Brittany Vesterback

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indexer & editor | she/her I long for the days when socials were just about books, dogs and d&d for me https://www.javelines.ca/

Three books arranged in a loose triptych on a wood table. A reddish book with a mushroom motif, "A Trade in Blood" by Robert Jackson Bennett, a white book featuring human legs and a horse head "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" by Cory Doctorow, and an orange book with that 2010s ray motif common to 2010s nonfiction books "Indexing Names" by Noeline Bridge.
An photo of a section of text from The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett that reads: "What a tool cynicism is to the corrupt, claiming the whole of the creation is broken and fraudulent, and thus we are all excused to indulge in whatever sins we wish—for what's a little more unfairness, in this unfair world? Wise you were, Din, to shut your ears to it."
An open box with three books and a postcard propped up inside. The books are (left to right) a body more tolerable by jaye simpson (Arsenal Pulp Press), ᑭᐢᑭᓱᒥᑐᐠ kiskisomitok by ᑳᐯᓵᑳᐢᑌᐠ reuben quinn (Talonbooks), and Decolonization and Me by Phyllis Webstad and Kristy McLeod (Medicine Wheel Publishing). The postcard says "Read Local BC" and features a collage of BC-themed vignettes.
The 2026 fan calendar for Not Another D&D podcast!
A copy of The Book That Held Her Heart by Mark Lawrence. The cover features a raven in the foreground and staircases winding among bookshelves. A bookmark for Canadian Independent Bookstore Day on April 26, 2025 marks my place.
Cover of ‘Sunrise on the Reaping’ by Suzanne Collins. A purple cover with a golden motif of a snake and a mockingjay facing each other over spikes. Also, part of my leg and my dog’s red blanket.
America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the American humorist Kin Hubbard, 'It ain’t no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.' It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power and gold. No such tales are told by the American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters. The meanest eating or drinking establishment, owned by a man who is himself poor, is very likely to have a sign on its wall asking this cruel question: 'if you’re so smart, why ain’t you rich?' There will also be an American flag no larger than a child’s hand – glued to a lollipop stick and flying from the cash register.
A small black dog with curly hair who isn’t sure if she likes this chair
Two books on a purple background: one is ‘Earthsea: The First Four Books’ by Ursula K. Le Guin and the other is ‘On Tyranny:Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century’ by Timothy Snyder
A black dog with snow stuck in her fur stands on a snowy doorstep waiting to come inside. Not pictured: me trying to grab a towel to get the little snowballs off her paws before she can sneak past me.
The cover of The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz. The title is written vertically over a tower that sits in front of a horizon at Dawn or dusk, beside a body of water. The author’s name and a blurb by N.K. Jemisin sits to the left. Beside the book is a bookmark from the bookseller, Black Bond Books.
From the bottom left corner to the top right corner: three spatulas, a wok on the stove with ground beef going through another reduction, a red kettle, a bowls for more spoons, and a slow cooker. Assorted unrelated kitchen detritus clutters the space behind.
A small black dog with curly fur who thinks she should get people food and is mistaken
Art of a brown moth among purple, pink and yellow flowers with “pissed off motherfucker” written around it.
A black shield blazoned with a white dragon, with a nimbus of spears and swords behind it. It sits in front of an ivory fresco of a woman pointing a group people to March onward while dragon flies overhead.
A black crows wing with Leigh Bardugo and Six of Crows blazoned over it. Behind it is the impression of fog over a moon, and wispy towers creep into its feathers from the bottom of the image.