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🇨🇦 Janet Somerville
@janetsomerville.bsky.social
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#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
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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
foreground author Joe Hill wearing a dark blue shirt sits at a small table beside author Linwood Barclay, wearing grey blazer, both signing copies of their books
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Beautiful November morning in #Toronto.
daybreak lakeside, bare tree silhouetted against pale blue sky with scudding white clouds black lab kicks up wake as he bounds into lake water, ears flying yellow lab kicks up wake as she bounds to shore in shallow lake water, ears flying
November 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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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
poster for Book Drunkard Festival event in Uxbridge with photos of Linwood Barclay & Joe Hill
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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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
excerpt of newspaper review with photo of John Irving in his office, wearing a pale blue t-shirt and shorts, many framed photos on the wall behind him vase of pink and purple tulips in front of framed black and white photos and the blue cover of John Irving's QUEEN ESTHER, a small child standing on the steps outside a lit door John Irving holds the paws of a black lab wearing a royal blue collar, offering his black leash
November 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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I'm told this event is SOLD OUT🎉

See you discerning readers there next Wednesday at 7PM.
November 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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#PuckAndMartha had an excellent morning romp in Lake Ontario. #Toronto
yellow lab and black lab bound into shallow lake water kicking up wake, ears flying under pale blue sky
November 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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#PuckAndMartha have no regard for the extra hour of sleep that Daylight Saving ought to allow. We were at the beach by 7:30 this morning.
November 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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I had a wonderful time moderating the conversation between Alyson Richman & Emma Donoghue earlier this evening at #TIFA.

Treat yourself to THE MISSING PAGES or THE PARIS EXPRESS.
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#HistoricalFiction #HistFic
November 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Back at the big beach today, now open to off-leash dogs until March 31st. #Toronto
yellow lab, followed by black lab, bounds into lake water under cloudy sky with a sliver of pale blue
November 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Martha, before the rain. #Toronto
yellow lab sits on carpet of fallen red leaves, panting
October 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Fiery morning sky in #Toronto with #PuckAndMartha.
black lab bounds through shallow lake water kicking up wake while yellow lab trudges beside him; the sky is ablaze with orange and yellow above island trees in the near distance
October 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Early this morning at #CherryBeachDogPark. Puck bounds happily into the waves.
October 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Sunday morning in #Toronto.
October 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Saturday morning at #CherryBeachDogPark with #PuckAndMartha. You can see their personalities here.
yellow lab and black lab stand on pebbled shore, lake water behind them
October 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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For the Toronto Star I spoke with the fabulous @susanorlean.bsky.social about the power of curiosity, the #writinglife, how #librariesmatter & so much more.

Pick up her glorious #memoir JOYRIDE & catch her on tour now. @simonschusterca.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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"Look how I go." ~ #Puck
black lab retrieving a blue ball bounds through shallow wavy lake water at daybreak, peach light reflected
October 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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A couple of her riding shotgun in a laundry basket. (9wks & 10wks) Martha was a seriously adorable puppy. 😍
yellow lab puppy sits in a grey laundry basket yellow lab puppy in a lavender collar snoozes in a laundry basket with a stuffed toy and an orange ball
October 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Martha is 6 today. #Oct23 #dogs

Here she was the week she moved in, December 2019.

She's always been serious.
yellow lab puppy wearing lavender collar sits on a beach headshot of adult yellow lab standing on green grass
October 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Puck & Martha, bounding early this morning in #Toronto.
October 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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#Toronto is showing its true colours these cooler fall days.
maple leaf tree in gradations of orange to red leaves
October 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Tuesday morning bounding at #CherryBeachDogPark.
October 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Monday morning larks at #CherryBeach with #PuckandMartha.
black lab bounds after yellow lab in shallow lake water, under cloudy sky, splashing up wake
October 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Puck (10-months-old today) got his stitches out this afternoon & was so happy to become himself again, retrieving in a creek. #Toronto #dogs
black lab puppy stands on linoleum at a vet clinic wearing a bright blue inflatable cone around his neck black lab stands elbow deep in a stony creek, his tail raised, and holding a blue spiky ball between his teeth
October 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Puck & his pal Mia Poodle this morning. #dogs
black lab with inflatable royal blue cone around his neck stands wagging his tail while behind him a red miniature poodle sits in an elevator
October 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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TL cleanse with kipping Martha.
yellow Labrador is curled and snoozing on a pale blue chaise
October 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM