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Talonbooks frontlist, class of 2025. 🎓Poetry, plays, historical fiction, dialogues, humour, nonfiction, hybrid forms ... something for every reader. 💙📚

Read more about all of these titles on our site! talonbooks.com

A book stack of Talonbooks titles from 2025. From top to bottom, spines out, the books are:

Future Works by Jeff Derksen (pink spine)
Crowd Source by Cecily Nicholson (lavender spine)
Heartlines: A Love Story by Sarah Waisvisz (hot pink spine)
Open House by Drew Hayden Taylor (black spine)
ᑭᐢᑭᓱᒥᑐᐠ kiskisomitok by reuben quinn (navy spine)
Hummingbird by Elaine Ávila (black spine)
Convivialities by Michael Nardone (navy spine)
A Great Consolation by Michel Tremblay, translated by Linda Gaboriau (teal spine)
The Book of Z by Rahat Kurd (black spine)
No Depression in Heaven by ryan fitzpatrick (navy spine)
Stigmata by Scott Jackshaw (white spine)
tours, variously by Drew McEwan (slate spine)
Revolutions by Hajer Mirwali (cream spine)
allostatic load by Junie Désil (patterned spine)
Uiesh / Somewhere by Joséphine Bacon, translated by Jessica Moore (cream to green gradient spine)
th book uv lost passwords 1 by bill bissett (patterend spine).

November 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM

Talonbooks

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Talonbooks and Login are thrilled to announced a new exclusive Canadian distribution agreement! ⁠
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All orders in Canada for Talonbooks titles should be directed to Login as of December 15, 2025. Frontlist orders can be placed with Login immediately.⁠

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November 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM

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rob mclennan

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ringette practice for the small one, and beginning into Rahat Kurd’s Z, // @talonbooks.bsky.social @rahat.bsky.social

November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM

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rob mclennan

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in which i offer recommendations for 49th Shelf: new/recent titles by Anna Swanson, Qurat Dar, Isabella Wang, Melanie Dennis Unrau, Gillian Sze, Jumoke Verissimo, Hajer Mirwali + Sadiqa de Meijer, / @49thshelf.bsky.social @talonbooks.bsky.social @gooselane.bsky.social ;
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A Wealth of Reading · Blog Post · 49th Shelf

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November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM

Talonbooks

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Today is #WorldTelevisionDay and have we got a #poetry collection for you! If you've ever given serious thought to Olivia Pope's jackets or wondered which SNL cast member you are, check out You're Gonna Love This by @delbauchery.bsky.social.

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A graphic with six tv screens, two in three rows. The first says "November 21 Is" over colour bars, the second says "World Television Day" over static, the third over an image of spilled popcorn reads "Check out You're Gonna Love This", the fourth over an image of tickets says "By Dina Del Bucchia", the fifth has a picture of Dina Del Bucchia superimposed over a movie theatre, and the sixth over red cinema seats says "Poetry for Television Lovers, Available where fine books are sold."

November 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM

Talonbooks

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Pictured here: Uiesh / Somewhere by Joséphine Bacon and translated by Jessica Moore looking so snazzy wearing its new #GGBooks sticker! 🤩⁠

#Booksky💙📚 #Poetry #BooksInTranslation #IndigenousPoetry #WomenInTranslation

Against a backdrop of cedar, a hand holds up Uiesh / Somewhere by Joséphine Bacon, translated by Jessica Moore. A big sticker is above the mid line to the right declaring it to be a GGBooks Winner.

The cover is of a painted treescape reflecting into water, but the reflection is a city. Across the top it reads "Uiesh / Somewhere. Poems." Across the middle it reads Dual-Language Edition in Innu-aimun and English. Across the bottom it reads "Joséphine Bacon. Translated from the French by Jessica Moore."

November 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM

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rob mclennan

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Canadian Poets Series #15 : Oana Avasilichioaei / @talonbooks.bsky.social ;
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Canadian Poets Series #15 : Oana Avasilichioaei

Oana Avasilichioaei interweaves sound, poetry, performance, and translation to expand and trouble ideas of language, histories, polyphonic ...

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November 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM

Talonbooks

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Tonight! Head to Novel Idea Bookstore for the Kingston, Ontario book launch of Heartlines: A Love Story by Sarah Waisvisz!

