Mawenzi House
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Mawenzi House is dedicated to bringing to the reading public fresh new writing from Canada and across the world that reflects the diversity of our rapidly globalizing world, particularly in Canada and the United States.
These essays by accomplished literary critics begin an examination of some of the most exciting new writing to emerge in Canada in the last four decades.
Start reading now: bit.ly/Confluences1
Start reading now: bit.ly/Confluences1
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
These essays by accomplished literary critics begin an examination of some of the most exciting new writing to emerge in Canada in the last four decades.
Start reading now: bit.ly/Confluences1
Start reading now: bit.ly/Confluences1
Please join us in celebration for the launch of THE ALPHABET OF ALIENS by SABYASACHI NAG on Saturday, December 13, at 4:30 pm at the Benares Historic Museum in Mississauga.
Books will be on sale.
RSVP here: bit.ly/48gzNFs
Books will be on sale.
RSVP here: bit.ly/48gzNFs
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Please join us in celebration for the launch of THE ALPHABET OF ALIENS by SABYASACHI NAG on Saturday, December 13, at 4:30 pm at the Benares Historic Museum in Mississauga.
Books will be on sale.
RSVP here: bit.ly/48gzNFs
Books will be on sale.
RSVP here: bit.ly/48gzNFs
This volume examines, from diverse perspectives, what it means to be a Muslim in Canada.
“[A]n enlightening, unsettling, open-ended book, a testament to the resilience and candour of Canadian Muslims.”
—Carol Goar, The Toronto Star
Begin reading today: bit.ly/RelevanceIsl...
“[A]n enlightening, unsettling, open-ended book, a testament to the resilience and candour of Canadian Muslims.”
—Carol Goar, The Toronto Star
Begin reading today: bit.ly/RelevanceIsl...
November 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This volume examines, from diverse perspectives, what it means to be a Muslim in Canada.
“[A]n enlightening, unsettling, open-ended book, a testament to the resilience and candour of Canadian Muslims.”
—Carol Goar, The Toronto Star
Begin reading today: bit.ly/RelevanceIsl...
“[A]n enlightening, unsettling, open-ended book, a testament to the resilience and candour of Canadian Muslims.”
—Carol Goar, The Toronto Star
Begin reading today: bit.ly/RelevanceIsl...
Get all five books in the Prison of Dreams (KANAVUCCHIRAI) Quintet for only $60!
Use code BUNDLE60 at checkout to save when you buy all five of the Prison of Dreams books: bit.ly/47LceEE
This code is available until November 20, 11:59 pm.
Use code BUNDLE60 at checkout to save when you buy all five of the Prison of Dreams books: bit.ly/47LceEE
This code is available until November 20, 11:59 pm.
November 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Get all five books in the Prison of Dreams (KANAVUCCHIRAI) Quintet for only $60!
Use code BUNDLE60 at checkout to save when you buy all five of the Prison of Dreams books: bit.ly/47LceEE
This code is available until November 20, 11:59 pm.
Use code BUNDLE60 at checkout to save when you buy all five of the Prison of Dreams books: bit.ly/47LceEE
This code is available until November 20, 11:59 pm.
Nazneen Sheikh (I left You Behind, 2024) contributed eight Canadian books to 49th Shelf's recommended reads: 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11...
8 Glorious Reads · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
A recommended reading list by the author of I Left You Behind (Mawenzi House).
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November 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Nazneen Sheikh (I left You Behind, 2024) contributed eight Canadian books to 49th Shelf's recommended reads: 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11...
JOURNEYS NORTH, JOURNEY'S END by KUE YOUNG is partly political and historical, partly a primer on Northern, Indigenous, and Global Health, and deeply personal.
This memoir traces his complex journeys and provides the context for his rather unusual and winding career path.
This memoir traces his complex journeys and provides the context for his rather unusual and winding career path.
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
JOURNEYS NORTH, JOURNEY'S END by KUE YOUNG is partly political and historical, partly a primer on Northern, Indigenous, and Global Health, and deeply personal.
This memoir traces his complex journeys and provides the context for his rather unusual and winding career path.
This memoir traces his complex journeys and provides the context for his rather unusual and winding career path.
The holidays are right around the corner, and we've got an important shipping update for you.
Friday, December 12, is the last day to place your orders with us to ensure your books arrive before the holidays.
We're expecting delayed wait times with our distributor closer to the holidays.
Friday, December 12, is the last day to place your orders with us to ensure your books arrive before the holidays.
We're expecting delayed wait times with our distributor closer to the holidays.
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The holidays are right around the corner, and we've got an important shipping update for you.
Friday, December 12, is the last day to place your orders with us to ensure your books arrive before the holidays.
We're expecting delayed wait times with our distributor closer to the holidays.
Friday, December 12, is the last day to place your orders with us to ensure your books arrive before the holidays.
We're expecting delayed wait times with our distributor closer to the holidays.
It's #NonFiction November and we're spotlighting Gendered Islamophobia: My Journey with a Scar(f) by Monia Mazigh, a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award, Non-fiction in 2023.
Start reading today: bit.ly/3NCVEOR
Start reading today: bit.ly/3NCVEOR
November 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
It's #NonFiction November and we're spotlighting Gendered Islamophobia: My Journey with a Scar(f) by Monia Mazigh, a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award, Non-fiction in 2023.
Start reading today: bit.ly/3NCVEOR
Start reading today: bit.ly/3NCVEOR
Calling all Toronto book lovers, we'll be at the Meet the Presses Indie Lit Market on Sunday, November 2, from 12 pm to 4 pm.
We'll have a great selection of our titles available, including new releases, recent award nominees, and fan favourites. We hope to see you there!
We'll have a great selection of our titles available, including new releases, recent award nominees, and fan favourites. We hope to see you there!
October 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Calling all Toronto book lovers, we'll be at the Meet the Presses Indie Lit Market on Sunday, November 2, from 12 pm to 4 pm.
We'll have a great selection of our titles available, including new releases, recent award nominees, and fan favourites. We hope to see you there!
We'll have a great selection of our titles available, including new releases, recent award nominees, and fan favourites. We hope to see you there!
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Congrats to the finalists of the #ggbooks2025 awards,
including LPG members Annick Press, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social,
@biblioasis.bsky.social, Freehand Books, @gooselane.bsky.social, @mawenzihouse.bsky.social, @palimpsestpress.bsky.social, @playcanpress.bsky.social, Scirocco, @talonbooks.bsky.social
including LPG members Annick Press, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social,
@biblioasis.bsky.social, Freehand Books, @gooselane.bsky.social, @mawenzihouse.bsky.social, @palimpsestpress.bsky.social, @playcanpress.bsky.social, Scirocco, @talonbooks.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Congrats to the finalists of the #ggbooks2025 awards,
including LPG members Annick Press, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social,
@biblioasis.bsky.social, Freehand Books, @gooselane.bsky.social, @mawenzihouse.bsky.social, @palimpsestpress.bsky.social, @playcanpress.bsky.social, Scirocco, @talonbooks.bsky.social
including LPG members Annick Press, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social,
@biblioasis.bsky.social, Freehand Books, @gooselane.bsky.social, @mawenzihouse.bsky.social, @palimpsestpress.bsky.social, @playcanpress.bsky.social, Scirocco, @talonbooks.bsky.social
We are so excited that Farida by Monia Mazigh, translated by Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott, is a finalist for the 2025 Governor General’s Literary Awards!
October 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
We are so excited that Farida by Monia Mazigh, translated by Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott, is a finalist for the 2025 Governor General’s Literary Awards!
Nazneen Sheikh shares how she came to write her short story collection, I Left You Behind. Head to Mawenzi House's blog to read about her inspiration for this collection of stories: bit.ly/3WN8sW8
BIRTH OF A BOOK – The Origins of I Left You Behind by Nazneen Sheikh
I Left You Behind, my collection of short stories, arose from an accident. During Covid, I had spent hours gazing at old family photographs of my father whom I adored. Then I took this a step further ...
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October 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Nazneen Sheikh shares how she came to write her short story collection, I Left You Behind. Head to Mawenzi House's blog to read about her inspiration for this collection of stories: bit.ly/3WN8sW8
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Sabyasachi (Sachi) Nag, The Alphabet of Aliens: prose poems / @mawenzihouse.bsky.social ;
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Sabyasachi (Sachi) Nag, The Alphabet of Aliens: prose poems
The Stopped River By the time we returned, the river had stopped. It wasn’t a failure of God alone or the ruined robes of preachers. N...
