From all of us at House of Anansi Press and Groundwood Books, happy holidays! 💛 Our offices and bookshop will be closed from 5pm today until January 5th, 2026. 🎨 Art by Tine Modeweg-Hansen from COMMUNITY SNOWMAN, story by Deborah Kerbel.

✨ GIVEAWAY on The StoryGraph for SEVEN HEAVENS AWAY (out February 3rd)! ✨ ✨ Giveaway is open from December 19th – January 18th, with 10 available copies to win. ✨ 🔗 Click here to enter: app.thestorygraph.com/giveaways/7f... Giveaway is open to Canada and the United States only.

Still looking for that perfect gift? 🎁 Pop by the Anansi Bookshop right here in Toronto to shop all our books! We're open at 128 Sterling Road from 1pm - 5pm until this Friday, December 19th, when we'll be taking a short break for the holidays. 👋 We hope to see you there! #toronto #shopcanadian

Cheers to @brianboone.bsky.social and @vulture.com for including my book, John Candy: A Life In Comedy, on your Best Comedy Books of 2025. Is that a number one beside it? Further thanks for kindly noting my book’s celebration of humanity and the empathy of comedy. @houseofanansi.bsky.social

"To the surface of the road a trail rose, then a path to the surface of the trail. The desert sent its loose rock up to see." #TodaysPoem #poetry The Road In Is Not The Same Road Out by Karen Solie (2015 @HouseofAnansi.bsky.social Press) houseofanansi.com/products/the...

"Paul Myers (@pulmyears.bsky.social) writes with awe, empathy, and precision about his subjects ... and he was the right choice to conjure a loving and deeply respectful biography on a surprisingly little-documented legend of comedy." www.vulture.com/article/best...

"my throat awake in the street of lindens we both have known a grace of horses our plea to cross the soil" #TodaysPoem #poetry the unmemntioable by Erin Moure from The Unmemntioable (2012 @houseofanansi.bsky.social Press) quillandquire.com/review/the-u...

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

read an early copy of this and really loved it, keep an eye on this one next year

For readers of Jennifer Egan and Heather O’Neill, TEMPORARY PALACES is a stunning debut that captures a generation caught between the dreams that define us and the compromises that save us. 🏚️ 🔗 TEMPORARY PALACES by Jeff Miller publishes April 21st. Learn more here: houseofanansi.com/products/tem...

📺 Watch below or at 8pm tonight on TVO: Alex Neve, author of the 2025 CBC Massey Lectures, sits down to discuss whether Canada is doing enough to promote human rights globally and here at home on @therundowntvo.bsky.social #InternationalHumanRightsDay www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1eC...

"I would like all Canadians to reflect on what they can do to be part of upholding and advancing universal human rights... Silence is not an option." — @alexneve.bsky.social, former secretary general of @amnesty.ca, tonight at 8pm with @jeyantvo.bsky.social | Producer: Preeti Bhuyan #HumanRightsDay

This #InternationalHumanRightsDay, we're highlighting UNIVERSAL, the 2025 CBC Massey Lectures by Alex Neve. 🌏 🔗 Click here to learn more: houseofanansi.com/products/uni...

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: The Immortal Woman (Su Chang @houseofanansi.bsky.social): houseofanansi.com/products/the... & The Road Between Us (Bindu Suresh @pressassembly.bsky.social): assemblypress.ca/shop/road-be... See alt-text. #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #BooksWorthReading #bookish #booklovers

✨ Today is the LAST DAY to guarantee shipping from our website in time for Christmas! 🎁 🔗 Shop our curated gift guides for the readers in your life here: https://houseofanansi.com

From fascinating historical deep dives to gorgeous recipes to try in the new year, these are books for the Cool Dad in your life. 😎 🔗 Shop these books on our website here: houseofanansi.com 🎁

The CBC names ✨LETTERS TO KAFKA✨ as one of BEST BOOKS OF 2025!! I’m so delighted, humbled, and obliged 🥹❤️🫶 You can grab your copy wherever you buy books! Or the library! It’s available AROUND THE WORLD! More details: 🔗 www.christineestima.com Cc: @houseofanansi.bsky.social

🎨 ✍️ Got an artist on your list this year? Poetry makes the perfect present! 🔗 Click here to explore our Poetic Presents gift guide: houseofanansi.com/collections/...

Today is the LAST DAY to shop our Black Friday Sale online! Get 30% OFF BOOKS when you use the code: BLACKFRIDAY2025 (after discounts, before tax). 📚 Shop the sale here: houseofanansi.com

The new metaphysical in A.F. Moritz's Great Silent Ballad, reviewed today! reviewsofbooksigotforfreeorcheap.substack.com/p/af-moritzs... #booksky @afmoritz.bsky.social @houseofanansi.bsky.social

My #HistoricalFiction roundup for @thestar.com includes titles by 4 Canadian women novelists: Donna Jones Alward, @annykchoi.bsky.social @cestima.bsky.social & Natalie Jenner. www.thestar.com/entertainmen... @houseofanansi.bsky.social @harpercollinsca.bsky.social @stmartinspress.bsky.social

Paul Myers joins us to chat about his new book, John Candy: A Life In Comedy. Paul is also the host of the @recordstoreday.bsky.social podcast, so he’s got stories about some of our favorite artists, and we can’t get enough! @pantheonpodcasts.bsky.social @houseofanansi.bsky.social #JohnCandy

This Friday and Saturday only, our Prose and Poems hats, puzzles, and tote bags are 50% OFF at the Anansi Bookshop! 🧢 These make perfect gifts for the stylish book lovers in your life. 📍 Our bookshop is located at 128 Sterling Road, Toronto. Friday hours: 1pm - 6pm. Saturday hours: 11am - 5pm.

🔍 You'll never guess who did it ... From cold cases to thrilling chases, these books are perfect gifts for the True Crime Podcast Listener in your life! 🎁 🔗 Click here to shop these books and more: houseofanansi.com/collections/...

✨ Announcing Our ... BLACK FRIDAY SALE! ✨ 🔗 Browse our titles to get ready to save this weekend here: https://houseofanansi.com 🛍️ Note: We are not shipping orders to the U.S. at this time.

Paul's book is a monumental but tender biography, with interview content from Candy's many friends, famous and not famous. A perfect Holiday gift, and as my daughter Avolyn recently said, John Candy as Del Griffith in Planes, Trains and Automobiles IS Thanksgiving 🍂

Read an excerpt from the enthralling new short story collection, PLANET EARTH (@houseofanansi.bsky.social), by Nicholas Ruddock. It's right here and free for our Open Book readers! #AmReading #ShortStories #Fiction #CanLit open-book.ca/News/Read-an...

✨ Stories that deliver on thrills, romance, and suspense! These are gifts for the Historical Fiction Fan. 🎁 🔗 Click here to explore our Historical Fiction Gift Guide: houseofanansi.com/collections/...

WATCH Paul Myers, author of JOHN CANDY: A LIFE IN COMEDY, on TVO! @therundowntvo.bsky.social 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQAF...

Introducing ... INHERITANCE, a novel by Jane Park 🗡️ In INHERITANCE, a Korean Canadian woman returns to the prairies, where she revisits her childhood and confronts her haunting guilt. 🌼 Publishes April 7th, 2026. Learn more here: https://houseofanansi.com/products/inheritance

So ... are we ready to talk about the holidays? 🤭 You'll find that our website's home page is TAKEN OVER by customized book collections for every reader in your life — It's never been so easy to give the gift of reading! 🎁 🔗 Explore our gift guide collections here: https://houseofanansi.com

Can you believe these books have been out for a month?! ✨ I MAKE MY OWN FUN, written by Hannah Beer 🪲 AS THE EARTH DREAMS, edited by Terese Mason Pierre (@teresempierre.bsky.social) 🔗 Available now where books are sold! Purchase your copies here: https://houseofanansi.com/collections/new-releases

Quill Christie-Peters discussion her incredible new work of non-fiction, ON WHOLENESS (@houseofanansi.bsky.social), and the power of collective liberation. Check it our interview with the author here! #AmReading #Nonfiction #Indigenous #Writing open-book.ca/News/Quill-C...

Doesn’t #ADaughtersPlace look gorgeous sitting at the beautiful bar in #LaPlume at #TheWell Last night? This is where #OSLER, the prestigious law firm, held its annual women’s book club meeting, and I will forever be grateful that they picked my novel!!! @houseofanansi.bsky.social

🏆 HEYDAYS AT THE JUNE MOTEL: BEACH TOWN CLASSICS is a 2025 Taste Canada Award WINNER, earning GOLD in the General Cookbooks category! 🎉 🔗 Learn more about the mouth-watering recipes in this cookbook here: https://houseofanansi.com/products/heydays-at-the-june-motel

WATCH Paul Myers (@pulmyears.bsky.social) on WGN TV Chicago discussing JOHN CANDY: A LIFE IN COMEDY! 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axzr...

🌏 PLANET EARTH by Nicholas Ruddock, a collection of international award-winning stories of life and love in the midst of planetary decline has been out for one week! “Quick and brilliant.” — Guelph Today 🔥 🔗 Out now! Learn more here: https://houseofanansi.com/products/planet-earth

Seeing #NoStarsintheSky and #ADaughtersPlace together on #literaryfestival tables just never gets old. Thank you @houseofanansi.bsky.social for the gift of these books! And thank you #wildwriters for inviting me this weekend to be a part of your wonderful festival! It was such a treat! 🙏🎉🥰📚🇨🇦

✨ “A genuine story … If you’re looking to offset the bitterness of our times with the taste of life’s sweetness, try a dose of Candy.” — The Literary Review of Canada 🍬 🔗 Learn more about JOHN CANDY: A LIFE IN COMEDY by Paul Myers here: https://houseofanansi.com/products/john-candy

Late in the day daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: two CBC Massey Lectures through @houseofanansi.bsky.social: @astra.bsky.social’s The Age of Insecurity & @alexneve.bsky.social’s Universal: houseofanansi.com/collections/... #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books

WELLWATER by Karen Solie is now the third WINNER of the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry by House of Anansi in a row! 🎉 🔗 Learn more about WELLWATER and House of Anansi's poetry collections on our website here: https://houseofanansi.com/collections/poetry/products/wellwater

congratulations to Karen Solie, winner of the 2025 Governor General's Award for Poetry! here's my review of the book, in case you hadn't seen: / @houseofanansi.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/05/kare...

🏆 The WINNER of the 2025 Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry is ... ✨ WELLWATER by Karen Solie! ✨ 🔗 Learn more about WELLWATER here: https://houseofanansi.com/products/wellwater #GGBooks #GGBooks2025

We're honouring #VeteransWeek and this upcoming #RemembranceDay with these stories about the heroes, victims, and lasting impact of WWI and WWII. ❤️ 🔗 Learn more about these books here: https://houseofanansi.com/collections/remembrance-day-collection

🌀 ON WHOLENESS by Quill Christie-Peters published one week ago! “An embodied voyage through Anishinaabe culture, wisdom, and storytelling … A must-read.” —Céline Semaan, Slow Factory 🔗 Out now! Learn more here: https://houseofanansi.com/products/on-wholeness

Happy #PubDay to PLANET EARTH: STORIES by Nicholas Ruddock! 🔥 🌍 A collection of International award–winning stories of life and love in the midst of planetary decline. 🔗 PLANET EARTH by Nicholas Ruddock is out now, learn more here: https://houseofanansi.com/products/planet-earth#PubDay#newbooktuesday

TOMORROW NIGHT! CIUT 89.5FM 10pm - 11pm host @valentinoassenza.bsky.social talks to Paul Myers about the book “John Candy: A Life In Comedy” @houseofanansi.bsky.social Valentino also talks to poet Irina Moga about her book “Quantum” (Dark Winter Press). TUNE IN TOMORROW NIGHT!

Author Su Chang does not do public-facing events to support her first novel because of fears of how the Chinese government might react to the issues and history it explores. @thewalrus.ca @houseofanansi.bsky.social Listen to our conversation: podcasts.apple.com/kg/podcast/s...

"Making a playlist that feels like the book I’m writing is the very first thing I do – even before I’ve started writing the book itself." Hannah Beer shared a playlist for her debut novel I Make My Own Fun at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/11/02/h... @houseofanansi.bsky.social

Going into the Anansi archive as we celebrate the writing and legacy of Margaret Atwood! ✨ ❓Did you know that Margaret Atwood was an editor at House of Anansi Press in the 1970s? 🔗 Click the link here to learn more about these books here: houseofanansi.com/search?type=...