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We couldn't be happier to share that Uiesh / Somewhere by Joséphine Bacon and translated by Jessica Moore has won the 2025 Governor General's Literary Award for Translation!

A huge congratulations to Joséphine, Jessica, and to all of this year's winners!

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A video formatted like a polaroid picture. On the top border it reads "2025 Governor General's Literary Award for Translation" and on the bottom border, the word "WINNER!" rolls out. In the background of the centre is a faded treescape. The cover of Uiesh / Somewhere by Joséphine Bacon, translated by Jessica Moore is large and diagonal. To the side are author photos of Joséphine Bacon and Jessica Moore. The cover is a painted treescape reflecting into water, but the reflection is a city. Across the middle it reads Dual-Language Edition in Innu-aimun and English.
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The @readlocalbc.bsky.social limited edition book boxes are available until December 5th while quantities last. Learn more and order at www.readlocalbc.ca/shop/ 🎀 #ReadLocalBC #BCBooks #HolidaySeason
November 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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On November 28, head to @anotherstoryto.bsky.social for the Toronto launch of @drewmcew.bsky.social's new collection tours, variously with guest reader A. Light Zachary!

Attendance is free! RSVP for this stellar evening of #poetry here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/tours-vari....
A poster for the Toronto launch of tours, variously by Drew McEwan at Another Story Bookshop. The background is the dark outline of a corner of the room. The text reads: "Another Story Bookshop and Talonbooks present tours, variously by Drew McEwan with guest reader A. Light Zachary." Next is the RSVP link. Then Friday, November 28, 7 pm. In store, 315 Roncesvalles Ave. Below this are author photos for A. Light Zachary in a small circle and Drew McEwan in a larger circle. This overlaps slightly with the cover of tours, variously (a painted navy corner of the room with interplay of light and shadows).
November 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Governor General's Literary Awards, including LPG members,
@playcanpress.bsky.social anpress.bsky.social and @talonbooks.bsky.social

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A graphic labelled "2025 LPG Winners" with the GG Books logo on the bottom and two book covers: Rise, Red River by Tara Beagan and Uiesh Somewhere by Joséphine Bacon, translated by Jessica Moore.
November 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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We couldn't be happier to share that Uiesh / Somewhere by Joséphine Bacon and translated by Jessica Moore has won the 2025 Governor General's Literary Award for Translation!

A huge congratulations to Joséphine, Jessica, and to all of this year's winners!

ggbooks.ca#winners
A video formatted like a polaroid picture. On the top border it reads "2025 Governor General's Literary Award for Translation" and on the bottom border, the word "WINNER!" rolls out. In the background of the centre is a faded treescape. The cover of Uiesh / Somewhere by Joséphine Bacon, translated by Jessica Moore is large and diagonal. To the side are author photos of Joséphine Bacon and Jessica Moore. The cover is a painted treescape reflecting into water, but the reflection is a city. Across the middle it reads Dual-Language Edition in Innu-aimun and English.
November 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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A "curling ribbon of technophasic listening and emoting," (Steacy Easton), No Depression in Heaven by @ryanfitzpublic.bsky.social launches TONIGHT, Wed Nov 5 at 7pm w/Cam Scott (@vanishingsigns.bsky.social), author of MANOR's RANSOM (@arpitrage.bsky.social).

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Polish your spurs, because No Depression in Heaven by @ryanfitzpublic.bsky.social is available now at a bookstore near you! Written during country music’s most recent ascent in popularity, this poetry “LP” features ten “tracks” that each tip language out of key.

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A copy of "No Depression in Heaven" by ryan fitzpatrick is perched on a thick, moss-covered tree branch. IN the background, a higher-up branch, sand, and the blue of a river behind. The cover of the book is navy. The title is in a classic cowboy font. A Silhouette of someone in a cowboy hat with a guitar slung on his back is in the middle, an orange dust cloud is contained in the torso of the silhouette.
November 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Thank you to all who joined us for our fall 2025 launch! What a pleasure to share in an evening of literature with you, our amazing community.

Our gratitude to the team at the Secret Lantern Society, the Martha Lou Henley Rehearsal Hall, to Danielle LaFrance for hosting, and to our amazing authors.
After the Talonbooks fall 2025 launch, the authors pose with their books. First row, left to right: Drew McEwan holds a copy of her book, tours, variously. Rahat Kurd holds a copy of her book, The Book of Z. ryan fitzpatrick holds a copy of their book, No Depression in Heaven. bill bissett holds a copy of his book, th book uv lost passwords 1. Kneeling in front, Danielle LaFrance, the host of the evening, holds four fanned out copies of Stigmata by Scott Jackshaw, who attended the launch virtually.
November 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Three local booksellers curated our limited edition book boxes, swipe to meet them 📚 What makes each book so special? Read the Curators Guide to see why: www.readlocalbc.ca/2025/10/31/t...
meet the curators behind our book boxes, with three women. Mary-Ann Yazedjian, Curator of our BC Culinary Book Box, is a bookseller at Black Bond Books & Book Warehouse. She has been working with books her whole adult life. A degree in English Lit inspired her love of literature, and she’s never looked back. She can’t imagine a career where she doesn’t get to talk about books all the time. ID: she had a light skin tone, short curly hair, and wears glasses. HILARY ATLEO, Curator of our Indigenous Voices Box is Anishinaabe from Curve Lake, Ontario, but now spends more time in her husband, Cliff Atleo’s, Nuu-chah-nulth territories on the west coast of Vancouver Island. In 2017, after several years of experience in the bookselling industry, Hilary and Cliff opened Iron Dog Books. Hilary has a light skin tone, dark brown hair, wears glasses and is pictured smiling. KERRI DOYLE, Curator of our Early Readers Book Box, is the owner of Books & Shenanigans. When she first moved to Victoria 10 years ago, she downsized and got rid of all of her books. She never recovered from that, and opened her own bookshop during the pandemic. Her favourite thing is to help people find their next great read. Kerri has a medium light skin tone, short grey hair, and wears glasses. she is sitting on a backwards red chair with bookshelves in the back.
November 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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th book uv lost passwords 1 by the legendary bill bissett is here! th book uv lost passwords 1 expands on bissett's long-standing poetic practice by rearticulating the novel as a radiant field of sound, image, story, memory, dream, and fantasy.

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A grid of copies of th book uv lost passwords 1 by bill bissett.
November 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Discover our new limited edition book boxes! 🍁 🎁
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Discover Our Limited Edition Book Boxes - Read Local BC
Each box features Canadian-authored titles thoughtfully curated by independent booksellers.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Canadian Poets Series #14 : Dale Smith / @knifeforkbook.bsky.social @talonbooks.bsky.social ;
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Canadian Poets Series #14 : Dale Smith
Dale Martin Smith is a poet, editor, literary scholar, and professor at Toronto Metropolitan University. He is the author of the poetry col...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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🕯️🎃 Happy Halloween from Talonbooks! 🎃🕯️Here are some eerie #reads to keep the season's vibes going.

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A dark purple border. Along the top in white cursive it reads "eerie reading recommendations". The centre of the rectangle shows a graveyard with pumpkins and a border of white cobwebs. In the forefront in a diamond formation are four book covers bordered in orange. Clockwise from left to right: 1.Jump Scare by Daniel Zomparelli (navy cover, pink font for title, a bed sheet ghost is rising from a bed). 2. Medusa by Martine Desjardins translated by Oana Avasilichioaei. The top half of the cover is black with a blue jellyfish on it, the bottom is blue with a faceless woman whose hair blows in the wind. 3. The Mystery Play by Josh MacDonald. A ghostly looking faceless nun enters through an open doorway. The light behind her is an apocalyptic orange. 4. Zora, A Cruel Tale by Philippe Arseneault translated by Fred A. Reed and David Homel. The cover is drawn like a classic fairytale. In the woods, a black horse rears up. Its rider, a woman, looking anguished, runs towards a gremlin-type figure holding a shovel with its brain exposed. Between the center rectangle and the purple border are three cute cartoon ghosts in party hats. Beneath this it reads "Happy Halloween from Talonbooks."
October 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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October 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Listen to Carmen Aguirre in conversation with Margaret Gallagher on North by Northwest! The pair chat about Fire Never Dies, Aguirre's latest play.

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© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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On Wednesday November 5 at 7pm, join Cam Scott (MANOR's RANSOM) and ryan fitzpatrick (No Depression in Heaven) for the dual launch of their new poetry books. - mailchi.mp/grant/scott-...

