Finnian Burnett

Author, Educator, Cat Person

Hey besties. After a lot of thought and too much Yorkshire tea (yes, I keep mentioning them in every post and at some point they’re going to start sending me free tea), I’ve decided to move all my blog-style content, sneak peeks, and behind-the-scenes updates over to Patreon where it’s easier for me to share …

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Welcome to Five Questions With—An interview series where I talk with some of my favourite writers, publishers, agents, and other industry folks. This week I’m talking with Murgatroyd Monaghan about the politics of erasure, what it means to write Autistically, and why poetry should sometimes hurt. Your book, white spaces where we learn to breathe …

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Welcome to Five Questions With — a series where I talk with writers, publishers, agents, and other industry professionals about my favourite topic — writing! This week, I’m talking with Melanie Mayer about accidentally becoming a romance writer, balancing humor with horror, and what happens when you write a gargoyle love story so spicy you …

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The other day, I posted in the Canada Writes Facebook group—run by CBC Books—about something that’s been on my mind lately: the proposed defunding of the CBC, a political promise of Pierre Poilievre. It’s interesting, and relevant to us as writers, that defunding the CBC is a political promise of Pierre Poilievre. I read today …

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Welcome to the 5 Questions Series. Each week, I’ll ask five questions of some of my favorite authors, editors, publishers, and other industry professionals. This week, I’m talking with Robin van Eck about about what it takes to build a vibrant writing community, how the Alexandra Writers’ Centre Society is reimagining literary spaces, and why …

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