Judith Pereira
@heypereira.bsky.social
Arts/Books editor at The Globe and Mail. I love books, dogs, gardening, birding, cappuccinos, crosswords, puzzles.
Huge day for @theglobeandmail.com #books The #Globe100 is out www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book... with our most notable books of 2025. We also have an interactive database www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book... of past years searchable by title, author and year. 1/2
The Globe 100: The best books of 2025
Our annual guide to the books that captured, delighted and informed us this year. Plus, track your favourites from years past in our first Book Archive
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November 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Huge day for @theglobeandmail.com #books The #Globe100 is out www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book... with our most notable books of 2025. We also have an interactive database www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book... of past years searchable by title, author and year. 1/2
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More publishers should do this!
Exciting news! A selection of our iconic Charco covers are now available as fine art prints! Reimagined by artist Pablo Font as striking works of art, and printed using highest quality papers and inks, giving an archival life of 80 years.
Check out the full range: charcopress.com/artstore
Check out the full range: charcopress.com/artstore
November 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
More publishers should do this!
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Oof. Vancouver’s annual Celebration of Light fireworks competition cancelled indefinitely due to funding.
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Oof. Vancouver’s annual Celebration of Light fireworks competition cancelled indefinitely due to funding.
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Two miles of ice core on the shelf at our national ice core facility in Lakewood, Colorado. The WAIS Divide core from West Antarctica is a 3400m long (deepest US core, 2nd deepest ice core ever) 68,000 year old record of high resolution climate.
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Two miles of ice core on the shelf at our national ice core facility in Lakewood, Colorado. The WAIS Divide core from West Antarctica is a 3400m long (deepest US core, 2nd deepest ice core ever) 68,000 year old record of high resolution climate.
“I didn’t know I didn’t have Cherokee on my father’s side of the family until I saw the genealogical evidence. As soon as I saw it, I was fairly sure it was accurate. It’s pretty clear.” @bradwheelerglobe.bsky.social spoke with #ThomasKing in an exclusive interview. #booksky #reading #CanLit 1/2
Inconvenient Indian author Thomas King says he is not part Cherokee
Writer ‘still in shock’ after a whistle-blowing organization showed him genealogical evidence that he wasn’t part Indigenous as he originally assumed
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November 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
“I didn’t know I didn’t have Cherokee on my father’s side of the family until I saw the genealogical evidence. As soon as I saw it, I was fairly sure it was accurate. It’s pretty clear.” @bradwheelerglobe.bsky.social spoke with #ThomasKing in an exclusive interview. #booksky #reading #CanLit 1/2
When @hannay.bsky.social first mentioned that there was a different illustration in the Love Your Forever that he had read as a child and the one he read to his children, I was intrigued. Here's what he found out. #robertmunsch #reading #booksky
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An illustration in Robert Munsch’s beloved Love You Forever didn’t seem right. I set out to discover why
I memorized every word of Love You Forever as a kid, but when I read it to my own children, one page left me unsettled
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November 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
When @hannay.bsky.social first mentioned that there was a different illustration in the Love Your Forever that he had read as a child and the one he read to his children, I was intrigued. Here's what he found out. #robertmunsch #reading #booksky
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Thrilled to have @esquiremag.bsky.social run an exclusive excerpt from WELCOME TO THE FAMILY: THE EXPLOSIVE STORY BEHIND FAST & FURIOUS ahead of 11.25 release via @grandcentralpub.bsky.social. This goes deep into beef between Hollywood's biggest, baddest, baldest egos www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
Inside Vin Diesel and The Rock's Blockbuster Beef on 'Fast and Furious'
Author Barry Hertz gets to the bottom of the infamous feud—which culminated in a showdown between the men in one star's trailer.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Thrilled to have @esquiremag.bsky.social run an exclusive excerpt from WELCOME TO THE FAMILY: THE EXPLOSIVE STORY BEHIND FAST & FURIOUS ahead of 11.25 release via @grandcentralpub.bsky.social. This goes deep into beef between Hollywood's biggest, baddest, baldest egos www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
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So happy One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by the extraordinary Omar El Akkad won last night’s National Book Award for non-fiction (even though, as he said, in his speech, it’s “very difficult to think in celebratory terms about a book that was written in response to a genocide”).
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So happy One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by the extraordinary Omar El Akkad won last night’s National Book Award for non-fiction (even though, as he said, in his speech, it’s “very difficult to think in celebratory terms about a book that was written in response to a genocide”).
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So, I won a National Book Award.
November 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
So, I won a National Book Award.
"I’ve collected 20 years worth of my toenails in pill bottles and I was wondering if you could make use of them?" WHAT?! The researches got two of these questions. TWO!!?? www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article...
Why lung cancer researchers want your toenail clippings
University of Calgary researchers are attempting to prove toenails can provide crucial data about radon exposure, a leading cause of cancer among non-smokers
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November 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"I’ve collected 20 years worth of my toenails in pill bottles and I was wondering if you could make use of them?" WHAT?! The researches got two of these questions. TWO!!?? www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article...
Wellllll. I mean what’s not to love about this?!
Troy Parrott. Echos of Robbie Keane's goal against Germany in 2002. What a moment. #COYBIG 🇮🇪
November 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Wellllll. I mean what’s not to love about this?!
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✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
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honestly did not anticipate His Holy Father emerging as the world's most articulate defender of cinema
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
honestly did not anticipate His Holy Father emerging as the world's most articulate defender of cinema
What am I doing this weekend?? Well there's a new John Banville; I already read the #LouisePenny. Sooo many #books #booksky #reading www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
Six page-turning mysteries to get cozy with
From Louise Penny’s latest to a tale co-penned by Reese Witherspoon, you’ll want to keep reading all of these picks
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November 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
What am I doing this weekend?? Well there's a new John Banville; I already read the #LouisePenny. Sooo many #books #booksky #reading www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
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Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Tonight we remember our dear friend and bandleader Cleto 💙
Jimmy Kimmel Remembers His Best Friend and Bandleader Cleto Escobedo III
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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November 12, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Tonight we remember our dear friend and bandleader Cleto 💙
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My favorite " im getting my revenge " line in all of literature
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 AM
My favorite " im getting my revenge " line in all of literature
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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The British Museum’s ‘refreshment department’ menu from 1900
November 8, 2025 at 5:58 AM
The British Museum’s ‘refreshment department’ menu from 1900
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NEW: I spoke w/ Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault about why the CBC isn't being targeted for 15% cuts after all, how the long-rumoured Telefilm/CMF/NFB merger is inching toward reality, why permanent Telefilm funding ain't in cards, and, yes, Eurovision. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
Canadian Identity Minister Steven Guilbeault on what the budget means for cultural sovereignty
Government investing $503-million in cultural sector over four years starting 2026-27
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November 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
NEW: I spoke w/ Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault about why the CBC isn't being targeted for 15% cuts after all, how the long-rumoured Telefilm/CMF/NFB merger is inching toward reality, why permanent Telefilm funding ain't in cards, and, yes, Eurovision. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
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Breaking: Trailer Park Boys actor Mike Smith charged with sexual assault in Halifax www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
Trailer Park Boys actor Mike Smith charged with sexual assault in Halifax
Assault is alleged to have occurred in December, 2017, but documents do not include additional details of the allegations
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November 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Breaking: Trailer Park Boys actor Mike Smith charged with sexual assault in Halifax www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
The CBC should explore participation in...wait for it...#eurovision. Wha??!!! @joshokane.bsky.social explains a little item tucked away in #canada #liberals #carney #budget #canpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
Why is Eurovision in Canada’s federal budget? There may be bigger reasons than music
Country’s interest in joining contest could be signal of realignment toward Europe in era of U.S. protectionism
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November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The CBC should explore participation in...wait for it...#eurovision. Wha??!!! @joshokane.bsky.social explains a little item tucked away in #canada #liberals #carney #budget #canpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
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An undescribed Mycena from the M. amicta group photographed yesterday in Aberdeen, Washington. This group of species is recognizable due to the blue colors, especially on the stem base and the conspicuous setae on the stem.
#fungi #mycology #fungifriends #photography
#fungi #mycology #fungifriends #photography
November 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
An undescribed Mycena from the M. amicta group photographed yesterday in Aberdeen, Washington. This group of species is recognizable due to the blue colors, especially on the stem base and the conspicuous setae on the stem.
#fungi #mycology #fungifriends #photography
#fungi #mycology #fungifriends #photography