Wolsak & Wynn
@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
A charmingly contrary literary press based in beautiful post-industrial Hamilton, Ontario.
Vancouver friends, our double book launch for Katie Welch and Peter Darbyshire is just one week away. We hope you can join us at Cross & Crow Books (2836 Commercial Drive) on November 20th at 7 pm to celebrate!
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Vancouver friends, our double book launch for Katie Welch and Peter Darbyshire is just one week away. We hope you can join us at Cross & Crow Books (2836 Commercial Drive) on November 20th at 7 pm to celebrate!
We'd like to share this excerpt from Armand Garnet Ruffo's The Dialogues: The Song of Francis Pegahmagabow for Remembrance Day.
You can learn more about the book here: bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/the...
You can learn more about the book here: bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/the...
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We'd like to share this excerpt from Armand Garnet Ruffo's The Dialogues: The Song of Francis Pegahmagabow for Remembrance Day.
You can learn more about the book here: bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/the...
You can learn more about the book here: bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/the...
Backlist Mondays: Love Despite the Ache by Chris Pannell, winner of the Hamilton Arts Council Literary Award. Navigating complex narratives of grief and mortality, Pannell weaves his way though complex and often painful memories in the beautiful collection.
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Backlist Mondays: Love Despite the Ache by Chris Pannell, winner of the Hamilton Arts Council Literary Award. Navigating complex narratives of grief and mortality, Pannell weaves his way though complex and often painful memories in the beautiful collection.
It's wonderful to see Whitney French's brilliant novel and Sunny Dhillon's fabulous memoir on the great CBC list:
www.cbc.ca/books/14-can...
www.cbc.ca/books/14-can...
November 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It's wonderful to see Whitney French's brilliant novel and Sunny Dhillon's fabulous memoir on the great CBC list:
www.cbc.ca/books/14-can...
www.cbc.ca/books/14-can...
We've a lovely interview with Mariam Pirbhai up at the Story Circle Network. You can read it at the link:
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November 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
We've a lovely interview with Mariam Pirbhai up at the Story Circle Network. You can read it at the link:
storycirclenetwork.substack.com/p/an-intervi...
storycirclenetwork.substack.com/p/an-intervi...
Backlist Mondays: Yardwork, A Biography of Urban Place by Daniel Coleman. Shortlisted for the RBC Taylor prize and winner of the Kerry Schooley Award. In this complex book, Coleman asks questions about land and belonging that are steeped in the history of the six nations that call this land home.
November 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Backlist Mondays: Yardwork, A Biography of Urban Place by Daniel Coleman. Shortlisted for the RBC Taylor prize and winner of the Kerry Schooley Award. In this complex book, Coleman asks questions about land and belonging that are steeped in the history of the six nations that call this land home.
Our last post for Hamilton Days, highlighting brilliant essays and writing from Hamilton authors Gary Barwin, Daniel Coleman and Margaret Nowaczyk. You can learn more about all their books here: www.wolsakandwynn.ca
November 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Our last post for Hamilton Days, highlighting brilliant essays and writing from Hamilton authors Gary Barwin, Daniel Coleman and Margaret Nowaczyk. You can learn more about all their books here: www.wolsakandwynn.ca
Toronto Friends, come down this afternoon to the Meet the Presses Indie Lit Marketplace at the Cecil Community Centre, 12 to 4 pm - we'll be there with all our most recent books along with many other fabulous presses.
November 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Toronto Friends, come down this afternoon to the Meet the Presses Indie Lit Marketplace at the Cecil Community Centre, 12 to 4 pm - we'll be there with all our most recent books along with many other fabulous presses.
Highlighting a few more Hamilton writers for Hamilton Days we thought we'd showcase Sally Cooper's sweeping novel With My Back to the World, Rachael Preston's brilliant historical novel Fishers of Paradise and Nicola Winstanley's searing collection Smoke. Visit www.wolsakandwynn.ca to learn more.
November 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Highlighting a few more Hamilton writers for Hamilton Days we thought we'd showcase Sally Cooper's sweeping novel With My Back to the World, Rachael Preston's brilliant historical novel Fishers of Paradise and Nicola Winstanley's searing collection Smoke. Visit www.wolsakandwynn.ca to learn more.
It's Hamilton Days this weekend in Hamilton, and lots of local businesses are participating. We're taking this opportunity to highlight some of our books by Hamilton authors. You can learn more about Hamilton Days here: hamiltonday.ca And these books here: bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/the...
October 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It's Hamilton Days this weekend in Hamilton, and lots of local businesses are participating. We're taking this opportunity to highlight some of our books by Hamilton authors. You can learn more about Hamilton Days here: hamiltonday.ca And these books here: bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/the...
