Lise Mayne, author

Geese gathering on the pond, just hanging out before a long flight! They looked so sleepy today. And a muskrat! That was cool! Don’t often catch them. #easternslopes #southernalberta #canadageese

I read a @maryoliverdaily.bsky.social poem daily, picked at random. It always fits my day. I just purchased this and hadn’t read The Leaf And The Cloud 2000. It brought me to my knees. She knew my parents: (Stanza 5-6). “I will not give them responsibility for my life.” Me: age 12. Oh. Oh my.

Time Enough, my #historicalfictionnovel is on Audible. Narrated by Calgary #voiceactor Keena J. Herman, the story comes to life with all the emotions and drama of #20thcentury immigration. You are swept into the lives of characters fighting for survival. www.lisemayne.ca free with trial.

Talk about “blue sky!” Such a beautiful full arch rainbow on Saturday night. Quite rare to see in #southernalberta in early fall. I’ve just learned to play “over the rainbow” on my harp. One of my favourite songs, especially when sung by the great Judy Garland!

Another book to add to your TBR list! ✨Time Enough By Lise Mayne✨ Now available on audiobook! booknookshenanigans.blogspot.com/2026/09/audi... #HistoricalFiction #MustRead #BlogTour #Audiobooks @cathiedunn.bsky.social @lisemayneauthor.bsky.social

Summer's winding down, the light's changing, and there's a little more time to sit with a good book. The giveaway runs through September 30. Enter now for your chance to win. readerviews.com/book-giveaway/ #bookgiveaway #amreading #books @lisemayneauthor.bsky.social @dianacolleenauthor.bsky.social

Time Enough is a finalist in the #pageturnerawards2026! If you love historical fiction, you will love this engaging and emotional book. New #audiobook free on my website www.lisemayne.ca with an Audible trial. #canadian narrator, no AI for cover or any content.

📚 Books to add to your TBR list! 💫 Time Enough By Lise Mayne igotlostinabook2.blogspot.com/2026/09/time... #HistoricalFiction #BlogTour @cathiedunn.bsky.social @lisemayneauthor.bsky.social

My grandmother at 81 years of age, passed in 1988, key inspiration for my #historicalfictionnovel Time Enough. She lived through horse and buggy days all the way to see the moon landing. Homesteader, entrepreneur, restaurant owner, through the Depression. Brave & resilient. A role model for today.

So thrilled with this!

Wonderful to speak with Camille about how our grandmothers actually lived, as opposed to the trend towards a false, romantic version in books and media. In my novel Time Enough, I describe the woman’s journey in all its strengths, false steps, and hardships in a world with few options.

A favourite quote from my #historicalfiction novel Time Enough. The theme: the loss suffered by those forced to emigrate, leaving everyone and everything they know behind. Have you had to leave home and felt that longing to go back? You can’t but the pain is deep.

Delighted that my poem Truth Lies placed second in the War of the Words Anthology 2026 for the @whenwordscollidefestival #yyc! The poem draws a parallel with Joan of Arc’s “trial” and execution in the 1400’s and the Epstein files today. I hope justice doesn’t take so long.

How lovely! Thank you!

📚✨ Books Worth Reading ✨📚 🏡 What survives when everything familiar must be left behind? 📖 Time Enough by Lise Mayne is a sweeping historical saga of family, resilience, love, loss, and the enduring search for home. maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/2026/06/time... @lisemayneauthor.bsky.social 💙📚

Delighted to be interviewed for @mrswritepodcast this morning. Writers helping writers learn and grow their craft and marketing skills. #mentorship is crucial for development as a writer. I’ll let you know when it’s live!

If you’re retired, or about to, do you have an idea for what’s next? This article in #albertaseniorliving presents my journey to becoming a published author over the past thirteen years. Goethe said: “If you have a dream, begin…It has magic in it.” www.albertaseniorliving.ca/latest-edition. P 22.

Excited to be presenting two sessions at Wordbridge #yql April 18-19th, one on the importance of #mentorship and the other is a panel on travelling for research. The lineup is great, so if you are a writer in #southernalberta check it out! 😊

A great day @chaptersindigo.bsky.social Chinook #yyc! Support for #localauthors makes all the difference. Customers said they want to buy local and read #historicalfiction about #Canada. We shared stories and many learned about #isleofman too. Time Enough is in Chapters and online. Audiobook soon!

Delighted to share that Time Enough, my #historicalfictionnovel has just been selected by @readerviews.bsky.social as a Bronze Award winner, Reviewer's Choice, 2025. "This masterpiece is timeless and is begging to be enjoyed." If you love #historicalfiction and a #familysaga, check it out.

substackcdn.com/image/fetch/... Hopefully you can read the essay I wrote about finding light in dark places and becoming a lantern bearer for future generations. On Substack

#valentinesday is precious to me. I think of all the love I’ve received. The heart rock on the left was a gift from a stranger on the beach, #capebreton, 2018. The kindness of strangers has defined my life. The card was from my husband, 2016. What a find for this girl! “Love is all you need.”

My #historicalfiction novel Time Enough is a finalist in the @canadian.booklibrary Awards, 2026 Find the link to vote, on their instagram account. I’m very grateful for the support!

Alberta has passed Bill 11, allowing doctors to charge unlimited fees at for-profit clinics while working in the public system. This is American-style health care, and if Alberta succeeds, other provinces will follow. Join me: share.nwmd.social/s/88GSpS4U

Delighted by this award by @coffeepotbookclub for #TimeEnough #historicalfiction #1900’s #immigrationfamilysaga #isleofman to #canada via #michigan @chaptersindigo.bsky.social @amazon.ca and everywhere books are sold. Great gift for readers of #literaryhistoricalfiction

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Excited for another book signing event on Sunday, September 14th @indigospirit.bsky.social #marketmall #yyc 11:00-3:00 pm. So much fun sharing my #historicalfiction with readers, young and older. #courage #heartbreakingrealism of 1900’s #immigration. Time Enough ticks all the boxes!

Time Enough is featured in the Fall 2025 catalogue of the #independentbookpublishersassociation, distributed to stores and libraries across America and Canada. Here I am @owlsnestbooks in #yyc on Saturday, for a great afternoon with readers!

Roth: Wheetago War Book One by Richard Van Camp (Author), Christopher Shy (Illustrator) www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/roth-wheet... So delighted to see this review of the new book by my friend and mentor @richardvancamp.bsky.social ! How wonderful!

I’m canning #bcfruit as I have for fifty years. My grandmother taught me, as her mother (on right) taught her, back in #homesteadingdays. A taste of summer, come winter, but then, it meant survival as described in my #historicalfiction #immigrationsaga Time Enough.

Today in Alberta - August 19: The UCP government reverses its changes to expense disclosure policy. It had removed the requirement that cabinet and senior staff disclose receipts for expenses over $100, and it removed eight years of reports from a public website. It promises to restore the reports.

Nothing like the feeling of checking your own book out of the #publiclibrary. Wrote my first book age 10. #libraries have meant the world to me, always. #publishedauthor is a dream come true! #historicalfiction #immigrationfamilysaga #writinglife

Biggest #bumblebee I’ve seen in my life. #delphiniums and zero pesticides in my garden bring them in. So happy to greet them.

It’s the most amazing feeling, taking my own book out of the #locallibrary. Richard Wagamese said libraries saved his life. Mine too. #publiclibraries are so essential to communities and guardians of knowledge. #freedomtoread matters. I grew up with no books in my home. I cherish libraries.

So delighted to receive this certificate today. The poem was amongst the top 100 of 500 worldwide entries for this Australian publication. They also sent me a personal commendation letter. Holy cow! What a classy organization! I’ll try again this year.

Another great day of #booksigning @chaptersindigo.bsky.social in #yyc. Meeting such wonderful people and the staff are excellent. Next week: Red Deer July 17, St Albert July 19, Westside Chapters Edmonton July 20! Whew! Should be fun!

Excited to share latest news on my #historicalfictionnovel Time Enough: Runner-up in @sanfranciscobookfestival2025; featured on @theseaboardreview.ca; #book-signing tour of #alberta going great @chaptersindigo.bsky.social from #lethbridge to #StAlbert. Busy and fun!

Old friends and new at #booksigning in #canmore. This #canadianhistoricalfiction was purchased by #US, #UK and #canadian customers over beautiful conversations about #isleofman, #ancestors, #history and #hope. Already 300+ sold in 4 months and going strong! #TimeEnough #familysaga #resiliency

Visited #nationalhistoricsite #ssmoyie in #kaslo, best-preserved in the world, like paddlewheelers on the #inlandwaterways of #michigan 1900’s I described in #TimeEnough! Show reality of the workers who provided luxury travel, even then. I felt like I was walking in my book.

Much-needed rain for our parched prairies. Only a sprinkle out of these beauties, though. #protectourwater

Always wonderful to connect with readers of #historicalfiction when presenting my #novel Time Enough. The backstory of #history, #familyimmigration from #isleofman is compelling, moving and relevant today. #publiclibraries are hubs of learning and engagement.