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Looking for a place to happen. Toronto. Host, @commotioncbc. Culture writer. Book: Son of Elsewhere.

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More gems from Oct 22 at #VWF2026:

Rob Taylor presented a colourful roundup of the biggest news in poetry this year, before a stacked lineup of readers took the stage at The Poetry Bash.

Yasuko Thanh read from Pizza Before We Die: An Eyewitness Account in Gaza, her book cowritten with Palestinian author Hassan Kanafani, in her powerful event with Carol Shaben.

Cory Doctorow was mesmerizing in his conversation about AI with David Beers.

📸: @thebernunithk

A deeply moving conversation between Kim Echlin, author of Tell Others, and Aislinn Hunter.

David Szalay signed books for fans after a fantastic conversation with Alix Ohlin about his Booker-winning novel, Flesh.

📸: @nutrition.untangled

Acclaimed crime novelists talked twists and turns: Alex Spring, William Wodhams, and Liz Nugent with moderator Marian Botsford Fraser.

Elamin Abdelmahmoud captured in a delightful moment during his interview of Booker-shortlisted author Marlon James.

Kawai Strong Washburn, author of The Names of the New World, blew us away in his conversation with Maria Reva.

Doretta Lau, Kim Fu, and Daniel Zomparelli spoke about how they crafted their ghostly novels with Robert Wiersema.

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The Bedtime Story Hotline is LIVE! ☎️😴 From October 18–25, call at any time of day from anywhere to hear Festival-exclusive readings of bedtime stories, narrated by acclaimed authors from the #VWF2026 guest lineup.

📞 778-369-BOOK(2665)

🌙 Wherever You Go read by Elamin Abdelmahmoud
🌙 This is Sadie read by Anita Rau Badami
🌙 This Land is a Lullaby read by Sharon Bala
🌙 Three poems read by Damian Barr
🌙 Lisa’s Airplane Trip read by Emilie Christie Burack
🌙 A Lion in the Meadow read by Catherine Chidgey
🌙 I Have To Go read by Gregor Craigie
🌙 Boy Soup read by Sarah Ellis
🌙 The Piper and the Puca read by Kevin Hardcastle
🌙 Goodnight Moon read by Nazanine Hozar
🌙 Poems from Consolations II read by Clara Hughes
🌙 Eleven Stars over Andalusia read by Salma Hussain
🌙 Maya read by Canisia Lubrin
🌙 The Three Billy Goats Gruff read by Mark Medley
🌙 Moonlight Sonata read by Jay Odjick
🌙 The Book with No Pictures read by Carol Off
🌙 Poems by A. A. Milne read by Sara O’Leary
🌙 Guess How Much I Love You read by Rollie Pemberton
🌙 Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen read by Iain Reid
🌙 The Bunney-Fluffs’ Moving Day read by Anakana Schofield
🌙 Durin’s Song read by Coltrane Seesequasis
🌙 We All Love read by Monique Gray Smith
🌙 The Giving Tree read by Kai Cheng Thom
🌙 102 read by Jack Wong

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Who is #YouCanSeeEverything really about? 🤔

Film critic Adam Nayman tells host @elamin why the film is so entertainingly murky.

For the full conversation, find and follow Commotion wherever you get your podcasts. Link in bio. 🔗

#NathanFielder #ElizabethHolmes #A24 #documentary

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Why would we lie?

Our full review of #A24’s #YouCanSeeEverything is out now.

Find both the spoiler-free AND spoiler-filled episodes on our YouTube channel, Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts. Link in bio. 🔗

#NathanFielder #ElizabethHolmes #documentary

Music credit: You Got This by Ari Balouzian

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✨ Introducing our 2026 Page Lecture speaker: Elamin Abdelmahmoud!

Host of CBC’s Commotion, award-winning culture writer, and author of the No. 1 bestselling memoir Son of Elsewhere, Elamin joins us for:

📖 The Best of Our Possible Lives

Join us for a reflection on writing as a way of reaching toward our higher selves and discovering what becomes possible on the page.

📚 Registration is required for the reception following the talk.

#PageLecture #ElaminAbdelmahmoud #QueensEnglish #QueensU #CreativeWriting

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A middle-back toucher?? 🤢

Culture writer @sweetoblivion26 tells @elamin what makes #HBO’s new show #Youth both so funny and so revolutionary.

For the full conversation, find and follow Commotion wherever you get your podcasts. Link in bio. 🔗

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Who is Beck, really?

@marcissist tells @elamin about the sides of the musician that are revealed in the new unauthorized biography, The Last Temptation of Beck: The Untold Story of a Pop Messiah.

For the full conversation, find and follow Commotion wherever you get your podcasts. Link in bio. 🔗

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From micro-cheating in romance novels to Trudeau’s divorced dad era, watch and listen to Commotion for hot takes on the biggest pop culture moments.

For full conversations, find and follow Commotion on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. Link in bio.🔗 @commotioncbc @elamin #popculture

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excellent canadian literature must have two things:
1. be gay
2. mention loons

(thanks @elamin for the shoutout and a happy anne carson won a nobel day to all who celebrate!!)

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We convened a meeting of the #AnneCarson fan club — and you don’t want to miss it 📖👀

The Canadian writer just won a #Nobel prize in literature. #HeatedRivalry showrunner @jacob.tierney tells @elamin what makes her so exceptional. 🏆

For the full conversation, find Commotion on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. Link in bio. 🔗

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wrap it up⏱️

@refinery29’s @kathleennb tells @elamin why it’s so frustrating to see the internet comment on #JasmineGuy.

For the full conversation about #Netflix’s reboot of #ADifferentWorld, find and follow Commotion wherever you get your podcasts. Link in bio. 🔗

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how DARE you @elamin 😤

Filmmaker @romeocandido and film critic @thekristypuchko set the record straight on whether #ForgottenIsland has what it takes to be the next big animated movie like #KPopDemonHunters.

Find the full conversation on our YouTube channel or wherever you get your podcasts. Link in bio. 🔗

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