Toronto friends, this Sunday is Meet the Presses, the longest running and perhaps most interesting small press book fair in the city, (they even give out the BP Nichol Chap Book Award.) It's at the Cecil Community Centre from 12 to 5 pm and we'd love to see you there!
October 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Toronto friends, this Sunday is Meet the Presses, the longest running and perhaps most interesting small press book fair in the city, (they even give out the BP Nichol Chap Book Award.) It's at the Cecil Community Centre from 12 to 5 pm and we'd love to see you there!
Backlist Mondays: The Midnight Games by David Neil Lee. Winner of the Kerry Schooley Award, part horror and part mystery, The Midnight Games is filled with unusual monsters and complex plots set against the background of the old Ivor Wynn Stadium
October 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Backlist Mondays: The Midnight Games by David Neil Lee. Winner of the Kerry Schooley Award, part horror and part mystery, The Midnight Games is filled with unusual monsters and complex plots set against the background of the old Ivor Wynn Stadium
Katie Welch and James Cairns will be at Another Story tomorrow on Monday! We hope to see you there!
October 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Katie Welch and James Cairns will be at Another Story tomorrow on Monday! We hope to see you there!
London, Ontario friends, we hope you can join James Cairns and Saad T. Farooqi for a fabulous discussion at Little Wren books on October 30th at 7 pm. It's sure to be a great event!
October 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
London, Ontario friends, we hope you can join James Cairns and Saad T. Farooqi for a fabulous discussion at Little Wren books on October 30th at 7 pm. It's sure to be a great event!
Toronto friends, we'd love to see you at Meet the Presses. November 2nd at The Cecil Community Centre on 58 Cecil Street. We'll be there from 12 to 5 along with many other brilliant small press publishers. You'll find books you won't find anywhere else.
October 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Toronto friends, we'd love to see you at Meet the Presses. November 2nd at The Cecil Community Centre on 58 Cecil Street. We'll be there from 12 to 5 along with many other brilliant small press publishers. You'll find books you won't find anywhere else.
Just a quick note for anyone wondering. All our books are written, edited and designed by real people. We use no AI at the press.
October 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Just a quick note for anyone wondering. All our books are written, edited and designed by real people. We use no AI at the press.
Congratulations to Margaret Nowaczyk and Nicola Winstanley on being longlisted for the Hamilton Arts Awards!
October 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Congratulations to Margaret Nowaczyk and Nicola Winstanley on being longlisted for the Hamilton Arts Awards!
Just in time for the World Series, Brad Smith's sharp and funny Billy Crawford's Double Play is in the office!
October 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Just in time for the World Series, Brad Smith's sharp and funny Billy Crawford's Double Play is in the office!
Backlist Mondays: Dear Ghost, by Catherine Owen. Shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award. In this dreamlike and ethereal collection Owen pulls from facets of everyday life, work, sex, acquaintances and art, and imbues them with extraordinary quirks and uncertainties to dizzying effect.
October 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Backlist Mondays: Dear Ghost, by Catherine Owen. Shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award. In this dreamlike and ethereal collection Owen pulls from facets of everyday life, work, sex, acquaintances and art, and imbues them with extraordinary quirks and uncertainties to dizzying effect.
Katie Wech and James Cairns will be launching at Perfect Books next Tuesday! We hope to see you there!
October 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Katie Wech and James Cairns will be launching at Perfect Books next Tuesday! We hope to see you there!
It's always so exciting when new books come into the office!
October 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
It's always so exciting when new books come into the office!
Backlist Monday's: Revery by Jenna Butler.
Finalist for the 2021 Governor General's Literary Award for Non-fiction and the High Plains Book Award for Woman Writer, longlisted for Canada reads, Revery is a an incredible memoir. learn more about it here: bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/rev...
Finalist for the 2021 Governor General's Literary Award for Non-fiction and the High Plains Book Award for Woman Writer, longlisted for Canada reads, Revery is a an incredible memoir. learn more about it here: bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/rev...
October 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Backlist Monday's: Revery by Jenna Butler.
Finalist for the 2021 Governor General's Literary Award for Non-fiction and the High Plains Book Award for Woman Writer, longlisted for Canada reads, Revery is a an incredible memoir. learn more about it here: bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/rev...
Finalist for the 2021 Governor General's Literary Award for Non-fiction and the High Plains Book Award for Woman Writer, longlisted for Canada reads, Revery is a an incredible memoir. learn more about it here: bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/rev...
Happy Thanksgiving from Wolsak & Wynn
October 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from Wolsak & Wynn
James Cairns and Katie Welch will be having a launch at Perfect Books on the 21st! We hope to see you there!
October 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
James Cairns and Katie Welch will be having a launch at Perfect Books on the 21st! We hope to see you there!
Katie Welch and James Cairns will be launching at Another Story on October 27! we hope to see you all there!
October 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Katie Welch and James Cairns will be launching at Another Story on October 27! we hope to see you all there!