Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 3hEvery 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.” 120
Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 13hBetween the opera tickets and this… looking at you @mayoroliviachow.ca and you too @marcmillermp.bsky.social 000
Reposted by Shona CookJudith Pereira @heypereira.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This 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 011
Reposted by Shona CookKarolina Sutton @karolinasutton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The 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.comPatrick Radden Keefe’s bestseller London Falling shortlisted for Baillie Gifford prizeThe acclaimed American journalist, who won the nonfiction prize in 2021, is shortlisted alongside Andrea Wulf and Matthew Sweet 001
Reposted by Shona CookThe Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 01/10/2026Nicholas 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. 👇ebx.shBaillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction reveals 2026 shortlist 011
Reposted by Shona CookThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 01/10/2026Artificial 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.comAI agents tried to hack a Canadian government website, researchers sayThe finding follows OpenAI’s confirmation that its misbehaving AI agents probed U.S. government websites and hacked an Australian government site. 145034
Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If you loved DETECTORISTS, prepare room in your heart for SMALL PROPHETS. Apple TV Oct 7 www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7vd...youtube.comSmall Prophets — Official Trailer | Apple TVYouTube video by Apple TV 000
Reposted by Shona CookMichelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 15/04/2026an 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.caJournalist plans to create new archive of residential school survivor stories — before it's too late | CBC NewsA 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. 15754427
Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It appears The Atlantic has the first excerpt from Chrystia Freeland’s book ahead of any Canadian news organization. 🤔 #CdnPoli 000
Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026In the words of the great Canadian 🇨🇦 legend, Nellie McClung: “Never apologize. Never retract. Never explain. Get the thing done and let them howl.” #CdnPoli 021
Reposted by Shona CookDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026Seriously, just do not use muse 16822270
Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Shows how little peace there is in the world if someone is grasping at this straw 000
Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This kinda makes me laugh knowing the history of Canadians running illegal alcohol into the States. Should be a #HeritageMinute. 110
Reposted by Shona CookDean Jobb - True Crime Writer @deanjobb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A beginner’s guide to reading Ben Macintyre /via @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...theglobeandmail.comA beginner’s guide to reading Ben MacintyreHere are eight routes into the author’s world of spies, swindlers, escapes and betrayals 011
Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Your weekend reading sorted (and maybe the rest of the year or two) www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...theglobeandmail.comA beginner’s guide to reading Ben MacintyreHere are eight routes into the author’s world of spies, swindlers, escapes and betrayals 030
Reposted by Shona CookLiz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This 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. 5255
Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 23/09/202698.4% participation rate is astonishing. Well done us. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🤣🤣 020
Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Genuine question for the news nerds - why does the media still refer to the (alleged) Belleville shooter as “allegedly” when he is dead? 100
Reposted by Shona CookThe Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · 22/09/2026Presenting the Booker Prize 2026 shortlist. Find out more about the books and authors that make up this year's list. thebookerprizes.com/bp2026 411771
Reposted by Shona CookMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026i'm not reading what that dumbass wrote 48109972
Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I'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. 200
Reposted by Shona CookEmmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 21/09/2026What'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 10538188
Reposted by Shona CookCity of Toronto @toronto.ca · 21/09/2026Request 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. 024
Reposted by Shona CookThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 18/09/2026Animals 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”:bit.lyThe Morbid Lesson of 10,000-Plus Sea-Lion DeathsAnimals that bridge the human world and the wild can be uniquely perilous to human health. 0105
Reposted by Shona CookThe 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 093
Reposted by Shona CookLit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Annie Dillard has died at 81. buff.ly/RNQwniFbuff.lyRemembering 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… 38637
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...theguardian.comRedwood by Ben Macintyre review – a superbly wrought tale of cold war defectionThis story of Soviet agent and his MI6 handler in revolutionary Iran is a page-turning masterpiece 060
Reposted by Shona CookPEN Canada @pencanada.bsky.social · 15/09/2026TIFA 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 101
Reposted by Shona CookShona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 03/09/2026So 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 071
Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Spot the #Toronto landmarks in one photo. (Taken from the new CIBC Park) 010
Reposted by Shona CookKate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I 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. 772184644
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.comLaura Secord’s Thing | World Premiere at Crow’s TheatreA campy, high-stakes comedy that reimagines the legendary 32-kilometre trek of Canadian folk hero Laura Secord. 010
Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 12/09/2026There better not be one penny of Telefilm money going into this. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...theglobeandmail.comTrudeau to launch production company at TIFF with former top aide Katie TelfordCompany says Hope & Hard Work will create both scripted and unscripted content, and several projects are already in development 010
Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 11/09/2026This is the culture we are fighting to preserve. 🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp 151
Reposted by Shona CookWriters' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Announcing 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 187
Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Just re-upping this post in light of the discussion on “paper products”… 0105
Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Honouring Andrew Pyper podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comA new writing prize honouring Andrew PyperPodcast Episode · The Current · September 7 · 9m 021
Reposted by Shona Cookpaulseesequasis @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 13313
Reposted by Shona CookMark Medley @markmedley.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This is an incredibly meaningful prize in honour of an incredibly wonderful friend and writer. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...theglobeandmail.comWriting prize to honour late Canadian thriller author Andrew PyperWinners will receive $20,000 and must write in the same genres that writer produced: horror, thrillers and other types of speculative fiction 03211
Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 03/09/2026So 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 071
Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 31/08/2026One of my favourite things on this site is watching @theferocity.bsky.social watching a show. 120
Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social · 27/08/2026While the other one is shitposting AI slop, our man is out here using the word "hydronyms." #CdnPoli 24719
Reposted by Shona CookHalfbroke Horsewoman 🌻🏇🌻 @tidypony.bsky.social · 24/08/2026In some universe somewhere, this book is on our Defense Secretary's bedside table. 001
Reposted by Shona CookJess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I think we can safely say the history department had the best stickers today 171837421