James Cairns is on the Artsy Raven Podcast, talking about his still very timely book In Crisis, On Crisis. It's the perfect listen for a snowy Friday afternoon: youtu.be/eBsE_4Bn_4Q

Weird Sci-Fi Coming May 2026! Ghosts, golems, secret societies across Canada, and far flung future worlds, all in my collection THE LIBRARY COSMIC, now available for pre-order from @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social or your local independent bookstore bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/the...

Would you read "The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits" by Ben Berman Ghan? Order now through the Wolsak and Wynn online store! #Reading #HamOnt #HamOntArts #BookRecommendations #IndiePublishing

I spoke about my new book “Hide and Sikh: Letters from a Life in Brown Skin” with @hollay.bsky.social for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/n... #canlit #booksky @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social

A terrific review of Dr. Conor Mc Donnell’s new poetry book, What We Know So Far Is…(Wolsak & Wynn, 2025) is in The Maple Tree Literary Supplement! Thank you to Rion Levy for the excellent review. www.mtls.ca/issue28/rion... @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social #poetry

Our spring books are coming together beautifully. One of the first books up is this sublime long poem from Jaime Forsythe. Yield is a gorgeous collection filled with sea imagery and reflections on new motherhood. You can learn more here: bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/yield

We're delighted to see Whitney French's wonderful new book featured on Open Book:

BOOK LAUNCH: I'll be at Perfect Books in Ottawa on Feb. 10 to discuss my book, "Hide and Sikh: Letters from a Life in Brown Skin". The event will be hosted by Jamie Liew. Details here: www.wolsakandwynn.ca/events/hide-... #canlit #booksky @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social

We're delighted to see Whitney French's fabulous novel included on this great list of books for Black History Month from All Lit Up: alllitup.ca/book-list/bo...

In this NBN episode, I speak with beloved Kamloops, BC author Katie Welch about her extraordinary novel, Ladder to Heaven (Wolsak & Wynn, 2025). Listen in: newbooksnetwork.com/ladder-to-he... @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social #canlit

Feeling curious? "Fungal" is the cure! Check out Ariel Gordon's novel. Available for purchase online at the Wolsak and Wynn store. Link in bio! #Reading #HamOnt #HamOntArts #BookRecommendations #IndiePublishing

It's lovely to see this discussion continuing: www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...

Yesterday I was on Jamie Tennant's fabulous show Get Lit talking about Hamilton's Winter Book Fair, Sharp Words, which is happening tomorrow! You can listen at the link.

Syncopation by Whitney French is a speculative and intoxicating novel offering readers an intricate future-world that resonates so powerfully with our own, as it explores a people gripped in the war-torn politics of migration, memory-keeping, & survival. bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/syn...

I was delighted to be a guest on Doreen Nicoll's lovely Small Change pod cast, talking about the press, our wonderful store windows and of course, Sharp Words, which is happening this Saturday: doreenn.substack.com/p/noelle-all...

⚡️Cover reveal!⚡️ I’m so excited to share the cover of my debut novel, Not All Dragons, beautifully designed by Jennifer Rawlinson at @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social. Pre-orders are now happening! Go show your local bookstore some love 💙 👉 bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/not...

A great lunch read from the Signal on the state of criticism in Canadian literature: signalhfx.ca/canlit-criti...

Would you read Radium Girl by Sofi Papamarko? Order now through the Wolsak and Wynn online store! #Reading #HamOnt #HamOntArts #BookRecommendations #IndiePublishing

Quill & Quire’s Spring Short Fiction, Poetry, and Graphic Novels Preview was released and we’re delighted to see the forthcoming books by Kaie Kellough, Jaclyn Deforges, and Richard Harrison featured. quillandquire.com/omni/2026-sp... Request review copies of these three books in the comments.

"there are things I can’t do with words. / there are words that are flexed too far off the body." Read two poems from @dearkestrel.bsky.social's THE BOOK OF INTERRUPTIONS (@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social), a collection about place & identity moving between Toronto & Iran. alllitup.ca/two-poems-th...

A wonderful write up in Hamilton City Magazine on this year's Hamilton Literary Award Winners, including our own Margaret Nowaczyk! You can catch all the award winners at Sharp Words on January 31st at 3:30 pm: hamiltoncitymagazine.ca/read-about-t...

