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Toronto Reference Library presents Liz Johnston, author of The Fall-Down Effect. Liz will be in conversation with Catherine Bush, author of Skin. Book*hug will be on scene selling copies of The Fall-Down Effect, and there will be time after the event for signing. Please come out and join us!
The Factory Reading Series pre-small press book fair reading, June 19: Bebenek, carisse, Currie, MARTIN + Saklikar, / @russellcarisse.bsky.social @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social @reneesarojini.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social ;
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Happy Publication Day to Children of Fire: Kurdish Female Fighters & the Struggle for Woman, Life, Freedom by Shahrzad Arshadi & Anna Chatterton, which examines how the freedom fighters’ struggle is in aid of peace, environmental protection, & Kurdish people & women everywhere.
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The Wax Child by Olga Ravn, translated by Martin Aitken, is one of the top 50 books published by independent literary presses that Canadians borrowed the most in May from libraries. ✨
🌈 @selenamercuri.bsky.social selects Starry Starry Night by Shani Mootoo and I Used to Be a Pisces by Camilla Gibb for inclusion on a Pride Month Reading List for @thenewquarterly.bsky.social.
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A photo of our team at Amazon Canada's First Novel Award Ceremony! Our team was there supporting Ben Ladouceur, who was shortlisted for his beautiful novel I Remember Lights. We are so proud of Ben for being shortlisted. Congrats as well to all the nominees and their publishers.
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The newly released Children of Fire: Kurdish Female Fighters and the Struggle for Woman, Life, Freedom by Shahrzad Arshadi and Anna Chatterton is up for giveaway on @49thshelf.bsky.social . Enter now for your chance to win 1 of 3 available copies. Contest closes July 1. 49thshelf.com/Giveaways/(o...
Thank you to @ayelettsabari.bsky.social, Soheil Parsa, and Shahrzad Mojab for their warm endorsements of Children of Fire: Kurdish Female Fighters and the Struggle for Woman, Life, Freedom, which is out today.
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We're sharing our Pride Month book picks, which include 8 new and recent books by LGBTQ+ authors, spanning fiction, poetry, memoir, and drama.
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Emma McKenna’s latest poetry collection, GOLD STAR (@bookhugpress.bsky.social) uses memory, textures, and sensations to examine the many forms of power and what it means to hold it.
Listen to a reading from the collection and learn more about Emma’s writing process at: youtu.be/x_wrxbGQyXo
, amid all the excitement of this spring's ottawa small press book fair,
Thanks to BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here are the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in May '26. Ft. top 10 from @invisibooks.bsky.social @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @biblioasis.bsky.social, & @arsenalpulp.bsky.social.
