Monica Nathan

@blgtylr @riverheadbooks Looking forward to it! And keeping my fingers crossed for a Toronto event!!!

@Adele_Liles @SheenaH33 An author interview on TSNOTYAW’s April 24th episode mentions this tactic. I thought it was brilliant!

@SheenaH33 I listen to several podcasts, but there’s a strong chance it was The Shit No One Tells You About Writing.

Heard someone say they got their agent by looking up editors on Publishers marketplace and then approaching the agents that worked with them in the same genres. Thoughts?

@BethanyJarmul A Fate Worse Than Death by Nisha Patel and A Year of Last Things by Michael Ondaatje

It’s time to request more books from the library! I’m currently loving poetry collections that read like memoir & memoirs that read like poetry. What recommendations do you have? ☺️📚

🚨 Pitch Perfect submissions are open! 🚨 If you have a completed manuscript and you're not sure what to do with it, check out FOLD's Pitch Perfect program. Visit thefoldcanda.org/pitchperfect for more information!

For our last FOLD reading challenge, we end the year as we began, with the belief in literature’s ability to build bridges, foster empathy, and spark crucial conversations. This month, see my recommendations for books by Congolese and Sudanese authors.

🚨📚SOME PERSONAL NEWS📚🚨 cbc.ca/books/bookends…

Another wonderful honor for Awakenings!!! Thank you @IntlBookAwards!!!!!!! Thank you, Congrats, and Much Love to all contributors and @EmergeJournal ❤️❤️❤️ If you don't yet have your copy, need another, or want to send a great gift--order here: elj-editions.com/awakenings/ or Amazon!

Applications for our 2024 Autumn Workshops are now open. In addition to our general scholarships, we are offering awards for those who identify as BIPOC. The deadline to apply is July 28th.

Last week, we announced our #NewVoicesAward finalists. Get to know them better: meet Monica Nathan👋 Monica is a Pushcart-nominated writer with work featured or forthcoming in various publications, including EVENT where she was recently shortlisted for their non-fiction contest.

Just signed copies of my books at the Bay & Bloor Indigo, so if you have a friend in the GTA who’s itching for their next summer read, let ‘em know! 😉🇫🇷🇮🇹 #24HoursInParis #24HoursInItaly #BookTwitter #CanadianAuthors @indigogreenroom @WbyWattpadBooks

Honoured to be in such great company. Congratulations to all the finalists!

Friends, we are OPEN for submissions. Please visit barrenmagazine.com/submissions for details as some things have changed. Don’t delay, as each genre will close once caps are met. No prompts this time. Impress us with your best! #poetrycommunity #fiction #cnf #writercommunity

There is one brutal through-line uniting the crises @RevueCinema, Hot Docs, Ontario Place, Ontario Science Centre, and Toronto's sponsor-wracked arts festivals: an active distaste and fundamental ignorance of what the arts can do. My @globeandmail column: theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/arti…

When you find out who doesn’t have Asian friends.

PUBLISHED: our new Annual Report, "The Things We Could Not Carry", looks at the cost of leaving one’s home, whether planned over weeks and months, or suddenly in the middle of the night.

Am honoured to be part of this beautiful (and now award winning!) anthology.

Hi Twitter fam, long time no see. Barren is revamping some things behind the scenes for a better sub/reader experience and is aiming to open for subs on Monday 6/17. Thank you all so much for your patience.

Cry/laughing & Laugh/crying