Glenna Turnbull
@writebrain.bsky.social
I'm an award winning Canadian short fiction writer and author. My debut novel is forthcoming (Breakwater Books). I'm also a photographer & stained glass artist. I prefer to be outdoors hiking, skiing, snowshoeing & camping. I have two dogs and love to knit
Another great month of readings, with two crossed off my TBR list, four from the Giller long list and others that were recommended. Only one DNF: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes and Other Tales from the Crematory. Got to the section on cremating babies and couldn't get take it. #booksky #booksread
November 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Another great month of readings, with two crossed off my TBR list, four from the Giller long list and others that were recommended. Only one DNF: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes and Other Tales from the Crematory. Got to the section on cremating babies and couldn't get take it. #booksky #booksread
I'm super excited to announce, my novel, The Art of Getting Lost and Found is now available for pre-order from most book retailers, release date March 10/26. This means I can finally share the beautiful cover. #debutnovel #booksky #fiction #CanLit #breakwaterbooks #domesticviolence #mentalhealth
October 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I'm super excited to announce, my novel, The Art of Getting Lost and Found is now available for pre-order from most book retailers, release date March 10/26. This means I can finally share the beautiful cover. #debutnovel #booksky #fiction #CanLit #breakwaterbooks #domesticviolence #mentalhealth
My 2nd on the Giller shortlist, this novel picks up steam like, well, like a runaway train that you cannot put down when you're told right at the start that someone with a bomb is boarding the train. Full 5/5 The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue #booksky #writingcommunity #GillerPrize #books #CanLit
October 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
My 2nd on the Giller shortlist, this novel picks up steam like, well, like a runaway train that you cannot put down when you're told right at the start that someone with a bomb is boarding the train. Full 5/5 The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue #booksky #writingcommunity #GillerPrize #books #CanLit
Wow, my first read of this year's Giller long list. Tan captivated me right from the start with his beautiful prose, excellent pacing & recurring use of space/star/constellation metaphors. One brother in a tiger costume, the other a cosmonaut, a starlit bedroom sky...full 5/5 #booksky #gillerprize
October 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Wow, my first read of this year's Giller long list. Tan captivated me right from the start with his beautiful prose, excellent pacing & recurring use of space/star/constellation metaphors. One brother in a tiger costume, the other a cosmonaut, a starlit bedroom sky...full 5/5 #booksky #gillerprize
#booksread in September. Full 5+/5 for Cloud Cuckoo Land and loved The Sisters Brothers. My first Louise Penny book despite not being a mystery fan. Fourteen Days had so much potential but never meshed and I hated the ending. Barkskins @700+ pages was a slog and Sisters of Belfast rated 2/5.
October 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
#booksread in September. Full 5+/5 for Cloud Cuckoo Land and loved The Sisters Brothers. My first Louise Penny book despite not being a mystery fan. Fourteen Days had so much potential but never meshed and I hated the ending. Barkskins @700+ pages was a slog and Sisters of Belfast rated 2/5.
August reads included 2 from my longtime TBR pile. Very hard to pick a favourite. Most were Canadian authors. Shrines of Gaiety had me laughing out loud; Help Me Jacques Cousteau, The Beekeeper of Aleppo and The Shipping News had me hugging the books at the end. #booksky #books #reading
September 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Read some new, some classics, some short stories and some connected short stories. One off my bucket list of classics that could have stayed here... not a huge James Joyce fan, I guess. #booksky #booksread #writingcommunity #readreadread
August 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Read some new, some classics, some short stories and some connected short stories. One off my bucket list of classics that could have stayed here... not a huge James Joyce fan, I guess. #booksky #booksread #writingcommunity #readreadread
Read a ton during June plus 2 audio books. Enjoyed Bel Canto, laughed all the way thru Grand Union, related too well to More or Less Maddy, DNF Dream of a Woman. Favourite book of the month by far was Emma Hooper's Our Homesick Songs. What a brilliant writer! #booksky #books #booksreadinJune #read
July 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Read a ton during June plus 2 audio books. Enjoyed Bel Canto, laughed all the way thru Grand Union, related too well to More or Less Maddy, DNF Dream of a Woman. Favourite book of the month by far was Emma Hooper's Our Homesick Songs. What a brilliant writer! #booksky #books #booksreadinJune #read
Forgot to post my books read in May. So much good reading. Favourite book of the group was Ellen in Pieces by Caroline Adderson. It's written from several different POV and shows the effects we have on other people's lives. Brilliant book, full 5+/5 #books #booksky #booksreadinMay
June 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Forgot to post my books read in May. So much good reading. Favourite book of the group was Ellen in Pieces by Caroline Adderson. It's written from several different POV and shows the effects we have on other people's lives. Brilliant book, full 5+/5 #books #booksky #booksreadinMay
Today is #RedDressDay here in Canada, a day set aside to bring more awareness to missing and murdered indigenous women. As a former victim of both spousal abuse and violent sexual assaults, I am doing what I can to promote awareness in my own way.
May 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Today is #RedDressDay here in Canada, a day set aside to bring more awareness to missing and murdered indigenous women. As a former victim of both spousal abuse and violent sexual assaults, I am doing what I can to promote awareness in my own way.
Another month filled with reading. My favourite April read was undoubtedly Do Not Be Afraid of the Sky by Emma Hooper. Absolutely riveted to this story of sisters, set during the age of Christians being fed to the lions. If you haven't discovered Hooper, you need to! #BookSky #writingcommunity
May 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Another month filled with reading. My favourite April read was undoubtedly Do Not Be Afraid of the Sky by Emma Hooper. Absolutely riveted to this story of sisters, set during the age of Christians being fed to the lions. If you haven't discovered Hooper, you need to! #BookSky #writingcommunity
💙📚20 Favorite Women Authors
No particular order
Day 17/20 Beverly Cleary
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
After stumbling my way through Anne of Green Gables, a librarian introduced me to Beezus and Ramona, and The Mouse and the Motorcycle. Cleary cemented my fate to be a reader.
No particular order
Day 17/20 Beverly Cleary
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
After stumbling my way through Anne of Green Gables, a librarian introduced me to Beezus and Ramona, and The Mouse and the Motorcycle. Cleary cemented my fate to be a reader.
April 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
💙📚20 Favorite Women Authors
No particular order
Day 17/20 Beverly Cleary
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
After stumbling my way through Anne of Green Gables, a librarian introduced me to Beezus and Ramona, and The Mouse and the Motorcycle. Cleary cemented my fate to be a reader.
No particular order
Day 17/20 Beverly Cleary
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
After stumbling my way through Anne of Green Gables, a librarian introduced me to Beezus and Ramona, and The Mouse and the Motorcycle. Cleary cemented my fate to be a reader.
💙📚20 Favorite Women Authors
No particular order
Day 16/20 Emma Hooper
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#EmmaHooper
#CanLit
Emma and Otto... was a Canada Reads finalist this year and that's how I discovered this brilliant author.
No particular order
Day 16/20 Emma Hooper
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#EmmaHooper
#CanLit
Emma and Otto... was a Canada Reads finalist this year and that's how I discovered this brilliant author.
April 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
💙📚20 Favorite Women Authors
No particular order
Day 16/20 Emma Hooper
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#EmmaHooper
#CanLit
Emma and Otto... was a Canada Reads finalist this year and that's how I discovered this brilliant author.
No particular order
Day 16/20 Emma Hooper
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#EmmaHooper
#CanLit
Emma and Otto... was a Canada Reads finalist this year and that's how I discovered this brilliant author.
One of my favourite poetry book covers ever, on this book by Francesco Marciuliano.
Wishing all you cat people a Happy Caturday
#caturday
#booksky
#writing
#poetrycommunity
#writingcommunity
Wishing all you cat people a Happy Caturday
#caturday
#booksky
#writing
#poetrycommunity
#writingcommunity
April 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
One of my favourite poetry book covers ever, on this book by Francesco Marciuliano.
Wishing all you cat people a Happy Caturday
#caturday
#booksky
#writing
#poetrycommunity
#writingcommunity
Wishing all you cat people a Happy Caturday
#caturday
#booksky
#writing
#poetrycommunity
#writingcommunity
💙📚20 Favorite Women Authors
No particular order
Day 15/20 Corrina Chong
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#CorrinaChong
#CanLit
If you're a Donna Tartt fan you should check out Corrina Chong's work. She writes with similar dark undertones in rich engaging prose.
No particular order
Day 15/20 Corrina Chong
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#CorrinaChong
#CanLit
If you're a Donna Tartt fan you should check out Corrina Chong's work. She writes with similar dark undertones in rich engaging prose.
April 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
💙📚20 Favorite Women Authors
No particular order
Day 15/20 Corrina Chong
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#CorrinaChong
#CanLit
If you're a Donna Tartt fan you should check out Corrina Chong's work. She writes with similar dark undertones in rich engaging prose.
No particular order
Day 15/20 Corrina Chong
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#CorrinaChong
#CanLit
If you're a Donna Tartt fan you should check out Corrina Chong's work. She writes with similar dark undertones in rich engaging prose.
💙📚20 Favorite Women Authors
No particular order
Day 14/20 Anne Fleming
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#AnneFleming
#CanLit
I was lucky enough to do a 4th year novel writing class with Anne at UBC Okanagan. Curiosities was nominated for this year's Giller Prize
No particular order
Day 14/20 Anne Fleming
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#AnneFleming
#CanLit
I was lucky enough to do a 4th year novel writing class with Anne at UBC Okanagan. Curiosities was nominated for this year's Giller Prize
April 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
💙📚20 Favorite Women Authors
No particular order
Day 14/20 Anne Fleming
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#AnneFleming
#CanLit
I was lucky enough to do a 4th year novel writing class with Anne at UBC Okanagan. Curiosities was nominated for this year's Giller Prize
No particular order
Day 14/20 Anne Fleming
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#AnneFleming
#CanLit
I was lucky enough to do a 4th year novel writing class with Anne at UBC Okanagan. Curiosities was nominated for this year's Giller Prize
💙📚20 Favorite Women Authors
No particular order
Day 13/20 Gil Adamson
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#GilAdamson
#CanLit
Read 1/3 of Ridgerunner not know it was a sequel to Outlander (completely different Gabaldon's timetraveler), stopped and read Outlander then finished. 5/5
No particular order
Day 13/20 Gil Adamson
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#GilAdamson
#CanLit
Read 1/3 of Ridgerunner not know it was a sequel to Outlander (completely different Gabaldon's timetraveler), stopped and read Outlander then finished. 5/5
April 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
💙📚20 Favorite Women Authors
No particular order
Day 13/20 Gil Adamson
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#GilAdamson
#CanLit
Read 1/3 of Ridgerunner not know it was a sequel to Outlander (completely different Gabaldon's timetraveler), stopped and read Outlander then finished. 5/5
No particular order
Day 13/20 Gil Adamson
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#GilAdamson
#CanLit
Read 1/3 of Ridgerunner not know it was a sequel to Outlander (completely different Gabaldon's timetraveler), stopped and read Outlander then finished. 5/5
💙📚20 Favorite Women Authors
No particular order
Day 12/20 Alix Hawley
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#AlexHawley
#CanLit
Loved all three of them. All Truth Not A Lie and My Name is a Knife are about Daniel Boone. Brilliant writer!
No particular order
Day 12/20 Alix Hawley
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#AlexHawley
#CanLit
Loved all three of them. All Truth Not A Lie and My Name is a Knife are about Daniel Boone. Brilliant writer!
April 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
💙📚20 Favorite Women Authors
No particular order
Day 12/20 Alix Hawley
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#AlexHawley
#CanLit
Loved all three of them. All Truth Not A Lie and My Name is a Knife are about Daniel Boone. Brilliant writer!
No particular order
Day 12/20 Alix Hawley
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#AlexHawley
#CanLit
Loved all three of them. All Truth Not A Lie and My Name is a Knife are about Daniel Boone. Brilliant writer!