Hamilton friends, Sharp Words is just one week away! Come down to Bridgeworks next Saturday to see all the great books available and catch this wonderful panel featuring all the Hamilton Literary Award Winners as well!

Hamilton friends, Sharp Words is coming up fast and the third panel of the day is this great discussion between Brad Smith and Jamie Tennant - we hope you can come down to Bridgeworks and join us! You can find the full details here: www.sharpwords.ca

How we looked in 2016 😉 #ThrowBackThursday #Reading #HamOnt #HamOntArts #BookRecommendations #IndiePublishing

Ottawa friends, we hope you can come out and celebrate the launch of this fabulous book from Sunny Dhillon, with host Jamie Chai Yun Liew at Perfect Books at 7 pm. We know it will be a great night!

Hamilton friends, Sharp Words is coming up soon, and if you're a writer in the city you'll definitely want to attend this great session with Hollay Ghadery and Heather Wood on book publicity! I often say it's never been harder to get the word out about books, and this is a great way to learn how.

Kitchener Waterloo Friends, we hope you can tune into this great interview happening this Sunday on Reader's Delight!

Nothing is like independent bookstores: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

A great review for Brad Smith's Billy Crawford's Double Play!

Toronto friends, we've decided to cancel our event at Queen Books tonight. We recommend you stay home this evening and curl up with a book of poetry instead. We'll let you know when we reschedule.

Hamilton friends, Sharp Words is coming up at the end of the month and we're hoping you can come out and visit us. We'll be at the Bridgeworks, 200 Caroline Street North, from 11 to 5 on Saturday, January 31st, with some great small press friends! We'd love to see you there!

Another fabulous review in for Whitney French's Syncopation: thebcreview.ca/2026/01/14/2...

Some interesting lunch reading! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

A wonderful review of Whitney French's Syncopation

What a pleasure to sit and chat with Katie Welch again about her beautiful novel, THE LADDER TO HEAVEN from @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social youtu.be/6mPgXxgMMyA?...

Toronto friends, just a reminder this great launch event with Conor Mc Donnell and Paul Vermeersch is happening at Queen books this Thursday at 7:00 pm. We hope we can see you there!

How does Dr. Conor Mc Donnell’s experience with opioid misuse and abuse as a physician feed into his work as a poet? Read the interview on our blog: www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2025/12... #poetry @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social

Just a reminder that this great online event is happening tomorrow with Katie Welch! You can register here:

We've heard from a few of our readers that they're turning our book 52 Things to Do In Hamilton into a weekly challenge! To make that easier for you, we've created a free checklist you can download and print. You can find it here: bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/52-...

We have a great new interview online at the New Books Network featuring Brad Smith and Hollay Ghadery!

Toronto friends, we hope you can join us at Queen Books on Thursday, January 15th at 7:00 pm to celebrate new books from Paul Vermeersch and Conor Mc Donnell.

This is a wonderfully creative book interview! open.substack.com/pub/reviewso...

If you're at all interested in poetry, you should be following rob mclennan on one of his many sites. We're delighted to see two of our titles make it onto his year end round up, and to see our senior editor, Paul Vermeersch's, latest collection there as well: dusie.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-be...

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Hide and Sikh & The Revolution Will Not Be Rated G. See alt-text. @thesunnydhillon.com @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @keyachatterjee.bsky.social @greenwriterspress.bsky.social #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #BooksWorthReading #bookish #booktok #booklovers #100smallpress

Junction Reads with Katie Welch is this Sunday January 11 6:00pm ET I am so excited to chat with @katiewelch.bsky.social about LADDER TO HEAVEN. Register now. PWYC @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social www.eventbrite.ca/e/junction-r...

Enjoy this short excerpt from Kit Dobson's meditative Field Notes on Listening. You can learn more about the book here: bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/fie...

Happy New Year from all of us at W&W. We hope the new year is peaceful and full of fabulous stories.

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

“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...

3/12 💙📚 #BookSky #DSPBposts #SmallPress #books from @anncavlovic.bsky.social @guernicaeditions.bsky.social @kyleflemmer.com @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @arsenalpulp.bsky.social (See alt-text.)