Candace Robb
@candacerobbauthor.bsky.social
Slips between medieval York & the Pacific NW without warning. Writer. Owen Archer & Kate Clifford mysteries. Rep'd by @JVNLA Owned by The Maggie. Talks to trees. Reveres crows & owls. Seattle Insight Meditation she/her www.candacerobbbooks.com
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A Lion's Ransom
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Owen Archer 16, A Lion's Ransom, is up on Netgalley, ready for review!
Who stole the king's coronation gift? How many will die before Owen catches the thief & recovers the gold lion?
🔎💀📚 #historicalfiction #mystery
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Who stole the king's coronation gift? How many will die before Owen catches the thief & recovers the gold lion?
🔎💀📚 #historicalfiction #mystery
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Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Chicago
Santana
The Who
Led Zeppelin
Simon and Garfunkle
Ravi Shankar
Bob Dylan
Peter, Paul, and Mary
The Chieftains
The Beatles
okay, that's twice 5, and I'm old, but these were great!
Chicago
Santana
The Who
Led Zeppelin
Simon and Garfunkle
Ravi Shankar
Bob Dylan
Peter, Paul, and Mary
The Chieftains
The Beatles
okay, that's twice 5, and I'm old, but these were great!
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
David Bowie
Leonard Cohen
Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie together
Julian Bream
Pinchas Zukerman
David Bowie
Leonard Cohen
Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie together
Julian Bream
Pinchas Zukerman
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
The Bangles (I was 14 & ECSTATIC!)
Yo-Yo Ma (twice, and the two best live performances I have EVER seen)
The Cleveland Orchestra (many times)
Peggy Seeger
Iron Maiden (surprisingly often, since I married @patricksamphire.bsky.social !)
The Bangles (I was 14 & ECSTATIC!)
Yo-Yo Ma (twice, and the two best live performances I have EVER seen)
The Cleveland Orchestra (many times)
Peggy Seeger
Iron Maiden (surprisingly often, since I married @patricksamphire.bsky.social !)
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Chicago
Santana
The Who
Led Zeppelin
Simon and Garfunkle
Ravi Shankar
Bob Dylan
Peter, Paul, and Mary
The Chieftains
The Beatles
okay, that's twice 5, and I'm old, but these were great!
Chicago
Santana
The Who
Led Zeppelin
Simon and Garfunkle
Ravi Shankar
Bob Dylan
Peter, Paul, and Mary
The Chieftains
The Beatles
okay, that's twice 5, and I'm old, but these were great!
On this Thanksgiving Day I appreciate the community on Bluesky. You're endlessly fascinating, quirky, supportive, engaged--you prove that social media can be an asset in our lives. Thank you! 😊
November 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
On this Thanksgiving Day I appreciate the community on Bluesky. You're endlessly fascinating, quirky, supportive, engaged--you prove that social media can be an asset in our lives. Thank you! 😊
On this Thanksgiving Eve I pulled out my ancient, beloved copy of Laurel's Kitchen & made lentil soup (it's simmering now). I just wanted comfort food. Tomorrow will be salmon & pumpkin pie, but tonight, lentil soup & bread. 🍲❤️
How are you being kind to yourself on the holiday?
How are you being kind to yourself on the holiday?
November 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
On this Thanksgiving Eve I pulled out my ancient, beloved copy of Laurel's Kitchen & made lentil soup (it's simmering now). I just wanted comfort food. Tomorrow will be salmon & pumpkin pie, but tonight, lentil soup & bread. 🍲❤️
How are you being kind to yourself on the holiday?
How are you being kind to yourself on the holiday?
Our mayor-elect!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How an ‘unknown’ organizer became Seattle’s next mayor: ‘People want to see themselves reflected in office’
Katie Wilson’s rise from transit campaigner to city hall shows how trust, volunteers and years of organizing overcame big-money politics
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Our mayor-elect!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This man makes a lot of sense. So refreshing.
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This man makes a lot of sense. So refreshing.
😍
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
😍
I love this!
This is so delightfully mad it feels it could only be British. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The dog bus service bringing smiles to the community
Organiser Laura says she had the idea when she was struggling to get care for her puppy Billy.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I love this!
“...resumes...one majored in philosophy & one majored in data science — all else being equal — I'm going to hire the...philosophy major...There's a boldness to studying philosophy in this environment...a risk to following your passion & to thinking beyond what the culture tells you to do." #arts
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
“...resumes...one majored in philosophy & one majored in data science — all else being equal — I'm going to hire the...philosophy major...There's a boldness to studying philosophy in this environment...a risk to following your passion & to thinking beyond what the culture tells you to do." #arts
Reposted by Candace Robb
We’re launching our new catalogue on Monday 8 December.
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
We’re launching our new catalogue on Monday 8 December.
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
Hm...
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Hm...
Way to go, wolves! 🐺😉
November 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Way to go, wolves! 🐺😉
Fabulous!
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
You are building a guild hall in 1357.
What materials are you going to need?
60 trees from Bolton Percy for 27s. 6d., 100 oaks from Thorpe Underwood for £21, 14 tons of stone from Tadcaster and 20,000 bricks for £6 from the Carmelite Friars of York.
That should keep you going!
What materials are you going to need?
60 trees from Bolton Percy for 27s. 6d., 100 oaks from Thorpe Underwood for £21, 14 tons of stone from Tadcaster and 20,000 bricks for £6 from the Carmelite Friars of York.
That should keep you going!
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Fabulous!
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
Watched the first episode & found it chillingly significant in this moment & the 2 hours slipped by so quickly. Kudos to Ken Burns & Co. Highly recommend. #KenBurns #PBS #history
Burns' six-part documentary uses voiceover, reenactors and drone footage to tell the story of America's founding. And it reminds viewers that the quest for a more perfect union is far from over.
Ken Burns' 'American Revolution' will make you think differently about U.S. history
Burns' six-part documentary uses voiceover, reenactors and drone footage to tell the story of America's founding. And it reminds viewers that the quest for a more perfect union is far from over.
n.pr
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This is true for me. Keeps the wip in my subconscious.
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 42:
No one *needs* to work every day. But doing so - even for only a few minutes - ensures that you *think* about your work every day; solving problems away from your desk; keeping the plates spinning.
No one *needs* to work every day. But doing so - even for only a few minutes - ensures that you *think* about your work every day; solving problems away from your desk; keeping the plates spinning.
November 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This is true for me. Keeps the wip in my subconscious.
"I can find no evidence of people hanging their clothes on lines till the 1500s.
... no evidence of people hanging their clothes on lines across streets till the 1800s.
...no evidence of people using clothes pegs till the 1800s.
...if you find...new sources, let me know & I’ll update the article."🗃️
... no evidence of people hanging their clothes on lines across streets till the 1800s.
...no evidence of people using clothes pegs till the 1800s.
...if you find...new sources, let me know & I’ll update the article."🗃️
I've turned 2 discussion threads into one article a bit chaotic but interesting nevertheless.
A work in progress;
When did we start hanging laundry across streets and using clothes pegs?
Read it here;
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/15/o...
Or here;
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/when-did-w...
A work in progress;
When did we start hanging laundry across streets and using clothes pegs?
Read it here;
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/15/o...
Or here;
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/when-did-w...
When did we start hanging laundry across streets and using clothes pegs?
This article was originally a thread on social media, which is why it is formatted with lots of images and short responses.The text is about the image below that paragraph. I’m currently obse…
fakehistoryhunter.net
November 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"I can find no evidence of people hanging their clothes on lines till the 1500s.
... no evidence of people hanging their clothes on lines across streets till the 1800s.
...no evidence of people using clothes pegs till the 1800s.
...if you find...new sources, let me know & I’ll update the article."🗃️
... no evidence of people hanging their clothes on lines across streets till the 1800s.
...no evidence of people using clothes pegs till the 1800s.
...if you find...new sources, let me know & I’ll update the article."🗃️
It might be chilly & damp outside, but her nest of socks & sweats still warm from the clothes dryer makes The Maggie happy on this #caturday.
Snoozing while her staff writes about mayhem & murder.
Snoozing while her staff writes about mayhem & murder.
November 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
It might be chilly & damp outside, but her nest of socks & sweats still warm from the clothes dryer makes The Maggie happy on this #caturday.
Snoozing while her staff writes about mayhem & murder.
