David (P) Leonard
@davidpleonard
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Optimist. Curious. ED: @writerstrust. Vol: @DalhousieU. Launched #WalrusTalks. Ran global program on inclusion. Eponymous weather service (#DLWS).
NS-raised, now Davenport, Toronto.
Joined May 2008
Ok now i am.
No, I'm not leaving here, but many of the recent mgmt decisions have been worrying, and the direction it seems to be heading is...well...not promising. Just in case, the link in my bio has other places to find me too.
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I had a great day at @torontoWOTS yesterday and took home a shoulder-breaking bag of books. More coming today. Happy to support this beautiful festival.
If there is one thing you learn at Word on the Street (@torontoWOTS) it's that Toronto is a city that loves to read! Great seeing everyone today!
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Top Canadian fiction books of 2024📕🍁📕 Congrats to our #AtwoodGibson WT Fiction Prize finalists #EricChacour & Pablo Strauss @pastrauss, #ConorKerr, Canisia Lubrin @canisialu, @FawnRParker, & @Sheung_King
https://t.co/RCJQDia8Zi $75K winner revealed Nov 19 #WTAwards #canlit
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Your favourite writers' favourite writers 📕🍁📕 Save the dates: Literary award season is upon us! Discover the best #canlit literary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry of 2024 https://t.co/6Dxy9TYK7u
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Expand your perspective: #PankajMishra's Weston International Award win includes a trip to #Toronto to deliver a marquee lecture based on his work, which we invite you to join us for on Sept 16 at the Royal Ontario Museum @ROMtoronto Reserve your spot: https://t.co/GoN5ECwxun
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Congratulations to #PankajMishra, winner of the 2024 Weston International Award for nonfiction writing🍁🌏 Currently living in London and Mashobra, India, Mishra's books expand our understanding of the Global South, Western imperialism in Asia, and contemporary spirituality.
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DC Reid donates $1.5 million to Writers’ Trust to perpetually fund the #DCReidPoetsGrant, which annually delivers 8 anonymous grants of $5,000 to talented Canadian poets of modest means to help fund their writing. Learn more and apply at: https://t.co/B5RWOtdOuU
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"I think it's more important than ever to uplift queer Canadian storytellers—and the #DayneOgilvie Prize is a high profile way to do that." Award-winning Ontario author #AnujaVarghese pledges $25K to the Dayne Oglivie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers 🎉 https://t.co/7etbpchcDb
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This is very not good.
apple.news
Official from ruling BJP party allows action against Booker winner under controversial anti-terrorism law
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Look, it's me and my @DalhousieU story. Happy to be helping @Dal_Alumni...
A juicy job offer meant David Leonard (BA’22) left @DAL_FASS before finishing his BA in the 90s. Online learning during COVID meant he could complete it from Toronto in 2022. Now the ED at @writerstrust, he’s supporting arts & literature in Canada: https://t.co/jGzs9tVulF
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Fiction writer Nayani Jensen @njensen_writes wins the 2024 @RBC #BronwenWallace Award for “Like Rabbits” Read her winning story at https://t.co/q51HIz5hiD
#canlit
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Poet Faith Paré @paretriarchy wins the 2024 @RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Selections from “a fine African head” Read her winning poems at https://t.co/q51HIz5hiD
#canlit #cdnpoetry
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2024 marks 30 years of the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers 📕🍁📕 Prize founder @CarolynSmart, who was a close friend of #BronwenWallace, will announce our two $10,000 winners later today! #canlit #cdnpoetry
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Fresh off the press! Take a peek at this year’s #BronwenWallace Award book spotlighting incredible works of poetry and fiction from our 2024 finalists. Congrats to all nominated authors. Stay tuned for the winner announcement on Monday June 3. https://t.co/q51HIz4Jt5
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Our deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of Canadian author Alice Munro. A master of the short story form admired by readers at home and around the world, she leaves an indelible mark on the Canadian literary landscape. https://t.co/QBT6sVqptU
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@robotpilot O...and I suppose I should also mention that the Teva Harrison Foundation continues, has now collected more than $50,000 directly for metastatic cancer causes that she cared about. I will make my annual donation on the anniversary tomorrow in her honour: https://t.co/lsPWouwRW3
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@robotpilot So I guess, on this 5 year anniversary of the death of a magnificently glowing person, maybe try a little harder to give back a bit, to yield, to believe, to hope, to search for beauty. Life can be short, but life can be full.
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And especially now, while people argue in bad faith, while algorithms drive us from each other, while misanthropes and cynics push us all to the extremes, connection is everything. @robotpilot was beloved by many for her presence and her care. There's a lesson there...
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Teva believed deeply that saying yes to life was not solely a selfish act, but necessary in order to live fully in a world full of nuance and complexity. And that saying yes often meant uplifting her community through the muscle of hope. This is something that sticks with me...
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And in troubled times (these last 5 years, AMIRITE), I feel blessed to have a greater understanding that hope is a bold and muscular act, that we can choose to connect rather than divide, that love and beauty are not finite, that healing is possible...
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