Courtney Baird-Lew

Local animal whisperer / connaisseur of things

[The Malahat Review @malahatreview]

Check your mailboxes and local bookstores for our summer issue 227!
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Featuring cover art by Torkwase Dyson⁠ and new writing by @cbairdlew, @laurencpeat, @SharmaviVivek, Saadi Youssef translated by @kmattawa, and more.
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https://t.co/EYjKh8Omnj

[Exclaim! @exclaimdotca]

A triumph of music and spectacle, @osheaga's 16th edition celebrated a genre-defying mix that drew record numbers. Our review: https://t.co/5LsVskvNqv

[Courtney Baird-Lew @cbairdlew]

Christian Cooper will forever hold a special place in my heart. 🕊️

https://t.co/Y3z2pUB1dD

[CBC Books @cbcbooks]

Congrats to @cbairdlew on making the 2023 CBC Short Story Prize longlist! Read more about Absence by Courtney Baird-Lew here: https://t.co/WBhb6Rxe6z

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Rivka Galchen discussing the province of Québec and giving a shoutout to Beba is the kind of travel content that we need.

https://t.co/DONRmpCzmw

[Courtney Baird-Lew @cbairdlew]

My vote for Best Supporting Actress goes to Jenny the miniature donkey and Jenny alone 🖤

[Courtney Baird-Lew @cbairdlew]

Song pitch: Toro Y Moi's "So Many Details" but change the chorus to "too many emails"

[Courtney Baird-Lew @cbairdlew]

@VithuNamas @hellzy_bellzy @callm3cosm0 @alexcaza You are much better at Twitter than I am / this photo of @hellzy_bellzy and I is very Dollar Store 'Thelma and Louise' / the best sommeliers are at the bowling alley serving $5 bottles of wine

[Courtney Baird-Lew @cbairdlew]

@timothyjforster Berlin does a body good 💪

[Courtney Baird-Lew @cbairdlew]

Hi all, I am (one of two) new Lifestyle Editors for Sticky Rice Magazine: an e-zine dedicated to Asian-Canadian / marginalized voices. Have an article / story / visual piece in mind and want to contribute? Send me a DM! 🍚

https://t.co/AFo8M3uJrz

[Courtney Baird-Lew @cbairdlew]

The one thing people love more than restaurant food is restaurant merch.

[Courtney Baird-Lew @cbairdlew]

Watching ‘Da 5 Bloods’ and seeing ‘The Wire’s’ Lester Freamon and Clay Davis on the same team is mind-boggling / Spike Lee is genius

[Courtney Baird-Lew @cbairdlew]

@timothyjforster I try my best

[Courtney Baird-Lew @cbairdlew]

@timothyjforster I keep every single one of them so as to follow the arc of > engagement > wedding > kids > inevitable divorce and/or posting to FB once every hour with inspirational bible passages because they're hashtag blessed, aka hashtag trapped

[Courtney Baird-Lew @cbairdlew]

Endless amounts of respect for this man 🐦

[Read Jackson Rising @JPHilllllll]

This is Christian Cooper.

[Courtney Baird-Lew @cbairdlew]

There's a guy walking around my neighbourhood carrying a boombox blasting NWA - nature is healing itself🌻

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

your ex-boyfriend:
• doesn’t read
• made fun of things you loved

Paddington Bear:
• kind and polite
• emotionally supportive
• transforms a prison into a home through the power of bedtime stories and marmalade sandwiches

[Paperback Paradise @paprbckparadise]

two dollars