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New on The Bibliophile: We're featuring a peek at the introductions to this year's Best Canadian anthologies, as each editor explores how they selected their chosen essays, poems, and stories. Find them on bookstore shelves next Tuesday, Nov 18!
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New on The Bibliophile: We're featuring a peek at the introductions to this year's Best Canadian anthologies, as each editor explores how they selected their chosen essays, poems, and stories. Find them on bookstore shelves next Tuesday, Nov 18!
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November 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
New on The Bibliophile: We're featuring a peek at the introductions to this year's Best Canadian anthologies, as each editor explores how they selected their chosen essays, poems, and stories. Find them on bookstore shelves next Tuesday, Nov 18!
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"This morning the windows feathered with frost as if the world had left fingerprints detailing its dreams of flight"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Morning Pages by Randy Lundy (@prairiefiremag.bsky.social) collected in Best Canadian Poetry (2021 @biblioasis.bsky.social) www.biblioasis.com/shop/new-rel...
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Morning Pages by Randy Lundy (@prairiefiremag.bsky.social) collected in Best Canadian Poetry (2021 @biblioasis.bsky.social) www.biblioasis.com/shop/new-rel...
November 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"This morning the windows feathered with frost as if the world had left fingerprints detailing its dreams of flight"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Morning Pages by Randy Lundy (@prairiefiremag.bsky.social) collected in Best Canadian Poetry (2021 @biblioasis.bsky.social) www.biblioasis.com/shop/new-rel...
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Morning Pages by Randy Lundy (@prairiefiremag.bsky.social) collected in Best Canadian Poetry (2021 @biblioasis.bsky.social) www.biblioasis.com/shop/new-rel...
"Smith often accurately and anthropologically puts his finger directly on the throbbing purple bruise of modern discontent, disaffection and alienation."—Jill Wilson on Russell Smith's new novel SELF CARE in the Winnipeg Free Press:
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Smith’s quasi-satirical gen Z characters navigate pitfalls of work, sex and alienation
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November 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"Smith often accurately and anthropologically puts his finger directly on the throbbing purple bruise of modern discontent, disaffection and alienation."—Jill Wilson on Russell Smith's new novel SELF CARE in the Winnipeg Free Press:
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From Graeme Macrae Burnet, the Booker-shortlisted author of HIS BLOODY PROJECT, comes the dark, psychological thriller, BENBECULA, leavened by moments of black humour and absurdity.
Available in the US in paperback from @biblioasis.bsky.social! 📚
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Available in the US in paperback from @biblioasis.bsky.social! 📚
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November 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
From Graeme Macrae Burnet, the Booker-shortlisted author of HIS BLOODY PROJECT, comes the dark, psychological thriller, BENBECULA, leavened by moments of black humour and absurdity.
Available in the US in paperback from @biblioasis.bsky.social! 📚
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Available in the US in paperback from @biblioasis.bsky.social! 📚
www.biblioasis.com/shop/fiction...
Happy pub day to Graeme Macrae Burnet's BENBECULA—Drawing on a host of archival material, Burnet returns to the historic Scotland of HIS BLOODY PROJECT to construct a beguilingly layered narrative about madness, murder, and the uncertain nature of the self.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Happy pub day to Graeme Macrae Burnet's BENBECULA—Drawing on a host of archival material, Burnet returns to the historic Scotland of HIS BLOODY PROJECT to construct a beguilingly layered narrative about madness, murder, and the uncertain nature of the self.
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I was in Toronto last week for the first in a series of launch events for DUST. If there’s one near you (Hamilton, Chatham, Windsor), definitely go!
Ray is a dear friend, and a stellar writer. Tell him I sent you.
Ray is a dear friend, and a stellar writer. Tell him I sent you.
Happy pub day to Ray Robertson's DUST: MORE LIVES OF THE POETS (WITH GUITARS)!
In DUST, Ray Robertson digs deep, offering up an eclectic gathering of a dozen biographical and critical portraits of some of the twentieth century’s most innovative, influential, and fascinating musicians.
In DUST, Ray Robertson digs deep, offering up an eclectic gathering of a dozen biographical and critical portraits of some of the twentieth century’s most innovative, influential, and fascinating musicians.
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I was in Toronto last week for the first in a series of launch events for DUST. If there’s one near you (Hamilton, Chatham, Windsor), definitely go!
Ray is a dear friend, and a stellar writer. Tell him I sent you.
Ray is a dear friend, and a stellar writer. Tell him I sent you.
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“Somewhere within the murky snowfall and frost, evening is falling, and the April darkness squeezes between snowflakes that pile up on the man and the two horses.” Read from Jón Kalman Stefánsson’s novel The Sorrow of Angels, translated by Philip Roughton.
The Sorrow of Angels
Somewhere within the murky snowfall and frost, evening is falling, and the April darkness squeezes between snowflakes that pile up on the man and the two horses. Everything is white with snow and i…
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November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
“Somewhere within the murky snowfall and frost, evening is falling, and the April darkness squeezes between snowflakes that pile up on the man and the two horses.” Read from Jón Kalman Stefánsson’s novel The Sorrow of Angels, translated by Philip Roughton.
Happy pub day to Ray Robertson's DUST: MORE LIVES OF THE POETS (WITH GUITARS)!
In DUST, Ray Robertson digs deep, offering up an eclectic gathering of a dozen biographical and critical portraits of some of the twentieth century’s most innovative, influential, and fascinating musicians.
In DUST, Ray Robertson digs deep, offering up an eclectic gathering of a dozen biographical and critical portraits of some of the twentieth century’s most innovative, influential, and fascinating musicians.
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Happy pub day to Ray Robertson's DUST: MORE LIVES OF THE POETS (WITH GUITARS)!
In DUST, Ray Robertson digs deep, offering up an eclectic gathering of a dozen biographical and critical portraits of some of the twentieth century’s most innovative, influential, and fascinating musicians.
In DUST, Ray Robertson digs deep, offering up an eclectic gathering of a dozen biographical and critical portraits of some of the twentieth century’s most innovative, influential, and fascinating musicians.
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ICYMI I wrote about the first book of the Trilogy About the Boy, now available in North America from @biblioasis.bsky.social The second book The Sorrow of Angels is out now!
“How many years fit into one day?” Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson roughghosts.com/2025/11/08/h...
“How many years fit into one day?” Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson roughghosts.com/2025/11/08/h...
“How many years fit into one day?” Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson
The sea on one side, steep and lofty mountains on the other; that’s our whole story in fact. The authorities, merchants, might rule our destitute days, but the mountains and the sea rule life, they…
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November 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
ICYMI I wrote about the first book of the Trilogy About the Boy, now available in North America from @biblioasis.bsky.social The second book The Sorrow of Angels is out now!
“How many years fit into one day?” Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson roughghosts.com/2025/11/08/h...
“How many years fit into one day?” Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson roughghosts.com/2025/11/08/h...
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Read an excerpted story from BIG OF YOU (@biblioasis.bsky.social), the fantastic new short fiction collection from Elise Levine!
#AmReading #ShortStory #CanLit #Fiction
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#AmReading #ShortStory #CanLit #Fiction
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Read an Excerpt from the New Short Story Collection by Celebrated Author Elise Levine
The latest collection of short fiction by Elise Levine is a masterclass from an author that has few equals in the form. Across nine unforgettable stories ...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Read an excerpted story from BIG OF YOU (@biblioasis.bsky.social), the fantastic new short fiction collection from Elise Levine!
#AmReading #ShortStory #CanLit #Fiction
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#AmReading #ShortStory #CanLit #Fiction
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In “Benbecula,” Graeme Macrae Burnet sets a challenge for himself by giving away the events of the entire story in the first chapter — really the first page.
Biblioracle: For the right reader, ‘Benbecula’ will be a powerful experience
The novel, based on true events, is set in the mid-19th century on a small Scottish island where most residents live a kind of subsidence existence.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
In “Benbecula,” Graeme Macrae Burnet sets a challenge for himself by giving away the events of the entire story in the first chapter — really the first page.
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“How many years fit into one day?” Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson, tr. by Philip Roughton @biblioasis.bsky.social
roughghosts.com/2025/11/08/h...
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“How many years fit into one day?” Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson
The sea on one side, steep and lofty mountains on the other; that’s our whole story in fact. The authorities, merchants, might rule our destitute days, but the mountains and the sea rule life, they…
roughghosts.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:19 AM
“How many years fit into one day?” Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson, tr. by Philip Roughton @biblioasis.bsky.social
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New on The Bibliophile: We're back! This week we're sharing an interview with Graeme Macrae Burnet on his new novel BENBECULA, which publishes in North America next Tuesday.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
New on The Bibliophile: We're back! This week we're sharing an interview with Graeme Macrae Burnet on his new novel BENBECULA, which publishes in North America next Tuesday.
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Join us in Toronto on Nov. 17th for the launch of VOICES OF RESISTANCE and Baraka Books' RAZING PALESTINE, two essential books about Palestine and the war in Gaza. This is a free event. More info here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/launch-raz...
November 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Join us in Toronto on Nov. 17th for the launch of VOICES OF RESISTANCE and Baraka Books' RAZING PALESTINE, two essential books about Palestine and the war in Gaza. This is a free event. More info here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/launch-raz...
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"Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers"
This evening I attended a Q&A by Marcello Di Cintio, hosted by Biblioasis Bookshop. His book "Precarious" discusses the horrific exploitation of migrant workers in Canada.
Info on Mr. Di Cintio's book can be found here:
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This evening I attended a Q&A by Marcello Di Cintio, hosted by Biblioasis Bookshop. His book "Precarious" discusses the horrific exploitation of migrant workers in Canada.
Info on Mr. Di Cintio's book can be found here:
www.biblioasis.com/shop/new-rel...
November 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
"Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers"
This evening I attended a Q&A by Marcello Di Cintio, hosted by Biblioasis Bookshop. His book "Precarious" discusses the horrific exploitation of migrant workers in Canada.
Info on Mr. Di Cintio's book can be found here:
www.biblioasis.com/shop/new-rel...
This evening I attended a Q&A by Marcello Di Cintio, hosted by Biblioasis Bookshop. His book "Precarious" discusses the horrific exploitation of migrant workers in Canada.
Info on Mr. Di Cintio's book can be found here:
www.biblioasis.com/shop/new-rel...
Happy pub day to our 2025 Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories: LADY FERRY by Sarah Orne Jewett, LUCKY'S GROVE by H. Russell Wakefield, and THE MISTRESS IN BLACK by Rosemary Timperley! A haunted school, demonic Christmas tree, and eerie houseguest—all three stories will send chills up the spine.
November 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Happy pub day to our 2025 Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories: LADY FERRY by Sarah Orne Jewett, LUCKY'S GROVE by H. Russell Wakefield, and THE MISTRESS IN BLACK by Rosemary Timperley! A haunted school, demonic Christmas tree, and eerie houseguest—all three stories will send chills up the spine.
Happy pub day to The Sorrow of Angels by Jón Kalman Stefánsson, translated by Philip Roughton! Book #2 in his Trilogy About the Boy, an epic saga and a timeless story that portrays the human struggle for hope within the ferocious majesty of Iceland.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Happy pub day to The Sorrow of Angels by Jón Kalman Stefánsson, translated by Philip Roughton! Book #2 in his Trilogy About the Boy, an epic saga and a timeless story that portrays the human struggle for hope within the ferocious majesty of Iceland.
www.biblioasis.com/shop/fiction...
www.biblioasis.com/shop/fiction...
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newly posted: Kim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social : UNMET, by stephanie roberts / @biblioasis.bsky.social ;
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Kim Fahner : UNMET, by stephanie roberts
UNMET , stephanie roberts Biblioasis, 2025 UNMET , the second collection of poetry by stephanie roberts, asks readers to conside...
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November 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
newly posted: Kim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social : UNMET, by stephanie roberts / @biblioasis.bsky.social ;
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Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories were included on The Longest Chapter's new releases list, with some extra love for the eerie Lady Ferry by Sarah Orne Jewett!
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October 31, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories were included on The Longest Chapter's new releases list, with some extra love for the eerie Lady Ferry by Sarah Orne Jewett!
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‘The official literature is self-censored, our favorite authors wound us by not uttering a word or signing a letter of protest, while the warmongering pundits speak and type under a spell of utter hysteria.But this banality is briefly erased by four women’ prismreports.org/2025/10/28/v...
Palestinian women write to us from the end of the Earth
The devastating anthology, “Voices of Resistance,” reminds us that despite our overwhelming grief, we won’t be alone forever
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October 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
‘The official literature is self-censored, our favorite authors wound us by not uttering a word or signing a letter of protest, while the warmongering pundits speak and type under a spell of utter hysteria.But this banality is briefly erased by four women’ prismreports.org/2025/10/28/v...
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October 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Marcello Di Cintio will be in Toronto next Wednesday, November 5, to launch PRECARIOUS: THE LIVES OF MIGRANT WORKERS. We hope you can make it!
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October 31, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Marcello Di Cintio will be in Toronto next Wednesday, November 5, to launch PRECARIOUS: THE LIVES OF MIGRANT WORKERS. We hope you can make it!
www.eventbrite.ca/e/precarious...
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Elaine Feeney's LET ME GO MAD IN MY OWN WAY included in the Christian Science Monitor's top 10 best books of October!
Fall is for falling in love with books. Here are October’s 10 best.
Fall is for falling in love with books. Here are October’s 10 best.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Elaine Feeney's LET ME GO MAD IN MY OWN WAY included in the Christian Science Monitor's top 10 best books of October!
If you're looking for some literary treats this Halloween, check out the Hamilton Review of Books' Grimoire book round-up, which includes our three 2025 Christmas Ghost Stories! 👻
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#spookyseason #halloween #ghoststories
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#spookyseason #halloween #ghoststories
October 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
If you're looking for some literary treats this Halloween, check out the Hamilton Review of Books' Grimoire book round-up, which includes our three 2025 Christmas Ghost Stories! 👻
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#spookyseason #halloween #ghoststories
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#spookyseason #halloween #ghoststories
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1/27... Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Best Canadian Stories 2026 (selected by Zsuzsi Gartner) and Poetry (Mary Dalton), both @biblioasis.bsky.social - and a thread of writing online by some of the folks in these anthologies (although mostly not the pieces in the anthologies). #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky
October 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
1/27... Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Best Canadian Stories 2026 (selected by Zsuzsi Gartner) and Poetry (Mary Dalton), both @biblioasis.bsky.social - and a thread of writing online by some of the folks in these anthologies (although mostly not the pieces in the anthologies). #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky