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
www.heathermcbriartyauthor.ca
Author of Somewhere in Flanders, and Amid the Splintered Trees
www.heathermcbriartyauthor.ca
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.
June 24, 2025 at 4:31 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.
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.
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
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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108 years ago today, the Canadian Corp took the impossible, Vimy Ridge (most of it). Nearly 3600 made the ultimate sacrifice, 7000 more were injured.
April 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
108 years ago today, the Canadian Corp took the impossible, Vimy Ridge (most of it). Nearly 3600 made the ultimate sacrifice, 7000 more were injured.
On the bestseller "list" again this week at @thewritecupsj.bsky.social This story resonates with a lot of people!
April 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
On the bestseller "list" again this week at @thewritecupsj.bsky.social This story resonates with a lot of people!
This is a brutal read. I knew things were bad in Ireland in the 1920s but I had no idea just how bad. Review coming at some point to @theseaboardreview.ca
April 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This is a brutal read. I knew things were bad in Ireland in the 1920s but I had no idea just how bad. Review coming at some point to @theseaboardreview.ca
I have been to both Essex Farm cemetery and the Brooding Soldier monument! 😊 Amazing places, both of them!
April 3, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I have been to both Essex Farm cemetery and the Brooding Soldier monument! 😊 Amazing places, both of them!
Book mail day !! Reviewing this for @theseaboardreview.ca @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social Coming August 2025.
April 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Book mail day !! Reviewing this for @theseaboardreview.ca @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social Coming August 2025.
This is what a sad sailor does in March: sit with a book in the sun on the back deck, high and dry, and still wrapped for winter!
March 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This is what a sad sailor does in March: sit with a book in the sun on the back deck, high and dry, and still wrapped for winter!
