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Second Story Press @secondstory.bsky.social · 9h

It’s Banned Books Week! 🚫📚

This week is dedicated to fighting book bans, during a time when censorship is more relevant than ever. Book bans disproportionately target underrepresented voices and themes about race, gender identity, and sexual identity and orientation.

#BannedBooks #booksky

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Second Story Press @secondstory.bsky.social · 1d

THE LIGHT KEEPER is the recipient of the Canadian Jewish Literary Award in the Children & Youth category!
Congratulations to authors Sheila Baslaw and Karen Levine, and illustrator Alice Priestley!
#CJLA #CanLit #KidLit #Publisher

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Second Story Press @secondstory.bsky.social · 2d

Happy #BookBirthday to LE POUVOIR D'UNE PERLE, translated to French from Kelsey Borgford and Tessa Pizzale's original English language picture book WHAT'S IN A BEAD?

Tessa décide de demander à Kohkom de lui apprendre à perler.
6 à 9 ans

#booksky

Second Story Press @secondstory.bsky.social · 3d

To every teacher and educator around the world: thank you for all of your hard work 🍎 We are grateful to the classrooms that have given Second Story Press books a new home!

#WorldTeachersDay #InternationalTeachersDay #Publisher #booksky

Second Story Press @secondstory.bsky.social · 4d

October is Global Diversity Awareness Month 🌎

This month is all about celebrating diversity and all of the cultures, backgrounds, and ethnicities that enrich our communities.

Swipe for books that feature diverse voices, characters, and perspectives ➡️

#DiversityAwarenessMonth #KidsLit #booksky

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Second Story Press @secondstory.bsky.social · 7d

I AM NOT A NUMBER by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer, illustrated by Gillian Newland, was featured in an article from the Hamilton Spectator about truth and reconciliation.

Read the full article here: www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...

What our children can teach us about truth and reconciliation

Our children are growing up in a very different world than we did.

www.thespec.com

Second Story Press @secondstory.bsky.social · 7d

RUN THE WORLD LIKE A GIRL: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN LEADERS has a starred review in School Library Journal! ⭐ @slj.com

"For collections in need of more diversity in their political leader sections, this book will make a great addition."

Read the full review: www.slj.com/review/run-t...

#booksky

Run the World Like a Girl: International Women Leaders

www.slj.com

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Second Story Press @secondstory.bsky.social · 8d

CAN POSTERS KILL?: ANTISEMITIC PROPAGANDA AND WORLD WAR II is Booklist's @ala-booklist.bsky.social Review of the Day!

Publishing October 21, 2025. For ages 13+

Read the full ⭐ starred review here: https://www.booklistonline.com/products/9813275

#booksky #WWII

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Second Story Press @secondstory.bsky.social · 8d

On this day we take the time to reflect on the painful history of residential schools and the impact they continue to have on Indigenous people, their families, and the very fabric of this land we call Canada.

#EveryChildMatters #NationalDayforTruthandReconciliation #OrangeShirtDay

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Second Story Press @secondstory.bsky.social · 9d

What a fun weekend at The Word on the Street Toronto! 📚❤️

It was so great to meet everyone—from readers who are just learning about us for the first time to those who have been reading our books for years!

Check out some photos from the festival 📸

#WOTS2025 #Publisher #Toronto #booksky

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Redeye @redeyeradio.bsky.social · 9d

PODCAST up! We speak with Karin Wells about her new book Women Who Woke up the Law. @writersfest.bc.ca @westcoastleaf.bsky.social @secondstory.bsky.social tiny.cc/z37t001

Karin Wells on her new book Women who Woke up the Law

Podcast Episode · Redeye · 2025-09-28 · 17m

tiny.cc

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Second Story Press @secondstory.bsky.social · 9d

Join author Kathy Kacer at A Different Drummer Books in Burlington, Ontario to celebrate the launch of her new picture book MEMORY STONES, illustrated by Hayley Lowe! ✨

The launch will be at 2:00 PM on Sunday, October 19, 2025! We hope you can make it!

#booksky #publisher #readersky #booklaunch

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Second Story Press @secondstory.bsky.social · 11d

Authors Jerry Faivish and Kathy Kacer will be on the FOCUS ON: WWII panel at the SLJ Day of Dialog 📖

The FOCUS ON: WWII panel highlights stories centered on WWII and its aftermath and runs from 4:50 - 5:25 PM ET on October 9! Free to attend!

