TWUC Parliamentary Petition – Help Spread the Word – Writers' Guild of Alberta
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October 9, 2026 at 3:45 AM
I’m so grateful to be the new Chair for The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC). It’s been a really rough year or two w/ my mobility declining while I wait for leg and hip surgery, so I feel especially glad to have met so many Canadian authors (and new friends) through my volunteer work w/ TWUC.❤️🇨🇦🙏
May 31, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I’m so grateful to be the new Chair for The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC). It’s been a really rough year or two w/ my mobility declining while I wait for leg and hip surgery, so I feel especially glad to have met so many Canadian authors (and new friends) through my volunteer work w/ TWUC.❤️🇨🇦🙏
Well, now. That’s a nice way to start an afternoon.
June 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Well, now. That’s a nice way to start an afternoon.
Thanks to The Writers' Union Of Canada 🇨🇦 (TWUC) for making webinar "A Guide To Taxes For Writers" free to members. Lots of great info from Michelle Elrick & @thegreatwriter.bsky.social. Watched via my #AppleVisionPro, taking notes throughout. Recorded/edited this short video entirely in my AVP.
March 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Thanks to The Writers' Union Of Canada 🇨🇦 (TWUC) for making webinar "A Guide To Taxes For Writers" free to members. Lots of great info from Michelle Elrick & @thegreatwriter.bsky.social. Watched via my #AppleVisionPro, taking notes throughout. Recorded/edited this short video entirely in my AVP.
*EVENT* NorthWest Passages, Feb. 12, 7-8- pm MST.
Join hosts Elizabeth Haynes (TWUC National Council rep for Alberta, NWT & Nunavut) and Jackie Carmichael for this free online reading by authors Lori Hahnel, Samantha Jones, Karen K. Lee & Maiden Manzanal-Frank. #CanLit #ReadingSeries #TWUC
Join hosts Elizabeth Haynes (TWUC National Council rep for Alberta, NWT & Nunavut) and Jackie Carmichael for this free online reading by authors Lori Hahnel, Samantha Jones, Karen K. Lee & Maiden Manzanal-Frank. #CanLit #ReadingSeries #TWUC
February 7, 2026 at 8:27 PM
*EVENT* NorthWest Passages, Feb. 12, 7-8- pm MST.
Join hosts Elizabeth Haynes (TWUC National Council rep for Alberta, NWT & Nunavut) and Jackie Carmichael for this free online reading by authors Lori Hahnel, Samantha Jones, Karen K. Lee & Maiden Manzanal-Frank. #CanLit #ReadingSeries #TWUC
Join hosts Elizabeth Haynes (TWUC National Council rep for Alberta, NWT & Nunavut) and Jackie Carmichael for this free online reading by authors Lori Hahnel, Samantha Jones, Karen K. Lee & Maiden Manzanal-Frank. #CanLit #ReadingSeries #TWUC
Here’s my annual “thank you” to the PLR/Canada Council/TWUC! Next year I’ll have double the books! Yay!
February 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Here’s my annual “thank you” to the PLR/Canada Council/TWUC! Next year I’ll have double the books! Yay!
I had a total blast reading and listening to authors read at the TWUC Ontario open mic!
December 4, 2024 at 1:19 AM
I had a total blast reading and listening to authors read at the TWUC Ontario open mic!
I like how today's remaining to-do list items are like:
- Pass pages - King antho
- Reply to Alaska lady
- Check - need to invoice A? or automatic?
- 5 questions send back - F.
- Start doc for Erika
- Water plants
- Tell TWUC to fuck off re: AI
- Pass pages - King antho
- Reply to Alaska lady
- Check - need to invoice A? or automatic?
- 5 questions send back - F.
- Start doc for Erika
- Water plants
- Tell TWUC to fuck off re: AI
November 22, 2024 at 7:30 PM
I like how today's remaining to-do list items are like:
- Pass pages - King antho
- Reply to Alaska lady
- Check - need to invoice A? or automatic?
