Caitlin Press/Dagger Editions
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An independent Canadian publisher based in BC • Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry • Dagger Editions is our imprint for queer women-identifying writers.
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Finding publishers like these is now easier than ever, thanks to the Certified Canadian Publisher seal. On our website, users can now easily identify if a book has been produced by a Canadian-owned publisher. Just look for the seal! #BuyCanadian #MadeInCanada #CanLit
December 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Finding publishers like these is now easier than ever, thanks to the Certified Canadian Publisher seal. On our website, users can now easily identify if a book has been produced by a Canadian-owned publisher. Just look for the seal! #BuyCanadian #MadeInCanada #CanLit
"Joanna Streetly's verse shows a strong understanding of poetic craft. Her tales are personal, observant, moving, and expansive." Read Steven Ross Smith's review of All of Us Hidden by @joannastreetly.bsky.social at thebcreview.ca/2025/12/09/2...
Steven Ross Smith reviews All of Us Hidden, by Joanna Streetly
Steven Ross Smith reviews All of Us Hidden, by Joanna Streetly (Qualicum Beach: Caitlin Press: 2025) $20.00 / 9781773861722
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December 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"Joanna Streetly's verse shows a strong understanding of poetic craft. Her tales are personal, observant, moving, and expansive." Read Steven Ross Smith's review of All of Us Hidden by @joannastreetly.bsky.social at thebcreview.ca/2025/12/09/2...
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Check out "Books that Build Bridges" - A recommended reading list by Keiko Honda, the translator of the new book 'The Broken Map Home: Escaping Korea, 1945 written by Konosuke Masuda. @caitlinpress.bsky.social
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Books that Build Bridges · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
A recommended reading list by the translator of the new book The Broken Map Home: Escaping Korea, 1945 (Caitlin Press).
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December 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Check out "Books that Build Bridges" - A recommended reading list by Keiko Honda, the translator of the new book 'The Broken Map Home: Escaping Korea, 1945 written by Konosuke Masuda. @caitlinpress.bsky.social
49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11... #CanLit
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Colin Burrowes chatted with John Barton about his new book Compulsory Figures on Woodstein Media. During this conversation, they touched on topics from family through the lens of the father and patriarchy. Listen to the full episode at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/col...
Chatting with John Barton about his new book Compulsory Figures
On this podcast, I chat with acclaimed Canadian poet John Barton about his new book Compulsory Figures. During the conversation, we touch on topics from family through the lens of the father and patri...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Colin Burrowes chatted with John Barton about his new book Compulsory Figures on Woodstein Media. During this conversation, they touched on topics from family through the lens of the father and patriarchy. Listen to the full episode at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/col...
Thanks for including Bloom by Claire Sicherman and @nicolebreit.bsky.social! Get your copy on our website or wherever books are sold!
BC stories that are perfect for every giftee you have 📚🎁
To celebrate #BCBuyLocal Week we're sharing these BC books that you can shop at your local indie bookseller
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To celebrate #BCBuyLocal Week we're sharing these BC books that you can shop at your local indie bookseller
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BC Books to Gift that Will Spark the Holiday Spirit - Read Local BC
Pick the perfect gift for a loved one, or find something to curl up with yourself this winter.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Thanks for including Bloom by Claire Sicherman and @nicolebreit.bsky.social! Get your copy on our website or wherever books are sold!
Thanks to 49th Shelf for including A Room In The Forest by Heather Ramsay in their Top Fiction of 2025! Check out the list here at 49thshelf.com/.../2025/12/... and get your copy on our website!
Our Top Fiction of 2025 · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
The fiction that rocked the year that was.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Thanks to 49th Shelf for including A Room In The Forest by Heather Ramsay in their Top Fiction of 2025! Check out the list here at 49thshelf.com/.../2025/12/... and get your copy on our website!
"This is Cecilia’s story and it is about a truly remarkable woman, her many accomplishments, and the lives of a quintessential Cariboo family of mixed Indigenous and European blood lines." Read the full review at thebcreview.ca/2025/12/01/2...
David Williams reviews One Arrow Left: A Memoir of Secwépemc Knowledge
David Williams reviews One Arrow Left: A Memoir of Secwépemc Knowledge Keeper Cecilia DeRose, by Cecilia Dick DeRose w/ Sage Birchwater (Qualicum Beach: Caitlin Press, 2025) $26 / 9781773861586
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December 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"This is Cecilia’s story and it is about a truly remarkable woman, her many accomplishments, and the lives of a quintessential Cariboo family of mixed Indigenous and European blood lines." Read the full review at thebcreview.ca/2025/12/01/2...
"Part memoir-in-poems, part reckoning with the imprints of ancestry, art, and loss, this gracefully written collection carries the reader across decades of love, fracture, and return."
Read the full review here: theprairiesbookreview.com?p=42594
Read the full review here: theprairiesbookreview.com?p=42594
Compulsory Figures by John Barton
A quietly devastating, deeply elegant poetry collection. A celebrated Canadian poet and former editor, John Barton turns to the terrain of his own past to examine how memory, loss, and lineage shap…
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November 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
"Part memoir-in-poems, part reckoning with the imprints of ancestry, art, and loss, this gracefully written collection carries the reader across decades of love, fracture, and return."
Read the full review here: theprairiesbookreview.com?p=42594
Read the full review here: theprairiesbookreview.com?p=42594
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A haunting, luminous poetry collection
… part elegy, part reclamation, this is a profound meditation on how love, grief, and place shape a life.”
Thank you to the Prairies Book Review for this generous review of “All of Us Hidden”
@caitlinpress.bsky.social #poetry
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… part elegy, part reclamation, this is a profound meditation on how love, grief, and place shape a life.”
Thank you to the Prairies Book Review for this generous review of “All of Us Hidden”
@caitlinpress.bsky.social #poetry
theprairiesbookreview.com?p=42588
All of Us Hidden by Joanna Streetly
A haunting, luminous poetry collection. Award-winning poet and essayist Streetly charts a life changed by loss, memory, and the magnetic pull of the Pacific Northwest in her compelling latest book.…
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November 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
A haunting, luminous poetry collection
… part elegy, part reclamation, this is a profound meditation on how love, grief, and place shape a life.”
Thank you to the Prairies Book Review for this generous review of “All of Us Hidden”
@caitlinpress.bsky.social #poetry
theprairiesbookreview.com?p=42588
… part elegy, part reclamation, this is a profound meditation on how love, grief, and place shape a life.”
Thank you to the Prairies Book Review for this generous review of “All of Us Hidden”
@caitlinpress.bsky.social #poetry
theprairiesbookreview.com?p=42588
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4/9 - #DSPBposts #SmallPress #books from @caitlinpress.bsky.social @nicolebreit.bsky.social @houseofanansi.bsky.social @andrewsmcmeel.bsky.social @coffeehousepress.bsky.social 💙📚 #BookSky #BooksWorthReading #bookish #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #booklovers
November 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Beyond Blue was named a finalist in the anthology genre! Congratulations to all the contributors and editors @christinamyers.bsky.social and Oga Nwobosi! Get your copy on our website or anywhere books are sold! #canadianbookclubawards
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Beyond Blue was named a finalist in the anthology genre! Congratulations to all the contributors and editors @christinamyers.bsky.social and Oga Nwobosi! Get your copy on our website or anywhere books are sold! #canadianbookclubawards
Thanks Ariel! 💜
Congratulations to the finalists of The Canadian Book Club Awards! I'm delighted to see so many familiar and new names, including some of our friends at The Self Publishing Agency, @houseofanansi.bsky.social, Page Two, and @caitlinpress.bsky.social, among many others!
November 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Thanks Ariel! 💜
A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Barbara Black on winning the Victoria Book Prize last night! In Little Fortified Stories, award-winning writer Barbara Black conjures a microcosm of characters that defy convention. Get your copy on our website or anywhere books are sold!
#victoriabookprize2025
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November 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Barbara Black on winning the Victoria Book Prize last night! In Little Fortified Stories, award-winning writer Barbara Black conjures a microcosm of characters that defy convention. Get your copy on our website or anywhere books are sold!
#victoriabookprize2025
#victoriabookprize2025
Upcoming event in Powell River! Joline Martin will be reading from her book, War Resisters at the Powell River Library on December 7th from 2 to 4 pm. Books will be on sale by Pocket Books. #bookreading
November 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Upcoming event in Powell River! Joline Martin will be reading from her book, War Resisters at the Powell River Library on December 7th from 2 to 4 pm. Books will be on sale by Pocket Books. #bookreading
"My favourite part is getting to have conversations with engaged workers who surprise me with insights, dignifying their own lives through their reflections."
Read more of this excerpt from Coming Home From the Candy Factory by Jane Byers at thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Read more of this excerpt from Coming Home From the Candy Factory by Jane Byers at thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
In the Bowels of the Pulp Mill | The Tyee
Jane Byer’s job as an ergonomics consultant puts her in the hot seat. An excerpt from ‘Coming Home from the Candy Factory.’
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November 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"My favourite part is getting to have conversations with engaged workers who surprise me with insights, dignifying their own lives through their reflections."
