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Reading & writing awesomeness from Canada for the world 📚

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“Like Safdie, I spent many evenings listening to Montreal Canadiens games on my transistor radio…”

Thank you to The Seaboard Review of Books for this thoughtful review by Lisa Timpf.

Subscribe to their Substack for more great literary reviews. Go Habs Go 🏒
January 19, 2026 at 7:27 PM
“Beyond Ken Dryden captures that feeling.”

An advance review from Sam McKenzie, a Montrealer currently studying at the University of Southern California, reflecting on hockey, memory, and what it means to grow up loving the Canadiens 🏒

Advance copies on sale at lindaleith.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:27 PM
A first look at two LLP titles arriving in 2026:

📚 There’s Always More to Say by Natalie Southworth

📚 I Made a Promise I Could Not Keep by David Homel.

Pre-order now at lindaleith.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:29 PM
We want to take a moment to remember someone dear to us whom we lost this year. David Gawley was Linda’s husband, a core member of the LLP team, and our longtime CFO.
He was deeply loved and greatly respected, and is dearly missed.

We invite you to take a moment with us to remember him ❤️
December 31, 2025 at 7:33 PM
As we continue to look back on the year, we want to say thank you to everyone who helped support LLP. To the creators and collaborators behind the scenes, reviewers, booksellers, readers, editors, and organizations who showed up, shared the work, and supported it in so many ways, thank you. ❤️ 🫂
December 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
As we continue to look back on the year, we want to say thank you to everyone who helped support LLP. To the creators and collaborators behind the scenes, reviewers, booksellers, readers, editors, and organizations who showed up, shared the work, and supported it in so many ways, thank you. ❤️ 🫂
December 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
LLP is looking back on moments from a year spent in community with writers, readers, and friends across Montreal’s literary world 📚

Book fairs, launches, conversations, and in-between moments — where books move off the page and community takes shape.
December 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
LLP is looking back on our 2025 releases—from historical YA to sentence-long stories, from space to the mountains, from families to women making difficult decisions. 📚

We’re proud of these books and grateful to the writers, collaborators, and readers who brought them to life.
December 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
LLP is looking back on our 2025 releases—from historical YA to sentence-long stories, from space to the mountains, from families to women making difficult decisions. 📚

We’re proud of these books and grateful to the writers, collaborators, and readers who brought them to life.
December 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Currently reading The Unfinished World by Marilyn Bowering, published by @llpmtl.bsky.social "The Unfinished World is a timely reminder that second chances are possible, as are deep and fundamental connections with the natural world." (From the LLP website)
December 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Still thinking about the Read Quebec Book Fair. What a blast it was to spend the weekend with readers, writers, and friends!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by to chat, bought books, and shared their experience with us. We had a wonderful time and can’t wait to see you again next year. 📚😊
December 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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MFA alum Natalie Southworth’s collection of stories, “There's Always More to Say” is forthcoming in March 2026 from Linda Leith Publishing.

Learn more: www.lindaleith.com/en/Pages/boo...

@llpmtl.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Enjoy Your Stay at the Shamrock Motel by Andrew Kaufman (@coachhousebooks.bsky.social): chbooks.com/Books/E/Enjo... & The Language of the Stars by Nathan Hellner-Mestelman (@llpmtl.bsky.social): www.lindaleith.com/en/Pages/boo... See alt-text. #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky
December 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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The Read Quebec Book Fair is celebrating ten years of connecting English-language readers and writers.

LLP will be at Casa d’Italia all weekend with author signings 📚:

Felicia Mihali, Monique Polak, Toula Drimonis, Rebecca Morris, and Sivan Slapak.
November 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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The Read Quebec Book Fair is celebrating ten years of connecting English-language readers and writers.

LLP will be at Casa d’Italia all weekend with author signings 📚:

Felicia Mihali, Monique Polak, Toula Drimonis, Rebecca Morris, and Sivan Slapak.
November 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The Read Quebec Book Fair is celebrating ten years of connecting English-language readers and writers.

LLP will be at Casa d’Italia all weekend with author signings 📚:

Felicia Mihali, Monique Polak, Toula Drimonis, Rebecca Morris, and Sivan Slapak.
November 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The Read Quebec Book Fair is celebrating ten years of connecting English-language readers and writers.

LLP will be at Casa d’Italia all weekend with author signings 📚:

Felicia Mihali, Monique Polak, Toula Drimonis, Rebecca Morris, and Sivan Slapak.
November 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Subscribers to The Seaboard Review of Books Substack may have caught a small LLP surprise 👀 a first look at our March 2026 releases, and The Unfinished World, which is out now!

Not subscribed yet? What are you waiting for?

Find these book and pre-orders details at www.lindaleith.com.
November 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
LLP is back at the Salon du livre de Montréal at the AELAQ booth (Kiosk #1509)

Meet our authors:
Monique Polak – Nov 19, 2–3 p.m.
Felicia Mihali – Nov 21, 11 a.m.–12 p.m.
Mikhail Iossel – Nov 22, 11 a.m.–12 p.m.
Toula Drimonis – Nov 22, 3–5 p.m.

Join us and explore Quebec’s vibrant literature!
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
#ThrowbackThursday to the Forest Wonder Walk at the Victoria Festival of Authors.

A beautiful day of stories and conversation with Marilyn Bowering, author of The Unfinished World. 🌿📚

#MarilynBowering #TheUnfinishedWorld #CanLit #ReadCanadian
November 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
“Bowering blends the real and the unreal into something more myth than fable, more real than magic.”
— The BC Review

A thoughtful review of The Unfinished World by Marilyn Bowering reflects on its lyrical blend of memory, myth, and belonging.

Read the full review at the link in our bio!
November 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
📸 Flashback Friday to last week at Literary Oktoberfest 2025! 🍻📚

Thank you to Yolk for having us. We always have such a wonderful time connecting with Montreal’s amazing literary community.

Until next year! 💛
October 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
LLP joins Yolk's Literary Oktoberfest 2025 on Fri, Oct 24 at L’Ambroisie et L’Espace Canal (4020 Rue Saint-Ambroise) from 7–11 PM! 🍻

Join us for an evening of readings and conversation featuring Mikhail Iossel (Sentence) and other acclaimed writers.
Link in bio for more details and to buy tickets!
October 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A song that lingers between love and loss, where memory becomes melody and longing takes shape in verse.

✨ The Unfinished World by Marilyn Bowering is a haunting meditation on love, grief, and the stories we inherit. 🌎

Order at the link in bio
October 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Our second glimpse into The Unfinished World by Marilyn Bowering looks north—into the landscapes shaped by industry, labour, and memory. ✨

Bowering’s prose captures the quiet aftermath of progress and the human stories left behind.

Available now at the link in bio!
October 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM