Our Canons list celebrates books that are either classics already, or we believe one day will be. The Good Immigrant was profoundly important when it was first published, and is even more necessary now. It couldn't be a better fit. Thanks to Nikesh and his fellow writers for trusting us with it.

Congratulations to @chloedalton.bsky.social & Louise Brealey! Raising Hare's audiobook has been shortlisted for best Non-Fiction, and Louise has been shortlisted for Best Narrator at the inaugural @thespeakies.bsky.social! #BritishAudioAwards @thebookseller.com www.thebookseller.com/the-british-...

We're delighted to see One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This on the Non-Fiction longlist for the 2025 National Book Awards – congratulations to Omar El Akkad! www.nationalbook.org/awards-prize...

We’re overjoyed to announce we're publishing @tahmima.bsky.social's new novel UPRISING, a terrifying yet uplifting portrait of rebellion and liberation that gives voice to the silenced through the story of a revolution no one saw coming. Publishing June 2026! www.thebookseller.com/rights/canon...

LONDON! We are recruiting an Assistant to our Publisher & Commercial Director, looking for the keenest reader with great organisational skills who wants to discover how multiple departments within a publisher work. Salary & great benefits in the ad, apply by Sept 23rd: canongate.co.uk/about/jobs/

LONDON! We are recruiting an Assistant to our Publisher & Commercial Director, looking for the keenest reader with great organisational skills who wants to discover how multiple departments within a publisher work. Salary & great benefits in the ad, apply by Sept 23rd: canongate.co.uk/about/jobs/

Very proud of our trio of authors on the longlists for the Saltires, Scotland's National Book Awards! Karen Campbell's @writerkcampbell.bsky.social This Bright Life has been longlisted for Fiction book of the year, congratulations Karen!

Happy Publication Day! COULD SHOULD MIGHT DON'T – Nick Foster THE HEALING POWER OF KOREAN LETTER WRITING – Juhee Mun THE MANY LIVES OF JAMES LOVELOCK – Jonathan Watts THE BRIDGE BETWEEN WORLDS & EMPIRE ANTARTICA – Gavin Francis NEVERLAND – Vanessa Kisuule EXIT WOUNDS – Peter Godwin

We are absolutely delighted to share the news that last night @chloedalton.bsky.social's RAISING HARE won the inaugrual @wainwrightprize.bsky.social Book of the Year Award (Alongside the Nature Writing Prize for 2025). Huge congratulations to Chloe! Pre-order now: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/rais...

Thank you to every single person that got their hands on a copy of my new book. Our stories matter! It means the world to see people fall in love with Bobby and Robert. Thank you booksellers and libraries all! #20 on Sunday Times Bestseller List! ❤️ 🖼️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 📕 🌈 @canongate.co.uk

Excited to share news of my upcoming book, about the science of Now. Thank you @canongate.co.uk for designing such a beautiful cover! Writing this has been a long road (!) but now it's finally starting to feel real... 🎉 😆

We are delighted to share the cover for a transformative new book from award-winning science journalist Jo Marchant @jomarchant.bsky.social, available to pre-order now! In Search of Now is an exploration of the nature of time, self and reality. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/in-s...

Happy Publication Day to THE TWO ROBERTS! The new novel from @damianbarr.bsky.social, a profoundly moving story of devotion and obsession, art and class “Crackles with creative rebellion” DOUGLAS STUART “We need love stories like these. Utterly absorbing” JACKIE KAY uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Push the boundaries of your thoughts – we're enjoying listening to @jomarchant.bsky.social's Where The Wild Thoughts Are; a science podcast that encourages you to think differently about how you see the world, from cosmology and quantum physics to neuroscience, archaeology, ecology, it's got it all:

Pals, I’ll be talking secret love and making art and class snd art and all of that and I’d love you to join me @hatchards.bsky.social on Thurs or Pallant House on Fri. It’s publication week for the Two Roberts! @canongate.co.uk buythebook.online/the-two-robe...

We're delighted to announce that Joe Tucker's THE SECRET PAINTER has been chosen as @waterstones.bsky.social September Non-Fiction Book of the Month! Discover the astonishing story of 'The Secret Lowry' today: www.waterstones.com/book/the-sec...

