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The Art of Getting Lost and Found · Books · 49th Shelf One hundred and thirty years apart, during the same week in August, two women separated by time struggle to regain their strength and find new hope on ...

Books Buried Deep in my Heart, a recommended reading list by Glenna Turnbull, author of The Art of Getting Lost and Found @breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Books/T/The-... #CanLit

NEW RELEASE — Opposite Sully's Gym by Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson

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Or check out the Goodreads giveaway for a chance to win: buff.ly/0uw3hOc

#mysterynovels #OppositeSullysGym #GoodreadsGiveaway #Goodreads #CanLit

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(Quoted from Kalin Stacey)

The nomination period for the 2026 Aurora Awards CLOSES in three days, on Saturday April 4, at 11:59pm Eastern.

If you're already a member and haven't nominated yet, please go do that! Nominating numbers are never that high so your vote can make a big difference to […]

Playwright Keith Barker Reflects on Love, Loss, and Laughter After a Life RAISED BY WOMEN Memory and family are brought into sharp focus in Raised by Women (Playwrights Canada Press), a new play in which a son looks back after suffering significant ...

Playwright Keith Barker reflects on love, loss, and laughter after a life RAISED BY WOMEN (@playcanpress.bsky.social). Check out our interview with the author in advance of the book's April 7th release!
#AmReading #Plays #Drama #CanLit
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#NationalPoetryMonth #CanLit #CanPo #NovelInVerse @reneesarojini.bsky.social @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social

Baba Yaga and the Girl Who Ate the Rope · Books · 49th Shelf In these incantatory poems, Kate Rogers reimagines family, folklore, and climate grief. Her muse: the Slavic witch Baba Yaga, both matriarch and mirror. ...

#NationalPoetryMonth: Kate Rogers' new collection which uses the Slavic witch Baba Yaga to reimagine family, folklore and climate grief releases April 15 from Frontenac House. #CanLit #CanPo #BookSky
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Artist and author, @michellemarcotte did this lovely review of my book! ❤️
Have a look:
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15 Canadian books to celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility | CBC Books March 31 is the International Transgender Day of Visibility. To celebrate, CBC Books is sharing a list of Canadian authors who identify as two-spirit, transgender or non-binary.

CBC Books: 15 Canadian books to celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility #CanLit
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Five Canadian titles have been nominated to the 2026 IBBY Honour List by our friends at IBBY Canada. Learn more at kidsbooknews.ca/blogs/news/five-canadian...

#IBBYCanada #CanLit

LitLive Reading Series April event happening this Sunday! Come hear some of Canada's best writing at The Staircase Theatre + Lounge. Hope to see you there! #hamont #canlit

Jennifer Iacono on Instagram: "Some reviews from my customers. ❤️ Thank you so much for your support! #picturebook #bookreviews #themonstersnogrownupsees #canlit #fearofthedark" 2 likes, 0 comments - jiaconoauthor on March 30, 2026: "Some reviews from my customers. ❤️ Thank you so much for your support! #picturebook #bookreviews #themonstersnogrownupsees #canlit #fearofthedar...

Some reviews from my customers. ❤️ Thank you so much for your support! #picturebook #bookreviews #themonstersnogrownupsees #canlit #fearofthedark
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Where are all the #Newfoundland authors... surely there are a few lurking about somewhere? :) #CanLit

COVER REVEAL: Unto the Day by Dayle Furlong

An immersive, epic, and emotionally moving imagined work of historical fiction, narrated through the perspective of characters most impacted by real life figure George Brown.

#UntoTheDay #CanLit #historicalfiction #fiction

The Lady Vanishes (again and again) Wedded for a Week; or, The Unseen Bridegroom May Agnes Fleming London: Milner, [n.d.] 248 pages We begin on a dark and stormy November night...

From 1869, the most enjoyable novel read thus far in 2026. You can't go wrong with the crazy world of May Agnes Fleming!

