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Book*hug Press is a radically optimistic Canadian-owned publisher working at the forefront of contemporary book culture.🍁
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Sibylle Grimbert’s novel THE LAST OF ITS KIND (@bookhugpress.bsky.social) explores bonds between humans & animals when a zoologist’s journey to 1800s Iceland finds him responsible for a creature facing extinction.

Read an excerpt from the novel, translated by Aleshia Jensen, here:
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February 6, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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D. Nandi Odhiambo’s AMAPIANO EYES is “as hybrid a creation as the South African musical genre that gives it its name, fusing a philosophical frame with a high-octane Bonnie and Clyde story.”

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Amapiano Eyes by D. Nandi Odhiambo
Official Selection for the Winter 2026 Edition of CIBA's The Booksellers' List Pre-Order Literary Fiction / Noir Publication Date: March 24, 2026 5.25 x 8 inches 210 pages Trade Paperback ISBN…
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February 7, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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Book*hug is thrilled to be returning to the annual OLA Super Conference this week, happening from January 29-30, 2026! Can’t wait to see all our friends in the OBPO Pavilion! Stop by our booth to learn about our latest titles! Plus don't miss these Book*hug author signings!
January 28, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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❤️‍🔥COMING SOON! ❤️‍🔥 The Tinder Sonnets by Jennifer LoveGrove (Book*hug Press, April 7, 2026)

Poems exploring female sexual desire, contemporary dating, misogyny, & middle-age that reflects & embodies our social media-saturated times.

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January 25, 2026 at 2:10 AM
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Sun. February 1.
6:30pm ET.

TYPE BOOKS JUNCTION
2887 Dundas St. W.
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Readings from Sadiqa de Maijer, Ben Ladouceur & Robert Hough, hosted by Damian Tarnopolsky.

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At TYPE: Ben Ladouceur, Sadiqa de Meijer, Robert Hough (Livestreaming)
Damian Tarnopolsky guest hosts: Ben Ladouceur, Sadiqa de Meijer, Robert Hough. Register for live-stream or pay at the door.
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January 25, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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@thegrindto.bsky.social lists The Fall-Down Effect by @lizjohnston.bsky.social as one of their most anticipated books for spring 2026, calling it "a beautiful exploration of family, climate change and loss."

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Eight New Novels We Can’t Wait to Read in 2026
2026 is shaping up to be an incredible year for Canadian literary fiction. Here are some of our most anticipated books in the months ahead.
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January 23, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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"Bebenek’s choice of structure for the book makes for an honest and open portrayal of how we grow and evolve through grief" @manahil.bsky.social reviews No One Knows Us There by Jessica Bebenek for @arcpoetry.bsky.social.
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Growing Through Grief: Jessica Bebenek’s No One Knows Us There
Split in two parts, Jessica Bebenek’s debut poetry collection, No One Knows Us There, reflects on the grief of end-of-life care over the course of a decade.
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January 23, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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Thank you to @merliterary.bsky.social for including The Fall-Down Effect by @lizjohnston.bsky.social & The Tinder Sonnets by @jenniferlovegrove.bsky.social on the MER Bookself list for January 2026.
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MER Bookshelf - January 2026 - MER - Mom Egg Review
MER Bookshelf – January 2026 Curated by Melissa Joplin Higley   Forthcoming books with flair! Susan L. Leary, More Flowers, Trio House Press, February 2026, poetry With lyrical acuity, philosophical i...
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January 22, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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I Used to Be a Pisces, the first poetry collection from award-wining, bestselling author Camilla Gibb, is included in the 2026 Spring Preview for Poetry from @quillandquire.bsky.social. This profound new work examines our relationships to the earth and one another.
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January 22, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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Miranda Schreiber has been longlisted for the 2025 @usrofc.bsky.social, US & Canada, for her debut novel, Iris and the Dead. Congrats to Miranda, & the other finalists and their publishers! Iris and the Dead is available from our online shop or your indie bookseller.
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January 21, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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The Fall-Down Effect by @lizjohnston.bsky.social is included in the 2026 Spring Fiction Preview from @quillandquire.bsky.social.
quillandquire.bsky.social Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 26d
Over the course of three instalments, Q&Q presents the titles we’re most excited about this spring. This week’s instalment features novels.
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January 21, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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“The eyes of the future are looking back to us.” In No One Knows Us There, Jessica Bebenek reflects on the relationship between poems and death using language that transforms the sense of loss into a tender memory for the future-self. Read Manahil Bandukwala’s full review here: buff.ly/ziuh6DO
January 13, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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"The important thing is to tell the truth—and often 'what happened' is only the beginning of that."
@helloiamben.bsky.social, author of I Remember Lights, chats with Jasper Fleming for @eventmags.bsky.social tinyurl.com/4hxftct7
“We Will Encounter New Things, But We Will Be Able to Understand Them”: An Interview With Ben Ladouceur - EVENT
Ben Ladouceur is an author living on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe Nation (Ottawa). His first book, Otter, was selected as a best book of 2015 by the National Post, nominated for ...
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January 21, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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2026 is shaping to be a big year for Canadian fiction, with new books from Angélique Lalonde, Ashraf Zaghal, Yann Martel and @lizjohnston.bsky.social.

Phillip Dwight Morgan and @rdassaly.bsky.social share eight novels they can't wait to read.
Eight New Novels We Can’t Wait to Read in 2026
2026 is shaping up to be an incredible year for Canadian literary fiction. Here are some of our most anticipated books in the months ahead.
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January 21, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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Announcing our Winter/2026 Season Reveal! Start making room on your bookshelves for these ten titles coming your way soon!

All titles are now available for pre-order from our online shop or your local indie bookseller.
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January 21, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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The Most Anticipated Spring 2026 Fiction Preview is here from @49thshelf.bsky.social and we're thrilled to see three of our forthcoming novels on in the list, including titles from Michael Eddy, @lizjohnston.bsky.social & @dnandi.bsky.social.
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Most Anticipated: Our Spring 2026 Fiction Preview · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
Fiction to fall for in the first half of 2026.
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January 21, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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2025 Longlist for the US/Canada Republic of Consciousness Small Press Prize @usrofc.bsky.social #booksky 💙📚 #books #smallpresses #literature
Image of the 10 books longlisted for the The Republic of Consciousness Prize, United States and Canada, which just announced its fourth annual longlist of 10 titles from independent presses, celebrating the commitment of small presses to exceptional works of literary merit. The 10 longlisted titles for 2025 are: Dreaming of Dead People, by Rosalind Belben (And Other Stories) Little Lazarus, by Michael Bible (CLASH Books) The Remembered Soldier, by Anjet Daanje, translated by David McKay (New Vessel Press) On Earth As It Is Beneath, by Ana Paula Maia, translated by Padma Viswanathan (Charco Press) Little World, by Josephine Rowe (Transit Books) Iris and the Dead, by Miranda Schreiber (Book*hug Press) Small Scale Sinners, by Mahreen Sohail (A Public Space Books) The Endless Week, by Laura Vazquez, translated by Alex Niemi (Dorothy, a publishing project) Hothouse Bloom, by Austyn Wohlers (Hub City Press) Unfinished Acts of Wild Creation, by Sarah Yahm (Dzanc Books) The Prize will distribute a total of $35,000 USD to 2025 finalists as follows: each press with a longlisted book will receive $2,000; the five shortlisted books will be rewarded an additional $3,000 each, split equally between publisher and author, or publisher, author, and translator where applicable.
January 20, 2026 at 11:38 PM
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"For me, writing is not only a matter of expressing my thoughts through words, but an inherently embodied process." Jessica Bebenek, author of No One Knows Us There, chats with interviewer Hanna Chernoff for @the-wood-lot.bsky.social. the-wood-lot.ca/2026/01/15/n...
No One Knows Us There: An Interview with Jessica Bebenek
Interviewer Hannah Chernoff talks with Canadian poet Jessica Bebenek about her poetry collection No One Knows Us There. Hannah Chernoff: No One Knows Us There is a poetry collection about living i…
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January 15, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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Interviewer Hannah Chernoff talks with Canadian poet Jessica and Bebenek about her poetry collection No One Knows Us There, out with Book*hug Press! Thank you to both Hannah and Jessica for allowing The Woodlot to host your discussion.

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No One Knows Us There: An Interview with Jessica Bebenek
Interviewer Hannah Chernoff talks with Canadian poet Jessica Bebenek about her poetry collection No One Knows Us There. Hannah Chernoff: No One Knows Us There is a poetry collection about living i…
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January 15, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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@quillandquire.bsky.social lists The Fall-Down Effect by @lizjohnston.bsky.social in their spring fiction preview.
Exploring protest, climate change & fractured family relationships, this debut asks what we really owe people in our lives when we're fighting for a greater cause. tinyurl.com/3fdcreu5
January 15, 2026 at 10:34 PM
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Jasper Fleming interviews Ben Ladouceur about his @bookhugpress.bsky.social novel, "I Remember Lights," for @eventmags.bsky.social:
“We Will Encounter New Things, But We Will Be Able to Understand Them”: An Interview With Ben Ladouceur - EVENT
Ben Ladouceur is an author living on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe Nation (Ottawa). His first book, Otter, was selected as a best book of 2015 by the National Post, nominated for ...
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January 12, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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Feast your beautiful peepers on these three excellent novels on Quill & Quire’s Spring Preview!

To check out the whole spring preview, head to QuillandQuire.com.

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January 15, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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Hannah Chernoff interviews Jessica Bebenek about her @bookhugpress.bsky.social poetry collection, "No One Knows Us There," for @the-wood-lot.bsky.social:
No One Knows Us There: An Interview with Jessica Bebenek
Interviewer Hannah Chernoff talks with Canadian poet Jessica Bebenek about her poetry collection No One Knows Us There. Hannah Chernoff: No One Knows Us There is a poetry collection about living i…
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January 15, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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One big throughline in our 2026 reading goals: slowing it down and spending more time with the books we pick up.

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January 7, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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On Sugaring Off and the sweet alchemy of translation: The Chat on @49thshelf.bsky.social with Fanny Britt, Susan Ouriou, & Hazel Millar.
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The sweet alchemy of translation: The Chat with Fanny Britt, Susan Ouriou & Hazel Millar · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
We start 2026 off with a bang, digging deep into the power of translation with a trio of guests responsible for the publication of Fanny Britt’s Giller-longlisted ...
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January 8, 2026 at 9:29 PM