In a world fractured by violence, what does it really mean to protect human rights? Author and human rights lawyer @alexneve.bsky.social reflects on the power of memory, witnessing, and collective action: thewalrus.ca/why-i-still-beli...

Meet the author & discover a new great read at one of our Fall 2025 book signings, outside our shop at 116 Third Ave! 🗓️ Sun Oct 26, 2pm-4pm: Amélie B., "the things we left unsaid" 🗓️ Sat Nov 1, 1pm-3pm: Maïlie Dumas, "Coincés À Newark" 🗓️ Sun Nov 2, 1pm-3pm: Sue Davidson, "Dread Comes at Daybreak"

Join Carleton University’s Department of History for a talk by @milleridriss.bsky.social as she discusses her latest book Man Up: The New Misogyny & the Rise of Violent Extremism. Thrs Oct 30, 6PM at CDCC, 355 Copper St., Ottawa RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/man-up-the... @princetonupress.bsky.social

Join us at The Happy Goat on Laurel for this great book launch on Thurs Oct 28!

The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education welcomes @jonathan4212.bsky.social to Octopus Books for the launch of his new book, We’re Coming for You & Your Rotten System: How Socialists Beat Amazon & Upended Big-City Politics. Oct 27, 7pm. RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/panit...

Book launch: Lordship & Liberation in Palestine-Israel: The Promise of Decolonial Sovereignties, a groundbreaking new book by Dr. Muhannad Ayyash. Fri Oct 24, 12pm at the University of Ottawa Free registration: www.eventbrite.ca/e/decolonial...

Join us for the Ottawa launch of Lawless: Abortion under Complete Decriminalization, featuring author Martha Paynter in convo with Sabrina Lee, OBGYN, & frederique chabot of Action Canada for Sexual Health & Rights. Fri Oct 24 @7pm RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/events/37463... @fernpub.bsky.social

Ottawa friends, attend an expert panel discussion on challenging Canada’s perpetuation of settler-colonial violence in North America and the Middle East on October 23. More info: https://bit.ly/46StnNu @jeremywildeman.bsky.social @@cjpme.org @ijvcanada.bsky.social @octopusbooks.ca

📚 Perspectives Journal has just arrived at @octopusbooks.ca in Ottawa! Issues No. 2 and 3 are in stock—featuring bold progressive ideas, sharp analysis on political economy, and fresh visions for Canadian social democracy. Stop by Octopus Books in the Glebe (116 Third Ave) to grab your copy.

Are you coming? Just over a month away! @atbaypress.bsky.social @octopusbooks.ca

“Violet’s Song” has now officially been released! Visit @octopusbooks.ca to grab your copy today, or order online.

On the surface, Ontario's "Safer Municipalities Act" seeks to address public drug use. In this brief, Brianna Olson-Pitawanakwat Mskwaasin Agnew, and Kelsi Balaban argue it maintains too-familiar traditions of Indigenous displacement and colonial harm: yellowheadinstitute.org/2025/ontario...

Book Launch! @octopusbooks.ca will be selling Books at House of Targ on Bank Street - Thursday November 6th 5-7 pm. Come buy books, original art, listen to some poetry, play pinball, eat pierogies, and have a beer.

Vince Gasparro, the Parliamentary Secretary for "Combatting Crime," just announced that the Irish band Kneecap are banned from entering Canada, 3 days after he met with Israel lobbyists.

I think Sandy is Thoughtful Insights and I am Engaging Wit.

Thanks to the ever-brilliant @sandela.bsky.social & @nolore.bsky.social for joining us last night to discuss the big ideas in their new books with a packed audience in Ottawa! An examination of the serious issues facing Canada presented with their trademark thoughtful insights and engaging wit.

We Keep Each Other Safe. Power to the people of Los Angeles. And if you think Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is dangerous, learn about Carney’s Bill C-2. Check out migrantrights.ca for more information #statusforall

Greta Thunberg, arriving back in Europe after her abduction by Israel in international waters, explains in 40 seconds why western governments are colluding in genocide:

We Keep Each Other Safe. Power to the people of Los Angeles. And if you think Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is dangerous, learn about Carney’s Bill C-2. Check out migrantrights.ca for more information #statusforall

Liberals, please tell your party that C-2 is an unacceptable attack on migrants and threats the rights of everyone in Canada.

Vandalizing the National Holocaust Monument is shameful and hateful. This sacred space honours the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust and the strength of survivors. Antisemitism, hatred, and intolerance have no place in Canada. Those responsible must be held accountable.

Defacing the Holocaust monument is not okay. I am devastated that this happened.

Yesterday we made Palestine and the genocide in Gaza unavoidable in Ottawa, the nation’s capital in Canada. Protestors took over the streets in front of CANSEC, an arms trade show where tech and weapons used to slaughter Palestinians are being bought and sold.

