A wonderful article on the importance of nonfiction in The New Republic: newrepublic.com/article/2076...

In this NBN episode, I speak with Conor Mc Donnell about his long poem, What We Know So Far Is...(Wolsak & Wynn, 2025). Listen to the conversation: newbooksnetwork.com/what-we-know... @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

Christine Fischer Guy talks to Jason Emde in his wonderfully entertaining podcast: wrtes.buzzsprout.com/1773639/epis...

Early reviews are coming in for Christine Fischer Guy's gorgeous forthcoming novel The Instrument Must Not Matter! You can learn more about the book here: bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/the...

Feeling contemplative? “A Necessary Distance” is the cure! Check out Julie Salverson’s memoir. Available for purchase online at the Wolsak and Wynn store. Link in bio! #Reading #HamOnt #HamOntArts #BookRecommendations #IndiePublishing

We have some wonderful reviews coming from readers for Whitney French's Syncopation! You can learn more about the book here: bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/syn...

Poetry in Transit spotlight: Natalie Lim✨ @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social Lim is a devoted advocate for community, and enriching one's neighbourhood. We spoke with Natalie Lim and the other Poetry in Transit 2025-26 poets on place, transit, and community. Read here: www.readlocalbc.ca/2025/09/17/p...

🌊 Coming soon! 🌊Yield (poetry) by Jamie Forsythe (Wolsak & Wynn, April 14, 2026) Request a review copy by dropping a comment. A mother faces the postpartum void from a porous house by the ocean as the veil between land and sea, and between being lost and being found, grows thinner. #poetry

Interesting to see what I think will be the first of many titles pulled for AI use. So far the US courts have determined you can't copyright things created by AI, and publishers are all about copyright. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Hello spring! Looking for some books to start off the season? We've got some recommendations coming straight from our backlist! Shop now on the Wolsak and Wynn site: www.wolsakandwynn.ca

We're delighted to see some of our spring titles on this lovely list of books from River Street Writing: www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2026/3/...

It's lovely to see Ben Berman Ghan's The Library Cosmic in this spring preview from All Lit Up: alllitup.ca/off-kilter-2...

If you're wondering why it's so hard to get attention for books right now, the numbers in this article might offer a bit of an explanation: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

These Irish-Canadian writers and stories are good craic! ☘️ (And the books available wherever books are bought or borrowed!) #stpatricksday @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @latitude46pub.bsky.social @kimfahner.bsky.social

Feeling compassionate? “Garden Inventories” will lift you higher! Check out Mariam Pirbhai’s essay collection. Available for purchase online at the Wolsak and Wynn store. Link in bio! #Reading #HamOnt #HamOntArts #BookRecommendations #IndiePublishing

We're delighted to see Ben Berman Ghan's The Library Cosmic and David Ly's Not All Dragons in this wonderful CBC list of spring fiction. You can see all the books here: www.cbc.ca/books/new-ca...

If you're not subscribed to Steven Beattie's That Shakespearean Rag yet, I recommend you do so! Start with this great round up of baseball book reviews for Brad Smith's Billy Crawford's Double Play, Jacob Mooney's The Northern and Andrew Forbes' Field Work: www.shakespeareanrag.com/the-old-ball...

Khashayar Mohammadi is on Andrew French's Pagefright talking about their latest collection and other poetic topics. You can listen here, or where ever you find your podcasts: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

A wonderful interview of Brad Smith by Get Lit's Jamie Tennant:

Jason Allen’s 52 THINGS TO DO IN HAMILTON (@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social) draws on two decades of calling Hamilton home to invite readers to explore the city with a fresh perspective. Read our latest Under the Cover for the stories & discoveries that inspired the book: alllitup.ca/under-the-co...

It finally feels like spring, and we wanted to mention that our spring catalogue is live and filled with our brilliant spring titles. You can see what's coming up here: static1.squarespace.com/static/683f4...

Toronto friends, just a quick reminder that this great event is happening tomorrow at Queen Books! We hope you can come out.

LIBRARIES ARE FOR EVERYONE “beautiful, intriguing, and world expanding” is how Gary Barwin describes THE LIBRARY COSMIC, Which is coming this spring from @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social Pre-order your copy today! bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/the...

A fascinating discussion between Kyle Flemmer and Kim Mannix is up at On Creative Writing: www.oncreativewriting.com/podcast-1/ep...

Feeling speculative? “Imagining Imagining” is the cure! Check out Gary Barwin’s collection of essays. Available for purchase online at the Wolsak and Wynn store. Link in bio! #Reading #HamOnt #HamOntArts #BookRecommendations #IndiePublishing

Interested in Tim's work? Check out the rest of his accolades and list of published titles on the Our Authors page of the Wolsak & Wynn website. 🔗 www.wolsakandwynn.ca/authors-all/... Photo credit: Jacqueline Baker (Alt text: photo of Tim Bowling with short author bio)

Congratulations to James Cairns and Alexis von Konigslow on being finalists in the Foreword Indies award categories of Essays and Literary Fiction. You can learn more about the awards here: www.forewordreviews.com/awards/final...

A wonderful reflection on the state of books and magazines in France from the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A fabulous round up of our backlist titles put together for All Lit Up by the fabulously well read Hollay Ghadery of River Street Writing:

Would you read "Proof I Was Here" by Becky Blake? Order now through the Wolsak and Wynn online store! #Reading #HamOnt #HamOntArts #BookRecommendations #IndiePublishing

A wonderful round up from River Street Writing for International Women's Month.

We've a fabulous review of Connor Mc Donnell's What We Know So Far Is... up at the Seabord Review: www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/what-we-kn...

✨ Coming soon ✨ My Mother Joins the Resistance by Governor General Award winner Richard Harrison, forthcoming April 7, 2026 with Wolsak & Wynn Request a review copy: www.riverstreetwriting.com/join-river-s... @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social #poetry

A fascinating conversation about style in SFF from Strange Horizons, between Paul Kincaid (who recently reviewed Whitney French's Syncopation), Dawn Mcdonald and Dan Hartland.

Enjoy this fabulous interview between Whitney French and Margaret Gallagher of CBC's North by Northwest about Syncopation. It starts with a great short reading from the book: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Feeling pensive? “In Crisis, On Crisis” is the cure! Check out James Cairns's essay collection. Available for purchase online at the Wolsak and Wynn store. Link in bio! #Reading #HamOnt #HamOntArts #BookRecommendations #IndiePublishing

Interested in Peter's work? Check out his collection of short stories along with The Book of Cross series on the Our Authors page of the Wolsak & Wynn website. 🔗 www.wolsakandwynn.ca/authors-all/... (Alt text: photo of Peter Darbyshire with short author bio)

Josephine is being banned by the Calgary Catholic School Board from reciting this great poem by Sarah Tsiang that deals with the online sexual harassment of young women for the Poetry In Voice contest. Let's all listen to her brilliant reading for Freedom to Read Week www.youtube.com/shorts/LNY3Y...

We're part way through Freedom to Read week and we'd like to applaud the efforts of so many librarians across Canada, and particularly in our schools, in their work to help people access the books they need. You can learn more about Freedom to Read week here: www.freedomtoread.ca

Toronto friends, we hope you can all come out to this great poetry event happening on March 11th at Queen Books featuring Conor McDonnell and Paul Vermeersch! Remember that it starts at 6:00 pm.

If you're interested, I will be at The Festival of Literary Diversity in May. I will answer questions like "Who are you?" and "Why are you here?" and "Do you not know how to pronounce Sikh?" @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social @thefoldcanada.bsky.social #canlit #booksky

We're delighted to have this excerpt from Klyde Broox's long awaited last work up on Open Book:

Would you read "The Grimoire of Kensington Market" by Lauren B. Davis? Order now through the Wolsak and Wynn online store! #Reading #HamOnt #HamOntArts #BookRecommendations #IndiePublishing

in case you hadn't heard, VERSeFest @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social is running two (Ottawa, in-person) poetry workshops: by Toronto poet/editor Paul Vermeersch, and by Calgary poet/performer Sheri-D Wilson; spaces still available! see here for further information: verseottawa.ca/en/versefest

A poem by @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social author Ayomide Bayowa to start your week! poets.ca/fuckery-by-a...

We're delighted to see Jaime Forsythe's gorgeous collection Yield on the MER Bookshelf: merliterary.com/2026/02/21/m...

Feeling inquisitive? “Grandfather of the Treaties” is the cure! Check out Daniel Coleman’s book. Available for purchase online at the Wolsak and Wynn store. Link in bio! #Reading #HamOnt #HamOntArts #BookRecommendations #IndiePublishing

Interested in Catherine's work? Check out the rest of her accolades and list of published titles on the Buckrider Books' Our Author page of the Wolsak & Wynn website. 🔗 www.wolsakandwynn.ca/authors-all/... Photo Credit: Marion Voysey (Alt text: photo of Catherine Graham with short author bio)

Friends in Burlington, we've a wonderful event coming up on March 8th at the Burlington Public Library. You can sign up here: attend.bpl.on.ca/event/15665201

DYK: requesting a Canadian book into your local library can financially benefit the author? 📚 It’s true, thanks to the Public Lending Right program, which is a Canada Council for the Arts initiative run by the PLR Commission. Learn more about PLR: publiclendingright.ca #library #canlit