Leanne Shirtliffe

Author, poet, teacher, stationery lover. I write humour for kids, poetry for adults, and report card comments & reference letters for teens.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Better health coverage?

If Canadians became U.S. citizens they would lose their free health care, pay nearly three times more for their prescription drugs, and many of them wouldn’t be able to get coverage at all.

Something tells me they won’t be interested.

[All Lit Up - now on bsky as alllitupcanada @alllitupcanada]

Our final #ALUcozyfest feature happens to be for the kids: call over your littles and listen to a cozy reading from @LShirtliffe and her middle-grade novel, THE GENIUS HOUR PROJECT (@ReadThistledown).

https://t.co/6iZbK1tPxs

[Thistledown Press @ReadThistledown]

Celebrate with Thistledown Press with these fantastic Canadian titles for kids and young adults: GORDIE'S SKATE by Bill Waiser (illustrated by Leanne Franson), THE GENIUS HOUR PROJECT by @LShirtliffe . . .

[Janis Irwin @JanisIrwin]

Danielle Smith and the UCP have decided their priority is to punch down on trans folks.

A full quarter of their legislation targets trans people instead of addressing the real issues Albertans are facing.

Human rights aren’t up for debate.

And trans rights are human rights.

[Tsh Oxenreider @tsh]

A good day to re-read one of my favorite poems.

(Wendell Berry, of course.)

[Leanne Shirtliffe @LShirtliffe]

@smplefy @realTomChapman lol. Here to help

[Thistledown Press @ReadThistledown]

In case you missed it, have a listen to this excerpt of
@CBCHomestretch to hear book columnist
@ivereadthisblog give a shout-out—and a glowing review from her daughter—of @LShirtliffe's middle-grade novel The Genius Hour Project!
https://t.co/R8ITEfWWDF

[Leanne Shirtliffe @LShirtliffe]

@susanshors @ReadThistledown Thanks, Susan!!

[Steve Shirtliffe @ProfAgronomy]

I was frustrated by the lack of a good long term climate map for the prairies. So we built one. Here is an interactive map of the average 30 yr (1990-2020) Agro-climate W Canada. We used ECCC High Resolution Deterministic Prediction System data. https://t.co/m08r5eZoOR

[Leanne Shirtliffe @LShirtliffe]

@austinkleon As a teacher, I share this relief 🤷‍♀️🫣😂

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

On Labor Day, revisit Toni Morrison’s reflections on the job advice she received from her father.
https://t.co/Pj9h1yELyk

[Leanne Shirtliffe @LShirtliffe]

@danicounselor @JollyFishPress Best feeling ever. Congratulations!!

[Thistledown Press @ReadThistledown]

It was a riotous evening of fun at @owlsnestbooks last Thursday at @LShirtliffe's launch of THE GENIUS HOUR PROJECT! Check out the photos below where a tasty brain, a rogue lampshade, and general shenanigans abound!

[Leanne Shirtliffe @LShirtliffe]

My big brother is doing cool research ◡̈

[Steve Shirtliffe @ProfAgronomy]

So happy our research team is now funded by the Canadian Space Agency for wall to wall mapping of N2O emissions risks. Thaun Ha and Kwabena Nketia had huge contributions to application! @csa_asc @agbiousask @usaskplsc https://t.co/vl6T0SYjDz

[em @canxawfc]

summer olympics over now it’s time for the real olympics

[Devin Heroux @Devin_Heroux]

CANADA 🇨🇦 WINS THE GOLD

CANADA HAS WON GOLD

THE CANADIAN MEN’S 4x100m SHOCK THE WORLD

THEY ARE OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS

[Leanne Shirtliffe @LShirtliffe]

@susanshors Thank you so much!

[Leanne Shirtliffe @LShirtliffe]

My book is out today!!!! Thanks to all who had a hand in this!

[Thistledown Press @ReadThistledown]

📢@LShirtliffe's #middlegradenovel THE GENIUS HOUR PROJECT comes out today!

Pick up your copy at your local independent bookstore or from our website here: https://t.co/3uPRkfKWhi
#NewRelease #ReleaseDay #CanLit #kidsbooks

[Leanne Shirtliffe @LShirtliffe]

@MRMandell8 Thank you!