(w/ a little something for we @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social fans)

#canlit #cdnhist #nbhist #booksky

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Junction Reads wants to build a community! | Junction Reads Get more from Junction Reads on Patreon

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Book review of The Merry Widow Murders The Merry Widow Murders by Melodie Campbell is a charming mystery set on the high seas. Lady Lucy Revelstroke embarks on a ship with her best friend and maid Elfreda in tow. Lucy has reinvented hersel...

"The Merry Widow Murders is a truly delightful read with buddy sleuth antics, a beautiful setting, the roaring 20s, and headstrong women." — Reader's Favorite
#ireadcanadian #canlit #mysterybook
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My last novel, To Refrain From Embracing, is all set in the summer of 1977. These are actual photos of me in the summer of 1977. Josh, the 10-year-old boy in my novel, had a much more traumatic summer than I😮. #genx #the70s #books #canlit

TRAITOR Trapped and with nowhere else to run, Bugan the headhunter plays a dangerous game. Will she side with her fellow rebels, or protect the man whom she considers a father - the same man who killed her en...

Part five of “Traitor,” a serialized story inspired by Filipino mythology, is now out on my substack.

#writing
#fantasy
#mythology
#canlit

An array of Inanna books, including Chimeras, A Diary in the Age of Water, Concrete Women, Writing Menopause, and others, over which is written "Spring promo 30% off" in all caps.

A reminder my publisher is having a #FlashSale thru the end of March! Use code SPRING30 & save 30% off all Inanna titles including mine, which I promise will look good on your shelf AND be fun to read: inanna.ca/product/aeth... 💙📚 #PrideAndPrejudice #JaneAusten #BookSky #booksale #canlit #bookish 🪐📚

Preorders are open for the poetry collection "Canada is Our Poem." I have a piece in here, and it is definitely not patriotic. https://fanfarebooks.ca/item/K3AMujldZ2Sa3m9qhadHaw #poetry #PoetryCommunity #CanLit #bookstodon

My fellow Canadian writers. This is a great literary event specifically for us! I've submitted to join, have you? #CanLit #BookSky💙📚

Black Bear: A Story of Siblinghood and Survival by Trina Moyles [Family Reads] - Falling Letters % Dad and I discuss BLACK BEAR, a memoir about working in an Albertan fire lookout tower while navigating a difficult family relationship.

🐻🔥🌳 New post! Dad and I discuss BLACK BEAR: A STORY OF SIBLINGHOOD AND SURIVVAL for this month's Family Reads 💡📚 #CanLit

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#canlit #moms #parents #grandparents #bedtime #kidsfears #childhood #picturebook #picturebooks #canadianauthor

A big thank you to @theseaboardreview.ca, and @yukondawn.bsky.social (a fellow northern girl) for reviewing my memoir Northern Girls! Full review linked in my bio. #canlit #memoir #northerngirls

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Hey, New Brunswick -- we KNOW there are #authors over there, and we'd love to have you join us! Right now there are NO #NB authors participating in #FictionFest. 😭 #CanLit

Check out our Author FAQ for more info:
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Digital graphic. Text reads "Congratulations! Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award." Features the winner and honour book cover images.

Howie Shia wins the 2025 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award for Ra! Ta! Ma! Cue! Learn more at kidsbooknews.ca/blogs/news/howie-shia-wi...

#IBBYCanada #PictureBooks #Illustrators #CanLit

🧵 A #FictionFest stats update:

Of submissions so far...
Author locations:

Ontario 45%
Alberta 21%
BC 11%
Quebec 7%
Manitoba 4%
Nova Scotia 4%
PEI 4%
Saskatchewan 4%

Still no submissions from: New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador, Yukon, NWT, Nunavut
#CanLit #WritingCommunity

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Just got my copy of Wiley Ho's THE ASTRONAUT CHILDREN OF DUNBAR STREET. Looking forward to digging in. #CanLit