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Shona Cook

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Publishing publicist. 🇨🇦 Posts deleted regularly as I'm not making the same mistake I made at the other place.

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Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 3h
Every year I go to Nuit Blanche I think “too many people. Must go home.” And every year I stay home, I think “dammit I should be there.”
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Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 13h
Between the opera tickets and this… looking at you @mayoroliviachow.ca and you too @marcmillermp.bsky.social
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Judith Pereira @heypereira.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is happening on Monday globeandmailevents.com/benmacintyre... and if you're interested in reading even more Ben MacIntyre www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book... here's a great way to get started. #books #reading
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Karolina Sutton @karolinasutton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The shortlist for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction is out. Congratulations to Patrick Radden Keefe and London Falling! www.theguardian.com/books/2026/o...
theguardian.com
Patrick Radden Keefe’s bestseller London Falling shortlisted for Baillie Gifford prize
The acclaimed American journalist, who won the nonfiction prize in 2021, is shortlisted alongside Andrea Wulf and Matthew Sweet
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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 01/10/2026
Nicholas Boggs, Anand Gopal, Patrick Radden Keefe, Edmund Richardson, Matthew Sweet and Andrea Wulf have been shortlisted for the 2026 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. 👇
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Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction reveals 2026 shortlist
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 01/10/2026
Artificial intelligence agents tried to hack into a Canadian government site, researchers said, adding to the growing list of incidents in which AI agents probed or hacked corporate and government computer systems without being told to do so.
washingtonpost.com
AI agents tried to hack a Canadian government website, researchers say
The finding follows OpenAI’s confirmation that its misbehaving AI agents probed U.S. government websites and hacked an Australian government site.
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Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you loved DETECTORISTS, prepare room in your heart for SMALL PROPHETS. Apple TV Oct 7 www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7vd...
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Small Prophets — Official Trailer | Apple TV
YouTube video by Apple TV
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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 15/04/2026
an incredibly important project by Connie Walker — most Canadians don't know that the government has an archive of 38,000 residential school survivor testimonies, which are slated to be destroyed next year www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
cbc.ca
Journalist plans to create new archive of residential school survivor stories — before it's too late | CBC News
A new project from award-winning journalist Connie Walker aims to create an archive of testimonies of abuse at residential schools before the accounts are destroyed in September 2027.
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Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It appears The Atlantic has the first excerpt from Chrystia Freeland’s book ahead of any Canadian news organization. 🤔 #CdnPoli
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Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In the words of the great Canadian 🇨🇦 legend, Nellie McClung: “Never apologize. Never retract. Never explain. Get the thing done and let them howl.” #CdnPoli
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
Seriously, just do not use muse
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Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Shows how little peace there is in the world if someone is grasping at this straw
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This kinda makes me laugh knowing the history of Canadians running illegal alcohol into the States. Should be a #HeritageMinute.
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Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Paused to pay my respects this morning.
A photo of the front section of the Canadian War Memorial with the morning sun hitting the carved soldiers and horses
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Dean Jobb - True Crime Writer @deanjobb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A beginner’s guide to reading Ben Macintyre /via @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
theglobeandmail.com
A beginner’s guide to reading Ben Macintyre
Here are eight routes into the author’s world of spies, swindlers, escapes and betrayals
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Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Your weekend reading sorted (and maybe the rest of the year or two) www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
theglobeandmail.com
A beginner’s guide to reading Ben Macintyre
Here are eight routes into the author’s world of spies, swindlers, escapes and betrayals
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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is a beautiful idea. It's bound to get slammed as elitist but the barriers to arts-going are not just financial, they're cultural. If people feel opera is "not for them" they won't go.
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Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
98.4% participation rate is astonishing. Well done us. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🤣🤣
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Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Genuine question for the news nerds - why does the media still refer to the (alleged) Belleville shooter as “allegedly” when he is dead?
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The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · 22/09/2026
Presenting the Booker Prize 2026 shortlist. Find out more about the books and authors that make up this year's list. thebookerprizes.com/bp2026
The Booker Prize 2026 shortlist in full:

The End of Everything by M. John Harrison
The Disappearers by Marlon James
Black Bag by Luke Kennard
May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry
The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout
John of John by Douglas Stuart
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
i'm not reading what that dumbass wrote
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Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Evergreen
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Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I'm not a vindictive person but if I am killed by a moron with a wheeled device - scooter, e-bike, regular bike, car, SUV, unicycle, skateboard - I will haunt their family to a thousand generations.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 21/09/2026
What's happening in Alberta is even more batshit than I ever thought. Danielle Smith is a dangerous psychopath, and the AB separatist movement largely exists because COVID broke far-right brains, and is led by Christo-fascist religious white nationalists, relying on dark money. 2/n
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City of Toronto @toronto.ca · 21/09/2026
Request to vote by mail! ✉️ The deadline is Sept. 24 at 4:30 p.m. Get the details: toronto.ca/Elections – Your trusted source for municipal election information.
Text reads: Vote October 26. Request to vote by mail. Toronto.ca/Elections. Your Trusted Source for municipal election information.
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Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Boys aged 10
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 18/09/2026
Animals that bridge the human world and the wild can be uniquely perilous to human health, Dan Werb writes. Read an excerpt from his new book, “Our Wild Familiars”:
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The Morbid Lesson of 10,000-Plus Sea-Lion Deaths
Animals that bridge the human world and the wild can be uniquely perilous to human health.
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 17/09/2026
“Practically every Torontonian has a raccoon story.” Writer and epidemiologist Dan Werb on the unexpected impact raccoons have on humans and urban living: thewalrus.ca/raccoons-toronto
On the left: a photo of a raccoon face peering out of the hole of a blue recycling bin. On the right: text that reads “Why raccoons have been so successful in taking over Toronto. The city boasts an impressive ratio of up to one critter for every four people”
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Annie Dillard has died at 81. buff.ly/RNQwniF
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Remembering the great Annie Dillard.
Annie Dillard, the masterful stylist and brilliant thinker, has died at 81. Her death was confirmed by her literary executor, Maggie Nelson. Dillard, who wrote in many forms and experiments, was an…
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Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"a page-turning masterpiece" Rave review for Ben Macintyre's REDWOOD in the Guardian. #BookSky #BenMacintyre www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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Redwood by Ben Macintyre review – a superbly wrought tale of cold war defection
This story of Soviet agent and his MI6 handler in revolutionary Iran is a page-turning masterpiece
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PEN Canada @pencanada.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
TIFA presents the 2026 Graeme Gibson Talk: Notes on the New Global Order Evan Gershkovich, Carol Off and Philippe Sands on the challenges confronting writers and reporters in our world’s fast-changing geopolitical landscape, with a focus on freedom of expression. buff.ly/gDQxx5s
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Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
So looking forward to this event. The legendary Robert Fife interviewing the brilliant Ben Macintyre. Hosted by the team at @theglobeandmail.com Toronto. Monday, Oct 5. #BookSky
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Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Spot the #Toronto landmarks in one photo. (Taken from the new CIBC Park)
Photo of downtown Toronto looking west over Union Station.
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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I am not first and will be far from the last to say this: I have purchased so many books because I saw them recommended or publicized here on bsky. I cannot urge you all enough to KEEP TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. I know it's easier to talk up someone else's book, but this also means you, the shy author.
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Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
. @crowstheatre.bsky.social is retelling Laura Secord’s story in a production next year. Looks like it could be in the vein of OH MARY! (OH LAURA!) and I am sat. www.crowstheatre.com/shows-events...
crowstheatre.com
Laura Secord’s Thing | World Premiere at Crow’s Theatre
A campy, high-stakes comedy that reimagines the legendary 32-kilometre trek of Canadian folk hero Laura Secord.
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Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
There better not be one penny of Telefilm money going into this. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...
theglobeandmail.com
Trudeau to launch production company at TIFF with former top aide Katie Telford
Company says Hope & Hard Work will create both scripted and unscripted content, and several projects are already in development
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Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is the culture we are fighting to preserve. 🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp
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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Announcing finalists for the 2026 #HilaryWeston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction— congratulations to Richard Kelly Kemick, Robert Moor, Trina Moyles, Julian Brave NoiseCat, and Dan Werb. $75K winner announced Nov 10 at the #WTAwards writerstrust.com/WestonPrize
2026 #HilaryWeston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction finalists: Richard Kelly Kemick—Decadence, Robert Moor— In Trees: An Exploration, Trina Moyles—Black Bear: A Story of Siblinghood and Survival, Julian Brave NoiseCat— We Survived the Night: An Indigenous Reckoning.
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Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Just re-upping this post in light of the discussion on “paper products”…
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Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Honouring Andrew Pyper podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
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A new writing prize honouring Andrew Pyper
Podcast Episode · The Current · September 7 · 9m
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paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
‘Men who have never had power are now in charge, proud boys determined to take their revenge on those who have lorded it over them for so long. Not any more. Small men are now made big, their uniform giving them power. The street battles are over…Brownshirts stand victorious over the
Book cover of ‘Hotel Exile: Paris in the Shadow of War,’ by Jane Rogoyska
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Mark Medley @markmedley.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is an incredibly meaningful prize in honour of an incredibly wonderful friend and writer. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
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Writing prize to honour late Canadian thriller author Andrew Pyper
Winners will receive $20,000 and must write in the same genres that writer produced: horror, thrillers and other types of speculative fiction
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Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
So looking forward to this event. The legendary Robert Fife interviewing the brilliant Ben Macintyre. Hosted by the team at @theglobeandmail.com Toronto. Monday, Oct 5. #BookSky
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Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
One of my favourite things on this site is watching @theferocity.bsky.social watching a show.
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Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Yes. Read @greenwell.bsky.social’s BAD COMPANY
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Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
While the other one is shitposting AI slop, our man is out here using the word "hydronyms." #CdnPoli
Screenshot of Twitter post from PM Mark Carney which reads: 
The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which, appropriately, means “the lake is beautiful, the lake is big”.

The name is more than 400 years old, predating both the Confederation of Canada and the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America.

We know that America is changing. Their trading relationships, their foreign policies, their national monuments, their hydronyms. 

Canadians also know that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario – then, now and always.
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Halfbroke Horsewoman 🌻🏇🌻 @tidypony.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
In some universe somewhere, this book is on our Defense Secretary's bedside table.
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Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Want
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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I think we can safely say the history department had the best stickers today
A large circular sticker for the UAA Department of History. It reads "god forbid women have hobbies" and features a reproduction of the famous illustration of The Women's March on Versailles, 1789
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