Forgive Us, We're Canadian \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 Mark Leiren-Young
Mark Leiren-Young, Skaana with Mark Leiren-YoungFor Canadians and people who are Canada-curious. Also, some not-so-Canadian writing about pop culture, writing and humans and other animals who inspire me. And I honour Canadian spelling, eh.
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No, scientists did not declare the climate crisis over
This piece was commissioned and published in The Globe and Mail on June 3, 2026. I’ve added back a few lines that were cut for length. I’ve kept their edits because they were great and I kinda like the fancy way they spell “per cent” and th...
Remembering Marjane Satrapi & Why She Thought Adapting Her Graphic Novel, Persepolis, as a Movie was, "the worst idea in the world."
Marjane Satrapi - 2007
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I covered the Toronto Film Festival for about twenty years and was lucky enough to attend quite a few opening nights. The North American premiere screening of Persepolis was the first time I saw...
If you want to save the southern resident orcas it's time to take two minutes to say so before June 7th
I set up this Substack to write about my passions that don’t relate to saving orcas and life in the ocean, but I wrote this for the Substack to call out a literal “deadline” for the southern resident orcas, so I’m sharing it here too.
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Avi's NDP - LEAPing Before They Looked
The audiobook version of my new book - Greener Than Thou, Surviving the Toxic Sludge of Canadian Eco-Politics - read/ranted by me was just released and is available on all your fave audiobook providers. Since this started as a stage play, I...
So you want to publish a book? Why?
Amazon - the 950-pound gorilla ‘cause it crushed the 800-pound gorilla in a cage match.
So the other day a friend told me they were working on a book and wondered how best to approach a publisher and whether it was worth it. Their timing...
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