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Lorraine @ihearthestia.bsky.social · 20h

Wonderful to hear @hfxwordy.bsky.social read from her memoir today. “Remember, you are the best narrator of your life.” See, I wrote it down! Amazing strength and creativity, Michelle ❤️ congratulations!

Michelle stands behind a podium which is placed in front of a large abstract backdrop. On the front of the podium is a Defend Books poster.

To the side there is a red armchair and a poster of Michelle’s book cover for “A good girl’s guide to lying”.

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sighborg👩‍🦼🫁🩸🩻 @sigh-b0rg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

And then when you are able to recognize what happened to you as assault & make the courageous attempt to reach out, it's brushed off as being overly emotional/having a "bad day" by the same ppl who love to sensationalize high profile cases in the news like some fucking true crime episode.

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Michelle Hébert (she/her) @hfxwordy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

At Booktoberfest at the Halifax Central Library today until 3pm!

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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Michelle Hébert (she/her) @hfxwordy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is a great Canadian company located in my hometown. They make beautiful things--lots of gift ideas here!

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Michelle Hébert (she/her) @hfxwordy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I was on CBC Radio NS Information Morning today discussing my new book, A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO LYING, the impact of gendered violence on our lives and communities, and my experience living with dissociative PTSD. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing an essay, writing a eulogy, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing for 5,000 years.

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Compositional Study for tâpwêwin (Truth) Kent Monkman ~ Cree 2025

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#NovaScotia 'Real reconciliation': Medicine trail partners Mi’kmaw communities, N.S. landowners Trail is working with 9 landowners to secure sites to harvest medicinal plants www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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'Real reconciliation': Medicine trail partners Mi’kmaw communities, N.S. landowners | CBC News

Trail is working with nine landowners to secure sites to harvest medicinal plants

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Michelle Hébert (she/her) @hfxwordy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We're doing something right, then. Let's keep it up, Canadians.

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Michelle Hébert (she/her) @hfxwordy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thanks to @joannemerriam.bsky.social for highlighting my book, A GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO Lying!

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49th Shelf @49thshelf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Our responsibilities for Truth and Reconciliation goes beyond a single day of the year. Take a look at our picks for reading and reflection: 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member... @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social @harpercollinsca.bsky.social @dundurnpress.bsky.social

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More Books for Truth and Reconciliation · Lists · 49th Shelf

Books for reading and reflection

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king's co-op bookstore @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

bring your online anger to the public where it belongs with our new tote bag! proudly ruin parties, annoy the tech bros, and effortlessly make it known where you stand in the fight against AI Slop with this season’s hottest fashion accessory. Pre-order yours at kingsbookstore.ca/AISucks

a black tote bag that says DO NOT TALK TO ME ABOUT AI

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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Sending much love out to everyone keeping Terry Fox's dream alive by participating in a Marathon of Hope event in their communities today. #TerryFox

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SpookyCobraChicken @andgracetoo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Today, over 4 millions Canadians will run. Nobody had to put it on a calendar. We all know what day it is. In April 1980 Terry Fox, a 21-year-old from Port Coquitlam, B.C., dipped his artificial leg into the Atlantic Ocean in St. John's and started running. #TerryFoxRun #TerryFox #MarathonOfHope

Black and white photo of Terry Fox running on a highway with an artificial leg. He is smiling. There is a police car and truck in behind him.

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 22/06/2026

Make stuff. Do your hobbies. Geek out with your weird friends. Practice arts and crafts. Every society that ever burned to the ground left behind only the handicrafts, and every society saved from the brink was saved only by arts. Do not give up the joy of creating.

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Michelle Hébert (she/her) @hfxwordy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Today is publication day for A Good Girl's Guide to Lying! A mystery disguised as a memoir, this deeply layered story of complex trauma is a testament to the lengths our brains will go to protect us & a reminder that it's never too late to become who you really are. 1/4 @nimbuspub.bsky.social

A black cat sniffs a book with a brown cover. In orange text, the title reads :A Good Girl's Guide to Lying: Losing my Memories, Searching for Truth, & Confronting Complex Trauma", by Michelle Hébert

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

New logo just dropped.

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Michelle Hébert (she/her) @hfxwordy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

My book "A Good Girl's Guide to Lying: Losing My Memory, Searching for Truth, & Confronting Complex Trauma" has arrived! It explores how I lost my memories for 30 years, & how misogyny and gendered violence result in women having higher rates of trauma and lower access to treatment. #booksky

A white woman with an auburn pixie cut and green cat-eye glasses holds a copy of a book. The cover is brown with rust lettering that says "A Good Girl's Guide to Lying" by Michelle Hébert.

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Fernwood Publishing @fernpub.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Our literary imprint Roseway Publishing is soliciting submissions in fiction and memoir. If you have a proposal send a query to editorial@fernpub.ca or visit: fernwoodpublishing.ca/publish?srsl...

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Andy Bowers @evilpez4.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

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Sarah @sarahwhitehfx.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Cowardly. Just think of trying to buy food, hygiene items and even basic medication with $410. It’s inhumane and undignified, and it downloads the problem onto the overloaded social sector.

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Michelle Hébert (she/her) @hfxwordy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Well that would screw up the penultimate verse of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." You mess with Gordon Lightfoot and we Canadians will smite you.

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Michelle Hébert (she/her) @hfxwordy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I'm enjoying seeing all the love for French Canadian culture and language. A gentle reminder that French Canadians aren't only in Québec. We're everywhere. (My family has been in Acadia since 1607, and I have French-speaking cousins in Alberta).

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 22/08/2026

Watching Prime Minister Carney discussing the breakdown of the Canada-US trade deal at a press conference and just really appreciating living in a country where the leader can speak coherently and knowledgeably about what is actually happening.

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

“Farmers have been very badly hurt by Canada. They won’t be paying any tariffs more. It’s going to be a wonderful deal.” Fact is we will never buy your worm infested beef, your contaminated eggs or your diarrhea promoting lettuce under any circumstances. Good luck with that! #cdnpoli

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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

So maybe the U.S. and Canada reach a deal today. Okay. But how many hours until Trump gets annoyed at the way beavers build dams or Canada geese shit in upstate New York before he imposes 125% tariffs on Degrassi High reruns?

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Michelle Hébert (she/her) @hfxwordy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The PC’s response to this is despicable, as were the MLA’s ‘songs’. He wouldn’t have recorded things that didn’t reflect who he is. The Premier’s spokesperson backing up the misogyny is on brand for this government.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 15/08/2026

PRETEND: “Give me something I haven’t seen before!” ACTUAL: “But it needs to fit on the shelf next to three identical books already optioned for television. Risky but safe, edgy but soothing, queer but market-tested.”

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A Queer Writer’s Survival Guide to the Literary Agent Hypocrisy Circus: PRETEND vs. ACTUAL

PRETEND: “We want queer joy! Write freely!” ACTUAL: “But make sure there’s a straight best friend to guide the reader through the scary parts. If anyone has ...

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Ken Donnelly🇨🇦 @novaken.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

It is funny that Trump thinks we are all going to buy American booze again as soon as it is put on the shelves. The grocery stores have had USA products all along and I haven’t bought a single one since the tariffs started. And I am not about to start.

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Michelle Hébert (she/her) @hfxwordy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Happy 13th birthday to the cowcats, Ivy and Smudge. Already planning their Sweet 16.

Two black and white cowcats are curled up together in a cat tree.

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Yvette d’Entremont @dentremy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Today marks the Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval. It began in 1755 when Acadians were forcibly removed by the British from their homes in present-day Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and P.E.I. Between 1755 and 1763, about 10,000 Acadians were deported on crowded ships. Thousands died.

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Heritage Minutes: Acadian Deportation

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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Ms Freeland is spot-on, quoting the late, great Leonard Cohen in this @nytimes.com piece today. ‘You Aren’t Going to Like What Comes After America’ www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/o...

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Opinion | ‘You Aren’t Going to Like What Comes After America’ (Gift Article)

Remember when ‘blame Canada’ was a joke?

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The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · 28/07/2026

Presenting the Booker Prize 2026 longlist. Find out more about the books and authors that make up this year's Booker Dozen: thebookerprizes.com/bp2026

The Booker Prize 2026 longlist in full:

- The Shadow of the Object by Chloe Aridjis
- Switzy by Emma Cline
- Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman
- The End of Everything by M. John Harrison
- The Disappearers by Marlon James
- Black Bag by Luke Kennard
- The Renovation by Kenan Orhan
- May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry
- The Palm House by Gwendoline Riley
- The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout
- John of John by Douglas Stuart
- All Them Dogs by Djamel White
- The Vivisectors by Missouri Williams

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Michelle Hébert (she/her) @hfxwordy.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Our power has been out all day today in my little pocket of north end Halifax. Who knows why? Salty raccoon? Vigilante crow? Just for the heck of it?

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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star

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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

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Le Devoir @ledevoir.com · 18/07/2026

En reprise | Le regard de notre caricaturiste Godin sur l'actualité du jour 👉 bit.ly/4vHepmH

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Wile E Quixote @wileequixote.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Canada has approx. 369 million hectares of forests — only 30% are accessible by roads US has approx. 304 million hectares of forests — 70% are accessible by roads When we have wildfires in Canada in areas not accessible it makes it harder to put them out. Facts matter, don’t lecture us.🖕

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Michelle Hébert (she/her) @hfxwordy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

A Good Girl’s Guide to Lying went to press today! It'll be in the world on Sept 15th. Launching memoir feels so much more vulnerable than a novel. Will people judge me? Will they get what I’m saying about misogyny in our social institutions? Will it change how people think about trauma? 1/3

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bat benatar 🦇 @tatbenatar.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

it is extremely telling that when california was on fire canadian firefighters mobilized to provide wildfire relief, but when canada has 800 active wildfires americans are just moaning about the air quality lol

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Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 13/07/2026

Sam Neill on tackling depression and imposter syndrome when you’re between jobs.

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