"I would follow more history blogs if I knew about them," said one reader.
On the recent survey, I invited readers of this blog to mention related websites, blogs, and podcasts they follow. There are quite a few. Some are on my bloglist at right, many are not. Mention here doesn't mean I know or can recommend them myself. But you could spend the holidays pursuing these if you need some diversion.
Blogs already listed on my bloglist that readers recommended are Active History, Acadiensis blog, Borealia, the Osgoode Society legal history blog, Unwritten Histories, Dusty Bookcase, the Ormsby Review, Otter, the Champlain Society (blogs and podcast), Andrew Smith's The Past Speaks, and Daniel Francis's blog. (Links at right)
In the Canadian studies area, readers mentioned "Canadian Studies" (which I was unable to identify), SamaraBlog from the Samara Centre for Democracy, Dooney's Cafe ("for the Stan Persky posts"), and Toronto Then and Now.
Several genealogy/family history sites were recommended, notably Gail Dever's Canadian genealogy blog Genealogy a la Carte. On a quick look, I can see why: it's frequent and lively. The rest look like a pretty good survey on where to start with online genealogy discussions: Ontario Ancestors Blog, Loyalist Trails, Eastman's Online Genealogy, JD Reid's Anglo-Celtic Connections, the Genealogy Guys, Finding Your Canadian Story, DNA Explained - Genetic Genealogy.
From the Canadian Broadcasting Centre empire, readers mentioned Eleanor Wachtel's podcast, Ideas, Tapestry, The Current, The Secret Life of Canada, and "various CBC sites." Seek 'em out by name or from the CBC website.
I also heard about international blogs and sites, not all strictly "historical": Wait But Why (which does look like fun), the New Yorker Today, the Bella dePaulo blog (mostly personal psychology, it seems), @twitterstorians on Twitter, Reviews in History, Nursing Clio (blog and podcast, I think), The BS Historian ("sceptical analysis of "pseudohistory"), the Backstory podcast, The History Blog, the Leakey Foundation Origin Stories, Mary Beard's A Don's Life ("until it was paywalled"), Vox, The Weeds (from Vox), BBC's History of the World in 100 Objects podcast, The Conversation, BBC Science in Action, Inside Science, BoingBoing, and Apollo "the international art magazine."
Plus several literary history blogs: Laurentiana, Great War Fiction, Reading 1900-1950, Lesser-Known Writers, Word Wenches.
