Merilyn Simonds

author of Refuge (novel, 2018) Gutenberg's Fingerprint (memoir, 2017), The Paradise Project, The Convict Lover, & more; curious about all things past and future

[Merilyn Simonds @MerilynSimonds]

Birds are back and so am I! New Books Unpacked on writing the lives of others https://t.co/qlZwCv1D0v

[Merilyn Simonds @MerilynSimonds]

Hello spring! Rebirth of LitBits—tidbits from my writing desk and the world of books. https://t.co/6cV5pYgH2n

[Merilyn Simonds @MerilynSimonds]

So much fun cooking all these drinks, appies, bread, soups, salads, mains, especially desserts. Ten lbs gained for @PeleeIslandBird @pelee_heritage. Birdfeed Contest: Find birds embedded in menus. Great prizes! https://t.co/hFmth6EtRr

[Margaret E Atwood @MargaretAtwood]

You wanted #recipes? Here are some yummies! https://t.co/9PIqoAvTup We couldn't do an in-person @PeleeIslandBird @pelee_heritage #bird celebration gala this year so it's online. Munch along w. us on May 9, + choose your own menu! Tx to @MerilynSimonds for pulling this together!

[Merilyn Simonds @MerilynSimonds]

Wow. Thank you @RoBattigelli. Tweets like this keep a writer going.

[LiteraryHoarders @LiteraryHoarder]

Friyay!!

Hoarder Penny's #FridayReads is Refuge by @MerilynSimonds @ecwpress

It's already shaping up to be an excellent reading experience. Looking forward to spending the weekend with it.

[Elizabeth S Craig @elizabethscraig]

How Long Should It Take to Write a Book? https://t.co/WsZASKVQCR @MerilynSimonds @JaneFriedman #wkb31

[CookeMcDermid @CookeMcDermid]

@TorontoStar calls @MerilynSimonds's 18th novel, REFUGE, a "story that sweeps through the last century and around the globe, deeply engaged with the natural world, history and our human ties, one to another . . . bracing and beautiful." https://t.co/TlvjEaRLdv

[Porter Anderson @Porter_Anderson]

"Twitterific" from @elizabethscraig & @hiveword : https://t.co/5Rewfom5A3 @TomBlunt @SignatureReads @MerilynSimonds @JaneFriedman

[Merilyn Simonds @MerilynSimonds]

And here I thought I was the only slow-mo writer out there! @JaneFriedman @CarlaJDouglas https://t.co/jLPmIJpIhL #NaNoWriMo

[Merilyn Simonds @MerilynSimonds]

"Refuge is bejewelled by fine writing...in terms of structure and imagery, it is a marvel." Little pleases more than a well-written, thoughtful, insightful review. Thank you @debramartens and @CanadaNY Canadian Writers Abroad https://t.co/wAMAO7HqSX @ecwpress

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@GracieCarroll @EditSevenMag @alxdonaldson @chaptersindigo @annetdonahue @claudiadey @BranchMiriam @treebirds Thank you @GracieCarroll @EditSevenMag. Love the pink clouds!! @ecwpress

[Merilyn Simonds @MerilynSimonds]

In my novel Refuge, Cassandra MacCallum—a Canadian nurse in Mexico—is called upon to photograph a neighbour's daughter, who has died. I stared at Reva’s portrait of the dead child: this was the picture I had imagined Cassandra taking. https://t.co/2IwH6Pd0CE @ecwpress @lithub

[Merilyn Simonds @MerilynSimonds]

Photographs uncompromisingly honest, yet poetic—Reva Brooks' mid-century portraits eerily match those of the heroine of my novel Refuge. “Had I heard about her —or tapped into some female-photographer truth?” https://t.co/km0ZNT0H8M @lithub @ecwpress https://t.co/2IwH6Pd0CE

[Merilyn Simonds @MerilynSimonds]

You can run, little icon-man, but you can't hide...#streetsigns

[Merilyn Simonds @MerilynSimonds]

I just finished @Sandra_Gulland new novel Game of Hope. I was spellbound, as will everyone with a special love for the Josephine trilogy. Sandra shows us Napoleonic France through the unique perspective of Josephine's young daughter Hortense. Enthralling!

[Merilyn Simonds @MerilynSimonds]

The pleasure was mine, Steven

[Steven Buechler @stevenbuechler]

Image of my autographed copy of REFUGE by @MerilynSimonds - signed: For Steven - With all best wishes, Merilyn Simonds Word on the Street 2018 @torontoWOTS @ecwpress #bookcollection #autograph #canLit

[Steven Buechler @stevenbuechler]

It was a pleasure to not only meet @MerilynSimonds yesterday at @torontoWOTS but to see her hand glide over my copy of GUTENBERG'S FINGERPRINT and sign with a fountain pen: For Steven, With admiration and appreciation for all you do for books. Merilyn Simonds @ecwpress

[Merilyn Simonds @MerilynSimonds]

Lovely event @wots with @heidisopinka. Thanks @jaelrichardson for great moderating!

[Merilyn Simonds @MerilynSimonds]

@claudiacasper @JaneFriedman Thanks Claudia. Hope to see you i@Vancouver WritersFest!

[Merilyn Simonds @MerilynSimonds]

Thanks @stevenbuechler — happy to sign both books! Looking forward to seeing you manana.

[Steven Buechler @stevenbuechler]

I am excited to be hearing @MerilynSimonds read from her latest work at @torontoWOTS but I hope I get a chance to get her to sign a copy of "Gutenberg’s Fingerprint" for my library. Here is a link to an interview she did for my blog last year. https://t.co/cymQGvgP2g @ecwpress