@garybarwin.bsky.social
writing, multimedia, music, art, Hamilton ON Canada https://linktr.ee/garybarwin
“There’s a wisecrack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”
@riverstreetwriting.bsky.socialReposted by @garybarwin.bsky.socialWe want to thank CBC Books for their excellent roundup of 24 Canadian books to read for World Mental Health Day, which includes three books we’ve been celebrating.
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@bookhugpress.bsky.socialReposted by @garybarwin.bsky.socialRune Christiansen celebrates his latest novel, The Case of the Caprice of Lost Time, translated from the Norwegian by Kari Dickson, which is out today! Happy publication date to Rune!
The Case of the Caprice of Lost Time is available from our webstore: bookhugpress.ca/shop/books/f...
@garybarwin.bsky.socialso glad to have a poem on @neonpajamas.bsky.social fantastic poem and prompt site
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@bookhugpress.bsky.socialReposted by @garybarwin.bsky.social"The Comedian’s Book of the Dead draws the reader in by fifths and quarters, and before you know it, the forest has closed around you & there’s nowhere left to go but forward."
@garybarwin.bsky.social's new novel is reviewed by Jeff Dupuis for The Miramichi Reader. miramichireader.ca/2026/09/the-...
@bookhugpress.bsky.socialReposted by @garybarwin.bsky.social"Is death the perfect punchline? A sudden unexpected yet inexorable twist to the story?"
@garybarwin.bsky.social talks with @alllitupcanada.bsky.social about his new novel The Comedian's Book of the Dead and the intersection of comedy and grief.
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@bookhugpress.bsky.socialReposted by @garybarwin.bsky.social"Before he was chosen to be Death, Death was a comedian. And a family man. Betty, his wife, Grigory, his young son."
Read an excerpt from the newly released novel The Comedian's Book of the Dead by @garybarwin.bsky.social on the @civilianreader.com. civilianreader.com/2026/09/21/e...
@alllitupcanada.bsky.socialReposted by @garybarwin.bsky.social"Is death the perfect punchline?"
We chat with @garybarwin.bsky.social about his new novel THE COMEDIAN'S BOOK OF THE DEAD (@bookhugpress.bsky.social), a funny and original novel about the joy and pain of parenthood.
@bookhugpress.bsky.socialReposted by @garybarwin.bsky.socialHappy Publication Day to The Comedian’s Book of the Dead by the inimitable @garybarwin.bsky.social. We can’t wait for readers to meet this profound, imaginative underworld quest and fresh, funny page-turner from one of Canada’s most beloved and awarded storytellers.
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@garybarwin.bsky.socialI dropped my defence lawyer wife off at the courthouse this morning and was reminded of another time when a woman was standing outside screaming and screaming at the courthouse. It chilled me to my bones.
@garybarwin.bsky.socialso glad you liked it.
@wordgarbler.bsky.socialReposted by @garybarwin.bsky.socialHa ha ha, I got to read it before it's officially out in the world! Anyway, if you (like me) enjoy novels where the main character is Death itself, then you (like me) will enjoy this one.
@riverstreetwriting.bsky.socialReposted by @garybarwin.bsky.socialAn excerpt of Gary Barwin’s breathtaking novel, The Comedian’s Book of the Dead (Book*hug Press), is available to read at The Civilian Reader.
civilianreader.com/2026/09/21/e...
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@garybarwin.bsky.socialafter Basho, Busan, Issa #shortpoemsunday
@garybarwin.bsky.socialit’s crowded here
these words have already
begun
@robmclennan.bsky.socialReposted by @garybarwin.bsky.socialsome above/ground press author activity: Jon Cone, Mark Tardi, Gary Barwin, Monty Reid + Kyle Flemmer, / @mreid.bsky.social @garybarwin.bsky.social @joncone.bsky.social @kyleflemmer.com ;
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2026/09/some...
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@nathanwhitlock.bsky.socialReposted by @garybarwin.bsky.socialGreat free author event happening next Monday night in #hamont
@bookhugpress.bsky.socialReposted by @garybarwin.bsky.socialCheck out Part of the Dialogue, a recommended reading list for @49thshelf.bsky.social from @garybarwin.bsky.social, author of The Comedian's Book of the Dead, featuring books by Stuart Ross, Martha Baillie, Carrianne Leung, Elee Kraljii Gardiner, derek beaulieu, & more! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/09...
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