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We're an independent Canadian publisher of fiction, sports, poetry, pop culture, wrestling, business, science, and memoir.
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The 2026 Winter Olympics are off to a great start and we have the perfect books to read in between events! Learn more here: ecwpress.com/collections/... #Olympics #WinterOlympics
Books to inspire you during the 2026 Winter Olympics. Books featured include: Just Call Me “Andi” by Andria Petrillo, The Role I Played by Sami Jo Small, and Train (Your Brain) Like an Olympian by Jean François Ménard
February 10, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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Congratulations to Vanessa F. Penney whose debut novel The Witch of Willow Sound is on the 2025 Bram Stoker Awards® Preliminary Ballot! bramstokerawards.horror.org/front-page/t...
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January 27, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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The Singles Tax: No-Nonsense Financial Advice for Solo Earners by Renée Sylvestre-Williams is now available!

As single living hits record highs, The Singles Tax offers actionable tips and expert insights to help solo earners build savings, retire confidently, travel wisely, and live comfortably.
A copy of The Singles Tax: Non-Nonsense Financial Advice for Solo Earners by Renée Sylvestre-Williams sits on an open notebook atop a coffee table.
January 6, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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This holiday season, read and give local books with the Muskoka Lit List! 🎁 open-book.ca/Read-Muskoka #ReadLocal #Muskoka
This Holiday Season, read and give local books with the Muskoka Lit List! Books featured include: Mike Mentzer by John Little, The Donnellys I & II by John Little, and No Quarter by John Jantunen.
December 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Still looking for holiday gifts? Why not pick up something by a local author? #ReadBrampton #ReadLocal open-book.ca/Read-Brampton
This holiday season, read and give local books with the Brampton Lit List. Books featured include Countess by Suzan Palumbo and Pull Focus by Helen Walsh. Thank you to the Ontario Book Publishers Organization and Ontario Creates for this initiative.
December 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Why not #ReadLocal this holiday season? Check out Open Book‘s selection of Niagara titles here: open-book.ca/Read-Niagara #ReadNiagara
Books featured include: The Northern by Jacob McArthur Mooney, Water Borne by Dan Rubinstein, From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge by Brian Martin and 40 Days & 40 Hikes by Nicola Ross.
December 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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For the person who carries a pocket notebook, fills their evenings with poetry slams and cooking classes, and thinks the right side of their brain might be bigger.

Enter the code HAPPYHOLIDAYS2025 at checkout for 30% off this year’s releases!

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Books featured include: Off Menu by Amy Rosen, Cattail Lane by Fran Kimmel, Princess Nai and Other Stories by Jamal Saeed, An Orange, A Syllable by Gillian Sze, Accidents After Happening by Robert Preist, More Songs the Radio Won't Play by Stan Rogal, NMLCT by Paul Vermeersch
December 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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For the person who wears a Jays cap year round, never skips leg day, and believes in the art of kayfabe.

Enter the code HAPPYHOLIDAYS2025 at checkout for 30% off this year’s releases!

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Books featured include: Life Is Fighting by Kevin Robert Kesar, BIGGER! BETTER! BADDER! by Keith Elliot Greenberg, The Northern by Jacob McArthur Mooney, The Golden Generation by Oren Weisfeld, “Just Call Me Andi” by Andria Petrillo, Madness by Mark Hebscher, Mike Mentzer by John Little and Irresistible Force by Brain R. Solomon.
December 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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For the person who always stops when they pass their local Little Free Library, is an activist for causes that matter to them, and loves trying a new hiking trail.

Enter the code HAPPYHOLIDAYS2025 at checkout for 30% off this year’s releases!

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Books featured include Girl Gangs, Zines, and Powerslides by Natalie Porter, Motherness by Julie M. Green, Reconciling by Larry Grant in conversation with Scott Steedman, Water Borne by Dan Rubinstein, Lake Burntshore by Aaron Kreuter, The Many Names of Robert Cree by Robert Cree with Therese Greenwood
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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These books make the perfect gift for the person who has an immaculate calendar system, loves to pick up an online class, and has perfected their bedtime routine.

Enter the code HAPPYHOLIDAYS2025 for 30% off this year’s releases!

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Books featured include: The Resilience Mindset by Terry Healey, A Precarious Enterprise by Scott McIntyre, Outside In, Inside Out by Dr. Lance Mortlock, The Ripple Effect by David Tsubouchi & Marc Kealey, Building Unstoppable Teams by Sébastien Sasseville and Gabriel Renaud, and Dare to Win by Chantal N. Vallée and Gordon A. Bloom.
December 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Join us on December 9 at Noonan's Pub in Toronto for a meet and greet with @andipetrillo.bsky.social!
Andi Petrillo Meet and Greet. Tuesday, December 9, 6-8 p.m., Noonan's Pub, 141 Danforth Ave, Toronto ON. Books will be available for purchase. If you already have a copy, you're welcome to bring it with you to get it signed!
November 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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This selection of books is perfect for the person who starts planning their next Halloween costume on November 1, is waiting for S3 of Interview with a Vampire, and loves an unreliable narrator.

Enter the code HAPPYHOLIDAYS2025 for 30% off this year’s releases!

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Books featured include: The Witch of Willow Sound by Vanessa F. Penney, The First Thousand Trees by Premee Mohamed, Seventhblade by Tonia Laird, Veal by Mackenzie Nolan, She's a Lamb! by Meredith Hambrock, and Other Evolutions by Rebecca Hirsch Garcia.
November 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Motherness by Julie M. Green in an Audible Best of 2025 audiobook in the Well-Being category! ⭐🎧

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Cover of Motherness: A Memoir of Generational Autism, Parenthood and Radical Acceptance by Julie M. Green. “Motherness is all about loving the child you're raising and accepting the parent you are. A fiercely honest and wildly compassionate memoir. I loved this book.“ Ann Douglas, author of Parenting Through the Storm
November 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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These books make the perfect gift for the person who usually has a puzzle in the works, (almost!) always figures out the ending, and kills it at pub trivia night.
Enter the code HAPPYHOLIDAYS2025 at checkout on our website for 30% off this year’s releases!
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Image features the book covers of: The Solitary Friend by Gail Bowen; Dirty Little War by Dietrich Kalteis; Angelhunting by Ji Hong Sayo; The Fatal Scroll by Eric Siblin; Windfall by Tim Falconer; Better Not Burn Your Toast by Dr. Joe Schwarcz and Heal the Beasts by Philipp Schott.
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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We are thrilled to announce that She's a Lamb! by @meredithambrock.bsky.social is one of Rakuten Kobo's best Fiction Books AND best Canadian Books for 2025! 🎉⭐ www.kobo.com/ca/en/list/b...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Our 2025 Holiday Gift Guide is here! These books are perfect for the person who loves Tuesday movie nights, already has tickets for Wicked: For Good, and has a playlist for every occasion. Enter code HAPPYHOLIDAYS2025 at checkout for 30% off all books released this year! ecwpress.com/blogs/whats-...
Image features the books: Jesusland by Joelle Kidd; Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good by Josh Levine; Ten Telecaster Tales by Rik Emmett; Ugh! As If!: Clueless by Veronica Litt; and It Can't Rain All the Time: The Crow by Alisha Mughal. The back ground is vertically half blue and half light purple with a hand drawn bow which is vertically half pink and half yellow. There are also white stars throughout. Below the book covers is text that reads ECW Press Holiday Gift Guide.
November 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Join us on November 17 from 6-9 p.m. at Wood Buffalo Regional Library for the launch of The Many Names of Robert Cree
You're Invited! Honouring local author Robert Cree, November 17, 6-9 p.m. at Wood Buffalo Regional Library. Join Wood Buffalo Regional Library and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo for the launch of The Many Names of Robert Cree, the memoir of local Elder, Robert Cree. Robert will be joined by acclaimed actor Lorne Cardinal for Q&A, book sales and autographs. The Many Names of Robert Cree is available in print, eBook, and audiobook narrated by Lorne Cardinal. Light refreshments will be served.
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Congratulations to Gillian Sze, whose poetry collection An Orange, A Syllable won the QWF 2025 A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry 🎉
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November 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Join us on November 18th! @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social will be at @joiedelivresmtl.bsky.social to discuss her new novel, Other Evolutions!
November 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Madness by Mark “Hebsy” Hebscher is out today!

Publishers Weekly said “Sportsline anchor Hebscher delivers a spirited history of modern sports journalism … The result is a perceptive and entertaining chronicle of an industry that’s weathered its fair share of home runs and strikeouts.”
A blue background with the book Madness by Mark Hebscher on top. Underneath the book is a quote from Publishers Weekly saying “Sportsline anchor Hebscher delivers a spirited history of modern sports journalism…The result is a perceptive and entertaining chronicle of an industry that’s weathered its fair share of home runs and strikeouts.”
November 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Dr. Joe is back with another collection of fascinating essays! If you have an appetite for digestible science, you will find plenty of tasty morsels here. Better Not Burn Your Toast: The Science of Food and Health is the perfect follow-up to his last book, which Library Journal gave a starred review
A white and blue background with the book Better Not Burn Your Toast by Dr. Joe Schwarcz on top. Underneath the book is a quote saying “This highly informative, authoritative title makes solid science accessible and entertaining, and it keeps alive the author's tradition of clearly differentiating pseudoscience and quackery from empirical science.” Library Journal starred review of Dr. Joe Schwarcz's last book.
November 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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The Golden Generation: How Canada Became a Basketball Powerhouse by Oren Weisfeld is out today!

“Essential reading for basketball fans of any country, but especially for fans of Canadian sports history.” — Michael Grange, Sportsnet
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November 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Huge congratulations to Mackenzie Nolan! Veal is an Indigo Top 10 Best Canadian Regional Book for Newfoundland and Labrador! 🎉⭐
October 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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She's a Lamb! by @meredithambrock.bsky.social is one of Indigo’s Best Books of 2025 🎉 AND one of the top 10 in the literary fiction category! ⭐ www.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/...
October 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Just Call Me “Andi”: Sports Stories from a Trailblazer by Andria Petrillo is out today! 🏒🥅🎤🎥

"A humorous, reflective sports memoir about pursuing your dreams while making progress toward gender equality that garners a high recommendation.” —Booklist

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October 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM