Today!! Come join us this afternoon at 3pm!

This coming Saturday!

Graphic featuring the cover of A RIVER FROM THE SKY, plus images of Ai Jiang and Sonia Urlando. The text on the right half of the graphic reads: "IN CONVERSATION WITH SONIA URLANDO BAKKA-PHOENIX BOOKS SATURDAY APRIL 18TH 3-5PM 84 HARBORD ST TORONTO ON M5S 1G5" The bottom has the logos of Bakka Phoenix, murmurstations, and TitanBooks

Only a few days to go for the book launch of A RIVER FROM THE SKY by @aijiang.bsky.social!

Join us Saturday at 3:00pm where she'll be in conversation with Sonia Urlando

Can't make it? Reserve a copy online and we'll get it signed and personalized for you: www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com/events/42501...

That sounds pretty perfect! Today's inattentiveness to the kettle is a very regular issue.

Our old kettle died a year or two ago, and I think we're largely unimpressed with the replacement one... But also don't want to be wasteful and replace it while it is still technically functional.

This just makes me feel bad for our kettle! It has no confidence in itself/low self-esteem!

"Water boiled... Not that anyone cares or will notice. 😔"

We regularly get asked why we don't separate them. We usually point out that it would cause endless debates over which books "qualify" as one over the other. There isn't a clear delineation that fits perfectly for every single book, and given SFF is all we do... it's so much easier to have it mixed.

I've boiled the kettle 4 times in the last two hours in an attempt to make tea... and keep forgetting about the water until it has cooled significantly.

I'm starting to believe I might need more tea before I can functionally make tea.

Reminder that in this house we do not trash other genres of books to support the genre we like the most. One, come on, we're grown ups. Two, the bottom line is people reading and loving books. Three, every writer you know has friends working other genres, don't trash their friends, thanks.

It said National Black Bookstore Day, not International... but I won't pass up a chance to shout-out A Different Booklist!

#Toronto #booksky #BlackOwned

www.adifferentbooklist.com

We're here to support authors, not so-called AI LLMs.

Yup! We'll never knowingly carry a book made with AI. Occasionally ones with AI covers get shown to us in catalogues. It's an instant no. We also added a clause to our consignment agreements that if we learn of any usage of AI in the creation of the book, it will be removed from our shelves.

*sigh*
If your Kickstarter video/image is AI, I won't back it.
If your book has an AI cover, I won't read it.
If you're a public supporter of AI use for creative work, I will unfollow you.
I cannot stress enough how offensive I find AI use in the arts. It is outright theft, it is lazy, it is gross.

Poster for the preorder campaign for Ai Jiang's A River from the Sky. The graphic shows two sides of a bookmark, featuring the cover image on the book, a signed bookplate, and two art postcards.

Less than two weeks to go until the launch of A RIVER FROM THE SKY by @aijiang.bsky.social

There's still time to preorder to get this set of gorgeous swag. If you can't make it to the event, let us know and we'll get your book personalized for you!

www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com/events/42501...

Longer hours, yay! Closed for the weekend... also yay!

I would write in @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social, which I have been going to in one form or another since it was on Queen Street and I was a teen in the 70s, but I might be accused of bias.

Locus Fundraiser Auction 2026 by Locus Science Fiction Foundation

locus.betterworld.org/auctions/loc...

Upton Arms by Scott Craven! It does look like it could be fun.

A bookshelf, with five rows of shelves visible. All the books on the shelf are displayed with their pages out, so the spines and front covers aren't visible. Why? Because two tired booksellers thought it would be funny almost a month ago, and saved the photo for April 1st.

Judging a book by its cover? Tired.
Judging a book by its sprayed edges (or lack thereof)? Inspired.

It's time to embrace the sprayed edge! We're now shelving books pages out so you can see if a book is truly pretty enough for your shelves.

😉

EASTER CLOSURE & NEW HOURS

Spring has sprung, and with evenings not being quite so dark and miserable, we're extending our hours April 1st. Going forward (until January), we'll be open:

11-7 Monday through Fridays
12-5 on weekends

Except this weekend. We'll be closed April 3rd - 5th for Easter.

Today! Join us this afternoon at 2:00pm!

Graphic reading "SIGNING! JM Clarke + CJ Thompson | Bakka Phoenix | 84 Harbord St, Toronto, ON | Saturday, March 28 2:00 - 5:00pm", the graphic also features the book cover of Rune Seeker, and headshots of both authors

Only a couple more days to go! Join us on Saturday at 2:00pm to celebrate the release of RUNE SEEKER by JM Clarke and CJ Thompson!

www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com/events/47565...

COVER REVEAL IS HERE!! 👀‼️🤍

🌊🪷🎭An Empire in the Clouds🎭🪷🌊 forthcoming in September!

The Augur Bookshelf Augur’s sci-fi, fantasy, and speculative book club “The Augur Bookshelf" meets on the fourth Monday of every month!

Our next book club read is “Bird Suit” by @sydhegele.bsky.social! 🐦🌿

RSVP OR subscribe to our magazine to get a code for 10% off this and other spring titles 👉 bakkaphoenixbooks.com/augur-book-c...

🎟️ Grab a FREE ticket now! (Seats are limited!): Click the link in bio! Or click below! ⬇️

Man I didn't know you were just allowed to say "Can I be on your podcast" but!

I have two books coming out this year! I can be on your podcast to talk about them! :D

Qualifications:
- I write books
- I have a charming Canadian accent*

*charm not guaranteed

Latitude46 Publishing presents SuperCanucks: An Anthology of Canadian Small-Town Superheroes edited by Matthew Del Papa and Andy W. Taylor. Pictured from left to right contributors Matthew Heiti, Melanie Marttila, Andy Taylor, Matt Del Papa (seated), Casey Lawrence and publisher Heather Campbell.

Image of the book SuperCanucks on a tablecloth featuring the number 46 for Latitude46 publishing.

Busy weekend! We launched "SuperCanucks: An Anthology of Canadian Small-Town Superheroes" with @latitude46pub.bsky.social and several of the contributors. You can get your very own copy via Latitude46 website, Amazon, @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social, Indigo, a number of local vendors in Sudbury.

A copy of Seasons of Glass and Iron next to a paperback copy of The River Has Roots, both by Amal El-Mohtar, resting on a background of aged sheet music, handwritten letters, and pink flowers.

Today (and every day) is a great day to be a fan of @amalelmohtar.com!🤩

The happiest of book birthdays to Seasons of Glass and Iron, her new collection of stories, and the paperback edition of The River Has Roots!

The Protagonist Problem - Uncanny Magazine “Speculative Resistance”—a term coined by Malka Older—posits that one great power speculative fiction wields is that exploring other worlds and ways societies could work encourages people to question ...

Tomorrow, actually tomorrow, Trace Elements will be released! And here's one of the essays in it, one Ada and I wrote together.

www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

I LOVE these covers

I just figured it's our temperamental book ghosts being displeased about the rain and humidity outdoors. They don't want any of that coming inside.

Thankfully, no!

We just can't open our door, which makes it a little bit of a challenge to let people in. Waiting for a locksmith to arrive.