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Charlotte Ashley @charlotteashley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Fake POSITIVE Google reviews are my new least-favourite thing. They are impossible to get removed, because they aren't hateful, explicit, etc etc etc. they are just.... AI generated. The pictures aren't real, the details of the experience are wrong. There's no category for that.

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TriCon @tricon-hfx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It is happening! Prepping some surprises and delights for the @halconscificon.bsky.social Stories from the Stars book fair! Cole Harbour Place TOMORROW, 10am - 4pm!

A mittful of TriCon bookmarks in shades of orange

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Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We're having a busy autumn of fantastic releases! Coming next month: RISE FROM THESE DARK WATERS by @mmdaviesostrom.bsky.social. Illustrated by @tomsbrown.bsky.social. Thank you @cgolden.bsky.social for this generous praise. Pre-order wherever you get your books.

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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Book launch at @writersfedofns.bsky.social! Thanks @charlotteashley.bsky.social for intro! I gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and The Writers Union of Canada. So grateful to everyone who came out. My heart is very full. #BookSky #BringingTheArtsToLife

Cupcakes with rice wafer decorations from GFY Edible Images

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Charlotte Ashley @charlotteashley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Every time I read an article like this they will be like "The markets have been stable for 25 months..." and I'm like, what? They crashed two years ago? I had no idea. I wish they'd report this as: The Markets Might Crash: Here Is How That Might Impact You, An Adult With No Investments

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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 15/09/2026

they literally can't, it's illegal collusion for a.i. companies to agree to limit competition between each other

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Charlotte Ashley @charlotteashley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

TIL that Canada Post *literally can't* ship packages to France and a host of other European countries because of import tax issues. They told me to use UPS. So I guess we're just abandoning that public service, huh.

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Charlotte Ashley @charlotteashley.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Dear World, I need a lil sumthun today. Make it happen. <3 Charlotte

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DanHELL M. Ford @soundingline.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Fewer long series, more stand alones

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A. P. Howell - Buy my book! @aphowell.com · 06/09/2026

Fun fact: If you hire @addi.social for your book covers, he also helps you troubleshoot your shopping cart.

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 02/09/2026

It's September, which means I have a new novel out this month! As early as Sept. 8 or as late as Sept. 22, depending on country and format (it's in ebook, paperback and audio read by Maria Nicola Johnson). The court of Catherine de' Medici, with ... vampires (I am making the spooky hands).

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The Swordmaster

Coming September 2026 (the exactly dates within that month vary slightly by country.) 304 pages. Published by Rebellion, in ebook, paperback and audiobook narrated by Maria Nicola Johnson. This is th...

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Los Angeles Worldcon @laworldcon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The 2026 Hugo Award for Best Novella goes to The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar (Tordotcom; Arcadia UK).

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turtle @turtle.labeledrude.online · 23/12/2024

GERALT: Hhh. Seven Monster cans. Empty. And a diet Dr Pepper. If you're lucky, you've got a pack of small gamers. VILLAGE HEADSMAN: And...and if we're not lucky? GERALT: One really big one.

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McGill-Queen's University Press @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We've got a book for that! Interested in reading the real story of Lake Ontario? Daniel Macfarlane, associate professor at Western Michigan University, has written the authoritative history of the use and abuse of Lake Ontario. Read it now! #LakeOntario #researchthatmatters buff.ly/woiwybh

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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Gen Alpha tentatively approaching Bluesky because Insta will go dark at nighty-night soon

A grassy field with blue sky with little Miyazaki creatures superimposed

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Charlotte Ashley @charlotteashley.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Today a fly flew into my shandy so I held his little head under beer until he drowned, removed him with my chopsticks, and continued my meal. Half an hour later, he got up and tried to fly away. -.- AMA

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assbutt @nasboat.org · 26/08/2026

Apollo, do your thing

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🧑🏻‍🦽‍➡️🦄 Eva Roslin (they/them) ⚨ 🍁 @evavroslin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Folks, I am in dire straits because of disability agency cutting me off (again) and less $ from diff med leave. If you're able to boost the signal, or are in a position to send coins, please consider so I won't have to move back with ab-us-ers 🙏🏻 gofund.me/e9deece80

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Donate to Help Eva Stay Safely Housed, organized by Eva Roslin

Hi everyone, I need help to keep paying the rent and not be forced to move back into an ab… Eva Roslin needs your support for Help Eva Stay Safely Housed

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Chance the Lawyer @chancethelawyer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

say what you will about the myriad valid concerns with current LLMs but I personally will never get over the fact that Aaron Swartz was prosecuted to his literal death for downloading JSTOR and then a decade later, they downloaded & ingested the entire world and our IP laws just went ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

25 days til release! 💙📚 #BookSky #PrideAndPrejudice #ButInSpace 🪐📚 USA: bookshop.org/a/96356/9781... or Canada: www.indiebookstores.ca/book/9781834... (click “shop local”) or see my linktree.

Two copies of Aether and Ego, with a clokwork chickadee on a branch with starry peaches, sitting on a peacock placemat. An arrow points to the text "25 days to publication."

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Charlotte Ashley @charlotteashley.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I am friendly with a lot of difficult people. They are difficult in a lot of different ways, and some are more difficult than others. Most of them aren't actually difficult: other people are just intolerant and lazy and mean. But some can be a genuine challenge sometimes.

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Charlotte Ashley @charlotteashley.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Hey, if I memorize a book and go on tour and recite the book from memory to paying audiences, is that allowed? I know I can memorize a song snd perform it peffectly legally--I just can't record it. But how does that work with books?

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Technically, they’re Remains now.

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Charlotte Ashley @charlotteashley.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Great reporting. Fwiw, I am not precious about book destruction--Project Gutenberg did the same, remember. "Rare" doesn't mean "not available anywhere else." There are lots of other copies. But are these books under copyright? Is anyone checking? These AI companies need to be paying royalties.

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Irontuna @irontuna.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

“Rare” is a nebulous term even in special collections libraries, but very few if any of the books being scanned for ai would meet even a very generous library standard of “rare” (this is not an endorsement of ai companies)

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Charlotte Ashley @charlotteashley.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Open submission and see what genius lands in my inbox. Enjoy several months of astounding pitch sessions. Break my heart having to pick just one.

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

When worlds collide, we don't miss a chance to rep out booth. So here we are at day 1 of When Words Collide in Calgary! If you're around, come say hi and learn more about our bid to host Worldcon in Edmonton in 2030.

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Charlotte Ashley @charlotteashley.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

If someone had just described the show to me as this in the beginning...

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Helen Pinsent @heleninwords.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Flat rate shipping across Canada!

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Charlotte Ashley @charlotteashley.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Why does chocolate taste better when it is cool and crisp, instead of when it is sort of melty and soft?

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Trident Booksellers & Cafe @tridenthalifax.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Pretty delighted that Trident got to be part of this documentary about Halifax cafe culture from Hanna Korthöber. ☺️ A lovely little piece about community spaces! youtu.be/8K6uFjBwrhg?...

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WHERE WE GATHER by Hanna Korthöber

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Walt Spookman @waltshitman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

“Fantasy author” is a fake job created by Big Hat to sell big black hats.

George R. R. Martin wearing a black fisherman’s cap

Sir Terry Pratchett wearing a big black hat

Robert Jordan wearing a really big black hat.

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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 06/08/2026

A new chapter has begun in Winnipeg’s literary landscape with the opening of science fiction and fantasy bookstore Other Places Books.

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Out of this world

New sci-fi/fantasy bookstore a welcome addition

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Charlotte Ashley @charlotteashley.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I am very excited to post Trident's anti-AI position statement but admittedly my decision to hand-draw it and maybe make a stop-motion video is slowing things down some

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Charlotte Ashley @charlotteashley.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The Chain on Our Flag Means Death. I don't care much about this song or show, so it absolutely stunned me how much the music made the moment move me. youtu.be/vXUDZgmrDxM?...

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Our Flag Means Death | The Chain - 1x08 ending scene

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Charlotte Ashley @charlotteashley.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

This is fucking appalling. It's not sexual content, it is *sexually gratifying* content. The fault isn't in the content, it is in you, for enjoying it wrong. They are trying to control whether or not you choose to be horny in private. What the fuck. 😡

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Charlotte Ashley @charlotteashley.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Fun fact: this book was written by Ursula Le Guin's mother! It is delightful in so many ways.

The cover if "The Inland Whale" by Theodora Kroeber features a simple whale in black in a white oval

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Charlotte Ashley @charlotteashley.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Are you telling me that black bank of horror wreathing the Dartmouth waterfront is fog and not smoke? What is WRONG with this place???

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pistachiOoOoOo 👻👻👻 @streetlightlily.horntforgood.com · 31/01/2026

You don’t want hands free driving, you want trains. You want trains you want trains you want TRAINS

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Charlotte Ashley @charlotteashley.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

In case you were unaware, @venusenvyhfx.bsky.social is an absolutely BRILLIANT bookstore. You don't need a huge selection to have the right selection.

The cover of 2 Trans 2 Furious ed. tuck Woodstock & Niko Stratis shows a person transforming into a car Animorphs-style.

The cover of Oh Hell No! from Chronicle Books

The cover of The Very Secret Sex Lives of Medieval Women by Rosalie Gilbert

The cover of Madam of the Maritimes by Blain Henshaw.

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