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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 07/10/2026

Are we sharing dog photos? I've got a dog photo

Evie the whippet, head on my knee, white side of her face toward the camera, ear awake even if her eyes look like she's falling asleep

Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 24/09/2026

Hey, go support the BC and Yukon Book Prizes at their silent auction! Only three more days: event.auctria.com/b6b76a7e-8d7...

Screenshot of the BC and Yukon Book Prizes' Online Auction page, including the seal of the BC and Yukon Book Prizes, three photos (a hotel room, a totem pole in the snow, the BC coast), and the dates: September 14-28th

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 31/08/2026

Among Ghosts: come discover your new second-favourite book!

The ranked balloting table for second place in the 2026 Lodestar Award. Books appear in this order: Among Ghosts, Sunrise on the Reaping, They Bloom at Night, Holy Terrors, Oathbound, No Award.

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 14/08/2026

My son is the guitarist, and his favourite song is "Maelstrom." The lead singer is also the songwriter. They're playing live tomorrow night in Victoria:

Concert poster for Joy Canopy and Low A La Mode, Little Fernwood, August 15th, door 7:30pm, show 8pm, $10

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 10/08/2026

My son's band, JOY CANOPY, will be playing in Victoria BC this coming weekend. I can't be there, so I need you to go on my behalf and cheer them on.

Concert poster, green and yellow with clip art of stars, cats, whales, butterflies, etc. Text reads: a night with Joy Canopy, seaworthy ep release show + Low Alamode, Saturday August 15th, Little Fernwood, $10, Door 7:30pm, Show 8pm

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 05/08/2026

15) If you want me to speak to your university about any of the topics in which I am an expert (dithering, obfuscating, peeling pearl onions), you must go through my public appearances agent (possibly a goblin) pictured below:

My public appearances agent, possibly a goblin

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 22/06/2026

The raspberry bush on our patio is blooming! We may get berries yet!

Close-up of a white blossom and several buds on a raspberry bush

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 22/05/2026

Me at the BC & Yukon Book Awards soiree

Me in an orange jacket holding my book, AMONG GHOSTS. We both have BC & Yukon Book Prizes Finalist stickers on.

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 14/12/2025

Your wish is my command! Evie and her diggy box:

Parti-coloured whippet puppy digs in a box of cut-up blue jeans, looking for treats

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 23/10/2025

I know you're not supposed to compare your children, but Una was a creature of consummate grace and dignity, and Evie is more like WHAT IS DIGGINITY, MOM? AM I DOING IT? PPPBBBBTTTTHH!

A silly whippet puppy lying on her back, showing her speckled belly, with her head cocked to one side. She clearly wants a belly rub. Is there some reason you're not giving her one?

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 23/10/2025

HI MOM DID YOU SEE ME I'M UNDER YOUR CHAIR HI HI HIIII!!!

An adorable parti-coloured whippet is looking up at me from under my chair

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 17/09/2025

Hey, friends: come see me in LETHBRIDGE, AB this weekend!

A poster for Word on the Street Lethbridge Book and Magazine festival, September 20, 2025, 11am to 5pm, Lethbridge Public Library, Main Branch. Celebrating Reading, Advocating Literacy. This poster gives the schedule for the Teen Zone Stage. 11:15 Lauren Seal, 12pm Emily Varga, 1:00 Sarah Raughley, 2:00 Rachel Hartman, 3:00 Ryan North, 4:00 Teen Writing Contest Winners. On the right hand side are pictures of the featured authors and their latest books.

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 02/09/2025

Evie says: VACCINATE YOUR PETS FOR FUCK'S SAKE

An adorable parti-coloured whippet puppy napping on an olive green mat with a colourful rope toy beside her

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 22/07/2025

Not to brag or anything, but after three days Evie is pretty much house-trained. She asks to go out on the balcony, and she uses her fake-grass mat (100% for pee, still the occasional miss on poops). This is a particularly convenient superpower of whippets: they're fastidious. Also, adorable.

A whippet puppy sleeping on her taco-shaped daybed in particularly whippy fashion, on her back with legs in the air. Beside her is her baby shark, and now that song is stuck in your head. Baby shark! Do do do do do!

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 11/07/2025

This is why! EVIE THE WHIPPET! Coming home in 8 days!

A very cute parti-coloured whippet puppy lying on a red blanket in a blue kiddie wading pool, looking mischievous. I mean, seriously cute. Like, you would be dead of cuteness in about five minutes if you encountered this in real life. Damn that dog is cute!

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 01/07/2025

Sorry it took me so long to get a picture, but here it is: my first baby blanket. It's own pattern, totally made up by me, because I'm cocky that way:

Crocheted baby blanket hanging off the edge of a table, in navy, light blue, orange and cream. Stripes of Suzette stitch interspersed with moss stitch with decorative perforations, if you care about that kind of thing. "Decorative perforations" is probably not the technical term, but I'm self-taught and new at this sort of thing.

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 30/06/2025

Coming July 9th, my event at Iron Dog Books! Scan QR code to RSVP.

Poster for Rachel Hartman's book launch at Iron Dog Books, July 9th at 7pm. Scan QR code to reserve your spot!

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 25/06/2025

July 9th, Iron Dog Books, 7pm! Come hear me chat with Melissa Yue! irondogbooks.com/events/30791...

Poster for book event: Book Launch, Rachel Hartman, in conversation with Melissa Yue. Iron Dog Books, Wednesday July 9th, doors at 6:30pm, 2671 E. Hastings St. Pink poster with cover of Among Ghosts and photo of Rachel Hartman. QR code to reserve a seat.

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 22/06/2025

My mom used to have this necklace, and I don't know what happened to it. We used to go on anti-nuke peace marches with our church, haha, imagine that. That was in the 80s, those hippie-peacenik Southern Baptists

A metal necklace pendant with the words "War is not healthy for children and other living things" and a stylized sunflower.

