Biblioasis (@biblioasis) — Bluesky Profile

2 days ago

Exciting new mail today + scissor-safety concerns from my 2.5-year-old daughter.

My second collection of poetry, Who Else in the Dark Headed There, is available in bookstores April 14. Preorder your copy today at your local bookstore of choice or through my publisher @biblioasis.bsky.social.

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3 days ago

An excellent analysis and discussion of Vijay Khurana's debut novel THE PASSENGER SEAT. We're glad to see it advance to the next round in the Tournament of Books!

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1 week ago

Photo of three fanned out copies of the book 'Every Time We Say Goodbye" on a concrete floor. In white text over the image reads:

Every Sentence a Journey
An interview with Ivana Sajko, author of Every Time We Say Goodbye.
The Bibliophile.

New on the Bibliophile: Our publicist Ahmed interviews Ivana Sajko, author of EVERY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE. Also included is a brief video from Ivana as she reads an excerpt from the novel.

digitalbibliophile.substack.com/p/every-sent...

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1 week ago

New on the Bibliophile: Our publicist Ahmed interviews Ivana Sajko, author of EVERY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE. Also included is a brief video from Ivana as she reads an excerpt from the novel.

digitalbibliophile.substack.com/p/every-sent...

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1 week ago

2 VERY different, but both still VERY Canadian books for you!
Sacred Rage: portersquarebooks.com/book/9781771...
The Hollow Beast: portersquarebooks.com/book/9781771...

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1 week ago

happy 'every time we say goodbye' eve to those who celebrate!

#booksky 💙📚

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2 weeks ago

April 15! Garth Martens’ first book since his GG nominated debut—he has travelled a long way. With @biblioasis.bsky.social: www.biblioasis.com/shop/forthco...

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2 weeks ago

Photo of Biblioasis sales coordinator Hilary standing behind a table of Biblioasis-published books. In white text above the image reads:

There and Back Again
A week at Winter Institute, and reconnecting with booksellers across the border.

The Bibliophile.

New from the Bibliophile: We're back from an eventful trip to Pittsburgh for Winter Institute! Publisher Dan Wells writes on the perils of shipping books, meeting with some excellent booksellers across the border, and more.

digitalbibliophile.substack.com/p/there-and-...

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2 weeks ago

An image of a book's front cover. The book is called "Who Else in the Dark Headed There", a new book of poems by Canadian author Garth Martens. Poet Jan Zwicky says of the book: "Poems of intense emotion, the torque on the language extreme - as it must be, reaching this far into the dark, this honestly." The publisher is Biblioasis Publishing. The poems are set in northern Alberta. Garth Martens lives in Victoria, British Columbia. Keywords: Canadian Poetry, Canadian Literature, Small Press, Small Press Publishing, Indie Bookstores, Poetry Collection, New poetry 2026, Indie Press, Indie Publisher, Grief Writing.

Some news.

I have a new book of poetry out this April with @biblioasis.bsky.social. It's called Who Else in the Dark Headed There.

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2 weeks ago

Today on GET LIT! We talk with Marcello Di Cintio about his book, Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers.

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu dot ca or on pods or here: tinyurl.com/3kj4xk2t

@marcellodicintio.bsky.social @biblioasis.bsky.social

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2 weeks ago

Happy pub day to Mark Anthony Jarman's short story collection SMASH & GRAB! A copy of the book has been touring Italy with its author. 🐱

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3 weeks ago

Cover of THE SORROW OF ANGELS by Jón Kalman Stefánsson, translated from the Icelandic by Philip Roughton. Text atop duo-tone night sky and snowy mountain pass as character from the novel (The Boy) trudges through the cold. Head and most of body of character hid by cloud with title of novel within it.

"Some people are closed shells, grey and nondescript on the surface, easily judged, but then there's possibly a glowing core inside that few come to know, sometimes no-one."

Jón Kalman Stefánsson (The Sorrow of Angels) translated from the Icelandic by Philip Roughton
@biblioasis.bsky.social

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3 weeks ago

sick with excitement about this one

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1 month ago

Booksellers, if you're at Winter Institute later this month, watch out for us (and these cool books) there!

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1 month ago

It's ARC central here at Biblioasis! 📚👀

Our publicists are unboxing advance copies of Richard Kelly Kemick's DECADENCE, Melissa Harrison's THE GIVEN WORLD, David Macfarlane's ON SPORTS, and Jón Kalman Stefánsson's THE HEART OF MAN.

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1 month ago

NEWS: BENBECULA by Graeme Macrae Burnet on the longlist for the Highland Book Prize 2025

Congratulations Graeme!

📚 🌑🌕🌑✨

Read more: blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/benbecu...

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1 month ago

Pale blue rectangular graphic with darker flowers in the upper left and right corners. Text reads:
Biblioasis
Poetry Manuscript Submissions Now Open!
Feb 9 - May 31
See our website for guidelines and more details
www.biblioasis.com

Surprise - Biblioasis is open for poetry manuscript submissions! 📢✍️

Our reading period will remain open until Sunday, May 31. Our poetry editor is eager to kick off some spring reading, so if you have a collection ready, send it our way!

Guidelines for more details: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

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1 month ago

A graphic labelled "Press playbacks with Biblioasis" featuring six book covers: The Redemption of Galen Pike by Carys Davies; Here I Am! by Pauline Holdstock; Alphabet by Kathy Page; Malarky by Anakana Schofield; Dead Heat by Benedek Totth; Good Morning Comrades by Ondjaki.

We're revisiting some old favourites and new-to-some novels and stories from the @biblioasis.bsky.social backlist.

Check them out here: alllitup.ca/press-playba...

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1 month ago

NEWS: Graeme Macrae Burnet’s BENBECULA longlisted for the 2026 @walterscottprize.bsky.social for Historical Fiction!

Congratulations Graeme!

📚 🌑🌕🌑✨

Read more: blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/benbecu...

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1 month ago

Book: Every Time We Say Goodbye by Ivana Sajko, translated from the Croatian by Mima Simić.

Latest book mail. Coming out from @biblioasis.bsky.social in March.

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1 month ago

A graphic featuring the top 50 independently published books Canadian's borrowed in January 2026. 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 January 2026. Feat. a top 10 from: @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social.

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1 month ago

A Certain Faith "You must go on. I can't go on. I'll go on."

A moving tribute and a call to action
Via @biblioasis.bsky.social
digitalbibliophile.substack.com/p/a-certain-...
(Also, a remarkable new book due in April for your TBR)

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1 month ago

A photo of a table piled with notebooks and books with sticky notes over them, on top of a table. In white text over the image reads: A Certain Faith. "You must go on. I can't go on. I'll go on." The Bibliophile.

New on The Bibliophile: Publisher Dan Wells revisits the archives of Elaine Dewar, and shares his thoughts on the impact of writing and the state of Canadian cultural life.

digitalbibliophile.substack.com/p/a-certain-...

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1 month ago

The Cover of "Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre" by Mark Bourrie. Review by Marc D. Froese

Mark Bourrie’s Ripper takes Poilievre seriously. Instead of focusing on his smarm and snark, his thin skin and casual cruelty, Bourrie composed an urgent narrative about creeping right-wing authoritarianism.
albertaviews.ca/ripper-pierre-poilievre
@biblioasis.bsky.social #ABpoli #BookSky

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1 month ago

Open cardboard box filled with advanced reader copies of Don Gillmor's novel 'Cherry Beach'. Four copies of the novel are visible face-up, with the cover featuring a cool red-blue gradient coloured sky and partial apartment buildings.

New books 👀🍒

What better way to start off the week than with a fresh batch of ARCs for Don Gillmor's novel CHERRY BEACH?

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1 month ago

Rectangular graphic. The top half is a grey-blue background with white text that reads "Biblioasis Awards Season. The Bibliophile." The bottom half is a photo of four books: Mark Bourrie's 'Bush Runner' and 'Crosses in the Sky', one on each side of Hanna Stoltenberg's 'Near Distance' (trans. by Wendy Gabrielsen) and Melikah Abdelmoumen's 'Baldwin, Styron, and Me' (trans. Catherine Khordoc), all standing upright on a table with bookshelves in the background.

New on The Bibliophile: This week, we're celebrating some excellent recent awards news. Join us in congratulating our authors on their well-deserved successes—and keep your fingers crossed for two still on shortlists!

digitalbibliophile.substack.com/p/awards-sea...

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1 month ago

A starred Kirkus Review for Mark Anthony Jarman's forthcoming short story collection SMASH & GRAB! ⭐

Continuing to chronicle the lives of the wayward and unlucky, SMASH & GRAB confirms its author as one of the most adventurous guides to the absurdity of twenty-first century existence.

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1 month ago

‼️ one of my most eagerly anticipated books of 2026. my excitement is so palpable it feels medically concerning

#booksky

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1 month ago

We extend our congratulations to Mark on this well-deserved honour!

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1 month ago

Look what just came in the mail! The first batch of finished copies of EVERY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE, the new novel by Ivana Sajko, translated by Mima Simić. Copies will be in stores by March 3rd, but you can preorder it today!
www.biblioasis.com/shop/forthco...

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