight.netlify.app
www.amazon.com/Weight-Light...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...
#booksky #amreading #amwriting #writingcommunity #GritLit #RuralNoir #historicalfiction #literaryfiction #novel
The Weight of the Light
theweightofthelight.netlify.app
www.amazon.com/Weight-Light...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...
#booksky #amreading #amwriting #writingcommunity #GritLit #RuralNoir #historicalfiction #literaryfiction #novel
April 9, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Don't just take my word for it...
The Weight of the Light
theweightofthelight.netlify.app
www.amazon.com/Weight-Light...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...
#booksky #amreading #amwriting #writingcommunity #GritLit #RuralNoir #historicalfiction #literaryfiction #novel
The Weight of the Light
theweightofthelight.netlify.app
www.amazon.com/Weight-Light...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...
#booksky #amreading #amwriting #writingcommunity #GritLit #RuralNoir #historicalfiction #literaryfiction #novel
tinyurl.com/jasoncleghor...
Proud of myself! Celebrate your wins, folks. If you believe in yourself, you can do anything you put your mind to...
#booksky #writingcommunity #amreading #amwriting #GritLit #RuralNoir #LitFic #novel #letsread
Proud of myself! Celebrate your wins, folks. If you believe in yourself, you can do anything you put your mind to...
#booksky #writingcommunity #amreading #amwriting #GritLit #RuralNoir #LitFic #novel #letsread
Jason Cleghorn: books, biography, latest update
Follow Jason Cleghorn and explore their bibliography from Amazon's Jason Cleghorn Author Page.
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April 15, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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Proud of myself! Celebrate your wins, folks. If you believe in yourself, you can do anything you put your mind to...
#booksky #writingcommunity #amreading #amwriting #GritLit #RuralNoir #LitFic #novel #letsread
Proud of myself! Celebrate your wins, folks. If you believe in yourself, you can do anything you put your mind to...
#booksky #writingcommunity #amreading #amwriting #GritLit #RuralNoir #LitFic #novel #letsread