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hollay.bsky.social
I was on CBC Ontario Morning this AM talking about The Unravelling of Ou! Many thanks to Ramraajh Sharvendiran for the conversation. 🫶🏼

Tune in:

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February 12, 2026 at 12:36 AM
canadianfiction.bsky.social
“On the same day in 1979 when a new, deeply orthodox government declared the birth of the Islamic Republic in Iran, Sheyda Porrouya, the narrator of Ava Farmehri's Through the Sad Wood Our Corpses Will Hang (Guernica Editions), was born.”

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February 8, 2026 at 2:19 AM
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hollay.bsky.social
Oodles of gratitude to Chris Reed and The Seaboard Review of Books for this lovely review of my novel, The Unravelling of Ou (Palimpsest Press, February 15, 2026).

Read the full review: ♥️

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February 2, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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hollay.bsky.social
Did I dedicate my novel to a sock puppet?

Yep.

The Unravelling of Ou will be released by Palimpsest Press in a little over two weeks. If you read the novel—and I hope you do—I think you’ll understand why. ♥️

palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un...

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January 29, 2026 at 2:51 AM
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Coming March 21, 2026! 💥 Super Canucks: Supercanucks: An Anthology of Canadian Small-Town Superhereos, edited by Matthew Del Papa and Andy Taylor, (Latitude 46).

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January 21, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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hollay.bsky.social
“I can’t remember exactly when or how, but one day a sweet and slightly squeaky-voiced sock puppet meandered into my head and didn’t leave. And didn’t shut up.”

Thank you to Open Book for this interview with me about my novel, The Unravelling of Ou (Palimpsest Press).

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January 21, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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Some of the awesome books on The 49th Shelf’s Spring Fiction Preview! 📚

You can request review copies of all of them through us.

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Not shown here (cover reveal pending!) but still on the list is David Ly’s Not All Dragons!

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January 20, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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hollay.bsky.social
“This novel is a delicious titration of acts of betrayal and care. I’ve never read anything like it before and yet it felt familiar in hard-to-reach places of the soul.”

—Margo LaPierre, author of Ajar

More about our books:

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January 18, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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hollay.bsky.social
Read an excerpt from my new novel, The Unravelling of Ou, published by @palimpsestpress.bsky.social.

Thank you, @civilianreader.com!
January 15, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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Feast your beautiful peepers on these three excellent novels on Quill & Quire’s Spring Preview!

To check out the whole spring preview, head to QuillandQuire.com.

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January 15, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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A substantial and rich interview with Canadian author Michael Morelli! He explores his growth as a writer, his favourite authors, and more! Thank you, Michael!
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Exploring the human condition in writing: A conversation with Michael Mirolla
In this interview, Canadian author Michael Mirolla is exploring the human condition in writing by examining the intersection of self-identity and society. He reflects on his formative years in Canada’...
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January 14, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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hollay.bsky.social
Thank you The Quill & Quire and to Stacey May Fowles for the review of my debut novel!

“The Unravelling of Ou is a tender, generous story about the sometimes strange and unsanctioned ways we cope with what we’ve been dealt [.]”
—Stacey May Fowles

Read more:
quillandquire.com/review/the-u...
January 15, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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We can’t wait for people to get their hands on Stan on Guard, the thrilling tale by Leacock Award long-listed author, KR Wilson!

Interested in reviewing Stan on Guard? Request a copy through the link below. ✨

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January 13, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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hollay.bsky.social
In this NBN episode, I have a lovely conversation with acclaimed Manitoba author David Elias about his new novel, Into the D/Ark (Radiant Press, 2025).

Listen here:

newbooksnetwork.com/into-the-d-ark

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January 13, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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Seldom Seen Road (Latitude 46 Publishing) is the first in John Degen’s Burnt River series of murder mysteries featuring the Roth family detective trio—and it’s now available to read on NetGalley! 🌕

www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

#netgalley

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January 10, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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We’re excited to share that #THEUNRAVELLINGOFOU by @hollay.bsky.social, a graduate of the Guelph MFA, is now available for preorder and will be published on February 15, 2026 with Palimpsest Press. 📚✨
[Descriptive text: A promotional graphic announcing a book preorder. At the centre is the book cover for THE UNRAVELLING OF OU by Hollay Ghadery, featuring an illustrated sock puppet with buttons and yarn against a neutral background. The words “Available for Preorder” appear at the top of the image, and “Out 02/15/26” appears at the bottom.]
January 8, 2026 at 12:01 AM
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hollay.bsky.social
Thank you to the wonderful Ann Cavlovic for recommending my collection of flash fiction, Widow Fantasies (Gordon Hill Press) on The New Quarterly: Canadian Writers & Writing’s Favourite Books list!

Read the full list here:

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January 7, 2026 at 2:05 AM
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hollay.bsky.social
My novel, The Unravelling of Ou, is featured in the Foreword Reviews Writers of Color column and I’m delighted. Not just because it’s marvellous review, but because as an “ethnically ambiguous” mixed race individual, it’s wonderful to be seen.

www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/the-...

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January 3, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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This epically funny historical epic considers all the challenges of being immortal while taking the reader on a unique journey through time.

Read the full review. And buy the first book now!

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December 31, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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riverstreetwriting.bsky.social
Celebrate traditionally published Canadian and Indigenous literature with us here at River Street! Just follow along, and if you’re interested in reviewing new and forthcoming books, drop us a line.

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We’ll tell you how to get started (it’s easy!). ♥️ 📚
December 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Anyone else go to their local library this week to stock up on holiday reading? 🎄 📚

We did, and look what we found: A Quilting of Scars by Lucy E.M. Black (NoN Publishing) and A Watch of Nightingales by Catherine Walker (Inanna Publishing)!

Big love to all the librarians who celebrate CanLit. ♥️
December 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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hollay.bsky.social
In this NBN episode, I speak with the wonderful Ann Cavlovic about her new novel, Count on Me (Guernica Editions, 2025).

The holidays are not easy for so many with difficult family dynamics, and I think this book would be a timely read.

Listen in:

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December 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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riverstreetwriting.bsky.social
✨Coming February 15, 2026✨The Unravelling of Ou, by award-winning Iranian-Canadian author Hollay Ghadery, published by Palimpsest Press.

Learn more:

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December 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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✨Coming on March 1, 2026✨ Blood Bound: Unlacing Secret Ties by Montreal author Marie-Josée Poisson, translated by Flora-Lee Bendit, (Guernica Editions.)

This is a fascinating story steeped in history about Madame de Pompadour.

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December 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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hollay.bsky.social
Thank you to Catherine Whitnall for the interview and interest in my forthcoming novel, The Unravelling of Ou, which will be released February 2026 by Palimpsest Press.

You can read the full interview in the Peterborough Examiner.

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December 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM