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House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social · 16h

🌀 AS THE EARTH DREAMS, edited by Terese Mason Pierre (@teresempierre.bsky.social), is out TODAY! #PubDay

🔗 You can purchase a copy of 🪲 AS THE EARTH DREAMS from your favourite bookseller here: houseofanansi.com/products/as-... #booksky

A copy of AS THE EARTH DREAMS sits on a light wooden table. The cover features bold blue text with a spiral texture and a vibrant illustrated bug on a black background.

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House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social · 1d

Honouring the perspectives, history, and culture of Indigenous people and their ancestors across North America on this #IndigenousPeoplesDay.

Explore more Indigenous stories and perspectives in our Indigenous Voices collection here: houseofanansi.com/collections/...

A copy of ON WHOLENESS by Quill Christie-Peters sits on the edge of a wooden table. The cover features an abstract painting of of purple and pink shapes emerging from a black hole.

A copy of the book SOFT AS BONES by Chyana Marie Sage sits in a wooden bookshelf. The cover features a scratched grey background with an illustrated animal skull on the cover.

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House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social · 3d

Recommended reads for #NationalComingOutDay 🏳️‍🌈

Explore out LGBTQ+ Collection for more LGBTQ+ stories here: houseofanansi.com/collections/...

A collection of books on a wooden table feature: EVERYTHING IS FINE HERE by Iryn Tushabe, BROUGHTUPSY by Christina Cooke, BACK IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING by Eva Crocker, and YOU WILL BE SAFE HERE by Damian Barr.

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Martha Bátiz @mbatiz.bsky.social · 5d

A huge THANK YOU to Daphne Gray-Grant for inviting me to participate in her “Reflections on writing.” It was fun to answer her questions and I’m very grateful for the opportunity!

@houseofanansi.bsky.social

www.publicationcoach.com/martha-batiz/

Reflections on writing with Martha Bátiz... | Publication Coach

Martah Bátiz says she's never afraid or ashamed of early drafts. "They are the rock that you’ll slowly shape into a statue," she says....

www.publicationcoach.com

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Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · 4d

Voices From the North: @jbarchivist.bsky.social reviews AS THE EARTH DREAMS: BLACK CANADIAN SPECULATIVE STORIES, edited by Terese Mason Pierre (@houseofanansi.bsky.social)
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/10/10/v...

Voices From the North: As the Earth Dreams

Jeremy Brett Under Review:As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories. Edited by Terese Mason Pierre. Spiderline, October 2025. There are many beautiful and well-known examples of recen…

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House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social · 4d

✍️ LETTERS TO KAFKA by Christine Estima has been out for one month!

💌 Buy now where books are sold! Learn more here: houseofanansi.com/products/let...

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House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social · 5d

💅 Your honour, she’s just a girl!

If you loved PEARL or SHE’S A LAMB!, this is for you!🩸

👋 I MAKE MY OWN FUN by Hannah Beer is out next week! Order from your favourite bookseller here: houseofanansi.com/products/i-m...

Copies of I MAKE MY OWN FUN by Hannah Beer lay scattered on a wooden table. The cover is bright pink with iridescent golden text, and features a plastic doll arm sticking out of martini glass full of blood, waving.

House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social · 6d

So excited to announce that WELLWATER by Karen Solie is shortlisted for the 2025 T.S. Eliot Prize! 🎉 🏆

🔗 Learn more about WELLWATER here: houseofanansi.com/products/wel...

Two copies of the poetry book WELLWATER by Karen Solie sit askew on a wooden table. The cover is white with an illustration of a purple flowering plant with sprawling roots.

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House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social · 6d

🪲 “As the Earth Dreams offers a distinctly Canadian vision of Black life that is as lush and expansive as it is tender and rooted.” —The Walrus

🌀 AS THE EARTH DREAMS, edited by Terese Mason Pierre (@teresempierre.bsky.social), is out October 14th, learn more here: houseofanansi.com/products/as-...

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Randall @createdbyrcw.bsky.social · 7d

I am sorry, my plans are cancelled for a couple of days as I have some reading to do.

Thanks @pulmyears.bsky.social & @houseofanansi.bsky.social

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House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social · 7d

Very understandable! Happy reading 💖

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House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social · 7d

Read an excerpt from JOHN CANDY: A LIFE IN COMEDY in @thestar.com! 💖

🔗 "How John Candy helped jump-start Second City in Toronto: He was ‘a bold and wild chance-taker,’ says Dan Aykroyd"

JOHN CANDY: A LIFE IN COMEDY by Paul Myers is out now.

How John Candy helped jump-start Second City in Toronto: He was ‘a bold and wild chance-taker,’ says Dan Aykroyd

In this exclusive excerpt from "John Candy: A Life in Comedy," author Paul Myers looks at the legendary performer's early days.

www.thestar.com

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House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social · 7d

NEW tickets available for the launch of JOHN CANDY: A LIFE IN COMEDY at TIFF Lightbox with screening of Planes, Trains and Automobiles followed by an in-conversation with Paul Myers and Mike Myers.

Limited tickets are available‼️

tiff.net/events/celeb...

