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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 30/08/2026

Calgary book people! Discovered a new bookstore in Marda Loop called Nocturne books, specializing in dark fiction! Here’s their display from the When Words Collide conference- shortly before I bought half their collection 😆 You should seriously check it out!!

Photo of bookshelves filled with books at a conference

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 13/08/2026

So ready for When Words Collide to start tomorrow!!

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Nicholas Brendon’s is the sixth death of a major The WB cast member since 2024. These deaths come when there is also a measurable increase in mortality in the age cohort that made up much of Buffy’s original audience, and the WB era generally... But why? www.thecanary.co/global/world...

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Buffy’s Nicholas Brendon’s death is the sixth of The WB stars since 2024

Nicholas Brendon tragically joins a growing list of The WB stars dying young. But why is this happening post-pandemic?

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 23/03/2026

Oh man, I got so mad after the ‘common cold’ thing I nearly missed the ‘6-8 viruses a year’ thing….what?!??

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 28/02/2026

Oh, Sophie’s World- time for a re-read! I read it (and loved it) as a teenager, but I’m sure I didn’t fully appreciate its content at that age!

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 20/11/2025

Reading threads is my guilty pleasure- the comments are always so unhinged!

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 10/10/2025

I have three kids, and there are *zero* meals that all three like - and that’s not even taking the adults into consideration. Believe me, I’m trying to make things we can all enjoy, but they’re not having it 🤷‍♀️

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 20/09/2025

Definitely! I’ve been reading her backwards- started with Yellowface and just finished the Poppy Wars- and she’s amazing! Although Babel will be hard to beat!

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 19/09/2025

Ooo I just finished reading Strange Pictures- really good! Super creepy though!! And I had no idea that R. F. Kuand had a new book!

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 13/09/2025

I’m impressed they waited a whole second…

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 03/09/2025

I’ve been collecting book shirts for years…most recently I bought some from tees.ca, I believe.

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 03/09/2025

Ooo a few on there I haven’t read (yet!)

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 02/09/2025

My clothing feeling oddly on point right now in Alberta #bookban #abpoli

Two shirts- one says ‘I read banned books’, one is Ray Bradbury’s book ‘Fahrenheit 451’

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 31/08/2025

Well, that was a wild read! Thanks to Owl Nest Books for the recommendation!

Photo of Book cover of “Strange Pictures” by Uketso

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 30/08/2025

Recommend! Very funny, and it’s been putting my own current failures on the career front into perspective!

Photo of book cover- “you deserve each other” by Sarah Hogle

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 19/08/2025

Just finished 3 days at When Words Collide and I’m already missing it! But now I have a year to keep writing…

Three coffee mugs from various years that say When Words Collide

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 01/08/2025

Still cheering you on! I will definitely re-buy from whichever publisher you find.

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 07/07/2025

Those sticker books where you put stickers on to make scenes

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 27/06/2025

Oh, I read that article to my kids! I didn’t realize it was yours! Great piece!

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 14/06/2025

My favourite was a review for a butter dish that was written in rhyming couplets. I definitely bought the dish.

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 13/05/2025

I read “on the beach” as a teenager…that was fun! (Years later my husband chose it for our monthly book club- everyone looked at bit stunned at that meeting! 😂)

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 28/04/2025

I was so happy when you moved over here! Also (because I love recommending books) you should check out “City of Likes” by Jenny Mollen- I’m reading it right now, and it’s about someone accidentally becoming an influencer 🙂

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 23/04/2025

Oh my goodness, just spent ages in Starbucks call centre purgatory 😭. Any leads on what number/email to contact to get to someone who in anyway could be helpful?!??

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 21/04/2025

Well, our family had already switched to Good Earth to support a Canadian coffee shop- one more reason to avoid Starbucks I guess!!

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 10/03/2025

Humphrey the hamster series and mercy Watson series by Kate DiCamillo

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 09/03/2025

When I look back at cute photos of my kids I always think ‘but what happened immediately after this photo was taken?’ (Use, tears and destruction of some sort)

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 23/02/2025

Yes! I was only ever a lurker in the other place!

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 23/02/2025

Hello from Alberta! Was glad to find you on this platform!

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 17/01/2025

When everything’s terrible at least there’s horses.

Cute white pony standing against horizon

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Because our political leaders apparently won’t…. While a profoundly polarizing figure in Canadian politics, Justin Trudeau unquestionably served Canada for 9 years facing levels of toxicity that in many ways was unprecedented in Canadian politics, and he did so with a consistent dignity. /1

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tern @1goodtern.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Question: Does COVID-19 damage the brain? Answer: "We now know that, unfortunately, COVID can damage the brain in many ways." Harvard Health. And people keep ignoring the truth hoping it will go away. www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-moo...

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Does COVID-19 damage the brain? - Harvard Health

Most people who get COVID-19 don't suffer damage to the brain. But some do, and even people who initially get just mild COVID symptoms are vulnerable. COVID's potential to damage the brain is anoth...

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Guiness Pig @guinesspig.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Should this pandemic be forgot And never brought to mind? It’s normal now, to live with SARS And everything’s just fine For everything’s just fine Yes everything’s just fine We sold our souls so billionaires Could stay rich while we all die! #CovidCarols

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a man playing a bagpipe in front of a sign that says aux buttes chaud

Alt: a man with a bagpipe says you know the song, sing along

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 01/01/2025

Brilliant start to the New Year! 🥳🎊📖

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 30/12/2024

Come on voters- poetry sales for the win!!

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Did you ever go to one of the legendary Boxing Day sales at Sam the Record Man? Lines were often two hours long to get in. In this 1979 photo, one shopper said there was so little room inside the store that he could barely get his hand into his pocket to get his wallet.

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 24/12/2024

Alarming poetry sales 😂😂😂 I’ve laughed far too long over this headline

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YYCCowboy @yyccowboy.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

More Closures being sent in via DMs today.. tonight's going to be another big ass bad thread.. and if you haven't yet, make sure to donate to @thebreakdownab.bsky.social legal fund.. Let's show these fucktards you can't silence the truth! See you tonight!

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

The 2024 Headline of the Year Nominees 🧵

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

2024 Headline of the Year nominee (January)

Britain has seen an alarming rise in poetry sales
--The Economist, 15 Jan 2024

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Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 18/12/2024

That would be one of those times I wouldn’t be able to control my expression…

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