A free press is under threat around the world. On #WorldPressFreedomDay, we stand with journalists facing imprisonment, harassment, and violence. We oppose efforts to retaliate against reporters and punish journalism. A free press must be defended.

Suddenly feeling anxious that nobody will show up tomorrow sooooo if you're in Toronto please come say hi?? You'll get to grab a signed copy of Woman of Sorrow and Blood, see the badass outfit I've put together, and check out a really cool bookstore!!

Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦@diannalgunn.bsky.social · 4mo ago

TORONTO FRIENDS! If you missed last week's Woman of Sorrow and Blood release event, I've got good news: I'm hosting another one this Sunday @thebookpeople.ca! Come on by to see my epic outfit, hear me read from the book, ask your questions & of course, grab your signed copy!

📚 Thrilled that my novel, COMMITTED, has shortlisted in this contest (17th-19th century category) 🎉 My main character, Anna, is a fighter and I'm fighting to get her story in front of readers' eyeballs! #historicalfiction #histfic #hns2026 #hnsfirstchapterscompetition #historicalnovelsociety

Why yes, you SHOULD buy yourself a Valentine.

Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.

As part of the recent “Fall of Freedom” action, we invited our members to write a poem using some of the 350+ words banned or restricted by the federal government, or a piece of fiction or nonfiction responding to current threats to free expression and culture. Read more: pen.org/writers-crea...

📚Canada getting feisty

Writers hear the advice to join a critique group and perhaps hope it will serve every need—motivation, accountability, encouragement, feedback, companionship. But it’s hard for one group to provide all those things to all members at the same time. @zenaryder.bsky.social suggests what to do instead.

The Big Mistake That Keeps Writers From Finishing a Novel | Jane Friedman

One writer explains why you shouldn’t necessarily get feedback on your first draft—and what you should do instead.

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📚 Current read: research for the novel I’m writing. #histfic #historicalfiction

📚 A good reading month! Have you read any of these, or plan to? #books #booksky #histfic #historicalfiction #booksandcats

📚 Dove wishes you a Happy Halloween! She also hopes to get lots of treats! 🎃 #blackcat #halloween #cats #booksandcats

📚 Want to write a novel, but can't finish the first draft? I'm creating an online community especially for you! If you fit the description, it would be great if you'd complete the survey to help me find out what people want/need. Please share! Thanks 🩷 #writer #writers #author #authors #write

Novel Draft in a Year — Community Survey

I'm thinking of opening an online paid community for people who want to write the first draft of their first novel in one year. My experiences drafting my own novels and running writing groups inspire...

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📚 I was happy to get an email this morning saying my short story, Lucky, was shortlisted in the History Through Fiction contest 🎉 Along with 9 other shortlisted stories, it'll be published in an anthology in March 2026. #historicalfiction #histfic #fiction #writer #shortstory

📚 Want to write a novel, but can't finish the first draft? I'm creating an online community especially for you! If you fit the description, it would be great if you'd complete the survey to help me find out what people want/need. Please share! Thanks 🩷 #writer #writers #author #authors #write

Novel Draft in a Year — Community Survey

I'm thinking of opening an online paid community for people who want to write the first draft of their first novel in one year. My experiences drafting my own novels and running writing groups inspire...

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📚 Want to write a novel, but finding it hard to finish the 1st draft? I'm creating an online community for people just like you! If you fit the description, it would be great if you'd complete the survey to help me find out what people want/need. Thanks! #writer #writers #author #authors

Novel Draft in a Year — Community Survey

I'm thinking of opening an online paid community for people who want to write the first draft of their first novel in one year. My experiences drafting my own novels and running writing groups inspire...

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📚 I'm in the process of creating an online community to provide peer support and accountability for people writing the first draft of their first novel. Still lots more research to do, but I'm excited! #writers #writing #novels #histfic #historicalfiction #fiction

a little girl is making a funny face while wearing a blue shirt with a leopard print .

Alt: A little girl is making a funny excited face while wearing a bright blue patterned shirt.

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📚 After many, MANY rejections (and silence), I have two stories longlisted in the History Through Fiction contest 🎉🎉 Rejections are part and parcel of the writerly life. Perseverance is essential! #histfic #historicalfiction

📚 When Squid was a kitten, he liked to leap onto our jade plant, climb on the branches & knock leaves off. I put two 8lb weights in the pot, so he doesn't knock the whole thing over. Now, he still enjoys hanging out in the jade, but it looks a bit different now he's bigger 😂 #catsandbooks #cats

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Alberta is fine. #AlbertaNext #AxeTheVaxTax #ABED #Public Education #AISH #StopCDBclawback #BookBans #DanielleSMith #ABleg #ABpoli

Danielle Smith and her ministers burrow deeper into their self-dug book-ban and bargaining holes. albertapolitics.ca/2025/08/dani... #ableg #abpoli #BookBans

Danielle Smith and her ministers burrow deeper into their self-dug book-ban and bargaining holes - Alberta Politics

Premier Danielle Smith and her education and finance ministers spent much of the day yesterday digging themselves deeper into the holes they started with their it’s-not-a-book-ban ban on books and the...

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📚My husband and I met in graduate school, where we both got PhDs in philosophy. We argued “professionally” which is perhaps why we pretty much never argued “personally” 🤔

The Conversation U.S.@us.theconversation.com · 11mo ago

ually valuable. Philosophy majors don’t just argue well, they actually become better thinkers and do better on tests. Data from 600k students shows they outscore every other major on reasoning, curiosity and open-mindedness. buff.ly/UKoaRIb

📚 I finished unpacking from a trip, and Dove decided I'd emptied this bag just for her to hop into. What you reading this weekend? I'm LOVING Charles Dickens' Great Expectations! I've read other Dickens and enjoyed them, but, so far, I'm loving GE even more. #caturday #booksandcats #booksky

Thanks for reading. My books, my friends’ books, genre books, romance books, queer books, BIPOC books, all the books. We get through this reading.

The cat's out of the bag. The book banners who told you they were just banning "pornography" are now targeting books about cats and other domestic animals. And even after a visit to the Brooklyn Cat Cafe with Raj Haldar we can't find a good reason why. More at: pen.org/why-ban-book...

📚 Gotta push past that ugly first draft 😂 #writers #writing #histfic #historicalfiction

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 1121: A part of engaging the reader is to get them to notice things in a way they never have. To do that, YOU have to notice things. So be aware of what’s around you. Watch the news. Look out of windows. Observe with all your senses. Question. Be curious. Make notes.