#SLJ #SchoolLibraryJournal #DayofDialog #WWII #booksky

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Second Story Press @secondstory.bsky.social · 12d

Join author Phuong Truong from 11:00 to 11:25 AM EST for the What’s New in Chapter Books panel, where she’ll be discussing the latest book in her Olive Tran series: TAKE A BREATH OLIVE TRAN 🍕

@slj.com

#SLJ #SchoolLibraryJournal #LibraryBooks #booksky

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Second Story Press @secondstory.bsky.social · 14d

This week is Gender Equality Week 💪

We’re celebrating the feats and achievements of women, and recognizing the important work that goes into lessening gender gaps.

Check out these books that feature women as leaders for generations to come!

#FeministBooks #GenderEqualityWeek #ReadWomen #booksky

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Canadian Bar Association @cba-news.bsky.social · 14d

"One day, she just had enough."

Welcome to Season 2 of Verdicts and Voices. To start the new season, host Alison Crawford is joined by journalist Karin Wells for a discussion about the women behind landmark cases in Canadian law.

🎧 Listen here: https://bit.ly/4nGACO0

@secondstory.bsky.social

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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 15d

2/2 ...and Grey Dog by @elliottgish.bsky.social from @ecwpress.bsky.social & More Than a Footnote by Karin Wells from @secondstory.bsky.social. URLS = alt-text. #SmallPress #books #DSPBposts #BookSky

Book covers for Grey Dog (https://ecwpress.com/products/grey-dog) and More Than a Footnote: Canadian Women You Should Know (https://secondstorypress.ca/products/more-than-a-footnote).

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Second Story Press @secondstory.bsky.social · 15d

Join us this weekend, September 27-28, at The Word On The Street Toronto 📚

Come say hi and browse all our latest books!

⏰ Saturday, 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM & Sunday, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
🗺️ David Pecaut Square, 215 King Street W, Toronto, ON
📍Zone B Booth B23

#WOTS2025 #MeetMeAtWOTS #booksky

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Second Story Press @secondstory.bsky.social · 16d

Michael Hutchinson's THE CASE OF THE PILFERED PIN is included in CCBC's Truth and Reconciliation Book List @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social

THE CASE OF THE PILFERED PIN is the fifth book in the Mighty Muskrats series

Check out the full list here: bookcentre.ca/blogs/articl...

#booksky

Truth and Reconciliation Book List

For the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (and all year long) we've created a booklist to highlight the voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis writers from across Canada. We believe in the p...

bookcentre.ca

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Second Story Press @secondstory.bsky.social · 16d

STOLEN WORDS by Melanie Florence and illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard is in The Review's list of books for National Day of Truth and Reconciliation

Check out their full list, complete with tips on how to talk about residential schools and reconciliation with children: thereview.ca/2025/09/22/t...

Talking about reconciliation with kids

Every September 30, we observe Truth and Reconciliation Day, a time to remember the harms caused by Canada’s residential schools, to honour Survivors, and to learn how we can be part of reconciliation...

thereview.ca

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Second Story Press @secondstory.bsky.social · 16d

Karin Wells's WOMEN WHO WOKE UP THE LAW featured in On Our Bookshelf, by the Women's History Project 🍁

On Our Bookshelf shares books by and about women!

Read more here: womenshistoryproject.substack.com/p/on-our-boo...

#ReadWomen #FeministBooks #booksky

On Our Bookshelf #5: Women Who Woke Up the Law

Amazing books written about women, and by women.

womenshistoryproject.substack.com

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Second Story Press @secondstory.bsky.social · 20d

Today is International Equal Pay Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about the gender wage gap.

On this day, we’re sharing books that detail historic moments in Canadian history where individuals and groups fought for equal pay.

#EqualPayDay #booksky #PayEquity #FeministBooks

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Second Story Press @secondstory.bsky.social · 21d

Motherlike by Katherine Leyton is a finalist for the Ottawa Book Awards! 🎉

Nominated in the English Non-fiction category, Motherlike is a memoir on motherhood and a rumination on what it means to be a woman.

Congratulations to Katherine!

#Booksky #Memoir #ReadWomen #FeministBooks

Second Story Press @secondstory.bsky.social · 22d

On September 16, 1921, Ursula Franklin was born!

Learn more about Ursula Franklin in UNDAUNTED URSULA FRANKLIN: ACTIVIST, EDUCATOR, SCIENTIST, a middle grade nonfiction book written by her daughter Monica Franklin, and Erin Della Mattia.

#UrsulaFranklin #FeministBooks #WomenInSTEM #booksky

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Second Story Press @secondstory.bsky.social · 22d

Happy #BookBirthday to TAKE A BREATH OLIVE TRAN! 🎈

In the second book in the Olive Tran series, Olive is desperate to win the school talent show, but she can’t figure out what her talent is. Olive is learning that perfectionism can have a price.

Available now!

#EarlyReader #AAPIAuthors #booksky

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