Heather McBriarty
@hezmcb.bsky.social
Writer of words, sailor of seas, student of the Great War, proud Canadian!
Author of Somewhere in Flanders, and Amid the Splintered Trees
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Author of Somewhere in Flanders, and Amid the Splintered Trees
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Today is National Indigenous Veterans Day.
This day honours the contributions of the First Nations, Inuit and Metis who served in the Canadian Armed Forces.
They fought for Canada despite being denied rights by the country.
This is the story of some of those veterans.
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This day honours the contributions of the First Nations, Inuit and Metis who served in the Canadian Armed Forces.
They fought for Canada despite being denied rights by the country.
This is the story of some of those veterans.
🧵 1/12
November 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Today is National Indigenous Veterans Day.
This day honours the contributions of the First Nations, Inuit and Metis who served in the Canadian Armed Forces.
They fought for Canada despite being denied rights by the country.
This is the story of some of those veterans.
🧵 1/12
This day honours the contributions of the First Nations, Inuit and Metis who served in the Canadian Armed Forces.
They fought for Canada despite being denied rights by the country.
This is the story of some of those veterans.
🧵 1/12
Sitting here with Tim Cook's book open on my lap when I find out that he is gone. When I met him he said he'd read my book and signed his to me from one historian to another, he a highly prolific, brilliant, and decorated PhD in military history, me a rank amateur. RIP, Tim you were so kind!🥺
October 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Sitting here with Tim Cook's book open on my lap when I find out that he is gone. When I met him he said he'd read my book and signed his to me from one historian to another, he a highly prolific, brilliant, and decorated PhD in military history, me a rank amateur. RIP, Tim you were so kind!🥺
A new review is out. I'm so fortunately to be able to read fantastic books!! #firstworldwar #canadianaatwar
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September 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
A new review is out. I'm so fortunately to be able to read fantastic books!! #firstworldwar #canadianaatwar
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Book signing at the Write Cup!
August 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Book signing at the Write Cup!
Happy Canada Day! And for our NFLDers, we will engender the sacrifice of the Blue Puttees on this day in 1916.
July 1, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Happy Canada Day! And for our NFLDers, we will engender the sacrifice of the Blue Puttees on this day in 1916.
Woke up this morning as an unemployed person for the first time in 39 years. I feel like a kid again, just out of high school with a world of possibilities ahead of me! What do I want to be when I grow up? What new thing can I do today? It's a renewal, a reinvention, not retirement.
June 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Woke up this morning as an unemployed person for the first time in 39 years. I feel like a kid again, just out of high school with a world of possibilities ahead of me! What do I want to be when I grow up? What new thing can I do today? It's a renewal, a reinvention, not retirement.
June 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
New blog post about Privates Henry Mangan and Harry Price.
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The Faces of WWI Blog
About Reviews Social Interviews Home Henry and HarryThe Final DaysA Service to Honour Jim JohnstoneTravel Part TwoTravels to the Sacred LandsBrotherhood and FriendshipA Troubled SoulFaceless, but n…
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June 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
New blog post about Privates Henry Mangan and Harry Price.
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I will not drink the wine while writing. I will not drink the wine while writing. I will NOT drink the wine while writing.
June 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I will not drink the wine while writing. I will not drink the wine while writing. I will NOT drink the wine while writing.
Writing! I've been writing up a storm! Two reviews and added some to the new book I'm working. It feels so great to actually putting words on the page.
June 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Writing! I've been writing up a storm! Two reviews and added some to the new book I'm working. It feels so great to actually putting words on the page.
I have some reviewing to do for @theseaboardreview.ca
May 30, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I have some reviewing to do for @theseaboardreview.ca
Eek!! This is a first for me: my review for a previous book making the back cover and inside blurb for their next release! Coming June 10th...
May 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Eek!! This is a first for me: my review for a previous book making the back cover and inside blurb for their next release! Coming June 10th...
May 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Outlined the chapters and started research for a new book. Even wrote the first paragraph for the introduction. Back to non-fiction, #firstworldwar.
May 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Outlined the chapters and started research for a new book. Even wrote the first paragraph for the introduction. Back to non-fiction, #firstworldwar.
Two blog posts today, covering day 3 and 4 of my trip to Belgium.
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The Faces of WWI Blog
About Reviews Social Interviews Home A Service to Honour Jim JohnstoneTravel Part TwoTravels to the Sacred LandsBrotherhood and FriendshipA Troubled SoulFaceless, but not forgottenLads of the 38th&…
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May 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Two blog posts today, covering day 3 and 4 of my trip to Belgium.
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As today is a holiday for many Canadians, check out some videos on the OTD Military History YouTube channel.
Watching videos in full really helps me with the algorithm takes as it takes that info and uses it to share the videos with others. #history
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Watching videos in full really helps me with the algorithm takes as it takes that info and uses it to share the videos with others. #history
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OTD Military History
At OTD Military History, Brad St.Croix, who has a PhD in history, is creating many types of videos about military history using primary documents and memories. I create videos using historical footage...
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May 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
As today is a holiday for many Canadians, check out some videos on the OTD Military History YouTube channel.
Watching videos in full really helps me with the algorithm takes as it takes that info and uses it to share the videos with others. #history
www.youtube.com/@OTDMilitary...
Watching videos in full really helps me with the algorithm takes as it takes that info and uses it to share the videos with others. #history
www.youtube.com/@OTDMilitary...
The first two days of my trip to Belgium and France's FWW battlefields and cemeteries
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May 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The first two days of my trip to Belgium and France's FWW battlefields and cemeteries
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A service on May 7 for Jim Johnstone at RE Farm cemetery. Thank you to HRPS pipe band and Eric Compernolle for these photos.
May 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A service on May 7 for Jim Johnstone at RE Farm cemetery. Thank you to HRPS pipe band and Eric Compernolle for these photos.
Down to the Somme yesterday.
May 6, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Down to the Somme yesterday.
Back in the Salient! Flanders is beautiful in the spring.
May 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Back in the Salient! Flanders is beautiful in the spring.
Lovely review and an honour to be picked for special comment at my local indie bookstore.
May 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Lovely review and an honour to be picked for special comment at my local indie bookstore.
From Constable John Guy of the HRPS:
On Wednesday, May 7, 2025, members of the Halton Regional Police Service, including the Pipes and Drums and Honour Guard, will be joined by Chief Stephen J. Tanner in a solemn Service of Remembrance honoring the life and sacrifice of James W. Johnstone.
On Wednesday, May 7, 2025, members of the Halton Regional Police Service, including the Pipes and Drums and Honour Guard, will be joined by Chief Stephen J. Tanner in a solemn Service of Remembrance honoring the life and sacrifice of James W. Johnstone.
April 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
From Constable John Guy of the HRPS:
On Wednesday, May 7, 2025, members of the Halton Regional Police Service, including the Pipes and Drums and Honour Guard, will be joined by Chief Stephen J. Tanner in a solemn Service of Remembrance honoring the life and sacrifice of James W. Johnstone.
On Wednesday, May 7, 2025, members of the Halton Regional Police Service, including the Pipes and Drums and Honour Guard, will be joined by Chief Stephen J. Tanner in a solemn Service of Remembrance honoring the life and sacrifice of James W. Johnstone.
I don't always write. Sometimes I tear big holes in my boat and fix them. #firstworldproblems
April 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I don't always write. Sometimes I tear big holes in my boat and fix them. #firstworldproblems
Pte Robert Mason of the 2nd Battalion CEF
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April 16, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Pte Robert Mason of the 2nd Battalion CEF
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