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Rediscovering the Complex Worlds of Deborah Harkness I read A Discovery of Witches years ago but it wasn’t the right time for me. Reading can be like that. Something you read and love today might not work for you five years from now. In my case, it was the opposite. I consumed this lengthy, detailed novel—almost six hundred pages—in a matter of days and emerged amazed by Dr.

Rediscovering the Complex Worlds of Deborah Harkness

I read A Discovery of Witches years ago but it wasn’t the right time for me. Reading can be like that. Something you read and love today might not work for you five years from now. In my case, it was the opposite. I consumed this lengthy,…

22.11.2025 23:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Step Into Canadian Feminist Gothic with Vanessa F. Penney Phaedra Luck may be no Greek princess like her mythical namesake, but she’s one fierce female protagonist. When we first meet “Fade” she’s sleeping rough in a cemetery. Like her missing great aunt Madeline, Fade survives on society’s fringes, woven into nature like other wild things—wolves, women, rabbits, and black bears. From the dark, disturbing prologue (listen to the author read it…

Step Into Canadian Feminist Gothic with Vanessa F. Penney

Phaedra Luck may be no Greek princess like her mythical namesake, but she’s one fierce female protagonist. When we first meet “Fade” she’s sleeping rough in a cemetery. Like her missing great aunt Madeline, Fade survives on society’s…

22.11.2025 23:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Join Me in Vancouver Next Saturday!

Join Me in Vancouver Next Saturday!

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Rambling Through Memories with Mary Oliver Some time in your life you must have been hugged by a poem written by Mary Oliver. Upstream was published in 2016, not long before her death on January 17, 2019. It is both a memoir and an homage to her chosen town: Provincetown, Massachusetts. She moved there with her lifelong partner and soul mate Molly Malone Cook in the mid 1960s, and these essays celebrate fifty years of life lived in this artist haven at the northern tip of Cape Cod.

Rambling Through Memories with Mary Oliver

Some time in your life you must have been hugged by a poem written by Mary Oliver. Upstream was published in 2016, not long before her death on January 17, 2019. It is both a memoir and an homage to her chosen town: Provincetown, Massachusetts. She moved…

02.11.2025 18:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Let Stephen King Entertain You This Samhain Stephen King is a little like cilantro—you either love him or hate him. Maybe he even tastes like soap to some people … or something worse. Personally, I think he’s brilliant. I read The Green Mile the past five nights before bed (430 pages). He is a tad long-winded at times, but he also rounds out his complex characters to the max.

Let Stephen King Entertain You This Samhain

Stephen King is a little like cilantro—you either love him or hate him. Maybe he even tastes like soap to some people … or something worse. Personally, I think he’s brilliant. I read The Green Mile the past five nights before bed (430 pages). He is a tad…

30.10.2025 21:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

New Witchy Fiction from the Mistress of Complications From the masterfully crafted opening line to the cheeky last comment, The Never Witch will keep you spellbound. McLean has a talent for creating unique supernatural worlds, so real they could actually exist in contemporary Vancouver. In this, the first of the Thorne Witch series, we’re introduced to a sophisticated world order of witches and warlocks who intermingle with humans. That in itself may not seem new—we’ve certainly met them before—but McLean’s world-building is complex, intelligent, nuanced, and, naturally, political.

New Witchy Fiction from the Mistress of Complications

From the masterfully crafted opening line to the cheeky last comment, The Never Witch will keep you spellbound. McLean has a talent for creating unique supernatural worlds, so real they could actually exist in contemporary Vancouver. In this,…

17.10.2025 18:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My First Winter Market in Coquitlam Friends and Neighbours. I hope to see you at my first winter market this year! I'll be chatting with readers, as well as signing and selling books.

My First Winter Market in Coquitlam

Friends and Neighbours. I hope to see you at my first winter market this year! I'll be chatting with readers, as well as signing and selling books.

17.10.2025 18:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Emma Sharpe Strikes Again and This Time There’s Blood Two years later, thirteen-year-old Emma Sharpe is back aboard The New Adventure (having saved her parents from the Poor House and set them up on a farm using her share of the cursed loot) when they’re attacked by a French ship. Emma awakens on the inhospitable island of Samana, finds an injured Jack, and meets quirky Warren Shivers (who’s been living in a cave with a skeleton woman for two years).

Emma Sharpe Strikes Again and This Time There’s Blood

Two years later, thirteen-year-old Emma Sharpe is back aboard The New Adventure (having saved her parents from the Poor House and set them up on a farm using her share of the cursed loot) when they’re attacked by a French ship. Emma awakens on…

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How Does a Girl Survive the 18th Century with Pirates? Atkins says his inspiration for this middle-grade adventure novel was Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, and I can believe it. The narrative sounds akin to novels of that era. The diction and tone strike me as similar to other Victorian novels written for children; meaning there is a formality to the language, a sense of propriety even at the worst of times, and the children are treated like grownups.

How Does a Girl Survive the 18th Century with Pirates?

Atkins says his inspiration for this middle-grade adventure novel was Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, and I can believe it. The narrative sounds akin to novels of that era. The diction and tone strike me as similar to other Victorian…

14.10.2025 00:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A Legendary Christmas Market in Coquitlam Explore the maze of local vendors as you shop for the holidays. I'll be signing books over the whole weekend. This market is a Lower Mainland Legend! Read more here.

A Legendary Christmas Market in Coquitlam

Explore the maze of local vendors as you shop for the holidays. I'll be signing books over the whole weekend. This market is a Lower Mainland Legend! Read more here.

13.10.2025 19:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Urban Fantasy at its Best I've adored Holly Black's books since her Valiant Series in the early 2000s. This book is similar in language and story—the collision of humans and otherworldy beings in a lavish natural world. There are several cruel princes in this book: Balekin, Dain, and the youngest and most handsome, Cardan. I imagine the title refers to Cardan who despises and terrorizes our protagonist—good fodder for a love match, don't ya think?

Urban Fantasy at its Best

I've adored Holly Black's books since her Valiant Series in the early 2000s. This book is similar in language and story—the collision of humans and otherworldy beings in a lavish natural world. There are several cruel princes in this book: Balekin, Dain, and the youngest…

21.09.2025 15:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Celebrate Reading with Tri-Cities BC Authors It's always exciting to see how many published authors live in the neighbourhood (Port Coquitlam - Coquitlam - Port Moody. The Port Moody Library celebrates these authors by including their books in their White Pines Collection. Each year, they hold a wonderful gala to introduce the authors and their books to the community. Here's a photo of all the authors who we celebrated last year!

Celebrate Reading with Tri-Cities BC Authors

It's always exciting to see how many published authors live in the neighbourhood (Port Coquitlam - Coquitlam - Port Moody. The Port Moody Library celebrates these authors by including their books in their White Pines Collection. Each year, they hold a…

10.09.2025 19:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Explore the New Reflections Through Books

Explore the New Reflections Through Books

08.08.2025 16:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Untitled This is my first summer vending at Pagan Awareness Day in Vancouver and I'm excited! If you're curious about Wicca or Druidry or just love all things spiritual and metaphysical, this is the place to be on August 23rd. I'll be there with my Hollystone Mysteries and a few print copies of The Man in Black series, as well as LURE, and Writing with your Muse for all you writerly folks searching for new ways to inspire creativity.

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This is my first summer vending at Pagan Awareness Day in Vancouver and I'm excited! If you're curious about Wicca or Druidry or just love all things spiritual and metaphysical, this is the place to be on August 23rd. I'll be there with my Hollystone Mysteries and a few print copies of…

07.08.2025 17:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Cure for Drowning is Magic I was sucked into the current of this unique and memorable historical novel when I heard the author read the beginning aloud at a gathering of local writers in B.C. “It was a bitter afternoon, during one of the worst winters the province had ever seen. A ten-year-old girl walked into the forest with her two brothers and didn’t come out again.” Although it starts with a weather report—which authors are advised NOT to do—the question “what happened?” hooked me and hooked us all.

The Cure for Drowning is Magic

I was sucked into the current of this unique and memorable historical novel when I heard the author read the beginning aloud at a gathering of local writers in B.C. “It was a bitter afternoon, during one of the worst winters the province had ever seen. A ten-year-old…

21.06.2025 05:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Love & Blessings to you this Summer Solstice Greetings from the sun-dappled BC south coast as we roll towards the Climax of Light. The Solstice connects us, as it occurs all around the Earth in the same instant. It’s only our manmade calendars that separate us. And, of course, because of the Earth’s tilt, our topsy turvy world opens up our northern hemisphere to the sun’s infrared heat while the southern half faces away and celebrates Winter Solstice.

Love & Blessings to you this Summer Solstice

Greetings from the sun-dappled BC south coast as we roll towards the Climax of Light. The Solstice connects us, as it occurs all around the Earth in the same instant. It’s only our manmade calendars that separate us. And, of course, because of the…

21.06.2025 05:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My New Favorite Book I don’t know how I missed reading this book. I’ve been a huge fan of Louise Erdrich’s work since the 1980s. Love Medicine, one of my other all time favorite books won the 1984 National Book Critics Circle Award. I also loved Tracks (1988). Erdrich writes of a fictional reservation in Minnesota/North Dakota and her characters often dance between stories.

My New Favorite Book

I don’t know how I missed reading this book. I’ve been a huge fan of Louise Erdrich’s work since the 1980s. Love Medicine, one of my other all time favorite books won the 1984 National Book Critics Circle Award. I also loved Tracks (1988). Erdrich writes of a fictional…

06.06.2025 17:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Travel to the Okanagan This Summer Season with Bill Bill Arnott’s latest “Season” memoir takes the reader on an emotional armchair journey through British Columbia’s iconic Okanagan Valley. But it needn’t be armchair for long. This delectable morsel may inspire you to shift from recliner to car seat or bus or even plane. In this historic moment, when Canadians are exploring our nation more than ever before, this wee gem is a must.

Travel to the Okanagan This Summer Season with Bill

Bill Arnott’s latest “Season” memoir takes the reader on an emotional armchair journey through British Columbia’s iconic Okanagan Valley. But it needn’t be armchair for long. This delectable morsel may inspire you to shift from recliner to car…

23.05.2025 17:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Meet Me in Chilliwack on May 10th

Meet Me in Chilliwack on May 10th

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Read Aloud @ My Local Indie Bookstore

Read Aloud @ My Local Indie Bookstore

24.04.2025 20:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Happy Spring Equinox. Read my latest seasonal newsletter at substack.com/home/post/p-... There's a cover reveal!

20.03.2025 18:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

👩‍💻Author Branding Explained: What It Is & Why It Matters Your books are great, but do readers know who you are?

👩‍💻Author Branding Explained: What It Is & Why It Matters
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05.03.2025 01:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Slide into this Mysterious Satire Most Canadians will pick up Thomas King’s latest novel, check out the cover, and think the story involves a tragic accident on a lonely mountain highway caused by an invisible frozen glaze on pavement. Haven’t we all encountered black ice at some point on a Canadian road? But that explanation is way too simple for this King of Metaphors. Black Ice…

Slide into this Mysterious Satire

Most Canadians will pick up Thomas King’s latest novel, check out the cover, and think the story involves a tragic accident on a lonely mountain highway caused by an invisible frozen glaze on pavement. Haven’t we all encountered black ice at some point on a…

27.02.2025 19:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It's launch day! In September, I was inspired to rebrand my series. Find it on Kindle Select and in paperback at your favorite retailer.
www.amazon.com/Witch-Killer...
#mysterythriller #urbanfantasy #serialkiller #lgbtq #witches #irishmythology #vancouver #spicy

25.02.2025 15:00 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

Okay, agent friends, it's #MSWL time! I'm an Associate Editor at Penguin Workshop, looking for middle grade and YA, as well as graphic novels in both categories. I love historical fiction, fantasy, and mysteries, and if you have something that combines those elements in a clever way, send it to me!

12.02.2025 18:50 — 👍 72 🔁 14 💬 8 📌 1

YouTube video by The Manuscript Academy, LLC Agent Erica Bauman's #MSWL: MG, YA, SF, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Historical, Memoir, Biography

Next Agent + Editor #MSWL Video: Erica Bauman, Aevitas Creative Management! @ericabauman.bsky.social

Erica is looking for Middle Grade, YA, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Horror Genre Mash-Ups, Mystery, Historical, Memoir, Biography, Science & Nature + More!

View here: youtu.be/4TTAlk2Accs

12.02.2025 21:51 — 👍 60 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 1

YouTube video by The Manuscript Academy, LLC Agent John Cusick's #MSWL: MG, YA, NA, Romance Plus, Cozy Fantasy YA

Next up with our #MSWL Agent + Editor Video Series, we have @johnmcusick.bsky.social!

John is looking for MG, YA, NA, Romance Plus, Cozy Fantasy YA + more! youtu.be/KspobEsO9Uo #MSWL

Like many of our videos today, it includes a quick lesson--this one is on what "plus" means for genre.

12.02.2025 15:46 — 👍 46 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 1

Just in time for Valentine' Day!

Winner of a National Indie Excellence Award, finalist for UK Wishing Shelf awards, nominated for an Eric Hoffer Award, Crowned Heart review, InD'Tale Magazine.

"Haunting, thoughtful, and passionate . . . a must-read romantic thriller" —Anthony Avina

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a man wearing an orange shirt says " can you please give me that " ALT: a man wearing an orange shirt says " can you please give me that "

#MSWL call out for #YA
YOUNG ADULT/TEEN
@evernightteen.bsky.social

For 2025 I’d love to see YA subs on themes of:

🏚️ broken families/foster care
💉addiction
💊 mental health rep
🫂 friends who cross boundaries
🤐🙅 being cancelled/alone

MCs 16+
Att: Sofia
www.evernightteen.com/submissions/

01.01.2025 21:34 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

The Official Manuscript Wish List Website – #MSWL: What do you wish you had in your inbox?

We’re happy to welcome @weaverliterary.bsky.social to ManuscriptWishList.com! Bethany is looking for adult, young adult, and select middle-grade speculative fiction. Read more here: www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/be... #MSWL

09.01.2025 15:16 — 👍 20 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

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