Laura Brady

@laurab7.bsky.social

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Making books, reading books, yelling about baseball (she/her)

Skittles candies arranged to spell out “happy b-day” in front of a pile of present a a vase of purple flowers.
A blue truck with a life size stuffy of the Cookie Monster eating a cookie behind the wheel
Looking up at a tall, angular skyscraper in downtown Toronto. The top of the building almost looks crenallated, like the top of a castle.
Aug 1, 2022 tweet from Elamin Abdelmahmoud which reads, "Happy birthday to August babies, this is the most powerful month to be born in, these people have summer birthdays their whole lives, they've been led to believe the weather bends to their celebrations, people plan their vacations around it, and for this they should be feared.
Four people in blue jays jerseys smiling at the camera. One of them is the star of Kim’s Convenience, Paul Lee.
Broad view of the court at a Toronto Tempo game.
A dog curls awkwardly under a desk while the person using the desk has to smush to the side.
A medium-sized brindle dog crossing a wooden footbridge. The sun is low and there is abundant greenery all around.
A giant golden statue — a Murugan statue — next to 272 colourfully painted stairs up to caves in limestone cliffs. There are loads of people at the base and climbing the stairs.
A series of islands of many sizes in a blue sea with fluffy low-lying clouds.
Mango lassi, Malay tea, fruit, bread, butter, and kufi on a plate.
Small slice of the breakfast buffet showing kiwi and fig pastries that were unbelievably delish.
View of the Petronas Towers and the urban park in front of it. High rises circle a forested park with a turquoise blue pool in the middle.
Twin towers that are slightly art deco-looking with a bridge connecting them about one-third of the way up. They are lit in such a way that they appear to glow against the twilight.
Four triangles of flatbread stuffed with cheese next to a bowl of very yellow paneer kurma.
Dramatics stormy skies above a small mountain behind a busy airport.
Graphic for the 35th International Publishers Congress in Kuala Lumpur on 7 July 2026. The talk is "Accessibility's Next Frontier" and features four speakers: Karine Pansa from Brazil, Agata Mrva-Montoyo from Australia, Laura Brady from Canada (me!), and Nor Afifah Shabani from Malaysia.
Big ass Canada flag in the outfield at the SkyDome. The pic is from down the third base line and the CN Tower looms.
Two white people in sleeveless red Blue Jays jerseys
Looking at the back of a man riding a red bicycle along a gravel path shrouded by trees.
Sculpture. Four bent black figures with praying hands on a broad lawn surrounded by trees.
Half a fortune cookie with a slip of paper sticking out. It has a QR code and reads, Your financial future isn’t up to date. It’s built. NEO Financial.
A regal dog looking off in to the distance. She is beneath a tree next to a dirt laneway with wooden fence running behind and around her. She is a 80-lb brindle mixed breed dog wearing a harness and a purple ID tag. She looks pensive and intelligent but she's actually just watching her doggie friend Max run to the park.
A book on a pillow in and outdoors setting. The book is Whistler by Ann Patchett.
Blue and orange sunset with wispy clouds. Country silos are outlined against the sky.
Three really ugly Blue Jays hats: cream with a red logo and red brim. The kicker is the "USA 250" logo on the side. Yuck.
Small sculpture of a a duck emerging from a peeling banana with black hair that’s in party-in-the-back mode.
11/12 on the music round with a list of songs and bands.
A wooden bowl with salad spoons. The inside is white with a blue vibe pattern.
Book cover: Book and Dagger / How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II by Elyse Graham. Black and white photo of a woman in a skirt suit and hat in profile under a stone arch in front of urban ruins.
Screenshot from Facebook showing a grinning librarian in front of a rotating vending machine with the text: We have a little secret to finally share! Look what arrived in our library?!? We are so fortunate to have been approached by the Grand Valley Ontario Food Bank to house a cold storage vending machine right here in our library. It’s open when we are! All selections are only 25 cents and this resource is for everyone regardless of the incredible price! Great things are happening at the library so make sure to come and check it out! #grandvalleyontario #grandvalley #locallibrary #loveyourlibrary #librariesareforeveryone
A matte black car with a sticker in the window that reads “Popzcar / 1943-2026”
A man and a boy grinning while sitting on the hood of a sexy blue ‘68 Mustang.
Digital Accessibility Ethics: Disability Inclusion in All Things Tech. Below the title is a painting featuring arcs of yellow, orange, blue, turquoise, pink, and purple. The lower half of these bright colors is populated by figures, circles, and building-like shapes. Resting on the top left corner of the images are the words Edited by Lainey Feingold, Reginé Gilbert, Chancey Fleet. The publisher's name, CRC Press / Taylor & Francis appears in the bottom right corner.
Colourful boats and hazards in a tiny canal.
View from the water of a church in the sunlight on a riverbank beneath a castle on a hill above.
Eltz Castle in the Moselle Valley. It s tall and topped by varying levels of turrets, sitting at the apex of a hill, dropping off on both sides. A cobblestone walkway leads up to it.
Graffiti on a cement barrier in front of the Rhine River. A tall bridge looms behind.
From the sun deck of a boat looking up at two tall cement pillars on either side of a lock.
Graffiti under a bridge of a blue banana smoking a green pipe.
A line of trees in front of lime green grass lining a canal.
Photo of brick house-lined streets around a canal lined with bikes and green trees.
A middle-aged woman in a jean jacket with a rolling European landscape behind her.
A middle aged woman grinning with a very large ice cream in her hand.
Two mugs of beer with a rainy visible out the window.
My Available Now! social media graphic has the book cover with the title and subtitle: Digital Accessibility Ethics: Disability Inclusion in All Things Tech. Below the title is a painting featuring arcs of yellow, orange, blue, turquoise, pink, and purple. The lower half of these bright colors is populated by figures, circles, and building-like shapes. Resting on the top left corner of the images are the words Edited by Lainey Feingold, Reginé Gilbert, Chancey Fleet. The publisher's name, CRC Press / Taylor & Francis appears in the bottom right corner. To the right of the cover is a picture of Laura Brady above the words "I wrote a chapter!" The headshot is of middle-aged white woman with graying hair in purple glasses, smiles at the camera. An arrow points from the picture to the book cover. At the bottom is AccessibilityEthics.org
A middle aged couple in front of a two-story book tower.
From a boat looking up at the sun shining on some 17th century yellow brick buildings.
A square of metalwork showing a soldier looking down and patting a dog’s head. Most of the square is brown-black but the dog is golden from people rubbing the metal.
Photo of the book, We Sacrifice Everything to Baseball: How the Czech Republic’s Amateur Underdogs Became World Baseball Classic Heroes.
Zoomed in on the face of a medium-sized brindle dog with striking hazel eyes. She is outside on green grass in the sunshine.
Scene out an upstairs window of fat, swirling snowflakes.
Book cover: How to Make Your Child a Reader for Life by Paul Kropp.
Our social media graphic has the book cover with the title and subtitle: Digital Accessibility Ethics: Disability Inclusion in All Things Tech. Below the title is a painting featuring arcs of yellow, orange, blue, turquoise, pink, and purple. The lower half of these bright colors is populated by figures, circles, and building-like shapes. Resting on the top left corner of the images are the words Edited by Lainey Feingold, Reginé Gilbert, Chancey Fleet. The publisher's name, CRC Press / Taylor & Francis appears in the bottom right corner.
Two young men in Blue Jays jerseys smiling broadly in front of the World Series trophies.
Three people smiling in Blue Jays hockey jerseys.
A smiling woman in a Blue Jays hockey jersey.
A slice of lemon loaf sitting on a napkin next to the Caledon Public Library’s Annual Report, and in from of a name plate that reads, Laura Brady / Board Member.
A lanky young man with an elbow on a car and a very cheeky grin on his face.