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Good Dog Books @gooddogbooks.bsky.social Indie bookstore in Bridgewater, NS. We host suggestion nights once a month 📚
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The Seaboard Review of Books 🇨🇦 📚 @theseaboardreview.ca Embark on a Journey to Discover Great Reads. We primarily review Canadian books & authors, but occasionally we cross some borders.
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Amy Lilwall @amylilwall.bsky.social Writer. Novelist. Very bad at social media.
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Kim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social Writer, teacher, editor.
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The Donoghue Girl (Latitude 46, 2024)
The Pollination Field (Turnstone, 2025)
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Zoe Dickinson @zoeidadickinson.bsky.social Poet; Bookseller; Baker; Human belonging to Duke (dog) and the Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher (cat).
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Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
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315 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, Ontario M6R 2M6
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Picture books, eh! @picturebookseh.bsky.social We write, illustrate and support Canadian, and we’re releasing our seventh year of picture books in 2026. Follow us for news about 🇨🇦 PBs, blogs by 🇨🇦 PB creators and more, eh!
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Sara Tilley 🫐 @saratilley.bsky.social Multidisciplinary artist: writing, puppetry, clown, theatre. From St. John’s NL, currently based in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador. Keen about plants, cats, queers and doing better for our sweet lil planet.
Val McDermid @valmcdermid.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, civil(sometimes) partner, mother, lesbian feminist, lover of libraries, vocalist with the Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers. Once described as the ‘gobby shop steward of crime fiction’. Www.valmcdermid.com @quineofcrime on Insta
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Frances Hardinge @franceshardinge.bsky.social Writer of downright odd children's/YA books. Hobbies include travelling, dressing in period costume and scuba diving. Addicted to volcanoes and trying new things.