Cover reveal! Thumbin’ The Rock, coming soon! "At ages 72 and 60 respectively, we were spry but no ‘Spring Chickens’ and with little more than a belief in ourselves and a strong desire for adventure, we hitchhiked the province of #Newfoundland in September of 2012." #booksky

Today is the last chance to pick up all three eBooks from @dabble58.bsky.social for just 99 cents each. somewhatgrumpypress.com#brown

For International Women's Day, check out these hidden gems from Atlantic Books - powerful, thoughtful, and unforgettable eBooks books either by or about strong independent women from Atlantic Canada. Includes 3 eBooks from @dabble58.bsky.social at Somewhat Grumpy Press. atlanticbooks.ca/hiddengems

Now available to order from your favourite retailer! eBook or paperback.

Three titles by SGP founder @dabble58.bsky.social are featured 99-cent hidden gems, from Atlantic Books, for International Woman's Day. Links are to Google Play, but discount available from other retailers too. Until March 11. atlanticbooks.ca/hiddengems

“I just loved your book…” Hey - quick note - some of my ebooks are on sale for 99 cents! Why not collect them all! Check out Somewhat Grumpy Press or your online resource of choice for details! Photo by KoolShooters on Pexels.com Every day or two I get a message in my email box, praising my books…

Another great set of local poems from Open Heart Forgery #Halifax (and I'm not just saying that because one of mine is there). ohforgery.com/2026/02/27/m...

Available March 5! 'Farewell, the Beloved Country,' a memoir of growing up in the Belgian Congo - and finishing high school during the civil war - by the daughter of a prison warden. Edited by @dabble58.bsky.social. Includes photos. eBook and paperback. somewhatgrumpypress.com/farewell/ #booksky

SGP does not receive government funding, but we are assisted by the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, publishers including Nimbus Publishing and Vagrant Press, and local bookstores including Dartmouth Book Exchange and Carrefour Atlantic Emporium and the Puffin Gallery. These cuts hurt everyone.

Last year, we started printing some of our books in Canada instead of the USA. Now, we are no longer using American-based cloud storage for our projects. All client files are stored in Canada.

"The Department of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage sent letters yesterday informing Nova Scotia publishers that it is eliminating a $700,000 fund that helps local publishers publish new books by local authors." Press release at link: #novascotia #books acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...

A scammer is impersonating Poets & Writers (on right: the scam solicitation). They created a fake website scraped from P&W at a lookalike URL. When P&W got that taken down, they slapped up the site screenshotted on left; note the false claim in the red banner at the top (also the obv AI images)

Our sixth 99 cent eBook for February, celebrating six years in business, is Tales from the Darkside, by Robert John Schwarzmann. somewhatgrumpypress.com/darkside/

Bib and Tucker, by @dabble58.bsky.social, is a 99 cent #eBook during February. Paperback is in stock at @museumofhealthcare.bsky.social, and independent bookstores in Kingston and Halifax. somewhatgrumpypress.com/bib-tucker/ #booksky

Traitors, Cannibals, Highlanders, and Vikings, by Carolyn Jean Nicholson, is a 99 cent #eBook in February. somewhatgrumpypress.com/traitors-can... #booksky

Ocean's Lure, by @covell.ca, is a 99 cent eBook during February. somewhatgrumpypress.com/oceans-lure-...

Recycled Virgin, by @dabble58.bsky.social, is a 99 cent eBook this month! somewhatgrumpypress.com/recycled-vir...

The irony is thick. ' Legion #264 informed organizers they were pulling the booking. The reason given: “…aspects of the event conflict with Legion policy, which requires alignment with current government regulations and guidelines.” writersunion.ca/news/reading...

Magic in Her Blood, by ATL Doyle, is a 99 cent ebook this month. somewhatgrumpypress.com/magic-in-her...

Indie Authors, the latest development in fake book clubs wanting you to pay them to not read your book scams, is emotional blackmail -threat of 1 star reviews for ignoring them. (Because we're rich enough to be worth multiple gen ai emails 🤪.) You can use this Form to report scammers & blackmail 👇

Book club scams are now threatening authors who don't fall for their BS. In December, I received an email from Herry Sharp, so-called CEO of "Super Book Lover Curator" praising my novella We Who Hunt Alexanders. Totally AI-generated and a scam so I didn't respond. Now Herry is threatening me. 1/

SGP has a strict no AI policy for our books (including covers). Because AI can't even spell things correctly (among other reasons).

The Tumbler Ridge newspaper puts it better than I could

Readers in the USA or UK can support local bookstores by purchasing our books from Bookshop. eBook and paperback titles available (including our 99 cent February sale books). bookshop.org

An update from ATL Doyle, author of fantasy novel "Magic in Her Blood." Her book is one year old this month, and the eBook is available for 99 cents - all retailers, all markets. Doyle is working on the next in the series. wordhaven.ca/2026/02/15/2...

My Cape Breton campground romance is one of the discounted books, but if you don't like romance there's also horror, fantasy, historical fiction... #booksky #eBook

One of our six eBooks on sale for 99 cents this month, celebrating six years in business. See our web site for other titles. somewhatgrumpypress.com #booksky #eBook

Celebrating six years in business with six eBooks reduced to 99 cents during February. All jurisdictions, all retailers. See our website for more about each book. somewhatgrumpypress.com

Our sixth 99 cent eBook for February, celebrating six years in business, is Tales from the Darkside, by Robert John Schwarzmann. somewhatgrumpypress.com/darkside/

Bib and Tucker, by @dabble58.bsky.social, is a 99 cent #eBook during February. Paperback is in stock at @museumofhealthcare.bsky.social, and independent bookstores in Kingston and Halifax. somewhatgrumpypress.com/bib-tucker/ #booksky

Traitors, Cannibals, Highlanders, and Vikings, by Carolyn Jean Nicholson, is a 99 cent #eBook in February. somewhatgrumpypress.com/traitors-can... #booksky

Can a guy write a romance novel? A few folks have told me no, but for a buck you can see for yourself. Any eBook retailer you like, including www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/... and bookshop.org/p/books/ocea....

Ocean's Lure, by @covell.ca, is a 99 cent eBook during February. somewhatgrumpypress.com/oceans-lure-...

Recycled Virgin, by @dabble58.bsky.social, is a 99 cent eBook this month! somewhatgrumpypress.com/recycled-vir...

"The Board of Directors of ACES: The Society for Editing condemns actions that lessen the ability of people to be heard and informed in our democracy." aceseditors.org/news/2026/re...

Magic in Her Blood, by ATL Doyle, is a 99 cent ebook this month. somewhatgrumpypress.com/magic-in-her...

We're six years old! And celebrating with six eBooks reduced to 99 cents! See our website for titles and descriptions. somewhatgrumpypress.com

eBook sale! During February, six titles just 99 cents, all markets, all retailers. See our web site for the list of books and more about them. somewhatgrumpypress.com

Congratulations to our founder, writer and editor @dabble58.bsky.social, on acceptance into the MFA program in Creative Non-Fiction at University of King's College in Halifax, NS!

Guilt, the lack thereof, where does one draw the line? Warning: this entry talks about violence and sexual abuse I've always had a difficult time sorting out guilt. Maybe it is my Roman Catholic upbringing (the Church does guilt so well...), or life experiences, but it's always a challenge teasing…

As a way of welcoming everyone to this New Year, please find below a list of free resources culled from my 2025 #gardening research. gardeningatlast.ca/2026/01/19/h...

A joke for the history buffs: Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com titles: “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student — They don’t want to get blamed again“

flirting with people so I can get them to read my work

Members (and non-members) in Nova Scotia can contribute short romance fiction to the Nova Swoons micro anthology. The submission deadline is January 22. More information: writers.ns.ca/programs/mic...

You can borrow Somewhat Grumpy Press eBooks through any library that gets eBooks from Overdrive. www.overdrive.com/publishers/s...

99 cent eBook sale coming in February: "Magic in Her Blood," "Traitors, Cannibals, Highlanders, and Vikings," and "Ocean's Lure." All 99 cents, all markets, all month! somewhatgrumpypress.com/magic-in-her...

Greenland. An independent sort of place. Leave it alone! A few years ago, I was offered the sensational opportunity to go to Greenland, to speak to a group of sheep farming women at their annual get together. We flew from Halifax to Reykjavik, then took a smaller plane to Nuuk, Greenland's…

Also kudos to Burwell's editor for most of his books (and several of our books from other authors too) - our founder, @dabble58.bsky.social.

New 5-star review for Bib & Tucker, by @dabble58.bsky.social. "It was very interesting to learn what it was like to be a nurse in 1947, and the shocking (pun intended) conditions in hospitals." www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #booksky #bookreview

New 5-star review for Possession Point, by Glenn Burwell. "Overall, this was a great read — smart, grounded, and distinctly Canadian." www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #booksky