Snoozing while her staff writes about mayhem & murder.
Going back to reshape the beginning of the book around a discovered body. Yes, dear reader, I had not dropped a body in the first 10k words and, as my long ago editor LD advised, a death makes the book come alive. 😱 Much better now.
What a rum business, eh? #mysteries
What a rum business, eh? #mysteries
November 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Going back to reshape the beginning of the book around a discovered body. Yes, dear reader, I had not dropped a body in the first 10k words and, as my long ago editor LD advised, a death makes the book come alive. 😱 Much better now.
What a rum business, eh? #mysteries
What a rum business, eh? #mysteries
Reposted by Candace Robb
Thank you so much! 😍😭🤩 I so appreciate this. Delighted and relieved to hear that HUMANS clarifies timely things. My take on monsters - to see 'monster' as just a *label* that tells us about the monster-makers who craft those stories - isn't what folks might expect. A #StarTrek essay, ICYMI:
“Resistance is futile.” Why Star Trek: TNG’s Borg Collective Is the Perfect Monster for Our Time - Reactor
35 years on, what can we learn from the Borg and "The Best of Both Worlds"?
reactormag.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Thank you so much! 😍😭🤩 I so appreciate this. Delighted and relieved to hear that HUMANS clarifies timely things. My take on monsters - to see 'monster' as just a *label* that tells us about the monster-makers who craft those stories - isn't what folks might expect. A #StarTrek essay, ICYMI:
Highly recommend Humans: A Monstrous History. I loved the later chapters on machines, AI, aliens, considering what is a human. Dr Davies uses loads of my favorite science fiction--books, films, TV (lots of Star Trek) to make her points. It's brilliant & frames our current AI mess. 💙📚 #books #history
And if you're gift-shopping in the coming weeks, know that the hardback is GORGEOUS!
4/4
4/4
November 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Highly recommend Humans: A Monstrous History. I loved the later chapters on machines, AI, aliens, considering what is a human. Dr Davies uses loads of my favorite science fiction--books, films, TV (lots of Star Trek) to make her points. It's brilliant & frames our current AI mess. 💙📚 #books #history
"Their position is straightforward: copyright is not a barrier to progress, but a foundation of both creative and digital economies." Australia gets it right.
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"Their position is straightforward: copyright is not a barrier to progress, but a foundation of both creative and digital economies." Australia gets it right.
Mayor Katie Wilson! Yes! 🥳🎉
November 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Mayor Katie Wilson! Yes! 🥳🎉
My latest blog post, with publication updates and an appreciation of Bess Merchet, proprietor of the York Tavern. Enjoy!
Publication Dates and Bess Merchet
I'm delighted to announce that the publication date for A Lion's Ransom has been advanced from early February to 6 January 2025--less than two months away! You can preorder at this link. I will be talking to Barbara Peters at Poisoned Pen Press about A Lion's Ransom on 7 January, online, at 5:00 pm PST. And for those in the Seattle area I'll be taking part in the Mystery and Crime Author Night on Monday evening 9 February, 7:00 pm, at Third Place Books/Lake Forest Park.
candacerobbbooks.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
My latest blog post, with publication updates and an appreciation of Bess Merchet, proprietor of the York Tavern. Enjoy!
Highly recommend Death by Lightning.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘Most horrific death you could imagine’: the truth behind Netflix’s Death by Lightning
The streamer’s new historical drama looks back on the often forgotten story of US president James Garfield whose progressive political career was cut horribly short
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Highly recommend Death by Lightning.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
I found the red leaves in my own garden and hurried to snap this photo before my spouse raked up the jewel-colored leaves.
November 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I found the red leaves in my own garden and hurried to snap this photo before my spouse raked up the jewel-colored leaves.
I love this. Everything about it. Way to go, Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux! (and he loves Poirot--but of course!)
“His mother, Félicité Garzon Delvaux, grew up in an 18th-century museum-palace, daughter of a curator and an artist — and regularly takes her son to exhibits.”
And he dresses to match his Resistance hero. Perfection.
apnews.com/article/louv...
And he dresses to match his Resistance hero. Perfection.
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 9:19 PM
I love this. Everything about it. Way to go, Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux! (and he loves Poirot--but of course!)