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“The last-minute christmas rush at the bookshop.” - my latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books

He sees you when you're sleeping He knows when you're awake He knows you would taste really good So be ready with your stake Oh You'd better not shout You'd better not cry He's moving to London, he's sexy and bi Dracula is coming to town

"Romantic fiction, however you define it, is about the things that matter most. It is about how we create community, and where that starts. It is about love and everything that happens because of it."

"Next year, the British Book Awards will recognise romantic fiction for the first time. The recognition is long overdue." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Canadian economy rallies as #1 export now Heated Rivalry

It's 1790 and you've just signed up for a #drawing class. What will you need to succeed? 🤔 🔎 Take a closer look at these works from Learning to Draw to find out! 👇 ℹ️ The Accademia Clementina, Bologna (detail), 1739, Giampietro Zanotti. Getty Museum

In honour of #JaneAusten250, I offer a couple of blog posts about my 2023 and 2025 visits to Jane Austen Country and Jane Austen's House. covell.ca/2023/07/20/e... covell.ca/2025/10/20/o...

NEW: It’s not just readers that suffer due to Harlequin’s mismanagement of the' Heated Rivalry' books. Reid misses out on royalties, & booksellers miss out on commissions—which is especially painful during the holiday season when many small businesses make the bulk of their money.

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Congratulations Rachel!

‘I never thought any of this would happen’: Halifax author’s book series turned into hit TV show

Couple weds in Nelson, B.C., with little notice — but great support from community Leah Fried and Tim Bowman aren't from Nelson — but that didn't matter to the people who showed up #BritishColumbia www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

If you're discovering Heated Rivalry now because of the tv show, you'll enjoy this @fatedmates.net podcast episode about the 2019 romance novel by Rachel Reid that the tv show is based on: fatedmates.net/episodes/202... 📚💕🌈 #FatedMates #HeatedRivalry #Romancelandia #MMRomance #BookSky

"Join author West Ambrose for a queer workshop covering love notes, sex scenes, and the tools to describe fantasies and desire in writing." venusenvy.ca/collections/...

RWAC member (and VP) Denise Flint reading from her new book, Home For Christmas: A Collection of Newfoundland and Labrador Romances, at the Crow's Nest Officers' Club in St. John's.

Tomorrow's meeting features a presentation from Morena Stamm of Wild Rose Press, about how to query. Members check the group chat for online meeting details. Non-members are welcome to attend and check us out - contact us via our website.

“I was like, ‘If I’m going to take a 12-hour flight, you’re going to put a label on this.” www.cnn.com/travel/hallo...

A long post about my visit to Jane Austen House, with lots of context and photos. #janeausten covell.ca/2025/10/20/o...

Meeting Sunday, Oct 19, online, 2 PM Atlantic Time. Members check the group chat for the link. Non-members contact us via the web site if interested in attending. romanceac.ca

Now available! The official video of the 1994 Mr. Romance Pageant- co-sponsored by Romantic Times Magazine and Zebra Books- held in Nashville, Tennessee. I apologize for the current lack of captions on the video, that's going to take some time. youtu.be/CjCxE2C2eRQ

A reminder that I am in the upcoming Writing Rumble, a fundraiser for the @writersfedofns.bsky.social mentorship program. More details and a donation link here: covell.ca/2025/09/27/w...

The trailer for ‘HEATED RIVALRY’ starring Connor Storrie & Hudson Williams. It follows a pair of leading Major League Hockey players who harbor a secret: Away from their rivalry on the ice, they are secretly lovers. Premieres November 28 on Crave.

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching. secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

Adriana Herrera is with us this week to talk about feminism, romance, and how the two intersect. We talk about the history of the genre, about the evolution of feminism within it, and about what we want from the texts we're reading now, as the world does whatever it is it's doing.

New blog post - meet RWAC author Denise Flint. romanceac.ca/2025/09/22/d...

Writers! 📚 Join Libbie Hawker on Oct 4 for a deep dive into her “Take Off Your Pants” outlining method. Plot stronger stories & skip the edits. Online. Recording included. Hosted by Emerald City Romance Writers. www.emeraldcityromancewriters.org/event-detail... #WritingCommunity #Plotting

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow is novelist Angela Flournoy, author of The Wilderness. Angela Flournoy has a reading and signing at Odyssey Bookshop on Wednesday, September 24 at 7 p.m. Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. #booksky

Coolest call for book proposals! #romance #power #desire #AcademicSky #booksky #academicwriting #books

✨COMING SOON✨ Bi Visibility Week - itch.io mega bundle!! 50 books by 50 authors!! Fantasy, science fiction, romance, horror and literary fiction! 🩷💜💙 #booksky 💙📚 🌈📚 🌶️📚 🪐📚

Spent the day at the annual romance writing workshop at Prescott House Museum, prescotthouse.novascotia.ca, hosted by authors Donna Jones Alward donnajonesalward.com and Michelle Helliwell www.michellehelliwell.com. Always encouraging and inspirational!

I know lots of you have strong opinions on this topic, so I hope this will be of interest: "You are being asked to participate in a survey of romance authors and readers that is being conducted by Prof. Bridget Kies in the Film Studies and Production program at Oakland University."

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Mills & Boon have been publishing romantic novels since 1908, but who were the often hidden authors? In her prize-winning 3 minute talk from #UoRPhDConf, Vic Pickup reveals insights from her PhD research drawing on letters from @uorspeccoll.bsky.social youtu.be/qzFDFZqTLNE?... #MillsandBoon #PhD

I am on Katherine Grant’s Historical Romance Sampler today talking about book bans, historical romance, many ways to protest, and what you can do right now to support the freedom to read! Give it a listen or check out the transcript! katherinegrantromance.com/historical-r...

"The show uses letters, manuscripts and more to trace the trajectory of her career and illustrate how seriously she took her vocation." #giftlink www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/a...

The organizer has apologized and is issuing refunds. Looks like they were unable to sell enough tickets to cover the costs of the event - a challenge familiar to any author who has purchased snacks and rented a room for a reading. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

Shades of Readers Take Denver...the Million Lives Book Festival in Baltimore was apparently a spectacular bust, with little attendance, horrible organization, and some invitees and vendors losing thousands of $$ www.thebaltimorebanner.com/opinion/colu...

Next meeting is Sunday, May 4, starting 2 PM Atlantic time. This meeting is online, and features a workshop from Magi Nams, "Using the Senses to Create Specific Details and Emotion in Writing." Members check the group chat for the link. Non-members contact us via our web site to attend.

Friendly reminder that using an LLM is also training that LLM, and that anything you put there is not subject to privacy or confidentiality.

Make an Ottawa Romance Writer your new favourite author. #booksky #romancebooks #amreading

Helpful post from @katemckean.bsky.social on how to spot a scam email--with an annotated example www.agentsandbooks.com/p/what-does-...

The Romance Writers of Atlantic Canada emails a newsletter which is: -just four times a year -free -for romance writers anywhere -for romance readers anywhere -for anyone else - librarians, booksellers, unusually literate cats. dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/473146...

Congratulations & thanks to RWAC VP Denise Flint and Sec'y Carol Best, both returning for a second term. Other highlights from our AGM today included a great presentation on using dialogue from @mlhelliwell.bsky.social. Members - full minutes of the meeting will be posted soon. romanceac.ca

Please help support visionary romance editor Vivian Stephens! #romancelandia #romancebks www.gofundme.com/f/support-vi...

For people who say things in romances could never happen in real life. "Canadian student Bianca Gignac only had a few days left in Italy when she crossed paths with Italian local Alessandro Morelli in the beautiful Cinque Terre region." www.cnn.com/audio/podcas...

🔮Forever Night🔮 I just released this 7k short story with a tragic fairy tale! If you prefer the Grimm tales over the Disney ones, you'll enjoy this emotional and hopeful story of two unfortunate souls. Buy now: books2read.com/Forevernight