Kate Blair
@kateblair.bsky.social
British-Canadian YA author of A MIST OF MEMORIES, TRANSFERRAL and TANGLED PLANET + THE MAGPIE’S LIBRARY (MG), out with DCB/Cormorant. WE BURY NOTHING coming in October 2025. https://www.cormorantbooks.com/Books/W/We-Bury-Nothing
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I really want to read this book (although I will probably have to wait until the next time I am in the UK to get my hands on it!)
I think the point about not treating people as symbols is so utterly vital.
I think the point about not treating people as symbols is so utterly vital.
November 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I really want to read this book (although I will probably have to wait until the next time I am in the UK to get my hands on it!)
I think the point about not treating people as symbols is so utterly vital.
I think the point about not treating people as symbols is so utterly vital.
I cannot overstate how much I hate ‘In Flanders’ Fields’, a poem where the whole point is ‘all these masses of men died tragically, so you should go kill more people & probably die yourself’. It was used to recruit & send yet more men to pointless deaths.
Read Sassoon & Owen on Remembrance Day.
Read Sassoon & Owen on Remembrance Day.
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I cannot overstate how much I hate ‘In Flanders’ Fields’, a poem where the whole point is ‘all these masses of men died tragically, so you should go kill more people & probably die yourself’. It was used to recruit & send yet more men to pointless deaths.
Read Sassoon & Owen on Remembrance Day.
Read Sassoon & Owen on Remembrance Day.
I really appreciate everyone who came to my book launch yesterday! Thank you! You are all lovely people!
(So are the people who couldn’t make it, obviously).
I also found out that Queen Books sells these & came home with 3 more.
I might have a British Library Tales of the Weird problem.
(So are the people who couldn’t make it, obviously).
I also found out that Queen Books sells these & came home with 3 more.
I might have a British Library Tales of the Weird problem.
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I really appreciate everyone who came to my book launch yesterday! Thank you! You are all lovely people!
(So are the people who couldn’t make it, obviously).
I also found out that Queen Books sells these & came home with 3 more.
I might have a British Library Tales of the Weird problem.
(So are the people who couldn’t make it, obviously).
I also found out that Queen Books sells these & came home with 3 more.
I might have a British Library Tales of the Weird problem.
Reposted by Kate Blair
Congrats @kateblair.bsky.social on a great book launch for WE BURY NOTHING (DCB @cormorantbooks.bsky.social) at Queen Books! www.cormorantbooks.com/Books/W/We-B... #CanKidLit #BookLaunch
More pics from the launch in thread 👇🏽
More pics from the launch in thread 👇🏽
November 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Congrats @kateblair.bsky.social on a great book launch for WE BURY NOTHING (DCB @cormorantbooks.bsky.social) at Queen Books! www.cormorantbooks.com/Books/W/We-B... #CanKidLit #BookLaunch
More pics from the launch in thread 👇🏽
More pics from the launch in thread 👇🏽
This is today!
My book launch for We Bury Nothing is happening on November 8 from 2pm to 4pm at Queen Books in Toronto. Please come if you can!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/we-bury-no...
#booklaunch #newbook #books #booksky #YA
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/we-bury-no...
#booklaunch #newbook #books #booksky #YA
November 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is today!
It’s I Read Canadian Day!
I actually am a Canadian (there was a lot of waiting & paperwork, but I got there!)
My latest book, WE BURY NOTHING, is set in Canada during WWII. It is about complicity & resistance.
Available from libraries & bookshops.
#ireadcanadian
I actually am a Canadian (there was a lot of waiting & paperwork, but I got there!)
My latest book, WE BURY NOTHING, is set in Canada during WWII. It is about complicity & resistance.
Available from libraries & bookshops.
#ireadcanadian
November 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
It’s I Read Canadian Day!
I actually am a Canadian (there was a lot of waiting & paperwork, but I got there!)
My latest book, WE BURY NOTHING, is set in Canada during WWII. It is about complicity & resistance.
Available from libraries & bookshops.
#ireadcanadian
I actually am a Canadian (there was a lot of waiting & paperwork, but I got there!)
My latest book, WE BURY NOTHING, is set in Canada during WWII. It is about complicity & resistance.
Available from libraries & bookshops.
#ireadcanadian
I am a pathetic person who needs large amounts of sleep. I am never following baseball again.
November 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I am a pathetic person who needs large amounts of sleep. I am never following baseball again.
November has tied me
To an old dead tree
Get word to April
To rescue me
November's cold chain
Made of wet boots and rain
And shiny black ravens
On chimney smoke lanes
November seems odd
You're my firing squad
November
(Tom Waits, of course)
To an old dead tree
Get word to April
To rescue me
November's cold chain
Made of wet boots and rain
And shiny black ravens
On chimney smoke lanes
November seems odd
You're my firing squad
November
(Tom Waits, of course)
November 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
November has tied me
To an old dead tree
Get word to April
To rescue me
November's cold chain
Made of wet boots and rain
And shiny black ravens
On chimney smoke lanes
November seems odd
You're my firing squad
November
(Tom Waits, of course)
To an old dead tree
Get word to April
To rescue me
November's cold chain
Made of wet boots and rain
And shiny black ravens
On chimney smoke lanes
November seems odd
You're my firing squad
November
(Tom Waits, of course)
Reposted by Kate Blair
thank fuck for this
there's a massive difference between saying "I believe x about a group" and saying "that group may not have dignified use of toilet facilities in the public sphere"
the first is your own beliefs, religious or quasi. the second makes a country fundamentally unsafe. for everyone
there's a massive difference between saying "I believe x about a group" and saying "that group may not have dignified use of toilet facilities in the public sphere"
the first is your own beliefs, religious or quasi. the second makes a country fundamentally unsafe. for everyone
You'll have to ignore the buckets of anti-trans campaigning commentary in the piece, but the basic news is quite simple. The EHRC has failed to get the government to accept its anti-guidance in haste. Something is holding it up, perhaps for another a year www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Rules forcing trans people to use birth-sex facilities delayed
The Equality and Human Rights Commission set out statutory guidance on how gyms, clubs and hospitals must judge single-sex spaces based on biology
www.thetimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:11 AM
thank fuck for this
there's a massive difference between saying "I believe x about a group" and saying "that group may not have dignified use of toilet facilities in the public sphere"
the first is your own beliefs, religious or quasi. the second makes a country fundamentally unsafe. for everyone
there's a massive difference between saying "I believe x about a group" and saying "that group may not have dignified use of toilet facilities in the public sphere"
the first is your own beliefs, religious or quasi. the second makes a country fundamentally unsafe. for everyone
Everyone realizes that trick or treating ends at 8pm in Toronto, right? Lights out on the dot as everyone pretends they’re out of candy.
Start early, kids.
#bluejays
Start early, kids.
#bluejays
October 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Everyone realizes that trick or treating ends at 8pm in Toronto, right? Lights out on the dot as everyone pretends they’re out of candy.
Start early, kids.
#bluejays
Start early, kids.
#bluejays
My mum has just arrived, visiting from back home. Overjoyed to see her, obviously.
Also delighted to see the books she brought for me.
Also delighted to see the books she brought for me.
October 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM
My mum has just arrived, visiting from back home. Overjoyed to see her, obviously.
Also delighted to see the books she brought for me.
Also delighted to see the books she brought for me.
I’m feeling quite good about Game 1 right now.
October 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I’m feeling quite good about Game 1 right now.
Do you know how some weeks are everything all at once weeks?
This was definitely one of those weeks.
But it’s done now, and I get to watch the Blue Jays in the World Series tonight.
This was definitely one of those weeks.
But it’s done now, and I get to watch the Blue Jays in the World Series tonight.
October 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Do you know how some weeks are everything all at once weeks?
This was definitely one of those weeks.
But it’s done now, and I get to watch the Blue Jays in the World Series tonight.
This was definitely one of those weeks.
But it’s done now, and I get to watch the Blue Jays in the World Series tonight.
This is today!
As of October 19, all 100 Toronto Public Library branches will be open on Sundays from 12-5pm.
I love this for us.
I love this for us.
October 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This is today!
Been a tough weekend, due to the sudden and unexpected death of an old friend. I wish I’d messaged him recently.
Tell people you care about them before it is too late.
Tell people you care about them before it is too late.
October 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Been a tough weekend, due to the sudden and unexpected death of an old friend. I wish I’d messaged him recently.
Tell people you care about them before it is too late.
Tell people you care about them before it is too late.
Reposted by Kate Blair
Kermit flail! Giddy I can finally announce that @orbitbooks.bsky.social's horror imprint, Run For It, has acquired my mid-life crisis found footage horror movie novel ONE OF US IS ALREADY DEAD. 🪰 1/
October 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Kermit flail! Giddy I can finally announce that @orbitbooks.bsky.social's horror imprint, Run For It, has acquired my mid-life crisis found footage horror movie novel ONE OF US IS ALREADY DEAD. 🪰 1/
Reposted by Kate Blair
The idea that someone can become British but never English is so agonisingly stupid that it makes me fear for the future of the species.
October 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The idea that someone can become British but never English is so agonisingly stupid that it makes me fear for the future of the species.
My new book is on order at the Toronto Library! You can put it on hold now so you can grab one of the 12 copies when they come in.
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E...
It’s also available through many other library systems in North America, so see if yours has it.
Libraries are the best.
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E...
It’s also available through many other library systems in North America, so see if yours has it.
Libraries are the best.
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca
October 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
My new book is on order at the Toronto Library! You can put it on hold now so you can grab one of the 12 copies when they come in.
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E...
It’s also available through many other library systems in North America, so see if yours has it.
Libraries are the best.
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E...
It’s also available through many other library systems in North America, so see if yours has it.
Libraries are the best.
Reposted by Kate Blair
I have a new book out today! We Bury Nothing is a YA historical/present day murder mystery set at a Canadian camp for German POWs.
kateblair.com/we-bury-noth...
kateblair.com/we-bury-noth...
October 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I have a new book out today! We Bury Nothing is a YA historical/present day murder mystery set at a Canadian camp for German POWs.
kateblair.com/we-bury-noth...
kateblair.com/we-bury-noth...
I have a new book out today! We Bury Nothing is a YA historical/present day murder mystery set at a Canadian camp for German POWs.
kateblair.com/we-bury-noth...
kateblair.com/we-bury-noth...
October 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I have a new book out today! We Bury Nothing is a YA historical/present day murder mystery set at a Canadian camp for German POWs.
kateblair.com/we-bury-noth...
kateblair.com/we-bury-noth...
My book launch for We Bury Nothing is happening on November 8 from 2pm to 4pm at Queen Books in Toronto. Please come if you can!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/we-bury-no...
#booklaunch #newbook #books #booksky #YA
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/we-bury-no...
#booklaunch #newbook #books #booksky #YA
September 29, 2025 at 11:17 PM
My book launch for We Bury Nothing is happening on November 8 from 2pm to 4pm at Queen Books in Toronto. Please come if you can!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/we-bury-no...
#booklaunch #newbook #books #booksky #YA
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/we-bury-no...
#booklaunch #newbook #books #booksky #YA
This is today! 2:45pm!
I'll to be signing my new book WE BURY NOTHING at Word on the Street tomorrow. Come and visit at my publisher's booth (and check out the other wonderful authors, too!).
It's at David Pecaut Square this year (St Andrew Station), and I'll be signing at 2:45 on Sunday.
This, as always, terrifies me.
It's at David Pecaut Square this year (St Andrew Station), and I'll be signing at 2:45 on Sunday.
This, as always, terrifies me.
September 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is today! 2:45pm!
I'll to be signing my new book WE BURY NOTHING at Word on the Street tomorrow. Come and visit at my publisher's booth (and check out the other wonderful authors, too!).
It's at David Pecaut Square this year (St Andrew Station), and I'll be signing at 2:45 on Sunday.
This, as always, terrifies me.
It's at David Pecaut Square this year (St Andrew Station), and I'll be signing at 2:45 on Sunday.
This, as always, terrifies me.
September 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I'll to be signing my new book WE BURY NOTHING at Word on the Street tomorrow. Come and visit at my publisher's booth (and check out the other wonderful authors, too!).
It's at David Pecaut Square this year (St Andrew Station), and I'll be signing at 2:45 on Sunday.
This, as always, terrifies me.
It's at David Pecaut Square this year (St Andrew Station), and I'll be signing at 2:45 on Sunday.
This, as always, terrifies me.
There are genuinely wonderful things happening in the world right now. Like this. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Cheap supplies of HIV-prevention jab for poorer countries hailed as ‘genuine chance to end’ global epidemic
Lenacapavir described as ‘next best thing’ to an HIV vaccine will cost $40 a year for each patient in 120 countries from 2027, funders say
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
There are genuinely wonderful things happening in the world right now. Like this. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...