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Open Book is your connection to Ontario's vibrant literary scene. Posts via Kevin, Holly, and Sarah. Visit our website to learn more: https://open-book.ca/
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Check out the latest and greatest column from Manahil Bandukwala (@manahil.bsky.social), where she talks about tropes in writing and when to embrace them!
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Embracing Tropes
A lot of my summer reading list involved beachy romance novels like Leanne Toshiko Simpson’s Never Been Better and Carley Fortune’s Every Summer After, ...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Charlie Petch's INFINITE AUDITION (Brick Books) is an unpredictable, theatrical poetic tour de force. Check out our interview with the author right here!
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Charlie Petch's INFINITE AUDITION is an Unpredictable, Theatrical Poetic Tour de Force
Our featured title today comes from Charlie Petch, a celebrated artist who explores transmasculine and disabled perspectives in their writing. Their work ...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Read an excerpt from the enthralling new short story collection, PLANET EARTH (@houseofanansi.bsky.social), by Nicholas Ruddock. It's right here and free for our Open Book readers!
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Read an Excerpt from PLANET EARTH, the New Short Story Collection from Nicholas Ruddock
Today we're featuring a vibrant new short story collection that captures a wild mix of tenderness, humour, and flawed humanity, all of which stands out ...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Sadiqa de Meijer Searches for true meaning and connection in the essays of IN THE FIELD (@palimpsestpress.bsky.social). Check out our interview with the Governor General Award winning author right here!
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Sadiqa de Meijer Searches for True Meaning and Connection in the Essays of IN THE FIELD
Governor General’s Award winner Sadiqa de Meijer returns with a thoughtful and beautifully composed collection of essays that invites readers to look ...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Looking for Ontario-based publishers that do it all? From fiction, to non-fiction, to poetry, to drama, we've got you covered! 📚🇨🇦

Part 4 of 4!

➡️ Featuring: @palimpsestpress.bsky.social, Plumleaf Press, The Porcupine's Quill, Brucedale Press, and @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Seven major prizes and more than $375,000 have been awarded at an inspiring 2025 Writers’ Trust (Writers' Trust of Canada) celebration! Check out our coverage with all of last night's amazing winners!
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Seven Major Prizes and More Than $375,000 Awarded at an Inspiring Writers’ Trust Celebration
The annual Writers’ Trust Awards lit up Toronto this week with a full evening of literary celebration. With seven major prizes presented and more than ...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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The captivating thriller EARWORM (@playcanpress.bsky.social) by Mohammad Yaghoubi chronicles a young woman's battle against cppression. Check out this Behind the Curtain interview with the author!
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The Captivating Thriller EARWORM Chronicles a Young Woman's Battle Against Oppression
In his spectacular new play, Earworm (Playwrights Canada Press), Mohammad Yaghoubi delivers a haunting and deeply human story about memory, trauma, ...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Quill Christie-Peters discussion her incredible new work of non-fiction, ON WHOLENESS (@houseofanansi.bsky.social), and the power of collective liberation. Check it our interview with the author here!
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Quill Christie-Peters Discusses ON WHOLENESS and Writing Toward Collective Liberation
In a dazzling new work of nonfiction, Quill Christie-Peters explores what it means to live fully engaged with our bodies, our ancestors, and the world ...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Read an excerpt from the long awaited third volume in the Ojibwe History series, THE POWER OF THE LITTLE PEOPLE (@kegedoncepress.bsky.social), from Bomgiizhik Isaac Murdoch. Check it out here on OB!
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Read an Excerpt from THE POWER OF THE LITTLE PEOPLE by Bomgiizhik Isaac Murdoch
In the long-awaited third entry in Bomgiizhik Isaac Murdoch’s Ojibwe History series, The Power of the Little People (Kegedonce Press) brings readers ...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Read an excerpted story from BIG OF YOU (@biblioasis.bsky.social), the fantastic new short fiction collection from Elise Levine!
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Read an Excerpt from the New Short Story Collection by Celebrated Author Elise Levine
The latest collection of short fiction by Elise Levine is a masterclass from an author that has few equals in the form. Across nine unforgettable stories ...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Check out this interview with debut novelist Sierra Marilyn Riley on THE DARK COVE THEATRE SOCIETY (Annick Press) and writing queer theatre magic for teens!
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Sierra Marilyn Riley on Her Debut Novel and Writing Queer Theatre Magic for Teens
Tense, atmospheric, and irresistibly dramatic, The Dark Cove Theatre Society by Sierra Marilyn Riley pulls back the velvet curtain on ambition and the ...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Read an excerpt from EDISSON AND JEREMIAH (Guernica Editions), the new novel by acclaimed author Michael Carin. It's free for our readers right now on Open Book!
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Read an Excerpt from Edisson and Jeremiah by Michael Carin
The latest novel from renowned author and political theorist Michael Carin is a dazzling story of reinvention, faith, and illusion. Edisson and Jeremiah (Guernica ...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Award-winning author Emily A. Weedon's new novel, HEMO SAPIENS (@dundurnpress.bsky.social), is a tantalizing, bloodthirsty thriller. Find out more in this Storytellers Interview with the author!
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Emily A. Weedon's New Novel is a Tantalizing, Bloodthirsty Thriller
In award-winning author Emily A. Weedon's thrilling new novel, readers are pulled into a sleek and unsettling world where desire, danger, and the supernatural ...
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November 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Columnist Samantha Garner (@samanthakgarner.bsky.social) talks about the best ways to create a space where you can write and flex all of your best artistic muscles. Check it out right here on Open Book!
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Creating a Writing Space That Inspires Your Imagination
I’m not one for a set writing routine, but finding other ways to be consistent has helped me feel more connected to my practice and my creativity. My ...
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November 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Our grant writing guru Lindsay Zier-Vogel is back with a timely and bafflement-relieving guide to the new Canada Council granting portal! Check out her wise takes on how to navigate the system right here!
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Grant Writing 101: The New Canada Council Portal
The Canada Council for the Arts has a new portal and truth be told, it’s going to take us all a while to get used to it, but I’ve gathered up all ...
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November 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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This past week Open Book took a run at TIFA 2025, which has newly relocated to the University of Toronto's majestic Victoria College. It was an enlightening and lively few days, and we share our experiences right here!
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Open Book Takes in TIFA 2025 at Victoria College in the University of Toronto
From October 29th to November 2nd, the Toronto International Festival of Authors took place with an adjusted format and a brand new location at University ...
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November 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Read an excerpt from the award-winning novel HAPPINESS HAS A SLIPPERY TAIL (University of Ottawa Press) by Abla Farhoud (translated by Judith Weisz Woodsworth), with an addendum about the author. Check it out here!
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Read an Excerpt from HAPPINESS HAS A SLIPPERY TAIL by Abla Farhoud (translated by Judith Weisz Woodsworth)
In Happiness Has a Slippery Tail, celebrated Lebanese-Canadian writer Abla Farhoud offers a moving portrait of migration, memory, and resilience through ...
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October 31, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Poet and scholar Melanie Dennis Unrau excavates history and language in GOOSE (@pressassembly.bsky.social). Check out our interview with the author today!
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Melanie Dennis Unrau Excavates History and Language in the Poetics of GOOSE
In the exciting new collection, Goose, poet and researcher Melanie Dennis Unrau reimagines the language of industry as poetry, unearthing new meanings ...
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October 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Acclaimed novelist Katie Welch explores how we rise from the ashes in the thrilling LADDER TO HEAVEN (@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social). Check out this Long Story Novelist interview with the author!
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Katie Welch Explores How We Rise from the Ashes in the New Novel, LADDER TO HEAVEN
In Ladder to Heaven, acclaimed author Katie Welch takes readers into a wondrous and perilous near future. The year is 2045, and an earthquake has shattered ...
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October 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Reac an excerpt from THE SEASIDE CAFÉ METROPOLIS (@cormorantbooks.bsky.social), the highly anticipated new novel from Antanas Sileika, right here on Open Book!
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Read an Excerpt from THE SEASIDE CAFÉ METROPOLIS, the Highly Anticipated New Novel from Antanas Sileika
In his brilliantly comic and deeply human new novel The Seaside Café Metropolis (Cormorant Books), acclaimed Canadian author Antanas Sileika invites ...
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October 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Read an excerpt from the brand new English language translation of THE WAX CHILD (@bookhugpress.bsky.social) by Olga Ravn (translated by Martin Aitken). Right here on Open Book!
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Read an Excerpt from THE WAX CHILD by Olga Ravn (Translated by Martin Aitken)
With The Wax Child (Book*hug Press), internationally celebrated author Olga Ravn returns with a story that is as haunting as it is breathtakingly original. ...
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October 25, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Two mighty independent publishers, Assembly Press (@pressassembly.bsky.social) and Brick Books, have merged! Check out our coverage of this exciting development right here.
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Assembly Press and Brick Books Embark on an Exciting Merger
Assembly Press and Brick Books Join Forces to Shape a Stronger Future for Canadian PublishingTwo remarkable independent publishers—Assembly Press and ...
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October 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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The latest novel from Brit Griffin is a haunting gothic mystery set in the Northern Ontario wilderness. We interviewed the author about THE HAUNTING OF MODESTO O'BRIEN (Latitude 46 Publishing) right here!
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Brit Griffin's Latest Novel is a Haunting Gothic Mystery in the Northern Ontario Wilderness
In The Haunting of Modesto O’Brien, author Brit Griffin transports readers deep into the northern wilderness with a gothic mystery that thrums with ...
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October 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Read an excerpt from TAKE A BREATH OLIVE TRAN (@secondstory.bsky.social), the second book in the acclaimed series by Phuong Truong (with illustrations by Christine Wei).
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Read an Excerpt from TAKE A BREATH OLIVE TRAN by Phuong Truong (Illustrated by Christine Wei)
We're very excited to feature an excerpt from the second entry in an acclaimed middle-grade series with Take a Breath Olive Tran by Phuong Truong! The ...
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October 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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In her latest column, acclaimed author @samanthakgarner.bsky.social discusses how to write unlikeable protagonists, and still make these characters jump off the page. Check it out right here on Open Book! #AmReading #Columns #AmWriting #WritingTips open-book.ca/Columnists/W...
Writing Protagonists Who Don’t Care If You Like Them
As writers, we want our readers to connect with our protagonists, to root for them and relate to them. It makes sense – human connection is at the heart ...
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October 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM