🇨🇦 Janet Somerville
@janetsomerville.bsky.social
#Gellhorn enthusiast. Dog lover. Anti-fascist. Writer for hire.
HOW MIDSUMMER NIGHT (2024)
YOURS, FOR PROBABLY ALWAYS: MARTHA GELLHORN'S LETTERS OF LOVE & WAR (2019)
Contributor to Toronto Star #book pages.
https://janetsomervillewriter.com
HOW MIDSUMMER NIGHT (2024)
YOURS, FOR PROBABLY ALWAYS: MARTHA GELLHORN'S LETTERS OF LOVE & WAR (2019)
Contributor to Toronto Star #book pages.
https://janetsomervillewriter.com
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Yours, For Probably Always by Janet Somerville: 9780593455845 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Before email, when long distance telephone calls were difficult and expensive, people wrote letters, often several each day. Today, those letters provide an intimate and revealing look at the lives an...
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The fearless, indefatigable, singular MARTHA #GELLHORN was #BOTD in St. Louis. (b. 8 Nov 1908)
I wrote a book about her.
@prhaudio.bsky.social
Ask for it at your library or treat yourself to a copy & learn more about how timeless her words are:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/679091...
I wrote a book about her.
@prhaudio.bsky.social
Ask for it at your library or treat yourself to a copy & learn more about how timeless her words are:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/679091...
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In the department of good news, I had such a wonderful time speaking with superstars @linwoodbarclay.bsky.social & @joe-hill.bsky.social about their bestselling #horror novels WHISTLE & KING SORROW last night to a sold-out, amused crowd of discerning readers. @harpercollinsca.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
In the department of good news, I had such a wonderful time speaking with superstars @linwoodbarclay.bsky.social & @joe-hill.bsky.social about their bestselling #horror novels WHISTLE & KING SORROW last night to a sold-out, amused crowd of discerning readers. @harpercollinsca.bsky.social
You're on the NY Times list of Best #HistoricalFiction, @jfkane.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Best Historical Fiction Novels to Read Right Now
Whether you're looking for a classic or the latest and greatest, start here.
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
You're on the NY Times list of Best #HistoricalFiction, @jfkane.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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It's another layer of national degradation and moral decline to see the political media treat child rape like just another horserace issue.
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
It's another layer of national degradation and moral decline to see the political media treat child rape like just another horserace issue.
In the department of good news, I had such a wonderful time speaking with superstars @linwoodbarclay.bsky.social & @joe-hill.bsky.social about their bestselling #horror novels WHISTLE & KING SORROW last night to a sold-out, amused crowd of discerning readers. @harpercollinsca.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
In the department of good news, I had such a wonderful time speaking with superstars @linwoodbarclay.bsky.social & @joe-hill.bsky.social about their bestselling #horror novels WHISTLE & KING SORROW last night to a sold-out, amused crowd of discerning readers. @harpercollinsca.bsky.social
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"There is no city, state, or county in America where a two-bedroom apartment is in reach for someone who earns minimum wage and works full time." Zoe Adams reviews Brian Goldstone's book, "There is No Place for Us."
lareviewofbooks.org/article/an-emergency-born-of-prosperity/
lareviewofbooks.org/article/an-emergency-born-of-prosperity/
November 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"There is no city, state, or county in America where a two-bedroom apartment is in reach for someone who earns minimum wage and works full time." Zoe Adams reviews Brian Goldstone's book, "There is No Place for Us."
lareviewofbooks.org/article/an-emergency-born-of-prosperity/
lareviewofbooks.org/article/an-emergency-born-of-prosperity/
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
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This is my last in-person event this year and it’s a good one. Please come!
Come and meet @jfkane.bsky.social at the Coffee House Club in New York TONIGHT: www.eventbrite.com/e/author-mar...
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This is my last in-person event this year and it’s a good one. Please come!
TONIGHT 👇
Tomorrow night should be fun.
Excited to be talking with international bestselling superstars
@joe-hill.bsky.social & @linwoodbarclay.bsky.social
about KING SORROW & WHISTLE.
Rare books, dragons, evil model trains & more!
