Shelagh Rowan-Legg

@shelaghrowanlegg

Poet | Writer | Filmmaker | Scholar Editor, @screenanarchy.bsky.social OFCS, AQCC, Fipresci | Tiohtià:ke/Montréal Letterboxd, she/they

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· Jul 3

it's a library research day for two audio commentaries I'm recording this month, for two very different films. I love it when research takes me to such different topics and places in the world to understand.

a stack of six library books: Paradoxes of time travel, cornish feasts and folklore
place attachment, the defense of berlin
the hollywood propaganda of wwii

Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· Jun 13

Two extraordinary recent books I've read by Canadians: THE ANNUAL MIGRATION OF CLOUDS @premeemohamed.com a haunting coming-of-age novella in a dark post-apocalypse world; LAYAWAY CHILD by @csuther.bsky.social , tender and moving stories of women and children who navigate immigration to Canada.

On the left: the cover of the annual migration of clouds by Premee Mohamed. The base is an off-white colour, the author's name is across the top, the main image is of a bird with its wings beginning to extend, and the title in white font across its feathers. On the right, the cover of layaway child by Chanel Sutherland. The base colour is yellow, the title is split across the top and bottom, with an image of a woman and a child, holding hands, between them.

Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· Jun 1

what a joy and an honour to be a guest at Flying Broom Internation Women's Film Festival / Uçan Süpürge Uluslararasi Kadin Filmeri Festivali

a two-page spread in a film festival catalogue. the left side, white writing on a black background, says ODAK: KANADA. The right side, red writing on a black background, says FOCUS: CANADA

a film festival catalogue page. Across the top is the title of the film. in turkish: ÇAMLARIN ARASINDA. In english, AMONG THE PINES. in french, DANS LES PINS. the bottom half is a photo: a country road in the winter, a house witha snowy rooftop, with some pine trees around. a figure is a long black coat stands in the road, looking to the camera.

Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· May 6

The poetry-inclined in Montréal! ON OCCASION: POEMS FOR THE PEOPLE edited by @queyras.bsky.social from @coachhousebooks.bsky.social launches Tuesday May 12th / mardi 12 mai, 7pm, Librarie De Stiil. Readings by me, @mishasolomon.bsky.social @csuther.bsky.social @pslycnrd.bsky.social and more!

Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· May 2

with alt text. The short version: @mark-carney.bsky.social is proving yet again that he is Harper 2.0, selling out Canadians for his corporate buddies.

But dig into the details and you learn national pharmacare is ending. There is no new money to create more child care spaces. Federal health-care spending is drastically being cut. Oh, and the government is looking at privatizing airports and ports — moves prime minister Stephen Harper didn’t even publicly contemplate.

Two years ago, prime minister Justin Trudeau announced with much fanfare the “first phase of a national pharmacare plan,” $1.5 billion over five years to cover a range of free contraception and life-saving diabetes medications. The plan — crafted under pressure from the NDP — was to study the initial roll out, and expand coverage to more drugs in the future. Trudeau said national pharmacare would strengthen the social safety net, and help Canadians get the care they needed.
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Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· Apr 11

It was a great pleasure to be asked by @jlalibs.com & @filmmovement.bsky.social to write about ANIMALE, Emma Benestan's terrific French revenge western fairy tale. Now available for order! vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/...

At the top can be seen a page from a blu ray booklet, with the title of the essay, Animale: The Wretched Justice of the werebull, by Shelagh Rowan-Legg. On the left side is the cover of the blue ray, with extreme close-up of a black bull's eye, with the reflection of a woman. On the right, another image, with a young man's face, the title of the film Animale, below that un film d'Emma Berenstan.

Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· Mar 26

Lecture ferroviaire, destination Dieppe

a book with a brown cover, at the top of which, in gold capital letters, the word SIMENON and below that, MAIGRET. At the bottom of the cover, in a black font, it reads Les Nouvelles Enquêtes de Maigret III

Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· Mar 23

I splurged a little for premium economy on French Bee, never flown the airline before but I do appreciate the leg room and glass of champagne pre-takeoff

an image of a seat screen, with a message that says Bienvenido al Bordo, with an image of the Eiffel tower, and a hand with blue painted nails holding a glass of champagne

Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· Feb 7

Last four films watched:

THE OUTLAW (Howard Hughes, 1943) 3 out of 4 stars
THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER (Kristen Stewart, 2025) 4 1/2 out of 5 stars
WOLFEN (Michael Wadleigh, 1981) 4 out of 5 stars
THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE (Robert Aldridge, 1968) 3 1/2 out of 5 stars

Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· Jan 28

Two terrific recent reads for me: Grey Dog, by Elliot Gish, and The Atrocities, by @jeremycshipp.bsky.social Terrific gothic stories about women teachers sent to strange places, dealing with forces supernatural and all too human as they struggle to keep themselves together. Highly recommended.

On the left, the cover of the book ‘Grey Dog’ by Elliot Gish. The background is red; the author’s name is in lower case across the top. The image taking up most the page is of a half-deer, half-wolf creature, the body and head of both on either side. The title of the book is in large cursive font across the bottom, with a quote below. On the right, the cover of the book ‘The Atrocities’ by Jeremy C. Shipp. The top is a grey background with a gothic house in black on the left. There is a red line from the house and moving in various straight lines, starting to follow a dark maze that takes up most of the rest of the cover. Across the middle is the title in white letters, and below that the author’s name.

Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· Jan 21

Very happy to receive mine & @simonlaperriere.bsky.social 's contributors copy of “EXORCISMO: Defying a Dictator and Raising Hell in Post Franco Spain” Blu-ray set from @severinfilms.bsky.social ! Order today: severinfilms.com/en-ca/produc...

Three images from a Blu-ray box set. The first on the top left is the cover, with the words “EXORCISMO: Defying a Dictator and Raising Hell in Post Franco Spain” across the bottom. The image is of a man in black, with his eyes missing and blood running from the sockets. Behind him is an image of flames, and superimposed below him is the torso of a woman, her face staring out in pain, with stars covering her nipples. On the top left is from inside the box set booklet, a page showing the title of one of the essays, “The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Devilish: The Women of Spanish Horror and S-Classified Films, by Shelagh Rowan-Legg”. The bottom centre image shows two men string up, wearing only g-strings, with a sacrificial altar between them, surrounded by candles. Below that is a young woman, her hair west and partially covering her face, which itself looks like it is about to scream.

Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· Jan 11

I put Holmes's window perch cushion in the laundry and he is baffled l.

a black cat is inside the metal frame of a window perch, the cusion of which is currently being laundered. He sniffs at the empty space, confused and forlorn.

Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· Jan 5

today I begin my big project of 2026: turning this binder of 16 months of research, into a book on Eloy de la Iglesia for the Hidden Horror Histories imprint. I've got a reasonable timeline to keep a steady pace of outline and writing. I expect many mochas will be consumed.

the image of the side of a black binder, between whose covers are hundreds of pages of paper filled with research from books, films, and my own thoughts on the early films of Spanish filmmaker Eloy de la Iglesia. I know that somehow, I will turn this into a 80,000 word book. Somehow. Spells might be cast.

Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· Jan 4

this weekend's #poetry book from @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social

The cover of 'The Second Stop Is Jupiter' by upfromsomedirt, featuring an astronaut-maiden wearing a white dress with a nlue sash, a transparent helmet with a tube attached to an oxygen tank, shaking hands with tentacled beings.

Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· Jan 3

My cat Sherlock Holmes, attempting parkour

image of a window, on the outside of which a black cat is clinging to the screen, action-movie style

Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· Jan 1

well if the dictionary says so...

Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· Dec 25

my partner is extremely happy with his xmas gift of @josie.zone 's book

a 40-something man with dark curly hair and a goatee, holding a copy of TRUE BELIEVER: THE RISE AND FALL OF STAN LEE by Josie Reisman

Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· Dec 21

I finally found somewhere to buy the saturday globe and mail so I can get it for the annual gigantic crossword

two parts of the saturday newspaper: on the left, a small section of the gigantic annual crossword. on the right, part of the clues. at the top of this is also a drawing featuung snowmen, trees, and a group of bears staring at a small sofa.

Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· Nov 27

Post something random or you’ll have an awful December

a retail space doorway, the glass and windows all covered with a green and black patterned cover. There is a square in the middle with the words À BIENTÔT

Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· Nov 27

You just died. The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.

an image from an Iphone step counter, showing 6,666 steps taken.

Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· Nov 25

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you? You know what? If I was not part of the hive mind, I think she would try to rescue me, as we would have a great time drinking vodka and watching Golden Girls.

the actress Rhea Seehorn in a still from the show Pluribus. A middle aged white woman, seen from the shoulders up. She has short blond hair, she's wearing a blue shirt and grey cardigan. Her facial expession is one of quiet anger.

Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· Nov 23

my Sunday #poetry book for this week: ox lost, snow deep by @aliceburdick.bsky.social

the lovely cover of the poetry book 'ox lost, snow deep' by Alice Burdick. The top third is solid blue, the bottom two thirda white. An image of an ox is at the top of the white portion. A few inches below that is the title of the book in a cursive font, below that the word 'poems' also in a cursive font. The author's name, in caitql letters, closer to the bottom.

Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· Nov 23

A themed short story anthology is always a joy, and 'As the Earth Dreams' edited by teresempierre.bsky.social joins Thyme Travellers as two of my favourite reads of this year. Favourites are 'The Hole in the Middle of the Word', 'A Fair Assessment' and 'Peak Day'.

The cover of the book As The Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories. across the top is the text Edited by Terese Mason Pierre. The title of the book is in turquoise and white, with the image of an insect in the middle.

Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· Nov 13

Sherlock Holmes, in his 'sexy' pose

Sherlock Holmes, a mostly black cat with a patch of white on his tummy, which he is proudly displaying whilst lying back on a grey couch. He has recently solved the crime of who ate the cheese that fell on the floor, found himself the criminal, and is asking for his punishment pets.

Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· Oct 28

today's blu ray essay research

a pile of the following books: Metamorphosis, Introduction to Mythology, A Medieval Book of Beasts, The Proveçal Tales, Métamorphosr et Bestiare Fantastique au Moyen Age, Folklore/Cinema, From Reverence to Rape

Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· Oct 17

Two recent discs: THE COLUMNIST, a dark comedy horror from Film Movement for which I wrote an essay; ALL THE MOONS, a Basque gothic vampire tale from Shudder, with an audio commentary from me & the fabulous Rebecca Wynne-Walsh. Both available at @vinsyn.bsky.social vinegarsyndrome.com

Two physical discs: on the left, ALL THE MOONS, the title across the top in yellow letters; a small crucifix is on one side, while the centre of the image has one woman's face, green-inked, hiding under a cloak, while below the larger face of a young girl. On the right, THE COLUMNIST written across the tp, below a drawing of the back of the head and upper back of a woman, sitting in front of a computer screen.

Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· Oct 17

Of course women don't like the Cybertruck. Women only want one thing, and it's Barbarella's Alpha 7 spaceship with shag carpet interior.

a red, almost cello-shaped soaceship with three large rpund sprogs coming out one side, flying through outer space.

a screenshot from Barbarella. Jane Fonda as Barbarella, a blonde woman in a black plastic spacesuit, sits in the cockpit of her spaceship. the floors and walls are covered in dark beige shap carpets. there is a chair protruding, also covered in shah carpet, and a computer screen on the back wall.

Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· Oct 5

climate change means it's October 5th in Montréal and I'm sitting on my balcony in a short-sleeved t-shirt, light skirt and flip-flops, and I'm still a little warm. A convertible just drove by with the top down. At least I have a good book of poetry to read.

the book Barangay, an offshore poem by Adrian de Leon. A blue and white cover, designed with flowing lines to look like ocean waves. In the bottom right corner is a black drawing of a small sea-faring fishing boat.

Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· Oct 3

I'm delighted to have a poem in the new edition of @pinholepoetry.bsky.social alongside many other amazing contributors. The issue in online and free to read. pinholepoetry.ca/issue-4-3/

The cover of the new Pinhole Poetry, Volume 4 Issue 3, October 2025. The cover image os from the inside of a kitchen, modern country style, looking towards the sink and outside to a backyard. The light is softly filtered.

Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg· Sep 30

I've had the pleasure to write two essays for @umbrellaent.bsky.social recently, for their releases of INTACTO (The Gambler’s Crutch: Good and Bad Luck in Intacto) and CYPHER (Am I Not Your Spy Girl: The Femme Fatale in Cypher). Both discs (and many more!) available to order. shop.umbrellaent.com.au