#Booksky💙📚#Plays #SapphicBooks #CanLit

November 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM

Talonbooks

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Tonight! If you're in Windsor, head to Biblioasis Bookshop to celebrate the launch of the new #poetry collection tours, variously by @drewmcew.bsky.social with stellar special guest reader A Jamali Rad, author of No Signal No Noise!

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November 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM

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middle daughter, piano lesson; ladies and gentlefolk, the right honourable sir ryan fitzpatrick // @talonbooks.bsky.social @ryanfitzpublic.bsky.social

November 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM

Talonbooks

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Hot off the press! Heartlines: A Love Story by Sarah Waisvisz has arrived! This new #play follows the lives, love, art, and resistance of gender pioneers #ClaudeCahun and #MarcelMoore.

Heartlines is available at your favourite bookstore or you can pick up a copy here: talonbooks.com/books/heartl...

A hand holds up a copy of Heartlines: A Love Story by Sarah Waisvisz against the green leaves of a cedar. The cover of Heartlines has a hot pink banner across the top and bottom. Across the top it reads "Heartlines: A Love Story." Across the bottom it reads "A play by Sarah Waisvisz". In the middle is a bright, black-and-white photo of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore and their reflections in mirrors.

The works that comprise the cover are works by Claude Cahun. They are: Self portrait (reflected in mirror), 1928, and Claude Cahun (1894–1954), Suzanne Malherbe / Marcel Moore looking into mirror, 1928, both courtesy of the Jersey Heritage Collections.

November 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM

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rob mclennan

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small one has ukulele, curious to go through new Talonbooks titles by Drew McEwan and Scott Jackshaw, // @drewmcew.bsky.social @scottjackshaw.bsky.social @talonbooks.bsky.social

November 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM

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Read Local BC

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With only 49 days left in the year, there's still time to crush your reading goals before 2026 strikes the clock! These BC books are exhilarating, gripping, and most importantly, short reads that you can power through to fast-track your reading goals.

8 Quick Reads to Fast-Track Your Reading Goals - Read Local BC

Behind on your reading goals? There's still time to catch up before the year's over with these quick and easy BC books in fiction, biography, and more.

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November 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM

Talonbooks

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One week! On November 21, head to @russellbooks.bsky.social to see @rahat.bsky.social feature at Planet Earth Poetry! Kurd will be sharing poetry from her gorgeous new collection The Book of Z. Don't miss it!⁠

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November 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM

Talonbooks

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NEW this holiday season: discover @readlocalbc.bsky.social's limited edition book boxes and give the gift of reading!

We're thrilled that ᑭᐢᑭᓱᒥᑐᐠ kiskisomitok by ᑳᐯᓵᑳᐢᑌᐠ reuben quinn is featured in the Indigenous Voices Book Box and in such amazing company.

www.readlocalbc.ca/product/indi...

A light pink background. Across the top it reads "A multi-genre journey: Indigenous Voices Book Box". The image is of an open cardboard gift box with three book covers standing up inside. L to R: ᑭᐢᑭᓱᒥᑐᐠ kiskisomitok: ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ to remind each and one another by reuben quinn, a body more tolerable by jaye sipson, and Decolonization and Me: Conversation about Healing a Nation and Ourselves by Kristy McLeod and Phyllis Webstad.

November 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM

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The Association of Book Publishers of BC

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The @readlocalbc.bsky.social limited edition book boxes are available until December 5th while quantities last. Learn more and order at www.readlocalbc.ca/shop/ 🎀 #ReadLocalBC #BCBooks #HolidaySeason

November 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM

Talonbooks

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On November 28, head to @anotherstoryto.bsky.social for the Toronto launch of @drewmcew.bsky.social's new collection tours, variously with guest reader A. Light Zachary!

Attendance is free! RSVP for this stellar evening of #poetry here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/tours-vari....

A poster for the Toronto launch of tours, variously by Drew McEwan at Another Story Bookshop. The background is the dark outline of a corner of the room. The text reads: "Another Story Bookshop and Talonbooks present tours, variously by Drew McEwan with guest reader A. Light Zachary." Next is the RSVP link. Then Friday, November 28, 7 pm. In store, 315 Roncesvalles Ave. Below this are author photos for A. Light Zachary in a small circle and Drew McEwan in a larger circle. This overlaps slightly with the cover of tours, variously (a painted navy corner of the room with interplay of light and shadows).

November 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM

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Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Governor General's Literary Awards, including LPG members,
@playcanpress.bsky.social anpress.bsky.social and @talonbooks.bsky.social

#GGBooks2025

November 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM

Talonbooks

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We couldn't be happier to share that Uiesh / Somewhere by Joséphine Bacon and translated by Jessica Moore has won the 2025 Governor General's Literary Award for Translation!

A huge congratulations to Joséphine, Jessica, and to all of this year's winners!

ggbooks.ca#winners

A video formatted like a polaroid picture. On the top border it reads "2025 Governor General's Literary Award for Translation" and on the bottom border, the word "WINNER!" rolls out.

In the background of the centre is a faded treescape. The cover of Uiesh / Somewhere by Joséphine Bacon, translated by Jessica Moore is large and diagonal. To the side are author photos of Joséphine Bacon and Jessica Moore. The cover is a painted treescape reflecting into water, but the reflection is a city. Across the middle it reads Dual-Language Edition in Innu-aimun and English.

November 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM

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McNally Robinson Booksellers

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A "curling ribbon of technophasic listening and emoting," (Steacy Easton), No Depression in Heaven by @ryanfitzpublic.bsky.social launches TONIGHT, Wed Nov 5 at 7pm w/Cam Scott (@vanishingsigns.bsky.social), author of MANOR's RANSOM (@arpitrage.bsky.social).

www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-18835/...

Talonbooks @talonbooks.bsky.social · Sep 11

Polish your spurs, because No Depression in Heaven by @ryanfitzpublic.bsky.social is available now at a bookstore near you! Written during country music’s most recent ascent in popularity, this poetry “LP” features ten “tracks” that each tip language out of key.

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A copy of "No Depression in Heaven" by ryan fitzpatrick is perched on a thick, moss-covered tree branch. IN the background, a higher-up branch, sand, and the blue of a river behind. The cover of the book is navy. The title is in a classic cowboy font. A Silhouette of someone in a cowboy hat with a guitar slung on his back is in the middle, an orange dust cloud is contained in the torso of the silhouette.

November 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM

Talonbooks

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Thank you to all who joined us for our fall 2025 launch! What a pleasure to share in an evening of literature with you, our amazing community.

Our gratitude to the team at the Secret Lantern Society, the Martha Lou Henley Rehearsal Hall, to Danielle LaFrance for hosting, and to our amazing authors.

After the Talonbooks fall 2025 launch, the authors pose with their books.
First row, left to right: Drew McEwan holds a copy of her book, tours, variously. Rahat Kurd holds a copy of her book, The Book of Z. ryan fitzpatrick holds a copy of their book, No Depression in Heaven. bill bissett holds a copy of his book, th book uv lost passwords 1.

Kneeling in front, Danielle LaFrance, the host of the evening, holds four fanned out copies of Stigmata by Scott Jackshaw, who attended the launch virtually.

November 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM

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Read Local BC

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Three local booksellers curated our limited edition book boxes, swipe to meet them 📚 What makes each book so special? Read the Curators Guide to see why: www.readlocalbc.ca/2025/10/31/t...

meet the curators behind our book boxes, with three women.

Mary-Ann Yazedjian, Curator of our BC Culinary Book Box, is a bookseller at Black Bond Books & Book Warehouse. She has been working with books her whole adult life. A degree in English Lit inspired her love of literature, and she’s never looked back. She can’t imagine a career where she doesn’t get to talk about books all the time. ID: she had a light skin tone, short curly hair, and wears glasses.

HILARY ATLEO, Curator of our Indigenous Voices Box is Anishinaabe from Curve Lake, Ontario, but now spends more time in her husband, Cliff Atleo’s, Nuu-chah-nulth territories on the west coast of Vancouver Island. In 2017, after several years of experience in the bookselling industry, Hilary and Cliff opened Iron Dog Books. Hilary has a light skin tone, dark brown hair, wears glasses and is pictured smiling.

KERRI DOYLE, Curator of our Early Readers Book Box, is the owner of Books & Shenanigans. When she first moved to Victoria 10 years ago, she downsized and got rid of all of her books. She never recovered from that, and opened her own bookshop during the pandemic. Her favourite thing is to help people find their next great read. Kerri has a medium light skin tone, short grey hair, and wears glasses. she is sitting on a backwards red chair with bookshelves in the back.

November 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM

Talonbooks

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th book uv lost passwords 1 by the legendary bill bissett is here! th book uv lost passwords 1 expands on bissett's long-standing poetic practice by rearticulating the novel as a radiant field of sound, image, story, memory, dream, and fantasy.

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