Celebrated poet Robyn Sarah returns after a decade with a brand new collection, WE'RE SOMEWHERE ELSE NOW (@biblioasis.bsky.social). Check out our interview with the author right here! #AmReading #Poetry #CanLit #Interview open-book.ca/News/Celebra...

Read an excerpt from STRANGELY, FRIENDS (Between the Lines), a work of nonfiction about the history of Cuban-Canadian encounters, by Karen Dubinsky! #AmReading #Nonfiction #CanLit #Cuba open-book.ca/News/Read-an...

Embark on a stunning arctic adventure in AURORA'S JOURNEY (Kegedonce Press), the debut picture book from Kayla Williams. Check out our interview with this exciting new author right here! #AmReading #PictureBooks #Indigenous #Literature open-book.ca/News/Embark-...

A wild snowstorm seizes upon a small town and makes a strange and fascinating cast of characters into a community in THE UPENDING OF WENDALL FORBES (@latitude46pub.bsky.social), by David Giuliano. #AmReading #Novel #Fiction #CanLit open-book.ca/News/A-Snows...

Columnist and author Manahil Bandukwala (@manahil.bsky.social) defends the age-old writer's pastime of procrastination in her latest column. Check it out right here, on Open Book! #AmReading #Columnists #CanLit #WritingTips open-book.ca/Columnists/I...

Read an excerpt from A BOW FORGED FROM ASH (@palimpsestpress.bsky.social), the powerful new poetry collection by Melissa Powless Day! #AmReading #Poetry #Indigenous #Excerpt open-book.ca/News/Read-an...

Read an excerpt from A PRECARIOUS ENTERPRISE: MAKING A LIFE IN CANADIAN PUBLISHING (@ecwpress.bsky.social) by Scott McIntyre. Free for our readers today, on Open Book! #AmReading #Nonfiction #Memoir #Excerpt #CanLit open-book.ca/News/Read-an...

OBPO launches SUPPORT ONTARIO PUBLISHERS campaign to bring more Canadian books into Ontario schools. Learn more about this crucial initiative right here on Open Book! #AmReading #CanLit #Ontario #Schools open-book.ca/News/OBPO-La...

The fourth instalment of Danny Ramadan's award winning Salma picture book series is here, with wonderful illustrations by Anna Bron. We interview the author about SALMA SPEAKS UP (AnnickPress) right here! #AmReading #PictureBooks #CanLit #YoungReaders open-book.ca/News/SALMA-S...

A grieving mother tries to undo death with her words and stories in Susanna Crossman's THE ORANGE NOTEBOOKS (Assembly Press). Check out this Long Story Novelist interview with the author! #AmReading #Novel #LongStory #Fiction open-book.ca/News/A-Griev...

Read an excerpt from ACCIDENTS AFTER HAPPENING (@ecwpress.bsky.social), the new poetry collection by Robert Priest. Check out some of the lyrical mastery on display right here! #AmReading #Poetry #Poems #CanLit open-book.ca/News/Read-an...

🇨🇦📚 Looking for Ontario-based publishers that do it all? From fiction, to non-fiction, to poetry, to drama, we've got you covered! 📚🇨🇦 Part 2 of 4! ➡️ Featuring: @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Gordon Hill Press, and @guernicaeditions.bsky.social 1/2

Read an excerpt from A SCHOOL FOR TOMORROW (@cormorantbooks.bsky.social) by Mark Dickinson, chronicling the founding and growth of the Canada World Youth movement! #AmReading #Nonfiction #Politics #Canada open-book.ca/News/Read-an...

One of the latest titles in the I AM series, I AM AN IMMIGRANT (Saunders Book Company/Beech Street Books), is a celebration of identity and resilience. Check out our interview with author, Sujivany R. Sujan! #AmReading #Nonfiction #CanLit #YoungReaders open-book.ca/News/I-Am-an...

Our fantastic columnist Samantha Garner is back with a savvy piece on how to receive useful writing feedback! Check out some thoughtful writing advice from this acclaimed novelist! #AmReading #Columns #WritingTips #AmWriting open-book.ca/Columnists/H...

There are over 1600 Canadian books published every year by Canadian-owned, Ontario-based publishers. Email your MPP to say it's time to give Ontario publishers the spotlight in our classrooms and libraries: win.newmode.net/supportontar...

Elodie LaRue is back on the case in MYSTERY AT THE BILTMORE #3 (@pajamapress.bsky.social‬) by Colleen Nelson (with illustrations by Peggy Collins). Check out an excerpt from this exciting new entry in the series right here! #AmReading #Picturebook #CanLit #Mystery open-book.ca/News/The-Mys...

The @writerstrust.bsky.social has revealed the finalists for the 2025 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers. Congratulations to all of the shortlisted authors! #AmReading #CanLit #LGBTQ2S+ #Prizes open-book.ca/News/Three-F...

Students are heading back to school today but they will not see themselves in the books they read because of the top 20 books taught in Ontario schools, only 3 are Canadian. Ontario, it's time for that to change! Email your MPP now to support Ontario publishers: win.newmode.net/supportontar...

The insightful and empathetic essays in JESUSLAND (@ecwpress.bsky.social), a new book of essays from journalist Joelle Kidd, explore the draw and danger of the Christian pop culture movement. We interview the author here! #AmReading #Nonfiction #Essays #PopCulture open-book.ca/News/The-Ins...

Ryad Assani-Razaki reached for hope in his award-winning novel,THE HAND OF IMAN (‪@houseofanansi.bsky.social‬). In English translation for the first time! Check out our interview with author right here! #AmReading #Novel #Translation #CanLit open-book.ca/News/Ryad-As...

Spend some time in a magical place, AT THE RESCUE CAT CAFÉ (‪@owlkids.bsky.social‬). We interview the author, Anna Humphrey, right here on Open Book! (Illustrations by Kari Rust). #AmReading #PictureBooks #Cats #CanLit open-book.ca/News/Spend-S...

Join the movement to bring Canadian-authored, Ontario-published books into classrooms across the province. Your voice matters. Let’s make our education system truly Canadian. Email your MPP today: win.newmode.net/supportontar...

Enough is enough. We need Canadian books in Ontario schools—and a fund to support it. It’s time for our education system to reflect our stories and cultures. Email your MPP now to demand a change: win.newmode.net/supportontar...

There is a gap in Canadian representation in our schools and libraries. For too long, American literature has dominated our classrooms. Ontario, it’s time for that to change! Email your MPP today to support Ontario publishers: win.newmode.net/supportontar...

In THE ART OF WAR (@playcanpress.bsky.social‬), a stunning new play from Yvette Nolan, an artist and soldier tries to find meaning and beauty while painting the battlefield during WWII. Check out our interview with the author! #AmReading #Drama #Plays #CanLit open-book.ca/News/An-Arti...

Activist and celebrated writer Francis Dupuis-Déri explores an infamous crime that haunts academia some forty years after the act, in KILLER ALTHUSER: THE BANALITY OF MEN (Between the Lines). #AmReading #History #TrueCrime #CanLit open-book.ca/News/Francis...

A young boy is on a mission to make the perfect Father's Day cards before time runs out, in RJ AND THE TICKING CLOCK (‪@owlkids.bsky.social‬), the new picture book from Ian Duncan (Illustrated by Scot Ritchie). #AmReading #PictureBooks #CanLit #YoungReaders open-book.ca/News/RJ-Race...

Read an excerpt from the unforgettable NEVER SILENT: A HIROSHIMA SURVIVOR'S STORY (Annick Press) by Setsuko Thurlow and Kathy Lowinger, with illustrations by Michelle Theodore. #AmReading #History #Nonfiction #YoungReaders open-book.ca/News/Read-an...

Stand with Canadian voices, perspectives and identities. Bring Canadian-authored books into our schools. It's time to support Ontario publishers. Join our campaign now: win.newmode.net/supportontar...

The irrepressible Maggie Lou returns in a new chapter book from Arnolda Dufour Bowes, the exciting MAGGIE LOU MEETS HER MATCH (‪@groundwoodbooks.bsky.social‬). With illustrations by Karlene Harvey! #AmReading #ChapterBooks #YA #YoungReaders open-book.ca/News/The-Irr...

We strive to support Ontario educators, authors and publishers. It's time we had a dedicated fund for public schools and libraries to purchase books produced by Ontario's independent publishers. Email your MPP today to support Ontario publishers: win.newmode.net/supportontar...

🇨🇦📚 Looking for Ontario-based publishers that do it all? From fiction, to non-fiction, to poetry, to drama, we've got you covered!📚🇨🇦 Part 1 of 4! ➡️ Featuring: @pressassembly.bsky.social, @biblioasis.bsky.social, @bookhugpress.bsky.social, Bookland Press, and @coachhousebooks.bsky.social 1/2

#DYK Of the top 20 books taught in Ontario schools, only 3 are Canadian? Ontario, it's time for change! Join our campaign today to support Ontario publishers and get Canadian books in our schools and libraries: win.newmode.net/supportontar...

The importance of children seeing themselves, their culture and their country reflected in the books they read at school cannot be understated. It's time we have books published in Ontario in our classrooms. Support Ontario book publishers today: win.newmode.net/supportontar...

Dr. Jacqueline Marie Maurice talks about her important new work of non-fiction for young readers, I AM A SIXTIES SCOOP WARRIOR (Saunxders Book Company/Beech Street Books), part of the I AM... series! #AmReading #Indigenous #NonFiction #TrueStory open-book.ca/News/Dr.-Jac...

We've launched our Support Ontario Book Publishers Campaign! Follow the link below to tell the Ontario government to invest in Canadian education and stories by supporting our schools, authors, and publishers: win.newmode.net/supportontar...

Electrifying playwright Erin Shields flips the script on Homer and Virgil in RANSACKING TROY (@playcanpress.bsky.social‬), a fierce, feminist retelling of their epic Greek legends. #AmReading #Plays #Drama #Epics open-book.ca/News/Electri...

Our excellent columnist Samantha Garner (@samanthakgarner.bsky.social‬) is back with some more amazing writing tips, this time on how to give useful feedback to your peers and fellow authors! #AmReading #WritingTips #Columnists #CanLit open-book.ca/Columnists/H...

Renowned journalist Halina St. James, pens a powerful memoir in THE GOLDEN DAUGHTER (@houseofanansi.bsky.social‬). We interview the author right here! #AmReading #Memoir #MyStory #CanLit open-book.ca/News/Renowne...

Tim Wynne-Jones and Scot Ritchie talk about their brand-new picture book, KING OF THE DUMP (‪@groundwoodbooks.bsky.social‬), in this excellent KidLit Convo between author and illustrator!! #AmReading #PictureBooks #CanLit #YoungReaders open-book.ca/News/Tim-Wyn...

Read an excerpt from TRACHEA AND OTHER STORIES (‪@mawenzihouse.bsky.social‬), a new work of linked fiction by Mayank Bhatt! #AmReading #ShortStories #CanLit #Fiction open-book.ca/News/Read-an...

We've got an excerpt today from IRIS AND THE DEAD (‪@bookhugpress.bsky.social‬), the debut novel from Miranda Schreiber! Check it out right here! #AmReading #Novel #CanLit #Fiction open-book.ca/News/Read-an...

In Andrew Kaufman's ENJOY YOUR STAY AT THE SHAMROCK MOTEL (‪@coachhousebooks.bsky.social‬), a small town inn can't help but transform each and every guest. Check out this Keep it Short interview with the author! #AmReading #ShortStories #Fiction #CanLit open-book.ca/News/In-Andr...

Read an excerpt from the stunning new poetry collection, A PHIAL OF PASSING MEMORIES (@mawenzihouse.bsky.social‬), by James Yékú. #AmReading #Poetry #Literature #Excerpt open-book.ca/News/Read-an...

🇨🇦📚 This month, we're spotlighting some specialized Ontario-based publishers! 📚🇨🇦 ➡️ Featuring: Brick Books , @kegedoncepress.bsky.social, @playcanpress.bsky.social @secondstory.bsky.social, and @canadianscholars.bsky.social 1/2

Read an excerpt from THE EXCLUSION ZONE (@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social‬), the atmospheric, mysterious new novel by Alexis von Konigslow. #AmReading #Novel #CanLit #Excerpts open-book.ca/News/Read-an...

Read an excerpt from DARK LIKE UNDER (‪@biblioasis.bsky.social‬), the Canadian edition of the internationally acclaimed novel by Alice Chadwick. #AmReading #Excerpts #Novel #Fiction open-book.ca/News/Read-an...

KidLit Convos! Mélina Schoenborn, Sandra Dumais & Katie Scott talk about the exciting new picture book, BOB THE BOO-BOO (‪@kidscanpress.bsky.social‬). #AmReading #PictureBooks #KidLit #CanLit open-book.ca/News/KidLit-...

Manahil Bandukwala (‪@manahil.bsky.social‬) shares even more amazing tips on how to write reviews like a champion! Check it our right here, friends! #AmReading #CanLit #WritingTips #AmWriting open-book.ca/Columnists/M...