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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I went up to Albany all of a rainy night and what mug do I find but William Kennedy, THE William Kennedy. Author of "Ironweed," "Roscoe," and so many other novels that endure. He's 97, he's still writing - and he'll drink you under the table. So here: Your "Great Read."
William Kennedy, Albany’s Bard, Reads a Story With Legs
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I went up to Albany all of a rainy night and what mug do I find but William Kennedy, THE William Kennedy. Author of "Ironweed," "Roscoe," and so many other novels that endure. He's 97, he's still writing - and he'll drink you under the table. So here: Your "Great Read."
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Reminder: A lot of great books published this year during absolutely bonkers news & world event times. That squashes people talking about them. Keep buying books please, keep borrowing them from libraries, and for the love of all that's good, talk about them. Post about them. 📚
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Reminder: A lot of great books published this year during absolutely bonkers news & world event times. That squashes people talking about them. Keep buying books please, keep borrowing them from libraries, and for the love of all that's good, talk about them. Post about them. 📚
If you're online and looking for a break from doomscrolling, hop on over to www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJQY... to join my conversation with @drinksinthelibrary.bsky.social for the @everylibrary.bsky.social live author conversation series starting at 7 pm Eastern. See you there...
November 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
If you're online and looking for a break from doomscrolling, hop on over to www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJQY... to join my conversation with @drinksinthelibrary.bsky.social for the @everylibrary.bsky.social live author conversation series starting at 7 pm Eastern. See you there...
All things @erikaswyler.bsky.social as a general rule and you can't go wrong.
Convincing you to read WE LIVED ON THE HORIZON by *also* sharing two paragraphs instead of one sentence. Because I'm a giver.
Share yours.
Share yours.
November 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
All things @erikaswyler.bsky.social as a general rule and you can't go wrong.
My work here is done.
Sold!
Convincing you to read ORDINARY BEAR by sharing the first sentence. But I cropped the photo wrong, so you get two paragraphs...
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
My work here is done.
Can't recommend enough.
Persuading you to read ENDPAPERS by sharing the first sentence, except oops! I also cropped the photo wrong so here are two paragraphs! Share yours??
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Can't recommend enough.
Can't recommend enough.
Convincing you to read THE SHAMSHINE BLIND by sharing the first sentence except oopsie! I cropped the photo wrong so you get two paragraphs! share yours etc.
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Can't recommend enough.
This is what they think our work is worth.
AUTHORS!!
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Homepage | Bartz v Anthropic Settlement Site
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This is what they think our work is worth.
Got plans for Wednesday night? If not, join me and @drinksinthelibrary.bsky.social for @everylibrary.bsky.social's Award Winning Author Conversation series, broadcast live at www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJQY... starting at 7 PM. The recording will also be archived.
#5amwritersclub #writinglife
#5amwritersclub #writinglife
"Ordinary Bear" with C.B. Bernard - Best First Mystery Novel - Award Winners Week 2025
YouTube video by EveryLibrary
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Got plans for Wednesday night? If not, join me and @drinksinthelibrary.bsky.social for @everylibrary.bsky.social's Award Winning Author Conversation series, broadcast live at www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJQY... starting at 7 PM. The recording will also be archived.
#5amwritersclub #writinglife
#5amwritersclub #writinglife
"The America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries." --Kurt Vonnegut
@everylibrary.bsky.social @drinksinthelibrary.bsky.social
@everylibrary.bsky.social @drinksinthelibrary.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"The America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries." --Kurt Vonnegut
@everylibrary.bsky.social @drinksinthelibrary.bsky.social
@everylibrary.bsky.social @drinksinthelibrary.bsky.social
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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MAKE TIME FOR THIS YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED IT IS AMAZING
While I cannot vouch for either the lecture or the lecturer being distinguished, I can vouch for the Worldbuilding Initiative being one of the most hopeful things I've come across in quite some time.
youtu.be/iUKmJoSwsxM?...
youtu.be/iUKmJoSwsxM?...
Fall 2025 Worldbuilding Distinguished Lecture with Erika Swyler
YouTube video by Humanities Institute
youtu.be
October 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
MAKE TIME FOR THIS YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED IT IS AMAZING
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The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
Hero.
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Hero.
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TONIGHT in PVD:
Join me to celebrate the publication of Guardians & Saints: Stories, just out from Cornerstone Press.
Where: Riffraff Bookstore & Bar, 60 Valley St., Providence RI
When: 6 pm
Read more about the book and the launch here:
heyrhody.com/stories/a-ni...
Join me to celebrate the publication of Guardians & Saints: Stories, just out from Cornerstone Press.
Where: Riffraff Bookstore & Bar, 60 Valley St., Providence RI
When: 6 pm
Read more about the book and the launch here:
heyrhody.com/stories/a-ni...
A Night of Stories and Spirits at Riffraff Bookstore & Bar - Hey Rhody Media Co.
History and heartache meet in the pages of Guardians & Saints , the new short story collection from Providence author Diane Josefowicz. Out October 21 from Cornerstone Press, the book explores …
heyrhody.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
TONIGHT in PVD:
Join me to celebrate the publication of Guardians & Saints: Stories, just out from Cornerstone Press.
Where: Riffraff Bookstore & Bar, 60 Valley St., Providence RI
When: 6 pm
Read more about the book and the launch here:
heyrhody.com/stories/a-ni...
Join me to celebrate the publication of Guardians & Saints: Stories, just out from Cornerstone Press.
Where: Riffraff Bookstore & Bar, 60 Valley St., Providence RI
When: 6 pm
Read more about the book and the launch here:
heyrhody.com/stories/a-ni...
“There are no intact men.” -- Pete Dexter
October 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“There are no intact men.” -- Pete Dexter
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Introducing our excellent 2025 #5Over50 authors: Jennifer Eli Bowen, Princess Joy L. Perry, Yael Valencia Aldana, Vishwas R. Gaitonde, and Lauren K. Watel! Visit the link to read their essays and excerpts from their debut works, plus listen to audio clips from their books: at.pw.org/5Over50x2025
October 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Introducing our excellent 2025 #5Over50 authors: Jennifer Eli Bowen, Princess Joy L. Perry, Yael Valencia Aldana, Vishwas R. Gaitonde, and Lauren K. Watel! Visit the link to read their essays and excerpts from their debut works, plus listen to audio clips from their books: at.pw.org/5Over50x2025
This makes me think of the New Yorker cartoon someone sent me when I moved to #rhodeisland.
October 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This makes me think of the New Yorker cartoon someone sent me when I moved to #rhodeisland.
"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Waving his flag all over the place: Trump adds ‘Arc de Trump’ to presidential renovations
In addition to a new ballroom, flagpoles, gilding the Oval Office and paving over the Rose Garden, the US president proposes an arch
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Happy Book Birthday to friend and writing hero @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social. Smart, true, & funny as hell, this is Kristin at her best—and that's saying something. She sees the world more clearly & renders it with a sharper sense of humor than any writer I know. bookshop.org/p/books/clem...
October 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Happy Book Birthday to friend and writing hero @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social. Smart, true, & funny as hell, this is Kristin at her best—and that's saying something. She sees the world more clearly & renders it with a sharper sense of humor than any writer I know. bookshop.org/p/books/clem...
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If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
Great library in a beautiful town.
How cool is this? My hometown public library.
❤️📚📖
❤️📚📖
October 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Great library in a beautiful town.