Shout out to @49thshelf.bsky.social and @cdnpublishers.bsky.social for helping us promote our Canadian books! #booksky

One of this year’s most talked-about memoirs is Claire Cameron’s powerful How to Survive a Bear Attack @aaknopf.bsky.social! Check out our conversation with her on "The Chat": 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11... #CanLit

In our special coverage of this year’s Governor General’s Awards, we chat with Kyle Edwards. Kyle’s novel Small Ceremonies (McClelland & Stewart) is the 2025 Governor General’s Award winner for Fiction! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/12... #CanLit

What's on our radar this month? Abortion Rights YA, Spies for Christmas, Field Notes, a Life in Comedy, Soviet-Era Intrigue, and More! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/12... @palimpsestpress.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social @houseofanansi.bsky.social #CanLit

Have you checked out our top fiction of 2025? The only thing better than this wide-ranging list of excellent Canadian fiction is that every single title on it is up for giveaway! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/12... @breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social @gooselane.bsky.social @nimbuspub.bsky.social #CanLit

Finding publishers like these is now easier than ever, thanks to the Certified Canadian Publisher seal. On our website, users can now easily identify if a book has been produced by a Canadian-owned publisher. Just look for the seal! #BuyCanadian #MadeInCanada #CanLit

Check out "Books that Build Bridges" - A recommended reading list by Keiko Honda, the translator of the new book 'The Broken Map Home: Escaping Korea, 1945 written by Konosuke Masuda. @caitlinpress.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11... #CanLit

"The Seaside Cafe Metropolis is a rich, funny, and quietly poignant chronicle of this most distinguished undistinguished establishment, where KGB agents listen from the basement to microphones installed at the tables." 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/12... @49thshelf.bsky.social

To mark the season, and the end of the year (yes, really!), the booksellers of the Shelf Talkers panel have assembled a cornucopia of book recommendations. Check it out at: 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11... #CanLit

in which i offer recommendations for 49th Shelf: new/recent titles by Anna Swanson, Qurat Dar, Isabella Wang, Melanie Dennis Unrau, Gillian Sze, Jumoke Verissimo, Hajer Mirwali + Sadiqa de Meijer, / @49thshelf.bsky.social @talonbooks.bsky.social @gooselane.bsky.social ; 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11...

Jazzed to see Non-Prophet included in this recommended reading list by @robmclennan.bsky.social for @49thshelf.bsky.social! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11...

THE WORLD SO WIDE by Zilla Jones is a 49th Shelf Top Fiction of 2025 pick! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/12... @49thshelf.bsky.social @mandagroup.bsky.social

We've got new books on the creative life for you! ...with titles from @houseofanansi.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @dandq.bsky.social @dundurnpress.bsky.social @biblioasis.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/New-Releases... #CanLit

Today's blog post is about book lists; one for @49thshelf.bsky.social and one for Shepherd.com. It's an ode to CanLit and the joys of reading. watershednotes.ca/2025/11/19/t...

What We Carry is our newest column tracing stories of migration, movement + ancestral memory from authors who write across intersections of identity, borders, cultures + generations. @ecwpress.bsky.social @playcanpress.bsky.social @btlbooks.com @arsenalpulp.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11...

Second Story Press is featured in a Publisher Spotlight by 49th Shelf! 🌟 @49thshelf.bsky.social Read the full interview with Second Story Press co-publishers Phuong Truong and Emma Rodgers here: 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11... #Publisher #booksky #CanLit #Interview

CAN POSTERS KILL? ANTISEMITIC PROPAGANDA AND WORLD WAR II is featured in a piece by @49thshelf.bsky.social on teaching Remembrance Day: kids.49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11... CAN POSTERS KILL? examines historical posters from WWII to explore the use of propaganda as a tool for spreading hate. #booksky

Starry Starry Night by Shani Mootoo "is a masterpiece and one that will stay with me for a long, long time. Exquisite. Unforgettable,” writes Justine Abigail Yu of @49thshelf.bsky.social in What We Carry, a list tracing stories of migration, movement & ancestral memory. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11...

A new Australian study reveals strong links between hope and wellbeing. And unlike cognitive skills, hope remains malleable throughout life, which means that it's a muscle we are capable of growing at any stage. Here are some books to get you started! 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member... #CanLit

In a starred review, Booklist calls Delrée Dumont's pointillist illustrations in This Land Is a Lullaby "exquisite," and we agree....and apparently so do the Governor General's Literary Awards! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2024/09... #CanLit @orcabook.bsky.social

"I don’t know all these poets...some of them I know well—some of them I’ve known well into the past century...don’t let that stop you from loving their work—I never do." Check out these reading recos from women & roosters author Fenn Stewart for @49thshelf.bsky.social. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/09...

Sibling relationships are ripe for storytelling: you can grow up in the same place with another person and have completely different experiences. Check out this book list on sibling dynamics by Nadia Ragbar, author of The Pugilist and the Sailor @invisibooks.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/10...

What's on our reading radar this month? Bittersweet Nostalgia, Time Travel, 1960s' Trinidad, Willow Witches, and More with titles from @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/10... #CanLit

I had so much fun making this list of amazing short story writers and novelists for @49thshelf.bsky.social It includes @zoewhittall.bsky.social @mbatiz.bsky.social Chava Rosenfarb Val Bah @sydhegele.bsky.social and more 💗💗📚 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/10...

The Governor General’s Literary Awards celebrate literature and inspire people to read books by creators from Canada. Congratulations to all those recognized! 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member... #CanLit

Take a look at this recommended reading list by Danila Botha, author of A Place for People Like Us. @guernicaeditions.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/10... #CanLit

The amazing crew at @49thshelf.bsky.social are hosting a giveaway of The Wonder Lands War, my latest Cross supernatural thriller. 🎁 Visit 49thshelf.com/Giveaways for a chance to win a copy of The Wonder Lands War. The giveaway period ends Nov. 1, so enter now! 🔗: 49thshelf.com/Giveaways

Looking for some reads to get into that spooky mood? Check out these titles from @skyhorsepublishing.bsky.social @dundurnpress.bsky.social @harpercollinsca.bsky.social @touchwooded.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member... #CanLit

Thanks to @49thshelf.bsky.social for shining a light on us in the Publisher Spotlight series. We had the pleasure of chatting about our story & when we arrived on the CanLit scene 21 years ago, stand-out titles over the years, upcoming books we're excited about, & more. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/10...

What is a chapbook, you ask? Dawn Macdonald unpacks the format. https://bit.ly/4pY0qXQ @yukondawn.bsky.social @49thshelf.bsky.social @canadianpoets.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @bookgaga.bsky.social #poetry

What's on our radar this month? Bittersweet Nostalgia, Time Travel, 1960s' Trinidad, Willow Witches, and More! Check out with titles from @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/10... #CanLit

Let's play ball! We're riding high from the Jays' win last night! Here are books to read at the World Series ⚾ with titles from @talonbooks.bsky.social @harpercollinsca.bsky.social @biblioasis.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social @radiantpress.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member... #CanLit

Canada has a thriving publishing industry putting out books in every conceivable genre. Look for the seal on a book’s physical back cover, copyright page, or on our website to find amazing reads edited, designed, marketed, and distributed by Canadian professionals! #CanLit #IReadCanadian

It's spooky season! Here are some "Books to Read When the Veil is Thin" with titles from @latitude46pub.bsky.social @inhabitmedia.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @steerforthpress.bsky.social @dundurnpress.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/10... #CanLit

We're excited to shine a spotlight on one of Canada’s many dynamic independent publishers, Book*hug Press. @bookhugpress.bsky.social is a Canadian-owned + operated, radically optimistic independent publisher working at the forefront of contemporary book culture. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/10... #CanLit

New Indigenous authored and/or illustrated books for Fall 2025: 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/09...

📣Editors of Saskatoon!📣 There's still one week left to apply to the Assistant Editor position with Thistledown Press! Visit our website to read the full job description and apply: thistledownpress.com/2025/09/25/w...

Do you love Canadian stories? Support the people who bring them to life! The Certified Canadian Publisher seal helps you identify books published by Canadian-owned companies. Learn more at certifiedcanadianpublisher.com. #CanadianBooks #BuyLocal #CanLit

Thanks to Conor McDonnell for including ZZOO on a list of books that inspired his work for @49thshelf.bsky.social! And congrats to Conor on his latest poetry collection, What We Know So Far Is, out yesterday from @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social! Read the full list here: 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member...

Thank you to the Association of Canadian Publishers and @49thshelf.bsky.social for organizing this exciting new industry standard. NeWest is proud to have all of our books written, published, and printed in Canada.

What is restorying? Learn more in this excerpt from 'Restorying Your Story: Reclaiming Your Voice in the Face of Past Injustice' by Michael Gauthier, @medicinewheelpub.bsky.social. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/09... #CanLit #Reconciliation #DiverseCanLit

We already know you read Canadian authors—now, you can support Canadian-owned publishers, too! Look for the brand new Certified Canadian Publisher seal on the 49th Shelf website, and double your 🇨🇦support. #BuyCanadian #ReadCanadian🇨🇦 #CanLit

“My first fight with Ma was over a boy—a baby boy. It was 1969, I was two, and my bratty little brother, Tommy, was on his way. I already didn’t like him much.” Read an excerpt from the memoir Worldly Girls by @bokchoygurltjong.bsky.social on @49thshelf.bsky.social. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/09...

Honoured for Shoebox to be included in such esteemed company! @49thshelf.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/07...

Today and every day, we have a responsibility to learn the ongoing impacts of colonization on this land colonially known as "Canad". Here are some books to read for National Truth and Reconciliation Day and all days with titles: 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member... #DiverseCanLit

Poetry: a Self-ish List of Threads and Connections by Fenn Stewart, author of women and roosters @bookhugpress.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/09... #CanLit #Poetry

Great to see ALL OF US on this list of most anticipated kids' books!

Thank you for including STEVE BORN TO RUN, I'M LONGER THAN YOU, WEDNESDAY WILSON LOOKS ON THE FRIGHT SIDE, BENJAMIN GROWS A GARDEN, THE MUSEUM OF WILLA AND WADE, REZ KID, CALL ME GRAY, THE SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL and ADVENTURES IN MATH.

What's on our radar this month? War's Legacy, Forest Magic, Bad Indians, Summer Camp, and Secrets in Lebanon! Check out these titles from @nimbuspub.bsky.social @gooselane.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @fernpub.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/09... #CanLit

Most Anticipated: Our Fall 2025 Books for Young Readers Preview with titles from @owlkids.bsky.social @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social @orcabook.bsky.social @kidscanpress.bsky.social @cormorantbooks.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/08... #CanLit