la Vermeer
@lavermeer.bsky.social
Author, editor, publisher. Fierce feminist.
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A bit of sad news for the industry, though we thank the HRB for all the fabulous work they've done over the years.
hamiltonreviewofbooks.com/blog/2025/11...
hamiltonreviewofbooks.com/blog/2025/11...
Goodbye and Deep Thanks from Hamilton Review of Books — Hamilton Review of Books
November 27, 2025 Hamilton Review of Books started as a labour of love. In the spring of 2016, I approached Noelle Allen at Wolsak & Wynn with an idea: what if we started an online book revi...
hamiltonreviewofbooks.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A bit of sad news for the industry, though we thank the HRB for all the fabulous work they've done over the years.
hamiltonreviewofbooks.com/blog/2025/11...
hamiltonreviewofbooks.com/blog/2025/11...
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Well, Brax the most egotistical dragon ever will be even more egotistical since the book he wrote (with my help) is a starred selection for the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Best Books for Kids & Teens for Fall 2025.
November 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Well, Brax the most egotistical dragon ever will be even more egotistical since the book he wrote (with my help) is a starred selection for the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Best Books for Kids & Teens for Fall 2025.
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Stone Circle Replay Wednesday poem: "But We Did Read the Darkness" by Jessica Coles (@prairievixen.bsky.social)
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But We Did Read the Darkness
by Jessica Coles
We cannot read the darkness. We cannot read it. It is a form of madness, albeit a common one, that we try.
– “130” Bluets, Maggie Nelson
We crouch in a corner of light,
cannot lif...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Stone Circle Replay Wednesday poem: "But We Did Read the Darkness" by Jessica Coles (@prairievixen.bsky.social)
stonecirclereview.com/but-we-did-r...
stonecirclereview.com/but-we-did-r...
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Here's a free Thanksgiving-adjacent cookbook that helps you reduce food waste, created completely without AI: ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
Print copies support a food sovereignty charity!
Print copies support a food sovereignty charity!
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Here's a free Thanksgiving-adjacent cookbook that helps you reduce food waste, created completely without AI: ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
Print copies support a food sovereignty charity!
Print copies support a food sovereignty charity!
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My genuine advice to people who want new releases fresh from the oven is become a reviewer and get arcs. Then you get to be ahead of everybody.
You do kinda have to get along with authors for this to work the best that it can tho.
You do kinda have to get along with authors for this to work the best that it can tho.
"I have to pirate because I'm on a fixed income, otherwise I am ALIENATED FROM POP CULTURE."
stg I feel like I'm having a stroke with this app, I gotta put Freedom back up and pretend it doesn't exist.
Is this a thing? Do people need to all engage with the same entertainment at the same time?
stg I feel like I'm having a stroke with this app, I gotta put Freedom back up and pretend it doesn't exist.
Is this a thing? Do people need to all engage with the same entertainment at the same time?
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
My genuine advice to people who want new releases fresh from the oven is become a reviewer and get arcs. Then you get to be ahead of everybody.
You do kinda have to get along with authors for this to work the best that it can tho.
You do kinda have to get along with authors for this to work the best that it can tho.
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Here's a review of my book Humans: The 300,000 Year Struggle for Equality that appears in the leading independent Pakistani newspaper. The North American daily newspapers by contrast have been unwilling to provide a review. www.thefridaytimes.com/25-Nov-2025/...
Alvin Finkel Traces The History Of Inequality From Foraging To Neoliberalism
Faiths like Buddhism and Islam emerged as 'religions of protest' against social inequality, but faced co-option or opposition from vested interests
www.thefridaytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Here's a review of my book Humans: The 300,000 Year Struggle for Equality that appears in the leading independent Pakistani newspaper. The North American daily newspapers by contrast have been unwilling to provide a review. www.thefridaytimes.com/25-Nov-2025/...
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Happy World Linguistics Day from Montreal, Canada!
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
Happy World Linguistics Day from Melbourne, Australia!
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Happy World Linguistics Day from Montreal, Canada!
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
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Happy World Linguistics Day from Edmonton, Canada!
