Your purchase this weekend at an indie bookstore goes a long way.

By entering into our Contest for Book Lovers, you could be one of four lucky readers to win runner-up prizes of $200 each to the CIBA member bookstore of your choice.

Canadian Independent Bookstore Day 2026 Hear from BTL's community about our favourite indie bookstores!

Thank you to the @btlbooks.com team for shouting out the work of indie bookstores in the lead up to CIBD 2026 on April 25! You can read their blog post with a full list of blurbs about bookstores their community loves here: btlbooks.com/blog/view/ca...

[As the devastating effects of human-made climate change continue to accelerate, Dene author and activist Katłı̨̀ą urges us to learn from the ways in which Indigenous peoples have lived alongside and protected nature for millennia. She calls for us to view Mother Earth as a beloved Elder who deserves reciprocity and care, and shares teachings that might help us to relearn how to live in harmony with nature.]

Deepen your knowledge of the nature around us in this essential manifesto from award-winning Dene activist and writer Katłı̨̀ą. Based on Dene teachings, Mother Earth Is Our Elder is a pragmatic, and hopeful book on caring for our earth. Mcnally Robinson's Kathleen Friesen shared her thoughts with us:

On your mark, get set… Bingo!

Plan your next book club, host a reading party, or take on the challenge solo: we’re challenging Canadian book lovers to read as many of the Spring Booksellers’ List as they can this season. Save or reboost this post, and let us know how many you plan to read!

These next set of love notes definitely warmed our winter fatigued hearts. 🥰 Authors Jay Odjick and Leslie Shimotakahara dropped such sweet messages to their favourite indie bookstores that will remind of you why local booksellers matter to communities all year, all the time.

Happy New Release Tuesday! We’re celebrating the book birthdays of Cherry Beach and Super Castle Fun Park. These unique Canadian reads are refreshing and innovative, making for a great pick to kickstart the season with.

These books are available now at an indie bookstore near you. 🎉

[A poignant debut novel from one of Calgary’s own, Inheritance, is a searching and vulnerable exploration of trauma, family ties, and grief.]

Inheritance explores a Korean Canadian family's immigrant experience, the sacrifices made by both parents and children, and the impacts of intergenerational trauma. Here’s what Callie Trautman, a bookseller from @shelflifebooks, had to share:

With so much exclusive swag and new reads to discover, we won’t judge you for suiting up with your most colourful bag and hitting the books — at your local bookstore, for a day that feels like a party for readers like you.

Indie booksellers work hard to serve their customers and communities. That’s why CIBD is a fantastic opportunity to give back with every purchase. Not only does your purchase support the Canadian literary ecosystem, but there are so many aspects of shopping local that the algorithms can’t beat.

Authors Jarett Sitter, Chanel Sutherland, and Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike truly capture the best parts of indie bookstores that keep booklovers (like you!) coming back each day. These next set of love notes express it all. 💗 💌

Today, we have even more Author Love Notes to share! This set comes from authors Louise Bernice Halfe, Lynn Hutchinson Lee, and Dania Idriss. They have so much to say about the indie bookstores that they can’t help but visit again and again! 💛

For fans of Remarkably Bright Creatures, The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances is a compelling, touching, and highly original novel that will make you care deeply about… a roomba. Available now at an indie bookstore near you.

Do you read a lot of translated fiction? There can be a lot of new and wild (to us) work there. Definitely pick the brain of your local bookseller!

There’s more than just books waiting to be discovered during CIBD 2026. Get double the perks for your bookstore sprawl by checking out some amazing swag in-store!

Thank you to Liz Johnston for your lovely shoutout to indie bookstores! Catch her debut novel, The Fall-Down Effect, is also a Booksellers’ List selection for Spring, available April 21. ♥️

The Booksellers' List - Discover - IndieBookstores Find your next literary obsession among the standout, award-winning books of the year. We have all the hottest reads and most-loved titles.

Learn more about these Booksellers’ List Selections for Spring 2026 at indiebookstores.ca/tbl

The first three Booksellers’ List Spring selections are officially available today! Right now! Whether you’re looking for your next read that explores the imaginary lives of appliances, or teach you new ways of caring and learning about the world around us.

Spring is in full bloom! These 20 new books have been selected by trusted Canadian indie booksellers and are some of the season’s most anticipated reads in mystery, fantasy, literary fiction, and environmental literature.

Your reading list is about to get a much-needed reset for the season.

Thank YOU, Arizona! Whether as bookseller, author, or illustrator your work and passion for indie bookstores does not go unnoticed. Readers everywhere are in for a marvelous treat on May 19 when Opioids and Organs is officially out into the world. Preorder your copy at an indie bookstore today!

Happy New Release Tuesday! 🙌 A couple of spectacular Canadian releases to add to your TBR are available in whichever format you love to read your books in.

All Winter 2026 Booksellers’ List selections are out NOW at an indie bookstore near you. Learn more about the full list at buff.ly/dkHz29f.

[There continues to be a great deal of misinformation (and missing information) around treaties, Reconciliation, and Indigenous sovereignty. Talk Treaty to Me will fill in some of those gaps. With accessible information as well as tangible actions that we can all take, this is essential reading for all non-Indigenous Canadians.]

Demystify what treaties mean in Canada with Talk Treaty to Me, an easy-to-read and essential guide to treaties, Indigenous sovereignty, and land for all Canadians. Here’s what Eric Dalton from @huckleberrybooks had to say about it:

[Mieko Kawakami’s complex female characters and emotional depth have always captured me, often highlighting darker aspects of society with a dash of hope. I have been eagerly awaiting the translation of Sisters in Yellow, and I’m looking forward to sharing my excitement for this thrilling title with fellow readers!]

Sisters in Yellow is Kawakami’s newest release, set in the gritty Tokyo of the 1990s, is a bold novel of sacrifice and the tumultuous bonds of sisterhood. Bookseller Baylee Adams from Daisy Chain Books shared with us what she’s anticipating the most about this one:

Listed Books: 1. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (@andyweirofficial) 2. The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (@virginia.l.evans) 3. Theo of Golden Allen Levi (@allenlevi) 4. Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid (@rachelreidwrites) 5. Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman (@mattdinniman) 6. Liberty Street by Heather Marshall (@heathermarshallauthor) 7. The Hybrid Prince (Wings of Fire, Book 16) by Tui T. Sutherland (@tuisutherland) 8. Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell (@maggieofarrellofficial) Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? 50th Anniversary Edition by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle 10. Up the Creek by Nicholas Oldland

Heading out to your local bookstore this weekend? Get some inspiration for new reads by checking out what books other Canadian book lovers have been picking up this week! 📚

Learn more about this week’s bestselling books on our website.

Happy Release Day to three of our stellar Winter 2026 Booksellers’ selections! 🎉🙌 Between gleaming worlds, fairy tales and masterful blends of literary fiction and noir, there is something new and undoubtedly exciting to dive into this week.

Visit our website to learn more.

[Tara Gereaux's Wild People Quiet explores a time and place in history little-known to those outside of Saskatchewan. This is a powerful and important addition to the growing canon of Métis literature, and a deeply moving story about personal identity.]

Wild People Quiet is an extraordinary novel on Métis life in the prairies. This book moved its way through the hearts of booksellers this season, earning its spot on the Booksellers’ List for Winter 2026. Jasper Dent, a bookseller from @mcnallyrobinson.com told us his thoughts on this literary feat:

Don’t worry, booklovers! The end of the harsh winter days is on the horizon. 🤞 Until we’re able to unwrap from our blankets inside, let us know which books from the Winter 2026 Booksellers’ List you’ve checked out.

[I loved (loved loved) Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century and am so excited to put Fu's new book in readers hands! Ghosts! Rain! Grief!]

Scare away winter boredom with The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts—an eerie, spellbinding novel of grief and guilt, with a razor-sharp eye for the absurdity and melancholy of the internet age. 👀

Here’s what bookseller Caleigh from @windowseatsbooks had to say about this spine-chilling read:

The wait is finally over, booklovers.

If you’re obsessed with translated fiction or just simply love well-written books that examine female friendship and sisterhood then you’ll love Hooked and Sisters in Yellow–both out today! 👭💗

[Martel cleverly weaves the retelling of a Trojan War epic with the story of its present day translator, showing readers the connections between the stories are as relevant as ever. With so many of our readers reading (and re-reading!) the classics, I look forward to sharing my excitement about this unique novel with our customers.]

From the author of the international bestseller Life of Pi, comes a brilliant retelling of the Trojan War from two commoners: an ancient soldier and modern scholar. Bookseller Lori Cheverie from Bookmark PEI shares what will make this upcoming novel a real treasure for book lovers:

[Written with clarity, warmth, and deep respect for the natural world, When the Forest Breathes is an inspiring guide for anyone who believes our forests are worth fighting for. Perfect for readers who want science, story, and solutions all in one, Suzanne Simard’s new book is a powerful, hope-filled look at what healthy forests can teach us.]

In When the Forest Breathes, forest ecologist Suzanne Simard examines the forces that threaten forest ecosystems offering a pragmatic and hopeful vision for a responsible relationship with the forests that sustain us. 🌳 🏡 Here’s what Lorie Cheverie, from Bookmark PEI, had to say about it: