Melanie Jackson
@mljackson.bsky.social
Writer/editor www.writersunion.ca/member/Melanie-Jackson
Glad to "batter up!" for @theseaboardreview.ca about #BillyCrawford'sDoublePlay by #BradSmith, a funny, clever novel about an aging ballplayer who can't accept he's a has-been. But, in a riff on the baseball term double play, Billy may have other greatness in him—of the moral kind. shorturl.at/26kwe
January 15, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Glad to "batter up!" for @theseaboardreview.ca about #BillyCrawford'sDoublePlay by #BradSmith, a funny, clever novel about an aging ballplayer who can't accept he's a has-been. But, in a riff on the baseball term double play, Billy may have other greatness in him—of the moral kind. shorturl.at/26kwe
A children's book all ages can delight in and learn from: #richardwagamese's The Inquisitive Raven, which I'm delighted to review in @theseaboardreview.ca. The sharp-eyed protag, Raven, inspires us 2 ask questions & thus protect the world around us. #Douglas&McIntyre #CanLit @theseaboardreview.ca
January 1, 2026 at 5:15 AM
A children's book all ages can delight in and learn from: #richardwagamese's The Inquisitive Raven, which I'm delighted to review in @theseaboardreview.ca. The sharp-eyed protag, Raven, inspires us 2 ask questions & thus protect the world around us. #Douglas&McIntyre #CanLit @theseaboardreview.ca
If #agathachristie's #themousetrap went #NorthernGothic, it'd become—with (sleigh) bells on!— #ShanePeacock's A Place of Secrets. You'll be entertained +, in the best Christie fashion, whodunit-surprised. Here's my @theseaboardreview.ca revu: www.theseaboardreview.ca/.../a-place-.... #CormorantBooks
December 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
If #agathachristie's #themousetrap went #NorthernGothic, it'd become—with (sleigh) bells on!— #ShanePeacock's A Place of Secrets. You'll be entertained +, in the best Christie fashion, whodunit-surprised. Here's my @theseaboardreview.ca revu: www.theseaboardreview.ca/.../a-place-.... #CormorantBooks
Thanks to #theseaboardreviewofbooks for featuring my review of #JohnCullen's Curling Rocks!: Chronicles of a Roaring Game, a comprehensive, fun history of a sport too often stereotyped as being fusty. What!? No way! [email protected] shorturl.at/BQUOx
Curling Rocks!: Chronicles of The Roaring Game, by John Cullen
Long considered fusty, curling is enjoying a comeback. This book has the game's how-to’s and history – and is sheer fun, besides.
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December 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Thanks to #theseaboardreviewofbooks for featuring my review of #JohnCullen's Curling Rocks!: Chronicles of a Roaring Game, a comprehensive, fun history of a sport too often stereotyped as being fusty. What!? No way! [email protected] shorturl.at/BQUOx
Thanks to my friend and colleague, #PublicationCoach #DaphneGray-Grant, for featuring me in her weekly Wednesday Interview: www.publicationcoach.com/melanie-jack.... And hey, interested in writing easily more easily? Daphne's your go-to pro. Writing guidance and encouragement doesn't get any better.
December 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Thanks to my friend and colleague, #PublicationCoach #DaphneGray-Grant, for featuring me in her weekly Wednesday Interview: www.publicationcoach.com/melanie-jack.... And hey, interested in writing easily more easily? Daphne's your go-to pro. Writing guidance and encouragement doesn't get any better.
Thanks to @theseaboardreview.ca for publishing my tribute to #ThomasBecket. This was definitely one from the heart. May all resistors to tyranny be so meddlesome. www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/thomas-bec...
November 22, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Thanks to @theseaboardreview.ca for publishing my tribute to #ThomasBecket. This was definitely one from the heart. May all resistors to tyranny be so meddlesome. www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/thomas-bec...
Was tickled to review two children's books for @theseaboardreview.ca, one about an animal I love, the other about an animal I'm now, as a result, feeling a lot less cringey toward. Challenge: guess which is which. @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social lnkd.in/gN4mrpsshttp...
Cats and Us: A Ten-Thousand Year Fascination; and This Is a Tiny Fragile Snake
Refreshingly, two kids’ picture books show animals as reality rather than myth
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November 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Was tickled to review two children's books for @theseaboardreview.ca, one about an animal I love, the other about an animal I'm now, as a result, feeling a lot less cringey toward. Challenge: guess which is which. @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social lnkd.in/gN4mrpsshttp...
B4 Armstrong & co., NASA's high flier was Ham. I love #OriGersht's novel #hamsheaven, about the adorable chimp whose space trip set the course 4 humans. > ever I appreciate #JaneGoodall 4 ensuring animals aren't mistreated as Ham was. @warblerpress.bsky.social @theseaboardreview.ca shorturl.at/7vXAj
Ham’s Heaven by Ori Gersht
Poignant novel about the chimp who set the course for human U.S. space travel—but, unlike Shepard, Armstrong, et al., was mostly unappreciated
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October 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
B4 Armstrong & co., NASA's high flier was Ham. I love #OriGersht's novel #hamsheaven, about the adorable chimp whose space trip set the course 4 humans. > ever I appreciate #JaneGoodall 4 ensuring animals aren't mistreated as Ham was. @warblerpress.bsky.social @theseaboardreview.ca shorturl.at/7vXAj
As important now as ever: Partisans, fighting for freedom. I was delighted to have the chance to read and review the compelling, inspiring new comic book about Partisans for @theseaboardreview.ca @btlbooks.com www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/partisans-...
Partisans: A Graphic History of Anti-Fascist Resistance, Edited by Raymond Tyler and Paul Buhle
Vivid and timely, this comic book tells Partisans' harrowing stories
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October 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
As important now as ever: Partisans, fighting for freedom. I was delighted to have the chance to read and review the compelling, inspiring new comic book about Partisans for @theseaboardreview.ca @btlbooks.com www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/partisans-...
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October 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Fragile letters, ink faded, by his wife's great-grandfather proved a treasure for Canadian historian #brandonmarriott. From them he's written the riveting Till We Meet Again: A Canadian in the First World War. Here's my revu in @theseaboardreview.ca shorturl.at/RA7O8 @simonandschuster.bsky.social
Till We Meet Again: A Canadian in the First World War by Brandon Marriott
Vivid, fascinating, and—inescapably—horrifying: Historian Brandon Marriott recounts an ancestor’s WWI experiences
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October 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Fragile letters, ink faded, by his wife's great-grandfather proved a treasure for Canadian historian #brandonmarriott. From them he's written the riveting Till We Meet Again: A Canadian in the First World War. Here's my revu in @theseaboardreview.ca shorturl.at/RA7O8 @simonandschuster.bsky.social
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The covers of the books reviewed in the October 8th issue of The Seaboard Review of Books. www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-Seaboa... #canlit
October 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The covers of the books reviewed in the October 8th issue of The Seaboard Review of Books. www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-Seaboa... #canlit
This seals it: #gingerngo's Emerson the Elephant Seal, based on the real Em in #VictoriaBC, is now a literary star! In the
@theseaboardreview.ca I also celebrate #sandraboynton's When Pigs Fly! A song for dreamers.
@harbourpublishing.bsky.social
@simonandschuster.bsky.social
shorturl.at/rLCB1
@theseaboardreview.ca I also celebrate #sandraboynton's When Pigs Fly! A song for dreamers.
@harbourpublishing.bsky.social
@simonandschuster.bsky.social
shorturl.at/rLCB1
A Stubborn Elephant Seal and a Dreamer Pig
Try, just try, not to love these kidlit protagonists
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September 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This seals it: #gingerngo's Emerson the Elephant Seal, based on the real Em in #VictoriaBC, is now a literary star! In the
@theseaboardreview.ca I also celebrate #sandraboynton's When Pigs Fly! A song for dreamers.
@harbourpublishing.bsky.social
@simonandschuster.bsky.social
shorturl.at/rLCB1
@theseaboardreview.ca I also celebrate #sandraboynton's When Pigs Fly! A song for dreamers.
@harbourpublishing.bsky.social
@simonandschuster.bsky.social
shorturl.at/rLCB1
In our era of rapid change, innovation keeps @branksome.bsky.social not only apace but ahead. Deputy Interim Principal Kimberly BROOKER Carter’96: "[We] ensure Branksome stays responsive to today’s learner and today’s ever-evolving demands and possibilities." My interview with Kimberly in #TheROAD:
Branksome Hall’s Leap Towards Innovation with Kimberly BROOKER Carter’96 | Discover the Latest Updates from Branksome Hall
Read the latest news stories from Branksome Hall, showcasing student success, school events, and inspiring updates from our vibrant and inclusive community.
branksome.on.ca
September 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
In our era of rapid change, innovation keeps @branksome.bsky.social not only apace but ahead. Deputy Interim Principal Kimberly BROOKER Carter’96: "[We] ensure Branksome stays responsive to today’s learner and today’s ever-evolving demands and possibilities." My interview with Kimberly in #TheROAD:
@billarnott.bsky.social's latest travelogue, #APerfectDayforaWalkbytheWater, is well worth the reading plunge! The latest issue of @theseaboardreview.ca
just 💧ed – here's my review. @arsenalpulp.bsky.social www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/a-perfect-...
just 💧ed – here's my review. @arsenalpulp.bsky.social www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/a-perfect-...
A Perfect Day for a Walk by the Water by Bill Arnott
Down to the sea in shoes: Bill Arnott delights yet again
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September 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
@billarnott.bsky.social's latest travelogue, #APerfectDayforaWalkbytheWater, is well worth the reading plunge! The latest issue of @theseaboardreview.ca
just 💧ed – here's my review. @arsenalpulp.bsky.social www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/a-perfect-...
just 💧ed – here's my review. @arsenalpulp.bsky.social www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/a-perfect-...
At #TheWriters'UnionofCanada table, at the always festive and fun #WordVancouver, yesterday: fellow TWUC-er #DeborahPatz and I enjoy each others' books. (The fellow behind my left shoulder appears to be a would-be photo bomber.)
September 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
At #TheWriters'UnionofCanada table, at the always festive and fun #WordVancouver, yesterday: fellow TWUC-er #DeborahPatz and I enjoy each others' books. (The fellow behind my left shoulder appears to be a would-be photo bomber.)
September 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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September 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Reporting live from, well, the pages of CBC TV news correspondent Brian Stewart's riveting memoir #OntheGround: my review in today's edition of @theseaboardreview.ca. Thanks to editor James Fisher for the chance to relive Brian's adventures!
On the Ground: My Life as a Foreign Correspondent by Brian Stewart
The thrill—and trauma—of being a foreign correspondent
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September 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Reporting live from, well, the pages of CBC TV news correspondent Brian Stewart's riveting memoir #OntheGround: my review in today's edition of @theseaboardreview.ca. Thanks to editor James Fisher for the chance to relive Brian's adventures!
The sunny faces of #WhistlerBC. These lovelies, aka Black-Eyed Susans or Rudbeckia hirta, are everywhere.
September 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The sunny faces of #WhistlerBC. These lovelies, aka Black-Eyed Susans or Rudbeckia hirta, are everywhere.
Thanks, as always, for your advocacy, #TheWritersUnionofCanada.
Alberta Must Reverse Book Bans | The Writers' Union of Canada
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September 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Thanks, as always, for your advocacy, #TheWritersUnionofCanada.
Tx @theseaboardreview.ca 4 letting me steal a look at glam thieves, fictional (#ToCatchAThief) & real (#AGentlemanandAThief): shorturl.at/r9hNu. I start with, how could I not?, #CaryGrant: "The handsome thief inches along a ledge. From a window, a dowager screams, “Oh!” But, on closer look, 'Oooo…'"
August 28, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Tx @theseaboardreview.ca 4 letting me steal a look at glam thieves, fictional (#ToCatchAThief) & real (#AGentlemanandAThief): shorturl.at/r9hNu. I start with, how could I not?, #CaryGrant: "The handsome thief inches along a ledge. From a window, a dowager screams, “Oh!” But, on closer look, 'Oooo…'"
Newsom’s Twitter troll is genius because pleading and crying in front of an authoritarian does nothing, but pointing and laughing enrages the authoritarian.
August 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
The Invention of “Sesame Street”
Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.
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August 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
Fruitful experience! A tart, tasty plum inspired me to reread #RumerGodden's #GreengageSummer. @theseaboardreview.ca kindly features my retrospective review of this classic I first read as a teen. Interesting how reactions to a story change on becoming a (somewhat) mature adult. rb.gy/w1k9qc
August 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Fruitful experience! A tart, tasty plum inspired me to reread #RumerGodden's #GreengageSummer. @theseaboardreview.ca kindly features my retrospective review of this classic I first read as a teen. Interesting how reactions to a story change on becoming a (somewhat) mature adult. rb.gy/w1k9qc