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Coach House Books is an independent Canadian publisher of poetry, fiction, drama & nonfiction. Good on paper since 1965. https://linktr.ee/chbooks
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LAST CHANCE FOR OUR HOLIDAY SALE: shop 22% off all books on our site until midnight tonight, including our picks below!

Today we're recommending super smart nonfiction for those who prefer podcasts: chbooks.com/Collections/...
A hand holding a stack of books, featuring On Nostalgia by David Berry, Hypochondria by Will Rees, Dream Sates by John Lorinc, Big Mall by Kate Black, Made-Up by Daphne B.
December 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Books for those who like to eat while they read! Now available for 21% off, plus free Cdn shipping. Our holiday sale ends tomorrow night!

Shop our picks: chbooks.com/Collections/...
A hand holding a stack of books, in front of the kitchen at CHB. Featuring Curry, The Trouble with Brunch, Bread and Milk, and What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings.
December 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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'Robertson makes intellect seductive; only her poetry could turn swooning into a critical gesture,' said the Village Voice (RIP, sadly) of Lisa Robertson's Magenta Soul Whip.

Our feature from the Coach House archive today, in celebration of 60 years: chbooks.com/Blog/Celebra...
Book cover of LRMSW alongside the text:'Robertson makes intellect seductive; only her poetry could turn swooning into a critical gesture,' said the Village Voice (RIP, sadly) of Lisa Robertson's Magenta Soul Whip. The first installment in our ongoing beautiful relationship with Robertson and her visionary poetic project, LRMSW's (yes, her name is part of the title!) poems mine the past to find a lexicon for the future. 'My fidelity is my own disaster' is all that the back cover copy says, in metallic embossing, but we disagree. Interior page of LRMSW. Back cover of LRMSW.
December 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Join us this weekend (Dec 6-7) at the Read Quebec Book Fair in Montreal!

Coach House Books will be at Casa d’Italia (505 Jean-Talon E) from 11 to 5 on Saturday and Sunday. At our table on Sat. at 2 PM, we'll be joined by Éric Chacour, and on Sun. at 2 by Adam Haiun. 📚✨
A graphic reading Coach House Books will be at the Read Quebec Book Fair! A poster with Éric Chacour's author photo and the book cover of What I Know About You, stating that he will be at our table from 2-2:30 PM on Sat., Dec. 6. A poster with Adam Haiun's author photo and the book cover of I Am Looking for You in the No-Place Grid, stating that he will be at our table from 2-2:30 PM on Sun., Dec. 7.
December 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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The Coach House Books Holiday Sale continues, and our stack today is full of anthologies for those who can’t commit to one thing!

Shop our anthology picks (now 18% off, along with every other book on our site) here: chbooks.com/Collections/...
A photograph of a hand holding a small stack of books, featuring Messy Cities, Disintegration in Four Parts, Watch Your Head, and Living Disability.
December 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Our Holiday Sale continues: all books at www.chbooks.com are 17% off today!

Today we're recommending poetry for the techy people who think they hate poetry. Perfect for your cousin who's always up on the latest tech and your brother-in-law who loves tech bro podcasts: chbooks.com/Collections/...
POETRY FOR THE TECHY PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY HATE POETRY. Featuring the books Anatomic, I Am Looking for You in the No-Place Grid, Lossless, and The Xenotext Books 1 & 2.
December 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Our picks for today are books that make Toronto look actually kind of nice for those new to the city. Perfect reads for those on your list who are new to Toronto, or for those Torontonians you know who love the city (...or maybe WANT to love the city): chbooks.com/Collections/...
A book stack, featuring: The Ward ed. John Lorinc, Michael McClelland, Ellen Scheinberg, Tatum Taylor Any Night of the Week by Johnny Dovercourt Rebound by Perry King Stroll, updated edition by Shawn Micallef Indigenous Toronto ed. Denise Bolduc, Mnawaate Gordon-Corbiere, Rebeka Tabobondung, Brian Wright-McLeod
December 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Happy holidays from our coach house!

Today, all books (in all their formats, including paperback, special edition hardcover, audiobook, and ebook) are on sale for 16% off — and all orders are eligible for free Canadian shipping.

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A photo of the coach house in the snow.
December 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Today, we've recommended six funny books you can talk about over your holiday dinner to cut the tension. You can browse all six recommendations together, here: chbooks.com/Collections/...
Today, we've recommended six funny books you can talk about over your holiday dinner to cut the tension, featuring: Pet Pet Slap by Andrew Battershill, Exhibitionist by Molly Cross-Blanchard, All You Can Kill by Pasha Malla, Yesterdays by Harold Sonny Ladoo, Enjoy Your Stay at the Shamrock Motel by Andrew Kaufman, and Steamy: A Menopause Symptomology by Susan Holbrook.
December 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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'Tis the season for a HOLIDAY SALE!

For the first day of our Holiday Sale, all titles (including our newest releases and recent award winners) are 15% off and eligible for free Canadian shipping!

🎁🌟 chbooks.com🌟🎁
A photo of the coach house tinged blue, with the red text: CHB Holiday Sale! From Dec 1-8, shop a new deal every day and enjoy free Caandian shipping on all orders on chbooks.com"
December 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Maggie Helwig’s Encampment: Resistance, Grace, and an Unhoused Community is featured on @theglobeandmail.com's 100 Best Books of 2025!

Learn more about Encampment here: chbooks.com/Books/E/Enca...
‘In 2022, Helwig, a priest at St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Church in Toronto’s Kensington Market, controversially began opening her churchyard to the homeless, where they’ve remained ever since. In this memoir, she profiles occupants of the tent cities that have become fixtures across the country, explaining her natural affinity for this population and the frustratingly practical obstacles they face trying to get off the streets.’
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Christian Bök’s The Xenotext: Book 2 is one of @theobserveruk.bsky.social's books of the year 2025, included in their essential guide to what to give this holiday season!

Discover The Xenotext: Book 2: chbooks.com/Books/T/The-...
‘In this audacious work – arguably the world’s first example of “living poetry” – the poet and Leeds Beckett University professor Christian Bök chronicles the completion of his 25-year experiment, in which he used a “chemical alphabet” to encode a sonnet into the genome of the almost indestructible bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans – which can survive radiation, acid, freezing and even outer space. Miraculously, the microbe “writes” a poem back. Although his text is shadowed with apocalyptic gloom, Bök stokes a romantic idea: that poetry might live in more than just our hearts, perhaps even outliving humanity itself.’
November 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Explore Living Disability: Building Accessible Futures for Everybody (edited by Emily Macrae) with two upcoming events in Toronto!

For further details and to RSVP: chbooks.com/Events
On Thursday, Nov. 27, join speakers and Living Disability contributors Angelo Muredda, Rabia Khedr, Emily Macrae, and Igor Samardzic in a celebration of disabled expertise, on the eve of International Day of Disabled Persons / People with Disabilities, and a reminder of the work still needed to create accessible spaces and services, 20 years since the passing of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. At Hart House (7 Hart House Cir.), Toronto. On Tuesday, Dec. 2, join Emily Macrae, Sean Lee, and Igor Samardzic in a conversation inviting reflection on progress toward accessibility and inclusion. At the Upper Library of Massey College (4 Devonshore Place), Toronto.
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Pablo Strauss’s recent translations of fiction from Quebec include The Second Substance, Aquariums, Fauna, and The Dishwasher. He is a three-time finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for translation. Pablo grew up in Victoria, BC, and has lived in Quebec City for two decades.
A photo of Pablo Strauss, along with his translator bio (the same in the post's text).
November 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Born in Montreal to Egyptian parents, Éric Chacour has shared his life between France and Quebec. A graduate in applied economics and international relations, he now works in the financial sector in Montreal. What I Know About You is his first novel.
A photo of Éric Chacour along with his author bio (the same in the post's text).
November 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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What I Know About You, by Éric Chacour and translated from the French by Pablo Strauss, has been nominated for the 2026 Dublin Literary Award!

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What I Know About You was nominated both by the Toronto Public Library and Bibliothèque de Québec!
A graphic featuring the book cover for What I Know About You alongwith the text "2026 Nominee," and the logos for Coach House Books and DLA.
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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We'll be celebrating our 60th year until the end of the year and beyond. Head to chbooks.com to shop our latest titles and favourites from over the years, and check out our limited edition anniversary merch, featuring bpNichol's iconic laneway poetry, at chbooks.com/Merchandise!
A photo of Coach House team members behind the book selling table. A photo of one side of a very packed book table, featuring CH titles.
November 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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At long last, the Coach House Books’ 60th Anniversary Party podcast is available to listen to!

Listen to words from Alana Wilcox, Stan Bevington, and a great number of guest speakers connected to the press here: tr.ee/VLGO1G8lz7

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Alana Wilcox on stage at Lula Lounge alongside Stan Bevington. A photo of people mingling at Lula Lounge. André Alexis on stage at Lula Lounge.
November 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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From the Coach House archives, Guy Maddin’s From the Atelier Tovar: Selected Writings (2003)!

Read about all of our featured titles from the Coach House archive (celebrating 60 years this year!) on our blog: chbooks.com/Blog/Celebra...
Book cover of From the Atelier Tovar: Selected Writings, beside the text: "In 2003, we collected the writings – journalism, diary entries, abandoned film treatments – of the singular Guy Maddin, who, as it turns out, is as genius a writer as he is a filmmaker. The Village Voice (RIP, sadly) called it one of the 25 best books of 2003. In what we called 'resolutely purple prose,' Maddin considers hockey, Italian silent-film divas, and of course the Osmonds. Spend some time in Maddin's visionary mind!"
November 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Ian Williams, author of Word Problems (Coach House Books, 2020) and a member of our Poetry Board, on Coach House’s sixtieth anniversary: 'Behind the scenes, I’ve found people who love poetry, who get their emotions tangled up with manuscripts, who drool a little when they read a good line.’
A small photo of Ian Williams alongside his quote, in celebration of 60 years of Coach House: ‘I’ve dreamt of publishing with Coach House since I was a young poet browsing the stacks of my university library. The dream sustained me for years but the reality is even better. Behind the scenes, I’ve found people who love poetry, who get their emotions tangled up with manuscripts, who drool a little when they read a good line.’
November 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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AND SO BEGAN ONE OF THE MOST UNUSUAL EXPERIMENTS IN CANADIAN LITERATURE: André Forget at @thewalrus.ca delves into André Alexis’s Quincunx Cycle, as we celebrate the tenth anniversary of the publication of Fifteen Dogs this year.

Read the full piece on André Alexis: thewalrus.ca/gods-dogs-an...
Graphic featuring the introductory paragraph to Forget's piece on Alexis. Graphic featuring paragraphs from Forget's piece on Alexis, with a photo of Alexis. Graphic featuring a paragraph of Forget's piece on Alexis, with the five books of the Quincunx Cycle.
November 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Catch David Berry at two events this week, talking all things art and money. On Weds., Nov. 12, he’ll be at Pulp Books in Verdun in conversation with Raymond Biesinger (who designed the cover of HAMM&HMMA), and on Thurs., Nov. 13, please join us for the Toronto Book Launch at TYPE Books!
Event poster for Raymond Biesinger's book launch at Pulp Books on Weds., Nov. 12, at 7 PM. 3952 Rue Wellington, Verdun. David Berry will be in conversation with Biesinger. Event poster for Berry's Toronto Book Launch at Type Books (883 Queen St. W.). 7 PM. Berry will be in conversation with Sarah Lazarovic.
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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This weekend in @theglobeandmail.com, @joshokane.bsky.social spoke with @pleasuremotors.bsky.social about How Artists Make Money and How Money Makes Artists!

Read the interview here: www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
Text from The Globe and Mail, from their webpage hosting Josh O'Kane's interview with David Berry. The page features a photo of Berry smiling at the camera. Text from the introduction to the interview between O'Kane and Berry. Page features the book cover of Berry's latest book.
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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TONIGHT (Monday, Nov. 3) at Flying Books at Neverland (Toronto): Kate Cayley will be discussing her novel, Property, with our Editorial Director Alana Wilcox!

Full event details here: flyingbooks.ca/events/38264...
November 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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BOO! The Coach House squirrels are insisting that spooky season isn’t over. We’ve rounded up our most chilling reads, featuring monsters, the dead, and climate horror, for a Halloween weekend sale!

Shop select titles for 20% OFF (until midnight Nov. 2) here: chbooks.com/Collections/...
A graphic for CH's Halloween Weekend Sale, featuring nine book covers and a very scary squirrel!
November 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM