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Leslie Greentree @lesliegreentree.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This week’s #SundaySentence from the POV of a dog, comes from Country People by Daniel Mason: He had only been outside once, but in that short time, he’d gathered from the winds a tale of roots and moles and worms, of ghosts hidden within the leaf-fall, of rats and springtails, mosses, snakes.

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Labrini Zafeiropoulou @labrinizafeir.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

“Love is never wasted, for its value does not rest upon reciprocity.” ― C.S. Lewis #sundaysentence 📚 💙

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Lara Maynard 🫐 @laralou.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

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Lara Maynard 🫐 @laralou.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

“The ticking of the clocks sounds like mice nibbling at time.” - Alphonse Allais, “The Black Cat,” 1890 quoted in The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue @emmadonoghue.bsky.social #SundaySentence

Screenshot of cover of The Paris Express which includes an illustration of a train with a lot of smoke from its stack and a Giller Prize Finalist red sticker.

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Leslie Greentree @lesliegreentree.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Despite all the fires in the world, on this night, in this room, they believed the whole thing might work. My #SundaySentence this week is from the luminous Whistler by Ann Patchett. #Booksky📚💙

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Washed Plums Mary Pratt 1987

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Lara Maynard 🫐 @laralou.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Full marks for skill. Finally. Maybe now l can take a World break. 🤓 😁 Wordle 1,873 2/6 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot Skill 99/99 Luck 86/99 If at first you don’t succeed… #Wordle

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Claris Lam @clarislamauthor.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Looking for Canadian author recs for poetry and short fiction?🍁 📚 Check out these ones! And if you liked these authors, you might also enjoy reading my own short fiction - "Found," "Stay Magical!" and "Refilling The Well" - available on Amazon and Itchio! #booksky #canadianauthor

if you liked reading these Canadian authors:

“Pink Moon” by Roshan James
“What The Soul Doesn’t Want” by Lorna Crozier

Read: Refilling The Well by Claris Lam.

What happens when you overwhelm the well that represents your energy and wellbeing? It's drained, and you burn out. All you can do next is refresh and refill it to sustain yourself again.

Refilling The Well is a poetry chapbook that reflects on the harms of hustle culture and societal expectations of reaching success, including burnout. It also reflects on how to heal from burnout and remembering that you're more than just your accomplishments. Fans of Lang Leav and Atticus will enjoy Refilling The Well's free verse poetry.

Available on Amazon and Itch.io!

If you liked reading these Canadian authors:

“Imagine A Garden” by Rina Singh
“How Do I Look?” by Sennah Yee

READ: Stay Magical! by Claris Lam

Inspired by magical girl shows and media including Sailor Moon, Ojamajo Doremi, and Life After Magic, Stay Magical! is the remedy to any magical girl fan wanting more books in the genre!

Stay Magical!'s collection of short stories reflects on what it means to be a magical girl, the tough sides of being a magical girl, and what happens when you're no longer defeating bad guys in costume every week.
Available on Amazon and Itch.io!

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Running the Goat Books @runningthegoat.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

We're open Regatta Day! Whether it's tomorrow as planned, or rescheduled due to weather. Escape the crowds with a drive up the Shore and a pleasant bookstore browse. www.runningthegoat.com

A photo of Running the Goat's green shop building on a sunny day with the door wide open. Text in image is repeated in the post

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/08/2026

War! What is it good for? Absolutely humongous oil company profits | First Dog on the Moon

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War! What is it good for? Absolutely humongous oil company profits | First Dog on the Moon

Mission accomplished

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Lara Maynard 🫐 @laralou.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

“A pawn shop dressed up as an attraction, vinyl DJs, better than forty little happenings pinned to a single Thursday like bunting on a coffin.” “Dublin is now a shell of its once former self” by Conor McGuire www.westernpeople.ie/opinion/dubl... #SundaySentence

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Dublin is now a shell of its once former self - opinion - Western People

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

“a wound in the exact shape / of your words.” — Sean Thomas Dougherty . . . This poem appeared in The Second O of Sorrow by Sean Thomas Dougherty, published by BOA Editions Ltd., 2018. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Indigo Summer Elizabeth Lennie 2021

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Lara Maynard 🫐 @laralou.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

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Beck Jones @beckjoneshere.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

It's easy to overlook the genius of Beatrix Potter (July 28, 1866-Dec. 22, 1943) now that Peter Rabbit & Co. have become cultural wallpaper. (She created the 1st character merchandise.) She willed her property to the National Trust, and it became the Lake District. #booksky #writers #illustrators

A Potter illustration of a Toad Tea Party, which she created for her Apply Dapply Nursery Rhymes, published in 1905. Toads sit around toad stool table as if they are having a tea party with a cake in the middle of the table. Added text is "We must save a slice for Beatrix . It's her birthday you know."

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Remembering Maeve Binchy who died on this day 2012

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Lara Maynard 🫐 @laralou.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 29/07/2026

"finally, we have created Fahrenheit 451 from the cautionary tale,"

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Beck Jones @beckjoneshere.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

That she invested her royalties in property so that the land could be preserved in its pastoral state--she left over 4,000 acres in her will and donated more in her lifetime--seems peak Potter. #booksky #writers #illustrators #botd

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Lara Maynard 🫐 @laralou.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

#SundaySentence “I never knew my mother. She died the night that l was born, and so we passed each other in the dark.” From Isola by Allegra Goodman

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Lara Maynard 🫐 @laralou.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books & boost signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Are you in the mood for violence, magic, old gods, creatures from beyond the reef, revenge, and the consequences of not listening to women? This is only $12! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

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Lara Maynard 🫐 @laralou.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

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Lara Maynard 🫐 @laralou.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

My #FridayReads is The Berry Pickers for book club next week.

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Jennifer Messner @occasionallyzen.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

The good thing about age is being a straight shooter with no time for falderal, so you can impart your wisdom - not imperiously, but more like: Someone has to say it and it's going to be me. Nancy Lehman, The Oyster Diaries #sundaysentence #books #booksky

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

My #sundaysentence this week is from the NYT, quoting this man on the failed math of book reduction: “Every book I own, I need.”

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Lara Maynard 🫐 @laralou.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

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Running the Goat Books @runningthegoat.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

We don't just have books in our shop, we also have prints, cards, and a few crafts by local artists! You can order books and cards on our website, but you'll have to stop by the shop to see the other crafts we carry. We're open 10am - 5pm (closed Tuesdays). www.runningthegoat.com

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Lara Maynard 🫐 @laralou.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

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Lara Maynard 🫐 @laralou.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Earth's Heartbeat Maxine Noel ~ Ioyan Mani ~ Sioux n.d.

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Lara Maynard 🫐 @laralou.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

“It was like walking through a folk song that afternoon — the blackbirds and the thrushes, the sweetness of the flowers, the boy I loved, and who might even love me, waiting for me between the trees.” Seán Hewitt - Open, Heaven #SundaySentence #FolkloreSunday #QueerBooks

Photo: Hand holding book Open, Heaven by Sean Hewitt with illustrated cover in yellow and green showing wood path in dappled light, with title and author in white font. Grass, trees, blue and cloudy sky in background.

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 12/06/2026

The Women’s Prize for Fiction 2026 has been awarded to Virginia Evans for The Correspondent (@michaeljbooks.bsky.social), and Lyse Doucet was awarded the Women’s Prize for Non-fiction 2026 with The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People’s History of Afghanistan (Hutchinson Heinemann). 👇

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The Women's Prize 2026: Virginia Evans and Lyse Doucet named Women’s Prize 2026 winners

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Lara Maynard 🫐 @laralou.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

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Lara Maynard 🫐 @laralou.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

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Lara Maynard 🫐 @laralou.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

We Meet Apart 5 book #giveaway app.hive.co/l/3ysc3x

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M. @mfreud27.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

#Art: A Light Catcher (2012) #Artist: #HélèneBéland (b. 1949; #🇨🇦) #ArtMovement/Style: #Contemporary #VisualArt Medium: Oil on linen 30 x 45 cm (12 x 16 in) #DailyArt #TalkArt #Artsy #ArtPost #FineArt #ArtHerstory #WomensArt 227

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Lara Maynard 🫐 @laralou.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

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Ewen Glass @ewenglass.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

It's #weirdpoemwednesday convened by @tomsnarsky.bsky.social. Here's a wee one from me.

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Lara Maynard 🫐 @laralou.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

This evening! Join members of The Torbay Public Library Book Club for a special meeting with Angela Antle, winner of the 2025 BMO Winterset Award, discussing her novel The Saltbox Olive, with a photo presentation of the 166th Field Artillery Newfoundland Regiment. Free, no registration required.

Poster showing cover of The Saltbox Olive and photo of Angela Antle.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Lil meowboy. Photo from my collection ca. 1950s.

Black and white photo of a white boy (tween or young teen I guess?) in a cowboy shirt and hat, looking seriously at a shorthaired white kitten he is petting. The kitten is sitting on a western style horse saddle and looks rapturously happy. It’s light colored fur and whiskers are luminous in the sunlight.

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Plus ça change...

A screenshot that reads: "Fact were' in the 'Twenties' sounds so weird. It's so synonymous with the 1920s. Sounds like a bygone era when women were still fighting for their rights, the upper classes were living a life of hedonism whilst people starved & the world was on the verge of financial ruin and war."

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Eggs in an Egg Crate Mary Pratt 1975

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Lara Maynard 🫐 @laralou.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

“…fill up on nature, on her staggering, showoffy beauty and her schoolmarm lessons: let her blow your mind with awe and the interconnectedness of all things.” #SundaySentence from Anne Lamott post of May 2/26 on Facebook: bit.ly/49dndbp @annelamott.bsky.social

Screenshot of part of a Facebook post by Anne Lamott, with this sentence highlighted:

“The practical/spiritual part, in the loosest meaning of the word “spiritual” is to fill up on nature, on her staggering, showoffy beauty and her schoolmarm lessons: let her blow your mind with awe and the interconnectedness of all things.”

Flora covered in ice, close up. My photo. ©️Lara Maynard, 2026.

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SarahJSloat @sjane.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

"April is one of the / broken folk" a poem from Classic Crimes for #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

erasure poem with collage from "Classic Crimes"

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Jude Hopkins @heyjudenotjudy.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

‪"Often, catching sight of something or other—a drop of water, a shell, a hair—you stopped, stood quite still, your gaze transfixed, your heart opened" — Gustave Flaubert, qtd. in "Cosmic Connections: Poetry in the Age of Disenchantment" #SundaySentence

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