Robin Blackburn McBride

“Frank Fools Crow, the great Native American holy man and healer, talked about praying each day to ‘become little hollow bones for the Creator’s light.’ I love that image of emptying yourself, of becoming an instrument for beauty. And what I want most for my readers is that they will be transported inside the walls of my work, into those lighted spaces.”

—Martha Brooks

Those words have been on my wall for close to twenty years. I love Martha Brooks’ novels about girls and young women.

Is there a quote you keep on your wall?

What a lovely surprise. If my poetry book were a person, she'd be a young woman now. Thank you for reading In Green, Sonia Saikaley.

✨ Happy National Poetry Month! ✨

This evening I am reading In Green by Robin Blackburn McBride. Her vivid and moving poems linger long after you’ve turned the page.

This photo felt like it belonged to the book with the mother-child sculpture, the stillness and the glow of the tree of life.

There’s also something lovely to look forward to! Robin’s new novel, River of Dreams, out this fall with

Here’s to poetry and all the ways it shapes how we see the world!

Learn more:
https://www.robinblackburnmcbride.com/

Book Mail!

Here’s a package to brighten a dull day.

Do you know about this novel? Have you read it? Heather Marshall’s LIBERTY STREET is feminist historical fiction set in my home city of Toronto. Having read Marshall’s LOOKING FOR JANE, I know this book will keep me gripped.

From the cover:
“1996: Unidentified female remains are discovered in an unmarked grave in a small-town Ontario cemetery, and Detective Rachel Mackenzie is tasked with unraveling the mystery. But when the investigation leads her to the now-shuttered Mercer Women’s Prison, the family trauma she’s kept buried for years threatens to surface.”

Bestselling author Ellen Keith calls it “A story that unsettles, ignites, and refuses to let you look away—a fierce reclaiming of women’s voices once silenced.”

This resonates so much.

Congratulations!!! ❤️

💫Happy Publication Day to all these FABULOUS titles! 💫📚️

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