Carissa Halton
@carissahalton.bsky.social
Sharing what makes me curious, conscious, creative. Debut historical novel REVOLUTION SONGS out now: featuring Communists, the Canadian KKK, mine strikes, police surveillance and one young girl caught in the middle.
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Cooling is a top priority in data center operations. In order to think things through properly (and protect your thinking hat from catching fire), have regular breaks to cool down from reading and thinking. This advice is brought to you from 1608. #skystorians
October 6, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Cooling is a top priority in data center operations. In order to think things through properly (and protect your thinking hat from catching fire), have regular breaks to cool down from reading and thinking. This advice is brought to you from 1608. #skystorians
As strikes start (& continue✊🏻) on the eve of muni elections, I spoke with Daybreak Alberta about slates, strikes & what history has to teach us about our current turbulent times. My new novel explores Canada’s communist and KKK history #standwithteachers www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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October 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
As strikes start (& continue✊🏻) on the eve of muni elections, I spoke with Daybreak Alberta about slates, strikes & what history has to teach us about our current turbulent times. My new novel explores Canada’s communist and KKK history #standwithteachers www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Tara McCarthy & I spoke of secret societies, peace making and the KKK in Canada on the launch day of my new novel Revolution Songs. Take a listen Edmonton AM www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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October 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Tara McCarthy & I spoke of secret societies, peace making and the KKK in Canada on the launch day of my new novel Revolution Songs. Take a listen Edmonton AM www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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🎧 Have you heard the one and only @carissahalton.bsky.social on CBC yet? Don't miss this amazing interview! ❤️ 💛
#NeWestPress #RevolutionSongs #CBCListen #ReadLocal #BuyCanadian
#NeWestPress #RevolutionSongs #CBCListen #ReadLocal #BuyCanadian
October 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
🎧 Have you heard the one and only @carissahalton.bsky.social on CBC yet? Don't miss this amazing interview! ❤️ 💛
#NeWestPress #RevolutionSongs #CBCListen #ReadLocal #BuyCanadian
#NeWestPress #RevolutionSongs #CBCListen #ReadLocal #BuyCanadian
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So very pleased to be at the launch event for REVOLUTION SONGS by @carissahalton.bsky.social, published by @newestpress.bsky.social. What a phenomenal turnout!
#books #reading #writing #publishing #events #yeg #alberta #history
#books #reading #writing #publishing #events #yeg #alberta #history
October 3, 2025 at 1:06 AM
So very pleased to be at the launch event for REVOLUTION SONGS by @carissahalton.bsky.social, published by @newestpress.bsky.social. What a phenomenal turnout!
#books #reading #writing #publishing #events #yeg #alberta #history
#books #reading #writing #publishing #events #yeg #alberta #history
Today’s the day! Buy REVOLUTION SONGS wherever great books are sold.
#canlit #historicalfiction #booklaunch
#canlit #historicalfiction #booklaunch
🎉 Happy Pub Day 🎉 to REVOLUTION SONGS and to @carissahalton.bsky.social make sure to get your copy now! It's a must read this fall!
#NeWestPress #RevolutionSongs #NewRelease #ABbooks #CanadianLiterature #CanLit #ReadLocal #BuyLocal #ReadCanadian #BuyCanadian
#NeWestPress #RevolutionSongs #NewRelease #ABbooks #CanadianLiterature #CanLit #ReadLocal #BuyLocal #ReadCanadian #BuyCanadian
October 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Today’s the day! Buy REVOLUTION SONGS wherever great books are sold.
#canlit #historicalfiction #booklaunch
#canlit #historicalfiction #booklaunch
Flour sack dresses could be far from sack-like, plain and dowdy. So resourceful! Novel research unearths the best stuff. (Also, my book launch my include a flour sack dress…)
#writersky #bookresearch #historicalfiction #histfic #vintagefashion
#writersky #bookresearch #historicalfiction #histfic #vintagefashion
April 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Flour sack dresses could be far from sack-like, plain and dowdy. So resourceful! Novel research unearths the best stuff. (Also, my book launch my include a flour sack dress…)
#writersky #bookresearch #historicalfiction #histfic #vintagefashion
#writersky #bookresearch #historicalfiction #histfic #vintagefashion
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You are invited to a double book launch! APRIL 30th | 7pm @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social
Featuring Sarain Frank Soonias and @wendymcgrath.bsky.social , with special guests @sjonespoet.bsky.social and Jaspreet Singh
Join this stellar NeWest line up for an evening of poetry, discussion, and snacks!
Featuring Sarain Frank Soonias and @wendymcgrath.bsky.social , with special guests @sjonespoet.bsky.social and Jaspreet Singh
Join this stellar NeWest line up for an evening of poetry, discussion, and snacks!
April 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
You are invited to a double book launch! APRIL 30th | 7pm @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social
Featuring Sarain Frank Soonias and @wendymcgrath.bsky.social , with special guests @sjonespoet.bsky.social and Jaspreet Singh
Join this stellar NeWest line up for an evening of poetry, discussion, and snacks!
Featuring Sarain Frank Soonias and @wendymcgrath.bsky.social , with special guests @sjonespoet.bsky.social and Jaspreet Singh
Join this stellar NeWest line up for an evening of poetry, discussion, and snacks!
Always finding ways to get out of my head.
April 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Always finding ways to get out of my head.
Reposted by Carissa Halton
Reposted by Carissa Halton
Join the SLOCOM Revolution!
March 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Join the SLOCOM Revolution!
Sometimes our brains just have a limit. As though it’s a good steed, I’ve been working hard to pay more attention when it says, “Rest, my friend. We both need it.”
#booksky #amwriting #writinglife
#booksky #amwriting #writinglife
March 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Sometimes our brains just have a limit. As though it’s a good steed, I’ve been working hard to pay more attention when it says, “Rest, my friend. We both need it.”
#booksky #amwriting #writinglife
#booksky #amwriting #writinglife
💥Book news. 👀 Watch til the end for the 📔title reveal
March 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
💥Book news. 👀 Watch til the end for the 📔title reveal
Thx to everyone who borrowed Little Yellow House from the library in all formats! Every year, the Canada Council for the Arts mails $ to Canadian writers thanks to the incredible Public Lending Right Program. Not all countries have such a generous way of affirming writers’ IP and copyright. 🙏🇨🇦
February 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Thx to everyone who borrowed Little Yellow House from the library in all formats! Every year, the Canada Council for the Arts mails $ to Canadian writers thanks to the incredible Public Lending Right Program. Not all countries have such a generous way of affirming writers’ IP and copyright. 🙏🇨🇦
February 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
January 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
A book about the opportunities crisis creates for people who want to legislate hate. 😳 The characters are great, writing beautiful. My quibble is her choice to cut away or back flash the most interesting scenes. But a beautiful, timely, slower book about art & activism. 3.5/5
#booksky #amreading
#booksky #amreading
January 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A book about the opportunities crisis creates for people who want to legislate hate. 😳 The characters are great, writing beautiful. My quibble is her choice to cut away or back flash the most interesting scenes. But a beautiful, timely, slower book about art & activism. 3.5/5
#booksky #amreading
#booksky #amreading
My novel… every strategic planning I’ve ever helped facilitate… my life 🤗 let’s embrace the mess a little, right? Like even in nature, how natural is a straight line?
#goalsetting #reallife
#goalsetting #reallife
January 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My novel… every strategic planning I’ve ever helped facilitate… my life 🤗 let’s embrace the mess a little, right? Like even in nature, how natural is a straight line?
#goalsetting #reallife
#goalsetting #reallife
Set in Rome during the Nazi occupation, a priest with the help of his “choir” helps Allied POWs escape. I haven’t read anything about WWII set in Italy so loved that. But so much back & forth into the past, between characters I didn’t remember. Beautiful prose, but sometimes too much of it. 3/5 ⭐️
January 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Set in Rome during the Nazi occupation, a priest with the help of his “choir” helps Allied POWs escape. I haven’t read anything about WWII set in Italy so loved that. But so much back & forth into the past, between characters I didn’t remember. Beautiful prose, but sometimes too much of it. 3/5 ⭐️
New year, new office set up meant stringing new lights and adding way more desk space — ready to work ❤️
#amwriting #writinglife #homeoffice
#amwriting #writinglife #homeoffice
January 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
New year, new office set up meant stringing new lights and adding way more desk space — ready to work ❤️
#amwriting #writinglife #homeoffice
#amwriting #writinglife #homeoffice
Happy solstice. The light is coming! (And on last night’s magical ski, I felt so grateful for the beauty of this land on which we live❤️)
December 23, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Happy solstice. The light is coming! (And on last night’s magical ski, I felt so grateful for the beauty of this land on which we live❤️)
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
December 20, 2024 at 12:11 PM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
Research brings the best finds ,right? #amwriting #historicalfiction (If there are any homemade Morse code tapper experts out there, would love to hear from you!)
December 20, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Research brings the best finds ,right? #amwriting #historicalfiction (If there are any homemade Morse code tapper experts out there, would love to hear from you!)
One might think I am reading about the political happenings in the world. Rather I’m on hiatus from the news (as best as I can look away) so I’m crushing it in a certain Candy game… 🤪
December 18, 2024 at 4:04 AM
One might think I am reading about the political happenings in the world. Rather I’m on hiatus from the news (as best as I can look away) so I’m crushing it in a certain Candy game… 🤪
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So honoured to see In Her Defence: 50th Street named one of Amazon's best podcasts of the year. I’m so grateful to the Tuccaro family for trusting me with Amber’s story, and it means a lot to know it’s reaching people.
At this link or wherever you get podcasts: music.amazon.com/podcasts/4fe...
At this link or wherever you get podcasts: music.amazon.com/podcasts/4fe...
December 16, 2024 at 10:44 PM
So honoured to see In Her Defence: 50th Street named one of Amazon's best podcasts of the year. I’m so grateful to the Tuccaro family for trusting me with Amber’s story, and it means a lot to know it’s reaching people.
At this link or wherever you get podcasts: music.amazon.com/podcasts/4fe...
At this link or wherever you get podcasts: music.amazon.com/podcasts/4fe...