Jim Silver to launch The Transformative Power of Adult Education This latest work by Jim Silver explores how adult basic education strengthens families and builds capacity for community change — transforming society from the ground up.

On Thursday April 23 at 7pm, join Jim Silver for the launch of The Transformative Power of Adult Education - mailchi.mp/grant/jim-si...

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Thursday's Harbinger Soapbox vol. 7 live show at Bar Milton-Parc Co-op was so much fun - thanks a lot to @endofsportpod.bsky.social Habibti Please Palestinian Youth Movement @fernpub.bsky.social + Arts for Palestine for an unforgettable night 💕

Join us for the launch of The Letters: Institutional Lives and EDI by Nisha Nath, Rita Kaur Dhamoon, Anita Girvan and Davina Bhandar! Friday, April 24th at 6pm at the SFU Harbour Centre, room 7000.

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Envisioning A World Without Prisons: Books on Abolition · Blog Post · 49th Shelf What would a world without prisons look like?If you asked me this question ten years ago, I would have likely looked at you confused and completely dumbfounded. ...

What would a world without prisons look like? Take a look at these fascinating reads on abolition and envisioning a bold and beautiful world.

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Header: We need Nova Scotia book publishers. Quote: Nova Scotian authors are writing incredible books. We’ve always punched above our weight in arts and culture here. I want my kids to be able to walk into a library and find generations of our stories at their fingertips. The province’s austerity budget isn’t just silencing this generation of local publishers–they’re robbing the archive. As a writer, I’ve seen how my book travelled. It’s connected me to communities of readers in places I didn’t expect. I don’t want to read an AI-edited paperback. My bookshelves are filled with books by small publishers around the world because they put out the most important and most interesting stories. The provincial government has carelessly vandalized our publishing ecosystem here. – Ardath Whynacht, author of Insurgent Love, published by Fernwood, in press release

Insurgent Love author @ardathjean.bsky.social reflects on what makes small publishers so special, and what it means for the NS government to cut vital funding.

Risking the Loss of Critical Ideas and Diverse Voices contributed by @fernpub.bsky.social : linktr.ee/ccpanovascotia

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The cover for the original volume of Thyme Travellers.

This is not a joke.

Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction will be an ongoing series!

And we’re open to submissions for the second volume starting today: soniasulaiman.com/thyme-travel...

Text reads: “New CCPA-NS Article: Risking the Loss of Critical Ideas and Diverse Voices: Nova Scotia Book Publishers Facing Unprecedented Instability. April 1st, 2026. Contributed by Fernwood Publishing.” Quote from article reads: “Critical ideas and culture are not frivolous indulgences. They are essential to imagining and enacting a more just world.” Image of open book to the left of quote. CCPA-NS logo in bottom right corner.

Text reads: “What would our world be like if the only books available to readers eager to learn were published by large multinational corporations? We don’t want to find out.” Quote from the article reads: “Indie publishers are intimately, locally, internationally connected to our communities — our readers, authors, editors, peer reviewers, designers, illustrators, printers, booksellers, and like-minded publishers in other countries. We are part of a vast, international network of people who love books and the incredible transformative potential they hold.” CCPA-NS logo in bottom right corner.

Text reads: “Local Publishers Provide a Tremendous Return on Public Investment. Book publishing contributed $6.6 million to Nova Scotia’s GDP (2023). Fernwood’s sales in Nova Scotia provide a $9 return for every $1 of provincial funding.” In the bottom left corner, CCPA-NS website is linked: policyalternatives.ca/regions/nova-scotia/. CCPA-NS logo in bottom right corner.

NEW RELEASE: Risking the Loss of Critical Ideas and Diverse Voices: Nova Scotia Book Publishers Facing Unprecedented Instability, contributed by Fernwood Publishing

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How Canada uses student migrants to justify austerity cuts for education - Spring Not Your Cash Cow, Not Your Scapegoat: Student Migration and Canadian Universities by The Racialization of Asian International Students Collective (Fernwood Publishing, ships preorders in May 2026). A...

Thanks @springmagca.bsky.social for this thorough review of Not Your Cash Cow, Not Your Scapegoat.

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He Who Would Walk the Earth by Griffin Bjerke-Clarke Reviewed by Naomi McKinnon

Thanks @theseaboardreview.ca for this review of He Who Would Walk the Earth by Griffin Bjerke-Clarke

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What does it mean to prioritize politics over profit? Fernwood has been profiled in a few media pieces that attempt to discredit the public funding of arts and culture. These folks think it’s a waste for public money to be spent on a publisher that is po...

In light of recent media pieces arguing that public funds are wasted when they come to our publishing company, we have decided to write a short article about why we remain committed to putting our political commitments over profit-making.

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Book cover for Ravenous by Sara Cooper (Roseway, an imprint of Fernwood Publishing): Breigh is a hot elder millennial who is obsessed with the brands she is ambassading for. Her policy is YES, and her livestreams are viral. But she’s pregnant now, and her body’s changing. It's not that she's hungry. She's definitely not depressed. She just sometimes eats boxes of makeup before passing out. Forthcoming August 2026. https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/ravenous

Book cover for Carnalis by Tiffany Morris (Nictitating Books): Wealthy party girl Lauren hungers for human flesh. Her girlfriend Alex, a recently injured dancer, is trapped in Lauren's toxic and deadly spiral. The looming threat of capture may prove to be less dangerous than Lauren herself and the lengths she will go to satiate her needs. Will Alex be next on the menu? https://nictitatingbooks.wixsite.com/official/books

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Carnalis (by @tiffmorris.bsky.social, @nictitatingbooks.bsky.social) & Ravenous (by Sara Cooper, Roseway, an imprint of @fernpub.bsky.social). See alt-text.

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Book cover for Astrid, Aghast by Ian Roy (Gaspereau Press): The stories in Astrid, Aghast are by turns funny, poignant, magical, and humane. Two public-library workers fall in love with each other’s foibles while stuck in an elevator. A young boy stumbles upon a bucket of eels that stirs up family memories he’d rather forget. A solitary entomologist tries to make sense of a life filled with pianos and beetles. Ian Roy takes us on journeys through a world that is like our own, but not quite: a taxi driver falls in love with his car-jacker; an old man claims he can fly—and can, or almost. https://gaspereaupress.com/books/astrid-aghast/

Book cover for Listen!: Knowing the World and Fighting to Change It by Scott Neigh (Fernwood Publishing): An examination of how listening shapes who we are, weaves the world and grounds our movements for justice and liberation. https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/listen

Book cover for Human Story will not Consume the Cosmos by Alexander Hollenberg (Gaspereau Press): Hollenberg explores the way in which poetry straddles the divide between the meaning-making impulse of the constructed human world and the wilder, wily resistance of the seemingly vulnerable non-human world. Plainspoken, alert, Hollenberg’s poems work recursively, repurposing words, images and motifs in new contexts in order to celebrate the richness and risks of storytelling. https://gaspereaupress.com/books/human-story-will-not-consume-the-cosmos/

Book cover for Muin and the Seven Bird Hunters by Lilian Marshall, Murdena Marshall, Prune Harris, and Cheryl Bartlett (Nimbus Publishing): The story of Muin and the Seven Bird Hunters is a very old Mi’kmaw legend. It happens in the North Sky as the stars that show the story of Muin and the Seven Bird Hunters move around Tatapn, the North Star. In pictures in this book you can see how these stars, shown as they appear two hours before dawn, move through the night sky. They are in a different position each of the seasons because they are the time-keepers, the calendar. All through the year, as the stars and plants travel through the sky, the Mi’kmaq watch the story of Muin and the Seven Bird Hunters as it unfolds before their eyes. https://nimbus.ca/store/muin-and-the-seven-bird-hunters.html

7/10 - #DSPBposts #SmallPress #books from @nimbuspub.bsky.social @gaspereaupress.bsky.social @scottneigh.bsky.social @fernpub.bsky.social 💙📚 #BookSky #DefendNSbooks #bookish #booklovers #readingcommunity

Book cover for I Have a Love Story by Natalie MacMaster (MacIntyre Purcell Publishing): Natalie MacMaster has captivated audiences for decades with her masterful Celtic fiddling and electrifying performances. Winner of many music awards, Grammy nominee, and recipient of the Order of Canada, she has collaborated with a host of musical legends including the Boston Pops, The Chieftains, Alison Krauss, and Yo-Yo Ma. In I Have a Love Story, Natalie shares the remarkable journey from her humble roots on Cape Breton Island to the world’s most renowned stages. Brimming with heartfelt reflections on family, faith, culture, and music, I Have a Love Story is an uplifting memoir that inspires readers to cherish and nurture the love in their own lives. https://www.macintyrepurcell.com/product/i-have-a-love-story/

Book cover for New-Fangled Rose by Sue Sinclair (Goose Lane Editions): Like a rose blooming out of season, the poems in Sue Sinclair’s newest collection are unexpected, unforgettably beautiful, and an unwavering gesture toward the slow emergency of climate crisis. With the lyrical brilliance and keen eye trained on beauty that’s characteristic of Sinclair, New-Fangled Rose reaches toward the light with reverent hands, photosynthesizing it into poems that are deft, musical, and unquestionably alive. These poems cast a wide gaze over a fragile world, offering vibrant elegies to luna moths and crab apples, fireflies and trilliums. They examine what it is to build relationships in a world that feels increasingly precarious, like at any moment, something may end; like at any moment, something may begin. https://gooselane.com/products/new-fangled-rose

Book cover for Bad Indians Book Club: Reading at the Edge of a Thousand Worlds by Patty Krawec (Goose Lane Editions): Anishinaabe writer Patty Krawec doesn’t want to be a “Good Indian.” When a friend asked what books could help them understand Indigenous lives, Patty Krawec gave them a list. This list then exploded into a book club, then into a podcast about a year of Indigenous reading, and then, ultimately, into this book. Drawing on conversations with readers and authors, Bad Indians Book Club delves into writing about history, science, and gender, and into memoirs and fiction, all by “Bad Indians” and those like them, whose refusal of the dominant narrative of the wemitigoozhiwag (European settlers) opens up new possibilities for identity and existence. Introducing each chapter with flash fiction about a shapeshifting Deer Woman, who is on her own journey to decide who she is, Krawec leads us into a place of wisdom and medicine where stories of and by marginalized writers help us imagine a thousand worlds waiting to be born. https://gooselane.com/products/bad-indians-book-club

Book cover for The Genocide Continues: Population Control and the Sterilization of Indigenous Women by Karen Stote (Fernwood Publishing): The coerced sterilization of Indigenous women in Canada is driven by a concern with who occupies land and how resources are distributed. https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/the-genocide-continues

5/10 - #DSPBposts #SmallPress #books from @gooselane.bsky.social @fernpub.bsky.social 💙📚 #BookSky #DefendNSbooks #bookish #booklovers #BooksWorthReading

Book cover for Routine Maintenance by Marco Melfi (Gaspereau Press): Whether they are drawing portraits (a cobbler, coach, superfan), probing social phenomena (soccer tryout, cell phone ringing in a basilica, tossing leaves at the eco station), or describing the unusual lives of commonplace objects (birthday balloon, faulty porch light, parking stall puddle), Melfi’s poems are propelled by incisive observation, muscular rhythm, and a terse entwining of images and ideas. https://gaspereaupress.com/books/routine-maintenance/

Book cover for The Ex Dilemma by Elle Wright (Kensington Books): "Marry or lose your inheritance." A commitment phobic heir in Detroit, Michigan faces the ultimate challenge from his powerful grandmother and family company CEO in this charming, irresistibly fun and flirty new contemporary romance from award-winning author Elle Wright. https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781496752307/the-ex-dilemma/

Book cover for Lawless: Abortion under Complete Decriminalization by Martha Paynter (Fernwood Publishing): Martha Paynter, nurse and scholar, explains how abortion is governed in Canada without an abortion law and why experts advocate against one. https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/lawless

Book cover for The Comfort of Distant Stars by I O Echeruo (Canongate Books): Ezeani is no ordinary child. He sees things others don’t. Despite the burden of these visions, his precocious nature blossoms into genius and Ezeani grows up to be a gifted mathematician and physicist. When he leaves Nigeria and his adoring family behind to study at Cornell in the US, he remains haunted by his most persistent vision, Anyanwu, the Sun God. While Ezeani is adjusting to his new life in America, Anyanwu’s presence takes on an increasingly sinister and malevolent form – and chaos reigns. https://canongate.co.uk/books/5349-the-comfort-of-distant-stars/

8/10 - #DSPBposts #SmallPress #books from @ellewrightauthor.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk @marthapaynter.bsky.social @fernpub.bsky.social @gaspereaupress.bsky.social 💙📚 #BookSky #bookish #booklovers #booktok

On writing The Politics of Lonely: Why Is Friendship So Hard? - sheer spite press I have some pretty big Sheer-Spite-adjacent news: I (Lee, who runs Sheer Spite) have a book coming out, and I’m not publishing it myself??? The book is called The...

I have a book coming out via @fernpub.bsky.social:
The Politics of Lonely: Why Is Friendship So Hard?

"Through interviews, research & personal narrative, this book shows how people build tight connections despite living in the austere conditions of colonial capitalism"
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Book cover for Listen!: Knowing the World and Fighting to Change It by Scott Neigh (Fernwood Publishing): An examination of how listening shapes who we are, weaves the world and grounds our movements for justice and liberation. https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/listen

Book cover for Astrid, Aghast by Ian Roy (Gaspereau Press): The stories in Astrid, Aghast are by turns funny, poignant, magical, and humane. Two public-library workers fall in love with each other’s foibles while stuck in an elevator. A young boy stumbles upon a bucket of eels that stirs up family memories he’d rather forget. A solitary entomologist tries to make sense of a life filled with pianos and beetles. Ian Roy takes us on journeys through a world that is like our own, but not quite: a taxi driver falls in love with his car-jacker; an old man claims he can fly—and can, or almost. https://gaspereaupress.com/books/astrid-aghast/

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books - from #NovaScotia publishers: Astrid, Aghast (by Ian Roy, @gaspereaupress.bsky.social) & Listen! (by @scottneigh.bsky.social, @fernpub.bsky.social). See alt-text.

#DSPBposts #NSarts #bookish 💙📚 #BookSky #booktok #booksta #bookstagram #booklovers #BooksWorthReading

Book cover for The Genocide Continues: Population Control and the Sterilization of Indigenous Women by Karen Stote (Fernwood Publishing): The coerced sterilization of Indigenous women in Canada is driven by a concern with who occupies land and how resources are distributed. https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/the-genocide-continues

Book cover for Routine Maintenance by Marco Melfi (Gaspereau Press): Whether they are drawing portraits (a cobbler, coach, superfan), probing social phenomena (soccer tryout, cell phone ringing in a basilica, tossing leaves at the eco station), or describing the unusual lives of commonplace objects (birthday balloon, faulty porch light, parking stall puddle), Melfi’s poems are propelled by incisive observation, muscular rhythm, and a terse entwining of images and ideas. https://gaspereaupress.com/books/routine-maintenance/

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books - from #NovaScotia publishers: The Genocide Continues (by Karen Stote, @fernpub.bsky.social) & Routine Maintenance (by Marco Melfi, @gaspereaupress.bsky.social). See alt-text. #DSPBposts #NSarts #bookish 💙📚 #BookSky #bookstodon #booktok #booksta #bookstagram #booklovers

Abortion Decriminalization in Canada: Why Criminal Law Should Stay Out - Choice Chat Podcast Interview with Dr. Martha Paynter, author of Lawless: Abortion Under Complete Decriminalization.In this episode of Choice Chat, host Tara speaks with Dr. Martha Paynter—nurse, researcher, and author o...

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Status For All! Towards a Borderless Future of Internationalist Solidarity YouTube video by Fernwood Publishing

Thank you @harshawalia.bsky.social @mhenaway.bsky.social @lunavives.bsky.social for having this conversation with us last week

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An Interview with Peyman Vahabzadeh: Revolution, Shuras, and the Politics of Self-Rule YouTube video by The Dugout

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Fernwood requests community support against austerity We’re reaching out to our community for urgent support, solidarity, and action.

In light of the proposed cuts to the Nova Scotia arts sector, we are requesting help from our friends and community. Please take the time to read this piece and help in whatever what you can.

#defendNSbooks #rallyforthearts

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Book cover for Policing Black Lives, Revised and Expanded Edition: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present by Robyn Maynard (Fernwood): A comprehensive account of policing Black life in Canada and a vision for Black futures beyond surveillance and confinement. https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/policing-black-lives-revised-and-expanded-edition

Book cover for The Humanity of Others by Ali Benmakhlouf (Stanford UP): How should we speak of humanism today? To answer this question, Moroccan philosopher Ali Benmakhlouf turns to Montaigne. Through a rich and attentive reading of Montaigne's Essays, Benmakhlouf reminds us why the sixteenth-century author remains relevant today when the need to recognize the "humanity of others"—from the cry of "Black Lives Matter" to the anonymous deaths of migrants drowning in the Mediterranean Sea—is as urgent as ever. Forthcoming in June 2026. https://www.sup.org/books/theory-and-philosophy/humanity-others

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: The Humanity of Others (Ali Benmakhlouf , @stanfordpress.bsky.social) & Policing Black Lives (Robyn Maynard, @fernpub.bsky.social). See alt-text.

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Status for All!: Towards a Borderless Future of International Solidarity Join authors Luna Vives, Hasha Walia and Mostafa Henaway for an update on the global border crisis and how we can challenge it.

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To celebrate the Status for All victory of undocumented migrant workers in Spain Fernwood is offering 20% our book The Gates of the Sea: Migration and Rescue at the Edges of Europe by Luna Vives.

Pick up a copy here:
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What Canadians can learn from U.S. resistance to ICE terror ⋆ The Breach Author and activist Harsha Walia discusses cross-border solidarity in the face of anti-migrant state violence in the U.S.

On a new episode of 🌊The @breachmedia.ca Show🌊 author and activist @harshawalia.bsky.social discusses cross-border solidarity in the face of anti-migrant state violence in the US.

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4. Reject the normalization of the former al-Qaeda affiliate Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rule and demand accountability for past and ongoing human rights violations and breaches of international humanitarian law.

3. Organize teach-ins, panels, and events to inform the public.

4. Donate to @heyvasor and @medicointernational for direct humanitarian assistance.

3. Speak publicly in defense of the self-determination rights of the Kurds and other minoritized groups in the region.

To help please do any of the following actions:

1. Circulate and publish this statement through your networks.

2. Contact your organizations, institutions and political representatives and demand action to stop the genocide and end the siege.