- 5 questions send back - F.
- Start doc for Erika
- Water plants
- Tell TWUC to fuck off re: AI
- Pass pages - King antho
- Reply to Alaska lady
- Check - need to invoice A? or automatic?
- 5 questions send back - F.
- Start doc for Erika
- Water plants
- Tell TWUC to fuck off re: AI
Totally agree with you and disagree with TWUC.
November 21, 2024 at 1:56 AM
Totally agree with you and disagree with TWUC.
Excited to talk shop next week with my fellow litmag editors. All info can be found on the #TWUC website: writersunion.ca/webinars/how...
March 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Excited to talk shop next week with my fellow litmag editors. All info can be found on the #TWUC website: writersunion.ca/webinars/how...
Writers, get your work out there! :) Details on TWUC short prose competition: www.writersunion.ca/short-prose-...
January 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Writers, get your work out there! :) Details on TWUC short prose competition: www.writersunion.ca/short-prose-...
I'm very curious to see the answers to these... I used to belong to a couple of writing organizations (SFWA, my locals WGA and TWUC) but I found that I just... was not using what they were offering and/or wasn't eligible for the offers.
August 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
I'm very curious to see the answers to these... I used to belong to a couple of writing organizations (SFWA, my locals WGA and TWUC) but I found that I just... was not using what they were offering and/or wasn't eligible for the offers.
ON teachers: interested in a funded visit exploring This is the Boat that Ben Built, & the animals of the northern river ecosystem? As a TWUC member, I can apply for the WITS program, supported by the OAC and the ON gov. Reach out by Feb 7, and find more here: bit.ly/TWUC-WITS
#schoolvisit
#schoolvisit
News & Musings for Jen Lynn Bailey, Children's Book Author
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January 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
ON teachers: interested in a funded visit exploring This is the Boat that Ben Built, & the animals of the northern river ecosystem? As a TWUC member, I can apply for the WITS program, supported by the OAC and the ON gov. Reach out by Feb 7, and find more here: bit.ly/TWUC-WITS
#schoolvisit
#schoolvisit
"The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) and the Writers’ Guild of Alberta (WGA) are shocked and disappointed to have had a joint Freedom to Read Week event discussing censorship and book-banning cancelled by the contracted venue."
writersunion.ca/news/reading...
writersunion.ca/news/reading...
Reading Event at Calgary Legion Cancelled During Freedom to Read Week | The Writers' Union of Canada
writersunion.ca
February 19, 2026 at 5:16 PM
"The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) and the Writers’ Guild of Alberta (WGA) are shocked and disappointed to have had a joint Freedom to Read Week event discussing censorship and book-banning cancelled by the contracted venue."
writersunion.ca/news/reading...
writersunion.ca/news/reading...
English punk rock band Tenpole Tudor performing "3 Bells in a Row" live on German show Musikladen in 1981. Song on the group's debut album Eddie, Old Bob, Dick and Gary. #PunkRock
m.youtube.com/watch?v=twuC...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=twuC...
Tenpole Tudor - 3 bells in a row 1981
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January 2, 2025 at 4:10 AM
English punk rock band Tenpole Tudor performing "3 Bells in a Row" live on German show Musikladen in 1981. Song on the group's debut album Eddie, Old Bob, Dick and Gary. #PunkRock
m.youtube.com/watch?v=twuC...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=twuC...
