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

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!