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 27/05/2025

Skunk cabbage, bebeh! There's more where this came from.

A forest scene with large-leafed skunk cabbage and water in the foreground, ferns, mossy tree trunks, and an old stump in the background.

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 09/02/2025

In memoriam: Úna the whippet 2009-2025 The best of all possible girls (photo credit: Liz Edgar)

A wild-eyed, grinning whippet runs across a gravel lot. Photo credit: Liz Edgar

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 26/01/2025

If you see this, quote with flowers from your gallery #bloomscrolling

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 23/01/2025

Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?

An elderly brindle whippet curled up in a ball on a green blanket, a paisley blanket, and a red pillow

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 22/01/2025

Shout-out to @phantomscribbler.bsky.social who said I should take on an actual project instead of just practicing stitches and unraveling them every night like Penelope. And so I present you, the enormous granny square, destined to become a lap blanket possibly, eventually.

A crocheted granny square, about 8 rows deep, in crimson and gold, laid across a red couch cushion. My hand is on the left for scale. I'd say it's about 8" by 8" but that's kind of a guess

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 14/01/2025

Here she is in her well-spent youth, tearing up the place. She was really fast, and so, so happy when she ran. Swear to god, she would grin. Photo by my friend Liz Edgar.

Una the whippet running happily at the dog park when she was maybe 2-3 years old. Photo credit: Liz Edgar

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 14/01/2025

Here she is a couple years ago. Ok, maybe the couch was always hers...

Una in better days, ears alert, owner of a red couch covered with dark quilts in front of bookshelves

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 14/01/2025

It's becoming increasingly clear that we are entering the final weeks, maybe even days, of the life of our lovely Una, and I am just so very sad all the time

The greying head and ears of my elderly whippet, Una, half buried under her navy blue blankie, I love you beautiful girl and I'm so sad

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 22/12/2024

Barley rolls, ready to go in the oven

Unbaked barley rolls in a white baking dish

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 22/12/2024

The lamb roast, having marinated all night in milk, honey, pepper, and asafoetida, ready to go in the oven. I'm not convinced milk is a truly effective marinade ingredient, and not just a "we'll take a limousine 'cause it costs more" kind of ingredient, but I guess we'll see.

A lamb roast tied with string, sitting in a roasting pan, ready to go in the oven

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 22/12/2024

The olive relish. This stuff is dumbfoundingly delicious. I don't even like olives, and I would stuff it in my face all day. Is it the rue? The mint? The coriander leaf? The dash of vinegar? Who can say.

A round grey bowl containing olive relish: a mix of green and kalamata olives, plus herbs, vinegar, and olive oil, ground into a chunky paste

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 05/12/2024

GOLDEN! CROWNED! KINGLET! Yeah, baby!

This plump grey bird with black and yellow stripes on its head is a Golden-crowned kinglet. This one is perched on a lichen-covered tree trunk in front of a street.

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 27/11/2024

Good morning from this old darling, who agrees that it's too Novembery out there today

An elderly whippet (blue/fawn brindle with white legs and a very grey muzzle) curled up on a red pillow, a green blanket, and another blanket that's black with a sort of floral pattern

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 21/11/2024

I was literally about to post this, glad I'm not the only one living for fungi

Three red and white fly agaric mushrooms (aminita muscaria). There's a small one at the bottom left, not fully open yet, and then another small one toward the center of the picture, huddled under a larger, fully open mushroom as if for warmth.

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 20/11/2024

Anyway, I made it as far as THIS MUSHROOM today. Hung out for a while underneath. It was lovely. Tired now, bye

Large aminita muscaria mushroom sheltering smaller one on a tangled lawn with dead oak leaves. The aminita, rather than a dark red like you usually see, is a pretty pale orange.

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 15/11/2024

The blessings of an elderly whippet upon thee today. Let's curl up by the fire and warm our fragile bones.

Closeup of an elderly whippet curled up on a brown blanket with red cushions behind her

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 15/11/2023

In the Hall of the Mushroom King: www.patreon.com/posts/st-agn...

A cluster of tiny tan mushrooms with round caps, growing out of a patch of green moss, with twigs and dead leaves, happy autumn everyone

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 30/10/2023

I hope these bring you as much joy as they bring me

Two fly agaric mushrooms--bright red with white speckles--amongst the fallen oak leaves

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 26/09/2023

Sunday night we (my book and I) received the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize, one of the BC and Yukon regional book awards. Surprised and grateful, over here.

A copy of IN THE SERPENT'S WAKE next to an award certificate

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 31/07/2023

Went on a restorative walk in the forest and got about ten feet from an enormous, fearless Pileated woodpecker. This is the best pic I got; his head is an absolute blur in all the rest.

Pileated woodpecker clinging to a dead log, hard to see among the shadows, but you can just make out its black and white striped face and its red crest and its big black body

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 28/07/2023

A beautiful girl on her 14th birthday:

A blue-fawn brindle whippet, gone very grey, curled up to go to sleep, close up of her head

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 23/07/2023

People of Earth! Can't get enough Oppenheimer? May I recommend the biographical comics of @gtlabsrat.bsky.social, particularly FALLOUT, which I am rereading right now

The cover of "Fallout," a comic book about Oppenheimer and Szillard by Jim Ottaviani et al. Cover illustration is of Oppenheimer with a mushroom cloud coming out of his pipe, a slouching Szilard in silhouette crossing the desert in the background

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 23/07/2023

reskeet with the first album you bought with your own money:

The album cover for Imaginacion by Inti-Illimani, shadowy blue instruments in foreground, multicolored shapes falling like snow, a little dude on a flying llama

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