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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I understand why the system operates this way, but I still spend a lot of time thinking about how many brilliant books we are probably missing out on because an author is genius at writing a book but absolute garbage at distilling it down to an elevator pitch/query blurb.

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If the trailer for the movie 'Wicker' has sparked your interest in basket weaving, I think this book will be for you. 😋

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Discovered a tv show about a woman who wakes up in a spot of trouble with no memory of who she is or how she got there, she just has a note telling her her memory was wiped intentionally & she is in danger. Sounds familiar! 🤣 (If you don't know, my novel Adrift starts the same way, but on a boat.)

image from tv show ad for The Rook featuring a woman looking pensive.

cover of novel Adrift by Lisa Brideau showing a crashing ocean wave from above with an oil sheen overlaid.

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Was in Singapore last month and visited the Science Centre and sat in front of this installation for a very very long time. Mesmerizing. Sound on is required. #whales

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

These scam emails from people pretending to be editors at publishing houses with email addresses like namePublishingHouse@aol.com are SO ANNOYING. Has anyone replied to find out what the cash grab ends up being? How do they pivot from pretending to be a big name editor to asking an author for $$?

screenshot of scam email with praise for Brideau's novel Adrift.

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I am unreasonably pleased that my new bookmark from Malaysia is perfect for my current read: If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light. (The world is on fire, one must find small delights where one can.)

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

@sunyidean.com Spotted your new book front and centre at a bookstore in Kuala Lumpur! (This may not be news to you, but sharing in case it is!)

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Nine Ten Publications @ninetenpub.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Just 3 days left in the Kickstarter for WILD DYES OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST! Snag one of the last hand-dyed yarn rewards, or simply pre-order the book and help to support the highest print cost we've ever faced. We couldn't make our books without you ❤️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...

A photo of goldenrod is in the background. A fake clothesline "holds" an image of the cover of Wild Dyes of the Pacific Northwest, by Zoe McDonell. Text reads, "The Kickstarter for Wild Dyes of the Pacific Northwest ends Friday afternoon! There's still a few exclusive hand-dyed yarn bundles available!"

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Spent some time today walking among alpine wildflowers. Way better than scrolling, even with the flies.

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I just spent two days in Kelowna BC and it was somewhere around 33 - 35 degrees (92-95) and I do not function over 26 degrees and HOW DO PEOPLE LIVE HERE? I saw people JOGGING. Voluntarily, not because a bear was chasing them. I was malfunctioning just walking down the street in the shade.

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

When I drafted Adrift I included scenes with air quality issues and people wearing masks. While I was revising Adrift, BC experienced the worst wildfire season in history--it has since been topped. Summer weather now regularly includes "smoke". I'd never experienced this in Vancouver prior to 2017

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I'm so angry this is our every summer now -watching Canada burn, watching ecosystems die and homes burn, & we just keep digging oil out of the ground. Our politicians keep spending public dollars on the oil industry; subsidies, more pipelines, sending our clean energy to run LNG plants. Insanity.

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Eve Lazarus @evelazarus.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Looking forward to my talk at Lynn Valley Legion on August 4. I'll be chatting about quirky #NorthVancouver stories, a murder and a ghost story. Claim your seat at goodtimes@lynnvalleylegion.ca #lynnvalleylegion #localhistory #truecrime

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

TODAY!! (Sat July 11) Come to Indigo on Robson and meet your local Vancouver authors! Buy books! Enter our contest! 1 - 4 pm - drop by anytime

poster with vancouver city skyline announcing a local author extravaganza on july 11 from 1-4pm at Indigo Robson, Vancouver BC

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

To balance awkward book promo post, I am here to share photos of kittens I took last week that will be up for adoption soon with Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association. Behold the cuteness! #kittens

adorable orange tabby kitten playing. 15/10 cuteness

adorable seal point kitten with blue yes. 19/10, would cuddle.

two seal-point kittens. It's almost too much really.

ridiculous scared cat in halloween cat stance for real. this actually happens apparently.

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I set out to finally do one of those graphics where you pithily convey what your novel is about with a few words and loopy arrows and then I had a breakdown trying to explain what genre the thing is that I wrote and have been talking about for three years. 😂 ENJOY! ! Go buy a copy! Thanks!

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 07/07/2026

The subscription drive (to increase staff and contributor pay) is running until the anniversary of the magazine. We're about halfway to the goal. Thank you to everyone that has subscribed so far! clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

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Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I've organized a gaggle of Vancouver-area authors to be at Indigo Robson on July 11! Please visit, peruse our books, ask fun questions, enter to win prizes, and just enjoy good bookish vibes! For the schedule of who will be at the store when, check my website: lisabrideau.com/authorevent

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I've organized a chance to hang out with a whole bunch of awesome local authors in one day. If you're in Vancouver, please come say hi! Saturday July 11 from 1-4pm at Indigo on Robson Twenty authors, one day -AMAZING! Say hi, buy books, chat with authors, get books signed, enter to win fun prizes.

an flyer for a local author extravaganza at Indigo Robson Vancouver July 11 from 1-4pm featuring twenty local authors. The flyer has a photo of the Vancouver BC skyline at the bottom.

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Go buy books at your local indie bookstore on Saturday - it's a giant party book buying day!!!!

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I am very excited to have a copy of Endling by Maria Reva - just shortlisted for the Climate Fiction Prize (and has already won a bunch of prizes). Has anyone read it?? It sounds bonkers in the best way.

Cover of novel Endling by maria reva held up in front of a green wall.

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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

It's live! IT'S LIVE! The Kickstarter for Year’s Best Canadian F&SF: Volume Four is now LIVE! Award-winning series, best of 2025, and (with your help) the biggest volume yet. Can you back early enough to land The Canucklehead tier and get to choose the dedication for the book?? Pls SHARE WIDELY!

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Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume 4

Award winners. Award nominees. Hidden gems. All Canadian. All in one anthology.

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Yes, this is also my process, lol Did I read five non-fiction books about memory impairment for my speculative FICTION novel (Adrift) featuring memory wiping? 100% and it was super interesting! I even wrote a blog post about the rabbit hole I fell down: maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/my-f...

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My Favorite Bit: Lisa Brideau Talks About ADRIFT

Lisa Brideau is joining us today to talk about her novel, Adrift. Here’s the publisher’s description: Ess wakes up alone on a sailboat in the remote Pacific Northwest with no memory of …

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

For #Hugo people who like little repair bots who are myopically focused on their one task while the world falls apart around them (not that this is relevant to our current moment at all)....

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

I don't know how this works since this is the first short story I ever sold(🥳), but for anyone voting for Hugo's - I have an eligible story if you want to back a dark horse, lol. Big thanks to Diabolical Plots for publishing! www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...

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DP FICTION #127A: “The Glorious Pursuit of Nominal” by Lisa Brideau – Diabolical Plots

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

This @bcliving.bsky.social list of BC Books to Read in the Bathtub is amazing! Yes, I'm am 100% biased because they included Adrift, but also there are books by Chevy Stevens + Jen Sookfong Lee + more + very intriguing non-fiction titles, so you should check it out! bcliving.ca/entertainmen...

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25 B.C. Books to Read in the Bathtub - BC Living

Sit back and soak with one of these books in hand on February 9 for Read in the Bathtub Day

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Susan Juby's Mindful of Murder series - murder mystery, but somehow also calming and amusing? Yes please. make all the books into seasons! www.cbc.ca/radio/thenex...

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Lovely surprise to see my first published short story (in Diabolical Plots) recommended here! ❤️

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

I took photos of this adorable litter of kittens for a local rescue group (VOKRA) and they were all adopted within a week! I mean, how could you not adopt these cute nuggets? 🥰

A group photo of five kittens, three black, two grey, all posing prettily. The photographer clearly some kind of wizard who can herd cats.

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

As the year wraps up I'm highlighting a few of the books I read in 2025 that have stuck with me! Non-fiction -The True Cost of Wool by Anna Hunter! (Paired with a book I featured last year as the two are in such close conversation: Vanishing Fleece by Parkes). Why has this one stuck with me? 1/2

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

I paid to have a new battery installed in my writing laptop recently and it is claiming some pretty spectacular longevity lol

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

For folks who nominate short stories for awards in the sci-fi realms: I published my first ever short story in 2025 at Diabolical Plots! 🥳. So... I hope you'll... consider it? (I know not how these things work, clearly): diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1... Happy award nominating!?

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

When this time of year rolls around I think a lot about the challenge of book discoverability, how a small number of books get noticed relative to the tens of thousands that will come each year. I think of the awards that nominate the same titles. The best-of lists with mostly the same titles. 1/?

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

I don't know what happened, but sales of the paperback version of my book spiked to surprising levels over the past few weeks (very high for a book that came out in 2023!) - so that is a lovely pre-holiday gift to me. Thank you mysterious universe and book-buyers!!! #Adrift

white woman with dark hair smiling in front of a poster advertising a book entitled Adrift by Lisa Brideau

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Eve Lazarus @evelazarus.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

#bcbuylocal week kicks off today, and you can't go wrong with a book! Shop at indie bookstores because when you support local $63 out of every $100 goes back to BC compared to $14 from multinationals. Want to shop online? No problem, most local bookstores can accommodate: bit.ly/47BVJL1

A collage of book covers by Eve Lazarus in support of BC Buy Local week. Titles include Beneath Dark Waters, Murder by Milkshake, Vancouver Exposed, Cold Case BC, Blood, Sweat and Tears and Cold Case Vancouver

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Chiara Di Lello @chiaradilello.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Today's an excellent day to pre-order my poetry chap, CHILDLESS MILLENNIAL, for the cool uncle or auntie in your life, and support a small but mighty press @gameoverbooks.bsky.social www.gameoverbooks.com/store/p/chil...

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

I have to share this amazing plant I saw on my walk today. Google says it is a "harlequin glorybower (Clerodendrum trichotomum), also known as the peanut butter tree." Does anyone know about these???

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

November was supposed to be my all-free-time-is-spent-writing month but it started with a dinner with friends (long overdue, v hard to schedule), and I have 2 speaking gigs I'm excited about, & another big non-writing project has poked its head into life with some urgency. But I did write tonight!

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a cat laying on an lg laptop keyboard

Alt: a cat laying on an lg laptop keyboard "Writing"

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Got my COVID and flu shots on Friday (free). Consider this a reminder in your timeline to go book yours before all the bugs start circulating for winter.

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

I just made some very exciting (to me) 2026 plans!!! I registered for the Level 1 Bookbinding course with the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artist Guild. Hope to connect with other bookbinding nerds along the way - please wave if that's you!

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

I only feel capable of posting fall vibes photos right now.

Yellow leaves on the ground on a street in Vancouver.

A small plaza with colorful fall trees in Vancouver. Overcast and Grey.

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 17/10/2025

On Tuesday, October 21st—Ursula's birthday—we'll announce the recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! Join Theo Downes-Le Guin and guest host Ebon Moss-Bachrach on YouTube for a live announcement at 9 am PDT. The announcement will happen here: www.youtube.com/@ursula.k.le...

The eight books shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction are in a stack, with a note on top that reads "Prize winner announcement 10.21.25 9 am PDT." The books are North Continent Ribbon by Ursula Whitcher; Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins; The City in Glass by Nghi Vo; The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy; The West Passage by Jared Pechaček; Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera; Archangels of Funk by Andrea Hairston; and Blackheart Man by Nalo Hopkinson.

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

I'm visiting my hometown and just had a lovely time with a book club at the Cole Harbour Library talking about Adrift and climate change. I love book clubs so much, they have all been so thoughtful and kind in their discussions of Adrift. Love love love these conversations! (ALSO MY DAD CAME! )

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Ben Berman Ghan @inkstainedwreck.ca · 01/10/2025

Hey everyone!! I am starting a chapbook press!!! rev your engines and write your pitch letters and send them off at paperbillpress.ca! We are as expansive as a chapbook press can be!! now taking fiction! poetry! non-fiction! criticism! hybrid! You write it? we want it!!

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Chapbooks for the Wild

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Eve Lazarus @evelazarus.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Are in planning to be in North Vancouver tomorrow night? So am I! I'll be giving a talk and showing off some photos from my new book Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of the Empress of Ireland Shipwreck. It's at Lynn Valley Library on Lynn Valley Road at 6:30 pm evelazarus.com/book/beneath...

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Potluck has been a regular caterer of events in my life in Vancouver - if you can support this amazing social enterprise, please do! And a friendly reminder that if you organize catering for your org/event, find a social enterprise or Indigenous company to direct your $$ to.

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Lisa Brideau @lisabrideau.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Oof, this article, so much truth about publishing challenges that exist today. This is a must read. thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

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The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus

Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it

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