Thistledown Press
@thistledownpress.bsky.social
A literary trade publisher, publishing poetry and fiction by Canadian authors since 1975.
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📖ANNOUNCEMENT📖
Thistledown Press has three new titles coming your way in Spring 2026: a poetry collection from Chelsea Coupal, a literary mystery from Connie Gault, and a new novel from
Brent van Staalduinen.
Learn more and pre-order here: thistledownpress.com/2026/01/21/c...
Thistledown Press has three new titles coming your way in Spring 2026: a poetry collection from Chelsea Coupal, a literary mystery from Connie Gault, and a new novel from
Brent van Staalduinen.
Learn more and pre-order here: thistledownpress.com/2026/01/21/c...
COVER FEATURE 🌾
Thistledown Press’s Spring 2026 season begins on April 14th with U ALIVE, the second poetry collection from Saskatchewan author Chelsea Coupal. This searingly honest portrait of being a young woman in a small-town setting is not to be missed.
Designer: Mark Byk
Thistledown Press’s Spring 2026 season begins on April 14th with U ALIVE, the second poetry collection from Saskatchewan author Chelsea Coupal. This searingly honest portrait of being a young woman in a small-town setting is not to be missed.
Designer: Mark Byk
February 17, 2026 at 3:59 PM
COVER FEATURE 🌾
Thistledown Press’s Spring 2026 season begins on April 14th with U ALIVE, the second poetry collection from Saskatchewan author Chelsea Coupal. This searingly honest portrait of being a young woman in a small-town setting is not to be missed.
Designer: Mark Byk
Thistledown Press’s Spring 2026 season begins on April 14th with U ALIVE, the second poetry collection from Saskatchewan author Chelsea Coupal. This searingly honest portrait of being a young woman in a small-town setting is not to be missed.
Designer: Mark Byk
We were honoured to celebrate Saskatchewan Literacy Day on January 27th with a Q & A from Kohkum's Royal Bannock author Wilfred Burton. Special thanks to @saskliteracy.bsky.social for facilitating this event!
Watch the rest of the livestream at www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ62...
Watch the rest of the livestream at www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ62...
February 3, 2026 at 10:31 PM
We were honoured to celebrate Saskatchewan Literacy Day on January 27th with a Q & A from Kohkum's Royal Bannock author Wilfred Burton. Special thanks to @saskliteracy.bsky.social for facilitating this event!
Watch the rest of the livestream at www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ62...
Watch the rest of the livestream at www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ62...
Want more books by Canadian authors in your life this spring? Look no further than our Spring 2026 releases, coming soon from Thistledown Press!
Pre-order your copies now at thistledownpress.com
#CanLit #NewReleases
Pre-order your copies now at thistledownpress.com
#CanLit #NewReleases
January 28, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Want more books by Canadian authors in your life this spring? Look no further than our Spring 2026 releases, coming soon from Thistledown Press!
Pre-order your copies now at thistledownpress.com
#CanLit #NewReleases
Pre-order your copies now at thistledownpress.com
#CanLit #NewReleases
📖ANNOUNCEMENT📖
Thistledown Press has three new titles coming your way in Spring 2026: a poetry collection from Chelsea Coupal, a literary mystery from Connie Gault, and a new novel from
Brent van Staalduinen.
Learn more and pre-order here: thistledownpress.com/2026/01/21/c...
Thistledown Press has three new titles coming your way in Spring 2026: a poetry collection from Chelsea Coupal, a literary mystery from Connie Gault, and a new novel from
Brent van Staalduinen.
Learn more and pre-order here: thistledownpress.com/2026/01/21/c...
January 23, 2026 at 7:34 PM
📖ANNOUNCEMENT📖
Thistledown Press has three new titles coming your way in Spring 2026: a poetry collection from Chelsea Coupal, a literary mystery from Connie Gault, and a new novel from
Brent van Staalduinen.
Learn more and pre-order here: thistledownpress.com/2026/01/21/c...
Thistledown Press has three new titles coming your way in Spring 2026: a poetry collection from Chelsea Coupal, a literary mystery from Connie Gault, and a new novel from
Brent van Staalduinen.
Learn more and pre-order here: thistledownpress.com/2026/01/21/c...
Our thanks to The Canadian Children's Book Centre for
selecting THE DISCOVERY OF FINNEGAN WILDE by
Caroline Pignat as one of their December Experts' Picks!
Read more here:
bookcentre.ca/blogs/articl...
#folklore #middlegrade #fiction #CanLit #IndiePress
selecting THE DISCOVERY OF FINNEGAN WILDE by
Caroline Pignat as one of their December Experts' Picks!
Read more here:
bookcentre.ca/blogs/articl...
#folklore #middlegrade #fiction #CanLit #IndiePress
January 23, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Our thanks to The Canadian Children's Book Centre for
selecting THE DISCOVERY OF FINNEGAN WILDE by
Caroline Pignat as one of their December Experts' Picks!
Read more here:
bookcentre.ca/blogs/articl...
#folklore #middlegrade #fiction #CanLit #IndiePress
selecting THE DISCOVERY OF FINNEGAN WILDE by
Caroline Pignat as one of their December Experts' Picks!
Read more here:
bookcentre.ca/blogs/articl...
#folklore #middlegrade #fiction #CanLit #IndiePress
📖ANNOUNCEMENT📖
Thistledown Press has three new titles coming your way in Spring 2026: a poetry collection from Chelsea Coupal, a literary mystery from Connie Gault, and a war fiction novel from @brentvans.com.
Learn more and pre-order here: thistledownpress.com/2026/01/21/c...
Thistledown Press has three new titles coming your way in Spring 2026: a poetry collection from Chelsea Coupal, a literary mystery from Connie Gault, and a war fiction novel from @brentvans.com.
Learn more and pre-order here: thistledownpress.com/2026/01/21/c...
January 21, 2026 at 7:29 PM
📖ANNOUNCEMENT📖
Thistledown Press has three new titles coming your way in Spring 2026: a poetry collection from Chelsea Coupal, a literary mystery from Connie Gault, and a war fiction novel from @brentvans.com.
Learn more and pre-order here: thistledownpress.com/2026/01/21/c...
Thistledown Press has three new titles coming your way in Spring 2026: a poetry collection from Chelsea Coupal, a literary mystery from Connie Gault, and a war fiction novel from @brentvans.com.
Learn more and pre-order here: thistledownpress.com/2026/01/21/c...
We are excited to announce that Mariah Warriner has joined Thistledown Press as our new Publicity and Marketing Manager! Please help us send our fondest farewells with Jaclyn Morken as she moves on to her next role.
Read more on our website here: thistledownpress.com/2026/01/20/m...
Read more on our website here: thistledownpress.com/2026/01/20/m...
Mariah Warriner Is Our Publicity and Marketing Manager!
Thistledown Press is happy to welcome Mariah Warriner as our new Publicity and Marketing Manager.
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January 20, 2026 at 10:26 PM
We are excited to announce that Mariah Warriner has joined Thistledown Press as our new Publicity and Marketing Manager! Please help us send our fondest farewells with Jaclyn Morken as she moves on to her next role.
Read more on our website here: thistledownpress.com/2026/01/20/m...
Read more on our website here: thistledownpress.com/2026/01/20/m...
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@angieellis.bsky.social joins us to talk about her debut novel A SNAKE AND A FEATHERED BIRD (@thistledownpress.bsky.social), the importance of community, and how leaning into other passions can help break through creative blocks.
Read the full interview at: alllitup.ca/writers-bloc...
Read the full interview at: alllitup.ca/writers-bloc...
January 13, 2026 at 2:59 PM
@angieellis.bsky.social joins us to talk about her debut novel A SNAKE AND A FEATHERED BIRD (@thistledownpress.bsky.social), the importance of community, and how leaning into other passions can help break through creative blocks.
Read the full interview at: alllitup.ca/writers-bloc...
Read the full interview at: alllitup.ca/writers-bloc...
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How lucky am I to have won these rare, vintage poetry collections in the 50th anniversary contest from @thistledownpress.bsky.social ?!? My Saskatchewan poet's heart is happy ❤️
(incidentally, Ron Marken was also one of my English profs in university 😁)
(incidentally, Ron Marken was also one of my English profs in university 😁)
December 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
How lucky am I to have won these rare, vintage poetry collections in the 50th anniversary contest from @thistledownpress.bsky.social ?!? My Saskatchewan poet's heart is happy ❤️
(incidentally, Ron Marken was also one of my English profs in university 😁)
(incidentally, Ron Marken was also one of my English profs in university 😁)
Thank you to Literary Review of Canada for the review of A SNAKE AND A FEATHERED BIRD by Angie Ellis! Learn more: thistledownpress.com/.../review-a...
#review #BookReview #fiction #LiteraryFiction #HistoricalFiction #debut #novel #CanLit #IndiePress #AmReading
#review #BookReview #fiction #LiteraryFiction #HistoricalFiction #debut #novel #CanLit #IndiePress #AmReading
December 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Thank you to Literary Review of Canada for the review of A SNAKE AND A FEATHERED BIRD by Angie Ellis! Learn more: thistledownpress.com/.../review-a...
#review #BookReview #fiction #LiteraryFiction #HistoricalFiction #debut #novel #CanLit #IndiePress #AmReading
#review #BookReview #fiction #LiteraryFiction #HistoricalFiction #debut #novel #CanLit #IndiePress #AmReading
Happy Holidays from Thistledown Press! HUGE thanks to all our wonderful readers, authors, editors, designers, & friends for making our 50th Anniversary year so memorable. Here's to the next 50 years!
**Our office will be closed Dec 20-28 & Dec 31-Jan 4. We will process any new orders in Jan 2026.
**Our office will be closed Dec 20-28 & Dec 31-Jan 4. We will process any new orders in Jan 2026.
December 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Happy Holidays from Thistledown Press! HUGE thanks to all our wonderful readers, authors, editors, designers, & friends for making our 50th Anniversary year so memorable. Here's to the next 50 years!
**Our office will be closed Dec 20-28 & Dec 31-Jan 4. We will process any new orders in Jan 2026.
**Our office will be closed Dec 20-28 & Dec 31-Jan 4. We will process any new orders in Jan 2026.
Many thanks to Alberta Views magazine for the wonderful review of FOOD FOR THE JOURNEY: A LIFE IN TRAVEL by Elizabeth J. Haynes! Read more here: thistledownpress.com/2025/12/11/r...
#review #nonfiction #travel #memoir #essays #CanLit #IndiePress
#review #nonfiction #travel #memoir #essays #CanLit #IndiePress
December 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Many thanks to Alberta Views magazine for the wonderful review of FOOD FOR THE JOURNEY: A LIFE IN TRAVEL by Elizabeth J. Haynes! Read more here: thistledownpress.com/2025/12/11/r...
#review #nonfiction #travel #memoir #essays #CanLit #IndiePress
#review #nonfiction #travel #memoir #essays #CanLit #IndiePress
CORRECTION: This is a PART-TIME role in our Saskatoon office.
📣Come & work with us!📣
We're hiring a part-time Publicity & Marketing Manager! This is a 6-month contract role with possibility for extension. Apply by December 19, 2025. Visit our website for more: thistledownpress.com/2025/12/03/w...
📣Come & work with us!📣
We're hiring a part-time Publicity & Marketing Manager! This is a 6-month contract role with possibility for extension. Apply by December 19, 2025. Visit our website for more: thistledownpress.com/2025/12/03/w...
December 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
CORRECTION: This is a PART-TIME role in our Saskatoon office.
📣Come & work with us!📣
We're hiring a part-time Publicity & Marketing Manager! This is a 6-month contract role with possibility for extension. Apply by December 19, 2025. Visit our website for more: thistledownpress.com/2025/12/03/w...
📣Come & work with us!📣
We're hiring a part-time Publicity & Marketing Manager! This is a 6-month contract role with possibility for extension. Apply by December 19, 2025. Visit our website for more: thistledownpress.com/2025/12/03/w...
We are so excited to share that THE GENIUS HOUR PROJECT by Leanne Shirtliffe has been selected for the Fall 2025 issue of Best Books for Kids and Teens! Congratulations to Leanne and the other featured authors!
Read the full list from @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social here: bookcentre.ca/collections/....
Read the full list from @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social here: bookcentre.ca/collections/....
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
We are so excited to share that THE GENIUS HOUR PROJECT by Leanne Shirtliffe has been selected for the Fall 2025 issue of Best Books for Kids and Teens! Congratulations to Leanne and the other featured authors!
Read the full list from @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social here: bookcentre.ca/collections/....
Read the full list from @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social here: bookcentre.ca/collections/....
We at Thistledown Press are excited to announce that Meredith Hambrock is our new Assistant Editor! Meredith brings years of experience as a writer, editor, and teacher to the team. Welcome, Meredith!
Read more on our website here: thistledownpress.com/2025/11/21/m...
Read more on our website here: thistledownpress.com/2025/11/21/m...
Meredith Hambrock is our Assistant Editor!
We at Thistledown Press are excited to announce that Meredith Hambrock is our new Assistant Editor! Meredith brings years of experience as a writer, editor, and teacher to the team. She was the 2023…
thistledownpress.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
We at Thistledown Press are excited to announce that Meredith Hambrock is our new Assistant Editor! Meredith brings years of experience as a writer, editor, and teacher to the team. Welcome, Meredith!
Read more on our website here: thistledownpress.com/2025/11/21/m...
Read more on our website here: thistledownpress.com/2025/11/21/m...
There's still time to enter our 50th Anniversary #giveaway! The entry deadline is November 15, 2025!
Visit our website to learn more and enter: thistledownpress.com/about/fifty-...
Visit our website to learn more and enter: thistledownpress.com/about/fifty-...
We are giving away some of Thistledown Press’s earliest published titles!
DARK HONEY by Ronald Marken
OCTOMI by Andrew Suknaski & William Johnson
INSIDE IS THE SKY by Lorna Uher (Crozier)
Visit our website by Nov 15, 2025 to enter!
thistledownpress.com/about/fifty-...
DARK HONEY by Ronald Marken
OCTOMI by Andrew Suknaski & William Johnson
INSIDE IS THE SKY by Lorna Uher (Crozier)
Visit our website by Nov 15, 2025 to enter!
thistledownpress.com/about/fifty-...
November 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
There's still time to enter our 50th Anniversary #giveaway! The entry deadline is November 15, 2025!
Visit our website to learn more and enter: thistledownpress.com/about/fifty-...
Visit our website to learn more and enter: thistledownpress.com/about/fifty-...
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October 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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I'm pumped to share the perfectly unsettling cover (designed by @michelvrana.com) for my novel THE PEACE THIEVES, out June 16, 2026 from @thistledownpress.bsky.social! Details and preorder info here: www.brentvans.com/books/the-pe... #canlit #fiction #novel
October 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I'm pumped to share the perfectly unsettling cover (designed by @michelvrana.com) for my novel THE PEACE THIEVES, out June 16, 2026 from @thistledownpress.bsky.social! Details and preorder info here: www.brentvans.com/books/the-pe... #canlit #fiction #novel
We are thrilled to share that THE DISCOVERY OF FINNEGAN WILDE by Caroline Pignat has been nominated for the 2026 Red Maple Award from Forest of Reading!!
Read the full list of nominees here: forestofreading.com/red-maple-no...
Read the full list of nominees here: forestofreading.com/red-maple-no...
October 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
We are thrilled to share that THE DISCOVERY OF FINNEGAN WILDE by Caroline Pignat has been nominated for the 2026 Red Maple Award from Forest of Reading!!
Read the full list of nominees here: forestofreading.com/red-maple-no...
Read the full list of nominees here: forestofreading.com/red-maple-no...
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Could not more highly recommend this book from a brilliant writer.
Thanks @thebookstack.org for the great review of A SNAKE AND A FEATHERED BIRD by @angieellis.bsky.social!!
Pre-order your copy from your favourite indie bookstore!
More about the book here: thistledownpress.com/product/a-sn...
Pre-order your copy from your favourite indie bookstore!
More about the book here: thistledownpress.com/product/a-sn...
New book review: Angie Ellis's "A Snake and a Feathered Bird", coming out October 7th!
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October 14, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Could not more highly recommend this book from a brilliant writer.
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The Genius Hour Project by Leanne Shirtliffe ( @thistledownpress.bsky.social )
is a juvenile book about a school project but also how it lands into the life of Frazzy. Will the project offer her the opportunity to instead be true to herself? Read the review at reviews.skbooks.com/genius-hour-...
is a juvenile book about a school project but also how it lands into the life of Frazzy. Will the project offer her the opportunity to instead be true to herself? Read the review at reviews.skbooks.com/genius-hour-...
Genius Hour Project, The
The Genius Hour Projectby Leanne ShirtliffePublished by Thistledown PressReview by Shelley A. Leedahl$16.95 ISBN 9781771872577 As a sexagenarian, I never imagined I’d so enjoy a novel featuring an …
reviews.skbooks.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The Genius Hour Project by Leanne Shirtliffe ( @thistledownpress.bsky.social )
is a juvenile book about a school project but also how it lands into the life of Frazzy. Will the project offer her the opportunity to instead be true to herself? Read the review at reviews.skbooks.com/genius-hour-...
is a juvenile book about a school project but also how it lands into the life of Frazzy. Will the project offer her the opportunity to instead be true to herself? Read the review at reviews.skbooks.com/genius-hour-...
📣Editors of Saskatoon!📣 There's still one week left to apply to the Assistant Editor position with Thistledown Press!
Visit our website to read the full job description and apply: thistledownpress.com/2025/09/25/w...
Visit our website to read the full job description and apply: thistledownpress.com/2025/09/25/w...
📣Come and work with us!📣
Thistledown Press is hiring an assistant editor! This is a seasonal, part-time position starting in November 2025. Deadline to apply is October 17, 2025.
Visit our website for the full job description!
thistledownpress.com/2025/09/25/w...
Thistledown Press is hiring an assistant editor! This is a seasonal, part-time position starting in November 2025. Deadline to apply is October 17, 2025.
Visit our website for the full job description!
thistledownpress.com/2025/09/25/w...
October 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
📣Editors of Saskatoon!📣 There's still one week left to apply to the Assistant Editor position with Thistledown Press!
Visit our website to read the full job description and apply: thistledownpress.com/2025/09/25/w...
Visit our website to read the full job description and apply: thistledownpress.com/2025/09/25/w...
We are giving away some of Thistledown Press’s earliest published titles!
DARK HONEY by Ronald Marken
OCTOMI by Andrew Suknaski & William Johnson
INSIDE IS THE SKY by Lorna Uher (Crozier)
Visit our website by Nov 15, 2025 to enter!
thistledownpress.com/about/fifty-...
DARK HONEY by Ronald Marken
OCTOMI by Andrew Suknaski & William Johnson
INSIDE IS THE SKY by Lorna Uher (Crozier)
Visit our website by Nov 15, 2025 to enter!
thistledownpress.com/about/fifty-...
October 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
We are giving away some of Thistledown Press’s earliest published titles!
DARK HONEY by Ronald Marken
OCTOMI by Andrew Suknaski & William Johnson
INSIDE IS THE SKY by Lorna Uher (Crozier)
Visit our website by Nov 15, 2025 to enter!
thistledownpress.com/about/fifty-...
DARK HONEY by Ronald Marken
OCTOMI by Andrew Suknaski & William Johnson
INSIDE IS THE SKY by Lorna Uher (Crozier)
Visit our website by Nov 15, 2025 to enter!
thistledownpress.com/about/fifty-...
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New on the Q&Q Job Board: Assistant Editor @thistledownpress.bsky.social For more details: bit.ly/48CrXpc
September 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
New on the Q&Q Job Board: Assistant Editor @thistledownpress.bsky.social For more details: bit.ly/48CrXpc
📣Come and work with us!📣
Thistledown Press is hiring an assistant editor! This is a seasonal, part-time position starting in November 2025. Deadline to apply is October 17, 2025.
Visit our website for the full job description!
thistledownpress.com/2025/09/25/w...
Thistledown Press is hiring an assistant editor! This is a seasonal, part-time position starting in November 2025. Deadline to apply is October 17, 2025.
Visit our website for the full job description!
thistledownpress.com/2025/09/25/w...
September 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
📣Come and work with us!📣
Thistledown Press is hiring an assistant editor! This is a seasonal, part-time position starting in November 2025. Deadline to apply is October 17, 2025.
Visit our website for the full job description!
thistledownpress.com/2025/09/25/w...
Thistledown Press is hiring an assistant editor! This is a seasonal, part-time position starting in November 2025. Deadline to apply is October 17, 2025.
Visit our website for the full job description!
thistledownpress.com/2025/09/25/w...