@canadianfiction.bsky.social
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In a recent interview with David Elias, we asked him about how the assassination of JFK serves as an unsettling underpinning for this fascinating novel, Into the D/ark, which is set in rural Manitoba.
Read the full interview:
www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2025/11...
@radiantpress.bsky.social
Read the full interview:
www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2025/11...
@radiantpress.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In a recent interview with David Elias, we asked him about how the assassination of JFK serves as an unsettling underpinning for this fascinating novel, Into the D/ark, which is set in rural Manitoba.
Read the full interview:
www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2025/11...
@radiantpress.bsky.social
Read the full interview:
www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2025/11...
@radiantpress.bsky.social
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Looking for a perfectly soul-expanding heartwarming, and beautiful holiday season read? I highly recommend David Giuliano’s new novel, The Upending of Wendall Forbes (Latitude 46, 2025).
You can listen to my NBN interview with David now. Or save it for later.
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You can listen to my NBN interview with David now. Or save it for later.
newbooksnetwork.com/the-upending...
December 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Looking for a perfectly soul-expanding heartwarming, and beautiful holiday season read? I highly recommend David Giuliano’s new novel, The Upending of Wendall Forbes (Latitude 46, 2025).
You can listen to my NBN interview with David now. Or save it for later.
newbooksnetwork.com/the-upending...
You can listen to my NBN interview with David now. Or save it for later.
newbooksnetwork.com/the-upending...
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“A daring, not-to-be-missed short novel by the one and only Hollay Ghadery.”
—Nilofar-Lily Soltani
Lily’s beautiful novel, Zulaikha, was released by Inanna Publications in 2023.
About Zulaikha:
inanna.ca/product/zula...
About The Unravelling of Ou:
palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un...
—Nilofar-Lily Soltani
Lily’s beautiful novel, Zulaikha, was released by Inanna Publications in 2023.
About Zulaikha:
inanna.ca/product/zula...
About The Unravelling of Ou:
palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un...
December 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“A daring, not-to-be-missed short novel by the one and only Hollay Ghadery.”
—Nilofar-Lily Soltani
Lily’s beautiful novel, Zulaikha, was released by Inanna Publications in 2023.
About Zulaikha:
inanna.ca/product/zula...
About The Unravelling of Ou:
palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un...
—Nilofar-Lily Soltani
Lily’s beautiful novel, Zulaikha, was released by Inanna Publications in 2023.
About Zulaikha:
inanna.ca/product/zula...
About The Unravelling of Ou:
palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un...
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To continue celebrating amazing CanLit published in Canada, River Street launched our book clubs program. And the book club kits are FREE!
Katie Welch’s Ladder to Heaven ( @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social, 2025) is up first!
Learn more! ⬇️
www.riverstreetwriting.com/river-street...
Katie Welch’s Ladder to Heaven ( @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social, 2025) is up first!
Learn more! ⬇️
www.riverstreetwriting.com/river-street...
December 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
To continue celebrating amazing CanLit published in Canada, River Street launched our book clubs program. And the book club kits are FREE!
Katie Welch’s Ladder to Heaven ( @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social, 2025) is up first!
Learn more! ⬇️
www.riverstreetwriting.com/river-street...
Katie Welch’s Ladder to Heaven ( @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social, 2025) is up first!
Learn more! ⬇️
www.riverstreetwriting.com/river-street...
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Listen, it’s not me: the people want you to pre-order my book.
You can pre-order The Unravelling of Ou from wherever books are bought or borrowed.
More on my book here:
palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un...
@palimpsestpress.bsky.social
You can pre-order The Unravelling of Ou from wherever books are bought or borrowed.
More on my book here:
palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un...
@palimpsestpress.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Listen, it’s not me: the people want you to pre-order my book.
You can pre-order The Unravelling of Ou from wherever books are bought or borrowed.
More on my book here:
palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un...
@palimpsestpress.bsky.social
You can pre-order The Unravelling of Ou from wherever books are bought or borrowed.
More on my book here:
palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un...
