Writer, teacher, editor.
Chair, The Writers' Union of Canada
The Donoghue Girl (Latitude 46, 2024)
The Pollination Field (Turnstone, 2025)
www.kimfahner.com
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@waterkeepermark.bsky.socialReposted by @kimfahner.bsky.socialOnce people swim - they become fierce protectors. Great piece from @cangeo on how the Swimmable Cities movement is taking root across the Great Lakes, from Kingston's Gord Downie Pier to the sunrise swimmers in Oakville. Is your waterfront swimmable? canadiangeographic.ca/articles/mak...
@mikeachim.bsky.socialReposted by @kimfahner.bsky.socialI know there is a hell of a lot going on right now.
But not all of it is bad. Some is astonishingly good - like the results of this study from June.
Cervical cancer is a terribly cruel thing.
This might, at long last, be the beginning of the end of it.
@riverheronreview.bsky.socialReposted by @kimfahner.bsky.socialIn Poetry as a Coping Tool, Kelsey Bigelow - Poetry creates space to explore poetry as a means of processing grief, loss, trauma, and difficult emotions. Begins October 5–there’s still time to join us. Register by October 1 and save 10%. www.riverheronreview.com/poetry-as-a-...
@womensartbluesky.bsky.socialReposted by @kimfahner.bsky.socialLinocut by contemporary printmaker Mariann Johansen-Ellis #WomensArt
@robmclennan.bsky.socialReposted by @kimfahner.bsky.socialnew from above/ground press: Self-Portrait in a kaleidoscope, by Pete Smith / @bcbooklook.bsky.social @shearsmanbooks.bsky.social ;
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@fravery.bsky.socialReposted by @kimfahner.bsky.socialTime passes. Could it be that I never believed it? Did I believe the blue nights could last forever? — Joan Didion, Blue Nights John Dowd (American Artist, born 1960)
@alonghurst.bsky.socialReposted by @kimfahner.bsky.socialThe Ontario government is aggressively privatizing surgeries and medical imaging—core hospital services
My new @policyalternatives.ca research study evaluates whether this policy direction reduces wait times and serves the public interest
@thewalrus.caReposted by @kimfahner.bsky.socialThe near-total eradication of millions of buffalo wasn’t accidental. As early conservationist William Temple Hornaday noted in 1889, the annihilation was part of a federal strategy to force Indigenous nations onto reservations. https://thewalrus.ca/wild-buffalo-make-a-comeback/
@writersfest.bc.caReposted by @kimfahner.bsky.socialWe’re pleased to introduce these authors as featured guests for #VWF2026!
Tickets for all events on sale now at writersfest.bc.ca.
@womensartbluesky.bsky.socialReposted by @kimfahner.bsky.social'Landscape with a Geoglyph ll' by contemporary painter Sarah Lees #WomensArt
@snarkysillysad.bsky.socialReposted by @kimfahner.bsky.socialVery few things compare to being away from home for several hours and coming home to dogs who are beyond thrilled you're back. 🥰
@pomological.xor.blueReposted by @kimfahner.bsky.socialwhite queen plums, painted by bertha heiges, 1903
@robmclennan.bsky.socialReposted by @kimfahner.bsky.socialClaire Marie Stancek, Operating Moon
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@the-wood-lot.bsky.socialReposted by @kimfahner.bsky.social@womensartbluesky.bsky.socialReposted by @kimfahner.bsky.socialWhile listening to council meetings in Montreal, local mayor Sue Montgomery decided to knit in red when men spoke and in green when women spoke, when similar numbers of both attended.
Day 1 results.... #WomensArt
@kimfahner.bsky.socialIf you’re a member of The Writers’ Union of Canada, the Mentorship Microgrants Program is now open for applications. The deadline is Oct 25/26. ✍️📚✨ thewritersunionofcanada
@kimfahner.bsky.socialThanks, Tamarack Festival & Timmins—you’re lovely. ❤️🙏✍️📚🍁
@pomological.xor.blueReposted by @kimfahner.bsky.sociallady rusk strawberries, painted by muller, frank, 1891
@robmclennan.bsky.socialReposted by @kimfahner.bsky.social12 or 20 (second series) questions with Blair Trewartha / @btrewart.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social ;
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