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January 11 Katie Welch
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Opinions shared are Alison's.
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Upcoming Events
Junction Reads in-person events take place at TYPE Books in the Junction (a physically accessible space). We livestream our events through Zoom. Our online events take place once per month via Zoom…
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Registration is open for ALL our events in Season 12!
Grab your free ticket, or pay what you can to support our authors.
Reserve space for us in your calendars. We'd be so grateful!
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Grab your free ticket, or pay what you can to support our authors.
Reserve space for us in your calendars. We'd be so grateful!
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Next Thursday January 22 at 7:00pm ET over on Instagram, Alison chats with Mackenzie Nolan about the writing life as part of the live The First Thirty series.
VEAL is Mackenzie's debut novel, published in Canada with @ecwpress.bsky.social
VEAL is Mackenzie's debut novel, published in Canada with @ecwpress.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Next Thursday January 22 at 7:00pm ET over on Instagram, Alison chats with Mackenzie Nolan about the writing life as part of the live The First Thirty series.
VEAL is Mackenzie's debut novel, published in Canada with @ecwpress.bsky.social
VEAL is Mackenzie's debut novel, published in Canada with @ecwpress.bsky.social
What a pleasure to sit and chat with Katie Welch again about her beautiful novel, THE LADDER TO HEAVEN from @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
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JunctionReads with Katie Welch
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January 12, 2026 at 7:37 PM
What a pleasure to sit and chat with Katie Welch again about her beautiful novel, THE LADDER TO HEAVEN from @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
youtu.be/6mPgXxgMMyA?...
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THIS SUNDAY!!!
Junction Reads with Katie Welch is this Sunday January 11
6:00pm ET I am so excited to chat with
@katiewelch.bsky.social about LADDER TO HEAVEN.
Register now. PWYC
@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.ca/e/junction-r...
6:00pm ET I am so excited to chat with
@katiewelch.bsky.social about LADDER TO HEAVEN.
Register now. PWYC
@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.ca/e/junction-r...
Junction Reads with Katie Welch
Join us for a virtual reading and conversation with Katie Welch, author of LADDER TO HEAVEN.
www.eventbrite.ca
January 9, 2026 at 5:53 PM
THIS SUNDAY!!!
January 9, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Junction Reads with Katie Welch is this Sunday January 11
6:00pm ET I am so excited to chat with
@katiewelch.bsky.social about LADDER TO HEAVEN.
Register now. PWYC
@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.ca/e/junction-r...
6:00pm ET I am so excited to chat with
@katiewelch.bsky.social about LADDER TO HEAVEN.
Register now. PWYC
@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.ca/e/junction-r...
Junction Reads with Katie Welch
Join us for a virtual reading and conversation with Katie Welch, author of LADDER TO HEAVEN.
www.eventbrite.ca
January 5, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Junction Reads with Katie Welch is this Sunday January 11
6:00pm ET I am so excited to chat with
@katiewelch.bsky.social about LADDER TO HEAVEN.
Register now. PWYC
@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.ca/e/junction-r...
6:00pm ET I am so excited to chat with
@katiewelch.bsky.social about LADDER TO HEAVEN.
Register now. PWYC
@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.ca/e/junction-r...
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These are some upcoming dates and authors for our Instagram Live Writers' series, The First Thirty.
Hope you'll hop into our chats.
@ecwpress.bsky.social
@nightwoodeditions.bsky.social
@gooselane.bsky.social
#barakabooks
Hope you'll hop into our chats.
@ecwpress.bsky.social
@nightwoodeditions.bsky.social
@gooselane.bsky.social
#barakabooks
December 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
These are some upcoming dates and authors for our Instagram Live Writers' series, The First Thirty.
Hope you'll hop into our chats.
@ecwpress.bsky.social
@nightwoodeditions.bsky.social
@gooselane.bsky.social
#barakabooks
Hope you'll hop into our chats.
