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Grace Kennedy

@gracekennwrites.bsky.social
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West Coast journalist with an East Coast journalism degree Contact me: gracekennwrites@gmail.com CANADA’S ENDANGERED ANIMALS (@nimbuspub.bsky.social) out now. CANADA’S ENDANGERED WATERS out Fall 2028.

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 06/10/2026
Canadian and U.S. journalists ... are you covering the news rolling out about the person charged in connection to the Tumbler Ridge shooting? It's time refresh yourself on the @transjournalists.org style guide. styleguide.transjournalists.org?_gl=1*1sbq6f...
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Trans Journalists Association Stylebook and Coverage Guide
The Transgender Journalists Association’s Stylebook and Coverage Guide is a tool reporters, editors, and other journalists can use to improve news coverage of trans people and the stories that affect ...
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Look, Canada’s Endangered Animals is available!
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Canada's Endangered Animals: Twelve Species At Risk of Disappearing Forever
A full-colour illustrated guide to animals at risk of extinction in Canada, from the Hackmatack-shortlisted illustrator behind Canada Wild. From musical songbirds to majestic mammals, many incredible ...
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026
Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.
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andrea bennett (they/them) @akkabah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How will B.C.'s snap provincial election affect voter turnout for municipal elections? And why the heck is muni voter turnout so low?? @gracekennwrites.bsky.social takes a look for @thetyee.ca: thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Will Duelling Elections Confuse Municipal Voters? | The Tyee
Some fear the province’s snap election will decrease turnout to local races with historically low participation.
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
News about democracy: Now with fun facts about the 1979 election trifecta!
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Helping Endangered Sturgeon Broadcast Their Milt And Eggs Into A Mixing Bowl” just doesn’t have the same ring haha
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
That would be a great question for the folks at the Nechako White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative, who run the conservation centre in Vanderhoof. www.nechakowhitesturgeon.org
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I had so so so much fun writing and reporting this story. Thank you @akkabah.bsky.social and @thetyee.ca for giving me the opportunity to turn a family trip into Vanderhoof into a great story.
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Bold Strategy Cotton - Dodgeball
Alt: Bold Strategy Cotton - Dodgeball “That’s a bold strategy Cotton — let’s see if it pays off for him.” Said after the Average Joes forfeit the game because they do not have enough players. This gif does not imply the BC Conservatives will be forfeiting the election, however the amount of party switching in the last week sure made it seem as though they did not have enough players.
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Snap elections: they age people.
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Feeling very old because people are calling Kahlon one of the NDP’s top ministers, and I’m pretty sure I only just covered his very first election as a completely green former field hockey player? I was just at a press conference at his house in North Delta?
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
3. Reckoning: The Political Economy of Canada What’s old is new again! Trade with the US, changing economies. Will Canada survive increased connections with the elephant next door? Now we can perhaps answer some of the questions posed in the documentary.
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Reckoning: The Political Economy of Canada
Since 1982, when the issue of free trade with the United States was resurrected, dusted off and presented anew to Canadians, we have been buffetted by dissenting viewpoints …
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
2. Shameless Propaganda What is Canada? Maybe just a bunch of wartime propaganda? How a leftist documentarian shaped ideas about ourselves.
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Shameless Propaganda
This feature documentary examines its own genre, which has often been called Canada's national art form. Released in the year of the NFB's 75th birthday, Shameless Propaganda is …
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
In light of *all this*, here are some NFB documentaries I have been watching: 1. Canada At War What did Canada do in World War II and what does it tell us about the country on the world scale? Watch with a healthy dose of awareness about the stories it does *not* tell.
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Canada at War
From the depressed thirties to the war-torn forties -- a time of testing and trial, of strength discovered and victory won. Here is Canada's story of World War …
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I recently adopted a lot of cats from Schrödinger (unclear if opportunities will be successful or not) I’ve got multiple eggs in multiple baskets (opportunities likely to succeed) My life is the clown car of opportunities (a comical amount of things way)
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
To be clear (since I am writing books for kids, and would like people to buy them haha) I think there are good news stories about endangered animals, and lots of good conversations that can be had about changes for the future! Discussing hard things is a valuable skill for kids and parents.
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Thinking about writing about endangered animals for kids? Don't. It's really depressing! Half the time, it's about how perseverance will save our ecosystems! The other half it's about how we messed up really really bad and maybe there is no recovery, maybe death is all there is and ever will be.
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
“So they’re having a temper tantrum?” -my six-year-old with a very astute analysis of the American response to the trade deal
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
MR PG HAS FALLEN everyone's favourite giant wooden log man has LOST to barkerville in quarterfinals in the search for b.c.'s best roadside attraction our top two finalists from the 2020 roadside attraction bracket are OUT Mr. PG...I'm sorry I failed you
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Mr PG inspires such discussions as: “Where is Mr PG’s family?” “Why doesn’t he live in Quesnel?” And “When I am older I will go to Prince George and build a Mrs PG and a Mr PG baby” followed by a detailed description of how the family will be built.
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Literally in Prince George today and Barkerville tomorrow, and I demand satisfaction for Mr PG.
Two young children hugging Mr PG’s leg as he gazes out over the highway. Mr PG cheerily welcoming all and sundry as they pass through Prince George, the way a true roadside attraction should.
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
STORY: After my 93-year-old grandmother was evacuated from a Summerland seniors home, no one could tell us where she was. My family wasn't alone. I went hunting for answers for how this happened.
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‘They Lost Granny’ | The Tyee
My grandmother was evacuated from Summerland. We spent days trying to find her.
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Tyler is a great journalist and I would LOVE for him to be able to do more funky features and FOI investigations and less disaster coverage. In case whoever is in charge of climate change is listening.
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The editor of the Clinton Lariat, the town's tiny newspaper, happens to be former Vancouver newspaper reporter Kelly Sinoski. If you want to know what life's been like there the last two weeks, there's no one better to hear from. So we got her to write about it: thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...
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Inside the Fight to Save Clinton | The Tyee
As flames approached, residents rallied to save their town. A special dispatch from the editor of the Clinton Lariat.
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
NEWS YOU CAN USE: Download an emergency alert app. It's the smart thing to do.
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The Emergency Apps You Need for Wildfire Season | The Tyee
Your phone can tell you when fire approaches. But you need the right program.
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Fire season means a last-minute message from @tyolsen.bsky.social asking for story about a Fraser Canyon icon on the edge of a wildfire. I first interviewed the MacKinnons in 2022, after an apocalyptic year of fire, flood, and avalanches. I'd rather my next interview wasn't during another disaster.
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A Historic Fraser Canyon Hotel Faces Down a Wildfire | The Tyee
After years of renovations, Alexandra Lodge was being returned to its former glory. A fire on its doorstep could turn it all to ash.
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
One of B.C.'s oldest, most-famous roadhouses is in the path of a wildfire. @gracekennwrites.bsky.social writes about Alexandra Lodge, whose new owners have spent years restoring to its previous glory but may soon have to flee: In @thetyee.ca today: thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...
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A Historic Fraser Canyon Hotel Faces Down a Wildfire | The Tyee
After years of renovations, Alexandra Lodge was being returned to its former glory. A fire on its doorstep could turn it all to ash.
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I am obsessed with this review. I cannot wait to both re-read The Odyssey and watch the film. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Nolan’s Odyssey lacks many of the elements that make the poem great. It has nothing convincing to say about time, memory, history, war, or about the relationship between one warrior’s glorious return and the lives of his family, adversaries, comrades, friends and neighbours. It lacks psychological, emotional, political and ethical depth. Its narrative structure is gimmicky. The writing is abysmal. None of the characters has convincing motivation for their actions or words. There are no sex scenes, and all the food looks horrible.

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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Can confirm
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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 22/07/2026
Major warning from officials to anyone who who opted to stay in Boston bar, B.C. under wildfire evacuation orders — a new fire has started spreading quickly, the highway is closing, you are in danger, leave now www.fvrd.ca/EN/main/serv...
July 21, 2026 @ 5:07 PM, Emergency Update:
URGENT: A new wildfire has ignited south of Boston Bar and is spreading quickly in strong winds. For your safety, residents who have remained in the community, MUST LEAVE NOW. You are in danger and need to evacuate immediately. Highway 1 will be closing immediately you must drive north on Highway 1. Another update will be issued shortly.
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This fire is a bit south of where the Brunswick Creek fire had been near Boston Bar, immediately south of town on the right side of the river. Very near Tuckkwiowhum Heritage Village. It's 37 C in the canyon right now.
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Thinking about Boston Bar, its bowling alley, about too many small towns in disasters over the last six years. (The beautiful bowling feature via @joshkozelj27.bsky.social)
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The little bowling alley that’s the heartbeat of the Fraser Canyon
In Boston Bar, Canyon Lanes is much more than a bowling alley
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I’m going to be at Vancouver KidsBooks today around noon signing copies of CANADA’S ENDANGERED ANIMALS. If you are around and want to pop in and say hi, please do so! I will have stickers and bookmarks.
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Today! 1pm! Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve in Chilliwack! Book launch day is officially happening, and as promised there will be snacks, books, and endangered animal shaped cookies.
A handmade sign reading: Book Launch, Grace Kennedy, with a picture of Canada’s Endangered Animals and cut outs of many of the animals in the book
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Had my wedding reception on Sat (got married 5 years ago) and just received our photos. They are So Awful and I could not be more delighted. We had 18 disposable cameras and six kids under seven, so every other photo is of someone’s feet, a blurry shot of a table. Absolutely spectacular. No notes.
A close up of someone’s pink, floral dress from the waist down. Something is happening, but there is so much motion blur it’s impossible to tell what it is Maybe there is someone somewhere, but the camera’s lighting was too bad Some men’s feet standing on the grass.
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Book launch is this Sunday (June 28) at 1pm at the Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve in Chilliwack. Come for the book, come for the snacks, I don’t judge.
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A huge thank you to all the folks at @nimbuspub.bsky.social for their support with this book, especially editor Claire. And of course a huge thank you to everyone who pre-ordered! It’s hard to believe the book is finally out in the world.
Canada’s Endangered Animals (the book) tucked inside the branches of a flowering dogwood tree.
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
It’s here! CANADA’S ENDANGERED ANIMALS, in the flesh! The books arrived at my door late last week, which means they will be in bookstores near you either now or very soon. The book is beautiful, the illustrations by Alex MacAskill are spectacular, and I guess the writing is okay.
Canada’s Endangered Animals held up against a bright blue sky with trees in the background. The front page of Canada’s Endangered Animals, with my very first book signature above the image of a butterfly on the page.  The amazing illustration for the Little Brown Bat section. An illustration of a wet little Oregon spotted frog and some tadpoles.
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Any researchers, conservationists, scientists have thoughts on the IUCN red list and its effectiveness, and want to help kids understand it better? Send me a DM! I'd love to do an interview for my next book. #sciencesky #IUCN
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Marmot Recovery Foundation @marmotrecovery.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Vancouver Island marmots are coming out of hibernation, and they are hungry. Today was the first day of feeder installs.
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Book launch - postponed. Blame the capriciousness of shipping. Come on June 28 instead so that there will be physical books at the launch.
A book launch poster with big splashy words reading: rescheduled. The rescheduled launch is for Canada’s Endangered Animals by Grace Kennedy, and is now taking place on Sunday, June 28 at 1pm at the Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve (5200 Sumas Prairie Road, Chilliwack).
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Got the long form, I am living the dream
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Just realized I will likely not be working in a newsroom when the Census results are out, and man am I ticked.
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Super disappointing given the sheer volume of art available about BC, by photographers, artists, or in archives
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
As promised, book launch details! Coming to Chilliwack’s Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve on Saturday, May 30 at 1pm. Come for stickers, come for animal facts, come for cookies in the shape of endangered animals!
Poster reads: Book Launch: Canada’s Endangered Animals By Grace Kennedy. Saturday, May 30 - 1pm, Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve (5200 Sumas Prairie Rd, Chilliwack). Arrows pointing at the book cover read: animal facts, stickers, snacks, book signing.
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
So exciting! Congrats!
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I think I understand the feast-famine dichotomy of freelancing now.
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Love seeing all the amazing journalism up for awards this year! Congrats to all the nominees!
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Book swag hot off the press! (Free if you come to my book launch on May 30 — details to come.)
Bookmarks for Canada’s Endangered Animals. One side has a link to gracekennedywrites.ca. The other side has little Polaroid drawings of each animal. Stickers! Of the Gaspesie Caribou, the Little Brown Bat, the Vancouver Island Marmot, and the Ord’s Kangaroo Rat. Stickers! Of the Spotted Turtle, the Five Lined Skink, the Oregon Spotted Frog, and the Eastern Tiger SalamanderStickers! Of the Northern Spotted Owl, the Piping Plover, the Ivory Gull, and the Red Knot.
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