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· Nov 21
Hey, we're PGC Books, Canadian distributors for some of your favourite independent publishers. We're not great at social media, but we are quite good at getting books where they need to go.
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Incredible interview with @kaokaliayang.bsky.social: "I write because I don’t know what to do with all of the things that are going on in the world,” she said. “I write to make sense of it. I write to give myself — my imagination — the power to overcome it.”
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MN author Kao Kalia Yang's picture books meet the moment - MinnPost
‘I write because I don't know what to do with all of the things that are going on in the world,’ Yang said.
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January 29, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Incredible interview with @kaokaliayang.bsky.social: "I write because I don’t know what to do with all of the things that are going on in the world,” she said. “I write to make sense of it. I write to give myself — my imagination — the power to overcome it.”
www.minnpost.com/artscape/202...
www.minnpost.com/artscape/202...
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🎉The reviews are IN and the book is OUT🎉
Today marks the official pub date of @ravineangel.bsky.social's debut horror novel Persona!
You can buy the book right NOW on our website or at your local indie bookstore!
Today marks the official pub date of @ravineangel.bsky.social's debut horror novel Persona!
You can buy the book right NOW on our website or at your local indie bookstore!
January 27, 2026 at 9:14 PM
pure unquenchable fire
"Oh help! Oh no! It's a gruffalo!"
Return to the deep dark wood with the first new Gruffalo story in over twenty years. Available September 10th 2026!
Get your claws on it first and pre-order now:
www.raincoastgroup.com/item/9781035...
Return to the deep dark wood with the first new Gruffalo story in over twenty years. Available September 10th 2026!
Get your claws on it first and pre-order now:
www.raincoastgroup.com/item/9781035...
January 27, 2026 at 4:54 PM
"Oh help! Oh no! It's a gruffalo!"
Return to the deep dark wood with the first new Gruffalo story in over twenty years. Available September 10th 2026!
Get your claws on it first and pre-order now:
www.raincoastgroup.com/item/9781035...
Return to the deep dark wood with the first new Gruffalo story in over twenty years. Available September 10th 2026!
Get your claws on it first and pre-order now:
www.raincoastgroup.com/item/9781035...
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Dear #BookSky Minneapolis has an absolutely incredible literary culture. In fact, three of the most important small presses call the city home; Coffeehouse Press, Graywolf, and Milkweed. There are also a ton of great bookstores in the Twin Cities. So here's the assignment...
January 21, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Dear #BookSky Minneapolis has an absolutely incredible literary culture. In fact, three of the most important small presses call the city home; Coffeehouse Press, Graywolf, and Milkweed. There are also a ton of great bookstores in the Twin Cities. So here's the assignment...
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📘 JANUARY NEWSLETTER ALERT 📘
The 3rd book from Fruttero and Lucentini has hit the shelves in the UK, perfect for fans of classic mysteries and sophisticated literary fiction.
Brilliantly translated by @gregorydowling.bsky.social
Find out more here: bit.ly/4rdiwoI
#Tuscany #CrimeFiction
The 3rd book from Fruttero and Lucentini has hit the shelves in the UK, perfect for fans of classic mysteries and sophisticated literary fiction.
Brilliantly translated by @gregorydowling.bsky.social
Find out more here: bit.ly/4rdiwoI
#Tuscany #CrimeFiction
January 23, 2026 at 11:08 AM
📘 JANUARY NEWSLETTER ALERT 📘
The 3rd book from Fruttero and Lucentini has hit the shelves in the UK, perfect for fans of classic mysteries and sophisticated literary fiction.
Brilliantly translated by @gregorydowling.bsky.social
Find out more here: bit.ly/4rdiwoI
#Tuscany #CrimeFiction
The 3rd book from Fruttero and Lucentini has hit the shelves in the UK, perfect for fans of classic mysteries and sophisticated literary fiction.
Brilliantly translated by @gregorydowling.bsky.social
Find out more here: bit.ly/4rdiwoI
#Tuscany #CrimeFiction
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Canada Reads 2026 book reveal
YouTube video by Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud
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January 22, 2026 at 10:28 PM
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT youtube.com/watch?v=prlK...
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Hawt damn I love this cover:
January 22, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Hawt damn I love this cover:
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Next is THE AQUATICS by Osvalde Lewat (tr.@marenbaudetlackner.bsky.social) published by @coffeehousepress.bsky.social, “a story of governmental oppression and private hypocrisy”: bookshop.org/a/169/978156...
The Aquatics
Check out The Aquatics - <b>An extraordinary novel of loyalty, strife, and empowerment from Peabody Award-winning Cameroonian filmmaker Osvalde Lewat.</b> <p/>In the fictional African country of…
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January 22, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Next is THE AQUATICS by Osvalde Lewat (tr.@marenbaudetlackner.bsky.social) published by @coffeehousepress.bsky.social, “a story of governmental oppression and private hypocrisy”: bookshop.org/a/169/978156...
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Congratulations to LPG member @invisibooks.bsky.social and author Tyler Hellard whose novel SEARCHING FOR TERRY PUNCHOUT is among the shortlist for #CanadaReads2026!
January 22, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Congratulations to LPG member @invisibooks.bsky.social and author Tyler Hellard whose novel SEARCHING FOR TERRY PUNCHOUT is among the shortlist for #CanadaReads2026!
Congratulations @tylerhellard.com and @invisibooks.bsky.social! Searching for Terry Punchout is on the Canada Reads shortlist! www.cbc.ca/books/canada...
Meet the Canada Reads 2026 contenders | CBC Books
The debates take place April 13 to 16 live at 10 a.m. ET.
www.cbc.ca
January 22, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Congratulations @tylerhellard.com and @invisibooks.bsky.social! Searching for Terry Punchout is on the Canada Reads shortlist! www.cbc.ca/books/canada...
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Capitalists Must Starve, by Park Seolyeon, translated by @antonhur.com
A novelisation of the life of Korean resistance fighter & labour activist Kang Juryong (1901-1932). Dear Lord, women had it hard in the early 20th century (no Koreans had it easy). Funny, sad, inspiring.
💙📚 #translatedlit
A novelisation of the life of Korean resistance fighter & labour activist Kang Juryong (1901-1932). Dear Lord, women had it hard in the early 20th century (no Koreans had it easy). Funny, sad, inspiring.
💙📚 #translatedlit
January 22, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Capitalists Must Starve, by Park Seolyeon, translated by @antonhur.com
A novelisation of the life of Korean resistance fighter & labour activist Kang Juryong (1901-1932). Dear Lord, women had it hard in the early 20th century (no Koreans had it easy). Funny, sad, inspiring.
💙📚 #translatedlit
A novelisation of the life of Korean resistance fighter & labour activist Kang Juryong (1901-1932). Dear Lord, women had it hard in the early 20th century (no Koreans had it easy). Funny, sad, inspiring.
💙📚 #translatedlit
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Congratulations to Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi, Heart Lamp is shortlisted for the @bookcritics.bsky.social 2025 Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize! ❤️🔥
Announcing the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Finalists for the Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize!
January 21, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Congratulations to Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi, Heart Lamp is shortlisted for the @bookcritics.bsky.social 2025 Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize! ❤️🔥
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“‘Tangerinn’ meanders through scenes of childhood, London, and the present, much like how our minds are layered with selves.”
In Asymptote Journal, Amber Ruth Paulen reviews Emanuela Anechoum’s newly translated novel, “Tangerinn” - www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2026/01...
In Asymptote Journal, Amber Ruth Paulen reviews Emanuela Anechoum’s newly translated novel, “Tangerinn” - www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2026/01...
How to Find Your Home: A Review of Tangerinn by Emanuela Anechoum - Asymptote Blog
Tangerinn is . . . a story of blooming beyond the social images and pressures that can get confused with a meaningful life.
www.asymptotejournal.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:55 PM
“‘Tangerinn’ meanders through scenes of childhood, London, and the present, much like how our minds are layered with selves.”
In Asymptote Journal, Amber Ruth Paulen reviews Emanuela Anechoum’s newly translated novel, “Tangerinn” - www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2026/01...
In Asymptote Journal, Amber Ruth Paulen reviews Emanuela Anechoum’s newly translated novel, “Tangerinn” - www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2026/01...
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Announcing the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Finalists for the John Leonard Prize!
January 20, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Announcing the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Finalists for the John Leonard Prize!
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Announcing the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Finalists for the Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize!
January 20, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Announcing the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Finalists for the Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize!
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'A sparse yet powerful exploration of the complexity of female desire and how it is articulated in art and nature.'
When Water Became Blue from Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette (trans. Rhonda Mullins) in the Literary Review of Canada: reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202...
When Water Became Blue from Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette (trans. Rhonda Mullins) in the Literary Review of Canada: reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202...
Temptation Island | A review of “When Water Became Blue” by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, translated by Rhonda Mullins | Literary Review of Canada
Stacey May Fowles reviews “When Water Became Blue” by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, an infidelity narrative translated by Rhonda Mullins.
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January 19, 2026 at 7:49 PM
'A sparse yet powerful exploration of the complexity of female desire and how it is articulated in art and nature.'
When Water Became Blue from Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette (trans. Rhonda Mullins) in the Literary Review of Canada: reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202...
When Water Became Blue from Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette (trans. Rhonda Mullins) in the Literary Review of Canada: reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202...
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Incite—our free event series presented in partnership with VPL—returns on February 10, 2026 with @maggiehelwig.bsky.social, author of the 2025 Toronto Book Award winner, Encampment: Resistance, Grace, and an Unhoused Community.
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Incite: Maggie Helwig on Encampment | Vancouver Writers Fest
Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library. The housing crisis plaguing major urban centres across Canada has sent countless people into the streets. In spring 2022, some of them found th...
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January 19, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Incite—our free event series presented in partnership with VPL—returns on February 10, 2026 with @maggiehelwig.bsky.social, author of the 2025 Toronto Book Award winner, Encampment: Resistance, Grace, and an Unhoused Community.
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“I believe there are even more out there, a sea of us, lying in wait for a new friend to shove works like The Chronology of Water into our hands.” @ashadore.bsky.social considers Lidia Yuknavitch’s “anti-memoir.”
On Lidia Yuknavitch’s “Anti-Memoir” The Chronology of Water
Like many others, I first encountered Lidia Yuknavitch’s work when a friend thrust her pages into my hands. I didn’t consider myself a writer at the time, or even a reader. As a kid, I had devoured…
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January 16, 2026 at 6:30 PM
“I believe there are even more out there, a sea of us, lying in wait for a new friend to shove works like The Chronology of Water into our hands.” @ashadore.bsky.social considers Lidia Yuknavitch’s “anti-memoir.”
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Comedian, actor, and producer John Mulaney @mulaney.bsky.social recommends THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER by Anjet Daanje for his book club Mulaney Reads, calling the novel "brilliant . . . It's a knockout."
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January 16, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Comedian, actor, and producer John Mulaney @mulaney.bsky.social recommends THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER by Anjet Daanje for his book club Mulaney Reads, calling the novel "brilliant . . . It's a knockout."
newvesselpress.com/books/the-re...
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At @reactorsff.bsky.social, I previewed some indie press books due out in January and February. reactormag.com/cant-miss-in...
Can’t Miss Indie Press Speculative Fiction for January and February 2026 - Reactor
Stories of near-future societies, uncanny filmmakers, and virtual gaming gone wrong...
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January 15, 2026 at 7:11 PM
At @reactorsff.bsky.social, I previewed some indie press books due out in January and February. reactormag.com/cant-miss-in...
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✨ ✨ COVER REVEAL ✨✨
Holy F*ck by Joseph Incardona, tr by Sam Taylor, out in April (UK) and May (US).
“A mystical and burlesque novel" says @lemonde.fr
Darkly comic and unsettlingly tender, Holy F*ck is a blistering satire of faith, desire, and the machinery of salvation.
DM for review copies!
Holy F*ck by Joseph Incardona, tr by Sam Taylor, out in April (UK) and May (US).
“A mystical and burlesque novel" says @lemonde.fr
Darkly comic and unsettlingly tender, Holy F*ck is a blistering satire of faith, desire, and the machinery of salvation.
DM for review copies!
January 15, 2026 at 10:33 AM
✨ ✨ COVER REVEAL ✨✨
Holy F*ck by Joseph Incardona, tr by Sam Taylor, out in April (UK) and May (US).
“A mystical and burlesque novel" says @lemonde.fr
Darkly comic and unsettlingly tender, Holy F*ck is a blistering satire of faith, desire, and the machinery of salvation.
DM for review copies!
Holy F*ck by Joseph Incardona, tr by Sam Taylor, out in April (UK) and May (US).
“A mystical and burlesque novel" says @lemonde.fr
Darkly comic and unsettlingly tender, Holy F*ck is a blistering satire of faith, desire, and the machinery of salvation.
DM for review copies!
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Acclaimed poet Dani Netherclift tries to capture the shape of absent bodies in VESSEL (@pressassembly.bsky.social), a new and form-bending work of memoir. We interview the author right here on Open Book!
#AmReading #Memoir #Nonfiction #Translation
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#AmReading #Memoir #Nonfiction #Translation
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Dani Netherclift Tries to Capture the Shape of Absent Bodies in VESSEL
Our featured title today, Vessel: The Shape of Absent Bodies (Assembly Press), is a unique, genre-bending work of memoir, literature, history, and ...
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January 14, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Acclaimed poet Dani Netherclift tries to capture the shape of absent bodies in VESSEL (@pressassembly.bsky.social), a new and form-bending work of memoir. We interview the author right here on Open Book!
#AmReading #Memoir #Nonfiction #Translation
open-book.ca/News/Dani-Ne...
#AmReading #Memoir #Nonfiction #Translation
open-book.ca/News/Dani-Ne...
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DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21st CENTURY is now available for pre-order from @pressassembly.bsky.social : assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... DO IT WRONG foregrounds sharing, equity, community support, collaboration, and free education. Read up and change the world!
January 15, 2026 at 3:25 AM
DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21st CENTURY is now available for pre-order from @pressassembly.bsky.social : assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... DO IT WRONG foregrounds sharing, equity, community support, collaboration, and free education. Read up and change the world!
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🎉HYPER by Agri Ismaïl is out today!🎉 👉👉A hypermodern family saga: Dubai luxury malls, algorithms, corded radios, and desperate efforts to locate meaning and identify within the numb isolation of modern immigrant life. A stunning debut by @agri.bsky.social 👈👈
January 13, 2026 at 3:29 PM
🎉HYPER by Agri Ismaïl is out today!🎉 👉👉A hypermodern family saga: Dubai luxury malls, algorithms, corded radios, and desperate efforts to locate meaning and identify within the numb isolation of modern immigrant life. A stunning debut by @agri.bsky.social 👈👈
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Mieko Kawakami on the cover of @publisherswkly.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Mieko Kawakami on the cover of @publisherswkly.bsky.social