Not sure I'll read a better book this year, DIVING BOARD by Tomás Downey, translated by Sarah Moses, published last year by @invisibooks.bsky.social It's both realist and irreal. Spare and dense and surreal. Echoes of Julio Cortázar, and Mariana Enríquez but with a unique sensibility and tension.

feels like a good time to plug my book, A NATION OF TINKERERS, out on August 11th via @invisibooks.bsky.social. in it, i chart the early history of electronic music in so-called Canada, using the informal practice of "tinkering" as a lens to think through our relationship to music technology.

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

For #ShortStoryMonth, short story writer @laurairock.bsky.social recommends six standout collections from @anvilpress.bsky.social, @pressassembly.bsky.social, @guernicaeditions.bsky.social, @greatplainspress.bsky.social, @invisibooks.bsky.social & @llpmtl.bsky.social alllitup.ca/afterword-6-...

It's Canadian Independent Bookstore Day!! Come visit me and Mary Skelly at our Union Station location to get your hands on the exclusive HRB x LG Collab Tote! Then fill it with lovely books from our freshly restocked shelves!! Happy bookstore crawling everyone!! 🧡👻📚 @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social

Canadian Independent Bookstore Day is this weekend. You know the drill: if you buy one of my books from an indie store and send me a pic of your receipt, I will write your fortune on a tarot card and mail it to you!

I also loved that Steve Glynn gave a big shoutout to @invisibooks.bsky.social and gave a little insight into the reality of book sales. If we want more unique Canadian stories, we have to support independent publishing!

Thank you @invisibooks.bsky.social 😍🫶 #poetrymonth #poetry #canlit

Hear Jacob Alvarado "I Can Make It All Up To You" Zane Koss "Country Music" @invisibooks.bsky.social Here. Saturday. 11 April 2-5pm Arts Etobicoke 4983A Dundas St W (12 minute walk from Islington Stn). Jacob: www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p193/J... Zane: invisiblepublishing.com/product/coun...

Yesterday (April 8) was the one-year anniversary of CUT SIDE DOWN, my second book of poetry, being officially released into the world by Invisible. If you are looking for poems with heart, humour, and (hopefully) intelligence, please request my book at your local library or bookstore.

We’ve just unveiled a new series at the press, with its first title publishing next month. Read more at our Substack: invisiblebooks.substack.com/p/announcing...

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

National Poetry Month (via @chaudierebooks.bsky.social) : Zane Koss, / @invisibooks.bsky.social ; chaudierebooks.blogspot.com/2026/04/nati...

WEDNESDAY APRIL 1ST OPENING NIGHT 6-8PM #celebration #ArtsEtobicoke #NationalPoetryMonth #KFB10 ZANE KOSS ("Country Music" @invisibooks.bsky.social) will be hosting an open mic as we kick-off our April residency at ARTS ETOBICOKE STOREFRONT GALLERY 4893A Dundas Street West

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-...