A few months ago I pitched Reactor an article about SFF around the world focused on translations, and @cxorlando.bsky.social came up with the loveliest idea to expand it into a column. We start this month with Hiroko Oyamada's The Factory, a great little novel about the irreality of office jobs.

awaiting small one’s first game in this weekend’s ringette tournament; did you know that Invisible Publishing just re-issued two poetry titles by m. nourbeSe philip? // @invisibooks.bsky.social

It’s a big day for the book listeners! Two of our hottest books of the last couple years are now available wherever you find audiobooks: 🎙️ All Hookers Go To Heaven by Angel B.H. (narrated by Angel B.H. herself) 🎙️ Searching for Terry Punchout by @tylerhellard.com (narrated by Chai Valladares)

If I ever got the chance to teach short story collections, these are two I’d pick @invisibooks.bsky.social @guernicaeditions.bsky.social 👏👏

many thanks to CBC books for including A Nation of Tinkerers on their list of most anticipated nonfiction titles for spring 2026! www.cbc.ca/books/50-plu...

The 2026 Shields Prize Longlist! On behalf of the Jury, Carmen Maria Machado shared: “It’s been such an honor and a privilege to encounter this body of work by women and non-binary authors, who are writing some of the most exciting literature...” carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/2026-longlist 🧵 1/5

Congratulations to LPG member @invisibooks.bsky.social and author Nina Dunic! SUDDENLY LIGHT is on the 2026 longlist for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction!

The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction has announced its 15-title longlist for the 2026 prize. https://bit.ly/46NA5Uz

Lovely to see Sea, Poison by Caren Beilin from @ndbooks.bsky.social, Suddenly Light by Nina Dunic from @invisibooks.bsky.social, and Casualties of Truth by Lauren Francis-Sharma from @groveatlantic.bsky.social make the list!

Melissa McDonald interviews Nadia Ragbar about her debut @invisibooks.bsky.social novel, "The Pugilist and the Sailor," for @eventmags.bsky.social:

Epic book mail from @invisibooks.bsky.social @archipelagobooks.bsky.social @malarkeybooks.bsky.social @graywolfpress.bsky.social and Peirene and New Directions!

Friends in Fredericton, NB: Catch @tylerhellard.com and Invisible publisher Norm Nehmetallah in conversation at Picaroons on March 19. There will be beer, chicken wings, and surprisingly tender banter, we reckon.

incredibly cool to see my upcoming @invisibooks.bsky.social book, A Nation of Tinkerers, featured on this list of nonfiction titles CBC Books is excited about this spring. the first day of summer is June 21st, and my book drops June 16, so as usual i'm in under the wire! www.cbc.ca/books/50-plu...

With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here're the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in February 2026. Feat. a top 10 from: @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @invisibooks.bsky.social, and @coachhousebooks.bsky.social.

A true publishing event... The collected writings of the esteemed Katherine McKittrick, out now from the @uminnpress.bsky.social. www.upress.umn.edu/978151791706...

hard to believe that my book comes out in less than four months? you can preorder it here through @invisibooks.bsky.social! invisiblepublishing.com/product/a-na...

Rima writes as both an insider and an outsider. She's not actually from Beirut, she's from Tripoli, but assumed that she would eventually return to Beirut after studies in Europe. The instability has meant that Rima has spent over 30 years living in Brussels and visiting episodically

Rima's illustrations are full of energy and detail. Her street scenes made me feel I was tagging along on her walks and taxi rides through Beirut. There are no neat resolutions here as the story is still unfolding and the economic and humanitarian crisis continues to intensify 🇱🇧

This is an amazing time for graphic novels and cartoons coming from the Arab world, and publishers like @invisibooks.bsky.social are making some of them accessible to English-speaking readers. This is an electrifying and chaotic read, and I keep going back and flipping through it

The translators, Carla Calargé and Alexandra Gueydan Turek, provide a really strong intro that provides useful context about Beirut and Lebanon. They discuss the wars, regime change, and revolutions that set the stage for a really inventive book where non-fiction meets magical realism

*Graphic novel of the week! 'Beirut' by Barrack Zailaa Rima, draws from 3 previously published works based on the author's 3 different visits to Beirut. It's a chaotic and dream-like book that depicts conversations, meanderings through Beirut, protests, refugees, and political clashes

With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here're the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in January 2026. Feat. a top 10 from: @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social.

Congratulations to LPG member @invisibooks.bsky.social and author Tyler Hellard whose novel SEARCHING FOR TERRY PUNCHOUT is among the shortlist for #CanadaReads2026!

Congratulations @tylerhellard.com and @invisibooks.bsky.social! Searching for Terry Punchout is on the Canada Reads shortlist! www.cbc.ca/books/canada...

Thank you, Canadian booksellers! PERSONA, Aoife Josie Clements' electric, grimy, nightmarish new novel (available from @littlepuss.net on Feb 6 in Canada) has been selected for the Winter 2026 Bookseller’s List!

Congratulations to LPG members @gooselane.bsky.social and @invisibooks.bsky.social whose books have been longlisted for the 2026 CBC #CanadaReads!

We're thrilled that Searching for Terry Punchout by Tyler Hellard from @invisibooks.bsky.social has been longlisted for this year's CBC Canada Reads!

"I think in-between periods are so interesting. You find out so much about yourself. You find out about other people, how other people deal in those situations." @invisibooks.bsky.social @hollay.bsky.social @terivlass.bsky.social talks w Amanda Fields & @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social:

hey i wrote a history of electronic music in canada from 1945-1985. it's called A Nation of Tinkerers and it's now available to pre-order through @invisibooks.bsky.social! invisiblepublishing.com/product/a-na...

Our favourite annual recap list, @invisibooks.bsky.social / @delcowie.bsky.social's Best Canadian Music Writing Of 2025 is out. So much good, so much smart. Check it. invisiblebooks.substack.com/p/best-canad...

12 or 20 (second series) questions with Nadia Ragbar / @invisibooks.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/12/12-o...

Our editors share some of the books that captured our attention this year. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/reco...

Nadia Ragbar joins #ALUCozyFest to read a passage from her first novel THE PUGILIST AND THE SAILOR (@invisibooks.bsky.social), a compelling story about conjoined twins Dougie and Bruce, whose lives split in all kinds of ways even while they stay physically connected. alllitup.ca/cozy-fest-na...

“Traditions of the past mesh with potential for future change. This notion pervades Gaafar’s novel, and the two-for-one concept is nowhere more aptly contained than in the title A Mouth Full of Salt.” —Michelle Hardy Read the review: www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2025/11...

Including books from our friends @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @invisibooks.bsky.social and Ronsdale Press! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/12...

A gift from a reader who considers this the best post-Great War Canadian novel. I think he's right. Here's to @invisibooks.bsky.social for returning the novel to print. brianbusby.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

New book reviews up. @sydhegele.bsky.social and @bokchoygurltjong.bsky.social I only write reviews for books that I love so don't judge me for my gushy five stars! I'll give 'em out all day if I want to!!! @invisibooks.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social junctionreads.ca/junction-wri...

DEAR DENIZENS OF NEW YORK AND ENVIRONS, DEAR QUEERS, WEIRDOS, OVERDESSED INTENSE PEOPLE, NYMPHOMANIACS, READERS OF LITERATURE, AFICIONADOS OF HISTORY, PUNKS, ZINESTERS, THIRTYSOMETHING SINGLE WOMEN ETC you are cordially invited tomorrow to a 🔥**SEX CHANGE FROM HELL**🔥 it'll be a *damn* good time

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

Did you miss our event last night? Readings and a Q and A with @terivlass.bsky.social @heatherbirrell.bsky.social and @sokhan.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social youtu.be/ORpXvX9zG04

Sunday November 2 It’s a bookish weekend in Toronto and we hope you’ll come! 6:30pm TYPE Books Junction 2887 Dundas Street W Doors open all day! Heather Birrell Teri Vlassopoulos Saad Omar Khan @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social

LFG www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Looking for something to haunt your reading list? Horror writer @peterbcounter.com comes through with five unsettling (and empowering) book recommendations for Halloweek. alllitup.ca/book-week-your-guide-to-spooky-reads-with-peter-counter/

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

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

A big thank you to @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social for featuring Nadia Ragbar (The Pugilist and the Sailor) as their Mystery Guest! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIsK...

Ohhhhh yes. Loved that book so much.

Have you read Dead Writers? It's a collection of three subtle horror novellas that came out earlier this year and I loved it.