That is the little stone house where Miss Lavendar Lewis lives...Echo Lodge, she calls it, I think. I've often heard of it but I've never seen it before. Isn't it a romantic spot? It's the sweetest, prettiest place I ever saw or imagined, said Anne delightedly ANNE OF AVONLEA #booksky #lmmontgomery

I was thrilled to learn from Bookmark Halifax that my novel The Austens was their top selling book of 2025! Thank you so much to Mike Hamm, Dan MacDonald, and everyone at Bookmark II for all your support. We are so lucky to have this amazing independent bookstore in our beautiful city.

The creek in winter. I could hear a faint hint of water gurgling underneath the ice but it was too quiet to be picked up on the video. Other than that, it was almost completely silent.

It is so cold, so very cold—and looks and feels so very much like snow, that if it were to any other place or with any other party, I should really try not to go out to-day. #JaneAusten #Emma

I know many people who ask google questions like this and I have never written anything about Margaret Atwood and here we are.

Here's another good one (I have never written about Ted Danson at all). (And yes, I know, I could prompt differently but my project right now is to generate a bunch of results based on how people *are* prompting.)

Ah, yes. That well-known "Larry David" problem in writing that I (never) coined since I have never written about him at all. But the thing is, people do use these AI overviews--which is...a problem. (See: futurism.com/artificial-i...)

✨Thank you to everyone who has encouraged me, supported me, and come to see me at The Happy Duck over the last few months. I am so, so grateful. ❤️ I hope you are all having a happy and peaceful holiday... I'm looking forward to seeing you again in the new year! ✨Open again Saturday, January 3rd!✨

A celebration of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday at Admiralty House, now the Naval Museum of Halifax, with readings from my novel The Austens and music by Adria Jackson, harpist. sarahemsley.com/2025/12/26/p...

While many happy holiday traditions centre on home, warmth & hope, too many Nova Scotians are housing insecure. They don’t have the stability to find this sense of peace & joy. Over the holidays, we’re sharing the words of a tenant who knows the impact of having a stable home. #housingisahumanright

I will not interrupt you any longer. You want to be reading. #JaneAusten #MansfieldPark

What a privilege to celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday in Steventon where she was born in 1775 and spent much of her life, and in St Nicholas church where she was christened and worshipped. #JaneAusten #JaneAusten250 #Hampshire #prideandprejudice

Happy 250th birthday to Jane Austen, born December 16, 1775 in Steventon, Hampshire, England! #janeausten #janeaustensummerprogram #janeausten250 #austen250

“… as a longtime fan of Austen, thanks to repeated readings, lines from her novels will appear in my head unbidden on occasion and lord that is a beautiful thing. I know I’m not alone in this. Usually it’s just an internal recitation, and an outward smile...” – @shawnalemay.bsky.social

Happy 30th anniversary to Sense and Sensibility! #janeausten #janeaustensummerprogram #senseandsensibility #senseandsensibility1995

A misty start to the weekend on the Overton to Steventon Jane Austen trail 😍 For detailed directions for all the Overton Jane Austen Trails see www.overtonjaneaustentrails.org #JaneAusten #walking #cycling #Hampshire #mindfulness #wellbeing

#JaneAusten makes it onto a celebrity book club's list. www.deborahyaffe.com/post/joining...

Thank you, Woozles, for including The Austens in such great company! My novel was written in the Maritimes and is set in part right here in Halifax, at Government House, St. Paul’s Church, Strawberry Hill, and a few other familiar places.

“Writing my first book, I was pulled to learn more about the lives of women artists. How did they get on? How was any of it possible? How to make a life in art? I needed to learn more...” – @shawnalemay.bsky.social

Despite the brisk -20 Celsius (with wind chill) temperature, tonight’s trail walk was a glorious escape from the woes of the world.

Thank you so much to Ian Colford and The Seaboard Review of Books—I’m thrilled to see my novel The Austens listed as one of the Best of 2025. @theseaboardreview.ca @pottersfieldpress.bsky.social

We remember them always. Geneviève Bergeron Hélène Colgan Nathalie Croteau Barbara Daigneault Anne-Marie Edward Maud Haviernick Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz Maryse Laganière Maryse Leclair Anne-Marie Lemay Sonia Pelletier Michèle Richard Annie St-Arneault Annie Turcotte

It’s the anniversary of the 1917 Halifax Explosion. A still and somber morning to visit sites in my neighborhood: a fragment of anchor shank from Mont Blanc, the grave of telegraph operator Vince Coleman, and the field where unidentified dead were buried.

If you are in the Toronto area on December 3, join Sarah Emsley for the Toronto Book Launch of The Austens and the celebration of Jane Austen's 250th birthday at Flying Books from 6:30-8:00pm.

🎂💐 November 30th marks the 151st birthday of L. M. Montgomery! We’re pleased to announce the three keynote speakers for our 2026 Biennial Conference, “L. M. Montgomery and Change.” 📲 Learn more about who will be leading the conversations at our upcoming conference: lmmontgomery.ca/special-anno...

Birthday of Canadian author, L.M. Montgomery, 30 November 1874 on #PrinceEdwardIsland #PEI. Creator of Anne of Green Gables, Emily of New Moon, The Blue Castle, and many other memorable literary kindred spirits. #Anneofgreengables #LMMontgomery #otd

“Budge Wilson has fans the world over, but in her home province of Nova Scotia, she is truly treasured, especially among the members of the Reading Circle.” – Hughena Matheson, President of Project Bookmark Canada

Communities need used-book shops. As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories... We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.

Halifax staff identify 22 buildings on Dalhousie’s campus for heritage designation Story by me www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...

The second, The Arrows of Fealty, is also excellent! 🏹🏹🏹

The final speaker series event of term is on Friday, Nov 28: Ronald Huebert, @dalhousie.bsky.social Professor Emeritus & Inglis Professor at King's, will be reading from his new novel, Loving John Donne! 3:45-5:00 p.m., McCain 1198, with reception after. All are welcome! @kingsbookstore.bsky.social

A huge thank you to Jo from @blockshopbooks.bsky.social for a wonderful review of The Austens! “Emsley's elegant prose, her careful and vivid representation of the inner lives of these two women, is pitch perfect.” blockshopbooks.ca/item/LbY7dHg...

Holiday Open House at Block Shop Books! I’m looking forward to a road trip to lovely Lunenburg on Saturday. @blockshopbooks.bsky.social

If you haven't visited the site, go to www.janeaustensdesk.org

In Jane Austen's 250th birthday year, it's great to see so many libraries marking the occasion. Lovely to discover this mention of A Secret Sisterhood (which I cowrote with Emma Claire Sweeney) in the Berlin-Peck Library's list of works associated with the great author: tinyurl.com/yjsvkj7h

Here’s the Halifax Examiner’s AI policy Morning File by me

Sarah Emsley, author of The Austens will be at Blockshop Books this Saturday, November 29 at 2:30 pm signing copies of her book. Stop by their Holiday Open House and say hello!

Check out Katy's blog post celebrating the 20th anniversary of Pride and Prejudice (2005): www.janeaustensummer.org/post/celebra... #janeausten #janeaustensummerprogram #Austen250 #janeausten250 #prideandprejudice #prideandprejudice2005 #perioddrama

Still relevant, still our most-read post: "The school seems to believe that if they bring it up and talk to us about it, even more people will use it" theimportantwork.substack.com/p/at-my-high...

..autumn drifted by, maple fires were kindled around the Secret Field, bracken & lady fern turned brown, golden harvest moons looked down. A gracious September & a mellow October were succeeded by a soft & sad November, long silken lines of rain slanted across the sere hillsides. PAT OF SILVER BUSH

Palette of soft colours used to paint the night sky. Nice view to kick off the weekend.

Award-winning author and literary star, Carol Bruneau, has read and reviewed my book, Every Little Thing - how small acts of kindness make a big impact. She described it as “powerful.” That is something I will never forget. What an absolute honour. Thank you, Carol. ❤️ @pottersfieldpress.bsky.social

Tomorrow, November 16. Author Sarah Emsley will be at LaHave River Books from 4-5pm with author, Jill MacLean. All are welcome!

In yesterday's class on The House of Mirth, we started with Reynolds's Mrs. Lloyd and what it could tell us before moving back into Selden watching Lily at the train station. Starting with an image is never a mistake, I'm thinking.

Congratulations to Sheree Fitch, winner of the $40,000 #MattCohen Award: In Celebration of a Writing Life. #WTAwards #canlit Thank you to Lorraine Greey for her continuous support of this prize.

Toronto book launch for The Austens, Dec. 3 at Flying Books on College St. I’m thrilled that George Elliott Clarke—who calls The Austens “painstakingly crafted and enthrallingly plotted”—is going to introduce me. Please come and celebrate with us!

“I am a woman who knows what other women want in their workplaces. It’s not AI; it’s fair pay, benefits, and to not have to deal with harassment.” – @suzannerent.bsky.social

Red Poppies Molly Lamb Bobak 1977

On Remembrance Day, #HfxArchives is highlighting this 1929 photo from the inauguration of the Cenotaph in Halifax’s Grand Parade. Dignitaries, civilians, police & naval officers gathered that day to pay tribute at the city’s newly built war memorial. Find photos: archive.halifax.ca/archive/fina...