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Hey @torontopublicspace.bsky.social - Why are all five #CanadaReads selections unavailable to put on hold to borrow right now?

Any pocket friends reading the #CanadaReads 2026 books? I am struggling with Foe by Iain Reid, even though i am about halfway through.

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You know we love a good #CanadaReads debate, and we can't wait to see how it all plays out. For now, we're getting excited with follow-up reads from independent Canadian publishers, naturally. Check them out!

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The debates air April 13–16 at 12 PM MT—be ready to follow along and cheer for your favorite!

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Latest episode of CBC’s The Next Chapter… Actor and Canada Reads panellist Josh Dela Cruz on defending Iain Reid’s novel, Foe.

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Never Been Better, by Leanne Toshiko Simpson, featuring an illustration of a woman diving into shark filled waters

34. Never Been Better, by Leanne Toshiko Simpson 💙📚🎧🇨🇦 #CanadaReads

I REALLY enjoyed this one. Y NO SHORTLIST? A beautiful tale of mental health, yearning, friendship, family, and recovery. (Check your trigger warnings.)

I'm now 6/15 with my goal to read the Canada Reads longlist! Woowoo!

It was so great to see lots of people out for the CBC Mainstreet #CanadaReads event at the Truro Library yesterday! And thank you to Tyler Hellard for coming into the store today to sign books! I still have copies of all the Canada Reads books if you haven't gotten yours yet! 🍁📚🦆

Who’s ready for CBC’s #CanadaReads? I’ve now read four of the five finalists, and I can’t wait!

“In small towns, there are two kinds of people: those who can’t wait to leave and those who can’t imagine being anywhere else.”

~Tyler Hellard, Searching for Terry Punchout

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Searching for Terry Punchout, by Tyler Hellard.

It finally arrived! Now reading, the last of the Canada Reads shortlist. #CurrentlyReading #NowReading #BookSky #CBC #CanadaReads

Join #ClarissaTrinidadGonzalez for Canada Reads Asian: Diaspora Voices Reshaping Canadian Literature, a panel featuring Asian #CanadaReads longlisters in conversation about storytelling, identity, and the evolving landscape of Canadian literature. 📚🎤

#IndigenousReads #CanadaReads #BookTok All the Little Monsters by David A. Robertson #anxiety #MentalHealth follow him @davidarobertson.bsky.social

Searching for Terry Punchout · Invisible Publishing A slapshot debut novel about hockey, heroes, and and how, despite our best efforts, nothing can save us from becoming our parents.

Oh, and "Searching for Terry Punchout" is now (finally!) available as an audiobook (performed by the talented Chai Valladares). You can get it direct from Invisible now, or wait another week or two and it'll be in all the usual places. invisiblepublishing.com/product/sear... #canadareads

Dangle and I will be in Truro on Mar. 18 talking books, hockey and Canada Reads with Jeff Douglas. Really looking forward to it. @thejeffdouglas.bsky.social @stevedangle20.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/cana… #canadareads

Nothing beats the quiet buzz of the library—scanning the shelves, chasing that spark of excitement when you know you've just found your next great read. #CanadaReads

Foe, by Iain Reid, is an elegantly written and moving story about simple life in an ever more complex world.

Also, on the #CanadaReads’ shortlist this year!

“I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no melancholy.”
~Charles Baudelaire

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Foe by Iain Reid

Now reading. This is the fourth book I’ve read from the CBC Canada Reads shortlist— the fifth is on backorder, so it might take a while. #AmReading #BookSky #CurrentlyReading #CBC #CanadaReads

TRQ Reads Too Let the (reading) games begin

"I recently took a trip to Toronto for the announcement of #CanadaReads which I am participating in this year. On the trip I met the other panelists and got to announce the book I had chosen to champion: #TheCureForDrowning by #LoghanPaylor." #TeganAndSara
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The Cure for Drowning by Loghan Paylor

Now reading. Book 3 of the CBC Canada Reads shortlist.
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the book Essex County, by Jeff Lemire, featuring some of the main characters , seen from the back. tree roots can be seen spreading through the ground, the trunk missing. a crow flies above.

17. Essex County, by Jeff Lemire 💙📚🇨🇦 #canadareads

Wowza. This trilogy is an EXPERIENCE. The stories were poignant, joyful, sad, heartbreaking, & I love how they all wove together. I LOVE the art style & storytelling. But It left me wanting more! I wasn't done! /"where's the rest of it" Zuko meme 🥲

It’s Different This Time by Joss Richard

Now reading. Another book from the Canada Reads shortlist. Hoping this one’s as good as “A Minor Chorus” was!
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A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt

Now reading. Starting the Canada Reads shortlist with this one. #CurrentlyReading #NowReading #CanadaReads #CBC

Also excited for another writing MFA peer whose novel 'Everything is Fine Here' made the 2026 #CanadaReads longlist! Woot Woot! 👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏻✨ Congratulations, Iryn Tushabe @wordsweaver.bsky.social! 😍

cover of Searching for Terry Punchout, by Tyler Hellard. CBC Canada Reads 2026 selection

18. Searching for Terry Punchout, by Tyler Hellard 💙📚✒️🇨🇦 #canadareads

Absolutely LOVED this book! A mere 208 pages that effortlessly flows. Return to a small Canadian town, old friends, estranged family, & hockey. Beautiful, poignant, & smashing my emotions while making me laugh & loving the ride.

Faye's review of Foe 4/5: This is exactly the kind of experimental, mind-gamey novel I love. I wasn't entirely sure what was going on for the first 99% of it, but I was hooked, and I found the ending very satisfying. I ho...

Read #11 of 2026: 4.5/5 stars to Foe by Iain Reid

This is exactly the kind of experimental, mind-gamey novel I love. I hope it goes far in Canada Reads. It'll probably be my pick for the winner!

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Loghan Paylor It took six years for Loghan Paylor to complete their epic first novel and only six weeks for a publisher to snap it up.

Congratulations to Loghan Paylor, alum of the @twssfu.bsky.social and instructor of our course Writing with Confidence, for being a #CanadaReads finalist for The Cure for Drowning! www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

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CBC‘s #CanadaReads returns, and this year’s top five contenders have been announced.

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Faye's review of A Minor Chorus This isn't a book I ever would have picked up if not for Canada Reads, but I really enjoyed a lot of it. There are a lot of great conversations in here about Indigenous, queer, and societal issues, as...

Read #8 of 2026: A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt

This is the first of the five Canada Reads 2026 finalists that I've read so far, and I'm already willing to bet it'll be a top contender.

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Meet the Canada Reads 2026 contenders | CBC Books The debates take place April 13 to 16 live at 10 a.m. ET.

I'm joining our national book club and doing Canada Reads this year
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