Wolsak & Wynn
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A charmingly contrary literary press based in beautiful post-industrial Hamilton, Ontario.
A wonderful article on the importance of nonfiction in The New Republic:
newrepublic.com/article/2076...
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Nonfiction Publishing, Under Threat, Is More Important Than Ever
Cuts in publishing and book reviewing imperil the future of narrative nonfiction, and our understanding of the world around us.
https://newrepublic.com/article/207659/non-fiction-publishing-threat-important-ever
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Hollay Ghadery
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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...
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Christine Fischer Guy talks to Jason Emde in his wonderfully entertaining podcast:
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S5/E5 - Christine Fischer Guy & the lion with diamond teeth - Writers Read Their Early Sh*t
Jason welcomes Christine Fischer Guy for an amiable gab about ordering beers around the world, Glenn Gould, Danielle Steele, rising to touch the universal, synesthesia, & tuberculosis. Like, love,...
https://wrtes.buzzsprout.com/1773639/episodes/18555886-s5-e5-christine-fischer-guy-the-lion-with-diamond-teeth
1 day ago
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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...
1 day ago
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Feeling contemplative? āA Necessary Distanceā is the cure! Check out Julie Salversonās memoir. Available for purchase online at the Wolsak and Wynn store. Link in bio!
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#HamOntArts
#BookRecommendations
#IndiePublishing
3 days ago
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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...
4 days ago
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Read Local BC
4 days ago
Poetry in Transit spotlight: Natalie LimāØ
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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...
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River Street
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š Coming soon! šYield (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.
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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...
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Shy Girl by Mia Ballard: Horror novel pulled by publishers over alleged AI use
Author Mia Ballard denies having used AI herself when writing the horror story Shy Girl.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y9d44jj24o
4 days ago
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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
5 days ago
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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/...
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10 Amazing Books to Add to Your 2026 Reading Challenge ā River Street Writing
2026 is well underway with spring fast approaching, and there have already been lots of great books by small presses released to start off the year. But there are plenty more coming out soon and itās ...
https://www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2026/3/7/uzhhxfcy961db1mm8unhaoe0fdr7ha
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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...
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Off/Kilter: 2026 Spring Preview ā Alllitup.ca
https://alllitup.ca/off-kilter-2026-spring-preview/
6 days ago
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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/...
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Book Output Topped Four Million in 2025
The total number of books published in the U.S. in 2025 jumped 32.5% over 2024, according to statistics compiled by Bowker, led by a boom in self-published titles. The number of traditionally publishe...
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/99943-book-output-topped-4-million-in-2025.html
7 days ago
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River Street
8 days ago
These Irish-Canadian writers and stories are good craic! āļø (And the books available wherever books are bought or borrowed!)
#stpatricksday
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@latitude46pub.bsky.social
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Feeling compassionate? āGarden Inventoriesā will lift you higher! Check out Mariam Pirbhaiās essay collection. Available for purchase online at the Wolsak and Wynn store. Link in bio!
#Reading
#HamOnt
#HamOntArts
#BookRecommendations
#IndiePublishing
10 days ago
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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...
11 days ago
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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...
11 days ago
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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/...
12 days ago
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A wonderful interview of Brad Smith by Get Lit's Jamie Tennant:
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13 days ago
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All Lit Up
13 days ago
Jason Allenās 52 THINGS TO DO IN HAMILTON (
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) 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...
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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:
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14 days ago
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Toronto friends, just a quick reminder that this great event is happening tomorrow at Queen Books! We hope you can come out.
14 days ago
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Ben Berman Ghan
15 days ago
LIBRARIES ARE FOR EVERYONE ābeautiful, intriguing, and world expandingā 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...
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A fascinating discussion between Kyle Flemmer and Kim Mannix is up at On Creative Writing:
www.oncreativewriting.com/podcast-1/ep...
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Podcast | On Creative Writing
On Creative Writing is a monthly podcast show exploring all things creative writing, including fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, scripts, and essays. Host Sheelagh Caygill interviews authors and w...
https://www.oncreativewriting.com/podcast-1/episode/3dd7707a/exploring-the-cosmos-of-creativity-lessons-from-kyle-flemmers-supergiants
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Feeling speculative? āImagining Imaginingā is the cure! Check out Gary Barwinās collection of essays. Available for purchase online at the Wolsak and Wynn store. Link in bio!
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#HamOntArts
#BookRecommendations
#IndiePublishing
16 days ago
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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. š
www.wolsakandwynn.ca/authors-all/...
Photo credit: Jacqueline Baker (Alt text: photo of Tim Bowling with short author bio)
18 days ago
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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...
19 days ago
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A wonderful reflection on the state of books and magazines in France from the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Worried about the demise of reading? Come to France, where weāre up to our eyes in print | Alexander Hurst
From hefty literary magazines to thriving book sales, the French publishing industry refuses to let printed matter die, says Paris-based writer Alexander Hurst
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/04/death-print-demise-reading-france-books-sales-publishing
19 days ago
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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:
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19 days ago
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Would you read "Proof I Was Here" by Becky Blake? Order now through the Wolsak and Wynn online store!
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#HamOntArts
#BookRecommendations
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20 days ago
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A wonderful round up from River Street Writing for International Women's Month.
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21 days ago
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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...
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Conor Mc Donnellās What We Know So Far Is ā¦
Reviewed by Dawn Macdonald
https://www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/what-we-know-so-far-is-conor-mc-donnell
22 days ago
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River Street
22 days ago
⨠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...
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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.
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22 days ago
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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-...
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Ā© CBC/Radio-Canada 2026. All rights reserved.
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-43-north-by-northwest/clip/16200551-whitney-french-syncopation-a-novel-verse
23 days ago
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Feeling pensive? āIn Crisis, On Crisisā is the cure! Check out James Cairns's essay collection. Available for purchase online at the Wolsak and Wynn store. Link in bio!
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#HamOnt
#HamOntArts
#BookRecommendations
#IndiePublishing
23 days ago
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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. š
www.wolsakandwynn.ca/authors-all/...
(Alt text: photo of Peter Darbyshire with short author bio)
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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...
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āDick Picsā by Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang. I will post another version tomorrow:) #poetryinvoice
YouTube video by Isabelle Larose
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LNY3YLhaM8w
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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
26 days ago
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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.
27 days ago
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Sunny Dhillon
27 days ago
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?"
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We're delighted to have this excerpt from Klyde Broox's long awaited last work up on Open Book:
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27 days ago
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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
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rob mclennan
29 days ago
in case you hadn't heard, VERSeFest
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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
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https://verseottawa.ca/en/versefest
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Paul Vermeersch
30 days ago
A poem by
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author Ayomide Bayowa to start your week!
poets.ca/fuckery-by-a...
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"Fuckery" by Ayomide Bayowa - League of Canadian Poets
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets' daily poetry dispatch. Read "Fuckery" by Ayomide Bayowa.
https://poets.ca/fuckery-by-ayomide-bayowa/
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We're delighted to see Jaime Forsythe's gorgeous collection Yield on the MER Bookshelf:
merliterary.com/2026/02/21/m...
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MER Bookshelf - February 2026 - MER - Mom Egg Review
MER Bookshelf Curated by Melissa Joplin Higley Ā Preeti Vangani, Fifty Mothers, River River Books, February 2026, poetry Preeti Vanganiās Fifty Mothers weaves narrative and elegy around the figure of ...
https://merliterary.com/2026/02/21/mer-bookshelf-february-2026/
30 days ago
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Feeling inquisitive? āGrandfather of the Treatiesā is the cure! Check out Daniel Colemanās book. Available for purchase online at the Wolsak and Wynn store. Link in bio!
#Reading
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#HamOntArts
#BookRecommendations
#IndiePublishing
about 1 month ago
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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. š
www.wolsakandwynn.ca/authors-all/...
Photo Credit: Marion Voysey (Alt text: photo of Catherine Graham with short author bio)
about 1 month ago
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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
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Marrow Memory with Dr. Nowaczyk
With author & geneticist Margaret Nowaczyk . Event starts at March 8, 2026 2:00 PM EDT
https://attend.bpl.on.ca/event/15665201
about 1 month ago
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River Street
about 1 month ago
DYK: requesting a Canadian book into your local library can financially benefit the author? š Itās 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
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