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Ahead of the upcoming book launch for Ottawology Willemijn Bunskoek has written a glowing review of the book for Apt613.

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Tonya Davidson’s Ottawology invites readers to look at Ottawa through the lens of sociology in an accessible way
I had the opportunity to review some of Tonya Davidson's new book, Ottawology, got together with her to talk about this new book: how the research came to life, what makes Ottawa unique, and, perhaps ...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Online! Will be chatting about the @fernpub.bsky.social book project that was released earlier this year, Dispatches from the Threshold: Tenant Power in Times of Crisis!
November 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Red Flags by David Camfield continues to garner a lot of interest. Check out this review of it in the latest issue of Tempest Magazine.

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“Actually existing socialism” and the communist transition
A review of David Camfield’s new book Red Flags: A Reckoning with Communism for the Future of the Left by David Camfield.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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David Camfield was recently interviewed on the From Alpha to Omega Podcast about his book Red Flags. Check it out here:
#223 Red Flags w/ David Camfield
Podcast Episode · From Alpha To Omega · 2025-10-25 · 1h 4m
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October 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Congratulations to the 2026 Forest of Reading Evergreen Award nominees, including LPG members @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @fernpub.bsky.social!
October 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
@policingblack.bsky.social was recently interviewed by 1919 Radio on the expanded and revised edition of Policing Black Lives.
October 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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The books in #SocialWork from our distributed presses, Bielefeld University Press, @fernpub.bsky.social, and @barbarabudrich.bsky.social, explore childcare, structural oppression, and an array of topics current international social work. buff.ly/EGPKAif #CSWE20 @transcript-verlag.bsky.socia
October 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Nov 8th at Massy! Born Sacred: Poems for Palestine with Smokii Sumac and Maral Aguilera-Moradipour @fernpub.bsky.social

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October 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Join us for the Ottawa launch of Lawless: Abortion under Complete Decriminalization, featuring author Martha Paynter in convo with Sabrina Lee, OBGYN, & frederique chabot of Action Canada for Sexual Health & Rights.
Fri Oct 24 @7pm RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/events/37463...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
New from our Newsroom: "An interview with Peter Ives on Rethinking Free Speech."

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An interview with Peter Ives
Free speech has surged back into the headlines and claims on it feel more contradictory and confusing than ever. In just the last month, we’ve seen elected officials commemorate a far-right influencer...
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October 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Lawless: Abortion Under Complete Decriminalization is on tour across Canada.

For full event details visit: fernwoodpublishing.ca/events
October 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Communism, Abolition, and the Future of the Left

Join authors David Camfield and brian bean as they discuss a historical approach to how our side can build a genuinely liberatory alternative to capitalism. W/ @fernpub.bsky.social

Monday, Oct 13 at 5PM ET

RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
October 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Join Ktunaxa poet Smokii Sumac, author of BORN SACRED for a book launch and reading on October 9 at 11 AM (PDT) at UCLA. Register today! buff.ly/cXuyD3m @fernpub.bsky.social
Born Sacred Book Launch - UCLA
Join Ktunaxa poet Smokii Sumac as he reads from his second book of poetry, Born Sacred: Poems for Palestine, a journalistic poetry collection reflecting on Palestinian and Indigenous solidarities,…
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September 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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She's launched!! What an amazing night at @mcnallyrobinson.com to celebrate I'll Get Right On It!

Winnipeg has given me a warm welcome, and it was amazing to meet some of the contributors as well as see two of my co-editors. Big thank you to @fernpub.bsky.social and Winnipeg Thin Air!
September 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Presenting East Coast Prison Justice Society’s 2024/25 Annual General Meeting and Panel Discussion

Join for an evening of solidarity, resistance, and hope, as we overview ECPJ’s work throughout the past year, followed by a panel discussion led by El Jones and Sheila Wildeman.
September 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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On Sat Sept 27, 7pm, join The Land and Labour Poetry Collective for the Wpg launch of I’ll Get Right On It:Poems on Working Life in the Climate Crisis. Hosted by @sjonespoet.bsky.social, @jamieparis.bsky.social & Melanie Dennis Unrau. (THIN AIR 2025)- mailchi.mp/grant/land-a... @fernpub.bsky.social
The Land and Labour Poetry Collective to launch new anthology
Join Winnipeg representatives of The Land and Labour Poetry Collective as they celebrate the launch of I’ll Get Right On It: Poems on Working Life in the Climate Crisis (Fernwood Publishing). Hosted b...
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September 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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"We are not here to drop the aid and go home and pat ourselves on the back. We are here to establish a humanitarian corridor for states themselves to assume their responsibilities."
Italy, Spain Deploy Naval Ships After Drones Repeatedly Attack Gaza-Bound Flotilla
Spain and Italy are sending naval vessels to protect the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla after activists said drones repeatedly attacked their boats near Greece on Wednesday. Activists said the most ...
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September 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Read Sumaiya Matin's interview of @zslong.bsky.social re: her novel Where the Jasmine Blooms (pub. @fernpub.bsky.social)!

...I think that we all want to live in places where we feel safe, like we belong and have the opportunities to live a comfortable life...

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September 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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“Thyme Travellers is fabulous...the timing of this anthology is perfect.” Review by @melaniemarttila.bsky.social. THYME TRAVELLERS is published by @fernpub.bsky.social. #speculativefiction #palestinianfiction @soniasulaiman.bsky.social theseaboardreview.substack.com/p/thyme-trav...
September 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Back in June People First Radio interviewed co-authors Jamie Brownlee and Kevin Walby about their book Psychedelic Capitalism.

To listen to the full interview visit: vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/auth...

To get the book visit:
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Authors raise concern about corporate capture in the 'psychedelic renaissance'
Psychedelic Capitalism authors, chair of psychedelic programming at VIU, speak with PFR
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September 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Folks in Winnipeg make sure to catch our author Griffin Bjerke-Clarke at THIN AIR later this month.

See the details at the following links:
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Event: MainStage – Voices in the Circle CelebrationMainStage – Voices in the Circle Celebration | Plume Winnipeg
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September 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM