'My year end reading statistics' (originally for @theguardian.com books). p.s There's still time to pick up new book Physics for Cats at good bookshops and online www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

We are thrilled to announce that bestselling author Matt Haig (@matthaig.bsky.social) will be setting off on The Midnight Tour in May next year to celebrate the publication of his new novel, The Midnight Train. Tickets are on sale now: buythebook.online/the-midnight...

Canongate CEO Jamie Byng has shared that the publisher will not be exhibiting at London Book Fair in 2026, in part due to wanting to approach the event in “a different way” 👇 #BookSky

It’s time to announce the Nation of Strangers UK book tour! In February, I’ll hit the road to rebuild our lost homes with you all. It will be a togetherness against these unhoming times. For more information about the book and tickets 👉 buythebook.online/nation-of-st... @canongate.co.uk

Congratulations to @damianbarr.bsky.social! THE TWO ROBERTS has been shortlisted for the @stanfordstravel.bsky.social prize for Fiction with a Sense of Place ‘Crackles with creative rebellion’ Douglas Stuart ‘A vivid and moving portrait of two fine artists’ The Times

A reminder: books are very easy to wrap (and you can, controversially, sneak a wee taste as you wrap and nobody will know - unlike taking a bit of their cheese).

‘Together by political thinker and poet Ece Temelkuran creates an original vocabulary for a “politics of emotion.” Thank you for this wonderful review @brokentusk1.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk @scribnerbooks.bsky.social

What a brilliant book about two artists I knew nothing about. These two men felt so real to me and I’m so pleased that Damian Barr brought them to life again and told their story. Day 9 of Bertvent done!

A piece about @railway200.bsky.social, Vintage Trains and my grandfather’s service on the TPO night mails ran with the Observer yesterday observer.co.uk/style/travel...

🎉 🎉 🎉 UK & EUROPE COVER REVEAL 🎉 🎉 🎉 The Edge of Space-Time is coming to European readers via UK publisher @canongate.co.uk on 7 May 2026! With a slightly different subtitle 😂 Preorders now open! Please support your local indie. It helps authors so much! buythebook.online/edge-of-spac... #BookSky

We are delighted to share the UK cover for the new book from award-winning author Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, coming in May next year. @chanda.blacksky.app Pre-order yours now! buythebook.online/edge-of-spac...

The Recommender: writer and poet Derek Owusu – whose new book Borderline Fiction has just been published by @canongate.co.uk – on his recent cultural tips, from Lana Del Rey to David Szalay www.thenerve.news/p/the-recomm...

This Black Friday like all Black Fridays I'm staying in and reading a book do what you like buy a Canongate Book or don't I'm not engaging in it

There's a lot of good things worth bidding for here, in the #creativesforsudan auction, please take a look and help fundraising for people escaping genocide in El-Fasher. @yassmin.bsky.social, via @sdnsolidarity.bsky.social app.galabid.com/creatives4su...

✨ Emerging animators! ✨ AGA & @canongate.co.uk are commissioning 4 short animations for early 2026. Fee £500. Apply by 6 Dec 2025: CV, brief approach + 2–3 samples to [email protected]. Results by 15 Dec.

We’re delighted to share the cover for THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN, a time travelling love story from @matthaig.bsky.social, multi-million copy bestselling author of The Midnight Library!

What if we ride out tonight? What if we ride out and never once look back? Kevin Barry‘s savagely funny, achingly beautiful Western THE HEART IN WINTER has won the Historical Writer's Association Gold Crown Award! Congratulations Kevin! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

📚 Looking for a good read? @drjuliashaw.bsky.social (@uclpals.bsky.social) shares more about one of her favourite books on this BBC Sounds podcast.

Congratulations @canongate.co.uk for winning Debut Non-fiction Book of the Year last night with Foreign Fruit by Katie Goh. #saltirebookawards

Some lovely news. Somewhere Bobby and Robert are celebrating! Congratulations to everyone shortlisted and thank you to the judges and Nero and to @canongate.co.uk and my agent Clare Conville and to every bookseller, librarian and reader for giving my story space.

FOREIGN FRUIT is a beautiful memoir from Katie Goh which uses the journey and cultivation of a single fruit – the orange – to reckon with her identity and unpack themes of globalisation, colonialism and migration We’re delighted to see it chosen as the Saltire Awards Non-Fiction Debut of the Year!

Delighted to share the news that Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social's THE TWO ROBERTS has been shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards in the fiction category, congratulations Damian! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Happy PUBLICATION DAY to these four incredible books! WORDS ARE MY MATTER – Ursula K Le Guin WILD DARK SHORE – Charlotte McConaghy BORDERLINE FICTION – Derek Owusu THE NORTH SEA – Alistair Moffat All available now at your favourite local bookshop (and online:) uk.bookshop.org/lists/out-to...

RAISING HARE, Chloe Dalton's magical true story of caring for an injured hare has won the @booksaremybag.bsky.social Readers Award for Non-Fiction! Congratulations @chloedalton.bsky.social, and thank you to the readers and booksellers who've connected with Hare. #ReadersAwards #ChooseBookshops

If you need to listen something calm and thoughtful, here’s @fieldzine.bsky.social podcast with me. Many thanks to #SamField for being who he is. open.spotify.com/episode/6w8O... #HowToLoseACountry #Together via @canongate.co.uk

Join Mary Portas at Bookbar on Monday 3 November! Mary will be discussing ‘I shop, Therefore I am,’ her candid and funny memoir of her time at Harvey Nicks in the 90s published by @canongate.co.uk. Snap up the last few tickets for what should be a fabulous evening! www.bookbaruk.com/event-detail...

We’re thrilled to share the news that Helena Bonham Carter is the audiobook narrator for Holly Dawson’s All of Us Atoms, published today in audiobook!

Heart the Lover by Lily King review – a love story to treasure

Huge congratulations to Feryal Ali-Gauhar, AN ABUNDANCE OF WILD ROSES has won the 2025 @banffcentre.bsky.social Banff Mountain Film & Book Festival Mountain Fiction & Poetry Award! ‘The language sings, weaving a spell’ @wasafirimag.bsky.social

Happy PUBLICATION DAY to these four wonders! THAT BEAUTIFUL ATLANTIC WALTZ – Malachy Tallack AQUA – Chiara Barzini THE PENELOPIAD – @margaretatwood.bsky.social WRITING CREATIVITY & SOUL – Sue Monk Kidd All available now in your favourite local bookshop, and online uk.bookshop.org/lists/out-to...

Delighted to be publishing TOTEM, the new book from art historian Jo Baring about the human story of sculpture across the globe and throughout history www.thebookseller.com/rights/canon...

"You knew I'd write a book about you someday..." Happy Publication Day to @lilyking.bsky.social and her instant NYT bestseller, Heart the Lover! An achingly beautiful novel of desire, friendship, loss and the lasting impact of first love. Pick up your copy today: buythebook.online/heart-the-lo...

Tomorrow evening!

Announcing THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN, the new novel from @matthaig.bsky.social, to publish in May 2026. A time travelling love story from the world of The Midnight Library, it's available to pre-order here buythebook.online/the-midnight...

Some days, the algorithm really is your friend:

Excited to reveal the cover for A Stranger in Corfu - a spy novel with a difference! Following former MI6 agents, who are living in enforced retirement in Corfu when their pasts come back to haunt them, it’s a vivid reimagining of a true slice of British Intelligence history, told with huge skill.

❤️💜✨ Here's some photos to say thank you to everyone who came to our ‘With Love, Grief and Fury’ gig at Libreria, thanks to @nikitagil for asking the big questions and for reading beautifully, thanks to everyone that shared the love. Thank you to mighty @canongate.co.uk it was a beautiful night! Xx

Lovely profile here www.thebookseller.com/author-inter...

Delighted to see Erin Somers on the cover of today's Bookseller ahead of her new novel THE TEN YEAR AFFAIR coming out in January! canongate.co.uk/books/5417-t...

Happy Publication day! PHYSICS FOR CATS – @tomgauld.bsky.social NAMESAKE – @nswriting.bsky.social RAISING HARE – @chloedalton.bsky.social WITH LOVE, GRIEF & FURY – @salenagodden.bsky.social GREEN CRIME – @drjuliashaw.bsky.social

We're thrilled to announce Push the Wall by Frank Miller, a masterclass in the art of storytelling and an intimate look inside the mind and life of a creative genius. It reveals the man behind some of the most exciting stories of our age. Order now: buythebook.online/push-the-wall

A huge congratulations to Omar El Akkad, whose book One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This has been shortlisted today for The National Book Award. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/b...

Science Cat is noting down important data: • PHYSICS FOR CATS is out on Thursday! • There is a launch party at @goshcomics.bsky.social! • More details are at www.tomgauld.com

👋 !! 🌊 !! 💙 !! hiya! Less than a week til @lenniesaurus.bsky.social joins us with poyums annaw - grab last few tickets here + we’ll see you there www.ticketsource.co.uk/forumbooks/a... @thecrackmagazine.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk

Happy International Poetry day from us at Canongate! We're proud of the varied, radical, inspiring, tender, furious, inquisitive poetry we've published over the years. Dip into the alternative poets to discover some incredible voices: uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-al...

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the first ever Peanuts comic, Charles M. Schulz' iconic work! Few comics have had such a profound effect on culture, we're immensely proud to publish the full series: take a dive and connect with Snoopy & the gang: uk.bookshop.org/lists/peanuts

I SHOP THEREFORE I AM – Wishing a wondrously happy publication day to Mary Portas! Dive into a no-holds-barred account about her time as window dresser and creative director for Harvey Nichols, full of juicy anecdotes from the fashion world and '90s nostalgia uk.bookshop.org/p/books/i-sh...

We're delighted to share the news that @lenniesaurus.bsky.social's second collection poyums annaw is an instant Sunday Times bestseller. Huge congratulations Len! Have you read it yet? buythebook.online/poyums-annaw

Canongate is set to publish Columbia MFA graduate Stephanie Wambugu's "buzzy" literary debut. Lonely Crowds will publish in trade paperback in February 2026 👇 #BookSky

Wishing a very happy publication day to Len Pennie as her new poetry collection, Poyums Annaw, is out today! @canongate.co.uk Last night, we had the pleasure of hosting the Edinburgh launch of the book with Len in conversation with fellow poet Hannah Lavery - and what a wonderful evening it was 💙