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Weird Girls Book Tour: London

Saturday, June 6, 2026
4:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.

Little Wren 502 Adelaide Street North London, ON, N6B 3J2 Canada (map)

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Dearest dears! I just got back from a wild weekend at @gritlitfestival — taught a workshop, signed a bunch of copies of Weird Babies, sat on two panels, met some really wonderful people. I’m finally coming out the other side of moving cha

First night of @gritlitfestival. I forgot my earrings. Everything is fine

Tonight I have the delight and honour of emcee-ing my friend @emmamckennawrites ‘s book launch! I can’t wait to celebrate Emma and this beautiful book. Buy it? Come tonight? It’s virtual. Hope to see you there! @bookhugpress

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Join Jaclyn Desforges for Writing Workshop: Writing Weird: Vulnerability as Superpower. In a literary landscape increasingly hungry for authenticity, your oddities and obsessions are your greatest assets.
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Weird Babies spotted in the wild @epicbookshamilton

Party tonight!

You’re coming to the Weird Babies party tomorrow night, right? Good cuz there are these custom chocolate bars! And you get one at the party when you buy a book. Thank you @chocolatetalesca (a true #hamont gem) and @diwasama for putting these to

Quill and Quire called Weird Babies “refreshing, unpredictable, and utterly distinctive” — which is pretty much everything I’ve ever longed for it to be. Thank you @quillandquire. Five years (maybe seven) of writing this thing

I’m so delighted that @on_creative_writing interviewed me about my practice. They asked me what advice I would give to writers — here’s what I shared!

Check out the rest of the interview at the On Creative Writing site (comment and

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Jamie will be welcoming multidisciplinary verbal and literary artist, storyteller and poet Chukky Ibe, Jaclyn Desforges (Weird B

Took these babies on a walk today

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