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Heather Martin

@heather-martin.com

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Freelance editor • heather-martin.com Inveterate reader, coder, climber, shutterbug, tinkerer & dork Pronouns: she/her • elle Location: Tiohtià:ke • Mooniyang • Montreal Languages: English • French

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Heather Martin @heather-martin.com · 14/07/2026

It’s time for another roundup of recent reads I've enjoyed. It’s been a good summer so far. I hope the streak continues! What have you been reading lately? #AmReading 💬📚💙

A collage of book covers for the following titles:
Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson,
You’ve Changed by Ian Williams,
The Hypocrite by Jo Hamya,
This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum,
How to Survive a Bear Attack by Claire Cameron,
Rooted by Lyanda Lynn Haupt,
The Book Tour by Emily Ohanjanians, and
Regenesis by George Monbiot.

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Heather Martin @heather-martin.com · 19/06/2026

I’ve fallen behind on sharing recent reads that I’ve particularly enjoyed, so here’s a quick update: Foster by Claire Keegan Wapke), edited by Michel Jean (English transl. available) Life Hacks for a Little Alien) by Alice Franklin #BookSky #AmReading

Covers of Foster by Claire Keegan; Wapke, edited by Michel Jean; and Life Hacks for a Little Alien by Alice Franklin

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Heather Martin @heather-martin.com · 12/06/2026

Got in a gorgeous #StetRide before this afternoon’s rain. 🙌 #StetWalk

The shiny waters of the St. Lawrence with a sky full of backlit clouds.

Looking up into a canopy of leaves, with glimpses of blue skies and clouds.

In the foreground, my bike leans against a park lounge chair that I’m sitting in. In the back ground a bike path and the shoreline of the St. Lawrence.

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Heather Martin @heather-martin.com · 06/05/2026

Today's #StetWalk was climbing at the gym. Since that isn't very photogenic, here are some pics from Monday's stet walk.

A bed of white trilliums on the forest floor.

Close-up of pink magnolia blooms in our neighbour's tree.

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Heather Martin @heather-martin.com · 01/05/2026

Today's #StetWalk ☀️

A huge weeping willow with bright yellow-green leaves on the shores of a pond on a sunny afternoon

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Heather Martin @heather-martin.com · 17/04/2026

Toad close-up 😁

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Heather Martin @heather-martin.com · 17/04/2026

The toads are singing in my parents’ pond, and the tadpoles will be hatching in about 3 weeks. Spring has arrived! 🙌 #SignsOfSpring

A dark brown toad sits in a pond with its head above the water.

Strings of tiny round black toad eggs float on the surface of the pond.

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Heather Martin @heather-martin.com · 30/03/2026

Je viens de lire Tiohtià:ke par Michel Jean. Je veux, un jour, écrire plus de mes pensées sur ce roman, mais pour le moment je vais juste le recommander. 💙📚🖋️ app.thestorygraph.com/books/1a377d...

« La feuille a appris à vivre avec les humeurs du vent. Cependant, à mesure que les journées raccourcissaient, elle éprouvait de la lassitude devant ses caprices. Ne s’arrêterait-il jamais? La réponse est non et le vent le savait, mais pas la feuille, rouge de fatigue, qui dansait avec de moins en moins d’aisance.

À quel moment le jeu était-il devenu un combat? »

—Michel Jean, Tiohtiá:ke

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Heather Martin @heather-martin.com · 24/03/2026

It’s a rather cool in my office today, but I’m perfectly comfy thanks to the legwarmers my mom knit for me. 💕 #amEditing #amTiredOfWinter

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Heather Martin @heather-martin.com · 20/03/2026

@argobookshop.bsky.social is an impressively curated shop and always has awesome stuff from my to-read list! 🙌 💙📚 #AmReading @margaret.bsky.social

Hand holding books in Argo Bookshop: The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak, Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit by Lyanda Lynn Haupt, Foster by Claire Keegan, and The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy.

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Heather Martin @heather-martin.com · 13/03/2026

I'm so looking forward to this! 💛 Event: community.the-efa.org/events/Event... #consciouslanguage #editorsky #writersky #writingcommunity Karen Yin's book: app.thestorygraph.com/books/703dd7...

Excerpt from Karen Yin's The Conscious Style Guide: "We defy categorization. Our variations obliterate labels. Yet we continue to draw lines, build walls, put people and ourselves in boxes. And when someone does not fit, we blame them, not the box. The goal of inclusive terminology is not to break free of labels and ignore our differences. Rather, the goal is to honor the self-categorization of groups who have been denied the power to name themselves.

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Heather Martin @heather-martin.com · 12/03/2026

I'm reading 2 library books to a deadline, switching between the ebook & the audiobook, depending on whether my hands are busy or not. Curiously, certain landscapes and devices appear in both works, so that the stories are starting to feel as if they inhabit a shared world. Enjoying both so far!🪐📚💙

The covers of The Dark Between the Trees by Fiona Barnett and The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow

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Heather Martin @heather-martin.com · 24/02/2026

I just love visiting the botanical gardens in winter. The smell of soil and the tropical air in my lungs are so restorative! #WinterHacks #Botany #Plants

The fern room of the Montreal Botanical Garden's greenhouse, complete with artificial waterfall and creek.

Bulbophyllum purpureorhachis, a plant in the orchid family with a feather-shapped, leathery, wine-red stem that twists as it grows. It has a row of tiny button-like flowers in the same colour that seem to march up the middle of each side of the stem. Delightfully weird.

Tillandsia ionantha, a spiky and very colourful air plant with green and fushia leaves and long, skinny, purple blooms.

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Heather Martin @heather-martin.com · 18/02/2026

Ramadan Mubarak! Let's share some books that explore the many dimensions of Muslim life. Would love to learn what your favourites are! 💙📚💬

Photo of books laid out on a table: Kenza Bennis's Les monologues du voile, Lamya H's Hijab Butch Blues, Sabina Khan's The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali, G. Willow Wilson's Ms. Marvel series and Nussaibah Younis's Fundamentally

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Heather Martin @heather-martin.com · 12/02/2026

It feels like a good day to share some great writing by trans authors. Here are some favourites from @ninocipri.bsky.social, @aprildaniels.bsky.social, @caseyplett.com, Meredith Russo and Vivak Shraya. Any stories or authors you'd add to my list? 🌈📚 💙📚💬

Photo of books laid out on a table: Nino Cipri's Finna, April Daniels's Dreadnought, Casey Plett's Little Fish, Meredith Russo's If I Was Your Girl and Vivak Shraya's Even This Page Is White

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Heather Martin @heather-martin.com · 03/02/2026

Loved *The Disordered Cosmos* by @chanda.blacksky.app. The early chapters on #astrophysics are fascinating, but the later chapters are the stars of the show. In them she does an amazing job of showing how #colonialism continues to prop up and influence western #science. Excellent read!

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