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip need action, not words. Join us in calling for an end to Israel's genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. ✊https://takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/162327/action/1 🍉🍉🍉

This government doesn't want us to talk about public education in Ontario because they're cutting funding year after year. Our kids deserve better. #onted #onpoli

Join us to celebrate the launch of Beyond the Rink: Behind the Images of Residential School Hockey with two of the book's authors, Alexandra Giancarlo & Janice Forsyth. This Wednesday May 28, 7pm at Octopus Books! RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/events/28326... @umanitobapress.bsky.social

Join co-authors Alexandra Giancarlo and Janice Forsyth at @octopusbooks.ca Wednesday, May 28, at 7pm for the Ottawa launch of BEYOND THE RINK!

David Wesley, one of the members of the 1951 Sioux Lookout Black Hawks hockey team, his son Bradley, and author Alexandra Giancarlo spoke with CBC Fresh Air’s Ismaila Alfa about BEYOND THE RINK, a new book about hockey and residential school from the perspective of the Survivors.

First order placed @octopusbooks.ca! Now I have to wait patiently for delivery. I’m always looking for interesting titles so please do bombard me with your favourite titles.

My new books are in! Yay! I have to finish Atlas of AI by Kate Crawford before I dig into these, but I'm really looking forward to reading what @karenhao.bsky.social @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social have to add to the general conversation around AI.

If you missed this excellent online discussion, you can watch the recording now via octopusbooks.ca/amnesty @pacinthe.bsky.social @amnesty.ca

Identifying subjects of stories is basic journalism—but when it comes to people committing racist acts, Canadian media regularly blur out and protect their identities. @desmondcole.bsky.social breaks down why anonymizing racism isn’t just bad journalism—it’s a gift to white supremacy.

Okay, this is totally an appropriate time for this, right? Behold! The three audiobooks I have available on @libro.fm, which you can purchase while also supporting your brick-and-mortar of choice! I have my account there set to support @octopusbooks.ca!

Let's go.

If you missed this excellent online discussion, you can watch the recording now via octopusbooks.ca/amnesty @pacinthe.bsky.social @amnesty.ca

Speaking of voting... Who remembers this? Uncovered from the archives of the Octopus offices! #ottawaxpress #indiebookstore

Indigenous Jane’s Walk yesterday in Ottawa, focusing on ‘presence’. Full summer schedule coming soon nativeexperiencesontario.ca

It's World Press Freedom Day! Which is a joke in Canada, a country where more than 80% of our print media is owned by the same foreign conglomerate!

Arc’s Poem of the Year 2025 Readers’ Choice Award is open for voting! Which shortlisted poem is your favourite? Read the standout finalist poems and cast your vote today! buff.ly/3DLvn2D

If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.

Nothing would make us happier.

For #MayDay 2025, Ottawa groups are organizing a month of activities to protest, build, learn, & celebrate as together we fight for a better future. Join us for a month of May Day! Visit maydayottawa.org for details. @rad-events-ottawa.bsky.social @theleveller.bsky.social @csottawa.bsky.social

For #MayDay 2025, Ottawa groups are organizing a month of activities to protest, build, learn, & celebrate as together we fight for a better future. Join us for a month of May Day! Visit maydayottawa.org for details. @rad-events-ottawa.bsky.social @theleveller.bsky.social @csottawa.bsky.social

On International Workers’ Day, we stand in solidarity with millions around the world to denounce exploitation, defend the right to unionize, and demand decent and safe working conditions for all. Happy May Day! #internationalworkersday #mayday

Tomorrow marks International Workers' Day! We dive into the recent history of actions here in Ottawa, anticipating an entire month of May Day events that includes protests, pickets and discussions, organized or promoted by local anarchists Punch Up Collective. leveller.ca/2025/04/a-mo... #ottpoli

Join @amnesty.ca for an online discussion with award-winning novelist & journalist Omar El Akkad, in conversation with host @pacinthe.bsky.social. Sunday, May 4, 7pm ET Register for the free Zoom presentation at octopusbooks.ca/amnesty

On #RedDressDay, the Ottawa Aboriginal Coalition invites everyone to come together in honour of the National Day of Awareness for Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls #MMIWG. May 5, 10AM-3PM, Jean Pigott Place, Ottawa City Hall Program: www.ottawaaboriginalcoalition.ca/red-dress-da...

'I've always wanted to put together a book and bring together all the activism and all the amazing women that I have met like all across the country doing this work,' says author Jaime Black-Morsette.

On #RedDressDay, the Ottawa Aboriginal Coalition invites everyone to come together in honour of the National Day of Awareness for Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls #MMIWG. May 5, 10AM-3PM, Jean Pigott Place, Ottawa City Hall Program: www.ottawaaboriginalcoalition.ca/red-dress-da...

Join @amnesty.ca for an online discussion with award-winning novelist & journalist Omar El Akkad, in conversation with host @pacinthe.bsky.social. Sunday, May 4, 7pm ET Register for the free Zoom presentation at octopusbooks.ca/amnesty