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Coach House Books is an independent Canadian publisher of poetry, fiction, drama & nonfiction. Good on paper since 1965. https://linktr.ee/chbooks
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Coach House Books @coachhousebooks.bsky.social · Jul 9
Announcing our Fall 2025 slate! This season, our titles include nonfiction dissecting the complicated relationship between money and the arts, a class-conscious Toronto novel which takes place across a single day, poetry subjected to a polygraph machine, and more: chbooks.com/Books/FORTHC...
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What I Know About You, by Éric Chacour and translated from the French by Pablo Strauss, has been nominated for the 2026 Dublin Literary Award!

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What I Know About You was nominated both by the Toronto Public Library and Bibliothèque de Québec!
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November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Congratulations to What I Know About You, by Éric Chacour and translated by Pablo Strauss, for its nomination!

Learn more about What I Know About You: chbooks.com/Books/W/What...
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It’s here! The 2026 Dublin Literary Award Nominated Titles are out! ✨📚

69 novels nominated by 80 libraries from 36 countries, including 5 Irish authors & 30 translated works in 17 languages.

Explore the full list here: dublinliteraryaward.ie/features/new...

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November 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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"I'm afraid the award has really been completely overshadowed. The eviction of the encampment was such a trauma." - Maggie Helwig on winning the City of Toronto Book Award less than 24 hours before the city cleared the encampment she writes about in the book.
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Podcast Episode · What Happened Next: a podcast about newish books · 11/17/2025 · 26m
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November 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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At long last, the Coach House Books’ 60th Anniversary Party podcast is available to listen to!

Listen to words from Alana Wilcox, Stan Bevington, and a great number of guest speakers connected to the press here: tr.ee/VLGO1G8lz7

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Alana Wilcox on stage at Lula Lounge alongside Stan Bevington. A photo of people mingling at Lula Lounge. André Alexis on stage at Lula Lounge.
November 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Nathan Whitlock speaks to Maggie Helwig about winning the Toronto Book Award, the clearing of the encampment at her church, and her long, ongoing writing career, which includes a new book out from us next spring!

Listen now: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
nathanwhitlock.bsky.social Nathan Whitlock @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social · 7d
Spoiler for tomorrow’s episode.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is presented by @thewalrus.ca

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November 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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From the Coach House archives, Guy Maddin’s From the Atelier Tovar: Selected Writings (2003)!

Read about all of our featured titles from the Coach House archive (celebrating 60 years this year!) on our blog: chbooks.com/Blog/Celebra...
Book cover of From the Atelier Tovar: Selected Writings, beside the text: "In 2003, we collected the writings – journalism, diary entries, abandoned film treatments – of the singular Guy Maddin, who, as it turns out, is as genius a writer as he is a filmmaker. The Village Voice (RIP, sadly) called it one of the 25 best books of 2003. In what we called 'resolutely purple prose,' Maddin considers hockey, Italian silent-film divas, and of course the Osmonds. Spend some time in Maddin's visionary mind!"
November 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Spoiler for tomorrow’s episode.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is presented by @thewalrus.ca

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Find it at all the podcast places.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Ian Williams, author of Word Problems (Coach House Books, 2020) and a member of our Poetry Board, on Coach House’s sixtieth anniversary: 'Behind the scenes, I’ve found people who love poetry, who get their emotions tangled up with manuscripts, who drool a little when they read a good line.’
A small photo of Ian Williams alongside his quote, in celebration of 60 years of Coach House: ‘I’ve dreamt of publishing with Coach House since I was a young poet browsing the stacks of my university library. The dream sustained me for years but the reality is even better. Behind the scenes, I’ve found people who love poetry, who get their emotions tangled up with manuscripts, who drool a little when they read a good line.’
November 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Tonight at 7!
pleasuremotors.bsky.social David Berry @pleasuremotors.bsky.social · 10d
Tonight in Toronto. Art, money, artists, money, Sarah, Type Books, me, money, great hair and money. And art.
See you there.

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A poster advertising the launch of How Artists Make Money and How Money Makes Artists, tonight, November 13, 7pm at Type Books
November 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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The #SMUReadingSeries presents "An evening with Kate Cayley" on November 27. Winner of the Trillium Award, O. Henry Prize and Mitchell Prize for Poetry, Cayley will read from her new novel Property, published by @coachhousebooks.bsky.social. 7 pm in SB 255: loom.ly/bnvuCYY @smuenglish.bsky.social
An event poster with a black-and-white photo of writer Kate Cayley on the left, and a colour image of the cover of her new novel, Property just above her shoulder. The book cover shows an illustration of waves. Text: The SMU Reading Series presents ... An evening with Kate Cayley Winner of the Trillium Award, the O. Henry Prize and the Mitchell Prize for Poetry Cayley will read from her new novel, Property. Thursday, November 27, 2025 7:00 p.m. | Sobey Building, room 255 Admission free | All welcome
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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In Verdun tonight, David Berry will be joining Raymond Biesinger for his book launch at Pulp Books!

And tomorrow, in Toronto: Berry's own book launch for How Artists Make Money and How Money Makes Artists at TYPE Books (Queen St. W.). See you there.
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Catch David Berry at two events this week, talking all things art and money. On Weds., Nov. 12, he’ll be at Pulp Books in Verdun in conversation with Raymond Biesinger (who designed the cover of HAMM&HMMA), and on Thurs., Nov. 13, please join us for the Toronto Book Launch at TYPE Books!
Event poster for Raymond Biesinger's book launch at Pulp Books on Weds., Nov. 12, at 7 PM. 3952 Rue Wellington, Verdun. David Berry will be in conversation with Biesinger. Event poster for Berry's Toronto Book Launch at Type Books (883 Queen St. W.). 7 PM. Berry will be in conversation with Sarah Lazarovic.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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AND SO BEGAN ONE OF THE MOST UNUSUAL EXPERIMENTS IN CANADIAN LITERATURE: André Forget at @thewalrus.ca delves into André Alexis’s Quincunx Cycle, as we celebrate the tenth anniversary of the publication of Fifteen Dogs this year.

Read the full piece on André Alexis: thewalrus.ca/gods-dogs-an...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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This weekend in @theglobeandmail.com, @joshokane.bsky.social spoke with @pleasuremotors.bsky.social about How Artists Make Money and How Money Makes Artists!

Read the interview here: www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
Text from The Globe and Mail, from their webpage hosting Josh O'Kane's interview with David Berry. The page features a photo of Berry smiling at the camera. Text from the introduction to the interview between O'Kane and Berry. Page features the book cover of Berry's latest book.
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Spoke with @pleasuremotors.bsky.social about his new book, the endlessly quotable How Artists Make Money and How Money Makes Artists (@coachhousebooks.bsky.social), lopsided markets for creativity, the scourge of "innovation," and Yakety Yak:

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On the awkward, thorny relationship between art and money, with author David Berry
In his new book, the cultural critic looks at how the dynamics play out in everything from music to painting
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November 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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The Sleeping Car Porter, Encampment, What I Know About You, Messy Cities, and Fifteen Dogs among the indie books most borrowed by Canadians. 📖❤️
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With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here're the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in October 2025. Feat. a top 10 from: @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, and @cormorantbooks.bsky.social.
Graphic of what indie books Canadian's borrowed in October 2025. The top 10 books are represented by their covers, followed by a list of books 11 - 50.
November 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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TONIGHT (Monday, Nov. 3) at Flying Books at Neverland (Toronto): Kate Cayley will be discussing her novel, Property, with our Editorial Director Alana Wilcox!

Full event details here: flyingbooks.ca/events/38264...
November 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Did you miss our event last night?

Readings and a Q and A with @terivlass.bsky.social @heatherbirrell.bsky.social and @sokhan.bsky.social

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Junction Reads with Teri Vlassopoulos, Heather Birrell and Saad Omar Khan
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November 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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BOO! The Coach House squirrels are insisting that spooky season isn’t over. We’ve rounded up our most chilling reads, featuring monsters, the dead, and climate horror, for a Halloween weekend sale!

Shop select titles for 20% OFF (until midnight Nov. 2) here: chbooks.com/Collections/...
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November 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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October 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Heather Birrell will be reading as part of Junction Reads this Sunday, in-person in Toronto and available to stream virtually. Ahead of time, read a review of BORN below!
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November 2: The Book Reviews

Read all about the books ahead of this Sunday's event with Heather Birrell, Teri Vlassopoulos and Saad Omar Khan.
November 2: The Book Reviews
Read all about the books ahead of this Sunday's event with Heather Birrell, Teri Vlassopoulos and Saad Omar Khan.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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What I Know About You by Éric Chacour (trans. Pablo Strauss) and Horsefly by Mireille Gagné (trans. Pablo Strauss) have been nominated for the 2026 Forest of Reading Evergreen Award!

Learn more about the ten nominees and the Evergreen Award here: forestofreading.com/evergreen-20...
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October 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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A "Boo(k) Week Pics" graphic. The background is black and purple with a spider web along the left side. The cover of "Horsefly" is in the foreground in the middle of the graphic left-aligned. On the right is a quote from Premee about the book.
October 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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A "Boo(k) Week Pics" graphic. The background is black and purple with a spider web along the left side. The cover of "The Laws of the Skies" is in the foreground in the middle of the graphic left-aligned. On the right is a quote from Premee about the book.
October 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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For your spooky reading needs: All Lit Up recommends The Laws of the Skies and Horsefly 🪰🩸
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Continuing Halloweek, scientist and speculative fiction author @premeemohamed.com reminds us that horror can be both thrilling and thought-provoking with her list of six frightfully delightful reads.

#halloweenreads #horror #spookyseason #canlit

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A Boo(k) Week graphic with a black and dark purple background. The covers of Premee's six book selections are scattered around the centred text which reads "Boo(k) Week Pics With Premee Mohamed." Premee's author photo is in the bottom right corner.
October 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Join David Berry for book launches across Canada, starting with his Edmonton book launch tomorrow night in Edmonton! Then he'll be in Calgary, Montreal, and Toronto in November. 💸📗
pleasuremotors.bsky.social David Berry @pleasuremotors.bsky.social · 27d
Some of you may know I wrote a book, but did you know you could come see me talk about that book, and ask questions about that book?

See all the details in the pictures. And maybe see you soon.

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A poster for a book launch for the book Now Artists Make Money & How Money Makes Artists at Audrey's Books on Wednesday, October 29 at 7pm A poster for a book launch for the book Now Artists Make Money & How Money Makes Artists at Shelf Life Books on Thursday, November 6 at 7pm A poster for a book launch for the book Now Artists Make Money & How Money Makes Artists at Pulp Books on Wednesday, November 12 at 7pm A poster for a book launch for the book Now Artists Make Money & How Money Makes Artists at Type Books on Thursday, November 13 at 7pm
October 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM