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Caitlin Press/Dagger Editions
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An independent Canadian publisher based in BC • Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry • Dagger Editions is our imprint for queer women-identifying writers.
"Part memoir-in-poems, part reckoning with the imprints of ancestry, art, and loss, this gracefully written collection carries the reader across decades of love, fracture, and return."
Read the full review here: theprairiesbookreview.com?p=42594
Compulsory Figures by John Barton
A quietly devastating, deeply elegant poetry collection. A celebrated Canadian poet and former editor, John Barton turns to the terrain of his own past to examine how memory, loss, and lineage shap…
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November 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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A haunting, luminous poetry collection
… part elegy, part reclamation, this is a profound meditation on how love, grief, and place shape a life.”
Thank you to the Prairies Book Review for this generous review of “All of Us Hidden”
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All of Us Hidden by Joanna Streetly
A haunting, luminous poetry collection. Award-winning poet and essayist Streetly charts a life changed by loss, memory, and the magnetic pull of the Pacific Northwest in her compelling latest book.…
theprairiesbookreview.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Beyond Blue was named a finalist in the anthology genre! Congratulations to all the contributors and editors @christinamyers.bsky.social and Oga Nwobosi! Get your copy on our website or anywhere books are sold! #canadianbookclubawards
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Thanks Ariel! 💜
Congratulations to the finalists of The Canadian Book Club Awards! I'm delighted to see so many familiar and new names, including some of our friends at The Self Publishing Agency, @houseofanansi.bsky.social, Page Two, and @caitlinpress.bsky.social, among many others!
November 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Barbara Black on winning the Victoria Book Prize last night! In Little Fortified Stories, award-winning writer Barbara Black conjures a microcosm of characters that defy convention. Get your copy on our website or anywhere books are sold!
#victoriabookprize2025
November 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Upcoming event in Powell River! Joline Martin will be reading from her book, War Resisters at the Powell River Library on December 7th from 2 to 4 pm. Books will be on sale by Pocket Books. #bookreading
November 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
"My favourite part is getting to have conversations with engaged workers who surprise me with insights, dignifying their own lives through their reflections."
Read more of this excerpt from Coming Home From the Candy Factory by Jane Byers at thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
In the Bowels of the Pulp Mill | The Tyee
Jane Byer’s job as an ergonomics consultant puts her in the hot seat. An excerpt from ‘Coming Home from the Candy Factory.’
thetyee.ca
November 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Congratulations to Christine Lowther and Al Rempel on their books making the Indigo Best Canadian Regional Books of 2025 for BC! Get your copies on our website or www.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/...
#indigobooks #bestcanadianregionalbooks #bcbooks
November 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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rather good article on me in new issue of Fifty-Five Plus magazine, although not sure how i should feel abt the whole thing, / @ualbertapress.bsky.social @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social ;
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November 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Congratulations Joline Martin on making the Read Local BC Bestseller List! War Resisters shares the untold stories of the Americans who refused to participate in the Vietnam War draft and found refuge in Canada! Get your copy at caitlinpress.com/Books/W/War-... or anywhere books are sold!
War Resisters
War Resisters offers a contemporary perspective on the struggles and triumphs of the American Vietnam War resisters who resettled in Canada on Vancouver Island. This important collection of stories sh...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Don't have time for marathon reading sessions? You can finish these unputdownable BC reads in just one sitting. Learn more in our new blog post: buff.ly/BdsKz5i

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5 Short BC Books You Can Devour in One Sitting
Don't have time for marathon reading sessions? You can finish these unputdownable BC reads in just one sitting.
www.readlocalbc.ca
October 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
To attend the virtual reading of Queer Country Crossroads for for South/West Ontario, please register at www.crowdcast.io/c/tobu6zxxy8m0 See you there! #virtualbookreading
October 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
To attend the virtual reading of Queer Country Crossroads for East Canada, please register at www.crowdcast.io/c/clmtl64exwot
October 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
We will have readings of poetry and short essays from Queer Country Crossroads from various contributors across Eastern Canada. Please register at www.crowdcast.io/c/4i0li87uay16 See you there! #virtualbookreeading
October 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This Autism Awareness and Acceptance Month in Canada, find this beautiful collective memoir on our website or your closest bookstore.
Dispatches from Ray's Planet draws on Ray and Claire's correspondence to tell the story of two siblings from two very different planets.
#autismawareness
October 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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8am ringette morning, Aoife as goalie; I’m working through new poetry titles by John Barton and Brandon Kilbourne, / @graywolfpress.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Join us for a virtual reading of Queer Country Crossroads with Mabe Kyle, Jude Bialik, Reanna Thiessen , Raegan Cote, Petra Eikelenboom, Jay Fuller Evans, Dennis Hawkins-Bogle, Holly Stone, Candie Tanaka, and Jaik Josephson. Visit www.crowdcast.io/c/o31d01v88q1z to sign up!
October 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Today's #ALUwomenaskingwomen chat is b/t Keiko Honda and Kayla Williams who talk about how stories connect us across generations.

Read their Q&A and more about their books THE BROKEN MAP HOME (@caitlinpress.bsky.social) & AURORA'S JOURNEY (@kegedoncepress.bsky.social): alllitup.ca/women-asking...
October 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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In their collaborative memoir BLOOM: LETTERS: LETTERS ON GIRLHOOD (@caitlinpress.bsky.social), authors @nicolebreit.bsky.social & Claire Sicherman share conversations about growing up, self-discovery, & the power of connection.

Hit play on today's coming-of-age #mixtape: alllitup.ca/mixtape-bloom/
October 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Successful events for Queer Country Crossroads so far including readings from Mabe Kyle and other contributors. Our next event is tomorrow at the People's Co-op on Commercial Drive. See you there! #bookreadings
October 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Myers, a former journalist and author of a few books, writes about "Laundry Day" in a Beyond Blue chapter in which she repeats the phrase, "Stand up, find the clothes, go down the stairs, start a load." Read more at www.surreynowleader.com/local-entert...
Stories of postpartum 'heartbreak, healing, hope' in Surrey writer's new book
Christina Myers co-created, co-edited 'Beyond Blue' with longtime friend Oga Nwobosi
www.surreynowleader.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Hey y’all, tomorrow night Thursday, October 2nd at 7pm, the wonderful Mabe Kyle and friends are launching the anthology, Queer Country Crossroads by @caitlinpress.bsky.social at @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social on Commercial Drive! Support your indie bookstores in whatever ways you can 🏳️‍⚧️❤️🏳️‍🌈
October 2, 2025 at 3:48 AM
So excited that @joannastreetly.bsky.social's latest poetry collection, All of Us Hidden, is featured in CBC's dall preview: www.cbc.ca/books/34-wor...
34 works of Canadian poetry coming out in fall 2025 | CBC Books
Here are the Canadian poetry collections we are excited about this fall!
www.cbc.ca
October 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM