Thank you to all who has supported me and my writing this year and all the years—including Dawn Macdonald and Sara Hailstone, who recently reviewed my chapbook, the blades of grass are dreaming (Anstruther Press, 2025). open.substack.com/pub/theseabo... www.sarahailstone.com/book-reviews...

In this NBN episode, I interview acclaimed Alberta poet and wonderful human Rayanne Haines about her stunning book, What Kind of Daughter (Frontenac House Press, 2024). Listen in: newbooksnetwork.com/what-kind-of... @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

I’m delighted to share my NBN conversation with the brilliant and critically acclaimed writer Yvonne Blomer about her stunning narrative poetry, Death of Persephone: A Murder (Caitlin Press, 2024). newbooksnetwork.com/death-of-per... @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social

This epically funny historical epic considers all the challenges of being immortal while taking the reader on a unique journey through time. Read the full review. And buy the first book now! @guernicaeditions.bsky.social @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Delighted to share two of my first events for the release of my novel, The Unravelling of Ou (Palimpsest Press, February 15, 2026). There’s a family-friendly event at Blue Heron Books in Uxbridge, Ontario & one on March 19th at 7 p.m. at Another Story Bookshop in Toronto. More details to come!

Celebrate traditionally published Canadian and Indigenous literature with us here at River Street! Just follow along, and if you’re interested in reviewing new and forthcoming books, drop us a line. www.riverstreetwriting.com/join-river-s... We’ll tell you how to get started (it’s easy!). ♥️ 📚

My NBN episode with Treena Orchard is my first on the biography channel! Thank you to Treena for joining me to talk about her fascinating memoir, Sticky, Sexy, Sad: Swipe Culture and the Darker Side of Dating Apps (Aevo, U Toronto Press, 2024). Tune in. ♥️ newbooksnetwork.com/sticky-sexy-...

Anyone else go to their local library this week to stock up on holiday reading? 🎄 📚 We did, and look what we found: A Quilting of Scars by Lucy E.M. Black (NoN Publishing) and A Watch of Nightingales by Catherine Walker (Inanna Publishing)! Big love to all the librarians who celebrate CanLit. ♥️

✨Coming February 15, 2026✨The Unravelling of Ou, by award-winning Iranian-Canadian author Hollay Ghadery, published by Palimpsest Press. Learn more: palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un... Request a review copy: www.riverstreetwriting.com/join-river-s... @palimpsestpress.bsky.social

I was very happy to sit down with @hollay.bsky.social on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast and talk about my new collection of poems NMLCT. Click on this link to listen to our conversations! newbooksnetwork.com/nmlct

In this NBN episode, I speak with the wonderful Ann Cavlovic about her new novel, Count on Me (Guernica Editions, 2025). The holidays are not easy for so many with difficult family dynamics, and I think this book would be a timely read. Listen in: newbooksnetwork.com/count-on-me

TOMORROW NIGHT! CIUT 89.5FM 10pm - 11pm @hollay.bsky.social welcomes Mary Ann Moore talking about her poetry chapbook “Modern Words For Beauty” (Sarah Clark Design) & novelist Brad Smith talking about “Billy Crawford’s Double Play” @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social TUNE IN TOMORROW NIGHT!

Some books just make you trot out the superlatives. Alison Gadsby’s story collection Breathing Is How Some People Stay Alive is one of them. It’s a powerful debut from a superbly skilled and imaginative writer, filled with stories that are …

Read Sheri Doyle's review of @hollay.bsky.social's Widow Fantasies (pub. Gordon Hill Press) in Issue 33! The slim but spirited collection, containing 33 stories, is infused with a full spectrum of emotions, from rage and revenge to fierce love and soft longing www.thetemzreview.com/doyle-ghader...

Thank you to Catherine Whitnall for the interview and interest in my forthcoming novel, The Unravelling of Ou, which will be released February 2026 by Palimpsest Press. You can read the full interview in the Peterborough Examiner. linktr.ee/hollayghadery @palimpsestpress.bsky.social

In this NBN episode, I was tickled to interview Gregory Betts, one of the poets behind the collaboration, Muttertongue: what is a word in utter space (Siren Recordings/ Exile Editions, 2025) – by Lillian Allen, Gary Barwin, and Gregory Betts. Listen in: newbooksnetwork.com/muttertongue

Coming February 2026 WOMEN AMONG MONUMENTS: Solitude, Permission, and the Pursuit of Female Genius, by acclaimed author Kasia Van Schaik (February 17, 2026, Dundurn Press). www.dundurn.com/books_/t2211... Request a review copy here! ⬇️ www.riverstreetwriting.com/join-river-s...

Thank you for this marvellous review!

In my latest 3% entry, I share about being unable to muster the energy to worry about book publicity as a book publicist and author with a book coming out in less than two months. I also explain where the 3% came from. substack.com/@hollayghade...

Thank you to The TEMZ Review and Sheri Doyle for the wonderful review of my flash fiction collection, Widow Fantasies, which was released with Gordon Hill Press in 2024. 🩵 Read the review here: www.thetemzreview.com/doyle-ghader... #flashfiction

“The Unraveling of Ou is wonderfully layered, with a compelling plot and deeply realized characters.” —K.R. Wilson, author of Stan on Guard You can pre-order our books wherever books are bought or borrowed. 🧦 : palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un... ✨: guernicaeditions.com/products/sta...

“The Book of Interruptions resists continuity… what emerges is poetry that begins and breaks, self-dissects, and starts again, offering up language attuned to the ruptures we inhabit, those that insist on remaining open.” —Selena Mercuri, The Literary Review of Canada @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social

Listen pals…. Alison’s book is @anotherstoryto.bsky.social Run and grab a copy because it arrived early and not sure if any other book store will get them. Yeeeeeeep!!!!

In a recent NBN episode, I got to speak with Robert de la Chevrotiere about his breathtaking new novel, Tall is Her Body (Kensington, 2025). I’ve been recommending this book to everyone! newbooksnetwork.com/tall-is-her-... @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social

Can't wait @krwbooks.bsky.social!!!

I reached out to Jason Allen, author of 52 Things to Do in Hamilton: The Insider’s Guide to Fun in the Hammer ( @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social, 2025) to ask him about his book & his experience travel writing the hyper local. Read our interview here: creativenonfictioncollective.ca/interview-wi...

Our next RIYL (recommended if you like) pairing is for those who love brilliant, nonhuman characters, such as Marcellus in Remarkably Bright Creatures. If you loved reading about Marcellus, we think you'll love reading about Coralie in The Midnight Project. bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/the...

Congratulations, Nancy!

In this @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode, I speak with Concetta Principe about her mesmerizing poetry collection, Disorder (Gordon Hill Press, 2024). We also talk about recognizing the off-ness—the strange not quite rightness—of things at a young age, and more. newbooksnetwork.com/disorder-2

Looking for a perfectly soul-expanding heartwarming, and beautiful holiday season read? I highly recommend David Giuliano’s new novel, The Upending of Wendall Forbes (Latitude 46, 2025). You can listen to my NBN interview with David now. Or save it for later. newbooksnetwork.com/the-upending...

“A daring, not-to-be-missed short novel by the one and only Hollay Ghadery.” —Nilofar-Lily Soltani Lily’s beautiful novel, Zulaikha, was released by Inanna Publications in 2023. About Zulaikha: inanna.ca/product/zula... About The Unravelling of Ou: palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un...

LISTEN/DOWNLOAD our latest show on CIUT 89.5 FM Host @hollay.bsky.social talks to @anncavlovic.bsky.social “Count On Me” @guernicaeditions.bsky.social & @valentinoassenza.bsky.social talks to Rabindranath Maharaj “A Quiet Disappearance” @mawenzihouse.bsky.social LISTEN/DOWNLOAD HERE: ciut.fm/howl/

In this @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode, I interview Lorne Daniel about his beautiful poetry collection, What is Broken Binds Us (U of Calgary Press, 2025). We talk about addiction, surrender, writing directly and with tenderness, and much more. newbooksnetwork.com/what-is-brok...

TONIGHT! CIUT 89.6FM 10pm - 11pm Host @hollay.bsky.social talks to Ann Cavlovic @anncavlovic.bsky.social about her novel “Count On Me” @guernicaeditions.bsky.social & @valentinoassenza.bsky.social talks to Rabindranath Maharaj about his book “A Quiet Disappearance” @mawenzihouse TUNE IN TONIGHT!

To continue celebrating amazing CanLit published in Canada, River Street launched our book clubs program. And the book club kits are FREE! Katie Welch’s Ladder to Heaven ( @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social, 2025) is up first! Learn more! ⬇️ www.riverstreetwriting.com/river-street...

In recognition of #WorldAIDSDay, Kirby reads from Poetry is Queer @palimpsestpress.bsky.social @themockler.bsky.social #sendmylovetoanyone sendmylovetoanyone.substack.com/p/do-you-thi...

In this NBN episode, I speak with Tamara Jong about her breathtaking memoir, Worldly Girls ( @bookhugpress.bsky.social, 2025). Tamara memoir documents the slow unravelling of her connection to her faith and the tragic history of her fractured family. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

Poets! Check out On Creative Writing’s poetry contest. They just released a podcast episode about it: www.oncreativewriting.com/podcast-1/ep... @oncreativewriting.bsky.social 🫶🏼

I cannot wait for people to read this book! K.R.Wilson is such a phenomenal author!

Listen, it’s not me: the people want you to pre-order my book. You can pre-order The Unravelling of Ou from wherever books are bought or borrowed. More on my book here: palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un... @palimpsestpress.bsky.social

“Likeable and flecked with humour, his essays are also smart and well-crafted; and the politics of them are entwined with personal vignettes that are poignant as well as and immediate.” —Brett Josef Grubisic, THE BRITISH COLUMBIA REVIEW Read the full review: thebcreview.ca/2025/11/21/2...

“Ghadery delivers answers in a lyrical and imaginative debut.” —Lindsay Wong, Villain Hitting for Vicious Little Nobodies Learn more about my novel! 🧦 palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un... Lindsay’s book is also available for preorder. ✨ 🖤 www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/677140...

In this NBN episode, I speak with Governor General Award-winning author Sadiqa de Meijer about her new essay collection, In the Field (Palimpsest Press, 2025). Listen in: newbooksnetwork.com/in-the-field @palimpsestpress.bsky.social @sadiqademeijer.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

Celebrate my 100th episode on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social with me and Aamir Hussain! We chop it up about his beautiful debut novel, Under the Full and Crescent Moon (Dundurn, 2025). newbooksnetwork.com/under-the-fu...

In this @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode, I speak with Patrick Grace about his poetry collection, Deviant (U Alberta Press, 2024). If you have ever asked me for a poetry recommendation chances are, I’ve recommended this book. You can tune into the episode here: newbooksnetwork.com/deviant

My new column just dropped @themockler.bsky.social #SendMyLoveToAnyone sendmylovetoanyone.substack.com/p/a-voluntee...

It’s #NationalAbsurdityDay — a perfect occasion to spotlight Hollay Ghadery’s debut novel, The Unravelling of Ou, forthcoming February 15, 2026 with Palimpsest Press. palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un... @hollay.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social @merliterary.bsky.social

In this NBN episode, I have a lovely conversation with award-winning and nationally acclaimed author Shane Peacock about his novel, A Place of Secrets ( @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, 2025). In case you haven’t noticed, I love gothic lit. 🔥 Tune in: newbooksnetwork.com/a-place-of-s... #gothic

I am thrilled to be joined on my blog by the extraordinary and beloved author and publisher, Michael Mirolla, to talk about author-publisher etiquette and expectations. Read the interview here: www.hollayghadery.ca/blog/u58f2qx... #writers #publishing

In this NBN episode, I chop it up with the excellent award-winning author Bruce Hunter about his CanLit masterpiece, In the Bear’s House (Frontenac House Press, 2025). Tune in: newbooksnetwork.com/in-the-bears... @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social #canlit