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Tricia Snell @triciasnell.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks Beverley Shaw for being the best Booktoberfest booth-mate, yesterday, and hat tips to Susan Leblanc, Sue Murtagh, Shelagh Meagher, and Bryn Pottie for sharing our neck of the Booktoberfest Woods. It was fun! Talking to readers (and their dogs) was a blast. #WFNS #tidewaterpress

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Tricia Snell @triciasnell.bsky.social · 4d

Hi writers (whether prose writers or poets, and all levels)… I’m teaching a 5-Mondays, generative writing workshop this fall, WRITING FROM ANIMALS. It starts in 2 weeks (Oct 27 - Nov 24). We’ll explore 5 distinct perspectives on our relationships with animals, and we’ll write! Do come!

Tricia Snell @triciasnell.bsky.social · 5d

This Sat @11am-3pm, I'll be at Booktoberfest — a reader & writer festival — at Halifax Central Library’s Paul O’Regan Hall. I'd love to see you, please drop by! I’ll be sharing # A14 booth with my good friend, Beverley Shaw, both of us showing our books. 5540 Spring Garden Road. Hope to see you!

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Tricia Snell @triciasnell.bsky.social · Aug 1

From our NOT THE SAME ROAD OUT (fiction anthology) reading last night at Block Shop Books in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (🙏🏽 to Celia Klemenz who grabbed these shots). And thx to everyone who attended! 📖💚 #blockshopbooks #tidewaterpress #notthesameroadout #triciasnell #bevvincent

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Tricia Snell @triciasnell.bsky.social · Jul 26

Omg! How is it possible he can pass this off to taxpayers?!

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Tricia Snell @triciasnell.bsky.social · Jul 21

I am reading from a (fiction) story of mine @ BLOCK SHOP BOOKS in downtown Lunenburg, 6pm, Thursday, July 31st. Please come! Here’s a 1-min video that Tidewater Press, who published the story, made of me (and my dog ☺️) about the story. I’m reading with the excellent NB writer, Bev Vincent.

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Tricia Snell @triciasnell.bsky.social · Jul 8

See CBC’s “18 books you should read in June.” It’s July, but you can read the anthology I’m in—see link in comments—any month ☺️.

Here’s link… (scroll down to 12th on list)

www.cbc.ca/books/18-can...

18 Canadian books you should be reading in June | CBC Books

A new month means new books! Here are some of the most anticipated Canadian titles for June 2025.

www.cbc.ca

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Tricia Snell @triciasnell.bsky.social · Jul 6

I am delighted to be reading with Bev Vincent at Block Shop Books on Thurs July 31 at 6pm. Please come! My story is set in Lunenburg, with scenes on Rum Runners Trail and also No 9 coffee shop! #blockshopbooks #blockshopbooksevents #triciasnell #bevvincent #tidewaterbooks #rumrunnerstrail

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Reposted by Tricia Snell

Bev Vincent @bevvincent.bsky.social · Jun 23

The anthology that contains my story "Adrift" (not Ben Vincent's!) is reviewed in The British Columbia Review.
@tidewaterpress.bsky.social

Brett Josef Grubisic reviews Not the Same Road Out: Trans Canada Stories,

Brett Josef Grubisic reviews Not the Same Road Out: Trans Canada Stories, by K.J. Denny (editor) (New Westminster: Tidewater Press, 2025) $24.95 / 9781990160509

thebcreview.ca

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Tricia Snell @triciasnell.bsky.social · Jun 13

Not sure why I put the box on my piano to open it, since it meant I had to crouch to get my face in my phone’s camera frame, but hey, you can’t open a box twice, now can you? Next time I’ll apply some forethought, and maybe even lipstick… ☺️ @tidewaterpress.bsky.social

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Tricia Snell @triciasnell.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thank you Councillor Alison Smith and to the whole council voting unanimously to support!

Tricia Snell @triciasnell.bsky.social · Jun 3

Little glimpse into the concert, which drew about 100 lovely listeners. We played 8 of our own original pieces mixed with trad, contemporary, and jazz. Donations at the door yielded a sizeable contribution to the youth arts fund, SPARK! 🎶 🎻 🎸🪈 🎻

🙏🏽 to Celia Klemenz for this photo

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Tricia Snell @triciasnell.bsky.social · May 28

Trillium Trio (Liam Britten, guitar; Bev Shaw, violin; Tricia Snell, flutes/Celtic whistles) has a Celtic-Classical-Folk benefit concert this coming Sunday. PLEASE COME! At-will donations at door, 50% going to SPARK!, a youth arts education fund in Lunenburg County, and 50% to Trillium's expenses.

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Tricia Snell @triciasnell.bsky.social · May 6

Please join us! Trillium & friends (fiddle, guitar, flute/Celtic whistles, bodhran) are celebrating spring and raising money for SPARK!, an initiative that funds arts programs for youth in Lunenburg County. 🌳 A mix of Celtic, Folk, & Classical Music. ☀️ June 1st, 4-5pm. 🌺 See poster for details.

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Tricia Snell @triciasnell.bsky.social · Apr 21

The Canadian coast-to-coast-to-coast anthology containing my short story “So Late in the Season,” is titled NOT THE SAME ROAD OUT (Tidewater Press, Ed: K.J. Denny). It's forthcoming June 2025, & can be pre-ordered in Canada at McNally Robinson and Indigo Books, and in USA at Barnes & Noble. ☺️

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Tricia Snell @triciasnell.bsky.social · Mar 9

Bev, Liam, Jody, and I are playing at Betty’s at the Kitch in Mahone Bay this Thursday, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM. Would love to see you! We’ll be debuting a few new tunes we’ve been working on. 🎶💛

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Tricia Snell @triciasnell.bsky.social · Mar 6

My son Luke, aka Lightnin Luke, (fiddler, guitarist, pianist, singer-songwriter) played the Filmore West in San Francisco last night. Both with his band, The Bridge City Sinners, who opened, and sitting in with the headliner band, The Devil Makes Three. Could not be prouder of him. Here’s a snippet:

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Tricia Snell @triciasnell.bsky.social · Mar 4

1-min sampling of music from Trillium, the trio I play in (recently a quartet with bodhran player, Jody Conrad, joining us). Get in touch if we fit an event you have coming up. We play an eclectic mix of trad, Celtic, folk, gentle jazz, & renaissance/classical music. youtu.be/Vi5TTlzePk4?...

Trillium Highlight Reel

YouTube video by Trillium Trio

youtu.be

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Tricia Snell @triciasnell.bsky.social · Mar 4

To preorder in the USA, go to Barnes & Noble at:
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/not-the-sa...

Not the Same Road Out: Stories|Paperback

Winding from sea to sea to sea, the Trans Canada Trail is the setting for journeys that range from the physical to the emotional and metaphorical.A Bigfoot sighting on the Voyageur Trail is the spark ...

www.barnesandnoble.com

Tricia Snell @triciasnell.bsky.social · Mar 4

Another place to preorder in Canada is Indigo books at:
www.indigo.ca/en-ca/not-th...

Not The Same Road Out: Stories ('tp') | Indigo

Indigo

www.indigo.ca

Tricia Snell @triciasnell.bsky.social · Mar 4

To preorder the anthology in Canada, one option is McNally Robinson: www.mcnallyrobinson.com/978199016050...

www.mcnallyrobinson.com

Tricia Snell @triciasnell.bsky.social · Mar 4

Just learned that the anthology my story will appear in is listed in CBC Books and can be pre-ordered (links in comments) at Indigo books and McNally Robinson in Canada, and Barnes & Noble in the USA, among other places. Tidewater Press also has UK distribution so there may be places there too.

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Tricia Snell @triciasnell.bsky.social · Feb 17

On the Liverpool docks in 1885, eleven-year-old Nellie says goodbye to her mother forever. She's bound for Quebec, Canada....She tells you her story, in her bright, hopeful voice, in my fiction chapbook, NELLIE. More info: triciasnell.com/shop

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Tricia Snell @triciasnell.bsky.social · Feb 3

Anti-Americanism, yes I agree. “White anglophones” encompasses many cultural backgrounds, tho. I think we’re bound by a love of peace & our geography’s diversity/wildness. And I can usually identify a Canadian book, film, song, painting etc by its qualities of space, light, tone, colour, directness.

Tricia Snell @triciasnell.bsky.social · Nov 24

Join us today at the Lunenburg Library, 2pm, for a discussion on collaborative publishing and the Little Books Collective. Brief readings are part of the mix, and books for sale. 📗📕📙📘📖📚✨

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