Embracing Tropes
A lot of my summer reading list involved beachy romance novels like Leanne Toshiko Simpson’s Never Been Better and Carley Fortune’s Every Summer After, ...
Check out the latest and greatest column from Manahil Bandukwala (@manahil.bsky.social), where she talks about tropes in writing and when to embrace them!
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26.11.2025 18:28 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Sadiqa de Meijer Searches for True Meaning and Connection in the Essays of IN THE FIELD
Governor General’s Award winner Sadiqa de Meijer returns with a thoughtful and beautifully composed collection of essays that invites readers to look ...
Sadiqa de Meijer Searches for true meaning and connection in the essays of IN THE FIELD (@palimpsestpress.bsky.social). Check out our interview with the Governor General Award winning author right here!
#AmReading #Essays #Nonfiction #CanLit
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20.11.2025 20:12 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Seven Major Prizes and More Than $375,000 Awarded at an Inspiring Writers’ Trust Celebration
The annual Writers’ Trust Awards lit up Toronto this week with a full evening of literary celebration. With seven major prizes presented and more than ...
Seven major prizes and more than $375,000 have been awarded at an inspiring 2025 Writers’ Trust (Writers' Trust of Canada) celebration! Check out our coverage with all of last night's amazing winners!
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14.11.2025 21:34 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
The Captivating Thriller EARWORM Chronicles a Young Woman's Battle Against Oppression
In his spectacular new play, Earworm (Playwrights Canada Press), Mohammad Yaghoubi delivers a haunting and deeply human story about memory, trauma, ...
The captivating thriller EARWORM (@playcanpress.bsky.social) by Mohammad Yaghoubi chronicles a young woman's battle against cppression. Check out this Behind the Curtain interview with the author!
#AmReading #Plays #Drama #Playwrights
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14.11.2025 20:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Quill Christie-Peters Discusses ON WHOLENESS and Writing Toward Collective Liberation
In a dazzling new work of nonfiction, Quill Christie-Peters explores what it means to live fully engaged with our bodies, our ancestors, and the world ...
Quill Christie-Peters discussion her incredible new work of non-fiction, ON WHOLENESS (@houseofanansi.bsky.social), and the power of collective liberation. Check it our interview with the author here!
#AmReading #Nonfiction #Indigenous #Writing
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13.11.2025 18:52 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Read an Excerpt from THE POWER OF THE LITTLE PEOPLE by Bomgiizhik Isaac Murdoch
In the long-awaited third entry in Bomgiizhik Isaac Murdoch’s Ojibwe History series, The Power of the Little People (Kegedonce Press) brings readers ...
Read an excerpt from the long awaited third volume in the Ojibwe History series, THE POWER OF THE LITTLE PEOPLE (@kegedoncepress.bsky.social), from Bomgiizhik Isaac Murdoch. Check it out here on OB!
#AmReading #Excerpts #Indigenous #Stories
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11.11.2025 18:46 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Emily A. Weedon's New Novel is a Tantalizing, Bloodthirsty Thriller
In award-winning author Emily A. Weedon's thrilling new novel, readers are pulled into a sleek and unsettling world where desire, danger, and the supernatural ...
Award-winning author Emily A. Weedon's new novel, HEMO SAPIENS (@dundurnpress.bsky.social), is a tantalizing, bloodthirsty thriller. Find out more in this Storytellers Interview with the author!
#AmReading #Novel #CanLit #Thriller
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05.11.2025 18:56 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Creating a Writing Space That Inspires Your Imagination
I’m not one for a set writing routine, but finding other ways to be consistent has helped me feel more connected to my practice and my creativity. My ...
Columnist Samantha Garner (@samanthakgarner.bsky.social) talks about the best ways to create a space where you can write and flex all of your best artistic muscles. Check it out right here on Open Book!
#AmReading #CanLit #WritingLife #WritingTips
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05.11.2025 18:28 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Grant Writing 101: The New Canada Council Portal
The Canada Council for the Arts has a new portal and truth be told, it’s going to take us all a while to get used to it, but I’ve gathered up all ...
Our grant writing guru Lindsay Zier-Vogel is back with a timely and bafflement-relieving guide to the new Canada Council granting portal! Check out her wise takes on how to navigate the system right here!
#AmReading #Grants #CanLit #WritingTips
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04.11.2025 20:21 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Open Book Takes in TIFA 2025 at Victoria College in the University of Toronto
From October 29th to November 2nd, the Toronto International Festival of Authors took place with an adjusted format and a brand new location at University ...
This past week Open Book took a run at TIFA 2025, which has newly relocated to the University of Toronto's majestic Victoria College. It was an enlightening and lively few days, and we share our experiences right here!
#AmReading #AmWriting #CanList #TIFA
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04.11.2025 19:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Assembly Press and Brick Books Embark on an Exciting Merger
Assembly Press and Brick Books Join Forces to Shape a Stronger Future for Canadian PublishingTwo remarkable independent publishers—Assembly Press and ...
Two mighty independent publishers, Assembly Press (@pressassembly.bsky.social) and Brick Books, have merged! Check out our coverage of this exciting development right here.
#AmReading #Publishing #CanLit #News
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24.10.2025 20:15 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Brit Griffin's Latest Novel is a Haunting Gothic Mystery in the Northern Ontario Wilderness
In The Haunting of Modesto O’Brien, author Brit Griffin transports readers deep into the northern wilderness with a gothic mystery that thrums with ...
The latest novel from Brit Griffin is a haunting gothic mystery set in the Northern Ontario wilderness. We interviewed the author about THE HAUNTING OF MODESTO O'BRIEN (Latitude 46 Publishing) right here!
#AmReading #Novel #Northern #Ontario #CanLit
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21.10.2025 19:59 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Thank you so much, Heather! We've appealed this decision, and hope to hear from @bsky.app soon.
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Writing Protagonists Who Don’t Care If You Like Them
As writers, we want our readers to connect with our protagonists, to root for them and relate to them. It makes sense – human connection is at the heart ...
In her latest column, acclaimed author @samanthakgarner.bsky.social discusses how to write unlikeable protagonists, and still make these characters jump off the page. Check it out right here on Open Book! #AmReading #Columns #AmWriting #WritingTips open-book.ca/Columnists/W...
20.10.2025 18:35 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Independent Publisher of Diverse #CanLit: No Borders. No Limits.
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Mawenzi House is dedicated to bringing to the reading public fresh new writing from Canada and across the world that reflects the diversity of our rapidly globalizing world, particularly in Canada and the United States.
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Fuelled by the largest collection of Canadian books ever assembled, 49th Shelf makes it easier to find your next great Canadian read.
Concordia University Press is a non-profit publisher of scholarly books that are engaged, accessible, and make a point. Situated on unceded Indigenous land. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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UBC's School of Creative Writing strives to create a dynamic and inclusive environment that encourages artistic experimentation and community building for our students and alumni.
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Cormorant books is a Canadian independent book publisher of fiction and nonfiction. We’ve been publishing diverse Canadian voices since 1986.
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Independent Vancouver book publisher. anvilpress.com
Book distributors for US & UK indie publishers including fiction, art, graphic novels, and everything in-between! Impudently independent since 1984 & employee-owned since 2022. 📚
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Books of the Pacific Northwest (and beyond). It's our 50th Anniversary and we published a collector's edition of Raincoast Chronicles - Fifth Five to celebrate. Distributor of Nightwood Editions.
WLU Press publishes books in the humanities and social sciences in Waterloo, Ontario. Member of the Association of University Presses. www.wlupress.wlu.ca
Canada’s oldest independent publisher, representing some of the best and brightest authors in the country.
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Small queer press based in Tio’tià:ke. We publish literary works by emerging writers — books that reframe power and affirm life. We really want to keep gay book lovers satisfied. https://linktr.ee/metonymypress
Founded in 1977 ✨📖✨ A leading Canadian sales agency of books, stationery, puzzles & gift products. Send us a message to connect with a rep! 🤩
A literary trade publisher, publishing poetry and fiction by Canadian authors since 1975.
Publishing diverse, inclusive, feminist books that entertain, educate, and empower. Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @_secondstory
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