Kelsey Attard

Managing editor of @fhbooks in Calgary. I like to tweet about what I'm reading.

[Kelsey Attard @kelseyattard]

I’m having a lovely time this week in Bologna. Thank you to #bbplus24 for this opportunity! @bolognabookplus

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This week, we're excited to be at the Bologna Book Fair to share our books written by young authors! Thank you so much to @bolognabookplus for hosting us! #BCBF @BoChildrensBook

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Hi @Albertaparks, do you have any updates about when group site booking will open up for the season?

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@cynaragee Elsbeth Tascioni! This is lovely news to see, thank you 😀

[49th Shelf @49thShelf]

"Leonard wasn’t my first up-close experience with a mascot. When I was twelve, a mascot had punched me in the face."

#MascotEncountersOfaFrighteningKind

READ MORE from MODERN FABLES - up for giveaway too! https://t.co/CSgHRaX5EH @fhbooks

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If you're not yet already, you can sign up for free to become a member of @49thShelf and get access to the best buzz in the Canadian book world. You can also enter giveaways for free books! ☺️

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@SwallowsUncaged Wow! That is quite the Vancouver snowfall!

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Just a day and a half left to take advantage of our holiday sale! A novel set on the contentious Mischief Reef in the South China Sea? An essay collection on love and place in the digital age? Poems and photographs exploring ontology? All at https://t.co/9YX2lkq9Ys

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The @WritersGuildAB selected recipients with outstanding contributions to literary life in Alberta.

Among them are JoAnn McCaig, instrumental in the founding of Freehand Books, and @AliBryan, a celebrated Freehand author with a new book out in May next year!

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75th anniversary of W.O. Mitchell's classic novel celebrated with new edition, endowment fund | CBC News https://t.co/9ui0zd4S3Y

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Today, I wrote to @fp_champagne that Canadian creators and publishers are counting on him to keep his government's promise to fix the Copyright Act. Please join me! @justintrudeau @pablorodriguez @cafreeland https://t.co/HcePC8z3Vx

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In the University of Toronto Quarterly, @leonatheis's If Sylvie Had Nine Lives was named among the best fiction of 2020. That's 🤯 and so well-deserved.

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@GillerPrize Congratulations, Suzette! So thrilled for you!

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Isn't this pretty? 😍 @KisscutDesign always comes up with gorgeous design!

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This year marks the 75th anniversary of W.O. Mitchell's WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND. We're honoured to publish a new and gorgeous edition. More photos soon. 💯

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So happy for Suzette!

[Giller Prize @GillerPrize]

Congratulations to Suzette Mayr, winner of the 2022 #ScotiabankGillerPrize for her novel THE SLEEPING CAR PORTER! https://t.co/MQ7AhgXuSQ #GillerPrize

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@JyotiGondek 44 in Fairview #yyckidcount

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@lizbethkemp Of course ❤️

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@EmilySaso1 @iancolford @miramichireader Wow!! So appreciative to @iancolford for such a careful reading. This review is 💯 in its clear summation and distillation of what's being explored in the book!

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@EmilySaso1 @fhbooks @RaymondSTong @BronwynSzabo @MsBeckyToyne Have a wonderful time tonight, Emily! Celebrating you and your amazing book from here!🥂

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Love The Afterlife of Birds! 💚

[49th Shelf @49thShelf]

5 timeless books you don't want to miss
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@biblioasis @Arsenalpulp @cormorantbooks @HarperCollinsCa @fhbooks

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@EmilySaso1 @hilary_mcmahon @fhbooks @WCA_LitAgency You did it! 🎉