C.B. Bernard
@cbbernard.com
Novelist (ORDINARY BEAR, SMALL ANIMALS CAUGHT IN TRAPS), nonfiction writer (CHASING ALASKA). Pacific NW/Alaska expat in Rhode Island exile. Dogs, books, boats. Feet in the ocean, head in the clouds. Find me at www.cbbernard.com.
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Your friendly independent bookstore breaking into your timeline to tell you to take a couple hours this weekend, put your phone in like, a box, or something & read a book. All of this <waves hand> will be here when you come back.
January 9, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Your friendly independent bookstore breaking into your timeline to tell you to take a couple hours this weekend, put your phone in like, a box, or something & read a book. All of this <waves hand> will be here when you come back.
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“We have reason to be afraid. This is a terrible place.”
― John Berryman
― John Berryman
January 8, 2026 at 1:21 PM
“We have reason to be afraid. This is a terrible place.”
― John Berryman
― John Berryman
“We have reason to be afraid. This is a terrible place.”
― John Berryman
― John Berryman
January 8, 2026 at 1:21 PM
“We have reason to be afraid. This is a terrible place.”
― John Berryman
― John Berryman
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Check out this book by Elaine Feeney set in the West of Ireland! K.H
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
January 7, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Check out this book by Elaine Feeney set in the West of Ireland! K.H
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
First we learn that most Americans barely read books last year (lithub.com/in-2025-most...). Now it seems publishers won't be reading them, either.
The publishing software firm’s Manuscript AI aims to help publishers sift through slush piles by evaluating submissions across such metrics as sales potential and adherence to genre conventions.
Trilogy Launches AI-Powered Manuscript Assessment Tool
The publishing software firm’s Manuscript AI aims to help book editors sift through slush piles by evaluating submissions across such metrics as sales potential and adherence to genre conventions.
buff.ly
January 6, 2026 at 11:05 PM
First we learn that most Americans barely read books last year (lithub.com/in-2025-most...). Now it seems publishers won't be reading them, either.
Literary Breakfasts, a Non-Exhaustive List:
* Crepes of Wrath
* The Old Man and the Cereal
* A Clockwork Orange Juice
* The Picture of Dorian Grapefruit
* Catcher in the Rye Toast
#5amwritersclub #writinglife #ishouldbewriting
* Crepes of Wrath
* The Old Man and the Cereal
* A Clockwork Orange Juice
* The Picture of Dorian Grapefruit
* Catcher in the Rye Toast
#5amwritersclub #writinglife #ishouldbewriting
January 6, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Literary Breakfasts, a Non-Exhaustive List:
* Crepes of Wrath
* The Old Man and the Cereal
* A Clockwork Orange Juice
* The Picture of Dorian Grapefruit
* Catcher in the Rye Toast
#5amwritersclub #writinglife #ishouldbewriting
* Crepes of Wrath
* The Old Man and the Cereal
* A Clockwork Orange Juice
* The Picture of Dorian Grapefruit
* Catcher in the Rye Toast
#5amwritersclub #writinglife #ishouldbewriting
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Exciting news! 👁️
Some exciting Rhode Island media news: @thepvdeye.bsky.social -- where I serve as a board member and volunteer opinion editor -- is hiring its first full-time reporter.
Details below.
Feel free to spread the word!
Details below.
Feel free to spread the word!
City News Reporter - The Providence Eye
The Providence Eye (pvdeye.org), a digital news organization based in Providence, RI, seeks a full-time multimedia reporter to join our newsroom. This position will be our first time hiring a full-tim...
pvdeye.org
January 5, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Exciting news! 👁️
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Who called it Marty Supreme and not One Paddle After Another?
December 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Who called it Marty Supreme and not One Paddle After Another?
Great thread with a lot of good back reading for you...
Since we're bidding 2025 good riddance, I'll highlight a few pieces I wrote this year, most of which are about how to keep moving in hard times. First up is this Atlantic story about how joining Amway destroyed my mother and bankrupted our family. She could never let go of it, and I lost her. [1/5]
The ‘Exciting Business Opportunity’ That Ruined Our Lives
Amway sold my family a life built on delusion.
www.theatlantic.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Great thread with a lot of good back reading for you...
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I have tried nothing and I am out of ideas
December 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I have tried nothing and I am out of ideas
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December 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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James Lee Burke wrote a book that was on submission for 9 years and rejected 111 times, meaning he was unpublished for 13 years. It went on to be nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. This is a crazy fucking business.
December 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
James Lee Burke wrote a book that was on submission for 9 years and rejected 111 times, meaning he was unpublished for 13 years. It went on to be nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. This is a crazy fucking business.
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A 110°F day in Phoenix in July is closer to the freezing point than Fairbanks is right now. @alaskawx.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 7:03 AM
A 110°F day in Phoenix in July is closer to the freezing point than Fairbanks is right now. @alaskawx.bsky.social
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Dermot Healy cornering me in the bar at the Farnham Arms Hotel in Cavan: 'You know your problem'—meaning writing, I think!—'too much up here' (pointing to his head) 'and not enough here' (tapping his heart).
What is your favorite piece of writing advice, guidance, and/or wisdom?
December 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Dermot Healy cornering me in the bar at the Farnham Arms Hotel in Cavan: 'You know your problem'—meaning writing, I think!—'too much up here' (pointing to his head) 'and not enough here' (tapping his heart).
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Found a bookstore that stocks your novels
December 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Found a bookstore that stocks your novels
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Happy Jacquie Lawson e-card season to all whose elders celebrate!
December 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Happy Jacquie Lawson e-card season to all whose elders celebrate!
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I kind of can't believe that libraries exist. We get to go get all the books we want. For free.
December 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I kind of can't believe that libraries exist. We get to go get all the books we want. For free.
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i know it's last minute but if you are still shopping for gifts for me please please please do not get me a cybertruck
December 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
i know it's last minute but if you are still shopping for gifts for me please please please do not get me a cybertruck
"It was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything."
– Joseph Heller
– Joseph Heller
December 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"It was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything."
– Joseph Heller
– Joseph Heller
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People might say that pre-ordering my book for someone would make for a lousy Christmas present. But! Not only will it gift your loved ones a sizzling piece of neon noir that may well end up chiseled on the tombstone of the American Empire, but it will also reach them about delaying gratification.
A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE takes the neon-soaked world of EVERYBODY KNOWS and irradiates it - an art-pulp epic of blood and sleaze and even hope, set in the American now. A jagged chunk of something huge and heavy that sizzles in the night.
Pre-order it here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jorda...
Pre-order it here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jorda...
December 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
People might say that pre-ordering my book for someone would make for a lousy Christmas present. But! Not only will it gift your loved ones a sizzling piece of neon noir that may well end up chiseled on the tombstone of the American Empire, but it will also reach them about delaying gratification.
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support independent media. idk what else to say right now.
December 22, 2025 at 3:24 AM
support independent media. idk what else to say right now.
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BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
bit.ly
December 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
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I’m sorry but ‘heritage American’ makes you sound like a tomato
December 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I’m sorry but ‘heritage American’ makes you sound like a tomato