Lesley Trites

Fiction writer & freelance editor. Author of A Three-Tiered Pastel Dream / Fulminologie. Transplanted Maritimer become Montréalaise. She/her.

[Emily Forney @EmilyKaitlinnn]

There are 2 types of fiction writers I rep:

1. Who gives a shit, it’s fiction

2. I will request the 1768 almanac from a library in Massachusetts to see the weather patterns for a small town in North Dakota to see if it makes sense for my characters to stand in the rain and talk

[Lesley Trites @LesleyTrites]

@EmilySaso1 Wait, you're writing a witch novel?! I am so here for this. Very exciting.

[Invisible Publishing @invisibooks]

Join us, May 20, 8 PM, for the Instagram Live launch of The Quiet is Loud! @SamanthaKGarner will be joined by @terivlass. We're thrilled to present this event in partnership with @book_wardrobe, Garner's local indie in #Mississauga! You can catch Garner tonight at #FOLD2021!
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[Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @therealrealTMZ]

If you were not at @akkabah's workshop on anti-oppressive copy editing but are registered for #FOLD2021 I'd highly recommend logging in and accessing their workshop material - lots of great resources

[Lesley Trites @LesleyTrites]

@carablueadams Aw. I hope so, too! Would love to share a glass with you two again one of these days.

[Vehicule Press @VehiculePress]

Surveys reveal that people have almost doubled the amount of time they spend reading books since the lockdown began. For good reason! See our latest newsletter for the Lockdown Fiction Bundle. Books by @LesleyTrites David Bouchet, and @MulloyPmulloy. https://t.co/omeoD0aBC1

[Lesley Trites @LesleyTrites]

@EmilySaso1 Feeling this! I'm with you.

[Lesley Trites @LesleyTrites]

@JackieHedeman Omg this is amazing! Happy belated birthday!

[Lesley Trites @LesleyTrites]

@AEOsworth Love this energy and the idea of dueling collective unreliable narrators - can't wait to read your book!

[Thea Lim @thea_lim]

The Book Auction to Support Prisoners is now OPEN! Tell your friends! Tell your enemies! And please B I D ! ✨➡️ https://t.co/Pi3iZgnUis ⬅️✨Now, why we are raising funds for prisoners -- some facts about prison under the Canadian state: a thread

[Lesley Trites @LesleyTrites]

@JenSookfongLee Definitely needed!

[Lesley Trites @LesleyTrites]

@thebenschaefer Yes!! Someone once told me about an arts residency oriented around the tarot (each year takes a specific card as its theme). I must find out if this place still exists.

[Lesley Trites @LesleyTrites]

@DelBauchery I love my long Stutterheim rain jacket: https://t.co/fhzpHSI1fu Very pricey, but they sometimes have big sales.

[Lesley Trites @LesleyTrites]

@NikkiReimer Very much relate.

[Lesley Trites @LesleyTrites]

@leventhology Recently: Girl, Woman, Other. Also a novel-in-stories of sorts, and very multi-vocal.

[carte blanche @alacarteblanche]

The deadline to apply to our 39th issue on the theme of Anxiety is this JULY 15! We are accepting poetry, translation, comics, and photography. Work from BIPOC, LGBTQ2AS, disabled, and under-represented artists is strongly encouraged. Please RT, dear community!

[Lesley Trites @LesleyTrites]

@zoewhittall Such a beautiful and heartbreaking essay. I'm so sorry for your loss, Zoe. Thanks for sharing. <3