Celebrating John Candy: Planes, Trains and Automobiles with Paul and Mike Myers

TIFF is a charitable cultural organization with a mission to transform the way people see the world, through film.

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House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social · 7d

Read an exclusive excerpt from JOHN CANDY: A LIFE IN COMEDY in @people.com Magazine! 💖

🔗 “John Candy and Steve Martin Improvised This Scene in Trains, Planes and Automobiles — (Exclusive)”

JOHN CANDY: A LIFE IN COMEDY by Paul Myers is out now.

people.com/john-candy-a...

John Candy and Steve Martin Improvised This Scene in 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' (Exclusive)

In an excerpt from 'John Candy: A Life in Comedy,' we learn just how much fun the legendary comics had filming together, plus which song made the crew 'lose it'. The new book hits shelves on Oct. 7.

people.com

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House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social · 7d

🎉✨The definitive biography of comedy legend John Candy from bestselling biographer Paul Myers (@pulmyears.bsky.social) is officially out on bookshelves everywhere today!✨🎉

Buy a copy from your favourite bookseller here: houseofanansi.com/products/joh...

#PubDay #Canadian #JohnCandy #booksky

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House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social · 8d

JOHN CANDY: A LIFE IN COMEDY by Paul Myers (@@pulmyears.bsky.social) and I MAKE MY OWN FUN by Hannah Beer are Kobo Canada Best of the Month picks for October! 🎉

Learn more about these titles and explore Kobo Canada's Best Books of the Month here: www.kobo.com/ca/en/p/book...

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A bright pink graphic features the text, "Kobo Canada BEST IN MYSTERY” with the cover of I Make My Own Fun. The cover features a blood-filled martini glass with a plastic doll arm sticking out of it.

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JUNCTION READS @junctionreads.bsky.social · 8d

Missed the event last night with Michelle Winters, @catebush.bsky.social & Caitlin Galway?

Thanks to @gooselane.bsky.social @dundurnpress.bsky.social @houseofanansi.bsky.social for the books!

and TYPE Books Junction, Cayley Brightside & @rollwithheather.bsky.social

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Junction Reads with Catherine Bush, Caitlin Galway and Catherine Bush

YouTube video by Junction Reads

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House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social · 8d

📰🗞️ @thestar.com “John Candy biography delves into battles Canadian comic faced away from cameras”

www.thestar.com/entertainmen...

John Candy biography delves into battles Canadian comic faced away from cameras

TORONTO - A new biography of Canadian comedy legend John Candy delves into the private battles he faced away from the cameras.

www.thestar.com

House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social · 8d

💜 “Quill Christie-Peters demonstrates with wisdom and love that we can imagine and enact a world beyond the depravities of the colonial present.” —Billy-Ray Belcourt

ON WHOLENESS by Quill Christie-Peters is out October 28th: learn more here: houseofanansi.com/products/on-...

A copy of ON WHOLENESS by Quill Christie-Peters sits on a wooden bookshelf. The cover features a painting of of purple and pink shapes emerging from a black hole.

House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social · 10d

Today is the National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit people. These recommended reads explore the crisis of disproportionate violence and systemic injustices faced by Indigenous women across Canada. #MMIWG2S+

Three books lay on a wooden surface: THE BREAK by katherena vermette, SEVEN FALLEN FEATHERS by Tanya Talaga, and OUR VOICE OF FIRE by Brandi Morin.

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Arthur N. @arthurn.bsky.social · 12d

John Candy was a great comedian, and Paul Myers is a great writer. Seems like a no-brainer deciding what book to buy next!

House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social · 13d

JOHN CANDY: A LIFE IN COMEDY by Paul Myers (@pulmyears.bsky.social) is out NEXT WEEK! 🫢📖

✨ “An insight into the man, John Candy was a revelation to be enjoyed." —Laraine Newman, original cast member of Saturday Night Live

Out October 7th, order a copy here: houseofanansi.com/products/joh...

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 11d

12 or 20 (second series) questions with Christine Estima / @houseofanansi.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/10/12-o...

12 or 20 (second series) questions with Christine Estima

Christine Estima is an Arab woman of mixed ethnicity (Lebanese, Syrian, and Portuguese) and the author of the short story collection The Sy...

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House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social · 11d

💜 “Quill Christie-Peters demonstrates with wisdom and love that we can imagine and enact a world beyond the depravities of the colonial present.” —Billy-Ray Belcourt

🔗 ON WHOLENESS by Quill Christie-Peters is out October 28th, learn more here: houseofanansi.com/products/on-... #booksky

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Jamie Tennant @jtennant.bsky.social · 12d

Today on GET LIT Matt Bobkin and Adam Feibel talk about music and writing as we discuss their book In Too Deep: When Canadian Punks Took Over The World.

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca or on pods or: tinyurl.com/9vtk2ar8

@adamfeibel.com @bobkin.bsky.social @houseofanansi.bsky.social

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canadiancookbook.bsky.social @canadiancookbook.bsky.social · 12d

Ever want to try tartare but not sure how to make it? Here's a Classic Beef Tartare & Duck Fat Potatoes recipe from Marilou Champagne at canadiancookbooks.ca/classic-beef... @houseofanansi.bsky.social

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