Mark Blagrave

Novelist and playwright.

[Mark Blagrave @mblagrav]

Great story by Steven Webb, on the centenary of the shooting of the film Blue Water in Saint John NB, an event that inspired my novel Silver Salts, less than a hundred years ago.
Lost to history, Saint John's silent movie is barely a memory a century later
https://t.co/rRIPhHNbqb

[Mark Blagrave @mblagrav]

Great story, Steven. Thanks for reminding us all of this amazing NB event a hundred years ago right about now—another interesting what-if moment.

[Mark Blagrave @mblagrav]

Great story by Steven Webb, on the centenary of the shooting of the film Blue Water in Saint John NB, an event that inspired my novel Silver Salts, less than a hundred years ago.
Lost to history, Saint John's silent movie is barely a memory a century later
https://t.co/rRIPhHNbqb

[Mark Blagrave @mblagrav]

26 months’ worth of pandemic delays after the original plan, it’s a thrill and a relief to see “Scape” about to hit the boards. Thanks to Live Bait for sticking with it.
Live Bait presents "Scape" - World Premiere of a play by Mark Blagrave July 14 - 17 https://t.co/VqVlUC4DGZ

[Mark Blagrave @mblagrav]

@StvnWbb @InfoAMSJ Definitely was. Great to hear you.

[Arts Culture NB @ArtsCultureNB]

Happy #worldpoetryday! Meet @TrinyFinlay, a queer poet from Fredericton. Her poetry book "Myself A Paperclip" captures the echoes, vibrations, and realities of debilitating mental illness, psych ward life, and stigma : https://t.co/ahFJ1TZTT6 #ArtsCultureNB

[@MarksonaPage @MarksonaPage1]

@DublinLitAward @DubCityCouncil @dubcilib Ah, the much-storied Liffey—about to become the even-more-storied Liffey?

[Mark Blagrave @mblagrav]

105 years ago today Czar Nicholas II abdicated. If only there were some great and fitting way to mark this anniversary. Oh, wait....

[TWUC @twuc]

Students and teachers too! We’re all in this together.

Sign and share!
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[Vicki Hogarth @Vicki_Hogarth]

Some people think #StAndrewsbytheSea is like a Hallmark movie, but if you live here then you know it’s more like The Gilmore Girls with a heavy dose of Coronation Street… which means it’s perfect. ;) #explorenb

[Mark Blagrave @mblagrav]

So pleased to be associated with indie-extraordinaire @NimbusPub , and grateful for this attuned response to Lay Figures.

[Naomi MacKinnon @_ConsumedByInk]

Read Indies: Nimbus Publishing https://t.co/mMFsZXE27R @buriedinprint @NimbusPub

[Mark Blagrave @mblagrav]

Thrilled to see this. We don’t do enough to talk up the enormous contribution of independent publishers to Canadian culture.
Read Indies: Nimbus Publishing https://t.co/oJhSEPrqC8

[Access Copyright @AccessCopyright]

.@twuc has launched a Parliamentary Petition calling for immediate fixes to Canada’s Copyright Act to restore the marketplace for educational works. We are proud to support this petition and call on everyone to add your signature. https://t.co/skECnCyOiv

[Mark Blagrave @mblagrav]

Three wonderful writers! Looking forward to this.

[Mark Blagrave @mblagrav]

Significant chunks of “Lay Figures” were drafted in the beautiful Saint John Free Public Library, where I could be entirely anonymous AND look out the window at Market Slip....

[Biblio publique de Saint John Free Public Library @SaintJohnFPL]

Set in 1930s & 40s Saint John, Mark Blagrave's novel LAY FIGURES is longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award - hear Mark's interview with @thewrightpage here: https://t.co/SXUJMG3TEM

[Brad Henderson @bradhenderson80]

What is the fastest growing municipality in New Brunswick?

According to the 2021 Census, St. Andrews by-the-Sea had the largest population growth since 2016. Growth of 14.7%!

Source: David Campbell - communities with population of 2000+

[Mark Blagrave @mblagrav]

Thanks ⁦@thewrightpage⁩ for the great interview on Info AM Saint John this morning. Almost as fun as opening the box of the first books, and a lot smarter conversation.

[Dublin Literary Award @DublinLitAward]

Shining the spotlight 💡

Brighten the Corner Where You Are @carolbruneau, pub. @NimbusPub is a re-imagining of the life of internationally renowned folk artist Maud Lewis. Was she happy? Was she miserable? Who was Maud really?

Nominated @CBRLibrary

➡️https://t.co/uK7oEKHYX0

[Mark Blagrave @mblagrav]

Grateful for the chance to chat about this Saint John book tomorrow with another (considerably better known) big fan of the city.

[Julia Wright @thewrightpage]

The free-thinking, provocative world of artists/models/writers/lovers in uptown #saintjohn in the 1930s is laid bare in Lay Figures - now long-listed for the prestigious @DublinLitAward

Looking forward to chatting with author @mblagrav tomorrow at 8:10

[Mark Blagrave @mblagrav]

@thewrightpage @DublinLitAward @SaintJohnFPL Very much looking forward to this chat! Love the rooftops of Saint John photo.