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Our August Summer Reading List · Blog Post · 49th Shelf Partway through the season, the great reads continue...

Get a head start on your August reading with our top picks! We've got our eyes on titles from @breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social @touchwooded.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @mawenzihouse.bsky.social.

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Most Anticipated: Our 2025 Fall Nonfiction Preview · Blog Post · 49th Shelf Books on history, money, mental health, gender, politics, memoir, hockey, music, food, animals, cities, science, and so much more. 

big thanks to the folks at @49thshelf.bsky.social for including POST-MAN on their most anticipated fall non-fiction preview! critics are saying it's "most" and also "anticipated" — shouldn't you find out why? 🤔🧐

There are a couple of days left in this @49thshelf.bsky.social giveaway for my book (closes Aug 3). Enter for a chance to win one of three copies. 49thshelf.com/Giveaways #contests

Writing What's Lost in Translation: The Chat with Kyo Lee · Blog Post · 49th Shelf Kyo Lee is a brave and compelling new voice in Canadian poetry. Lee's intimate debut poetry collection i cut my tongue on a broken country (Arsenal Pulp ...

Kyo Lee - the youngest poet to win the CBC Poetry Prize - is writing what's lost in translation. Check out our interview about her intimate debut poetry collection 'i cut my tongue on a broken country' @arsenalpulp.bsky.social.

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@49thshelf.bsky.social ‬ has released their list of most anticipated Canadian fiction for Fall 2025 and 🤍THE GUEST CHILDREN🤍 by @patrickt.bsky.social! 🎉

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7 Canadian Literary Tapas: Short Stories and an Essay to Feast on This Summer · Blog Post · 49th Shelf A recommended reading list by the author of A Daughter's Place (House of Anansi Press)

7 Canadian Literary Tapas: Short Stories and an Essay to Feast on This Summer! A recommended reading list by Martha Bátiz, author of A Daughter's Place @houseofanansi.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/07... #CanLit

Our July Summer Reading List · Blog Post · 49th Shelf Get your summer reading started with this terrific fiction list. 

Have you checked out our July reading list yet? There's still time to catch up this month! Get your summer reading started with this terrific fiction list with titles from @cormorantbooks.bsky.social @breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social

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How wonderful to see my novel The Austens on this list! Thank you, @49thshelf.bsky.social. ❤️

Most Anticipated: Our 2025 Fall Fiction Preview · Blog Post · 49th Shelf All the fiction you'll be falling in love with in the second half of 2025. 

It's here! Our 2025 Fall Fiction Preview with titles from @scribnerbooks.bsky.social @nimbuspub.bsky.social @gooselane.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social @houseofanansi.bsky.social @pottersfieldpress.bsky.social!

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The Tiger and the Cosmonaut · Books · 49th Shelf A noirish page-turner about a mysterious disappearance and a moving portrait of a Chinese Canadian family navigating insecurities, expectations, and simmering ...

"Queer Stories Are Vital": The Chat with Eddy Boudel Tan, author of The Tiger and the Cosmonaut (Penguin Group Canada) 49thshelf.com/Books/T/The-... #CanLit #QueerWriters #DiverseCanLit

Fantastic list featuring one of our summer favourites, THIS ONE SUMMER! 😊

7 Books on Water and Paddling · Blog Post · 49th Shelf A recommended reading list by the author of Water Borne (ECW Press). 

Feeling the heat? Here are 7 books on the healing power of water with titles from @uoftpress.bsky.social @geoffreyyork.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @haymarketbooks.org

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The cottage, the cabin, the camp… the name is different, but the place stays the same, every single year. Here are our recommended cottage books with titles from @aaknopf.bsky.social @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @harpercollinsca.bsky.social

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ENCAMPMENT from @maggiehelwig.bsky.social, as essential reading on how to live in the world right now. View the full reading list below!

49th Shelf is giving away copies of the books on their July Reading List, and that includes A Dark Death. If you'd like to enter to win a copy of my book, click below.

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States of Collapse · Blog Post · 49th Shelf A recommended reading list from the author of Terminal Solstice (Turnstone Press). 

I put together a reading list of books about societies in various states of collapse. Read it on @49thshelf.bsky.social’s website. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/07... #books #canlit #speculativefiction

Necessary Nonfiction · Blog Post · 49th Shelf Essential stories about how to live in the world right now. 

Our world is growing ever more complex day by day. Here are some essential stories about how to live in the world right now with titles from @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @arsenalpulp.bsky.social @aaknopf.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social

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Great list, including David Bergen's Away from the Dead

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As we celebrate the publication of the Robert Zacharias-edited volume IN SEARCH OF A MENNONITE IMAGINATION: KEY TEXTS IN MENNONITE LITERARY CRITICISM, we warmly commend this list of influential Mennonite books that have enriched Canada's cultural scene.

Publisher Spotlight: Shadowpaw Press · Blog Post · 49th Shelf Welcome to our new Publisher Spotlight series, where we highlight Canadian independent presses doing standout work in the literary and academic world.

Have you checked out our new Publisher Spotlight series? We're highlighting Canadian independent presses doing standout work in the literary and academic world! Check out @shadowpawpress.bsky.social! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/06... #CanLit

Impressive Mennonite Books · Blog Post · 49th Shelf (but not too impressive, because they’re humble people)

Looking for more reads? Check out these impressive Mennonite books that have made an impact on the Canadian literary scene with titles from @cmupress-ca.bsky.social @conundrumpress.bsky.social @gooselane.bsky.social @aaknopf.bsky.social: 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/06... #CanLit

On Our Radar: 1983 Grenada, a Novel to Warm Your Heart, a Scintillating Sailing Memoir, and Gritty Vancouver Crime Fiction · Blog Post · 49th Shelf Every month, our editor enthuses about the books piling up on her mind and on her nightstand.

Our editor enthuses about books piling up on her mind and on her nightstand. What's on our radar this month? 1983 Grenada, a Novel to Warm Your Heart, Gritty Vancouver Crime Fiction! @cormorantbooks.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @harbourpublishing.bsky.social

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Fierce, tender, and soul-stirring Indigenous reads with titles from @houseofanansi.bsky.social @harpercollinsca.bsky.social @aaknopf.bsky.social @doubledaybooks.bsky.social #IndigenousReads

Thank you to @49thshelf.bsky.social for including I Remember Lights by @helloiamben.bsky.social and Iris and the Dead by Miranda Schreiber in this recommended reading list for Pride featuring new books by LGBTQ2S+ writers. 🌈
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Expo Love in Queer Montreal: The Chat with Ben Ladouceur · Blog Post · 49th Shelf Crafting a novel that pairs all the exhilaration of a queer romance set against the frenzied backdrop of Expo 67 in Montreal is a delicious feat in itself. ...

Expo love in Queer Montreal! Read our interview with Ben Ladouceur, author of 'I Remember Lights' @bookhugpress.bsky.social – 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/06... #Pride #CanLit #DiverseCanLit

Our July Summer Reading List · Blog Post · 49th Shelf Get your summer reading started with this terrific fiction list. 

New reading list out from our friends @49thshelf.bsky.social See: 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/06...

Pride Stories for 2025 · Lists · 49th Shelf Great new books by LGBTQ2S+ writers

While June may be Pride, at 49th Shelf, we celebrate 2SLGBTQ+ writers all year 'round! Check out some of our recommendations with titles from @bookhugpress.bsky.social @nimbuspub.bsky.social @dundurnpress.bsky.social @atriabooks.bsky.social

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Thanks for including A DAUGHTER'S PLACE! 😊 Learn more about this title here: houseofanansi.com/products/a-d...

Summer is here and so is summer reading. Thank you to @49thshelf.bsky.social for including The Fun Times Brigade by Lindsay Zier-Vogel in this great summer reading list!

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Hot Books for Hot Times · Lists · 49th Shelf You know how drinking warm beverages is supposed to help you acclimatize to extreme heat? Well, we think these books will do the same.

You know how drinking warm beverages is supposed to help you acclimate to extreme heat? We think these books will do the same. Hot books for hot times with titles from @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @fernpub.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social @wwnorton.com #CanLit

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