Patrick Tarr

Many shelves of antique books with a clock in the lower centre reading 1030

The National Library of Malta has some very old books and a neat fire suppression system involving pipes ready to blast out argon gas.

Thank you!

Voting is now open!

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Thanks Amanda!

Voting is now open!

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Meet the microdramas drawing in viewers — and creating entertainment jobs in Canada | CBC News Packed with revenge tropes and high-drama plots, microdramas are served up in one- to two-minute chunks in a vertical aspect ratio, straight to your smartphone. Producers say it's the “future” of the ...

The CBC running a puff piece on microdramas calling them job creators and burying the fact that they undercut almost 60 years of union work and livable wages is certainly something.

www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

Hammer Films trending on Bluesky today? We love to see it 🖤

An ad with the text: Support The Guest Children in #HCCMarchMadness, ebook $2.99, Audio $5.99. On Sale until March 31st. The cover for The Guest Children is a white footed title over a creep forest and lake background.

There can be only one!

It won't be me, but any vote to help get my book past even the first round would be much appreciated. Vote for your favourite in @harpercollins.bsky.social's March Madness, or just jump on the sale of all books involved, including The Guest Children. #HCCMarchMadness

Hard to believe got this and The Others in the same year. 2001 was a good one for creepy kids and ghosts.

Oh this sounds so cool, can't wait!

Author of THE MARIGOLD and coauthor of THE HANDYMAN METHOD Andrew F. Sullivan's EARTH FILLED WITH BLOOD, pitched as Nosferatu meets Succession and drawing on Irish folklore, about territorial, supernatural beings desperate to thrive in the modern world and the ramshackle attempt to halt their domination, to Ed Schlesinger at Gallery, by Ron Eckel at CookeMcDermid (world English)

we out here.

Pssst - did you see the news that if you donate to your public library this week, you'll get a free audiobook credit from us? 👀⁠⏬

Transatlantic is excited to welcome Emily A Weedon! Emily is the author of the dystopian Autokrator, the sexy horror/crime cross-over Hemo Sapiens and the forthcoming anthologies Monsters, and Whatever, a Gen X Fiction Anthology. A CSA award winning sc...

Transatlantic is excited to welcome Emily A Weedon!

Read more: transatlanticagency.com/2026/02/24/t...

If you can spare some funds, this is a concrete way to help in response to the many attacks on trans rights, including the horrifying driver's license situation in Kansas.

An incredible FREE resource given by the ultra-experienced, always generous Anthony Q. Farrell. It was an honour to be included amongst such an incredible roster of talent sharing their experiences.

I'm re upping this because I want to again mention to writers in and around Brampton that we will be having a Meet and Chat on March 3 from 7-8:30.

Further, you can book to have me crit up to 10 pages of adult fiction throughout the residency.

I will also teach 2 craft classes.

It's ALL FREE.

Looking forward to this, congrats!

Thrilled to share that Never Whistle at Night has been featured on RA For All’s Summer Scares list!

If you’re looking for your next terrifying read, this one’s waiting for you…

Shane Hawk & Theodore C. Van Alst are represented by Rachel Letofsky.

Congratulations!

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Hemo Sapiens · Books · 49th Shelf These women are out for blood.“Filmic, funny and genuinely terrifying, Hemo Sapiens is part detective story, part vampire myth and an all-biting (pun ...

Valentine's Day is over so if you need some horror reading, check out @emilyweedon.bsky.social's vampire/detective novel Hemo Sapiens, a bloodthirsty modern tale of intrigue and female sexuality. #CanLit #Horror 49thshelf.com/Books/H/Hemo...

Thanks for picking it up Paul, glad you enjoyed it!

The Guest Children by Patrick Starr

Enjoyed this contemporary ghost story set in Northern Ontario. Two British children sent to Canada during the War disappear mysteriously. Picked up a signed copy when I was back in Toronto last month.

The Guest Children 📚 Patrick Tarr 👻 A journey into a forested world where people live as spectres in a moldering tourist resort by a lake full of secrets, particularly, where the children have gone….well-paced and haunting.

#canadianwriters #microreview

I've been using ScreenZen for this, works pretty well.

Movie snack stands were once protested. Now they’re keeping the lights on | CBC Arts During the Great Depression, film exhibitors were desperate for sales and started selling ‘carnival snacks’ like popcorn. Concessions have since become integral to the culture — and commerce — of cine...

For CBC Arts, I pop into the history of the cinema snack bar. Once protested —“We are sorry to see our favourite movie house so undignified after many pleasant years,” someone once wrote in the Toronto Star— popcorn has since become a lifeline for a precarious industry.

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Little Ghosts Books Workshop Space Little Ghosts Books horror bookstore & community hub is looking to expand its space by renovating our back garage into a studio to host our workshops, book clubs, and author events.

Can we help our pals @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social expand their programming and build a fabulous workshop?

crowdfundr.com/littleghosts...

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

This is a post about animal excrement and the English language.

bull$#!% = nonsense/lies
chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly
horse$#!% = nonsense/lies
dog$#!%= low quality
ape$#!% = wild
bat$#!%= crazy

Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).