April 10, 2026
Definitely Thriving is a Bestseller
On April 1, the day we arrived in England, I learned that Definitely Thriving had made the indie bestseller’s list for Canadian fiction for the week of March 21, certainly thanks to record sales via my events that week at Blue Heron Books and Take Cover Books, as well as to every other copy sold that week at a Canadian indie bookstore. I’ve made this list in the past, but it never felt as significant as it did this time, not least because I’d made peace with making no list at all the week my book came out, because it’s hard to get on any list these days unless your name is Rachel Reid, and also because I’ve figured out the trap of never-enoughness in publishing, and I’m just not playing that game. So I was overjoyed, and so pleased to be celebrating this milestone, and even doubly pleased to be celebrating the milestone while I was on vacation, so it didn’t even feel like this wonderful success was the best thing in my life. I’m so pleased with this little book that can, and grateful for the opportunities it’s bringing me as its author.
That’s good news, Kerry! Must be so gratifying after all the time and effort you’ve put into writing it.
Don’t forget to come home. Here (Saskatchewan) we still have a lot of snow and hear a lot of complaining about it, but over in your neck of the woods it sounds like greenery and blossoms are making themselves seen.
-Kate
Yes, we’ve got crocuses and snowdrops and forsythia just on the verge of bloom. (Although I’ve just returned from a week in England, whose trees are green and they’ve got blooming daffodils!!)