Yes, there's another one! Katie 2 - Katie Crumble and the Case of the Terrible Naughty coming this fall. @plumleafbooks @plumleafpress
Illustrations by Lydia Ramsey. @lydialenore.art
#katiecrumblebooks #kidlit #funnybooks #canscaip #twuc @authorsbooking.bsky.social #chapterbooks #booklovers
Illustrations by Lydia Ramsey. @lydialenore.art
#katiecrumblebooks #kidlit #funnybooks #canscaip #twuc @authorsbooking.bsky.social #chapterbooks #booklovers
July 7, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Yes, there's another one! Katie 2 - Katie Crumble and the Case of the Terrible Naughty coming this fall. @plumleafbooks @plumleafpress
Illustrations by Lydia Ramsey. @lydialenore.art
#katiecrumblebooks #kidlit #funnybooks #canscaip #twuc @authorsbooking.bsky.social #chapterbooks #booklovers
Illustrations by Lydia Ramsey. @lydialenore.art
#katiecrumblebooks #kidlit #funnybooks #canscaip #twuc @authorsbooking.bsky.social #chapterbooks #booklovers
"As part of a global effort to demand regulation for artificial intelligence developers, The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) has launched a Parliamentary Petition calling for radical transparency for AI training processes and the works they subsequently produce."
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-7774 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
September 22, 2026 at 9:53 PM
"As part of a global effort to demand regulation for artificial intelligence developers, The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) has launched a Parliamentary Petition calling for radical transparency for AI training processes and the works they subsequently produce."
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
As part of a global effort to demand regulation for artificial intelligence developers, The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) has launched a Parliamentary Petition calling for radical transparency for AI training processes and the works they subsequently produce.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-7774 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
September 23, 2026 at 2:19 PM
As part of a global effort to demand regulation for artificial intelligence developers, The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) has launched a Parliamentary Petition calling for radical transparency for AI training processes and the works they subsequently produce.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Katie Crumble and the Case of the Terrible Naughty! A high seas mystery. At your local bookstore. Order online: linktr.ee/KatieCrumble2
Plumleaf Press
#ElementaryTeachers
#TeacherLibrarian
#SchoolLibrarian
#CanadianTeachers
#authorsbookingservice
#canscaip #twuc #scbwi
Plumleaf Press
#ElementaryTeachers
#TeacherLibrarian
#SchoolLibrarian
#CanadianTeachers
#authorsbookingservice
#canscaip #twuc #scbwi
September 27, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Katie Crumble and the Case of the Terrible Naughty! A high seas mystery. At your local bookstore. Order online: linktr.ee/KatieCrumble2
Plumleaf Press
#ElementaryTeachers
#TeacherLibrarian
#SchoolLibrarian
#CanadianTeachers
#authorsbookingservice
#canscaip #twuc #scbwi
Plumleaf Press
#ElementaryTeachers
#TeacherLibrarian
#SchoolLibrarian
#CanadianTeachers
#authorsbookingservice
#canscaip #twuc #scbwi
This is the thing. Neither the Authors Guild nor The Writers’ Union of Canada will engage honestly with this point, despite all their noisy advocacy. Licensing doesn’t magically cancel out gen”AI”’s unethical origins and pushing licensing as the AG & TWUC are doing is disingenuous at best
Using generative AI, even for memes, normalizes an ethically abhorrent technology. The content that was scraped to make your meme (the photos of the president, the art of the MTG cards, the music for your song) were made by human creatives who have not and will never be fairly compensated for it.
November 14, 2024 at 5:33 AM
This is the thing. Neither the Authors Guild nor The Writers’ Union of Canada will engage honestly with this point, despite all their noisy advocacy. Licensing doesn’t magically cancel out gen”AI”’s unethical origins and pushing licensing as the AG & TWUC are doing is disingenuous at best
TWUC members—check out this new program!
September 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
TWUC members—check out this new program!
You don't have to be a TWUC member to sign, but you do have to be Canadian
September 22, 2026 at 10:38 PM
You don't have to be a TWUC member to sign, but you do have to be Canadian
Adding my voice to those denouncing TWUC statement about being “cautiously optimistic” about AI rights deals.
“It’s here to stay so we might as well let them do it” is as uncritical as it is lazy.
“It’s here to stay so we might as well let them do it” is as uncritical as it is lazy.
November 22, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Adding my voice to those denouncing TWUC statement about being “cautiously optimistic” about AI rights deals.
“It’s here to stay so we might as well let them do it” is as uncritical as it is lazy.
“It’s here to stay so we might as well let them do it” is as uncritical as it is lazy.