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Katie Ingram

@katieyingram.bsky.social

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author • instructor @ U of King's • freelance journalist and editor • NS history enthusiast • media @ SpaceEngine • mini pig owner She/Her katieingram.ca

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Katie Ingram @katieyingram.bsky.social · 25d

Come see me this Fall! I'll be around the HRM!

- Book Launch w/ @benjaminwrites.bsky.social & @kingsbookstore.bsky.social
- Booktober @writersfedofns.bsky.social
- Book signings at the HSC Coles & Chapters Dartmouth
- Tuesday Talk @ the Maritime Museum

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#halifax

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Katie Ingram @katieyingram.bsky.social · 18h

At Coles in the Halifax Shopping Centre till 3:30pm! Come see me!

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Nick Piers @nickpiers.bsky.social · 1d

"Hey, what's the best Tron?"
"ReBoot."
"But ReBoot wasn't..."
"ReBoot. Final answer."

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Katie Ingram @katieyingram.bsky.social · 1d

Had a great day at the @writersfedofns.bsky.social's Booktoberfest!

(first photo credit @janicelandry.bsky.social)

Next up: Tomorrow, Oct. 12, I'll be signing at Coles Halifax Shopping Centre from 1:30pm to 3:30pm.

@pottersfieldpress.bsky.social

#novascotiahistory #halifaxhistory #nonfiction

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Katie Ingram @katieyingram.bsky.social · 2d

They might be able to order it in, if they don't stock it. :)

Katie Ingram @katieyingram.bsky.social · 2d

Looking for a signed copy of The Undesirables at Indigo in Bayer's Lake? Well, I made the trek there and signed a few!

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#halifaxbooks #halifaxhistory #prisonhistory #halifax #NovaScotia #novascotiahistory

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Katie Ingram @katieyingram.bsky.social · 2d

Both a review and an interview? @theseaboardreview.ca is spoiling you with their Undesirables content!

Head over to their site to check out the review and editor James Fisher's interview with me about the book.

www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-undesi...

The Undesirables: A History of Rockhead Prison by Katie Ingram

A review and five questions for the author

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Katie Ingram @katieyingram.bsky.social · 3d

Celebrated today!

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Katie Ingram @katieyingram.bsky.social · 4d

Have you picked up your copy yet?

It not, come see me at Booktoberfest on Saturday and Coles in the Halifax Shopping Centre on Sunday!

pottersfieldpress.bsky.social @pottersfieldpress.bsky.social · 5d

The Undesirables: A History of Rockhead Prison is the revealing story of Rockhead an imposing structure that was located on Gottingen and Leeds Streets in Halifax.
With the words "City Prison" glaring down at whoever walked by, the edifice stood as warning to those thinking of committing crimes.

Katie Ingram @katieyingram.bsky.social · 6d

I'm at the Pottersfield booth from 2-3pm!

pottersfieldpress.bsky.social @pottersfieldpress.bsky.social · 7d

Happening this coming Saturday! Pottersfield Press will have a table there and many of our wonderful authors will be joining us.

Katie Ingram @katieyingram.bsky.social · 7d

Missed my launch yesterday?

Oct. 11 is Booktoberfest at the Halifax Central Library. I'll be at the @pottersfieldpress.bsky.social booth from 2pm-3pm.

On Oct. 12, I'll be signing books at the Coles in the Halifax Shopping Centre from 1:30pm to 3:30pm.

#halifax #halifaxhistory #novascotia

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The Author Village @theauthorvillage.bsky.social · 8d

Reading Rainbow Is Back With a New Host -- @mychal3ts.bsky.social -- And The Same Mission

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‘Reading Rainbow’ Comes Back With a New Host, but the Same Mission

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Katie Ingram @katieyingram.bsky.social · 8d

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Katie Ingram @katieyingram.bsky.social · 8d

Taking a breath.

Thank you to everyone who made today's book launch possible. ❤️

There is too much to say for Bluesky so just thank you.

@benjaminwrites.bsky.social @kingsbookstore.bsky.social

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Katie Ingram @katieyingram.bsky.social · 8d

Geography is not my best subject.

Stephen Archibald @cove17.bsky.social · 8d

At the launch of “The Undesirables” some old times jumped at the chance to help Katie locate the prison on a map.

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pottersfieldpress.bsky.social @pottersfieldpress.bsky.social · 8d

Happening today!

Katie Ingram @katieyingram.bsky.social · 9d

See you tomorrow!

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@kingsbookstore.bsky.social
@benjaminwrites.bsky.social

#halifax #halifaxevents #novascotia #novascotiahistory #halifaxhistory

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Katie Ingram @katieyingram.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks, Dusty! :)

Katie Ingram @katieyingram.bsky.social · 9d

See you tomorrow!

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#halifax #halifaxevents #novascotia #novascotiahistory #halifaxhistory

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Katie Ingram @katieyingram.bsky.social · 9d

Would watch.

Katie Ingram @katieyingram.bsky.social · 10d

Check out the @pottersfieldpress.bsky.social newsletter for new releases, including this blurb on The Undesirables!

#halifax #novascotia #atlanticcanadianlit #canlit

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11d

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

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Katie Ingram @katieyingram.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks to Crystal/Your Morning Atlantic for chatting with my slightly awkward self about Rockhead and The Undesirables.

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#halifax #halifaxhistory #prisonhistory #novascotia #novascotiahistory #nonfiction

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 13d

Wanna know what really chaps my ass? When I learn that all the city's financial issues I'm reporting on today were supposed to be solved with amalgamation but weren't because being fiscally unsustainable is way more popular in the short term but I'm sure we'll do better with climate change.

Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 13d

I'm not normally one for nostalgia, but in 1996, the city said making everyone pay for new subdivisions was not fair, so that's why we should use user pay models to make our tax system fair.

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Katie Ingram @katieyingram.bsky.social · 13d

Need something fun to do this coming weekend?

Why not come see me, my giant book cover, @benjaminwrites.bsky.social and @kingsbookstore.bsky.social for the launch of The Undesirables?

Oct. 4, 1:30p.m. to 3:00 p.m, KTS Lecture Hall, University of King's College

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Katie Ingram @katieyingram.bsky.social · 15d

Every once in a while I watch Troy, thinking it will get better with age.

It has not.

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Katie Ingram @katieyingram.bsky.social · 15d

Thanks to @coldh20.bsky.social for chatting with me about Rockhead and The Undesirables! Interview on his Facebook page, Archaeology in Acadie:

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#halifax #halifaxhistory #novascotia #novascotiahistory

Archaeology in Acadie

Rockhead Journalist Katie Ingram has been writing in and about Halifax and its inhabitants for many years. Recently, she tuned her talents to exploring Rockhead Prison, a Victorian prison whose...