In Praise of Queer Family: The Chat with Matthew J. Trafford, author of Runs in the Blood @arsenalpulp.bsky.social. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/09... #DiverseCanLit #CanLit

Double or Nothing: Celebrating the Second Novel. Here’s a list of recommended second novels by some of Canada’s favourite authors as curated by Ann Y.K. Choi, author of All Things Under the Moon @simonschusterca.bsky.social. #CanLit 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/09...

Thrilled to see @kirsten-marion.bsky.social featured!

Canadian independent presses are doing standout work! We're so honoured to feature @commondeerpress.bsky.social who publishes uncommon and exceptionally well-written literature for young people! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/08... #CanLit

Thank you to 49th shelf @49thshelf.bsky.social for including if:prey, then:huntress on this list! I'm in fine company: @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social @isabellawangbc.bsky.social @ronnabloom.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social, John Barton, Joseph Dandurand- and more!

The Most Anticipated Fall Fiction Preview from @49thshelf.bsky.social is here and we're thrilled to see new books by Shani Mootoo, Cary Fagan, and Sibylle Grimbert, tr. by Aleshia Jensen included in it. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/07...

Thank you to @49thshelf.bsky.social for including women & roosters by Fenn Stewart in the Most Anticipated Fall 2025 Poetry Preview. women & roosters will be released on October 28 and is now available for pre-order: bookhugpress.ca/shop/author/...

The Booksellers' List, a new initiative by the Canadian Independent Booksellers' Association (CIBA), celebrates the top 20 books of the season as voted on by hundreds of independent booksellers across the country. Check out these Canadian books in the spotlight! #CanLit 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/09...

So delighted to see The Garbage Poems on this preview list from @49thshelf.bsky.social - and especially to share it with so many fabulous poets! I just got to hear Katherena Vermette read from Procession this week at Woody Point and it was extraordinary.

Playful Poetry on 49th Shelf: A recommended reading list from the author of NORTHERNY, winner of the 2025 Canadian First Book Prize. Here, she shares some of her favourite collections with a sense of play. https://bit.ly/41B8dAb ‪@49thshelf.bsky.social‬

Still time to catch up on our August summer reading list! Get reading these titles from @touchwooded.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @mawenzihouse.bsky.social @dundurnpress.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member... #CanLit

Indigenous author and illustrator Gord Hill is back with a timely and expanded edition of The Antifa Comic Book (@arsenalpulp.bsky.social) and we sat down to chat! Check out our conversation: 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/08... #CanLit #DiverseCanLit #Comics

Most Anticipated: Our 2025 Fall Poetry Preview with titles from @caitlinpress.bsky.social @talonbooks.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social @pottersfieldpress.bsky.social @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/08... #Poetry #CanLit

Guides, Mirrors, and Gentle Companions – check out this reading list by Brittany Penner, author of Children Like Us, @doubledaybooks.bsky.social. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/08... #CanLit #DiverseCanLit

The Most Anticipated Fall 2025 Nonfiction Preview from @49thshelf.bsky.social is here and we're overjoyed to see new books by Marianne Apostolides, @bokchoygurltjong.bsky.social and @michaelvsmith.bsky.social included in it! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/07...

The @49thshelf.bsky.social 2025 fall #poetry preview includes works by Wendy Donawa, @danielaelza.bsky.social, @scottjackshaw.bsky.social, @johnbradymcd.bsky.social, @christinashah.bsky.social, @annajswan.bsky.social, @paulvermeersch.bsky.social, @nicolavulpe.bsky.social + more! tinyurl.com/5f7mt9ny

It was such a treat to curate this fun list!

IT'S HERE! Check out our 2025 fall nonfiction preview with titles from @latitude46pub.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social @biblioasis.bsky.social @doubledaybooks.bsky.social @medicinewheelpub.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/07... #CanLit

We've got a recommended reading list of playful poetry from the author of Dawn Macdonald, author of Northerny (University of Alberta Press), winner of the 2025 Canadian First Book Prize, awarded by the Griffin Poetry Prize! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/07... #CanLit #Poetry

What's on our radar this month? We've got essays on crisis, murder in Wales, the Vietnam War and Newfoundland, and the wonders of blue space. Check out these titles from @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/07... #CanLit

We agree: Mireille Gagné's Horsefly (translated by Pablo Strauss) is a great late summer read!

