Grace Kennedy

@gracekennwrites.bsky.social

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West Coast journalist with an East Coast journalism degree Contact me: gracekennwrites@gmail.com Words in @fvcurrent.bsky.social, Agassiz-Harrison Observer, North Delta Reporter, Cloverdale Reporter New book from @nimbuspub.bsky.social coming Spring 2026

A handmade sign reading: Book Launch, Grace Kennedy, with a picture of Canada’s Endangered Animals and cut outs of many of the animals in the book
A close up of someone’s pink, floral dress from the waist down.
Canada’s Endangered Animals (the book) tucked inside the branches of a flowering dogwood tree.
Canada’s Endangered Animals held up against a bright blue sky with trees in the background.
A book launch poster with big splashy words reading: rescheduled. The rescheduled launch is for Canada’s Endangered Animals by Grace Kennedy, and is now taking place on Sunday, June 28 at 1pm at the Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve (5200 Sumas Prairie Road, Chilliwack).
Poster reads: Book Launch: Canada’s Endangered Animals By Grace Kennedy. Saturday, May 30 - 1pm, Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve (5200 Sumas Prairie Rd, Chilliwack). Arrows pointing at the book cover read: animal facts, stickers, snacks, book signing.
Bookmarks for Canada’s Endangered Animals. One side has a link to gracekennedywrites.ca. The other side has little Polaroid drawings of each animal.
A male Oregon spotted frog in a natural wetland, held firmly in a researcher’s hand.
A picture of the front page of Canada's Endangered Animals: Twelve Species At Risk of Disappearing Forever (Written by Grace Kennedy) with an Adobe pop-up saying: This appears to be a long document. Save time by reading a summary using AI Assistant.
A little bristlenose pleco eats all the algae it can find on the aquarium floor. It looks like a cartoon of a fish. It is adorable.
Technicians and biologists check wildlife traps in a wetland. The camera then sinks underwater.)
A male Oregon spotted frog, reluctantly allowing biologists to measure, weigh, and pit tag him.
The first snowdrops from back in January.
An accidental pansy in the toilet planter, alongside a well-established dandelion.
A comic panel that reads: My Canadian Lovebird is the Canada Goose. With an image of a married goose saying to someone offscreen “Did you just honk at my spouse?!” The other goose looks on in admiration.
The front page of the COSEWIC assessment report for the Roundnose Grenadier. This image of the fish looks as though someone surprised a weird little letter opener.
A screen shot of the Nimbus Publishing website, showing the subheading Children’s Books with Canada’s Endangered Animals as the first one.
The famous Cow Tools Farside cartoon
The front page of Country Life in BC’s January newspaper. My picture of baby blueberries in several inches of water is on the front, as well as a story with the headline “Sumas floods again: Farmers call for action”
The front cover of Simon Garfield’s All The Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia.
Floodwaters in Sumas Prairie and Huntingdon Village are expected to peak within the next 12 hours. Water levels on the Abbotsford side of the border continue to rise and based on current modelling and data from the 1990 flood event, water is anticipated to reach Highway 1 late this evening or early tomorrow morning. Evacuation Orders remain in place for 82 properties in Huntingdon Village and 371 properties in Sumas Prairie West. Evacuation Alerts remain in place for 1,069 properties in Sumas Prairie East and West and residents are encouraged to prepare in case they are required to leave their homes. Residents are strongly urged to stay out of the evacuation areas, away from floodwater and off all flooded or water-covered roads for their own safety and to ease strain on emergency responders. The Emergency Operations Centre is continuously monitoring available data and modelling and remains in constant communication with Whatcom County and the Province of BC. While the River Forecast at North Cedarville shows the Nooksack River has peaked and levels are now dropping, overflow waters are still flowing towards Abbotsford. An interactive map showing the active evacuation alerts and orders is available on the City’s website. Residents can use the search function to confirm whether their property is impacted. Abbotsford Fire Rescue Services, Abbotsford Police Department and others are in the evacuation areas to ensure evacuated properties are aware of the Order and are assisting with the evacuation where needed. The Reception Centre at the Abbotsford Recreation Centre (2499 McMillan Road) will be open until 10 p.m.
An illustrated and brightly coloured book cover featuring a little brown bat, a piping plover, a Vancouver Island marmot, an Ord's kangaroo rat, a Gaspésie caribou, a red knot, an eastern tiger salamander, a spotted turtle, a five-lined skink, an Oregon spotted frog, and an ivory gull. The title reads Canada's Endangered Animals: Twelve species at risk of disappearing forever. Written by Grace Kennedy. Illustrations by Alex MacAskill.
A hand-lettered banner in front of a yellow door that reads: Welcome to Hobbiton
An 8-bit style graphic on a pale green background. It begins with a loading screen and an image of a video game controller. Then, a small dude appears, runs across the screen and tries to jump into a trophy cup. He fails. He runs out of frame. The scene shifts, with a school appearing beside the trophy cup. The little dude goes into the school, and appears a moment later on top of the school. He uses the school to jump into the trophy.
The book’s map of the Fraser Valley, containing only Halq’eméylem names.
Desk with a laptop and a monitor. Webpages show the Elections Canada website, charts, a slack chat, and the CBC livestream. On the desk is a glass of Coke (for late night caffeine needs), a recording device, a water bottle, and the book On Tyranny.
A yellow and black Elections Canada Vote sign stands in front of a school walkway, where a man in a grey hoodie is on his way to vote.
A man's hand holding an impossibly small styrofoam cup with the words STATION "P" 2025 written on the side. The cup had been normal sized before it was sent approximately 4,200m underwater during sampling.
Picture of a cane toad, gazing into the distance like a majestic king of old. Caption beneath the picture reads: There's no place like home for cane toads, even when they've been moved up to a kilometre away by inquisitive scientists. (Daniel Shaykevich) Headline beneath the picture reads: Take me home, country toads.