It's a love story, baby, just say yes! Books for #ValentinesDay 2026: 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member... @ecwpress.bsky.social @doubledaybooks.bsky.social @harpercollinsca.bsky.social @houseofanansi.bsky.social #CanLit

Thank you to @49thshelf.bsky.social for including Common Deer Press in your Publisher Spotlight 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/08... #kidlit

A fantastic list of nonfiction for 2026. My TBR runneth over. #amreading #booksky💙📚

Looking for some solid social-emotional learning (SEL) books for littles? I put together a round-up of some of my favourites from the last couple of years for the @49thshelf.bsky.social. Check ‘em out:

What's on our radar this month? Gripping Suspense, Woman Power, and Sharing the Light! @gooselane.bsky.social @houseofanansi.bsky.social #CanLit 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/01...

The Closest Thing We Have to Time Travel: A recommended reading list by Jennifer Chevalier, the author of The Winter Witch @simonschusterca.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/01... #CanLit

Here it is! Our 2026 Nonfiction Spring Preview with titles from @dundurnpress.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @doubledaybooks.bsky.social @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social @ubcpress.bsky.social @umanitobapress.bsky.social @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social #CanLit 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/01...

"Read these books that aren’t about traditional families, but take note of the families within, at how the plots here whisper occasionally to you that families, all kinds of families, will always be present, one way or the other." M.S. Berry, author of Behind the Door. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/01...

The Most Anticipated Spring 2026 Fiction Preview is here from @49thshelf.bsky.social and we're thrilled to see three of our forthcoming novels on in the list, including titles from Michael Eddy, @lizjohnston.bsky.social & @dnandi.bsky.social. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/01...

The latest instalment of the CIBA's Booksellers' List is out! And several Canadian titles have been featured 🍁 including Staying Power by Zena Sharman, from Books BC member @arsenalpulp.bsky.social! Check out the full list here: www.indiebookstores.ca/tbl/

Check out my book list at @49thshelf.bsky.social, featuring Canadian literature that feeds our sense of place. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/01...

Most Anticipated: Our Spring 2026 Fiction Preview with titles from @dundurnpress.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social @atriabooks.bsky.social @talonbooks.bsky.social @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social @breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/01... #CanLit

Sarah Boon, author of MELTDOWN, shares some favourite books on @49thshelf.bsky.social . "The west has been my formative landscape, as are the landscapes of the books on this list." https://bit.ly/4jEAmOR Learn more about MELTDOWN: https://bit.ly/41lawaq

Thank you, @49thshelf.bsky.social! Coming May 19⚡️

Did you read the books highlighted by 49th Shelf last year as "necessary nonfiction"? They listed essential stories about how to live in the world. It included Kate Beaton's BODIES OF ART, BODIES OF LABOUR along with several other amazing books. https://bit.ly/4j5SQHP @49thshelf.bsky.social

Canadian Authors Dominate the Latest Booksellers' List! Check out the second instalment of the CIBA's Booksellers' List highlights some of the most exciting books readers will be picking up this season. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/01... #CanLit

We've got new books for a fresh year! Books to help you welcome 2026 from a healthy, happy place! @houseofanansi.bsky.social @harpercollinsca.bsky.social @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social @simonschusterca.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/01...

ACP is excited to launch the Certified Canadian Publisher program! 🍁📚 Look for the seal when you buy books and you'll: 📖Support Canadian jobs 🏆Champion Canadian talent 🏘 Strengthen communities 💰Boost our economy 🍁 Preserve Canadian stories www.certifiedcanadianpublisher.com

Check out my list of Canadian books that are steeped in place. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/01... @49thshelf.bsky.social @ualbertapress.bsky.social

On Sugaring Off and the sweet alchemy of translation: The Chat on @49thshelf.bsky.social with Fanny Britt, Susan Ouriou, & Hazel Millar. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/01...

Looking for books that will challenge assumptions, expand empathy, and gently transform you in beautiful ways? P.P. Wong, author of Slice the Water @gooselane.bsky.social, shares titles to shift your perspective! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/01... #CanLit

We've been reading provocative books of letters, of correspondence, of exchanges in thought. If you also find yourself yearning to slow down and deepen, these reads are for you! @thedialpress.bsky.social @aaknopf.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/01... #CanLit

Happy New Year, everyone! We're here with some books to help you welcome 2026 from a healthy, happy place. @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social @houseofanansi.bsky.social @harpercollinsca.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @simonschusterca.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/01... #CanLit

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