Read more of this excerpt from Coming Home From the Candy Factory by Jane Byers at thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Read more of this excerpt from Coming Home From the Candy Factory by Jane Byers at thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Bloom by @nicolebreit.bsky.social & Claire Sicherman (@caitlinpress.bsky.social): caitlinpress.com/Books/B/Bloom & I Make My Own Fun by Hannah Beer (@houseofanansi.bsky.social): houseofanansi.com/products/i-m... See alt-text. #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #booktok #bookish
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Congratulations to Christine Lowther and Al Rempel on their books making the Indigo Best Canadian Regional Books of 2025 for BC! Get your copies on our website or www.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/...
#indigobooks #bestcanadianregionalbooks #bcbooks
#indigobooks #bestcanadianregionalbooks #bcbooks
November 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Congratulations to Christine Lowther and Al Rempel on their books making the Indigo Best Canadian Regional Books of 2025 for BC! Get your copies on our website or www.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/...
#indigobooks #bestcanadianregionalbooks #bcbooks
#indigobooks #bestcanadianregionalbooks #bcbooks
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rather good article on me in new issue of Fifty-Five Plus magazine, although not sure how i should feel abt the whole thing, / @ualbertapress.bsky.social @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social ;
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November 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
rather good article on me in new issue of Fifty-Five Plus magazine, although not sure how i should feel abt the whole thing, / @ualbertapress.bsky.social @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social ;
console.vpaper.ca/fifty-five-p...
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Congratulations Joline Martin on making the Read Local BC Bestseller List! War Resisters shares the untold stories of the Americans who refused to participate in the Vietnam War draft and found refuge in Canada! Get your copy at caitlinpress.com/Books/W/War-... or anywhere books are sold!
War Resisters
War Resisters offers a contemporary perspective on the struggles and triumphs of the American Vietnam War resisters who resettled in Canada on Vancouver Island. This important collection of stories sh...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Congratulations Joline Martin on making the Read Local BC Bestseller List! War Resisters shares the untold stories of the Americans who refused to participate in the Vietnam War draft and found refuge in Canada! Get your copy at caitlinpress.com/Books/W/War-... or anywhere books are sold!
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Don't have time for marathon reading sessions? You can finish these unputdownable BC reads in just one sitting. Learn more in our new blog post: buff.ly/BdsKz5i
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5 Short BC Books You Can Devour in One Sitting
Don't have time for marathon reading sessions? You can finish these unputdownable BC reads in just one sitting.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Don't have time for marathon reading sessions? You can finish these unputdownable BC reads in just one sitting. Learn more in our new blog post: buff.ly/BdsKz5i
@arsenalpulp.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social @ronsdalepress.bsky.social @touchwooded.bsky.social @talonbooks.bsky.social
@arsenalpulp.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social @ronsdalepress.bsky.social @touchwooded.bsky.social @talonbooks.bsky.social
To attend the virtual reading of Queer Country Crossroads for for South/West Ontario, please register at www.crowdcast.io/c/tobu6zxxy8m0 See you there! #virtualbookreading
October 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
To attend the virtual reading of Queer Country Crossroads for for South/West Ontario, please register at www.crowdcast.io/c/tobu6zxxy8m0 See you there! #virtualbookreading
To attend the virtual reading of Queer Country Crossroads for East Canada, please register at www.crowdcast.io/c/clmtl64exwot
October 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
To attend the virtual reading of Queer Country Crossroads for East Canada, please register at www.crowdcast.io/c/clmtl64exwot
We will have readings of poetry and short essays from Queer Country Crossroads from various contributors across Eastern Canada. Please register at www.crowdcast.io/c/4i0li87uay16 See you there! #virtualbookreeading
October 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
We will have readings of poetry and short essays from Queer Country Crossroads from various contributors across Eastern Canada. Please register at www.crowdcast.io/c/4i0li87uay16 See you there! #virtualbookreeading
This Autism Awareness and Acceptance Month in Canada, find this beautiful collective memoir on our website or your closest bookstore.
Dispatches from Ray's Planet draws on Ray and Claire's correspondence to tell the story of two siblings from two very different planets.
#autismawareness
Dispatches from Ray's Planet draws on Ray and Claire's correspondence to tell the story of two siblings from two very different planets.
#autismawareness
October 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This Autism Awareness and Acceptance Month in Canada, find this beautiful collective memoir on our website or your closest bookstore.
Dispatches from Ray's Planet draws on Ray and Claire's correspondence to tell the story of two siblings from two very different planets.
#autismawareness
Dispatches from Ray's Planet draws on Ray and Claire's correspondence to tell the story of two siblings from two very different planets.
#autismawareness
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8am ringette morning, Aoife as goalie; I’m working through new poetry titles by John Barton and Brandon Kilbourne, / @graywolfpress.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
8am ringette morning, Aoife as goalie; I’m working through new poetry titles by John Barton and Brandon Kilbourne, / @graywolfpress.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social