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December 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Shout out to @49thshelf.bsky.social and @cdnpublishers.bsky.social for helping us promote our Canadian books!
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One of this year’s most talked-about memoirs is Claire Cameron’s powerful How to Survive a Bear Attack @aaknopf.bsky.social! Check out our conversation with her on "The Chat": 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11... #CanLit
GG Nonfiction 2025: The Chat with Claire Cameron · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
One of this year’s most talked-about memoirs is Claire Cameron’s powerful How to Survive a Bear Attack (Knopf). Claire’s memoir is now the 2025 ...
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December 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
One of this year’s most talked-about memoirs is Claire Cameron’s powerful How to Survive a Bear Attack @aaknopf.bsky.social! Check out our conversation with her on "The Chat": 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11... #CanLit
In our special coverage of this year’s Governor General’s Awards, we chat with Kyle Edwards. Kyle’s novel Small Ceremonies (McClelland & Stewart) is the 2025 Governor General’s Award winner for Fiction! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/12... #CanLit
GG Fiction 2025: The Chat with Kyle Edwards · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
Next up in our special coverage of this year’s Governor General’s Awards, we chat with Kyle Edwards. Kyle’s novel Small Ceremonies (McClelland ...
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December 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
In our special coverage of this year’s Governor General’s Awards, we chat with Kyle Edwards. Kyle’s novel Small Ceremonies (McClelland & Stewart) is the 2025 Governor General’s Award winner for Fiction! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/12... #CanLit
What's on our radar this month? Abortion Rights YA, Spies for Christmas, Field Notes, a Life in Comedy, Soviet-Era Intrigue, and More! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/12... @palimpsestpress.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social @houseofanansi.bsky.social #CanLit
On Our Radar: Abortion Rights YA, Spies for Christmas, Field Notes, a Life in Comedy, Soviet-Era Intrigue, and More! · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
Every month, our editor enthuses about the books piling up on her mind and on her nightstand.
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December 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
What's on our radar this month? Abortion Rights YA, Spies for Christmas, Field Notes, a Life in Comedy, Soviet-Era Intrigue, and More! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/12... @palimpsestpress.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social @houseofanansi.bsky.social #CanLit
Have you checked out our top fiction of 2025? The only thing better than this wide-ranging list of excellent Canadian fiction is that every single title on it is up for giveaway!
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Our Top Fiction of 2025 · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
The fiction that rocked the year that was.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Have you checked out our top fiction of 2025? The only thing better than this wide-ranging list of excellent Canadian fiction is that every single title on it is up for giveaway!
49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/12... @breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social @gooselane.bsky.social @nimbuspub.bsky.social #CanLit
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Finding publishers like these is now easier than ever, thanks to the Certified Canadian Publisher seal. On our website, users can now easily identify if a book has been produced by a Canadian-owned publisher. Just look for the seal! #BuyCanadian #MadeInCanada #CanLit
December 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Finding publishers like these is now easier than ever, thanks to the Certified Canadian Publisher seal. On our website, users can now easily identify if a book has been produced by a Canadian-owned publisher. Just look for the seal! #BuyCanadian #MadeInCanada #CanLit
Check out "Books that Build Bridges" - A recommended reading list by Keiko Honda, the translator of the new book 'The Broken Map Home: Escaping Korea, 1945 written by Konosuke Masuda. @caitlinpress.bsky.social
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Books that Build Bridges · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
A recommended reading list by the translator of the new book The Broken Map Home: Escaping Korea, 1945 (Caitlin Press).
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December 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Check out "Books that Build Bridges" - A recommended reading list by Keiko Honda, the translator of the new book 'The Broken Map Home: Escaping Korea, 1945 written by Konosuke Masuda. @caitlinpress.bsky.social
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"The Seaside Cafe Metropolis is a rich, funny, and quietly poignant chronicle of this most distinguished undistinguished establishment, where KGB agents listen from the basement to microphones installed at the tables."
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On Our Radar: Abortion Rights YA, Spies for Christmas, Field Notes, a Life in Comedy, Soviet-Era Intrigue, and More! · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
Every month, our editor enthuses about the books piling up on her mind and on her nightstand.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"The Seaside Cafe Metropolis is a rich, funny, and quietly poignant chronicle of this most distinguished undistinguished establishment, where KGB agents listen from the basement to microphones installed at the tables."
49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/12...
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To mark the season, and the end of the year (yes, really!), the booksellers of the Shelf Talkers panel have assembled a cornucopia of book recommendations. Check it out at: 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11...
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Shelf Talkers: Fall 2025 · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
I was going to start by saying something like “Do you feel the chill in the air?” and make an allusion about it feeling like autumn, but nature had ...
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December 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
To mark the season, and the end of the year (yes, really!), the booksellers of the Shelf Talkers panel have assembled a cornucopia of book recommendations. Check it out at: 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11...
