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A graphic with the text: "Now Reading on Cozy Fest: Nadia Ragbar, The Pugilist and the Sailor," featuring the cover of the book and an inset photo of the author.

Nadia Ragbar joins #ALUCozyFest to read a passage from her first novel THE PUGILIST AND THE SAILOR (@invisibooks.bsky.social), a compelling story about conjoined twins Dougie and Bruce, whose lives split in all kinds of ways even while they stay physically connected.

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“Traditions of the past mesh with potential for future change. This notion pervades Gaafar’s novel, and the two-for-one concept is nowhere more aptly contained than in the title A Mouth Full of Salt.”
—Michelle Hardy

Read the review:

www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2025/11...

Our Top Fiction of 2025 · Blog Post · 49th Shelf The fiction that rocked the year that was. 

Including books from our friends @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @invisibooks.bsky.social and Ronsdale Press!

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Wow, what a catalogue!

The Great War and Its Discontents The Magpie Douglas Durkin Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1974 351 pages Craig Forrester has received a telephone call from Mrs Gilber...

A gift from a reader who considers this the best post-Great War Canadian novel. I think he's right.

Here's to @invisibooks.bsky.social for returning the novel to print.

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Book Reviews For reviews of Junction Reads’ titles, check out the Homepage. When the beauty of the entire world exists inside the writing we share, the books we read, and that to write, and to read, we ca…

New book reviews up. @sydhegele.bsky.social and @bokchoygurltjong.bsky.social

I only write reviews for books that I love so don't judge me for my gushy five stars! I'll give 'em out all day if I want to!!!

@invisibooks.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social

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DEAR DENIZENS OF NEW YORK AND ENVIRONS,
DEAR QUEERS, WEIRDOS, OVERDESSED INTENSE PEOPLE, NYMPHOMANIACS, READERS OF LITERATURE, AFICIONADOS OF HISTORY, PUNKS, ZINESTERS, THIRTYSOMETHING SINGLE WOMEN ETC
you are cordially invited
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it'll be a *damn* good time

Sibling Dynamics: Grief, Loss, and Love · Blog Post · 49th Shelf A recommended reading list by the author of The Pugilist and the Sailor (Invisible Publishing).

Sibling relationships are ripe for storytelling: you can grow up in the same place with another person and have completely different experiences. Check out this book list on sibling dynamics by Nadia Ragbar, author of The Pugilist and the Sailor @invisibooks.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/10...

On Our Radar: Bittersweet Nostalgia, Time Travel, 1960s' Trinidad, Willow Witches, and More! · Blog Post · 49th Shelf Every month, our editor enthuses about the books piling up on her mind and on her nightstand.

What's on our reading radar this month? Bittersweet Nostalgia, Time Travel, 1960s' Trinidad, Willow Witches, and More with titles from @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/10... #CanLit

YouTube video by Junction Reads Junction Reads with Teri Vlassopoulos, Heather Birrell and Saad Omar Khan

Did you miss our event last night?

Readings and a Q and A with @terivlass.bsky.social @heatherbirrell.bsky.social and @sokhan.bsky.social

@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social
@riverstreetwriting.bsky.social

youtu.be/ORpXvX9zG04

Sunday November 2
It’s a bookish weekend in Toronto and we hope you’ll come!
6:30pm
TYPE Books Junction
2887 Dundas Street W
Doors open all day!
Heather Birrell
Teri Vlassopoulos
Saad Omar Khan
@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social

Authors’ Class Action Lawsuit Against OpenAI Moves Ahead A New York judge dismissed an attempt by OpenAI to throw out a class action lawsuit that consolidates suits from a number of authors charging the company with copyright infringement.

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A graphic labelled "Boo(k) Week Picks with Peter Counter, the Haunting of All Lit Up" with five book covers: Dead Writers by Jean Marc Ah-Sen, Michael LaPointe, Cassidy McFadzean, Naben Ruthnum; The Marigold by Andrew F. Sullivan; Grey Dog by Elliott Gish; Queer Little Nightmares edited by Daniel Zomparelli, David Ly; and Green Fuse Burning y Tiffany Morris.

Looking for something to haunt your reading list? Horror writer @peterbcounter.com comes through with five unsettling (and empowering) book recommendations for Halloweek.

alllitup.ca/book-week-your-guide-to-spooky-reads-with-peter-counter/

Halloween Fare · Lists · 49th Shelf Halloween is a way of life!

Looking for some reads to get into that spooky mood? Check out these titles from @skyhorsepublishing.bsky.social @dundurnpress.bsky.social @harpercollinsca.bsky.social @touchwooded.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member... #CanLit

On Our Radar: Bittersweet Nostalgia, Time Travel, 1960s' Trinidad, Willow Witches, and More! · Blog Post · 49th Shelf Every month, our editor enthuses about the books piling up on her mind and on her nightstand.

What's on our radar this month? Bittersweet Nostalgia, Time Travel, 1960s' Trinidad, Willow Witches, and More! Check out with titles from @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/10... #CanLit

YouTube video by Shawn Breathes Books Friday Reads: Let us now praise omnivorous reading

A big thank you to @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social for featuring Nadia Ragbar (The Pugilist and the Sailor) as their Mystery Guest!

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Ohhhhh yes. Loved that book so much.

Have you read Dead Writers? It's a collection of three subtle horror novellas that came out earlier this year and I loved it.

Very cool to make this list.

#booksky
#baseball
#bluejays

Heather Birrell, Saad Omar Khan, Teri Vlassopoulos (Livestreaming) Join us for readings and Q & A with Heather Birrell, Saad Omar Khan, Teri Vlassopoulos. Register for live-stream, and/or pay at the door.

Sunday November 2
6:30pm ET
In person at TYPE Books Junction
2887 Dundas Street W. Toronto
Livestreamed.

@heatherbirrell.bsky.social @terivlass.bsky.social and Saad Omar Khan

@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @dundurnpress.bsky.social

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And @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social has been pavimg the way in Toronto like the consummate bosses they are 🤘💀

Books to Read at the World Series · Lists · 49th Shelf Okay, Blue Jays! Let's play ball.

Let's play ball! We're riding high from the Jays' win last night! Here are books to read at the World Series ⚾ with titles from @talonbooks.bsky.social @harpercollinsca.bsky.social @biblioasis.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social @radiantpress.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member... #CanLit

A large number of people in Canada will spend the next 3+ hours with their guts tied in knots, me included. I just want to say we're doing this together, and whatever happens, we'll have shared this. And hopefully, we'll do this again tomorrow night.

Oct 18, Plan 99 : the Ottawa launch of the book of sentences, Please join us for a special event on October 18th to launch and celebrate three new poetry collections by rob mclennan (https://press.ucalgary.ca/books/9781773856483/), Stephanie Bolster (https://pal...

me an' Zane Koss are launching poetry books today in Ottawa; you comin'? / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social ; robmclennan.substack.com/p/oct-18-pla...

what is more fun than working with smaller presses who have a deep commitment to the work, not the business

What’s New in Translation: October 2025 - Asymptote Blog New titles from Haiti, Argentina, the Netherlands, Japan, Germany, Italy, Norway, Turkey, Mexico, Taiwan, Hungary, South Korea, and Latin America!

terrific reviews of LA LUCHA (@charcopress.com) and DIVING BOARD (@invisibooks.bsky.social) here, along with a lot of other great stuff

forever grateful to see my unholy child in the best of company

the book of sentences , notes on my new poetry title, available from University of Calgary Press,

hey! im launching my new poetry book, the book of sentences, this saturday 5pm at plan 99/the manx pub w zane koss! you should come! / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social ;
here's a wee piece i wrote on the new collection:
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