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Cam Scott & ryan fitzpatrick celebrate a dual poetry launch
It’s a poetry launch for music lovers! Help celebrate the release of MANOR’s RANSOM by Cam Scott (ARP Books) and No Depression in Heaven by ryan fitzpatrick (Talonbooks).
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October 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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(1/4) Congratulations to our members, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social, @orcabook.bsky.social, and @talonbooks.bsky.social 👏

The following titles have been shortlisted for the 2025 Governor General's Literary Awards!
October 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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The 2024/2025 Jessie Award nominations are in and we are thrilled to see some familiar names and titles among the nominees! The Jessie Awards celebrate outstanding accomplishments of theatre in Vancouver.
October 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Thrilling to meet bill bissett, a titan of Canadian poetry, at the University of Alberta today. bill's touring Canada to promote his new book, th book uv lost passwords 1, from @talonbooks.bsky.social Brilliant performance from a wise and talented man.
October 29, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Elena Massing interviews Carmen Aguirre about "Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project" for CBC News!

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This play wants to make artist and activist Tina Modotti a household name | CBC Arts
Fire Never Dies, a new play on now in Vancouver, explores the life of the 20th century photographer-turned-activist
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October 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Today! Catch bill bissett launching th book uv lost passwords 1 alongside ... bill bissett! at University of Alberta's Henderson Hall! Don't miss it!

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October 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Celebrate the launch of Heartlines, the new #play by Sarah Waisvisz at Novel Idea Bookstore in Kingston! Heartlines delves the extraordinary love, art, and resistance of gender pioneers Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore.⁠ Join Waisvisz, Evalyn parry, & Zoë Sweet for an evening of literature.

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In the background of the event poster is the cover of Heartlines: A Love Story. A hot pink band across the top hosts the title in large, even, sans serif font. The cover image features No Title [Claude Cahun reflected in the mirror, checked jacket], 1928 Monochrome print. We also see Marcel Moore gazing into a mirror on the other side of the wall in a striped toque and a white shirt. In the foreground is the author photo of Sarah Waisvisz. She has curly hair and glasses, smiling. The text reads: "Book Launch of Heartlines: A Love Story. Kingston, ON. Sarah Waisvisz with Evalyn Parry, Zoë Sweet. Novel Idea Bookstore. Thursday November 20, 7–8:30 p.m. EST."
October 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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We are elated to share that Uiesh / Somewhere by Joséphine Bacon and translated by Jessica Moore is a finalist for the 2025 Governor General's Literary Award for Translation! Congratulations to Joséphine, Jessica, and all of this year's finalists! 💙📚

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October 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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TOMORROW!!

You're invited to the Talonbooks Fall 2025 Launch on October 24! Join us at the Martha Lou Henley Rehearsal Hall or on the Talonbooks YouTube channel to celebrate the release of five fantastic poetry collections. Attendance is free! The venue is accessible, light fare will be provided.
A lightly gradiated seafoam green at the edges to light turquoise in the centre background. The text reads "Talonbooks Fall 2025 Launch, Oct. 24, Vancouver, BC, Martha Lou Henley Rehearsal Hall, 1955 McLean Drive, Venue is wheelchair and scooter accessible." Followed by the five launching book covers with author headshots in circles above. From left to right, Rahat Kurd and The Book of Z, bill bissett and th book uv lost passwords 1, ryan fitzpatrick and No Depression in Heaven, Scott Jackshaw (attending virtually) and Stigmata, and Drew McEwan and tours, variously. The text underneath reads "Light refreshments will be served. A live stream will be available on the Talonbooks YouTube channel. Doors open at 7 p.m., readings begin at 7:30 p.m. Hosted by Danielle LaFrance."
October 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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We asked BC Independent book publishers for their recommendations, find out what they chose below 👀
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BC Book Recommendations From the People Who Make Them
Get to know the work of our BC Independent publishers through this curated guide of top picks from the bookmakers themselves.
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October 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Wonderful to see Crowd Source by Cecily Nicholson on this list along with so many great BC authored titles! Thanks, BC Living!

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24 New B.C. Books for Cozy Fall Reading - BC Living
We've got your fall book recommendations covered, from fiction to poetry to children's to non-fiction by local authors
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October 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Brooklyn! Celebrate the launch of Stigmata by @scottjackshaw.bsky.social at the Eglantine Poetry Reading Series at the Sunview Luncheonette Acropolis! Readings byJackshaw, Kendra Sullivan, and Ada Smailbegović. The event takes place at Sunview Luncheonette Acropolis on October 25th, 6 p.m.
October 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM