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Hot off the press is Kat Gilk's debut speculative fiction novel, Firstborn Daughter. If androids, genetic engineering and alternative reality community building are your thing, this book is definitely for you.

Out April 25th,.pre-order now at petes-press.square.site/product/pre-...

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The brand new Makers store, black store sign over an open front with black and white balloons outside it

A sign with "Pete's Press Book Shop", also featuring cartoon cats and the top row of books

The shelves full of books pre-opening day

Our books are available at the new Makers store, in the Cornwall Centre, #yqr! It may be mini for now, but it's the only bookseller in the mall!! 25+ titles over many different genres, and everyone local!

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A round birthday cake with green icing and the Pete's Press logo (a tuxedo cat sitting with an.open.book and a white coffee cup) in the centre

It's our second birthday!! Two years of #indie publishing!
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Glen Harper's new nonfiction book titled The Homeless, a personal journey of discovery

When Glen Harper arrived in Toronto he came with a single purpose: to learn how people who live without shelter survive in Canada’s largest city.This is a detailed, first-hand account from a man who voluntarily became homeless to record the truth for himself.

Pre-order Now! Petes-press.square.site

Mock up of the Makers storefront in the Cornwall mall, Regina. Pink banner across the top saying "storefront". The unit is under the big stone pillars of the original bank building inside the mall.

Big News:
WE HAVE A (mini) STOREFRONT OPENING! (Sort of)
#Makers is opening in Regina, in the Cornwall Centre in mid-April.

The store focuses on indie small businesses and locally-made goods. Pete’s Press fits the bill!

So, all our books will be stocked in a bricks and mortar store finally!

University of Regina explores AI impact on society, education A new colloquium at the University of Regina is asking big questions about how AI is reshaping learning, creativity, labor and society.

www.sasktoday.ca/regina-today...

Artificial Incely-Gents On the huge demographic missing from A.I. technologies.

Wrote an article (for a forthcoming @petespress.bsky.social anthology) about misogyny in AI.

Called Artificial Incely-Gents.

Artificial Incely-Gents medium.com/@townsendann...

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Pete's Press Members

Doing a Pete's newsletter today with all our upcoming book babies and events. Want in? Sign up now!
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Three nonfic queries in a week!! This makes me so happy. Brain food.

Cover of Firstborn Daughter by Kat Gilks. Dark green forest with the shape of a face depicted in four-colour DNA code superimposed over the trees

As far as I know, no one at Pete's Press is even remotely Irish.
So Happy St. Patrick's Day to those that are!!
Best we can do today is show you this fabulous and very *green* cover for our next release: Firstborn Daughter by Kat Gilks
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Our books stall, on a green table cloth with the green and gold Pete's Press banner

More books, and our new book ring page holders

The children's and young adult books

Annabel sits at the stall in a purple blazer

Happy International Women's Day!
Today we celebrated all our talented women authors with a mini sale at On Cue Regina's Femme Fest at The Exchange. A really fun afternoon of music, comedy, art and great company.

Poster for Femme Fest in Regina, 2pm at the Exchange, 2431 8th ave. Poster is a retro neon pink circle on a dark.purple background. Sponsor logos are along the bottom.

Pete's Press will be popping up at #FemmeFest this Sunday, for International Women's Day! Great books, cool crafts, comedy and live music. Can't wait!!

2pm at The Exchange, #YQR

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An open A4 notebook with a drafted essay handwritten in black biro. The biro pen lays on the right page. There are many words crossed out. Bubble font text reads "call for submissions"

Last CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!

Pete's Press is curating a new nonfiction anthology, on the theme of Hope and Failure.

We're in need of four more short pieces of original nonfic, on any interpretation of that theme. 1500-3000 words please.
Deets: petespress.ca/work-with-us...

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Bel Terrill reads from HopeStreet

Robyn Rocker reads from Twice Cursed.

Lili Zwart reads from Miracles on Bella Camila

Cake with the covers of Twice Cursed and HopeStreet on it

Fabulous weekend celebrating three new Pete's Press books! We launched Miracles on Bella Camila by @frieslandvrouw.bsky.social Twice Cursed by @robyndansereau.bsky.social & HopeStreet by @bel-scifi.bsky.social at Crave Wine Bar, with cake of course!
All these beauties are at petes-press.square.site

Books and the City Books and the City: Psychogeographical Wanderings Around Toronto’s Independent Bookstoresby Annabel TownsendPublished by Pete’s Press, The Wandering SeriesReview by Shelley A. Leedahl$24.99 ISBN 97…

If just the word "Psychogeographical" intrigues you, you should pick up Books and the City by Annabel Townsend ( @petespress.bsky.social). Learn more about Townsend's Psychogeographical Wanderings by reading the review at reviews.skbooks.com/books-and-th...

This Saturday!.Join @frieslandvrouw.bsky.social @robyndansereau.bsky.social and @bel-scifi.bsky.social for their joint book launch! Stories, cake and good times at Crave wine bar, 7.30pm. All welcome!
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Ink sketch of Seaton House in Toronto with people lining up outside it.

Got commissioned to sketch the cover of a new @petespress.bsky.social book!!

Lmao, cry more you losers.

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Dear Regina:
I am looking for a (v) small, ground level, cheap retail space.

Suggestions very welcome

Glen, a middle aged white man in a black sweater, sits with copies of his book, The Good Life at a table with a blue cloth at McNally robinson bookstore in Saskatoon

Glen at a podium speaking into a microphone. The green on white McNally robinson logo is in front of him and also on a large banner behind him

Thanks @mcnallyrobinson.com for hosting Glen Harper's launch yesterday!
Missed it? You can watch the YouTube recording here: www.youtube.com/live/CJRJSgC...

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Glen Harper's author pic with the cover of his book, The Good Life

Saskatoonians! Tomorrow at @mcnallyrobinson.com - Book launch for Glen Harper's The Good Life, a story of workers and managers
2pm - all welcome!
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Photo shows a woman standing on a subway platform reading a book. The text says, “Nearly half of Americans didn’t read a single book last year.”

I find it hard to be lonely when I’m lost in a book. Maybe the loneliness epidemic could be solved by reading more books.

Take your friends to the library. Get them a library card. Encourage them to read a book.

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Black and yellow poster with blue circuit board designs on the cornerwz.detailing my book launch events in Toronto. The book cover or HopeStreet is to the right and my author mugshot is bottom left. The top reads HopeStreet Toronto Book Launches in yellow and blue neon style fonts

It's happening!!
Jan 20th at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social and Jan 21st at @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social

@petespress.bsky.social is heading to the big city again! If you're in #Toronto, please come say hi (and get a book!)

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Many congratulations to @robyndansereau.bsky.social for Twice Cursed, the fifth in her Ever After Tales Collection!
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A happy new year graphic with photos of Annabel, Robyn, Leighton and some Anthology authors posing with books and looking festive. Poe the bookish cat is bottom left corner and a pile of this year's book releases is bottom right.

From all at Pete's Press, we wish you a very Happy New Year 2026!

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