Get a head start on your August reading with our top picks! We've got our eyes on titles from @breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social @touchwooded.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @mawenzihouse.bsky.social. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/07... #CanLit

big thanks to the folks at @49thshelf.bsky.social for including POST-MAN on their most anticipated fall non-fiction preview! critics are saying it's "most" and also "anticipated" — shouldn't you find out why? 🤔🧐

There are a couple of days left in this @49thshelf.bsky.social giveaway for my book (closes Aug 3). Enter for a chance to win one of three copies. 49thshelf.com/Giveaways #contests

Kyo Lee - the youngest poet to win the CBC Poetry Prize - is writing what's lost in translation. Check out our interview about her intimate debut poetry collection 'i cut my tongue on a broken country' @arsenalpulp.bsky.social. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/07... #CanLit #Poetry #DiverseCanLit

@49thshelf.bsky.social ‬ has released their list of most anticipated Canadian fiction for Fall 2025 and 🤍THE GUEST CHILDREN🤍 by @patrickt.bsky.social! 🎉 https://loom.ly/U-xG24o

7 Canadian Literary Tapas: Short Stories and an Essay to Feast on This Summer! A recommended reading list by Martha Bátiz, author of A Daughter's Place @houseofanansi.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/07... #CanLit

Have you checked out our July reading list yet? There's still time to catch up this month! Get your summer reading started with this terrific fiction list with titles from @cormorantbooks.bsky.social @breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/06... #CanLit

How wonderful to see my novel The Austens on this list! Thank you, @49thshelf.bsky.social. ❤️

It's here! Our 2025 Fall Fiction Preview with titles from @scribnerbooks.bsky.social @nimbuspub.bsky.social @gooselane.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social @houseofanansi.bsky.social @pottersfieldpress.bsky.social! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/07... #CanLit

"Queer Stories Are Vital": The Chat with Eddy Boudel Tan, author of The Tiger and the Cosmonaut (Penguin Group Canada) 49thshelf.com/Books/T/The-... #CanLit #QueerWriters #DiverseCanLit

Fantastic list featuring one of our summer favourites, THIS ONE SUMMER! 😊

Feeling the heat? Here are 7 books on the healing power of water with titles from @uoftpress.bsky.social @geoffreyyork.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @haymarketbooks.org 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/06... #CanLit

The cottage, the cabin, the camp… the name is different, but the place stays the same, every single year. Here are our recommended cottage books with titles from @aaknopf.bsky.social @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @harpercollinsca.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member...

ENCAMPMENT from @maggiehelwig.bsky.social, as essential reading on how to live in the world right now. View the full reading list below!

49th Shelf is giving away copies of the books on their July Reading List, and that includes A Dark Death. If you'd like to enter to win a copy of my book, click below. shorturl.at/YZmN9 @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social @49thshelf.bsky.social #writers #writingcommunity #booksky #Mystery

I put together a reading list of books about societies in various states of collapse. Read it on @49thshelf.bsky.social’s website. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/07... #books #canlit #speculativefiction

Our world is growing ever more complex day by day. Here are some essential stories about how to live in the world right now with titles from @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @arsenalpulp.bsky.social @aaknopf.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/07... #CanLit

Great list, including David Bergen's Away from the Dead gooselane.com/awayfromthedead

As we celebrate the publication of the Robert Zacharias-edited volume IN SEARCH OF A MENNONITE IMAGINATION: KEY TEXTS IN MENNONITE LITERARY CRITICISM, we warmly commend this list of influential Mennonite books that have enriched Canada's cultural scene.

Have you checked out our new Publisher Spotlight series? We're highlighting Canadian independent presses doing standout work in the literary and academic world! Check out @shadowpawpress.bsky.social! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/06... #CanLit

Looking for more reads? Check out these impressive Mennonite books that have made an impact on the Canadian literary scene with titles from @cmupress-ca.bsky.social @conundrumpress.bsky.social @gooselane.bsky.social @aaknopf.bsky.social: 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/06... #CanLit

Our editor enthuses about books piling up on her mind and on her nightstand. What's on our radar this month? 1983 Grenada, a Novel to Warm Your Heart, Gritty Vancouver Crime Fiction! @cormorantbooks.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @harbourpublishing.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/06...

Fierce, tender, and soul-stirring Indigenous reads with titles from @houseofanansi.bsky.social @harpercollinsca.bsky.social @aaknopf.bsky.social @doubledaybooks.bsky.social #IndigenousReads

Thank you to @49thshelf.bsky.social for including I Remember Lights by @helloiamben.bsky.social and Iris and the Dead by Miranda Schreiber in this recommended reading list for Pride featuring new books by LGBTQ2S+ writers. 🌈 49thshelf.com/.../2025-25/...

Expo love in Queer Montreal! Read our interview with Ben Ladouceur, author of 'I Remember Lights' @bookhugpress.bsky.social – 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/06... #Pride #CanLit #DiverseCanLit

New reading list out from our friends @49thshelf.bsky.social See: 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/06...

While June may be Pride, at 49th Shelf, we celebrate 2SLGBTQ+ writers all year 'round! Check out some of our recommendations with titles from @bookhugpress.bsky.social @nimbuspub.bsky.social @dundurnpress.bsky.social @atriabooks.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member... #CanLit #QueerWriters

Thanks for including A DAUGHTER'S PLACE! 😊 Learn more about this title here: houseofanansi.com/products/a-d...