@palimpsestpress.bsky.social
Drinking the Ocean by Saad Omar Khan, published by Wolsak & Wynn, 2025.
Drinking the Ocean is a story of connections lost and found and of the many kinds of love that shape a life, whether familial, romantic or spiritual.
bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/dri...
@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
Drinking the Ocean is a story of connections lost and found and of the many kinds of love that shape a life, whether familial, romantic or spiritual.
bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/dri...
@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Drinking the Ocean by Saad Omar Khan, published by Wolsak & Wynn, 2025.
Drinking the Ocean is a story of connections lost and found and of the many kinds of love that shape a life, whether familial, romantic or spiritual.
bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/dri...
@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
Drinking the Ocean is a story of connections lost and found and of the many kinds of love that shape a life, whether familial, romantic or spiritual.
bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/dri...
@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
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DYK: 48% of first responders report psychological harm in their workplace?
Meet author and longtime paramedic and fire service captain Sean Paul Bedell and his powerful new novel, Shoebox (NoN Publishing, 2025).
Request a review copy of Shoebox:
www.riverstreetwriting.com/join-river-s...
Meet author and longtime paramedic and fire service captain Sean Paul Bedell and his powerful new novel, Shoebox (NoN Publishing, 2025).
Request a review copy of Shoebox:
www.riverstreetwriting.com/join-river-s...
November 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
DYK: 48% of first responders report psychological harm in their workplace?
Meet author and longtime paramedic and fire service captain Sean Paul Bedell and his powerful new novel, Shoebox (NoN Publishing, 2025).
Request a review copy of Shoebox:
www.riverstreetwriting.com/join-river-s...
Meet author and longtime paramedic and fire service captain Sean Paul Bedell and his powerful new novel, Shoebox (NoN Publishing, 2025).
Request a review copy of Shoebox:
www.riverstreetwriting.com/join-river-s...
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Celebrate my 100th episode on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social with me and Aamir Hussain! We chop it up about his beautiful debut novel, Under the Full and Crescent Moon (Dundurn, 2025).
newbooksnetwork.com/under-the-fu...
newbooksnetwork.com/under-the-fu...
November 23, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Celebrate my 100th episode on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social with me and Aamir Hussain! We chop it up about his beautiful debut novel, Under the Full and Crescent Moon (Dundurn, 2025).
newbooksnetwork.com/under-the-fu...
newbooksnetwork.com/under-the-fu...
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In this NBN episode, I have a lovely conversation with award-winning and nationally acclaimed author Shane Peacock about his novel, A Place of Secrets (
@cormorantbooks.bsky.social, 2025).
In case you haven’t noticed, I love gothic lit. 🔥
Tune in:
newbooksnetwork.com/a-place-of-s...
#gothic
@cormorantbooks.bsky.social, 2025).
In case you haven’t noticed, I love gothic lit. 🔥
Tune in:
newbooksnetwork.com/a-place-of-s...
#gothic
November 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
In this NBN episode, I have a lovely conversation with award-winning and nationally acclaimed author Shane Peacock about his novel, A Place of Secrets (
@cormorantbooks.bsky.social, 2025).
In case you haven’t noticed, I love gothic lit. 🔥
Tune in:
newbooksnetwork.com/a-place-of-s...
#gothic
@cormorantbooks.bsky.social, 2025).
In case you haven’t noticed, I love gothic lit. 🔥
Tune in:
newbooksnetwork.com/a-place-of-s...
#gothic
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It’s #NationalAbsurdityDay — a perfect occasion to spotlight Hollay Ghadery’s debut novel, The Unravelling of Ou, forthcoming February 15, 2026 with Palimpsest Press.
palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un...
@hollay.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social @merliterary.bsky.social
palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un...
@hollay.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social @merliterary.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
It’s #NationalAbsurdityDay — a perfect occasion to spotlight Hollay Ghadery’s debut novel, The Unravelling of Ou, forthcoming February 15, 2026 with Palimpsest Press.
palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un...
@hollay.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social @merliterary.bsky.social
palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un...
@hollay.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social @merliterary.bsky.social
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I am thrilled to be joined on my blog by the extraordinary and beloved author and publisher, Michael Mirolla, to talk about author-publisher etiquette and expectations.
Read the interview here:
www.hollayghadery.ca/blog/u58f2qx...
#writers #publishing
Read the interview here:
www.hollayghadery.ca/blog/u58f2qx...
#writers #publishing
November 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I am thrilled to be joined on my blog by the extraordinary and beloved author and publisher, Michael Mirolla, to talk about author-publisher etiquette and expectations.
Read the interview here:
www.hollayghadery.ca/blog/u58f2qx...
#writers #publishing
Read the interview here:
www.hollayghadery.ca/blog/u58f2qx...
#writers #publishing
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The Unravelling of Ou is on NetGalley, my darling dust bunnies!
This means, if you’re on NetGalley, you can snag an advance digital copy of my novel to read and review.
Read on NetGalley:
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
@palimpsestpress.bsky.social @netgalley.bsky.social
This means, if you’re on NetGalley, you can snag an advance digital copy of my novel to read and review.
Read on NetGalley:
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
@palimpsestpress.bsky.social @netgalley.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The Unravelling of Ou is on NetGalley, my darling dust bunnies!
This means, if you’re on NetGalley, you can snag an advance digital copy of my novel to read and review.
Read on NetGalley:
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
@palimpsestpress.bsky.social @netgalley.bsky.social
This means, if you’re on NetGalley, you can snag an advance digital copy of my novel to read and review.
Read on NetGalley:
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
@palimpsestpress.bsky.social @netgalley.bsky.social
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Honoured by this lovely review in the Montreal Review of Books, and how the personal really is political...
#elderabuse
#sandwichgeneration
mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/coun...
#elderabuse
#sandwichgeneration
mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/coun...
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Honoured by this lovely review in the Montreal Review of Books, and how the personal really is political...
#elderabuse
#sandwichgeneration
mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/coun...
#elderabuse
#sandwichgeneration
mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/coun...
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Ecology Paul comes to life thanks to the irrepressibly talented New Mexico artist, Catie Powe! 🧦
Head to my blog to take a peek behind the creation of the cover art for my novel, The Unravelling of Ou (@palimpsestpress.bsky.social, February 15, 2026).
www.hollayghadery.ca/blog/the-cre...
#canlit
Head to my blog to take a peek behind the creation of the cover art for my novel, The Unravelling of Ou (@palimpsestpress.bsky.social, February 15, 2026).
www.hollayghadery.ca/blog/the-cre...
#canlit
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Ecology Paul comes to life thanks to the irrepressibly talented New Mexico artist, Catie Powe! 🧦
Head to my blog to take a peek behind the creation of the cover art for my novel, The Unravelling of Ou (@palimpsestpress.bsky.social, February 15, 2026).
www.hollayghadery.ca/blog/the-cre...
#canlit
Head to my blog to take a peek behind the creation of the cover art for my novel, The Unravelling of Ou (@palimpsestpress.bsky.social, February 15, 2026).
www.hollayghadery.ca/blog/the-cre...
#canlit
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“The novel is a stitching together of memories of unspeakable events. Black takes us on an exciting journey through rural Ontario in the late 1800s.”
—WAHEED RABBANI, Historical Novel Society
Read the review of Lucy E.M. Black’s, A Quilting of Scars:
historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/a-qu...
—WAHEED RABBANI, Historical Novel Society
Read the review of Lucy E.M. Black’s, A Quilting of Scars:
historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/a-qu...
A Quilting of Scars - Historical Novel Society
In 1911, in Cemetery Hill, Ontario, fifty-one-year-old bachelor Larkin is successfully raising stallions on his farm. He is striving hard to save enough money to buy a “horseless carriage.” One day, h...
historicalnovelsociety.org
November 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“The novel is a stitching together of memories of unspeakable events. Black takes us on an exciting journey through rural Ontario in the late 1800s.”
—WAHEED RABBANI, Historical Novel Society
Read the review of Lucy E.M. Black’s, A Quilting of Scars:
historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/a-qu...
—WAHEED RABBANI, Historical Novel Society
Read the review of Lucy E.M. Black’s, A Quilting of Scars:
historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/a-qu...
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A wry take on machine authorship and a delightfully offbeat exploration of gender, family, and creativity, with a stylistic wink at Stanistaw Lem.”
- KR Wilson, author of Call Me Stan
DM us to request a review copy of How About This…? by Michael Mirolla now!
atbaypress.com/books/detail...
- KR Wilson, author of Call Me Stan
DM us to request a review copy of How About This…? by Michael Mirolla now!
atbaypress.com/books/detail...
October 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A wry take on machine authorship and a delightfully offbeat exploration of gender, family, and creativity, with a stylistic wink at Stanistaw Lem.”
- KR Wilson, author of Call Me Stan
DM us to request a review copy of How About This…? by Michael Mirolla now!
atbaypress.com/books/detail...
- KR Wilson, author of Call Me Stan
DM us to request a review copy of How About This…? by Michael Mirolla now!
atbaypress.com/books/detail...
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It's spooky season! Here are some "Books to Read When the Veil is Thin" with titles from @latitude46pub.bsky.social @inhabitmedia.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @steerforthpress.bsky.social @dundurnpress.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/10... #CanLit
Books to Read When the Veil is Thin · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
Witchy, spooky, creepy reads for October.
49thshelf.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It's spooky season! Here are some "Books to Read When the Veil is Thin" with titles from @latitude46pub.bsky.social @inhabitmedia.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @steerforthpress.bsky.social @dundurnpress.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/10... #CanLit
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Into the D/Ark by David Elias, forthcoming with Radiant Press, October 21 2025–and you can see him on CTV Winnipeg!
Watch here:
youtu.be/lp6i6PwXauQ?...
@radiantpress.bsky.social
Watch here:
youtu.be/lp6i6PwXauQ?...
@radiantpress.bsky.social
Manitoba author finalist for fiction award
YouTube video by CTV News
youtu.be
October 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Into the D/Ark by David Elias, forthcoming with Radiant Press, October 21 2025–and you can see him on CTV Winnipeg!
Watch here:
youtu.be/lp6i6PwXauQ?...
@radiantpress.bsky.social
Watch here:
youtu.be/lp6i6PwXauQ?...
@radiantpress.bsky.social
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#Extract
A Quilting of Scars by Lucy E.M. Black
@riverstreetwriting.bsky.social
Described as 'a contemplative novel about identity, secrets, life choices, aging and mortality.'
Read:
www.swirlandthread.com/a-quilting-o...
#booksky
A Quilting of Scars by Lucy E.M. Black
@riverstreetwriting.bsky.social
Described as 'a contemplative novel about identity, secrets, life choices, aging and mortality.'
Read:
www.swirlandthread.com/a-quilting-o...
#booksky
October 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
#Extract
A Quilting of Scars by Lucy E.M. Black
@riverstreetwriting.bsky.social
Described as 'a contemplative novel about identity, secrets, life choices, aging and mortality.'
Read:
www.swirlandthread.com/a-quilting-o...
#booksky
A Quilting of Scars by Lucy E.M. Black
@riverstreetwriting.bsky.social
Described as 'a contemplative novel about identity, secrets, life choices, aging and mortality.'
Read:
www.swirlandthread.com/a-quilting-o...
#booksky
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A wonderful interview with @anncavlovic.bsky.social about her debut novel about elder abuse and dysfunctional family dynamics.
@guernicaeditions.bsky.social ✨
@guernicaeditions.bsky.social ✨
October 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A wonderful interview with @anncavlovic.bsky.social about her debut novel about elder abuse and dysfunctional family dynamics.
@guernicaeditions.bsky.social ✨
@guernicaeditions.bsky.social ✨
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My book babes. ♥️
✨Fuse, a memoir of mixed-race identity & mental health, Guernica Editions, 2021. Won a 2023 Canadian Bookclub Award.
🐝 Rebellion Box, poems, Radiant Press, 2023.
🩷 Widow Fantasies, flash fiction, Gordon Hill Press, 2024. Long listed for the 2025 Toronto Book Awards.
#canlit
✨Fuse, a memoir of mixed-race identity & mental health, Guernica Editions, 2021. Won a 2023 Canadian Bookclub Award.
🐝 Rebellion Box, poems, Radiant Press, 2023.
🩷 Widow Fantasies, flash fiction, Gordon Hill Press, 2024. Long listed for the 2025 Toronto Book Awards.
#canlit
October 17, 2025 at 2:03 AM
My book babes. ♥️
✨Fuse, a memoir of mixed-race identity & mental health, Guernica Editions, 2021. Won a 2023 Canadian Bookclub Award.
🐝 Rebellion Box, poems, Radiant Press, 2023.
🩷 Widow Fantasies, flash fiction, Gordon Hill Press, 2024. Long listed for the 2025 Toronto Book Awards.
#canlit
✨Fuse, a memoir of mixed-race identity & mental health, Guernica Editions, 2021. Won a 2023 Canadian Bookclub Award.
🐝 Rebellion Box, poems, Radiant Press, 2023.
🩷 Widow Fantasies, flash fiction, Gordon Hill Press, 2024. Long listed for the 2025 Toronto Book Awards.
#canlit
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“Her latest work, The Unravelling of Ou, fuses them all—a novel that grips the reader like a hand around the throat of a secret.”
—Wayne Ng, Ottawa Review of Books
www.ottawareviewofbooks.com/single-post/...
The Unravelling of Ou (Palimpsest Press, 2/15/26) is available for preorder.
—Wayne Ng, Ottawa Review of Books
www.ottawareviewofbooks.com/single-post/...
The Unravelling of Ou (Palimpsest Press, 2/15/26) is available for preorder.
October 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
“Her latest work, The Unravelling of Ou, fuses them all—a novel that grips the reader like a hand around the throat of a secret.”
—Wayne Ng, Ottawa Review of Books
www.ottawareviewofbooks.com/single-post/...
The Unravelling of Ou (Palimpsest Press, 2/15/26) is available for preorder.
—Wayne Ng, Ottawa Review of Books
www.ottawareviewofbooks.com/single-post/...
The Unravelling of Ou (Palimpsest Press, 2/15/26) is available for preorder.
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A Quilting of Scars is out today from @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social and I’m chatting with author Lucy E. M. Black all about it
lindasbookbag.com/2025/10/15/s...
lindasbookbag.com/2025/10/15/s...
October 15, 2025 at 5:42 AM
A Quilting of Scars is out today from @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social and I’m chatting with author Lucy E. M. Black all about it
lindasbookbag.com/2025/10/15/s...
lindasbookbag.com/2025/10/15/s...
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So great to see The Midnight Project as part of this spooky roundup!
Do you live for books that bring on the chills and thrills? 👻 📖
Check out our list spooky season reads by Canadian authors.
Read the full list here:
www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2025/9/...
#spookyseason
Check out our list spooky season reads by Canadian authors.
Read the full list here:
www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2025/9/...
#spookyseason
October 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
So great to see The Midnight Project as part of this spooky roundup!
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In this NBN episode, I speak with Guelph, Ontario author Karen Smythe about her remarkable new novel, A Town With No Noise (Palimpsest Press, 2025).
Listen to the conversation:
newbooksnetwork.com/a-town-with-...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social
#books
Listen to the conversation:
newbooksnetwork.com/a-town-with-...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social
#books
October 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
In this NBN episode, I speak with Guelph, Ontario author Karen Smythe about her remarkable new novel, A Town With No Noise (Palimpsest Press, 2025).
Listen to the conversation:
newbooksnetwork.com/a-town-with-...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social
#books
Listen to the conversation:
newbooksnetwork.com/a-town-with-...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social
#books