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Hi can you remove this tag. We are Fernwood Publishing out of Canada. This is a title from Fernwood Press out of the United States.

05.08.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Summer Book Club: August's Pick. Where the Jasmine Blooms by Zeina Sleiman. The cover features two hands, one dropping a pomegranate into the other. There is a border of fresh jasmine flowers.

Summer Book Club: August's Pick. Where the Jasmine Blooms by Zeina Sleiman. The cover features two hands, one dropping a pomegranate into the other. There is a border of fresh jasmine flowers.

Our August #alubookclub pick is @zslong.bsky.social's debut novel, the historical fiction / political thriller / Muslim romance WHERE THE JASMINE BLOOMS. To kick things off, we chatted with @fernpub.bsky.social to share our excitement about this read.

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05.08.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Spring Halifax presents: A discussion with David Camfield - Spring Join Spring's Halifax chapter on Monday, July 21st, 6:30pm AT / 5:30pm ET / 2:30pm PT over Zoom for our discussion with David Camfield, author of "Red Flags: A Reckoning with Communism for the Future ...

Join @springmagca.bsky.social Halifax chapter on Monday, July 21st, 6:30pm AT / 5:30pm ET / 2:30pm PT over Zoom for our discussion with David Camfield, author of β€œRed Flags: A Reckoning with Communism for the Future of the Left.”

To register visit:
springmag.ca/event/spring...

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Red Flags: A necessary reckoning with β€œActually Existing Socialism” (AES) - Spring With rising global inequality, climate crisis, and the resurgence of authoritarian movements worldwide, many are questioning whether there is truly a viable alternative to capitalism. David Camfield’s...

Thanks @springmagca.bsky.social for this review of Red Flags.

springmag.ca/red-flags-a-...

17.07.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi This is a title by Fernwood Press, which is a poetry publishing house out of the US, We ware Fernwood Publishing an publisher from Canada.

11.07.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Booklaunch: Health and Health Care Inequities
YouTube video by LeftStreamed Booklaunch: Health and Health Care Inequities

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10.07.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Now blog post at cupblog.org. Jamie Brownlee and Kevin Walby on Psychedelic Capitalism. It includes the book cover to Psychedelic Capitalism, published by Fernwood Publishing and distributed by Columbia university press.

Now blog post at cupblog.org. Jamie Brownlee and Kevin Walby on Psychedelic Capitalism. It includes the book cover to Psychedelic Capitalism, published by Fernwood Publishing and distributed by Columbia university press.

In this Q&A, Jamie Brownlee and Kevin Walby discus key issues and trends associated with psychedelics today, including their concerns that psychedelics are being appropriated and commodified by institutional power structures. buff.ly/JHnyq5X @fernpub.bsky.social

03.07.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Two booksβ€”I Think We’ve Been Here Before by Suzy Krause and Where the Jasmine Blooms by Zeina Sleimanβ€”rest on green grass. Overlaid text reads β€œSummer Book Club.”

Two booksβ€”I Think We’ve Been Here Before by Suzy Krause and Where the Jasmine Blooms by Zeina Sleimanβ€”rest on green grass. Overlaid text reads β€œSummer Book Club.”

It's #alubookclub time! Join us this month and next as we read and discuss I THINK WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE by @suzykrause.bsky.social (@radiantpress.bsky.social) & WHERE THE JASMINE BLOOMS by Zeina Sleiman (@fernpub.bsky.social).

Read about our picks + get 15% off!

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02.07.2025 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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10 Canadian books to read for Filipino Heritage Month | CBC Books Filipino Heritage Month is celebrated in Canada every June. CBC Books has curated a list of fiction titles written by Filipino Canadian writers.

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30.06.2025 12:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Apocryphal -Call for Submissions Palestinian Dark Fantasy and Horror Fiction Anthology -Call for submissions – aΒ·pocΒ·ryΒ·phal /Ι™ΛˆpΓ€krΙ™f(Ι™)l/ adjective adjective: apocryphal (of a story or statement) of doubtful authenticity, althou…

Thyme Travellers' editor, @soniasulaiman.bsky.social is now accepting submissions for a new Palestinian Horror Fiction anthology called The Apocryphal. The submissions deadline has be extended until August 31st. Apply today.

soniasulaiman.com/the-apocryph...

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Hot Books for Hot Times Β· Lists Β· 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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24.06.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Review | Red Flags rs21 - revolutionary socialism in the 21st century

revsoc21.uk/2025/06/21/r...

The first of review of Red Flags is here! thanks to @rs21.bsky.social for this insightful review.

23.06.2025 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
book on counter: 'Born Sacred: Poems for Palestine' by Smokii Sumac & Zaynab Mohammed, Tidewater books bookmark, Canadian Maple Leaf symbol

book on counter: 'Born Sacred: Poems for Palestine' by Smokii Sumac & Zaynab Mohammed, Tidewater books bookmark, Canadian Maple Leaf symbol

Our Featured #CanLit in-store today is 'Born Sacred: Poems for Palestine' by Smokii Sumac & Zaynab Mohammed. πŸ’•πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ“š

Visit us in person or online at tidewaterbooks.ca πŸ’•πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ“š

#IndieBookstoreCA #ShopSmall #ThankYouForShopingLocal #SmallBusinessEveryDay #IndieBookstores @fernpub.bsky.social

20.06.2025 01:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Man without memory searches a shifting world in debut novel unconstrained by genre Genre is a tricky thing, especially when talking about a book like He Who Would Walk the Earth by Griffin Bjerke-Clarke. It has elements of a variety of genres, including horror, fantasy, and western....

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Check out this review of He Who Would Walk the Earth and interview with author Griffin Bjerke-Clarke.

18.06.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Review of Sarah Marie Wiebe's Hot Mess: Mothering Through a Code Red Climate Emergency | Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique | Cambridge Core Review of Sarah Marie Wiebe's Hot Mess: Mothering Through a Code Red Climate Emergency - Volume 58 Issue 1

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23.05.2025 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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excited to announce a revised, expanded version of Policing Black Lives (@fernpub.bsky.social /Duke University Press) now available for pre-order, out October 15. ft. two new chapters, a new preface & an expanded conclusion. US version now offering 30% off with author code E26MYRD.

21.05.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4

Congrats to shortlisted authors & presses!
Margaret Boittin β€ͺ@cambridgeup.bsky.social‬‬
Elaine Craig @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social
A Iavarone-Turcotte @pulaval.bsky.social
@james-kelly.bsky.social @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social
@jcyliew.bsky.social @fernpub.bsky.social
MJ Mossman @wlupress.bsky.social

21.05.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Duke University Press. Robyn Maynard. excited to announce a revised, expanded version of Policing Black Lives (@fernpub.bsky.social /Duke University Press) now available for pre-order, out October 15. ft. two new chapters, a new preface & an expanded conclusion. US version now offering 30% off

21.05.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The β€˜Communist’ world is not communist and the β€˜Free’ world is not free An excerpt adapted from chapter one of Red Flags: A Reckoning With Communism for the Future of the Left

Longtime Briarpatch contributor David Camfield has published a sharp anti-capitalist, anti-authoritarian examination of the history of actually existing socialist societies through Fernwood Publishing.

Read the adapted excerpt below
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20.05.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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What Can We Hope For? David Camfield on current conditions – and hope – for communists. An excerpt from Red Flags: A Reckoning with Communism for the Future of the Left (Fernwood Publishing).

NEW: David Camfield on current conditions – and hope – for communists.

An excerpt from Red Flags: A Reckoning with Communism for the Future of the Left (@fernpub.bsky.social).

www.midnightsunmag.ca/what-can-we-...

20.05.2025 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
A poster with the faces of the authors and January Rogers and the purple, red, white and blue cover of the book β€œSettler”, with five turtles silhouetted prominently on the front.

The poster contains the information for where and when the book is launched in Toronto - 30 May, 6-8pm, 779 Bathurst St in Toronto.

A poster with the faces of the authors and January Rogers and the purple, red, white and blue cover of the book β€œSettler”, with five turtles silhouetted prominently on the front. The poster contains the information for where and when the book is launched in Toronto - 30 May, 6-8pm, 779 Bathurst St in Toronto.

Announcing the Toronto launch of β€œSettler: Identity and Colonialism, 2nd edition”!

Where: A Different Booklist Bookstore, 779 Bathurst, Toronto

When: 30 May, 6-8pm

Catch myself and Emma in conversation with iconic poet and artist January Rogers!

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@januaryojistoh.bsky.social

20.05.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jamie Brownlee & Kevin Walby launch Psychedelic Capitalism On Thursday May 15 at 7pm, join Jamie Brownlee and Kevin Walby for the launch of Psychedelic Capitalism (Fernwood Publishing).

On Thursday May 15 at 7pm, join Jamie Brownlee and Kevin Walby for the Winnipeg launch of Psychedelic Capitalism (@fernpub.bsky.social) - mailchi.mp/grant/brownl...

09.05.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations @soniasulaiman.bsky.social and all the Thyme Travellers contributors!

06.05.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜There is hope’: New book sheds light on cancer survival in the North - CKLB Radio Gwich’in cancer survivor Agnes Pascal’s new book, Book of Hope: Healthcare and Survival in the North, documents stories of 30 northerners on what it’s like ...

It was pretty special to meet up with Agnes Pascal and contributors Allice Legat, Reuben Unka, and Jim Lynn at Yellowknife Books on launch day!

Book of Hope is now available at your favourite bookseller or at @fernpub.bsky.social

04.05.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New Publication - The Canadian State

edited by Heather Whiteside and Stephen McBride

csn-rec.ca/news/77830-n...

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05.05.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Book cover shows an orange rescue boat at sea, seen from above, with the title "The Gates of the Sea: Migraiton and Rescue at the Edges of Europe" and the name of the author, Luna Vives.

Book cover shows an orange rescue boat at sea, seen from above, with the title "The Gates of the Sea: Migraiton and Rescue at the Edges of Europe" and the name of the author, Luna Vives.

Exciting news! 🀩

🚒🌊 My book on migration and maritime search and rescue #SAR in the #EU/ #Spain is available for *preorder*!

πŸ“š Exam copies for educators coming up soon!
🌟 Publication date: Sept 2025

πŸ™Œ Thanks @fernpub.bsky.social for making this happen! πŸ†

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Born Sacred: Poems for Palestine by Smokii Sumac is now available.
To pick up a copy visit your local independent bookstore or visit:
fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/born-sa...

04.04.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Book Review: Born Sacred Poems for Palestine Born Sacred: Poems for Palestine is a collection of 100 poems by Smokii Sumac (they/he). These poems, written between October 2023 and April 2024, reflect on Palestine, colonial violence, and the s…

My review of Smokii Sumac's Born Sacred: Poems for Palestine from @fernpub.bsky.social is now up on my blog πŸ‰ helenaramsaroop.com/2025/04/03/b...

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Jewish Students Chain Themselves to Columbia Gates to Protest ICE Jailing of Mahmoud Khalil Jewish students at Columbia University chained themselves to a campus gate across from the graduate School of International and Public Affairs Wednesday, braving rain and cold to demand the school release...

Jewish Students Chain Themselves to Columbia Gates to Protest ICE Jailing of Mahmoud Khalil

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Here is the first look at our Fall 2025 covers!

Get 15% off Fall pre-orders by using code FL15 on all orders from our website.

To see all Fall 2025 titles visit: fernwoodpublishing.ca/books/catalo...

03.04.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@fernpub is following 20 prominent accounts