Do you know @curioushermit.bsky.social (who wrote that chapter)? You'd likely find a lot of things in common: she did and undergrad in folklore and gender studies and then went on and did Masters and PhD in gender studies!

With thanks to @acantle.bsky.social for the photo of us (@vickihallett.bsky.social, Angela, and me) wearing bow ties in honour of Joey Smallwood, and to Jen d'Eon for the bow ties Vicki and I were wearing. And of course, so many thanks to @memorialup.bsky.social for shepherding this book into being!

I had to bring three boxes for friends this time around, so didn't have room for more, or I could have brought you another box!

thanks for coming!

hate it when that happens. I mean, great that it was good, but....

Right? An 'interview' with chatgpt on par with an interview with a real, live human, and written so that it seemed like the ai was there to confirm what the human - the *actual expert* - had said. I wrote the reporter and said citing fundamentally unreliable sources didn't even count as journalism.

as they should! But it shouldn't have been there in the first place....

Will look forward to meeting them!

thanks!

you were great!

Noon!

i read the article - it's bonkers. completely and utterly bonkers. And the women who lead this movement? Criminals, the both of them.

I only included ten, but there are so many more fabulous books from Newfoundland and Labrador! Snuggle up this winter, and happy reading.

Sharon Bala, Good Guys (Penguin RandomHouse 2026)

Ok, this one is a cheat because it’s not out until January. But it looks fabulous, and her previous novel, The Boat People was great, so if anyone is inclined to pre-order this one for me, I would not say no.