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I'm so excited to annouce that Do It Wrong: How to Be a Poet In the Twenty-First Century is now available for preorder from @pressassembly.bsky.social assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w...

A graphic labelled 2025 Giller Prize longlist, LPG members. There are four book covers shown: The Road Between Us by Bindu Suresh, Sugaring Off by Fanny Britt, An Admonishment of Stars by Kirti Bhadresa, and Still by Joanna Cockerline.

Congratulations to the 2025 #GillerPrize longlist, including four LPG members: @pressassembly.bsky.social, @bookhugpress.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social & The Porcupine's Quill!

Telling My Lost Child the Story of His Life - Electric Literature An excerpt from THE ORANGE NOTEBOOKS by Susanna Crossman, recommended by Rachel Cantor

Thrilled to share extracts from my novel The Orange Notebooks @pressassembly.bsky.social in @electricliterature.com introduced by @rachelcantor.bsky.social 🙏
"Moving & masterful, this book, at its heart, is about love..& how we manage when that love is lost."

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A story about a mother grieving the loss of her young son, and determined to tell him the story of his life. (@rachelcantor.bsky.social)

🇨🇦📚 Looking for Ontario-based publishers that do it all? From fiction, to non-fiction, to poetry, to drama, we've got you covered!📚🇨🇦 Part 1 of 4!

➡️ Featuring: @pressassembly.bsky.social, @biblioasis.bsky.social, @bookhugpress.bsky.social, Bookland Press, and @coachhousebooks.bsky.social

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Field Work: On Baseball and Making a Living Roger Angell meets Hanif Abdurraqib meets Bull Durham in this sharp new collection of baseball writing by Andrew Forbes Baseball is a sport, a pastime, an obsession, a dream—and for some, it’s also a…

Field Work by @utilityofboredom.bsky.social from @pressassembly.bsky.social is a collection of essays from the writer of the excellent, Utility of Boredom, which I also highly recommend. assemblypress.ca/shop/field-w...

Property by Kate Cayley Available from Coach House Books, October 7, 2025 ISBN 9781552455074 Property is a modern, class-conscious Mrs. Dalloway set in Toronto. An unsettling novel that dissects common narratives of family and community, showing the fragile ties that hold us together.

The Orange Notebooks by Susanna Crossman Available from Assembly Press, September 2, 2025 ISBN 9781998336197 Told through a mother's journals written while interned in a French psychiatric ward, The Orange Notebooks is a novel about love, and the lost language and rituals of mourning.

Recently added to @netgalley.bsky.social: Property by Kate Cayley from @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, and The Orange Notebooks by Susanna Crossman from @pressassembly.bsky.social!

www.netgalley.com/pub/pgcbooks

Holy heck do I love this review. Thanks @ifyoucantwell.bsky.social !!

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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Kevin Stebner Kevin Stebner is an artist, poet and musician. He produces visual art using old videogame gear, and produces music and soundtracking with h...

12 or 20 (second series) questions with Kevin Stebner / @pressassembly.bsky.social ;
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Happy publication day to Bindu Suresh and The Road Between Us!

Have a listen to Bindu talking to with CBC Montreal about her episodic and poetic second novel: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

A photo of author Bindu Suresh with an inset photo of her book The Road Between Us. Bindu is a medium-skin-toned woman with long curly black hair and dark brown eyes. She is wearing a navy blue shirt with lace detail. She has a slight smile on her face.

"I find the characters slowly define themselves [...]"

We had the pleasure of chatting with Bindu Suresh who talks to us about her new novel THE ROAD BETWEEN US, out today with @pressassembly.bsky.social.

alllitup.ca/characters-slowly-define-themselves-an-interview-with-bindu-suresh/

Acclaimed Author Andrew Forbes Explores the Many Interesting Lives that are Made Around Baseball in Field Work The work of Andrew Forbes has featured on Open Book a number of times in recents years, and the versatility of the author's work is plain to see. From ...

Acclaimed author Andrew Forbes explores the many interesting lives that are made around baseball in FIELD WORK: ON BASEBALL AND MAKING A LIVING (@pressassembly.bsky.social).
#AmReading #Nonfiction #Baseball #CanLit
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I am over the moon to share the very happy news that my new novel, The Orange Notebooks, will be published by the excellent @pressassembly.bsky.social in September 2025. I feel privileged to work with this press & their team, & can't wait for US and Canadian readers to discover The Orange Notebooks.

Who says there's no crying in baseball?

Update!! Watch us gab on Facebook! facebook.com/events/s/sai...

The cover of "Relative to Wind: On Sailing, Craft, and Community," by Phoebe Wang, featuring an illustration of a small sail craft backlit by the bright orange sun and leaning hard into the wind.

This is a wise, funny, and eye-opening collection of essays, and I'm looking forward to sharing a virtual panel with Phoebe tonight for @everylibrary.bsky.social . Sailing has more in common with baseball than I'd have thought. Lots to talk about! (I'll share the link when I have it.)

Dag T. Straumsvåg, The Mountains of Kong: New & Selected Prose Poems, trans. Robert Hedin and Dag T. Straumsvåg DEBTS We owe Tomas and Elisabeth dinner. We owe my grandmother a visit to her grave. We owe my brother Christmas presents for the ...

Dag T. Straumsvåg, The Mountains of Kong: New & Selected Prose Poems, trans. Robert Hedin and Dag T. Straumsvåg / @pressassembly.bsky.social ;
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Cover image of Field Work: On Baseball and Making a Living by Andrew Forbes

Hoo boy was this ever made for me! Andrew Forbes is Canada's Baseball Spokesperson and the interest in labour history in his newest is so rich and complex. He's such a world builder too, you'll notice how well the book-length motifs work with the episodic essay topics. @utilityofboredom.bsky.social

Hub Pruett, LHP, St. Louis Browns, 1922 (Photo by Charles M. Conlon). Pruett's story fascinated me, and pursuing it led me to write Field Work: On Baseball and Making a Living (April 15, @pressassembly.bsky.social).

12 or 20 (second series) questions with Holly Pester Holly Pester is a poet and writer. She has worked in sound art and performance, with original dramatic work on BBC Radio 4 and collaboratio...

12 or 20 (second series) questions with Holly Pester / @pressassembly.bsky.social ;
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A stack of books: The Lodgers by Holly Pester Relative to Wind by Phoebe Wang Scandal at the Alphorn Factory by Gary Barwin Inherent by Kevin Stebner

Visited my dear friends at @pressassembly.bsky.social earlier this week and came away with some souvenirs.

Speculative Fiction? No, That's Just Reality. Award-winning author Gary Barwin discusses the fiction of reality and the reality of fiction and the way our imagination always wins the day.

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What a dreamy list of bookmakers!

Scandal at the Alphorn Factory
New and Selected Short Fiction, 2024-1984
Mixing magical, dream-like sequences and truisms about the human condition in the same paragraph, Barwin’s trademark brilliance, wit, and originality are on display in this can’t-miss collection of short fiction.

Newsletter — poetry in canada

Hello good folks of the internet! We have some exciting updates to announce later today! In the meantime, please check out our website if you haven't already. There is new work uploaded regularly. And please subscribe to our newsletter!

www.poetrycanada.org/newsletter

A graphic showing Publishers Marketplace announcements for the first list of titles by Assembly Press, set for publication in fall 24. Book titles include The Lodgers by Holly Pester; Scandal in the Alphorn Factory: New and Selected Short Fiction, 1984-2024 by Gary Barwin; Relative to Wind: On Sailing, Craft, and Community by Phoebe Wang; Inherent by Kevin Stebner; Story is a State of Mind: Writing and the Art of Creative Curiosity & Story is a State of Mind: 50 prompts to inspire your daily writing practice by Sarah Selecky.

📣 Introducing the class of fall 2024 📣

Our first list is broadly representative of the kinds of books we want to bring into the world with Assembly, with a novel, short stories, essays, poetry, a deck of writing prompts, and writing craft book. There's something for everyone!

Message reads Reminder: submissions close December 18 against a crumpled paper background. Image includes black Assembly Press megaphone logo and social media handle @pressassembly.

Heads up: our first round of open submissions closes at 11:59pm ET on December 18! Learn more about Assembly and what we're looking for here: assemblypress.ca/submissions

And stay tuned for news on our next submission period in early 2024.

2023 Finalists 2023 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE Introducing the Shortlist Winner Announcement | November 13, 2023 | 9 p.m. ET 2023 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE Introducing the Shortlist Shortlist Announcement |...

Congrats to the authors and editors and publishers on the Giller Prize shortlist! And don't forget to read all the awesome titles on the longlist that were published by Canadian independent presses!

As part of our efforts to increase transparency in book publishing, Assembly Press is offering "guidance counsellor" sessions. Bring us your questions, challenges, or just conversation—we love connecting and are happy to help however we can! assemblypress.ca/news/guidanc...

Big news on back-to-school day: our logo got a glow up and our submissions are now open! We're accepting public submissions through our website from September 5 to December 18.

Submit online at assemblypress.ca/submissions