That's easy: be unable to say anything in a satisfying way in less than 80k words, as a personality feature. 😂
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That's easy: be unable to say anything in a satisfying way in less than 80k words, as a personality feature. 😂
Have an amazing time!!! Cheering on your book from the other coast!
This @bcliving.bsky.social list of BC Books to Read in the Bathtub is amazing! Yes, I'm am 100% biased because they included Adrift, but also there are books by Chevy Stevens + Jen Sookfong Lee + more + very intriguing non-fiction titles, so you should check it out!
bcliving.ca/entertainmen...
This is such a lovely overview and spot on - the place was staggeringly beautiful but the people were even lovelier. ❤️
(Obviously also my award-winning book, Adrift. My film/tv agent is Addison Duffy at United Talent. Just saying. Ideally someone would make it while it is still speculative fiction.)
Susan Juby's Mindful of Murder series - murder mystery, but somehow also calming and amusing? Yes please. make all the books into seasons! www.cbc.ca/radio/thenex...
Lovely surprise to see my first published short story (in Diabolical Plots) recommended here! ❤️
YES! When I shifted my reading tracking from goodreads to a personal spreadsheet, the star column was the first thing I cut. FREEDOM FROM STARS !!! So glorious!! So freeing!! I mark the reads I really adore with hearts and have a few other markers specific to me.
A group photo of five kittens, three black, two grey, all posing prettily. The photographer clearly some kind of wizard who can herd cats.
I took photos of this adorable litter of kittens for a local rescue group (VOKRA) and they were all adopted within a week! I mean, how could you not adopt these cute nuggets? 🥰
Any excuse to shout about awesome books that more people need to know about!! 😁😁
@ninetenpub.bsky.social @longwayhomestead.bsky.social
The True Cost of Wool is about the wool industry in Canada - the harsh realities of the current situation, the potential for change, the barriers. It makes one value local fibre that much more. A slim tome packed with detailed research that tells an important story.
+ a Globe & Mail Bestseller! 2/2
As the year wraps up I'm highlighting a few of the books I read in 2025 that have stuck with me!
Non-fiction -The True Cost of Wool by Anna Hunter! (Paired with a book I featured last year as the two are in such close conversation: Vanishing Fleece by Parkes).
Why has this one stuck with me? 1/2
I paid to have a new battery installed in my writing laptop recently and it is claiming some pretty spectacular longevity lol
For folks who nominate short stories for awards in the sci-fi realms: I published my first ever short story in 2025 at Diabolical Plots! 🥳. So... I hope you'll... consider it?
(I know not how these things work, clearly): diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
Happy award nominating!?
about their stories, I hope that a bookseller will look beyond repetitive best-of lists & become the force that propells an unknown title into the hands of readers.
There are so many amazing books that aren't on a list that deserve spotlight. Thinking of them and their talented authors. ❤️ 3/3
The forces at play that winnow the thousands down to the handful are unseen and frankly still mysterious to me. At this time of year, I want the authors of books that aren't on the lists to know that they are worthy too and I hope they find devoted readers who will talk enthusiastically 2/?
When this time of year rolls around I think a lot about the challenge of book discoverability, how a small number of books get noticed relative to the tens of thousands that will come each year. I think of the awards that nominate the same titles. The best-of lists with mostly the same titles. 1/?
I should probably drop a link here to help you also find a copy of this award-winning, genre-blending mystery/suspense/speculative cli-fi novel written by a nerdy climate policy professional: www.lisabrideau.com/adrift
white woman with dark hair smiling in front of a poster advertising a book entitled Adrift by Lisa Brideau
I don't know what happened, but sales of the paperback version of my book spiked to surprising levels over the past few weeks (very high for a book that came out in 2023!) - so that is a lovely pre-holiday gift to me. Thank you mysterious universe and book-buyers!!! #Adrift
A collage of book covers by Eve Lazarus in support of BC Buy Local week. Titles include Beneath Dark Waters, Murder by Milkshake, Vancouver Exposed, Cold Case BC, Blood, Sweat and Tears and Cold Case Vancouver
#bcbuylocal week kicks off today, and you can't go wrong with a book! Shop at indie bookstores because when you support local $63 out of every $100 goes back to BC compared to $14 from multinationals. Want to shop online? No problem, most local bookstores can accommodate: bit.ly/47BVJL1
Today's an excellent day to pre-order my poetry chap, CHILDLESS MILLENNIAL, for the cool uncle or auntie in your life, and support a small but mighty press @gameoverbooks.bsky.social
www.gameoverbooks.com/store/p/chil...
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For folks who nominate short stories for awards in the sci-fi realms: I published my first ever short story in 2025 at Diabolical Plots! 🥳. So... I hope you'll... consider it?
(I know not how these things work, clearly): diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
Happy award nominating!?
I am always here to see souvenir fountain pens (or other stationary treats) but you have me extra intrigued!
This is the best explanation that there could have been, honestly. “With this photo there is a mystery, so you have to make it last.” amazing.
I've never seen anything like it before! Nature really is wild.
I have to share this amazing plant I saw on my walk today. Google says it is a "harlequin glorybower (Clerodendrum trichotomum), also known as the peanut butter tree." Does anyone know about these???
oh, oh, I want to know all about the stationary shops!
