Freda Johnson
@fredajohnson.bsky.social
Avid reader, happy traveler.
Still thinking about the wonderful week @writersfest.bc.ca and the 10 excellent, thought provoking and fun events I took in, as I happily delve into my pile of new reads 📚
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Still thinking about the wonderful week @writersfest.bc.ca and the 10 excellent, thought provoking and fun events I took in, as I happily delve into my pile of new reads 📚
Front of the room for my favourite event of a week of fantastic events @writersfest.bc.ca
October 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Front of the room for my favourite event of a week of fantastic events @writersfest.bc.ca
I’ve never had front row seats! This was a compelling and comprehensive discussion on Writing in America today @writersfest.bc.ca excellently moderated.
October 24, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I’ve never had front row seats! This was a compelling and comprehensive discussion on Writing in America today @writersfest.bc.ca excellently moderated.
We (readers) all miss hearing Eleanor Wachtel on CBC radio. Thank you @writersfest.bc.ca for bringing her to the festival. It was a wonderful interview with the incomparable Miriam Toews.
October 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
We (readers) all miss hearing Eleanor Wachtel on CBC radio. Thank you @writersfest.bc.ca for bringing her to the festival. It was a wonderful interview with the incomparable Miriam Toews.
The addition of a harpist at Gems of the Emerald Isle @writersfest.bc.ca was beautiful 😍
October 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The addition of a harpist at Gems of the Emerald Isle @writersfest.bc.ca was beautiful 😍
Last night’s opening event at the @writersfest.bc.ca was inspiring, moving, funny and hopeful.
A brilliant start to my favourite week of the year 😍📚
A brilliant start to my favourite week of the year 😍📚
October 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Last night’s opening event at the @writersfest.bc.ca was inspiring, moving, funny and hopeful.
A brilliant start to my favourite week of the year 😍📚
A brilliant start to my favourite week of the year 😍📚
Kyiv 1919 was a chaotic time of political turmoil. Kirkov’s wry, dry humour perfectly captures the time, place and characters. First in a new mystery series.
August 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Kyiv 1919 was a chaotic time of political turmoil. Kirkov’s wry, dry humour perfectly captures the time, place and characters. First in a new mystery series.
Just finished, and loved, the new novel by @jesswalter.bsky.social Looking forward to seeing him at @writersfest.bc.ca this fall.
August 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Just finished, and loved, the new novel by @jesswalter.bsky.social Looking forward to seeing him at @writersfest.bc.ca this fall.
My 55th read of the year is this excellent graphic memoir I can’t recommend highly enough. 5 stars ⭐️ @georgetakei.bsky.social is an actor & civil rights activist extraordinaire and both this and his earlier memoir, They Call Us Enemy, should be required reading.
July 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
My 55th read of the year is this excellent graphic memoir I can’t recommend highly enough. 5 stars ⭐️ @georgetakei.bsky.social is an actor & civil rights activist extraordinaire and both this and his earlier memoir, They Call Us Enemy, should be required reading.
What a rollicking set of adventure/romance stories with wonderful historical details these books are. Can’t wait for the next one! @alisongoodman.bsky.social has cleverly used the “invisibility” of women of a certain age that allows her intrepid twin sisters to fight horrid restrictions. 5 ⭐️
July 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
What a rollicking set of adventure/romance stories with wonderful historical details these books are. Can’t wait for the next one! @alisongoodman.bsky.social has cleverly used the “invisibility” of women of a certain age that allows her intrepid twin sisters to fight horrid restrictions. 5 ⭐️
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Want to *hear* the latest about Greenhearth Necromancer? We've got a devlog for you! 🎵
In this month's devlog, we learn more about the sound & audio design from audio director @dmvibe.bsky.social himself. Plus: a brand new song visualizer! ✨
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In this month's devlog, we learn more about the sound & audio design from audio director @dmvibe.bsky.social himself. Plus: a brand new song visualizer! ✨
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Greenhearth Necromancer - The Sounds of Settling - Steam News
As the evening sun sets on the concrete balconies of a brutalist apartment building, let's listen in...
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July 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Want to *hear* the latest about Greenhearth Necromancer? We've got a devlog for you! 🎵
In this month's devlog, we learn more about the sound & audio design from audio director @dmvibe.bsky.social himself. Plus: a brand new song visualizer! ✨
store.steampowered.com/news/app/212...
In this month's devlog, we learn more about the sound & audio design from audio director @dmvibe.bsky.social himself. Plus: a brand new song visualizer! ✨
store.steampowered.com/news/app/212...
I’m so glad this was one of the books I picked up at the recent @writersfest.bc.ca fundraiser book sale. Thank you @dannyramadan.com for trusting us with your extraordinary story: excellent writing and I really liked the structure too.
July 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I’m so glad this was one of the books I picked up at the recent @writersfest.bc.ca fundraiser book sale. Thank you @dannyramadan.com for trusting us with your extraordinary story: excellent writing and I really liked the structure too.
This powerful, taut and expansive novel had me appreciating rural police work to a much greater extent. Unsung heroes. Another extraordinary story from @marinaendicott.bsky.social one of my favourite authors.
June 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This powerful, taut and expansive novel had me appreciating rural police work to a much greater extent. Unsung heroes. Another extraordinary story from @marinaendicott.bsky.social one of my favourite authors.
A sweet MG novel about friendship between unlikely characters and personal acceptance/growth. Beautifully illustrated. Highly recommend.
May 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A sweet MG novel about friendship between unlikely characters and personal acceptance/growth. Beautifully illustrated. Highly recommend.
Historical fiction account of Marguerite de La Rocque de Roberval, 16th century noblewoman, forced by her guardian to sail to Canada with her maid, abandoned by her guardian with maid and “husband” on a deserted island. Her survival was miraculous. Well written; another woman who should be known.
May 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Historical fiction account of Marguerite de La Rocque de Roberval, 16th century noblewoman, forced by her guardian to sail to Canada with her maid, abandoned by her guardian with maid and “husband” on a deserted island. Her survival was miraculous. Well written; another woman who should be known.
Followed up Standard Deviation with this delightful and heartfelt novel by the same author. I will now read *anything* by her!
May 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Followed up Standard Deviation with this delightful and heartfelt novel by the same author. I will now read *anything* by her!
This was a laugh-out-loud funny, smart, heartfelt novel. Highly recommend!
May 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This was a laugh-out-loud funny, smart, heartfelt novel. Highly recommend!
On Independent Bookstore Day, I love that my local independent bookstore gives a surprise gift with purchases of a certain amount. 📚😎 @bookwarehouse.bsky.social
April 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
On Independent Bookstore Day, I love that my local independent bookstore gives a surprise gift with purchases of a certain amount. 📚😎 @bookwarehouse.bsky.social
This biography of American Elizabeth Packard, committed to an insane asylum in 1860, for the audacity of thinking for herself and expressing her views, should be required history reading, especially in the U.S. She went on to get changes made to the laws. A remarkable woman, largely unknown.
April 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This biography of American Elizabeth Packard, committed to an insane asylum in 1860, for the audacity of thinking for herself and expressing her views, should be required history reading, especially in the U.S. She went on to get changes made to the laws. A remarkable woman, largely unknown.
This Booker winner is a beautifully written meditation on the wonders of our world as seen from above by astronauts on a space station, orbiting the planet 16 times in a day. Not much happens; we are compelled to linger in contemplation.
April 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This Booker winner is a beautifully written meditation on the wonders of our world as seen from above by astronauts on a space station, orbiting the planet 16 times in a day. Not much happens; we are compelled to linger in contemplation.
March 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
February reads - a most compelling nonfiction that paired well with Demon Copperhead (from
January)
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March 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM
February reads - a most compelling nonfiction that paired well with Demon Copperhead (from
January)
Booksky.club/main 📚💙
January)
Booksky.club/main 📚💙
January reads - an awesome start to the year!
Booksky.club/main 📚💙
Booksky.club/main 📚💙
March 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
January reads - an awesome start to the year!
Booksky.club/main 📚💙
Booksky.club/main 📚💙