May is Asian Heritage Month! Talon has put together a reading list of some cool, unique titles that belong in your library. Dive into the craft and creativity of a diverse roster of authors of Asian heritage working in poetry, drama, comedy, and nonfiction.⁠ ⁠ talonbooks.com/news/asian-h...

1/6 Our spring 2026 #poetry titles are modelling their gorgeous covers in the sun. #BookSky💙📚 Up first is Beautiful Unknown Future by Taryn Hubbard⁠! Witty and sincere, this collection holds space for messy feelings about motherhood and care, the climate crisis, family ghosts, and office dynamics.⁠

ᑭᐢᑭᓱᒥᑐᐠ kiskisomitok: ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ to remind each and one another by ᑳᐯᓵᑳᐢᑌᐠ reuben quinn is on the shortlist for the Indigenous Voices Award for Published Prose! A huge congratulations to ᑳᐯᓵᑳᐢᑌᐠ reuben quinn and to all of the shortlisted authors!⁠ indigenousvoicesawards.org/home-page

Writer-in-Residence 50th Anniversary Alumni Showcase: mclennan, fitzpatrick, Wah, Marlatt, Carpenter, etc; / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social @talonbooks.bsky.social @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social ; abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2026/05/writ...

This list is an ode to mothers, grandmothers, and the strong women in our lives. Pick a book for yourself or the perfect Mother's Day gift 🌷 www.readlocalbc.ca/2026/05/07/b...

“I often thought that the effects of my illness mirrored life in a home with an unpredictable and cruel father. Home was not a safe place...Fibromyalgia made me feel unsafe in my own body.” #Indigenous #Métis #chronicillness #trauma #healthcare

Kevin Loring speaks about his award-winning play Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer: A Trickster Land Claim Fable with Juliane Bodini on Global News. globalnews.ca/video/118204...

Revolutions, the debut collection by Hajer Mirwali, is a finalist for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry! This award is given to an exceptional first, second, or third book of poetry from an Ontario-based author. A huge congratulations to Hajer! www.ontariocreates.ca/our-sectors/...

small one at a party, so I get ninety minutes or so at terrible sportsbar, attempting notes on new poetry titles by George Bowering, Dale Martin Smith, Elee Kraljii Gardiner, Maxine Chernoff, Jaime Forsythe, Melissa Eleftherion, Jerome Sala, etc // @talonbooks.bsky.social

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Elee Kraljii Gardiner was a guest on North by Northwest with Margaret Gallagher! The pair chatted about @eleekg.bsky.social's new collection sometimes, forest, her time as Vancouver's Poet Laureate and more. Listen to their conversation here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Some great news out of Chilliwack: Taryn Hubbard, author of Desire Path, The Very Good Best Friend, and the brand new poetry collection Beautiful Unknown Future, has been named Chilliwack’s inaugural Poet Laureate! Congratulations, Taryn! www.chilliwackartscouncil.com/news/chilliw...

POD DROP We speak with Caroline Russell-King about the play and book Selma Burke: Carving a Sculptor’s Life. African American sculptor Selma Burke lived from 1900 to 1995. @talonbooks.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...

"One may take action or / do nothing: slowly, I / dissolve into this exterior / which doesn't exist." Nicole Raziya Fong reads a poem from their collection SUBTEXT (@talonbooks.bsky.social), which explores identity through diasporic history & memory for #ALUPoetsResist. alllitup.ca/poets-resist...

Verbal Violence by Danielle LaFrance has landed! Verbal Violence unravels, dissects, and shreds the language of the professional managerial class. Get your copy at your favourite local bookstore or from our website: ⁠https://talonbooks.com/books/verbal-violence

April 22 is Earth Day! If you want to engage with thinkers who care about the planet, water, the forests, the rivers, land stewardship, combatting extractive practices, and the more-than-human world as much as you do, here are a handful of titles we think you’ll love.⁠ talonbooks.com/news/earth-d...

From the Cariboo to the Kootenays, from Salt Spring to the Okanagan, from the beaches to the East Vancouver evening skies, there’s a good chance that a BC book is based in your little corner of BC. Find a BC book that feels like home. ⬇ www.readlocalbc.ca/2026/04/17/f...

You're Invited! On May 1, join Talonbooks at the Martha Lou Henley Rehearsal Hall to celebrate the release of seven stellar new titles! Attendance is free, venue is wheelchair and scooter accessible. Hope to see you there! talonbooks.com/news/you-re-...

Toronto! On April 18, catch Drew McEwan (author of tours, variously) and bill bissett (author of th book uv lost passwords 1) featuring at the Poetry Open Mic at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre! Details here: buddiesinbadtimes.com/event/poetry...

We are delighted that The Book of Z by @rahat.bsky.social is a finalist for the 2026 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize! A huge congratulations to Rahat, and to all of this year's finalists! bcyukonbookprizes.com/2026/04/14/a...

Hot off the press! Beautiful Unknown Future by Taryn Hubbard has arrived! This new collection reflects with candour and wit on the precarity we share with the nonhuman world. Pick up your copy here: talonbooks.com/books/beauti...

The VWF 2026 online auction is open for bidding! vwf2026.charityauction.bid One of the top prizes is this 1 hour, one-on-one creative mentoring session with Elee Kraljii Gardiner @eleekg.bsky.social, who is the current Vancouver Poet Laureate and director of the Vancouver Manuscript Intensive.

These eight collections from debut and veteran writers tackle themes as wide-ranging as grief, disability, war, colonialism, labour and motherhood. Discover or rediscover poetry this April, and happy National Poetry Month! ✍️🔖 #TyeePresents #Sponsored

1/2 The #NationalPoetryMonth celebrations continue! Take a look at Talon's spring 2026 titles, some freshly on the shelves, some still to return from the printer. All of these books are available for purchase or preorder on our website or at your favourite bookstore. ⁠ @jkirton.bsky.social

It's National Poetry Month! CBC recently shared 29 Canadian poetry titles to check out this spring: buff.ly/0iOo7T7. Congratulations to featured Books BC members, @anvilpress.bsky.social, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, @caitlinpress.bsky.social, @harbourpublishing.bsky.social, @talonbooks.bsky.social 🎉

These poetry collections do what poetry does best: examines our ways of being, sharpens our emotional experiences, and enlivens our sensory capabilities www.readlocalbc.ca/2026/04/02/p... @talonbooks.bsky.social @orcabook.bsky.social @tradewindbooks.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social

1/2 April is National Poetry Month! To celebrate, Talonbooks is highlighting some recent titles that have been making our bookshelves proud they weren't manufactured into chairs instead. @rahat.bsky.social @ryanfitzpublic.bsky.social

National Poetry Month (via @chaudierebooks.bsky.social): Daphne Marlatt, / @talonbooks.bsky.social ; chaudierebooks.blogspot.com/2026/04/nati...

You're invited to the Talonbooks spring 2026 launch! On May 1, join us at the Martha Lou Henley Rehearsal Hall to celebrate this season's stellar new titles. ⁠Attendance is free! A live stream will be available on the Talonbooks YouTube channel. More details here: talonbooks.com/news/you-re-...

Save Your Prayers – Send Money has arrived! The latest book from Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize–finalist Jónína Kirton takes on the wellness industry, considering disability politics through the lived experience of a seventy-year-old Métis woman and recovering New Ager. talonbooks.com/books/save-y...

MY BOOKS HAVE SHIPPED FROM THE PRINTER! sometimes, forest will be in my hands shortly! If you'd like to order, ask for a review copy, talk about readings or hylofeminism (hylo from the Greek meaning woods/forest matter)...let me or @talonbooks.bsky.social know!

The Writers' Guild of Alberta is pleased to announce the finalists of the 2026 Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction, sponsored by Scott Saxberg. Precarious — Marcello Di Cintio At the Limits of Care — Janna Klostermann ᑭᐢᑭᓱᒥᑐᐠ kiskisomitok —  reuben quinn

CBC Books covered all of the authors shortlisted for the Lambda Awards with ties to Canada! We're thrilled to see Sarah Waisvisz among them. Her debut play Heartlines is a finalist for LGBTQ+ Drama. Congratulations to all of these authors! What a great list of books. www.cbc.ca/books/jaime-...

We are delighted to announce that Pearl by literary icon and Canada’s first ever Parliamentary Poet Laureate George Bowering has landed! Pick up your copy here: talonbooks.com/books/pearl

So rare (to rush to a book table to grab a copy before they're gone). #shebows This. Debut. Ablaze. #thewonder HAJER MIRWALI Revolutions @talonbooks.bsky.social talonbooks.com/books/revolu...

It's World Theatre Day! Plays are a significant part of Talonbooks's publishing program. We love the mastery of dialogue, the depth of character, and (of course) the drama. To celebrate World Theatre Day, we'd like to shine a fresnel light on some recent plays. ⁠ talonbooks.com/news/world-t...

The new work of autofiction Growing My Way Home by award-winning Sḵwx̱wú7mesh author @raveonstudio.bsky.social is here! Growing My Way Home traces Ashton’s experiences as a thirteen-year-old drug dealer, a fifteen-year-old parent, and finally an author and artist. talonbooks.com/books/growin...

The new work of poetry by Nicole Raziya Fong is here! SUBTEXT collages the echoes of diasporic and colonial histories through poetry, drama, autobiography, and archival uncovering. SUBTEXT asks readers to negotiate the unsteady shoals of identity and history.⁠ talonbooks.com/books/subtext

Stuck in a reading rut? We’ve rounded up a few locally published books to help switch up your reading vibe. From candid essays and introspective poetry, these critic-approved titles will help pull you back into the world of books. 📖 ⭐

Congratulations to the 2026 Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize longlist, including LPG members @anvilpress.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @guernicaeditions.bsky.social, @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social, @talonbooks.bsky.social & Signature Editions! The shortlist will be announced April 2.

The shortlists for the 38th annual Lambda Literary Awards have been announced and we are over the moon to share that the debut play Heartlines: A Love Story by Sarah Waisvisz is one of five finalists for the Lambda Award in LGBTQ+ Drama! lambdaliterary.org/awards/curre...

The 2026 finalists in LGBTQ+ Drama: Ain't No Mo' by Jordan E. Cooper. Another Kind of Silence by L M Feldman, translated by MoMo Holt. Heartlines: A Love Story by Sarah Waisvisz. @talonbooks.bsky.social #Lammys2026

On March 26, catch Steve Collis, Cole Mash, Erin Scott, and Magpie Ulysses sharing poems at The Earth Is on Fire Now What? @deathridesaunicorn.bsky.social www.deathridesaunicorn.com

Calling all poetry lovers in Victoria, BC: catch A Jamali Rad and Shauntelle Dick-Charleson featuring at Planet Earth Poetry at Russell Books! planetearthpoetry.com/march-2026

Open up a time capsule to discover the captivating histories of the people, places, and stunning natural world in BC. 🚀 📼 Whether you’re obsessed with unsolved mysteries, local histories, or learning more about Indigenous traditions, these titles will take you on a thrilling reading adventure.

Pinch me! #newBook #IndigenousWriter #GrowingMyWayHome @talonbooks.bsky.social Available everywhere!

Hot off the press! Hilarious, incisive, and potent, White Noise by the late, great Taran Kootenhayoo is here! In this blistering comedy, two neighbouring families, one Indigenous and one white, dine together during Truth and Reconciliation Week. talonbooks.com/books/white-...

If you're looking for reads to help you slow down, observe, and gain a deeper sense of the ecological world around us, look no further: www.readlocalbc.ca/2026/02/20/b... @talonbooks.bsky.social @greystonebooks.bsky.social #BCBooks #NatureBooks

Catch @rahat.bsky.social in conversation with Nafeesa Syeed online on March 4! Register here: macmillan.yale.edu/southasia/ev...

Hot off the press! The award-winning play Selma Burke: Carving a Sculptor's Life by Caroline Russell-King and Maria Crooks has arrived!⁠ Delve into the remarkable life and art of Dr. Selma Hortense Burke as imagined by two stellar playwrights. talonbooks.com/books/selma-...