Grace O'Connell

Author: Be Ready for the Lightning & Magnified World (@randomhouseca). Sr Editor @OpenBookON, former writing teacher @UofTSCS, chases cats to pet them. She/her

[Grace O'Connell @yesgrace]

Whenever I'm down, I think of the time I was watching a Harry Potter movie & my dad saw Voldemort & said "So that's the bad guy, Baltimore?"

[quillandquire @quillandquire]

In Kevin Sylvester's Apartment 713, the apartment building at the centre of the book "operates as a kind of gigantic puzzle box or escape room packed with delightful secrets," reviewer Grace O'Connell (@yesgrace) writes. https://t.co/9bdtHpBDje

[Grace O'Connell @yesgrace]

@bookgaga @randomhouseca @elliesawatzky @NightwoodEd Vicki, I’m so excited and honoured to be included! 💛

[Grace O'Connell @yesgrace]

@DanilaBotha So great to see you, lovely!! 🥰

[Grace O'Connell @yesgrace]

@jrrrremy It's a great read!

[Grace O'Connell @yesgrace]

My very smart friend Robert McGill is launching a dark, smart, dystopian novel where people can flat-pack themselves like IKEA furniture to escape a deadly virus, tomorrow with @coachhousebooks. I'll be discussing it with him on Zoom: https://t.co/KvVQQZtYGN

[Grace O'Connell @yesgrace]

At 3pm I’ll be interviewing Pamela Korgemagi about her incredible debut novel The Hunter and the Old Woman (@HouseofAnansi) on the Vibrant Voices stage at @torontoWOTS. Join us at Queen’s Park 🐈 https://t.co/D33vaaqhX2

[Grace O'Connell @yesgrace]

@lisadenikolits @torontoWOTS Overdue hugs to you, Lisa! 🥰💗

[Grace O'Connell @yesgrace]

Join us via zoom on June 14 – I'll be chatting to Robert McGill, director of the U of T MA in Creative Writing, about his spectacular, wonderfully weird new novel (+ it's my birthday 🎉)

[Coach House Books @coachhousebooks]

Come on out to the virtual launch of A Suitable Companion for the End of Your Life by Robert McGill & hear more about this absurd new take on the dystopian plague novel! Robert will be in conversation with Grace O'Connell (@yesgrace)! https://t.co/g2O1CbouVt

[Grace O'Connell @yesgrace]

@torontoWOTS @lisadenikolits @davidpleonard @thewalrus #MillennialSidePart

[Grace O'Connell @yesgrace]

@torontoWOTS I dug up these two happy, sunshiney memories from
@torontoWOTS 2014 and 2015 - the best part is the photographers: @lisadenikolits (left, 2015) and @davidpleonard (right, 2014) 💛 Plus, bonus @thewalrus swag!

[Grace O'Connell @yesgrace]

@dinosbarandgrll Haha I'm glad I could help... Thanks for the UP express homeward stroll! Love this link 🥰

[Grace O'Connell @yesgrace]

Cannot wait. See you there!

[David (P) Leonard @davidpleonard]

I’m so happy to see @torontoWOTS back in-person in June, and back on the street. 👏📚

[Amy Jones @amylaurajones]

So excited that WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER is part of the 2022 Canadian Film Fest!

[Marsha Lederman @marshalederman]

This is NOT okay. Please support this terrific bookstore.

[Grace O'Connell @yesgrace]

Jean’s book took me right back to that magic feeling of a childhood daydream. I love how it celebrates the joy of imagination ✨ I’m excited this piece is up - big thanks to @JeanPendziwol & the good folks at @quillandquire

[quillandquire @quillandquire]

For our March kidlit special, Grace O'Connell (@yesgrace) spoke to Jean E. Pendziwol (@JeanPendziwol) about her latest picture book and the limitless possibilities silent daydreaming offers. https://t.co/UPuvBsSxQI

[Grace O'Connell @yesgrace]

Watching a kids' show with my toddler, I reassured him that the bears on the toboggan don't crash even though they feel scared. "Everyone's okay," I said. "No one gets hurt."

Relieved, he repeated "No one's okay!"

From the mouths of babes...

[Lisa Richardson MD @RicharLisa]

In 1995, Dudley George was killed by a police sniper after three days of occupying land near his traditional territory that had been taken by the federal government. I have been thinking about him a lot these days—especially when I see photos of protesters in hot tubs.

[Grace O'Connell @yesgrace]

On Friday, Feb 4 at 2:30, @MoezSurani & I will get to chat with @omarelakkad (@queensu writer in residence) about books & writing & all the good stuff in that realm. I'm super excited to talk to these brilliant writers, hope you'll join (free of course!): https://t.co/RgoYmfqxIL

[Grace O'Connell @yesgrace]

Hooray for @marissastapley and Lucky!

[The Social @TheSocialCTV]

Which book should be our next read?

[Bianca Spence @biancaspence]

There are many adorable cats here that need foster homes. After all these months of "unprecedented events," maybe you could use a furry friend? 🐾