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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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Joanne Robertson and Shirley (Fletcher) Horn Tell the crucial story of a young girl's resilience and survival in SHIRLEY: AN INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL STORY (@secondstory.bsky.social). We interviewed them here!
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Joanne Robertson and Shirley (Fletcher) Horn Tell the Crucial Story of a Young Girl's Resilience and Survival
At five years old, Shirley is taken from her family and sent to a residential school, a strange place that she does not understand. The long walk up the ...
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February 9, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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We're posting some of our greatest hits starting with the inspiring column, "Speaking Your Story into Existence," from Waubgeshig Rice (@waub.bsky.social), bestselling author of MOON OF THE CRUSTED SNOW (@ecwpress.bsky.social) and more!
#AmReading #Novel #Fiction #CanLit
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Speaking Your Story into Existence
Over the winter I was part of two separate online writing residencies through the Banff Centre. Each cohort involved wonderfully talented writers from ...
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February 6, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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Read an excerpt from REBELLIOUS BODIES AND RADICAL ACTS (@coachhousebooks.bsky.social), edited by Alex Bulmer & Debbie Patterson. A special preview of an extraordinarily powerful book, in advance of its nearing February release!
#AmReading #Anthologies #Essays #Drama
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Read an Excerpt from REBELLIOUS BODIES AND RADICAL ACTS, Edited by Alex Bulmer & Debbie Patterson
Performance takes on new urgency and possibility in Rebellious Bodies and Radical Acts (Coach House Books), an anthology that centres disabled and Deaf ...
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February 5, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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Read an excerpt from SYNCOPATION (@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social), the extraordinary new novel-in-verse from Whitney French. We've got it right here for all of our Open Book readers!
#AmReading #Poetry #CanLit #Excerpt
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Read an Excerpt from SYNCOPATION, the Extraordinary New Novel-in-Verse from Whitney French
In the wildly creative novel-in-verse, Syncopation (Wolsak and Wynn), the future feels both strange and close at hand. After a devastating Memory War, ...
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February 3, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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Read an excerpt from ARAB TECHNO FOR THE PEOPLE (@wlupress.bsky.social), a fascinating work of cultural nonfiction by Jillian Fulton-Melanson. Check it out right here!
#AmReading #Nonfiction #Music #Culture
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Read an Excerpt from ARAB TECHNO FOR THE PEOPLE, a Fascinating Work of Cultural Nonfiction by Jillian Fulton-Melanson
In clubs, basements, and late-night dance floors across Toronto and Montreal, electronic music becomes more than sound. Throughout the pages of Arab ...
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January 28, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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Read an excerpt from TOGETHER BY THE SEA (@houseofanansi.bsky.social) by Marie-Claire Blais (translated by Katia Grubisic), the final instalment of the author's legendary "Soifs" cycle! Find it right here, on Open Book.
#AmReading #Poetry #Translation #Verse
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Read an Excerpt from TOGETHER BY THE SEA by Marie-Claire Blais (Translated by Katia Grubisic)
The tenth and final instalment of the Soifs cycle comes to its close in Together by the Sea (House of Anansi Press), a novel that brings a long-running ...
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January 27, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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Read an excerpt from NIGHT TERMINUS (‪@dundurnpress.bsky.social‬), the debut novel from acclaimed short story author Ellis Scott. Check it out right here and get a sneak peek in advance of the February release!
#AmReading #Novel #Fiction #CanLit
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Read an Excerpt from NIGHT TERMINUS, the Debut Novel From Ellis Scott
Acclaimed short story writer Ellis Scott has arrived with a haunting debut novel that traces queer survival, memory, and love across borders and decades ...
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January 22, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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THE UNRAVELLING OF OU (@palimpsestpress.bsky.social) by Hollay Ghadery explores how we find and keep connections when everything is coming unspooled. Check out our interview with the author!
#AmReading #Fiction #Novel #CanLit
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Hollary Ghadery's New Novel Explores How We Find and Keep Connections When Everything is Unravelling
We're very excited to share another special preview interview for one of our featured Winter/Spring 2026 titles. Today we're sharing an enlightening Long ...
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January 20, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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A young girl faces her fears to reconnect with sound in WHEN BRYN'S EAR WENT QUIET (@owlkids.bsky.social). Check out our interview with author Nancy Hundal, right here on Open Book!
#AmReading #PictureBooks #Illustration #CanLit
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A Young Girl Faces Her Fears to Reconnect with Sound in WHEN BRYN'S EAR WENT QUIET
Open Book will be publishing a few special previews of upcoming titles this season, and today we're featuring When Bryn's Ear Went Quiet (Owlkids Books), ...
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January 16, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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Acclaimed poet Dani Netherclift tries to capture the shape of absent bodies in VESSEL (@pressassembly.bsky.social), a new and form-bending work of memoir. We interview the author right here on Open Book!
#AmReading #Memoir #Nonfiction #Translation
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Dani Netherclift Tries to Capture the Shape of Absent Bodies in VESSEL
Our featured title today, Vessel: The Shape of Absent Bodies (Assembly Press), is a unique, genre-bending work of memoir, literature, history, and ...
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January 14, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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Read an Excerpt from HIDE AND SIKH: LETTERS FROM LIFE A LIFE IN BROWN SKIN (@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social), the New Memoir from Sunny Dhillon!
#AmReading #Memoir #Nonfiction #CanLit
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Read an Excerpt from HIDE AND SIKH, the New Memoir from Sunny Dhillon
After leaving his job at The Globe and Mail in 2018, Sunny Dhillon published a blog post explaining his decision. It struck a nerve, circulating widely ...
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December 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Read an excerpt from THE ALPHABET OF ALIENS (@mawenzihouse.bsky.social), the exciting new poetry collection from Sabyasachi Nag. We've got some excerpted poems right here on Open Book!
#AmReading #Poetry #Verse #CanLit
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Read an Excerpt from THE ALPHABET OF ALIENS, the Exciting New Poetry Collection from Sabyasachi Nag
The exciting new collection of prose poems from Sabyasachi Nag moves through the unsettled spaces of migration, belonging, and in-between states. Drawing ...
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December 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Acclaimed playwright Christine Quintana's AS ABOVE (@playcanpress.bsky.social) finds connection in unexpected places. Check out our Behind the Curtain interview right here!
#AmReading #Drama #Plays #Playwrights
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Christine Quintana's AS ABOVE Finds Connection in Unexpected Places
In our featured title today, As Above (Playwrights Canada Press) A woman in recovery tries to rebuild a life shaped by loss, regret, and long-held silence. ...
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December 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Read an excerpt from CAN POSTERS KILL? (@secondstory.bsky.social), a crucial work of nonfiction by Jerry Faivish (with Kathryn Cole).
#AmReading #History #Culture #Nonfiction
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Read an Excerpt from CAN POSTERS KILL? by Jerry Faivish (with Kathryn Cole)
Propaganda shapes people’s beliefs in ways that are often hard to see until long after the damage is done. The featured book today, Can Posters Kill? (Second ...
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December 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Writer and educator Susan Currie connects the profoundly personal with crucial Indigenous history in CAYUGA NATION (Beech Street Books/Saunders Book Company). Check out this fascinating interview with the author right here!
#AmReading #Nonfiction #Indigenous #History
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Susan Currie Connects the Profoundly Personal with Crucial Indigenous History in CAYUGA NATION
What happens when a deeply personal discovery becomes the inspiration for a children's book that reaches beyond individual memory and touches on collective ...
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December 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Celebrated poet Ronna Bloom breathes life into the poignant verse of IN A RIPTIDE (Brick Books). Check out this Poets in Profile interview with the author!
#AmReading #Poetry #CanLit #Verse
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Celebrated Poet Ronna Bloom Breathes Life into the Poignant Verse of IN A RIPTIDE
In a brand new collection of poetry, Ronna Bloom brings her singular wit and emotional acuity to bear in every word and line. In a Riptide (Brick Books) thrives ...
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December 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Check out this fascinating KidLit Convo between Deborah Kerbel and Tine Modeweg-Hansen, the author and illustrator of COMMUNITY SNOWMAN (@groundwoodbooks.bsky.social).
#AmReading #PictureBooks #CanLit #Interviews
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KidLit Convos Featuring Deborah Kerbel and Tine Modeweg-Hansen, Author and Illustrator of COMMUNITY SNOWMAN
In our featured title today, Community Snowman (Groundwood Books), one particularly snowy morning sparks an unexpected chain of kindness as one girl’s ...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Ink & Imagination! An Open Book author & illustrator dialogue with Lisa Frenette & August Swinson, creators of THE WANDERING FEATHER (@owlkids.bsky.social).
#AmReading #Interviews #PictureBooks
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Ink & Imagination – Open Book Author & Illustrator Dialogues with Lisa Frenette & August Swinson
in the vibrant and wonderful debut picture book from Lisa Frenette and illustrator August Swinson, a feather sets off on an unexpected journey after ...
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December 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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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!
#AmReading #AmWriting #WritingTips #CanLit
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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!
#AmReading #Poetry #CanLit #Verse
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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!
#AmReading #ShortStories #Fiction #CanLit
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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!
#AmReading #Essays #Nonfiction #CanLit
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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!
#AmReading #Plays #Drama #Playwrights
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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