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Canongate @canongate.co.uk · Nov 18
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The passing of this bill is incredible news for all fans of Raising Hare, and the result of a huge amount of sustained campaigning.

Congratulations to all involved - but particularly the brilliant and tireless @chloedalton.bsky.social! #RaisingHare
December 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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'My year end reading statistics' (originally for @theguardian.com books).
p.s There's still time to pick up new book Physics for Cats at good bookshops and online www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
Title: My year-end reading statistics. Five diagrams detailing the reading habits of a rather lazy reader.
December 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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We are thrilled to announce that bestselling author Matt Haig (@matthaig.bsky.social) will be setting off on The Midnight Tour in May next year to celebrate the publication of his new novel, The Midnight Train.
Tickets are on sale now: buythebook.online/the-midnight...
December 12, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Canongate CEO Jamie Byng has shared that the publisher will not be exhibiting at London Book Fair in 2026, in part due to wanting to approach the event in “a different way” 👇 #BookSky
Canongate not exhibiting at London Book Fair 2026
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December 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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It’s time to announce the Nation of Strangers UK book tour! In February, I’ll hit the road to rebuild our lost homes with you all. It will be a togetherness against these unhoming times. For more information about the book and tickets
👉 buythebook.online/nation-of-st... @canongate.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Congratulations to @damianbarr.bsky.social! THE TWO ROBERTS has been shortlisted for the @stanfordstravel.bsky.social prize for Fiction with a Sense of Place

‘Crackles with creative rebellion’ Douglas Stuart
‘A vivid and moving portrait of two fine artists’ The Times
The Two Roberts by Damian Barr cover floating against a picture of a globe, with 'Fiction with a Sense of Place Award' reading along the bottom.
December 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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A reminder: books are very easy to wrap (and you can, controversially, sneak a wee taste as you wrap and nobody will know - unlike taking a bit of their cheese).
bertsbooks.bsky.social Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 16d
What a brilliant book about two artists I knew nothing about. These two men felt so real to me and I’m so pleased that Damian Barr brought them to life again and told their story.

Day 9 of Bertvent done!
The Two Roberts
December 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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ecetemelkuran.bsky.social
‘Together by political thinker and poet Ece Temelkuran creates an original vocabulary for a “politics of emotion.” Thank you for this wonderful review @brokentusk1.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk @scribnerbooks.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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bertsbooks.bsky.social
What a brilliant book about two artists I knew nothing about. These two men felt so real to me and I’m so pleased that Damian Barr brought them to life again and told their story.

Day 9 of Bertvent done!
The Two Roberts
December 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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danzep.bsky.social
A piece about @railway200.bsky.social, Vintage Trains and my grandfather’s service on the TPO night mails ran with the Observer yesterday

observer.co.uk/style/travel...
Steam dreams: catch a vintage train through Cumbria | The Observer
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November 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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🎉 🎉 🎉 UK & EUROPE COVER REVEAL 🎉 🎉 🎉

The Edge of Space-Time is coming to European readers via UK publisher @canongate.co.uk on 7 May 2026! With a slightly different subtitle 😂

Preorders now open! Please support your local indie. It helps authors so much!

buythebook.online/edge-of-spac... #BookSky
The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry and the Cosmic Dream Boogie cover on a neon rainbow background. This cover is black background with a central image that is half Black and white circular pattern and half neon rainbow circle. Beneath the cover it says UK: 7 May 2026.
December 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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We are delighted to share the UK cover for the new book from award-winning author Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, coming in May next year. @chanda.blacksky.app

Pre-order yours now! buythebook.online/edge-of-spac...
A hardback packshot of the Edge of Space Time: Particles, Poetry and the Cosmic Dream Boogie by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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The Recommender: writer and poet Derek Owusu – whose new book Borderline Fiction has just been published by @canongate.co.uk – on his recent cultural tips, from Lana Del Rey to David Szalay

www.thenerve.news/p/the-recomm...
The recommender: writer and poet Derek Owusu wearing a bowler hat
November 29, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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This Black Friday like all Black Fridays I'm staying in and reading a book do what you like buy a Canongate Book or don't I'm not engaging in it
November 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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There's a lot of good things worth bidding for here, in the #creativesforsudan auction, please take a look and help fundraising for people escaping genocide in El-Fasher. @yassmin.bsky.social, via @sdnsolidarity.bsky.social

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The Bid 4 Sudan logo
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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✨ Emerging animators! ✨
AGA & @canongate.co.uk are commissioning 4 short animations for early 2026. Fee £500. Apply by 6 Dec 2025: CV, brief approach + 2–3 samples to sorcha@thealasdairgrayarchive.org. Results by 15 Dec.
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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We’re delighted to share the cover for THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN, a time travelling love story from @matthaig.bsky.social, multi-million copy bestselling author of The Midnight Library!
The cover for The Midnight Train, the new novel from international bestseller Matt Haig, arriving 21 May 2026
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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What if we ride out tonight?
What if we ride out and never once look back?

Kevin Barry‘s savagely funny, achingly beautiful Western THE HEART IN WINTER has won the Historical Writer's Association Gold Crown Award! Congratulations Kevin!

uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
A paperback copy of The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry, floating against a grey background
November 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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📚 Looking for a good read?
@drjuliashaw.bsky.social (@uclpals.bsky.social) shares more about one of her favourite books on this BBC Sounds podcast.
A Good Read - Julia Shaw and Hayaatun Sillem - BBC Sounds
Psychologist Julia Shaw and engineer Hayaatun Sillem discuss favourite books with Harriett
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Congratulations @canongate.co.uk for winning Debut Non-fiction Book of the Year last night with Foreign Fruit by Katie Goh. #saltirebookawards
November 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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damianbarr.bsky.social
Some lovely news. Somewhere Bobby and Robert are celebrating!

Congratulations to everyone shortlisted and thank you to the judges and Nero and to @canongate.co.uk and my agent Clare Conville and to every bookseller, librarian and reader for giving my story space.
November 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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FOREIGN FRUIT is a beautiful memoir from Katie Goh which uses the journey and cultivation of a single fruit – the orange – to reckon with her identity and unpack themes of globalisation, colonialism and migration

We’re delighted to see it chosen as the Saltire Awards Non-Fiction Debut of the Year!
A hardback copy of Foreign Fruit by Katie Goh next to a riso-print of the cover, floating against a grey background
November 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Delighted to share the news that Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social's THE TWO ROBERTS has been shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards in the fiction category, congratulations Damian!

uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Two Roberts by Damian Barr, a hardback book standing against a grey background, with a roundel displaying 'shortlisted for the 2025 Nero Book Awards'
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Happy PUBLICATION DAY to these four incredible books!

WORDS ARE MY MATTER – Ursula K Le Guin
WILD DARK SHORE – Charlotte McConaghy
BORDERLINE FICTION – Derek Owusu
THE NORTH SEA – Alistair Moffat

All available now at your favourite local bookshop (and online:) uk.bookshop.org/lists/out-to...
A stack of books published today floating against a grey background
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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RAISING HARE, Chloe Dalton's magical true story of caring for an injured hare has won the @booksaremybag.bsky.social Readers Award for Non-Fiction!

Congratulations @chloedalton.bsky.social, and thank you to the readers and booksellers who've connected with Hare.
#ReadersAwards #ChooseBookshops
A paperback copy of Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton sitting against a grey background
November 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM