Friday night light. Bidding a fond farewell to July in rural Nova Scotia.
Sarah Emsley
@sarahemsley.bsky.social
My debut novel, The Austens, won the 2026 Atlantic Independent Booksellers Readers' Choice Award. https://sarahemsley.com/the-austens-a-novel/
@lynbennetthfx.bsky.social and my book has arrived on my desk! Pre-orders available now for shipping on 22.09.2026! www.mqup.ca/Books/E/Earl...
"Few people at Harvard have spent more time thinking critically and productively about the role of generative AI in the college classroom than Jane Rosenzweig, and few people are better equipped to train the next generation of writers and teachers in how to engage meaningfully with these tools..."
Jane Rosenzweig@janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 7d ago
'These posters are a record of how women fought to change public life in the early twentieth century': the extraordinary collection of suffrage posters held in @theul.bsky.social's Special Collections.
Cambridge University Library@theul.bsky.social · last wk.The women’s suffrage movement certainly understood the power of the print. We have a remarkable collection of their posters in our collections. 🎬 Watch the video here & read the full story: loom.ly/kKvTELg We’ll be sharing more content from this collection later this week!
"The decision recklessly dismantles a crucial undergraduate-serving institution and reflects a troubling disregard for written and verbal communication, fundamental aspects of a liberal arts education."
Jane Rosenzweig@janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 7d ago
"In a moment when we should be grappling with how to avoid excessively offloading the cognitive work of writing to AI, the College has decided to dismiss its most experienced writing instructors.” www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
Harvard College Lays Off Writing Center Director, Consolidates Center | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Harvard College Writing Center will no longer operate as a standalone unit after its director was laid off and its functions were consolidated as part of a restructuring in the Faculty of Arts and...
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Reading these comments are worth your time. Upsetting to learn today that Harvard is dismantling its Writing Center and is laying off Jane Rosenzweig, its long-time director. Student voices here show what is lost in a move like this, and what an institution gains in a well led writing center.
Jane Rosenzweig@janerosenzweig.bsky.social · last wk.
This is the remarkable thinker & teacher whose Harvard role was just terminated--profiled in Harvard Magazine only 18 months ago. What is happening at the College this summer is awful (as with last summer, when the Women's Center was closed out of the blue). 🤯 www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/01/harv...
Harvard Writing Center’s Jane Rosenzweig on AI and Writing | Harvard Magazine
Harvard Writing Center’s Jane Rosenzweig on AI and writing
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Mary Lewis@profmarylewis.bsky.social · last wk.It‘s quite possible that with this move, @harvard.edu could become the only Ivy League university without a writing center. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
Saturday night wharf light in southwest Nova Scotia. Since childhood this has been one of my favourite sunset viewing platforms.
Every day there is a new bowl of nasturtiums. And yesterday’s bowl fades. The story of life.
If you're in NS and looking for an excuse to visit the South Shore, I'll be doing a reading of Hell of a Ride at the lovely LaHave River Books on Saturday, July 25. What parts will I read? I have no idea yet, but it should be fun. @pottersfieldpress.bsky.social @writersfedofns.bsky.social
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We are actively recruiting new members for the North American Friends of Chawton House Board: - Treasurer, with bookkeeper and/or accounting experience. - Membership coordinator Please email us at friends@nafch.org if you have any interest. We look forward to hearing from you. #ChawtonHouse
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Tonight at the Waterloo Public Library (Eastside), I’ll read from my latest book, /The Glory and the Dream: L.M. Montgomery’s Writing Life/ and talk about how heritage sources add to our understanding of Montgomery’s life, work, and legacy. #LMMontgomery #AnneofGreenGables @dundurnpress.bsky.social
A Discussion with Benjamin Lefebvre
For Adults. Event starts at June 30, 2026 7:00 PM EDT
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Be the kind of person who supports your local library, theatre, bakery, bookstore, and café.
Birds, bees, and butterflies at the Africville Park this morning. I was chasing this yellow warbler until I got nice photos!
Monday night light. I stumbled upon a peaceful spot that looked like a magical portal to another world.
If you are in PEI on June 26, stop by and meet authors Sarah Emsley and Kate Scarth. It's going to be a wonderful evening of conversation with both authors, hosted by @bookmarkpei Date: Friday, June 26th Time: 4:30 Location: Room 243, Don and Marion McDougall Hall at UPEI Cost: Free
New featured content at L.M. Montgomery Online: profiles of Montgomery that appeared in newspapers and magazines between 1901 and 1914, balancing praise with misquotations, misunderstandings, and downright mistakes (including more than one that shaves three years off her age!). lmmonline.org
New today in TIW. @jatannous.bsky.social and a former students on AI, writing, and much more. Jen: "Our conversation helped me remember our role as teachers: to focus on the learner, build confidence, and create space for students to return to in times of doubt. AI cannot do this."
Writer Come Home
A college student and her high school teacher talk AI
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“I love that novels—from this period and beyond—give readers permission, actually encourage us, to be as nosey as possible. Readers are invited into the drawing room, the dining room, the garden, to learn all about people we have never met and yet want to know all about, every detail.”
Guest essay by Kate Scarth about her new book, Romantic Suburbs
London, England. Circa 1800. Suburbs as desirable places to live: it all starts here. Between the opening of London’s third bridge, Blackfriars, in 1769 and Edwin Chadwick’s Report on the Sanitary …
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So proud that Nimbus is publisher for my novel, Every Little Thing She Does is Magic, and my upcoming memoir, A Good Girl's Guide to Lying. AI is incredibly damaging to the writing and publishing industries. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The AI book wave and how a Halifax publisher is resisting it | CBC News
The publishing house hasn't been immune to the many AI controversies impacting the world of books.
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“… silken wisdom, deep research, and a graceful prose style.” Thank you to Diana Birchall for this wonderful review of The Austens in JASNA News!
✨We're excited to have acclaimed NS author Stephens Gerard Malone here to celebrate his newest novel, The Unnameable! 🏳️🌈📚✨ Come say hello! Bring your book to be signed or get one here. ✨Saturday, June 13th at 1:00-2:00pm✨ Hope to see you there! 💛 @nimbuspub.bsky.social