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in which i offer recommendations for 49th Shelf: new/recent titles by Anna Swanson, Qurat Dar, Isabella Wang, Melanie Dennis Unrau, Gillian Sze, Jumoke Verissimo, Hajer Mirwali + Sadiqa de Meijer, / @49thshelf.bsky.social @talonbooks.bsky.social @gooselane.bsky.social ;
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A Wealth of Reading · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
A recommended reading list by the author of the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press).
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November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
in which i offer recommendations for 49th Shelf: new/recent titles by Anna Swanson, Qurat Dar, Isabella Wang, Melanie Dennis Unrau, Gillian Sze, Jumoke Verissimo, Hajer Mirwali + Sadiqa de Meijer, / @49thshelf.bsky.social @talonbooks.bsky.social @gooselane.bsky.social ;
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Jazzed to see Non-Prophet included in this recommended reading list by @robmclennan.bsky.social for @49thshelf.bsky.social!
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A Wealth of Reading · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
A recommended reading list by the author of the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press).
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November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Jazzed to see Non-Prophet included in this recommended reading list by @robmclennan.bsky.social for @49thshelf.bsky.social!
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THE WORLD SO WIDE by Zilla Jones is a 49th Shelf Top Fiction of 2025 pick!
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December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
THE WORLD SO WIDE by Zilla Jones is a 49th Shelf Top Fiction of 2025 pick!
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We've got new books on the creative life for you! ...with titles from @houseofanansi.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @dandq.bsky.social @dundurnpress.bsky.social @biblioasis.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/New-Releases... #CanLit
New Books on the Creative Life · New Releases · 49th Shelf
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November 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
We've got new books on the creative life for you! ...with titles from @houseofanansi.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @dandq.bsky.social @dundurnpress.bsky.social @biblioasis.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/New-Releases... #CanLit
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Today's blog post is about book lists; one for @49thshelf.bsky.social and one for Shepherd.com. It's an ode to CanLit and the joys of reading. watershednotes.ca/2025/11/19/t...
The Joy of Book Lists
This past week I received two opportunities that made my book lover’s heart sing: for 49th Shelf I was asked to put together a list of ten Canadian books (Can
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November 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Today's blog post is about book lists; one for @49thshelf.bsky.social and one for Shepherd.com. It's an ode to CanLit and the joys of reading. watershednotes.ca/2025/11/19/t...
What We Carry is our newest column tracing stories of migration, movement + ancestral memory from authors who write across intersections of identity, borders, cultures + generations. @ecwpress.bsky.social @playcanpress.bsky.social @btlbooks.com @arsenalpulp.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11...
What We Carry: Fall 2025 · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
What We Carry is a book list by managing editor, Justine Abigail Yu, tracing stories of migration, movement, and ancestral memory from authors who write ...
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November 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
What We Carry is our newest column tracing stories of migration, movement + ancestral memory from authors who write across intersections of identity, borders, cultures + generations. @ecwpress.bsky.social @playcanpress.bsky.social @btlbooks.com @arsenalpulp.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11...
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Second Story Press is featured in a Publisher Spotlight by 49th Shelf! 🌟 @49thshelf.bsky.social
Read the full interview with Second Story Press co-publishers Phuong Truong and Emma Rodgers here: 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11...
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Read the full interview with Second Story Press co-publishers Phuong Truong and Emma Rodgers here: 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11...
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Publisher Spotlight: Second Story Press · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
Welcome to our new Publisher Spotlight series, where we highlight Canadian independent presses doing standout work in the literary and academic world. ...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Second Story Press is featured in a Publisher Spotlight by 49th Shelf! 🌟 @49thshelf.bsky.social
Read the full interview with Second Story Press co-publishers Phuong Truong and Emma Rodgers here: 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11...
#Publisher #booksky #CanLit #Interview
Read the full interview with Second Story Press co-publishers Phuong Truong and Emma Rodgers here: 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11...
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CAN POSTERS KILL? ANTISEMITIC PROPAGANDA AND WORLD WAR II is featured in a piece by @49thshelf.bsky.social on teaching Remembrance Day: kids.49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11...
CAN POSTERS KILL? examines historical posters from WWII to explore the use of propaganda as a tool for spreading hate.
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CAN POSTERS KILL? examines historical posters from WWII to explore the use of propaganda as a tool for spreading hate.
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Remembrance Day in the Classroom · Blog Post · 49th Kids
How can books from Canadian creators help educators continue learning about remembrance in the classroom?
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November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
CAN POSTERS KILL? ANTISEMITIC PROPAGANDA AND WORLD WAR II is featured in a piece by @49thshelf.bsky.social on teaching Remembrance Day: kids.49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11...
CAN POSTERS KILL? examines historical posters from WWII to explore the use of propaganda as a tool for spreading hate.
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CAN POSTERS KILL? examines historical posters from WWII to explore the use of propaganda as a tool for spreading hate.
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Starry Starry Night by Shani Mootoo "is a masterpiece and one that will stay with me for a long, long time. Exquisite. Unforgettable,” writes Justine Abigail Yu of @49thshelf.bsky.social in What We Carry, a list tracing stories of migration, movement & ancestral memory. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11...
What We Carry: Fall 2025 · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
What We Carry is a book list by managing editor, Justine Abigail Yu, tracing stories of migration, movement, and ancestral memory from authors who write ...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Starry Starry Night by Shani Mootoo "is a masterpiece and one that will stay with me for a long, long time. Exquisite. Unforgettable,” writes Justine Abigail Yu of @49thshelf.bsky.social in What We Carry, a list tracing stories of migration, movement & ancestral memory. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11...
A new Australian study reveals strong links between hope and wellbeing. And unlike cognitive skills, hope remains malleable throughout life, which means that it's a muscle we are capable of growing at any stage. Here are some books to get you started! 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member... #CanLit
Flex Your Hope Muscle · Lists · 49th Shelf
A new longterm Australian study reveals strong links between hope and wellbeing. Even better? Unlike cognitive skills, hope remains malleable throughout ...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A new Australian study reveals strong links between hope and wellbeing. And unlike cognitive skills, hope remains malleable throughout life, which means that it's a muscle we are capable of growing at any stage. Here are some books to get you started! 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member... #CanLit
In a starred review, Booklist calls Delrée Dumont's pointillist illustrations in This Land Is a Lullaby "exquisite," and we agree....and apparently so do the Governor General's Literary Awards! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2024/09... #CanLit @orcabook.bsky.social
Illustrator Gallery: This Land Is a Lullaby · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
Gorgeous illustrated spreads from This Land Is a Lullaby.
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November 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
In a starred review, Booklist calls Delrée Dumont's pointillist illustrations in This Land Is a Lullaby "exquisite," and we agree....and apparently so do the Governor General's Literary Awards! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2024/09... #CanLit @orcabook.bsky.social
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"I don’t know all these poets...some of them I know well—some of them I’ve known well into the past century...don’t let that stop you from loving their work—I never do." Check out these reading recos from women & roosters author Fenn Stewart for @49thshelf.bsky.social. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/09...
Poetry: a Self-ish List of Threads and Connections · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
A recommended reading list by the author of women and roosters (Book Hug Press).
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November 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"I don’t know all these poets...some of them I know well—some of them I’ve known well into the past century...don’t let that stop you from loving their work—I never do." Check out these reading recos from women & roosters author Fenn Stewart for @49thshelf.bsky.social. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/09...
Sibling relationships are ripe for storytelling: you can grow up in the same place with another person and have completely different experiences. Check out this book list on sibling dynamics by Nadia Ragbar, author of The Pugilist and the Sailor @invisibooks.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/10...
Sibling Dynamics: Grief, Loss, and Love · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
A recommended reading list by the author of The Pugilist and the Sailor (Invisible Publishing).
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November 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Sibling relationships are ripe for storytelling: you can grow up in the same place with another person and have completely different experiences. Check out this book list on sibling dynamics by Nadia Ragbar, author of The Pugilist and the Sailor @invisibooks.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/10...
What's on our reading radar this month? Bittersweet Nostalgia, Time Travel, 1960s' Trinidad, Willow Witches, and More with titles from @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/10... #CanLit
On Our Radar: Bittersweet Nostalgia, Time Travel, 1960s' Trinidad, Willow Witches, and More! · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
Every month, our editor enthuses about the books piling up on her mind and on her nightstand.
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November 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
What's on our reading radar this month? Bittersweet Nostalgia, Time Travel, 1960s' Trinidad, Willow Witches, and More with titles from @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/10... #CanLit
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I had so much fun making this list of amazing short story writers and novelists for @49thshelf.bsky.social
It includes @zoewhittall.bsky.social @mbatiz.bsky.social Chava Rosenfarb Val Bah @sydhegele.bsky.social and more 💗💗📚 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/10...
It includes @zoewhittall.bsky.social @mbatiz.bsky.social Chava Rosenfarb Val Bah @sydhegele.bsky.social and more 💗💗📚 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/10...
Incredible Novels by Short Fiction Writers · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
A recommended reading list by the author of A Place for People Like Us (Guernica Editions).
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October 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I had so much fun making this list of amazing short story writers and novelists for @49thshelf.bsky.social
It includes @zoewhittall.bsky.social @mbatiz.bsky.social Chava Rosenfarb Val Bah @sydhegele.bsky.social and more 💗💗📚 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/10...
It includes @zoewhittall.bsky.social @mbatiz.bsky.social Chava Rosenfarb Val Bah @sydhegele.bsky.social and more 💗💗📚 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/10...
The Governor General’s Literary Awards celebrate literature and inspire people to read books by creators from Canada. Congratulations to all those recognized! 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member... #CanLit
Finalists: Governor General's Literary Awards 2025 · Lists · 49th Shelf
The Governor General’s Literary Awards (GGBooks) celebrate literature and inspire people to read books by creators from Canada. They provide finalists ...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The Governor General’s Literary Awards celebrate literature and inspire people to read books by creators from Canada. Congratulations to all those recognized! 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member... #CanLit