💙📚20 Favorite Women Authors
No particular order
Day 11/20 Eleanor Catton
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#EleanorCatton
#CanLit
Loved all three of them
No particular order
Day 11/20 Eleanor Catton
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#EleanorCatton
#CanLit
Loved all three of them
April 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
💙📚20 Favorite Women Authors
No particular order
Day 11/20 Eleanor Catton
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#EleanorCatton
#CanLit
Loved all three of them
No particular order
Day 11/20 Eleanor Catton
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#EleanorCatton
#CanLit
Loved all three of them
💙📚20 Favorite Women Authors
No particular order
Day 10/20 Emily St John Mandel
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#EmilyStJohnMandel
#CanLit
Station Eleven was my favourite but loved them all
No particular order
Day 10/20 Emily St John Mandel
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#EmilyStJohnMandel
#CanLit
Station Eleven was my favourite but loved them all
April 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
💙📚20 Favorite Women Authors
No particular order
Day 10/20 Emily St John Mandel
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#EmilyStJohnMandel
#CanLit
Station Eleven was my favourite but loved them all
No particular order
Day 10/20 Emily St John Mandel
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#EmilyStJohnMandel
#CanLit
Station Eleven was my favourite but loved them all
💙📚20 Favorite Women Authors
No particular order
Day 9/20 Carol Shields
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#CarolShields
#CanLit
Loved all of her novels and short story collections but I think Larry's Party and Happenstance were my favourites
No particular order
Day 9/20 Carol Shields
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#CarolShields
#CanLit
Loved all of her novels and short story collections but I think Larry's Party and Happenstance were my favourites
April 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
💙📚20 Favorite Women Authors
No particular order
Day 9/20 Carol Shields
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#CarolShields
#CanLit
Loved all of her novels and short story collections but I think Larry's Party and Happenstance were my favourites
No particular order
Day 9/20 Carol Shields
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#CarolShields
#CanLit
Loved all of her novels and short story collections but I think Larry's Party and Happenstance were my favourites
Here's the list of books I read in March 2025. Two were from #CanadaReads2025, most are #CanLit
Etta and Otto and Russell and James was my favourite, followed by Moon Road. The Body Artist was delightfully strange and Matrix was the biggest struggle.
#BookSky
#booksread
#bookchallenge
Etta and Otto and Russell and James was my favourite, followed by Moon Road. The Body Artist was delightfully strange and Matrix was the biggest struggle.
#BookSky
#booksread
#bookchallenge
April 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Here's the list of books I read in March 2025. Two were from #CanadaReads2025, most are #CanLit
Etta and Otto and Russell and James was my favourite, followed by Moon Road. The Body Artist was delightfully strange and Matrix was the biggest struggle.
#BookSky
#booksread
#bookchallenge
Etta and Otto and Russell and James was my favourite, followed by Moon Road. The Body Artist was delightfully strange and Matrix was the biggest struggle.
#BookSky
#booksread
#bookchallenge
💙📚20 Favorite Women Authors
No particular order
Day 8/20 Donna Tartt
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#DonnaTartt
Loved all three of her novels but The Little Friend was my favourite.
No particular order
Day 8/20 Donna Tartt
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#DonnaTartt
Loved all three of her novels but The Little Friend was my favourite.
April 1, 2025 at 2:22 AM
💙📚20 Favorite Women Authors
No particular order
Day 8/20 Donna Tartt
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#DonnaTartt
Loved all three of her novels but The Little Friend was my favourite.
No particular order
Day 8/20 Donna Tartt
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#DonnaTartt
Loved all three of her novels but The Little Friend was my favourite.
💙📚20 Favorite Women Authors
No particular order
Day 6/20 Heather O'Neill
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#ZadieSmith
I LOVE her dry sense of sit and humour.
No particular order
Day 6/20 Heather O'Neill
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#ZadieSmith
I LOVE her dry sense of sit and humour.
March 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
💙📚20 Favorite Women Authors
No particular order
Day 6/20 Heather O'Neill
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#ZadieSmith
I LOVE her dry sense of sit and humour.
No particular order
Day 6/20 Heather O'Neill
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#ZadieSmith
I LOVE her dry sense of sit and humour.
💙📚20 Favorite Women Authors
No particular order
Day 6/20 Heather O'Neill
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#HeatherONeill
#CanLit
The Lonely Hearts Hotel and The Girl Who Was Saturday Night are my favourites of hers
No particular order
Day 6/20 Heather O'Neill
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#HeatherONeill
#CanLit
The Lonely Hearts Hotel and The Girl Who Was Saturday Night are my favourites of hers
March 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
💙📚20 Favorite Women Authors
No particular order
Day 6/20 Heather O'Neill
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#HeatherONeill
#CanLit
The Lonely Hearts Hotel and The Girl Who Was Saturday Night are my favourites of hers
No particular order
Day 6/20 Heather O'Neill
#Booksky 🪐📚👀
#bookchallenge
#WomenAuthors
#AnyGenre
#HeatherONeill
#CanLit
The Lonely Hearts Hotel and The Girl Who Was Saturday Night are my favourites of hers