We’re on the brink of 2026 and closer to the release of some beautiful new books written by Canadian and Indigenous authors and published in Canada! 🎆 You can preorder these books now from wherever books are bought or borrowed. Request a review copy: www.riverstreetwriting.com/join-river-s...

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...

Looking for a new poetry collection? The Miramichi Reader unveils its best poetry of the year.

Tune in to this excellent writer’s radio show hosted by the wonderful Suzanne Craig-Whytock! radiowaterloo.ca/readers-deli... @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @latitude46pub.bsky.social

Enjoy an excerpt from “Northern Lights” from Melissa Powless Day’s collection, A Bow Forged from Ash (Palimpsest Press, 2025). palimpsestpress.ca/books/a-bow-... @palimpsestpress.bsky.social #poetry

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!). ♥️ 📚

“As Mark Twain once noted, ‘Politicians and diapers should be changed often – and for the same reason.’ But that is not why Billy changes his outlook.” —Brad Smith, author of Billy Crawford’s Double Play (Wolsak & Wynn, 2025) Read Brad’s full answer: www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/power-q...

***NEW EPISODE!!!*** Amanda Fields and @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social talk with Teri Vlassopoulos, author of Living Expenses, about technology creep in relationships, fertility treatments and emotional intimacy, & bookstore karaoke.

Happy holidays, from all of us at River Street! Thank you to all of you who’ve helped us uplift amazing books published in Canada this year. We have the best community ever. 🫶🏼✨ www.riverstreetwriting.com

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

✨Coming on March 1, 2026✨ Blood Bound: Unlacing Secret Ties by Montreal author Marie-Josée Poisson, translated by Flora-Lee Bendit, (Guernica Editions.) This is a fascinating story steeped in history about Madame de Pompadour. Request a review copy: www.riverstreetwriting.com/join-river-s...

New creative writing podcast! Discover how James Cairns successfully promoted his nonfiction essay collection In Crisis, On Crisis, published by @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social and his take on working with professional publicists @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social www.oncreativewriting.com/podcast-1/ep...

We've a wonderful excerpt from Sunny Dhillon's great book up at Open Book!

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

My book is included in this list but I hope you’ll forgive their temporary lapse in judgment

My book is also recommended on this list: thelogic.co/commentary/b... ( #canlit @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social )

“In this futuristic dystopia, love spans centuries, exceeds limits, and defies programming.” -Katherine Westwood Katherine Westwood is our Reviewer-in-Residence and her newest review is of Ben Berman Ghan’s The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits (Wolsak & Wynn). nortendbookster.com/the-years-sh...

James Cairns talks to host Sheelagh Caygill about publicity in this great podcast from On Creative Writing: www.oncreativewriting.com/podcast-1/ep...

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...

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...

Friends, just one day left to get my books from @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social for 30% off! What says Christmas more than immortal rogues, scheming angels, literary characters come to life and unpredictable faerie? Order here and apply discount at checkout: www.wolsakandwynn.ca/authors-all/...

“challenging, contradictory, electrifying.” —Steven Beattie We’re shouting out a review of poet and Hospital for Sick Children physician Conor Mc Donnell’s new book, What We Know So Far Is… (Wolsak & Wynn), written by literary critic, Steven Beattie. www.shakespeareanrag.com/conor-mc-don...

“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

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

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

✨Coming in 2026 ✨ Stan on Guard by acclaimed Leacock Medal longlisted author KR Wilson, forthcoming March 1, 2026 with Guernica Editions Request a review copy: www.riverstreetwriting.com/join-river-s... #specfic

Check out these three amazing new guests on the Reader's Delight radio show last month: Aamir Hussain, Susan Salomonsson, and Margo LaPierre! Listen in: radiowaterloo.ca/readers-deli... #canlit

Read 2 poems from Melissa Powless Day's new collection: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/a-bow-forg... It's a journey of Indigenous reclamation, exploring identity, belonging, responsibility & wholeness. The author navigates her ties to the landscapes of SW Ontario & the nations to which she belongs.

“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...

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...

Melanie Schnell’s THE CHORUS BENEATH OUR FEET (@radiantpress.bsky.social) follows a soldier’s return home after 8 years away, only to find his sister missing & caught up in a crime. Watch Melanie read an excerpt for #ALUCozyFest: alllitup.ca/cozy-fest-me...

In a recent interview with David Elias, we asked him about how the assassination of JFK serves as an unsettling underpinning for this fascinating novel, Into the D/ark, which is set in rural Manitoba. Read the full interview: www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2025/11... @radiantpress.bsky.social

“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...

We've a lovely article about Saad Omar Khan's Drinking the Ocean up at the Sesaya Arts Magazine: www.sesayarts.com/saad-omar-kh...

We're delighted to see Christy Climenhage's The Midnight Project included in this great year end round up from The Seaboard Review: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Burlington friends, there's only a handful of seats left. Sign up soon if you'd like to attend!

✨Coming in 2026 ✨nightstead by David Martin (February 15/26) @palimpsestpress.bsky.social In his most personal collection to date, nightstead, award-winning poet David Martin elegizes his younger brother, who died by suicide at the age of twenty-three. DM us to request review copy.

Acclaimed writer Brad Smith will be at Burlington Public Library on December 14th from 2-3 p.m. to discuss his latest novel, Billy Crawford’s Double Play, w/ Hamilton Spectator columnist & thriller writer Lorraine Sommerfeld. Register: attend.bpl.on.ca/event/14941690 @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social

James Cairns reminds us we’re not alone in times of crisis. In his book IN CRISIS, ON CRISIS (@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social) he offers thoughtful essays that provide a sense of connection in our existential times. James reads a passage from the book for #ALUCozyFest: alllitup.ca/cozy-fest-ja...

We reached out to one of our @brocktonwriters.bsky.social & asked them to be a guest on our Power Q & A series. We had one question in mind: What is one thing you think people don’t understand about running a reading series? Read the interview. www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2025/11...

Love a literary festival but don't want to leave your house? Cozy Fest has entered the chat!

Friends, we missed this great excerpt from Peter Darbyshire's The Wonder Lands War when it went up at the Civilian Reader, but this feels like a great time to enjoy it: civilianreader.com/2025/11/06/e...

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...

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 🫶🏼

“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...

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...