We've partnered with @bitmapbooks.com to bring their beautiful full colour retro video game artbooks to Canada! :)

Mark your calendars Toronto! @michaeldeforge.bsky.social launches his latest book ALL THE CAMERAS IN MY ROOM on Friday, April 24th at the TPL-Lillian H. Smith with Justin Decloux Books sales will be handled by @thebeguiling.bsky.social

📚New March Manga (& more)📚

The Toronto Danmei Symposium last weekend was a huge success! Thank you to everyone for coming out in the cold for a cozy afternoon of learning about and loving danmei novels!

Dark, damp, a little depressing- is it just the winter blues of February? No, no, it's the DUNGEON! Come check out our new Dungeon Window featuring Tower Dungeon by Tsutomu Nihei, alongside many other dungeon delving comics.

Oh my gosh, thanks so much to @thebeguiling.bsky.social for hosting today's Danmei Symposium! It was like a religious experience to be able to profess my love for BaB in front of hundreds of people, hahaha. And meeting a bunch of cool editors and artists, aaah, 'n look at these cards we got! #Danmei

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 It was truly such a special day! I had such a blast chatting with y'all and meeting so many wonderful nerds 🫶 Hope y'all enjoy your photo cards and bookmark by yours truly 😳

Here is all the info for this weekend's Toronto Danmei Symposium 2026! Hope to see you there! :)

Wake up, everyone! @oldjoeollmann.bsky.social hits the road next week to begin his book tour for THE WOODCHIPPER! 2/10 in Toronto with Jillian Tamaki and The Beguiling 2/12 in Montreal with Howard Chackowicz at Librairie D&Q 2/21 in Hamilton with Seth at the Art Gallery of Hamilton & Epic Books

Looking for more info about our upcoming Danmei Symposium in Toronto??? You can get all the details from @danmeinews.bsky.social !

Danmei Event alert! The Toronto Danmei Symposium is coming to town! Translators, illustrators, editors from @sevenseasentertainment.com , Via Lactea, @danmeinews.bsky.social and more will be coming to town and talking about all things danmei to celebrate the SVSSS Deluxe Box Set launch!

We'll be tabling at #OLASC2026 with our dear pals @thebeguiling.bsky.social! Swing by Booth #518 on Thursday & Friday to hear what we're planning for #TCAF2026 and Libraries and Education Day, then enter to win a TCAF mystery bag! olasuperconference.ca @onlibraryassoc.bsky.social

Hollow Press has landed!

Here you go Toronto and Ontario peeps! I’ll be signing Marc Spector : Moon Knight #1 on release day at @thebeguiling.bsky.social !! Drop by if you want a signed copy and if you want to know how Jarc Specley ties into the future of the series.

New Year New Manga :)

Our actual holiday hours!!

What better way to celebrate the season than with some gay cheer? We are now happily carrying Anatola Howard's self published comics "Fox and Bunny (Two Gay Little Animals)" and "Love Scenario"! Each book comes with an original drawing while supplies last.

Manga manga manga! A lot of new stuff to look at.

We’ve got the beautiful new Crickets 9 in store hot and fresh from Sammy Harkham . Smells like ink and just cut paper!

There is still one more week for you to come see the Ghibli art show in our gallery space- as well as our Ghibli display! Comics, art books, postcards, notebooks, pencils, and more- there are lots of Ghibli goodies to peruse.

Join us on Friday Oct 24th for a book and zine launch of Astral Panic by Katie Hicks and Bug Powwow by Chris Scriver. Readings! Discussions! How-To's! Give-aways!

Looking to beef up your manga collection? We are having a DELUXE Manga sale on certain chunky titles! Buy 2 books, get the 3rd FREE! OR... For those who have the arm strength... or friends to help carry books... or a car... Buy 3 books, and get the 4th and 5th books FREE!

To celebrate the release of "Painting the Worlds of Studio Ghibli", we have collaborated with Pie International to have a special gallery show featuring layouts from some of your favourite Ghibli films. During October you can check out the lovely landscapes in our gallery space.

Hey comics folk from Toronto!! Mollie Cronin and I are having a joint book launch at the end of the month!! With our latest @conundrumpress.bsky.social releases!! Definitely come by @thebeguiling.bsky.social and we’ll have a grand ol’ time!!

New(???) manga out now! The 80s are back!

TONIGHT!

We still have a few copies in store of the surprise first and last issue of Red Hood.

🧵Happy Fujoshi Friday! Pre-orders are now open on our webstore for @futekiya.bsky.social 's new BL titles, including the famous old man yaoi "Koh-Boku" by Sonoo Michiru, and "Here and There and Us" by Thanat!

Hello! We're running a @kickstarter.com campaign for 5 new titles: BAKU CHAN / CURSED BODY / BALCONY / BEETLE / TRUE BLUE kickstarter.com/projects/gla... NEW GIVEAWAY ✂️🔍📢 - follow @glacierbaybooks.com - like+repost this post - comment which books you're most excited for Closes SEP 10 11:59pm PST

Friday Sept 12 at 6:30pm, Johnny Ryan will be in conversation (with special tba guest) at The Beguiling for his book "Fuck My Son"! The film will be screening at TIFF on Sept 10 - 11. Whether you see it beforehand or not, join us to hear how this book made it to the big screen.

Nice to see the hanging and blaze beyond the pale in good company. @thebeguiling.bsky.social

did not expect to run into a massive noel sickles original drawing this morning, and only had enough time to do a few double takes, but @thebeguiling.bsky.social now has a massive noel sickles original drawing up above the register and i'll have to clear out a whole day sometime to ogle it properly

Another great month for manga

Pre-orders are now live on our site for Stop!! Hibari-Kun 01 ! www.beguilingbooks.com/item/IOCJxKF...

For fans of middle aged men walking around and doing stuff, the long awaited "Solitary Gourmet" by Jiro Taniguchi & Masayuki Kusumi is now available! Published by Fanfare and Ponent Mon.

Thanks for coming out to Otakuthon this past weekend! We had a great time in Montreal selling manga and seeing all the cosplayers! A huge thank you to @yenpress.com for all their support!

I’ll be joining all these beautiful people on the 2025 Corpse Tour for Exquisite Corpses from @readtinyonion.bsky.social at @thebeguiling.bsky.social on August 20th for a signing and Q&A!!

Hey Toronto! August 20 my issue of EXQUISITE CORPSES goes on sale. To mark the occasion, I’ll be joining @michaelwalsh.bsky.social @jamesthefourth.bsky.social @beccasee.bsky.social & @tatebrombal.bsky.social at @thebeguiling.bsky.social for a special signing & Q/A!

🧵A sneak peek at some of the special goodies we will have at Otakuthon in Montreal this weekend! (Booths 1046-1052!) We will have lots of cool freebies to give out, courtesy of @yenpress.com ! Stop by our booth and get bookmarks, posters, bags, and more!

Happy yaoi day! :)

🎸🔥☁The first of new independent manga publisher Manga Mavericks books have arrived! We've partnered with @mangamavericks.bsky.social and will be carrying their titles in store and online.

Comics from @thebeguiling.bsky.social (short game by Adachi and artmic Fan book by @sean.zimmerit.moe), and got to catch up with @sanyaanwar.bsky.social, @megacarter.bsky.social and the lovable @jasonloo.bsky.social!

I got my copy in the mail! #guideonhowtofailatonlinedating The merch edition was worth it, especially for the acrylic stand. Thank you @thebeguiling.bsky.social and @haitangbooks.bsky.social for bringing me this gorgeous novel. I can't wait for the rest! #danmei #danmeinovels #boyslovenovels

Nothing says "self care" like a beefy manga haul after combing the shelves of @thebeguiling.bsky.social . 🥰

We will be closed on Monday July 14th for Bastille Day.

The New Manga shelf has some familiar looking names on it this week. 👀

Just your average @thebeguiling.bsky.social Wednesday: comics + posters and a mild-mannered outfit.

July #BookEvents with At Bay Press! July 3, 4:00-6:00PM - Zeroed Out Book Launch @inkskratch.com and @jimmunroe.net! At @thebeguiling.bsky.social July 12, 11:00AM-4:00PM - Patti Smith will be giving at talk at the @sylvanlib.bsky.social's Book Expo. She will be speaking at 3:30PM. #atbaypress

We will be closed on Tuesday July 1st for the stat holiday.

It's KAIJUNE! Come celebrate the month of "strange beasts" at The Beguiling with our display featuring a ton of titles with our favourite kind of gigantic monsters.