OK guys you need some quiet, virtually plot-free escapism -- go read THE APPLE-TREE THRONE and find out if holy water helps with a haunting* and how to appropriately mock a man's moustache *it does not

We are looking for a Junior Editor. The Junior Editor will contribute to the acquisition, development, and funding requirements of an intellectually rich program of books to be published by UBC Press in defined subject areas. Further information and apply at: https://ow.ly/b5Aw50XX2FQ.

Also, tell your friends to buy books! They're better than looking at the news (even with all the trauma)!

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Calling all librarians! If you have a Library Thing account, request The Cryptid Compendium www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5... compiling the cryptids featured in the first five years of the acclaimed Systema Paradoxa series, combined with vivid full-color illustrations by the reclusive J.W. Harp.

Aware of which titles have been pulled from various school libraries in Alberta? So far, school boards have been unwilling to release the titles of books that have been banned. If you know of titles affected, contact Q&Q using our anonymous tipline: https://quillandquire.com/tipline/

After all the heartbreak and horror of the world this week - a reminder of why Canada, and the idea of Canada, really matters. We aren’t trying to be great again - just trying to make a better country, every day. Sending this out with love and hope. #Canada #cdnpoli #ElbowsUp #Alberta #refugees

In DMs we're posting screenshots of the sharp sales drop-off we've all had the last few months so basically if you're still out there buying books, you might be the difference between some folks still having a career or going back to being considered a hobbyist. It's bad out there in the arts.

Time to ban X. Canadian government still using X amid platform’s child sex abuse material scandal - National | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1160665...

I have been emailing and phoning municipal, provincial and federal politicians about getting off of X. Surprisingly, I have the ear of a high-ranking provincial politician. Please send your best anti-Twitter think pieces.

ALSO I keep forgetting to re-up my books (times are hard, I know, but still, you gotta) -- THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST came out in audio in November! A magical forest, a valley occupied by a Tyrant, and two children lost in the woods... libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

NEW for #MLA26: Bodies of Art, Bodies of Labour by Kate Beaton. https://bit.ly/4b1Vx9l ##MLAnews @modernlanguage.bsky.social #booksky #books #graphicnonfiction #comics

NEW for #MLA26: Alice Munro and the Art of Time by Laura K. Davis https://bit.ly/4mV07e2 ##MLAnews @modernlanguage.bsky.social

The Dialectic of Sex was the first book of the women’s liberation movement to propound a feminist theory of sex. Here we have compiled works of feminism that live in conversation with the ideas Firestone expounded.

Review of Humans by James Fell, the "sweary historian" who has almost 400,000 Facebook followers. www.facebook.com/bodyforwife/...

🚨 Reminder for Writers!! 🚨 Monday, January 12 is the LAST DAY to submit pitches for This Magazine's annual Culture Issue! Details at the link below: this.org/contribute/

NEW for #MLA26: Shelter in Text: Essays on Dwelling and Refuge, edited by Myra Bloom and Kasia Van Schaik. https://bit.ly/4p4eXQ4 ##MLAnews @modernlanguage.bsky.social

Check out what Alberta readers were picking up in December 2025! Featuring titles from @thenewpress.bsky.social, @ucalgarypress.bsky.social, and more! See the full list here: buff.ly/zJeBNH9

✨ NEW REVIEW of "Standing in the Footprints of Beasts" Alberta Views! Get your copy of the magazine and the book now! #NeWestPress #StandingInTheFootprintsOfBeasts #ABbooks #AlbertaPublisher #CanadianLiterature #CanLit #ReadLocal #ReadCanadian #BuyCanadian buff.ly/SIyVzXP

Our literary series forwards bold and lively voices that entertain and engage. Discover Brave & Brilliant poetry. https://ow.ly/fOzG50XNrhE

#MLA26: Living and Learning with Feminist Ethics, Literature, and Art, edited by Dominique Hétu, Libe García Zarranz, Amanda Fayant, and Marie Carrière. https://bit.ly/3Dmnwnp ##books #reading #literature #CompLit #poetics #highered #MLAnews @modernlanguage.bsky.social

Earthen, Stories by Katherine Koller Publication Date: May 2026 🇨🇦 Pre-order now from our website or from your local bookstore greatplainspress.ca?s=earthen&se... #Nature #Fiction #ShortStories #Earth #CanadianAuthor

Did you enjoy today's story? This Magazine is currently accepting short fiction submissions for publication in 2026! Email fiction editor H Felix Chau Bradley at [email protected] and attach your story (no more than 2500 words long) by January 31! Further details here: this.org/contribute/

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Leaving home as inherited condition. Displacement as engine of industrial ag. Whatever became of my great-grandmothers. What they became when they landed here. What they thought or believed, couldn’t say, couldn’t do. Our present chews holes in shared memory. This will be my fourth book.

Editors Canada is now accepting 2026 Karen Virag Award nominations! A cash award of $400 is made possible by Editors Canada and its generous donors. Tell us about the editing heroes in your community: www.editors.ca/about/awards...

Canada Reads season is here and we're beyond thrilled to share that Slice the Water by PP Wong has been longlisted for CBC Books' #CanadaReads2026! Congratulations, PP — we're so excited! ❤📚

Whether you're embracing or shunning #DryJanuary, our free e-book of the month, RUM MANIACS, is the perfect read, revealing how and why pathological drinking became a subject of medical interest and fascination in America. Get it here: buff.ly/j9EDNew

“Marx was on to something more profound than he knew, when he observed that the family contained within itself in embryo all the antagonisms that later develop on a wide scale within the society and state.” — Shulamith Firestone, The Dialectic of Sex

It is with deep sadness we share with you the passing of children's author Brian Doyle. CCBC President and former CCBN editor Gillian O'Reilly pays contribute to the late author: https://bookcentre.ca/blogs/industry-news/three-things-i-ll-remember-about-brian-doyle @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social

Is one of your 2026 goals to have your book published? Pottersfeld Press is looking for submissions from writers who can provide a manuscript in any nonfiction medium to tell a story or put forward an idea. For more information, visit: www.pottersfieldpress.com

We're accepting nominations for the $400 Karen Virag Award until Friday, March 6. Tell us about the editing heroes in your community: www.editors.ca/about/awards...

There is no world in which you should be publishing someone else's books if you are not willing to put the money you owe them aside and *never touch it, ever*

The MLA conference runs January 8 to 11 this year in Toronto. Here's to a great conference! Be sure to visit Michelle Lobkowicz at booth 109A. She would love to talk books with you. https://bit.ly/3WBWjSt ##MLA26 #MLAnews @modernlanguage.bsky.social @mlobkowicz.bsky.social

I just finished reading The First Thousand Trees by @premeemohamed.com. I loved this whole series, start to finish. Awful thing happen to her characters, nothing is tidy, and so very much stays broken. But in an extremely comforting way. A solidly good story by an exceptional storyteller.

The FOLD has released its 2026 Reading Challenge. Follow their blog for recommendations, then get to your local bookstore or library and start reading! https://bit.ly/4b72I27 @thefoldcanada.bsky.social @cdnpublishers.bsky.social @abbookpub.bsky.social @writersguildab.bsky.social

The BPAA is excited to announce that submissions are open for the 2026 #ABPubAwards through February 27! More information can be found here: buff.ly/M5gaEob #ABbooks @wereadab.bsky.social

As Alberta announces dozens of (secret) book bans... here's a reminder that if you are a published Canadian author or illustrator, we would love to have you join Canadian Authors and Illustrators Against Book Bans. Here's our linktree for more info and sign up page! linktr.ee/caiabb #canlit #abed

Happy New Year, everyone! We're here with some books to help you welcome 2026 from a healthy, happy place. @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social @houseofanansi.bsky.social @harpercollinsca.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @simonschusterca.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/01... #CanLit

George Edward Buck was a revival preacher who came to Alberta to found Zion in the Rockies. How did he end up the face of fraud in an international inquiry? The Boom is an oil history that returns the wildcatters and charlatans to the record and traces the oil culture of Alberta to this day.

You could also give Steven Sandor’s LEVELING THE ICE as a New Year’s gift, not just as a Christmas gift. Just sayin.’ 😉

New review of my book up at @albertaviews.bsky.social ! albertaviews.ca/meltdown-sar...

Please stop by and say hello of you are at #MLA26 this year!

Acquisitions editor Michelle Lobkowicz is attending #MLA26 and is open to publishing queries and book proposals. Visit her at booth 109A! Our submissions guidelines are here: https://bit.ly/4cpQT4s ##MLANews @mlobkowicz.bsky.social @modernlanguage.bsky.social

Shulamith Firestone wrote the first book of the women’s liberation movement to propound a feminist theory of sex. She would have turned 81 today. ‘I am who I am, and a lot of women are who they are, because of Shulie.’ www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/1...

Welcome to the 2026 Small Spec Book Awards competition FTL Publications, @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social, @thewpp.bsky.social, and @tychebooks.bsky.social! #SSBA #SSBA2026

An excellent thread of advice to complement the advice on Writer Beware's Small and Independent Publishers page: www.sfwa.org/other-resour...

With the start of the new term and a new season, we want to take a moment to share all the resources we have available for educators! Read the latest Educator Newsletter for more ✏️ conta.cc/3KDAFfF

Do you know an exceptional editor? Shine a spotlight on great editing by submitting a nomination for the $2,000 Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence. The 2026 award recognizes an outstanding editor on a project published in the 2025 calendar year: www.editors.ca/about/awards...