@harpercollinsca.bsky.social
@blueheronbooks.bsky.social
Excited to be talking with international bestselling superstars
@joe-hill.bsky.social & @linwoodbarclay.bsky.social
about KING SORROW & WHISTLE.
Rare books, dragons, evil model trains & more!
@harpercollinsca.bsky.social
@blueheronbooks.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
TONIGHT 👇
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Got turned down on a piece about ICE in Chicago for an international news org because they believed I couldn’t be objective about my neighbors getting kidnapped. And well, guilty as charged I guess.
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Got turned down on a piece about ICE in Chicago for an international news org because they believed I couldn’t be objective about my neighbors getting kidnapped. And well, guilty as charged I guess.
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The Epstein stuff is always so amazing to me because it's like "yes he was a sex criminal but if you can get past that, he was also an avowed eugenicist"
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The Epstein stuff is always so amazing to me because it's like "yes he was a sex criminal but if you can get past that, he was also an avowed eugenicist"
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So on Epstein, the Democratic position should be "Trump should resign." If you are a Democratic elected, practice saying "We demand the president's resignation" in front of a mirror as many times as it takes until the dry-heaving that comes from having a phobia about actually doing politics passes.
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
So on Epstein, the Democratic position should be "Trump should resign." If you are a Democratic elected, practice saying "We demand the president's resignation" in front of a mirror as many times as it takes until the dry-heaving that comes from having a phobia about actually doing politics passes.
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Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Toronto Cenotaph — a quiet, carved reminder of the cost of war that has gathered Torontonians in reflection every November 11 since it was unveiled in 1925.
#remembranceday #war #sacrifice #cenotaph #memorial #TorontoHistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
#remembranceday #war #sacrifice #cenotaph #memorial #TorontoHistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Toronto Cenotaph — a quiet, carved reminder of the cost of war that has gathered Torontonians in reflection every November 11 since it was unveiled in 1925.
#remembranceday #war #sacrifice #cenotaph #memorial #TorontoHistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
#remembranceday #war #sacrifice #cenotaph #memorial #TorontoHistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
Tomorrow night should be fun.
Excited to be talking with international bestselling superstars
@joe-hill.bsky.social & @linwoodbarclay.bsky.social
about KING SORROW & WHISTLE.
Rare books, dragons, evil model trains & more!
@harpercollinsca.bsky.social
@blueheronbooks.bsky.social
Excited to be talking with international bestselling superstars
@joe-hill.bsky.social & @linwoodbarclay.bsky.social
about KING SORROW & WHISTLE.
Rare books, dragons, evil model trains & more!
@harpercollinsca.bsky.social
@blueheronbooks.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Tomorrow night should be fun.
Excited to be talking with international bestselling superstars
@joe-hill.bsky.social & @linwoodbarclay.bsky.social
about KING SORROW & WHISTLE.
Rare books, dragons, evil model trains & more!
@harpercollinsca.bsky.social
@blueheronbooks.bsky.social
Excited to be talking with international bestselling superstars
@joe-hill.bsky.social & @linwoodbarclay.bsky.social
about KING SORROW & WHISTLE.
Rare books, dragons, evil model trains & more!
@harpercollinsca.bsky.social
@blueheronbooks.bsky.social
"Politics is bad enough in any shape; but it shouldn’t get around to manhandling the destitute." ~Martha #Gellhorn, 1935 letter to Harry Hopkins
November 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"Politics is bad enough in any shape; but it shouldn’t get around to manhandling the destitute." ~Martha #Gellhorn, 1935 letter to Harry Hopkins
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Rosoman was a fireman in the Blitz. The men in the painting died. It haunted him. He painted the scene many times.
He was later an important teacher; David Hockney was one of his students. He died aged 98 in 2012.
He was later an important teacher; David Hockney was one of his students. He died aged 98 in 2012.
'A House Collapsing on Two Firemen, Shoe Lane, London, EC4'
(1940) by Leonard Henry Rosoman
(Imperial War Museums)
(1940) by Leonard Henry Rosoman
(Imperial War Museums)
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Rosoman was a fireman in the Blitz. The men in the painting died. It haunted him. He painted the scene many times.
He was later an important teacher; David Hockney was one of his students. He died aged 98 in 2012.
He was later an important teacher; David Hockney was one of his students. He died aged 98 in 2012.
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Trenches on the Somme
Mary Riter Hamilton
1919
Mary Riter Hamilton
1919
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Trenches on the Somme
Mary Riter Hamilton
1919
Mary Riter Hamilton
1919
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Today is the publication day for WITHOUT CONSENT, a book I am so proud to share with the world, and that the New York Times Book Review says "is years — decades — overdue."
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Today is the publication day for WITHOUT CONSENT, a book I am so proud to share with the world, and that the New York Times Book Review says "is years — decades — overdue."
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
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‘We had never read anything quite like it. It is, in many ways, a dark book but it is a joy to read’
We're delighted to announce Flesh by David Szalay as the winner of the #BookerPrize2025.
We're delighted to announce Flesh by David Szalay as the winner of the #BookerPrize2025.
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
‘We had never read anything quite like it. It is, in many ways, a dark book but it is a joy to read’
We're delighted to announce Flesh by David Szalay as the winner of the #BookerPrize2025.
We're delighted to announce Flesh by David Szalay as the winner of the #BookerPrize2025.
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
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For the Toronto Star, I spoke with JOHN IRVING about being an outsider, finding the plot, his friendship with @stephenking.bsky.social & much more.
His 16th novel, QUEEN ESTHER, is out now. #books #booksky #writers #writinglife
www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
His 16th novel, QUEEN ESTHER, is out now. #books #booksky #writers #writinglife
www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
John Irving on returning to the world of ‘The Cider House Rules’ with his new book and writing with wrecked hands
The author's 16th novel, 'Queen Esther,' tells the story of a Vienna-born Jewish orphan coming of age in New England.
www.thestar.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
For the Toronto Star, I spoke with JOHN IRVING about being an outsider, finding the plot, his friendship with @stephenking.bsky.social & much more.
His 16th novel, QUEEN ESTHER, is out now. #books #booksky #writers #writinglife
www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
His 16th novel, QUEEN ESTHER, is out now. #books #booksky #writers #writinglife
www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
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For @torontostar-rss.bsky.social I spoke with JOHN IRVING about being an outsider, finding the plot, his friendship with
@stephenking.bsky.social & much more.
(Puck spoke with him about his leash.)
His 16th novel, #QueenEsther, is out now.
#WritingLife #Writers #booksky
@stephenking.bsky.social & much more.
(Puck spoke with him about his leash.)
His 16th novel, #QueenEsther, is out now.
#WritingLife #Writers #booksky
November 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
For @torontostar-rss.bsky.social I spoke with JOHN IRVING about being an outsider, finding the plot, his friendship with
@stephenking.bsky.social & much more.
(Puck spoke with him about his leash.)
His 16th novel, #QueenEsther, is out now.
#WritingLife #Writers #booksky
@stephenking.bsky.social & much more.
(Puck spoke with him about his leash.)
His 16th novel, #QueenEsther, is out now.
#WritingLife #Writers #booksky
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“I’m not a master jewel thief, I’m just a kid” has to be the greatest jewel thief coverup story of all time.
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
“I’m not a master jewel thief, I’m just a kid” has to be the greatest jewel thief coverup story of all time.
For the Toronto Star, I spoke with JOHN IRVING about being an outsider, finding the plot, his friendship with @stephenking.bsky.social & much more.
His 16th novel, QUEEN ESTHER, is out now. #books #booksky #writers #writinglife
www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
His 16th novel, QUEEN ESTHER, is out now. #books #booksky #writers #writinglife
www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
John Irving on returning to the world of ‘The Cider House Rules’ with his new book and writing with wrecked hands
The author's 16th novel, 'Queen Esther,' tells the story of a Vienna-born Jewish orphan coming of age in New England.
www.thestar.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
For the Toronto Star, I spoke with JOHN IRVING about being an outsider, finding the plot, his friendship with @stephenking.bsky.social & much more.
His 16th novel, QUEEN ESTHER, is out now. #books #booksky #writers #writinglife
www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
His 16th novel, QUEEN ESTHER, is out now. #books #booksky #writers #writinglife
www.thestar.com/entertainmen...