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October 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Sabyasachi (Sachi) Nag, The Alphabet of Aliens: prose poems / @mawenzihouse.bsky.social ;
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Sasenarine Persaud’s A SCENT OF INDIA (@mawenzihouse.bsky.social) traces India’s influence from the Caribbean to North America through vivid and evocative poetry.
Read two poems from the book here: alllitup.ca/two-poems-a-scent-of-india/
Read two poems from the book here: alllitup.ca/two-poems-a-scent-of-india/
October 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Sasenarine Persaud’s A SCENT OF INDIA (@mawenzihouse.bsky.social) traces India’s influence from the Caribbean to North America through vivid and evocative poetry.
Read two poems from the book here: alllitup.ca/two-poems-a-scent-of-india/
Read two poems from the book here: alllitup.ca/two-poems-a-scent-of-india/
Please join us in celebration for the launch of TRACHEA by MAYANK BHATT on Saturday, October 11, at 3:30 pm at Massey College - Junior Common Room.
Books will be on sale, and refreshments will be available.
RSVP here: bit.ly/3WewRnb
Books will be on sale, and refreshments will be available.
RSVP here: bit.ly/3WewRnb
October 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Please join us in celebration for the launch of TRACHEA by MAYANK BHATT on Saturday, October 11, at 3:30 pm at Massey College - Junior Common Room.
Books will be on sale, and refreshments will be available.
RSVP here: bit.ly/3WewRnb
Books will be on sale, and refreshments will be available.
RSVP here: bit.ly/3WewRnb
Today, we honour the children who never returned home and the survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities.
#OrangeShirtDay
#TruthAndReconciliation
#OrangeShirtDay
#TruthAndReconciliation
September 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Today, we honour the children who never returned home and the survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities.
#OrangeShirtDay
#TruthAndReconciliation
#OrangeShirtDay
#TruthAndReconciliation
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"A PHIAL OF PASSING MEMORIES is a literary archive of journeys, passages through the many seasons of life, and the different geographies that delineate them."
James Yékú reads from his new collection w/ @mawenzihouse.bsky.social
alllitup.ca/poetry-in-motion-james-yeku-a-phial-of-passing-memories/
James Yékú reads from his new collection w/ @mawenzihouse.bsky.social
alllitup.ca/poetry-in-motion-james-yeku-a-phial-of-passing-memories/
September 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"A PHIAL OF PASSING MEMORIES is a literary archive of journeys, passages through the many seasons of life, and the different geographies that delineate them."
James Yékú reads from his new collection w/ @mawenzihouse.bsky.social
alllitup.ca/poetry-in-motion-james-yeku-a-phial-of-passing-memories/
James Yékú reads from his new collection w/ @mawenzihouse.bsky.social
alllitup.ca/poetry-in-motion-james-yeku-a-phial-of-passing-memories/
Do Not Enter My Soul in Your Shoes by Natasha Kanapé Fontaine reveals herself as a poet and Innu woman. She loves. She weeps. She shouts… to come into the world, again.
Now available wherever you buy books from, or on our website: bit.ly/SoulShoes
Now available wherever you buy books from, or on our website: bit.ly/SoulShoes
Do Not Enter My Soul in Your Shoes
Translated from French by Howard Scott Do not enter my soul in your shoes is a poetry collection of great sensitivity. Above all it is a cry from the heart, as if empathy and poetry were dazzled by t...
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September 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Do Not Enter My Soul in Your Shoes by Natasha Kanapé Fontaine reveals herself as a poet and Innu woman. She loves. She weeps. She shouts… to come into the world, again.
Now available wherever you buy books from, or on our website: bit.ly/SoulShoes
Now available wherever you buy books from, or on our website: bit.ly/SoulShoes
Happy publication day to The Alphabet of Aliens by Sabyasachi Nag! The Alphabet of Aliens is now available wherever you buy books from, or on our website: bit.ly/AlphabetofAl...
September 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Happy publication day to The Alphabet of Aliens by Sabyasachi Nag! The Alphabet of Aliens is now available wherever you buy books from, or on our website: bit.ly/AlphabetofAl...
“[A] captivating account—written in [Shah’s] characteristic self-deprecating humorous style—tracing his journey from a small town in Maharashtra, India, to professor of public health at the University of Toronto.”
—Desi News
TO CHANGE THE WORLD by CHANDRAKANT P SHAH is now available: bit.ly/3YNMAdj
—Desi News
TO CHANGE THE WORLD by CHANDRAKANT P SHAH is now available: bit.ly/3YNMAdj
To Change the World
The ninth of fifteen children in a small town in Maharashtra, India, Chandrakant Shah managed to attend medical school through diligent study, sometimes under an oil lamp. He arrived in Canada in 1965...
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September 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“[A] captivating account—written in [Shah’s] characteristic self-deprecating humorous style—tracing his journey from a small town in Maharashtra, India, to professor of public health at the University of Toronto.”
—Desi News
TO CHANGE THE WORLD by CHANDRAKANT P SHAH is now available: bit.ly/3YNMAdj
—Desi News
TO CHANGE THE WORLD by CHANDRAKANT P SHAH is now available: bit.ly/3YNMAdj
Happy publication day to A Scent of India by Sasenarine Persaud!
A Scent of India is now available wherever you buy books from, or on our website: bit.ly/AScentofIndia
A Scent of India is now available wherever you buy books from, or on our website: bit.ly/AScentofIndia
September 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Happy publication day to A Scent of India by Sasenarine Persaud!
A Scent of India is now available wherever you buy books from, or on our website: bit.ly/AScentofIndia
A Scent of India is now available wherever you buy books from, or on our website: bit.ly/AScentofIndia
Cover reveal for THE ALPHABET OF ALIENS by SABYASACHI NAG!
The dream-like, eerily atmospheric prose poems in this collection interrogate margins and melt points of migrancy.
THE ALPHABET OF ALIENS is out on September 15, and is now available for pre-order: bit.ly/AlphabetofAl...
The dream-like, eerily atmospheric prose poems in this collection interrogate margins and melt points of migrancy.
THE ALPHABET OF ALIENS is out on September 15, and is now available for pre-order: bit.ly/AlphabetofAl...
August 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Cover reveal for THE ALPHABET OF ALIENS by SABYASACHI NAG!
The dream-like, eerily atmospheric prose poems in this collection interrogate margins and melt points of migrancy.
THE ALPHABET OF ALIENS is out on September 15, and is now available for pre-order: bit.ly/AlphabetofAl...
The dream-like, eerily atmospheric prose poems in this collection interrogate margins and melt points of migrancy.
THE ALPHABET OF ALIENS is out on September 15, and is now available for pre-order: bit.ly/AlphabetofAl...
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Still time to catch up on our August summer reading list! Get reading these titles from @touchwooded.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @mawenzihouse.bsky.social @dundurnpress.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
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Our August Summer Reading List · Lists · 49th Shelf
Books to pack in your beach bag...
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August 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Still time to catch up on our August summer reading list! Get reading these titles from @touchwooded.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @mawenzihouse.bsky.social @dundurnpress.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
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Today in the ARB: Prose poetry from Canada: “An Orange, A Syllable” by Gillian Sze @ecwpress.bsky.social & “The Alphabet of Aliens” by Sabyasachi Nag @mawenzihouse.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/prose-poetry...
Prose poetry from Canada: “An Orange, A Syllable” by Gillian Sze and “The Alphabet of Aliens” by Sabyasachi Nag
Prose poetry can be hard to get a handle on. It is literally oxymoronic, like “documentary fiction”; such terms are perhaps a recognition that most categories are really endpoints on a spectrum. As…
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August 27, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Today in the ARB: Prose poetry from Canada: “An Orange, A Syllable” by Gillian Sze @ecwpress.bsky.social & “The Alphabet of Aliens” by Sabyasachi Nag @mawenzihouse.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/prose-poetry...
Join us on Saturday, September 6, from 6 pm to 8 pm at the University of Toronto Scarborough campus to celebrate the Prison of Dreams Quintet by Devakanthan, translated by Nedra Rodrigo.
Registration is free. Please RSVP: bit.ly/41VkfVc
Registration is free. Please RSVP: bit.ly/41VkfVc
August 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Join us on Saturday, September 6, from 6 pm to 8 pm at the University of Toronto Scarborough campus to celebrate the Prison of Dreams Quintet by Devakanthan, translated by Nedra Rodrigo.
Registration is free. Please RSVP: bit.ly/41VkfVc
Registration is free. Please RSVP: bit.ly/41VkfVc