@ecwpress.bsky.social
@nightwoodeditions.bsky.social
@gooselane.bsky.social
#barakabooks
I am so grateful for the support!
I hope if you read it that you like it and if you like it that you'll tell a friend or two.
Mostly I just don't want you to hate it.
I hope if you read it that you like it and if you like it that you'll tell a friend or two.
Mostly I just don't want you to hate it.
✨Coming March 1, 2026✨ Breathing Is How Some People Stay Alive by Alison Gadsby, published by Guernica Editions.
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Request a review copy:
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@junctionreads.bsky.social @guernicaeditions.bsky.social
#shortstories
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Request a review copy:
www.riverstreetwriting.com/join-river-s...
@junctionreads.bsky.social @guernicaeditions.bsky.social
#shortstories
January 2, 2026 at 11:25 PM
I am so grateful for the support!
I hope if you read it that you like it and if you like it that you'll tell a friend or two.
Mostly I just don't want you to hate it.
I hope if you read it that you like it and if you like it that you'll tell a friend or two.
Mostly I just don't want you to hate it.
New review up on the website!
Hollay Ghadery’s upcoming debut novel THE UNRAVELLING OF OU is out in less than two months!!
Preorder from @palimpsestpress.bsky.social
@riverstreetwriting.bsky.social
@hollay.bsky.social
junctionreads.ca/junction-wri...
Hollay Ghadery’s upcoming debut novel THE UNRAVELLING OF OU is out in less than two months!!
Preorder from @palimpsestpress.bsky.social
@riverstreetwriting.bsky.social
@hollay.bsky.social
junctionreads.ca/junction-wri...
Book Reviews
For reviews of Junction Reads’ titles, check out the Homepage. As Minoo thinks of her first child, “the last time she kissed him before leaving him” forever, “pressing her lips to the tender …
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January 1, 2026 at 10:25 PM
New review up on the website!
Hollay Ghadery’s upcoming debut novel THE UNRAVELLING OF OU is out in less than two months!!
Preorder from @palimpsestpress.bsky.social
@riverstreetwriting.bsky.social
@hollay.bsky.social
junctionreads.ca/junction-wri...
Hollay Ghadery’s upcoming debut novel THE UNRAVELLING OF OU is out in less than two months!!
Preorder from @palimpsestpress.bsky.social
@riverstreetwriting.bsky.social
@hollay.bsky.social
junctionreads.ca/junction-wri...
This epically funny historical epic considers all the challenges of being immortal while taking the reader on a unique journey through time.
Read the full review. And buy the first book now!
@guernicaeditions.bsky.social @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social
www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
Read the full review. And buy the first book now!
@guernicaeditions.bsky.social @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social
www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
Stan on Guard
Discover and share books you love on Goodreads.
www.goodreads.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:46 AM
This epically funny historical epic considers all the challenges of being immortal while taking the reader on a unique journey through time.
Read the full review. And buy the first book now!
@guernicaeditions.bsky.social @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social
www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
Read the full review. And buy the first book now!
@guernicaeditions.bsky.social @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social
www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
These are some upcoming dates and authors for our Instagram Live Writers' series, The First Thirty.
Hope you'll hop into our chats.
@ecwpress.bsky.social
@nightwoodeditions.bsky.social
@gooselane.bsky.social
#barakabooks
Hope you'll hop into our chats.
@ecwpress.bsky.social
@nightwoodeditions.bsky.social
@gooselane.bsky.social
#barakabooks
December 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
These are some upcoming dates and authors for our Instagram Live Writers' series, The First Thirty.
Hope you'll hop into our chats.
@ecwpress.bsky.social
@nightwoodeditions.bsky.social
@gooselane.bsky.social
#barakabooks
Hope you'll hop into our chats.
@ecwpress.bsky.social
@nightwoodeditions.bsky.social
@gooselane.bsky.social
#barakabooks
Still amazed and inspired a little…that @krwbooks.bsky.social posted this and it got so much traction.
Sometimes social media is a cool place.
Sometimes social media is a cool place.
Some books just make you trot out the superlatives. Alison Gadsby’s story collection Breathing Is How Some People Stay Alive is one of them. It’s a powerful debut from a superbly skilled and imaginative writer, filled with stories that are …
December 29, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Still amazed and inspired a little…that @krwbooks.bsky.social posted this and it got so much traction.
Sometimes social media is a cool place.
Sometimes social media is a cool place.
Katie Welch returns to Junction Reads with her novel, LADDERS TO HEAVEN from @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
A virtual event. Everyone who registers will be entered into our book raffle at the in-person even t in February.
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1592397466...
A virtual event. Everyone who registers will be entered into our book raffle at the in-person even t in February.
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1592397466...
Junction Reads with Katie Welch
Join us for a virtual reading and conversation with Katie Welch, author of LADDER TO HEAVEN.
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December 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Katie Welch returns to Junction Reads with her novel, LADDERS TO HEAVEN from @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
A virtual event. Everyone who registers will be entered into our book raffle at the in-person even t in February.
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1592397466...
A virtual event. Everyone who registers will be entered into our book raffle at the in-person even t in February.
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1592397466...
All the finer details have been confirmed for the book launch!
RSVP in the link (please).
Grateful to @anotherstoryto.bsky.social & #TorontoLitUp #torontoartscouncil for their support.
Book Launch: Thursday March 5 — Society Clubhouse
Doors: 6:00pm
Start: 6:30pm
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RSVP in the link (please).
Grateful to @anotherstoryto.bsky.social & #TorontoLitUp #torontoartscouncil for their support.
Book Launch: Thursday March 5 — Society Clubhouse
Doors: 6:00pm
Start: 6:30pm
www.eventbrite.ca/e/launch-of-...
Another Story Bookshop
Another Story Bookshop is an independent bookshop committed to equality & diversity featuring a wide selection for kids & adults.
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December 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
All the finer details have been confirmed for the book launch!
RSVP in the link (please).
Grateful to @anotherstoryto.bsky.social & #TorontoLitUp #torontoartscouncil for their support.
Book Launch: Thursday March 5 — Society Clubhouse
Doors: 6:00pm
Start: 6:30pm
www.eventbrite.ca/e/launch-of-...
RSVP in the link (please).
Grateful to @anotherstoryto.bsky.social & #TorontoLitUp #torontoartscouncil for their support.
Book Launch: Thursday March 5 — Society Clubhouse
Doors: 6:00pm
Start: 6:30pm
www.eventbrite.ca/e/launch-of-...
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Some books just make you trot out the superlatives. Alison Gadsby’s story collection Breathing Is How Some People Stay Alive is one of them. It’s a powerful debut from a superbly skilled and imaginative writer, filled with stories that are …
December 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Some books just make you trot out the superlatives. Alison Gadsby’s story collection Breathing Is How Some People Stay Alive is one of them. It’s a powerful debut from a superbly skilled and imaginative writer, filled with stories that are …
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TEASER BOOK TRAILER
Stan On Guard. The sequel to Call Me Stan that you didn’t know you were waiting for. Coming in 2026 from @guernicaeditions.bsky.social.
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Stan On Guard. The sequel to Call Me Stan that you didn’t know you were waiting for. Coming in 2026 from @guernicaeditions.bsky.social.
vimeo.com/1067470723?s...
Stan On Guard book trailer
Teaser trailer for the 2026 novel Stan On Guard by K. R. Wilson.
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July 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
TEASER BOOK TRAILER
Stan On Guard. The sequel to Call Me Stan that you didn’t know you were waiting for. Coming in 2026 from @guernicaeditions.bsky.social.
vimeo.com/1067470723?s...
Stan On Guard. The sequel to Call Me Stan that you didn’t know you were waiting for. Coming in 2026 from @guernicaeditions.bsky.social.
vimeo.com/1067470723?s...
I have been open and honest about how much poetry scares me. I won't give up.
I am excited to sit with @paulvermeersch.bsky.social to chat about NMLCT from @ecwpress.bsky.social
Thursday, 7:00pm ET.
Instagram Live.
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I am excited to sit with @paulvermeersch.bsky.social to chat about NMLCT from @ecwpress.bsky.social
Thursday, 7:00pm ET.
Instagram Live.
junctionreads.ca/junction-wri...
Book Reviews
For reviews of Junction Reads’ titles, check out the Homepage. After reading Paul Vermeersch’s poetry collection NMLCT I closed my eyes. An image kept repeating itself. I am driving on an emp…
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December 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I have been open and honest about how much poetry scares me. I won't give up.
I am excited to sit with @paulvermeersch.bsky.social to chat about NMLCT from @ecwpress.bsky.social
Thursday, 7:00pm ET.
Instagram Live.
junctionreads.ca/junction-wri...
I am excited to sit with @paulvermeersch.bsky.social to chat about NMLCT from @ecwpress.bsky.social
Thursday, 7:00pm ET.
Instagram Live.
junctionreads.ca/junction-wri...
Listen pals….
Alison’s book is @anotherstoryto.bsky.social
Run and grab a copy because it arrived early and not sure if any other book store will get them.
Yeeeeeeep!!!!
Alison’s book is @anotherstoryto.bsky.social
Run and grab a copy because it arrived early and not sure if any other book store will get them.
Yeeeeeeep!!!!
December 12, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Listen pals….
Alison’s book is @anotherstoryto.bsky.social
Run and grab a copy because it arrived early and not sure if any other book store will get them.
Yeeeeeeep!!!!
Alison’s book is @anotherstoryto.bsky.social
Run and grab a copy because it arrived early and not sure if any other book store will get them.
Yeeeeeeep!!!!
The next The First Thirty event is December 18!!
I am so excited to chat with literary leader, @paulvermeersch.bsky.social about his latest poetry collection from @ecwpress.bsky.social
Hope you'll join us over on Instagram at 7:00pm ET.
I am so excited to chat with literary leader, @paulvermeersch.bsky.social about his latest poetry collection from @ecwpress.bsky.social
Hope you'll join us over on Instagram at 7:00pm ET.
December 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The next The First Thirty event is December 18!!
I am so excited to chat with literary leader, @paulvermeersch.bsky.social about his latest poetry collection from @ecwpress.bsky.social
Hope you'll join us over on Instagram at 7:00pm ET.
I am so excited to chat with literary leader, @paulvermeersch.bsky.social about his latest poetry collection from @ecwpress.bsky.social
Hope you'll join us over on Instagram at 7:00pm ET.
Did you miss our event last night with @gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social @rodcarley192.bsky.social and Lisa de Nikolits?
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Junction Reads Giles Blunt, Rod Carley, Lisa de Nikolits.
YouTube video by Junction Reads
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December 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Did you miss our event last night with @gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social @rodcarley192.bsky.social and Lisa de Nikolits?
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Tonight! #CanLit
Tomorrow!! @gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social @rodcarley192.bsky.social and Lisa de Nikolits join us for readings and conversation.
Register for access to the livestream, or join in person at TYPE Books Junction, 2887 Dundas St W.. A block east of Keele.
PWYC.
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1595702512...
Register for access to the livestream, or join in person at TYPE Books Junction, 2887 Dundas St W.. A block east of Keele.
PWYC.
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1595702512...
At TYPE Books: Giles Blunt, Rod Carley, Lisa de Nikolits (Livestreaming)
Join us for readings and Q & A: Giles Blunt, Rod Carley & Lisa de Nikolits. Register for the live-stream and/or pay at the door.
www.eventbrite.ca
December 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Tonight! #CanLit
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Tonight!
Sunday!!
Lisa de Nikolits
@rodcarley192.bsky.social
@gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social
@dundurnpress.bsky.social
@latitude46pub.bsky.social
#inannapublishing
www.eventbrite.ca/e/at-type-bo...
Lisa de Nikolits
@rodcarley192.bsky.social
@gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social
@dundurnpress.bsky.social
@latitude46pub.bsky.social
#inannapublishing
www.eventbrite.ca/e/at-type-bo...
At TYPE Books: Giles Blunt, Rod Carley, Lisa de Nikolits (Livestreaming)
Join us for readings and Q & A: Giles Blunt, Rod Carley & Lisa de Nikolits. Register for the live-stream and/or pay at the door.
www.eventbrite.ca
December 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Tonight!
Tomorrow!! @gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social @rodcarley192.bsky.social and Lisa de Nikolits join us for readings and conversation.
Register for access to the livestream, or join in person at TYPE Books Junction, 2887 Dundas St W.. A block east of Keele.
PWYC.
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1595702512...
Register for access to the livestream, or join in person at TYPE Books Junction, 2887 Dundas St W.. A block east of Keele.
PWYC.
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1595702512...
At TYPE Books: Giles Blunt, Rod Carley, Lisa de Nikolits (Livestreaming)
Join us for readings and Q & A: Giles Blunt, Rod Carley & Lisa de Nikolits. Register for the live-stream and/or pay at the door.
www.eventbrite.ca
December 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Tomorrow!! @gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social @rodcarley192.bsky.social and Lisa de Nikolits join us for readings and conversation.
Register for access to the livestream, or join in person at TYPE Books Junction, 2887 Dundas St W.. A block east of Keele.
PWYC.
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1595702512...
Register for access to the livestream, or join in person at TYPE Books Junction, 2887 Dundas St W.. A block east of Keele.
PWYC.
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1595702512...
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Check out this review of The Mad Dog and the Sea Dragon by Lisa De Nikolits, published by Inanna Publications. And thank you to TrainGeek.ca for the CanLit love!
www.traingeek.ca/wp/mad-dog-a...
www.traingeek.ca/wp/mad-dog-a...
September 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Check out this review of The Mad Dog and the Sea Dragon by Lisa De Nikolits, published by Inanna Publications. And thank you to TrainGeek.ca for the CanLit love!
www.traingeek.ca/wp/mad-dog-a...
www.traingeek.ca/wp/mad-dog-a...
Check out the book reviews ahead of our event this Sunday, December 7, at TYPE Books Junction.
Livestreamed from the store at 2887 Dundas Street West.
Livestreamed from the store at 2887 Dundas Street West.
December 7 at TYPE Books Junction with Giles Blunt, Rod Carley and Lisa de Nikolits.
Ahead of our event on December 7 at TYPE Books in the Junction, I read the books, and what a dream! So different, so imaginative, so immersive and such a pleasure. Check out my reviews, and join us (or if you're reading this after the 7th, watch the video on YouTube) for readings and conversation. RUFF by Rod Carley…
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December 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Check out the book reviews ahead of our event this Sunday, December 7, at TYPE Books Junction.
Livestreamed from the store at 2887 Dundas Street West.
Livestreamed from the store at 2887 Dundas Street West.
Reposted by JUNCTION READS
Sunday!!
Lisa de Nikolits
@rodcarley192.bsky.social
@gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social
@dundurnpress.bsky.social
@latitude46pub.bsky.social
#inannapublishing
www.eventbrite.ca/e/at-type-bo...
Lisa de Nikolits
@rodcarley192.bsky.social
@gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social
@dundurnpress.bsky.social
@latitude46pub.bsky.social
#inannapublishing
www.eventbrite.ca/e/at-type-bo...
At TYPE Books: Giles Blunt, Rod Carley, Lisa de Nikolits (Livestreaming)
Join us for readings and Q & A: Giles Blunt, Rod Carley & Lisa de Nikolits. Register for the live-stream and/or pay at the door.
www.eventbrite.ca
December 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM