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Pete's Press
@petespress.bsky.social
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Hybrid publisher at petespress.ca
Publishing books that make you think.
(Often there is a cat on the keyboard, so posts here may be a little incoherent).
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Really can't make up your mind? Try our Anthologies:
Brand new: Strays, a fiction anthology
From the Ground Up
Musings from the Bookstore (poetry and art)
all by a variety of localish authors!

Everything can be found online at petes-press.square.site
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Christmas tree covered in Anthologies: Brand new: Strays, a fiction anthology From the Ground Up Musings from the Bookstore (poetry and art) all by a variety of localish authors!
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Our nonfiction cat-agory can be roughly described as 'People, Places and Ideas"
Write The Neighbourhood by various authors
Selected Writings, 6 years of Philosophy by Leighton Peart
Books and the City by @annabelt.bsky.social
Mapping an Understanding by Dr. Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson
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Christmas tree graphic featuring the Wanderings Series ('People, Places and Ideas") Write The Neighbourhood by various authors Selected Writings, 6 years of Philosophy by Leighton Peart Books and the City by Annabel Townsend Mapping an Understanding by Dr. Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson
November 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Fiction not your thing? How about memoirs?

Remember When? By Joe Ralko
Trouble Brewing by @annabelt.bsky.social
One Woman's Century by Kay Parley
Christmas tree graphic with memoir book covers: Remember When? By Joe Ralko Trouble Brewing by Annabel Townsend One Woman's Century by Kay Parley
November 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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The busiest tree: Fiction Favourites
Brand new: HopeStreet by @bel-scifi.bsky.social
The Good Life by Glen Harper
Into the Forest Deep and In A Cottage We Once Knew by @robyndansereau.bsky.social
Coma by KD Kulpa
The Sun Makes A Sound by Andy Whitman
Her Ex's Secret by @triciasaxby.bsky.social
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Christmas tree graphic with book covers of: HopeStreet by Bel Terrill The Good Life by Glen Harper Into the Forest Deep and In A Cottage We Once Knew by Robyn Tocker Coma by KD Kulpa The Sun Makes A Sound by Andy Whitman Her Ex's Secret by Tricia Saxby
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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For teens and Young Adult readers:
Toothaches by students at Sheldon Williams Collegiate
Sorcerer's Gold by Aquila
and brand new: Miracles on Bella Camila by Lili Zwart
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Christmas tree graphic adorned with the covers of Toothaches by students at Sheldon Williams Collegiate Sorcerer's Gold by Aquila Miracles on Bella Camila by Lili Zwart
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Let's start with our children's books!

Discovering Dana by Chelsea Manz
My Monster Mommy by Megan Ryan
When I Go To Sleep by Debbie Pitzel

and for older kids, Ironjaws by @coffeenovelist.bsky.social
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Christmas tree graphic with book covers for Discovering Dana by Chelsea Manz My Monster Mommy by Megan Ryan When I Go To Sleep by Debbie Pitzel and for older kids, Ironjaws by Jerry Vanschaik
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Right now is a very good time NOT to buy from Amazon. Remember when Amazon was a bookstore? If you'd like the Y2K nostalgia of online bookshop without supporting the bald billionaire, may we suggest browsing the Pete's Press Christmas Cat-alogue?

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Poe the tuxedo cat sits in a box of Pete's Press books.
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Very proud to announce that our 2025 Fiction Anthology, Strays, is off to print! Featuring new short stories from ten Saskatchewan writers.
Pre order here: petes-press.square.site/shop/pre-ord...

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Front cover of Strays, an anthology. White cover with a washed out oil painting of a person with dark hair cuddling a tabby cat over their shoulder, in purple and orange tones. The bottom is the title, a list of the authors and "edited by Annabel Townsend" in a black serif font.
November 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Thank you #yqr for a wonderful day of festive bookselling!

If you missed us, you can buy all our books online at petespress.ca

And you can even PRE-ORDER our new releases at petes-press.square.site/shop/pre-ord...
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Holy Rosary Cathedral in Regina, tinted pink as the sun goes down, against a clear blue sky
November 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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We're at Holy Rosary Cathedral for the Cathedral Holiday Craft Market! Selling books while nestled between cozy scarves and hot chocolate. It's the perfect combo! Here til 4pm, #yqr #booksky
Our Pete's Press book stall, a table with a dark green cloth, covered with paperback books and our Pete's banner with the cat logo and gold text
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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This Saturday!! We will be bookselling at the #Cathedral holiday market, this time really in the cathedral! Cant wait. See you all there, #yqr !
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Turquoise poster for the Cathedral Holiday Craft Market Saturday November 15th 10-4pm the details are in red block capitals and on a white circle decorated like a Christmas bauble Cream poster with a black shopping cart containing a red gift box labelled Corporate Profits. Red text reads Boycott Big Box Christmas, then in black: buy from people not corporations
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Come find us at Paws - I mean Pause!

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A customer wearing jeans and a black hoodie browses our Pete's Press book sale table at Pause Coffee shop. We have 20+ titles laid out on the table under our green Pete's Press banner.
November 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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New fiction anthology coming out v soon!! Featuring short stories from ten Saskatchewan writers. We'll be taking pre-orders for 'Strays' at our Black Cat Book Sale this Saturday at Pause Coffee #YQR

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The cover of Strays, a fiction anthology. Centred on the cover is a purple and orange toned oil painting of a person with short dark hair, cuddling a tortoiseshell cat over their shoulder. The title is in black text on a white background and the list of authors is underneath.
October 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Had to do some stock taking in preparation for our Black Cat book sale and the holiday markets coming up.
We've sold out of two titles but the remaining spread is still pretty impressive!
A huge pile of all the books published by Pete's Press (21 titles of which 20 are visible) spread out all over the office floor. A large strip of brown packing paper is underneath the books, covering a dark pinkish carpet
October 23, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Pete's Press presents....

The Black Cat Book Sale at Pause Coffee!

November 1st, 11am-3pm

All of our Pete's Press titles available, plus great coffee, silly costumes and good cheer.

See you all there?!

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Doom the all-black kitten poses with a homegrown pumpkin as tall as she is.
October 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Our Black Cat Book Sale is back for another year! Stop by Pause Coffee on Nov 1st for some "Halloween-adjacent" fun. We're bringing our full cat-alogue of books, which pair excellently with great coffee! #booksky #yqr
Poster for our Black Cat Book Sale on November 1st at Pause Coffee. On a spooky grey background, a cartoon black cat with yellow eyes peeks over a wooden sign with the event details scrawled on it in a white font.
October 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Another successful book launch! Congratulations to @robyndansereau.bsky.social, Aquila and Glen Harper. Stories were told, books were sold and cake was eaten gleefully!!

Be sure to get your copies of The Good Life, Sorcerer's Gold and In A Cottage We Once Knew on petes-press.square.site
Aquila, (in a blue tunic dress and wearing a mask) Robyn Tocker (black spotty dress and brown ankle boots) and Glen Harper (black shirt,.tan pants) stand in the George Bothwell library. A sheet cake with the cover of Glen Harper's book, The Good Life, bordered with green icing. A sheet cake with the cover of Aquila's book, Sorcerer's Gold, bordered with green icing.
October 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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All welcome to our Fall Fiction Launch on Saturday! Featuring.brand new books from Aquila, Glen Harper and @robyndansereau.bsky.social

3.30pm at the George Bothwell library.

There will be an enormous amount of cake.

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October 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Short pop up at @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social today!! Come find us in front of the huge skeleton!
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Pete's Press pop up book sale in the back of Little Ghosts bookstore. Annabel sits with a red table covered in paperbacks Annabel waves at R.L. Spine, a 15ft skeleton on the patio behind the bookstore
September 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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What are you waiting for?
Your manuscript called! It wants an outing. Pete's Press is open for submissions. Petespress.ca (Illustrated with sketches of an old flip phone, ball point pen, steaming mug of coffee and a black cat attacking a typewriter
September 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Look at all the bookish goodies we're bringing to the Books and Brews event in Toronto next week!
(Cat sadly not included)
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Our publishing line up: Kid's books: Discovering Dana by Chelsea Manz, When I Go To Sleep by Debbie Pitzel, My Monster Mommy by Megan Ryan, Ironjaws by Jerry Vanschaik Novels: Into the Forest Deep and In a Cottage We Once Knew by Robyn Tocker, Coma by Keely Kulpa, The Sun Makes a Sound by Andy Whitman, Her Ex's Secret by Tricia Saxby, The Good Life by Glen Harper Nonfiction: Selected Writings by Leighton Peart, Trouble Brewing and Books and the City by Annabel Townsend, One Woman's Century by Kay Parley And anthologies From the Ground Up (fiction) and Write the Neighbourhood (nonfiction)
September 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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New release!! Sorcerer's Gold is the second in Aquila's Grimm Chronicles.

Van is back home, but nothing is as simple as it seems.
Magic has been hiding under her nose, and secrets she didn’t know existed are now being revealed.

Get it here: petespress.ca/petes-press-...
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Sorcerer's Gold by Aquila Van, a blond young woman with hair in wavy braids looks away from us up a narrow cobbled path towards a cottage in the mist. She wears a floor length gold coloured gown.
September 20, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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We snuck into Books and Brews!! With many thanks to our pals at @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social , we'll be serving up great reads to go with your beer and bringing a bit of the Prairies to the big city.

Left Field brewery, Leslieville, Toronto on Saturday 27th.

See ya there!
September 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Another successful book launch! Congratulations Drs. Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson and Teela Robertson, and thanks to UofR for hosting us!
September 9, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Happy Labour Day!
It's the perfect day to announce the publication of our latest novel, 'The Good Life, a story of workers and managers' by Glen Harper. The novel explores how workers' efforts to unionize affects the whole company. Thought provoking, authentic and
out now! 📚💙
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The Good Life by Glen Harper
September 1, 2025 at 10:57 PM