Happy World Linguistics Day from Montreal, Canada!
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
Happy World Linguistics Day from Melbourne, Australia!
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Happy World Linguistics Day from Edmonton, Canada!
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Rooted in Tlingit folklore, The Door on the Sea is a really well thought out, particularly designed and beautifully fresh piece of fantasy fiction. Very much worth your time, especially if you’re in the mood for something different.
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
#CaskeyRussell #BookSky
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
#CaskeyRussell #BookSky
November 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Rooted in Tlingit folklore, The Door on the Sea is a really well thought out, particularly designed and beautifully fresh piece of fantasy fiction. Very much worth your time, especially if you’re in the mood for something different.
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
#CaskeyRussell #BookSky
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
#CaskeyRussell #BookSky
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Sometimes editing brings us into close contact with others’ suffering, and that can take a toll on mental health. In tomorrow's webinar with Jahleen Turnbull-Sousa, learn how to recognize when content is affecting you, manage emotional residue and set boundaries: webinars.editors.ca/upcoming_web...
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Sometimes editing brings us into close contact with others’ suffering, and that can take a toll on mental health. In tomorrow's webinar with Jahleen Turnbull-Sousa, learn how to recognize when content is affecting you, manage emotional residue and set boundaries: webinars.editors.ca/upcoming_web...
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On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, BTL invite readers to take a revolutionary stance against gender-based violence; challenge the ways we understand trauma and resilience; and go toe-to-toe with institutional power.
@julieslalonde.bsky.social
@julieslalonde.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, BTL invite readers to take a revolutionary stance against gender-based violence; challenge the ways we understand trauma and resilience; and go toe-to-toe with institutional power.
@julieslalonde.bsky.social
@julieslalonde.bsky.social
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Today is the International day for the elimination of violence against women.
This year’s theme is #UNiTE to End Digital Violence against All Women and Girls. Digital violence against women and girls is one of the fastest-growing forms of abuse.
Browse our titles: https://ow.ly/4TgP50Xxwok
This year’s theme is #UNiTE to End Digital Violence against All Women and Girls. Digital violence against women and girls is one of the fastest-growing forms of abuse.
Browse our titles: https://ow.ly/4TgP50Xxwok
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Today is the International day for the elimination of violence against women.
This year’s theme is #UNiTE to End Digital Violence against All Women and Girls. Digital violence against women and girls is one of the fastest-growing forms of abuse.
Browse our titles: https://ow.ly/4TgP50Xxwok
This year’s theme is #UNiTE to End Digital Violence against All Women and Girls. Digital violence against women and girls is one of the fastest-growing forms of abuse.
Browse our titles: https://ow.ly/4TgP50Xxwok
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✨ We are so excited to finally have a FULLY ACCESSIBLE EBOOK version of the essential Edmonton and Albertan history, Cruising the Downtown: Celebrating Edmonton's Queer History.
Available now on our website, or wherever eBooks are sold!
buff.ly/7iKDy5V
#NeWestPress #QueerHistory #2SLGBTQIAPlus
Available now on our website, or wherever eBooks are sold!
buff.ly/7iKDy5V
#NeWestPress #QueerHistory #2SLGBTQIAPlus
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
✨ We are so excited to finally have a FULLY ACCESSIBLE EBOOK version of the essential Edmonton and Albertan history, Cruising the Downtown: Celebrating Edmonton's Queer History.
Available now on our website, or wherever eBooks are sold!
buff.ly/7iKDy5V
#NeWestPress #QueerHistory #2SLGBTQIAPlus
Available now on our website, or wherever eBooks are sold!
buff.ly/7iKDy5V
#NeWestPress #QueerHistory #2SLGBTQIAPlus
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Creating beautifully formatted ebooks takes time, care, and resources.
Help us keep classic literature free and accessible for everyone by joining our Patrons Circle. #publicdomain #literature #ebook
Your support makes it all possible.
Visit standardebooks.org/donate to learn more!
Help us keep classic literature free and accessible for everyone by joining our Patrons Circle. #publicdomain #literature #ebook
Your support makes it all possible.
Visit standardebooks.org/donate to learn more!
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Creating beautifully formatted ebooks takes time, care, and resources.
Help us keep classic literature free and accessible for everyone by joining our Patrons Circle. #publicdomain #literature #ebook
Your support makes it all possible.
Visit standardebooks.org/donate to learn more!
Help us keep classic literature free and accessible for everyone by joining our Patrons Circle. #publicdomain #literature #ebook
Your support makes it all possible.
Visit standardebooks.org/donate to learn more!
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Here I am at the iPolitics awards with my Alberta Senate colleague Patti LaBoucane-Benson. I won for best Senate speaker - but Patti won for Senator of the Year! Alberta girls getting things done! #SenateofCanada #Alberta #cdnpoli #abpoli @senindepend.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Here I am at the iPolitics awards with my Alberta Senate colleague Patti LaBoucane-Benson. I won for best Senate speaker - but Patti won for Senator of the Year! Alberta girls getting things done! #SenateofCanada #Alberta #cdnpoli #abpoli @senindepend.bsky.social
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The large-print edition of The Killing Beach is live!
The Killing Beach: A Waverly Jones Mystery
The Killing Beach: A Waverly Jones Mystery [Cameron, Skyla Dawn] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Killing Beach: A Waverly Jones Mystery
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November 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The large-print edition of The Killing Beach is live!
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Join investigative journalist @charlesrusnell.bsky.social at our Dec 10 webinar on key interview skills. Learn a commonsense method of interviewing guaranteed to produce better stories, with strong quotes. Editors and writers at all levels will gain new confidence and skills. tinyurl.com/5274nvak
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Join investigative journalist @charlesrusnell.bsky.social at our Dec 10 webinar on key interview skills. Learn a commonsense method of interviewing guaranteed to produce better stories, with strong quotes. Editors and writers at all levels will gain new confidence and skills. tinyurl.com/5274nvak
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Edited by Jason Haslam, our upcoming reader is the first new SF anthology in almost ten years 🌌@jasonhaslam.ca
Anthologized here for the very first time is “The Space Ship,” a story by Black SF pioneer James H. Hill. -- and tons more.
See the full TOC 🔗https://buff.ly/E6RyEE4
Anthologized here for the very first time is “The Space Ship,” a story by Black SF pioneer James H. Hill. -- and tons more.
See the full TOC 🔗https://buff.ly/E6RyEE4
The Broadview Anthology of Science Fiction - Broadview Press
The Broadview Anthology of Science Fiction -
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Edited by Jason Haslam, our upcoming reader is the first new SF anthology in almost ten years 🌌@jasonhaslam.ca
Anthologized here for the very first time is “The Space Ship,” a story by Black SF pioneer James H. Hill. -- and tons more.
See the full TOC 🔗https://buff.ly/E6RyEE4
Anthologized here for the very first time is “The Space Ship,” a story by Black SF pioneer James H. Hill. -- and tons more.
See the full TOC 🔗https://buff.ly/E6RyEE4
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For those of you in Edmonton, or planning to visit anytime soon, starting Nov. 26/2025, CD copies of my new album Hardscrabble Hope will be available at the local independent record store:
Blackbyrd Myoozik
10442 - 82 Ave (Whyte Ave)
www.blackbyrd.ca
#yegmusic #MusicSky
Blackbyrd Myoozik
10442 - 82 Ave (Whyte Ave)
www.blackbyrd.ca
#yegmusic #MusicSky
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
For those of you in Edmonton, or planning to visit anytime soon, starting Nov. 26/2025, CD copies of my new album Hardscrabble Hope will be available at the local independent record store:
Blackbyrd Myoozik
10442 - 82 Ave (Whyte Ave)
www.blackbyrd.ca
#yegmusic #MusicSky
Blackbyrd Myoozik
10442 - 82 Ave (Whyte Ave)
www.blackbyrd.ca
#yegmusic #MusicSky
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To echo much of what's been said:
Please don't pirate books.
If you can't pay for a book, there is already a solution for you: use a library.
Whatever you think authors, illustrators, and other book career people make, it's less than that. By a lot. Stealing from us isn't heroic, it's crushing.
Please don't pirate books.
If you can't pay for a book, there is already a solution for you: use a library.
Whatever you think authors, illustrators, and other book career people make, it's less than that. By a lot. Stealing from us isn't heroic, it's crushing.
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
To echo much of what's been said:
Please don't pirate books.
If you can't pay for a book, there is already a solution for you: use a library.
Whatever you think authors, illustrators, and other book career people make, it's less than that. By a lot. Stealing from us isn't heroic, it's crushing.
Please don't pirate books.
If you can't pay for a book, there is already a solution for you: use a library.
Whatever you think authors, illustrators, and other book career people make, it's less than that. By a lot. Stealing from us isn't heroic, it's crushing.
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Hey, can folks also look at this *amazing* anthology by @tychebooks.bsky.social that keeps being pirated every time it goes semi-viral on the internet: Swashbuckling Cats
Link with buy links all over the internet: tychebooks.com/swashbucklin...
Link with buy links all over the internet: tychebooks.com/swashbucklin...
November 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Hey, can folks also look at this *amazing* anthology by @tychebooks.bsky.social that keeps being pirated every time it goes semi-viral on the internet: Swashbuckling Cats
Link with buy links all over the internet: tychebooks.com/swashbucklin...
Link with buy links all over the internet: tychebooks.com/swashbucklin...
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🦉 ❄️ Stop by and say at the ODD BIRD WINTER FAIR November 28-30! NeWest will be there with some of our favourite winter titles, surrounded by amazing local venders and some sort of sweet treat. What better way to spend the day?
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#NeWestPress #BuyLocal #ReadLocal #OddBirdWinterFair
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#NeWestPress #BuyLocal #ReadLocal #OddBirdWinterFair
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🦉 ❄️ Stop by and say at the ODD BIRD WINTER FAIR November 28-30! NeWest will be there with some of our favourite winter titles, surrounded by amazing local venders and some sort of sweet treat. What better way to spend the day?
buff.ly/vi0P5dw
#NeWestPress #BuyLocal #ReadLocal #OddBirdWinterFair
buff.ly/vi0P5dw
#NeWestPress #BuyLocal #ReadLocal #OddBirdWinterFair
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Curious about whether your editing skills are up to scratch? Check out Editors Canada Editing Essentials, the entry-level test to help show employers you have what they're looking for:
Editing Essentials
Learn about the Editing Essentials test offered by Editors Canada to test your qualifications as an editor.
www.editors.ca
November 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Curious about whether your editing skills are up to scratch? Check out Editors Canada Editing Essentials, the entry-level test to help show employers you have what they're looking for:
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BEWARE
FOR I AM ALSO A GUEST ON THIS CRUISE
THEY INVITED ME
I AM NOT JUST STOWING AWAY AS A GIANT BUG
FOR I AM ALSO A GUEST ON THIS CRUISE
THEY INVITED ME
I AM NOT JUST STOWING AWAY AS A GIANT BUG
The wait is over! Booking for JoCo Cruise 2027 is now live. Our mailing list got first crack at it - and cabins are already selling almost as fast as JoCo Cruise 2026... which sold out! Find out why 3k people love our "Summer Camp at Sea." Visit jococruise.com to get started!
November 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
BEWARE
FOR I AM ALSO A GUEST ON THIS CRUISE
THEY INVITED ME
I AM NOT JUST STOWING AWAY AS A GIANT BUG
FOR I AM ALSO A GUEST ON THIS CRUISE
THEY INVITED ME
I AM NOT JUST STOWING AWAY AS A GIANT BUG
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Do you know an exceptional editor? Did you make an outstanding contribution as an editor? Shine a spotlight on great editing by submitting a nomination for the 2026 Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence. www.editors.ca/about/awards...
Tom Fairley Award - Editors Canada
The Tom Fairley Award is presented annually to an exceptional editor who played an important role in the success of a project. Learn more...
www.editors.ca
November 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Do you know an exceptional editor? Did you make an outstanding contribution as an editor? Shine a spotlight on great editing by submitting a nomination for the 2026 Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence. www.editors.ca/about/awards...