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A graphic featuring the top 50 independently published books Canadian's borrowed in November 2025. The top 10 books are represented by their covers, followed by a list of books 11 - 50.

With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here're the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in October 2025. Feat. a top 10 from: @ecwpress.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, and @arsenalpulp.bsky.social.

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.

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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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!

Join us on December 9 at Noonan's Pub in Toronto for a meet and greet with @andipetrillo.bsky.social!

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.

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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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

Motherness by Julie M. Green in an Audible Best of 2025 audiobook in the Well-Being category! ⭐🎧

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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.

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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Cover of She's a Lamb! by Meredith Hambrock

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...

Excerpt: THE MANY NAMES OF ROBERT CREE by Robert Cree, w. Therese Greenwood (ECW Press) Today we are very happy to share an excerpt from The Many Names of Robert Cree: How a First Nations Chief Brought Ancient Wisdom to Big Business and Prosperity to His People, the new autobiography …

New Excerpt: THE MANY NAMES OF ROBERT CREE by Robert Cree, w. Therese Greenwood...

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Out now, published by @ecwpress.bsky.social

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.

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-...

Thank you! We will try to do better in this area moving forward. In this case, the image is a picture of the book cover, An Orange, A Syllable. It features a window with a sheer curtain covering half of it.

The cover of An Orange, A Syllable by Gillian Sze features an open window with sheer curtains drawn to one side.

Read two poems from Gillian Sze's AN ORANGE, A SYLLABLE (@ecwpress.bsky.social), this year's A.M. Klein Prize-winning collection of prose poems about motherhood and language.

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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.

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

"This poetry is urgent and alive, a work of observation and invention that bends the formal and the lyrical..." Paisley Conrad reviews 𝘈𝘯 𝘖𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦, 𝘈 𝘚𝘺𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦.

Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/an-o...
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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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EP 180 Generational Autism (with guest Julie M. Green) Podcast Episode · Better Me · 2025-11-10 · 22m

EP 180 - Generational Autism (with guest Julie M. Green).

Julie M. Green joined me to talk about her experience as a mom with autism and how her own diagnosis helped her to better understand and care for herself. #motherhood #books #autism @ecwpress.bsky.social

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Promotional graphic for upcoming Booklist webinar ADULT FAVES happening Tuesday, November 11 at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT

Winter checklist:
🧣Scarf
🥾Boots
🧂Salt (pet friendly, of course)
📚 A stack of 🌟books
Join us TOM. (11/11) for our free webinar w/ new titles from @macmillanlib.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @wwnortonlibrary.bsky.social, @librarylovefest.bsky.social, and @sbkslibrary.bsky.social: bit.ly/4qRFO3T

Join us on November 18th! @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social will be at @joiedelivresmtl.bsky.social to discuss her new novel, Other Evolutions!

[A dark and tender novel about family and history, this book starts with a bang and never slows down. The Witch of Willow Sound does a great job accurately depicting the folklore, dialect, and superstitions of Nova Scotians, but never looks away from the darker aspects of our province's history. This gothic novel subtly peels back layers of secrets both public and private.]

Tap into your gothic era with The Witch of Willow Sound, selected for the Booksellers’ List for Fall 2025. Bookseller Madelaine Higgins from @gooddogbooks.bsky.social shared with us why she selected this spooky folklore tale to make the list.

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Take a poetry pause with us. ✨

The excerpt here is from NMLCT — the newest collection by acclaimed poet Paul Vermeersch, published by @ecwpress.bsky.social

Also, Paul has an event tonight from 6-8 am at Sheridan College HMC campus!

Read the poem:

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What an honour for @danielinnes.bsky.social and I to have DENISON AVENUE be the featured title for Together We Read Canada!
Starting today until Nov 18th, you can borrow the e-book or audiobook via the Libby app with no waitlists or holds!

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Graphic of what indie books Canadian's borrowed in October 2025. The top 10 books are represented by their covers, followed by a list of books 11 - 50.

With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here're the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in October 2025. Feat. a top 10 from: @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, and @cormorantbooks.bsky.social.

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.”

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 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.

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 red background with the book The Golden Generation by Oren Weisfeld on top. Under the book is a quote from Michael Grange at Sportsnet that says "Essential reading for basketball fans of any country, but especially for fans of Canadian sports history.”

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

A graphic for All Lit Up’s Women Asking Women series. On the top left is Brit Griffin, a light-skin-toned woman with long curly hair. On the bottom right is Mackenzie Nolan, a light-skin-toned woman with dark wavy hair, standing in front of a brick wall. Text on the graphic reads: “Women Asking Women (Writers Asking Writers). Brit Griffin and Mackenzie Nolan. Women’s History Month on ALU."

Brit Griffin (THE HAUNTING OF MODESTO O'BRIEN, @latitude46pub.bsky.social) and Mackenzie Nolan (VEAL, @ecwpress.bsky.social) talk monsters, small towns, and the art of the ending in our final instalment of #ALUWomenAskingWomen.

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A graphic labelled "2026 Forest of Reading Evergreen Award Nominees, LPG Members" with a display of four book covers: What I Know About You by Eric Chacour, translated by Pablo Strauss; Horsefly by Mireille Gagné, translated by Pablo Strauss; Where the Jasmine Blooms by Zeina Sleiman; and SeventhBlade by Tonia Laird.

Congratulations to the 2026 Forest of Reading Evergreen Award nominees, including LPG members @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @fernpub.bsky.social!

A "Boo(k) Week Pics" graphic. The background is black and purple with a spider web along the left side. The cover of "The Marigold" is in the foreground in the middle of the graphic left-aligned. On the right is a quote from Premee about the book.

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Huge congratulations to Mackenzie Nolan! Veal is an Indigo Top 10 Best Canadian Regional Book for Newfoundland and Labrador! 🎉⭐