Dean Jobb 🇨🇦 True Crime Writer

They Kill People: Bonnie and Clyde, a Hollywood Revolution, and America’s Obsession with Guns and Outlaws | Washington Independent Review of Books The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.

Once upon a time, onscreen crime was more scandalous than the real thing
A review of They Kill People: Bonnie and Clyde, a Hollywood Revolution, and America’s Obsession with Guns & Outlaws
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@wirobooks.bsky.social #truecrime #outlaws #movies

Tonight's spectacular sunset in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.
#sunset #clouds #sky #novascotia #photography #nature

Opinion: Memoir offers a mirror to another person’s imperfection, and to our own Readers may buy my book to gape at a trainwreck, but what I hope they get is a chance to see, and stop judging, themselves

Opinion: Memoir offers a mirror to another person’s imperfection, and to our own /via @theglobeandmail.com
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Arts & culture in #NovaScotia need your voice, now.

The NS provincial budget has targeted the arts & culture sector w/ cuts that will devastate individuals, organizations, & communities across Nova Scotia.
#nspoli

'Please don’t do this': Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid speaks out against Nova Scotia arts funding cuts The budget reduces operating grants for arts organizations by around 30 per cent.

'Please don’t do this': Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid speaks out against Nova Scotia arts funding cuts www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

Five years of record revenues in Nova Scotia have been squandered.

The cuts run wide and deep: public service jobs, the arts and libraries, tourism, community organizations and the scientific management of our natural resources to name a few.

Culture is Critical rally fills street to protest budget cuts outside of the Nova Scotia legislature Attendees called on the Nova Scotia government to reverse the planned cuts that could devastatingly impact the sector.

The arts and culture sector rallied, too, as many of their organizations and programs saw cuts to their funding. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

A collection of the 14 logos from the association signatories of the letter titled "Canadian publishers, authors, and booksellers call for Nova Scotia to reinstate funding for publishers."

The LPG is proud to stand in solidarity with the arts community of Nova Scotia, rallying in protest of sweeping cuts to the province's arts and culture funding.

Read our collective statement: lpg.ca/news/13604732

A True Crime History of the Los Angeles Central Library In April 1986, somebody started a fire in one of the restricted book stacks of the Los Angeles Central Library. The resulting destruction and damage to over one million books – and the years of rep…

A True Crime History of the Los Angeles Central Library crimereads.com/a-true-crime... via @crimereads.bsky.social

Gin Phillips on the Joy of Falling Down a Research Rabbit Hole One of the great joys of writing novels is the rabbit hole experience. Over the years, I’ve spent hours learning about the history of pockets in women’s clothing, the 1930s line-up at the Grand Ole…

Gin Phillips on the Joy of Falling Down a Research Rabbit Hole crimereads.com/gin-phillips... via @crimereads.bsky.social

Do You Know Where in the World These Books Are Set? Test your knowledge of literature and geography with this short quiz.

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26 Nonfiction Books We’re Excited About This Spring

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Remember paperbacks that fit in your pocket? Indigo’s trying to bring them back The retailer sees its program as a chance to put non-fiction, particularly by Canadian authors, in front of new readers

Remember paperbacks that fit in your pocket? Indigo’s trying to bring them back /via @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
#books #publishing

Lawsuit Accuses Writer of Using Classmate’s Story in Best-Selling Memoir

Lawsuit Accuses Writer of Using Classmate’s Story in Best-Selling Memoir www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/n...

They will not take the arts from us, and they will not take the arts from you.

𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛 is a remote satellite in the Canadian and Nova Scotian creative systems—receiving no public funding—and even we will be impacted by these proposed 20% to 100% cuts to arts, heritage, and culture in Nova Scotia.

Letters tied to a high cast iron fence. They read "TIM OUSTHIM", a play on the name of the NS premier, Tim Houston.

A blue sign with yellow and gold lettering that reads: More like DEFUNDING Nova Scotia. There are people standing around the sign.

An archway outside a stone building. There is a red sign that reads "Land Back" in front of it. There are crowds of people facing the building.

people holding signs. One person is signing a poster that reads: "Should the cuts pass we the undersigned hereby pledge to boo Tim Houston and his complicit stooges loudly at every opportunity."

A great day for a rally. It's too bad we need to protest, but here we are. Shoulder to shoulder. Same time. Same place. Tomorrow in support for arts and culture.

Protest signs wedged in the fence outside the NS Legislature read 'Farewell to Nova Scotia, the arts are toast' 'Put the tolls back MORON' 'Tiny Tim is in his scrooge era' 'save our stories' 'Houston Pennywise, pound foolish' (with drawing of Pennywise the clown), 'Dave Ritcey, why do you betray your home?' 'If the dancers aren't funded the dancers will leave', 'I've heard of "cancel culture" but this is ridiculous' and an empty frame reading 'poster no longer available due to cuts'

Tiny sample of signs from the protest in Halifax today #NSPoli

AI-powered traffic lights? Nova Scotia bringing pilot project to Halifax Amid hundreds of cuts across the province, Nova Scotia is quietly set to invest $1 million into an AI-powered traffic signal pilot for HRM.

Amid hundreds of cuts to museums, arts organizations and grant programs across the province, Nova Scotia is quietly set to invest $1 million into an AI-powered traffic signal pilot project for the Halifax region.

@hfxgov.bsky.social's financial contribution is unclear.

A Facebook post from Nova Scotia premier Tim Houston with text that reads, “Today we tabled our 2026-27 budget, "Defending Nova Scotia: A Plan for the Long Term". In the face of global uncertainty due to Donald Trump's trade war, this is a plan that controls spending while continuing to invest in healthcare, housing, and growing Nova Scotia's economy.” The text is followed by an image with the headline Budget 2026-27, with two fake book covers with what may be an AI-generated image of a container ship that read “Defending Nova Scotia.”

To the #nspoli comms person running this campaign: I hope the local arts program you’re funding with this terrible day job didn’t get cut, b/c you have skills.

Selling our premier on “defending” knowing literally everyone & anyone could photoshop it to “defunding”? Brilliant.

Appreciate you.

A crowd of protesters outside the MLA’s office in Antigonish, Nova Scotia

Impressed and inspired by the turnout in Antigonish today — at least 300 people rallied in front of PC MLA Michelle Thompson’s office to demand the reckless funding cuts to arts and cultural programs be reversed

A protest sign held by a person wearing dark clothes and boots reads “small towns in Nova Scotia depend on Arts, Museums, and Cultural Institutions”

There were protests across the province, and people who came to Halifax from small towns to rally here. There are just as many angry at Tim Houston in rural NS - but the other parties still need to give them a good candidate to vote for

Author of Heated Rivalry voices opposition to N.S. arts cuts Bestselling author and the brains behind the global phenomenon Heated Rivalry, is speaking out against the Nova Scotia government’s proposal to axe art funding. Lifelong Nova Scotia resident, Rachel R...

If Tim Houston's @nsgov.bsky.social needs evidence of the value of arts funding, they might consider the fact that the biggest Canadian cultural export in years began as a book by a Nova Scotia author who credits her career to provincial support for the arts halifax.citynews.ca/2026/03/04/h...

a cardboard sign that reads: We are our stories

a cardboard sign worn by a person wearing winter boots and black pants. It reads: Small Towns in Nova Scotia depend on arts, museums, and cultural institutions.

two cardboard posters. The one on the left is in black ink and it reads "Arts Workers are Storytellers, Healers, and Community builders" The one on the right, in blue, reads, "You are Cutting Everything I moved here for"

aerial view of a giant crowd of people packed into single city block in front of Province House in Halifax. Province House is on the left of the photo.

Passion, commitment, grief, rage, and love: all in one place today. There were hundreds and hundreds of us in Halifax, and hundreds and hundreds more across the province, all rallying to support arts, culture, and heritage.

Arts, culture, heritage = the heart of us.

a cartoon of Tim Houston holding a bloody anatomical heart that he has torn out of a hole ripped in the middle of Nova Scotia. he's got cash behind his back. the sign says TEARING OUT OUR ARTS!

felt pretty good about my sign for the arts and culture protest yesterday! don't mess with the 'eart of Nova Scotia!

Amazing turnout for the Arts, Culture & Heritage Rally in Halifax today! The NS Choral Federation wrote a new rendition of "Farewell to Nova Scotia" for the crowd to sing along with

Signs read: Should the cuts pass we the undersigned pledge to BOO TIM HOUSTON and his complicit stooges loudly at every opportunity [signed by hundreds] Culture is critical

Signs read: Ministers please: there's still time to do the right thing. Tim: Maud would be devastated Make it make sense not cents We're the only thing keeping Halifax Hip and interesting

Signs read: Without NS Art we wouldn't have Heated Rivalry Roses are red, violets are blue, defund the arts [f note] you

Signs read: Don't cut NS Culture Reverse the cuts Nova Scotia is nothing without arts culture Doug Ford Simps Art Saves Lives

There are hundreds of signs hung to the fence outside Province House. Here's a sampling.

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston smugly walks through the crowd that had gathered at Province House to protest his disastrous cuts to Arts, Culture & Heritage.

He did not address the crowd despite MLA Sue LeBlanc asking him directly during session if he would.

Video: Liz LeClair

#Halifax #HaliSky

Crowd carrying signs in front of the NS legislature. “WRITERS BELONG IN THE SCHOOLS”, “SUPPORT MUSEUMS”, “DEFEND NOVA SCOTIA BOOKS.”

Stack of protest signs on the floor, ready to hand out.

A crowd in front of the NS legislature carrying signs. “WE WON’T BACK DOWN”, “ART IS NOT A LUXURY.”

Group making signs before the protest.

One loud and angry crowd at the Nova Scotia legislature this afternoon protesting the Houston government’s cuts to investment in arts, culture, and heritage. Solidarity!

Homemade protest sign that reads "Cuts to the Arts takes a toll." The ascenders on the letters L in toll and the exclamation mark are painted in red and white stripes like the Tufts Cove iconic smokestacks

A fine day for a big crowd celebrating and defending arts, culture, and heritage programs in N.S.

I am happy to report that there were no "counter-protesters" out there saying "F*** Museums"! "Down with Books!" "Nova Scotia music sucks"

A handmade cardboard sign that says TO BLAZES WITH THIS BUDGET

Another handmade cardboard sign that says ART IS GOOD ACTUALLY

My signs for today's rally in protest of the Nova Scotia government's proposed cuts to the arts and culture sector.