My new book of science cartoons is out soon. Preorder 'Physics for Cats' now at your local bookshop. Or come to @smallpressexpo.bsky.social on 13th and 14th September where I will be signing and doodling in copies. More details and other tour stops to come! @dandq.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk

We are delighted to share the cover for the witty and emotionally-charged new novel The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers, available to pre-order now: buythebook.online/the-ten-year... 'Somers's wit is as cool, caustic and dry as liquid nitrogen' TONY TULATHIMUTTE 'Hilarious' BRANDON TAYLOR

Lovers of books, cruisers of shelves, sniffers of hardbacks, my books tv show is back on telly tonight. Join me John Niven, Desiree Burch and Hallie Rubenhold on the Big Scottish Book Club. 1030pm. A joyful bastion of civilised chat. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Happy Publication Day to this beautiful stack of books and their authors! THE GAME CHANGERS - @timclare.bsky.social THE SECRET PAINTER – Joe Tucker SHAMISO – Brian Chikwava LITTLE RUINS - Manni Coe All available now at your favourite bookshop, or online: uk.bookshop.org/lists/out-to...

Looking forward to Thursday's Big Scottish Bookclub! (With Canongaters @damianbarr.bsky.social and @nivenj1.bsky.social in conversation): www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

This very night my sexy talented brilliant Roberts get to meet the world. I love them and their bravery in making a life and art together before and during and after the war. Pioneers! Launching at the Southbank w Okechukwu Nzelu. Thanks @canongate.co.uk www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/dam...

The paperback of my book THE GAME CHANGERS hits the shelves in less than 10 days. Please consider pre-ordering it! It's all about tabletop games, their history, & how play makes us human. Lots of people have said nice things about it. www.waterstones.com/book/the-gam...

The wonderful @lenniesaurus.bsky.social has been shortlisted for Scottish Writer of the Year! If you've enjoyed her poetry or tireless (and frankly incredible) efforts promoting Scots with her Scots word of the day series, send her a vote: projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotslanguag...

I'm just a silly lil bean tbh

Today I signed 500 copies of the Two Roberts and left a secret note in one. Thanks to Sasha & Jackie @canongate.co.uk & CPI Printing - especially Andrea - for welcoming me and my sharpies.

🚀 At our public workshop @edbookfest.bsky.social today, we launched our new project ‘Between the Lines’ in collaboration with @canongate.co.uk.

Happy Publication Day! AN ALMANAC OF BIRDS – Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social THE WAR OF THE ROSES – Warren Adler OUT OF THE DARK – Caro Ramsay SWALLOWS – Natsuo Kirino BREADWINNERS – Melissa Hogenboom Available now! uk.bookshop.org/lists/out-to...

While everyone was busy debating whether we were heading for a George Orwell future or an Aldous Huxley future we have ended up in a Philip K. Dick future.

Now that all the others have run out of air, it’s my turn to do a little story-making . . . So I’ll spin my own thread. Announcing the 20th anniversary edition of two-times Booker Prize winner @margaretatwood.bsky.social’s acclaimed myth, The Penelopiad Pre-order: buythebook.online/the-penelopiad

Scotland-based BPOC writers! Don't miss this great callout from the @scotbpocwriters.bsky.social - open until 31st August.

Another scandal rocks the publishing world bsky.app/profile/lond...

London! Join Nick Cave and Matt Smith for a special preview of the Sky Original drama series The Death of Bunny Munro, produced by Clerkenwell Films, at the Southbank Centre’s London Literature Festival on 30 October.

Massive congratulations to David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social author of Nature's Genius & Chloe Dalton @chloedalton.bsky.social author of Raising Hare, shortlisted for the Wainwright Conservation & Nature Writing prizes respectively this morning! @wainwrightprize.bsky.social

JOB ALERT! Canongate is looking for both a Publicity Assistant and a Deputy Publicity Director (maternity) to join our team, in Edinburgh or London. Full details for both roles are on our website, so if you or someone you know might be interested, please do take a look: canongate.co.uk/about/jobs

Delighted that I’ll be at @lighthousebks.bsky.social to talk about Together: A Manifesto Against A Heartless World. Come and we talk about how we stay humane in these inhumane times. 20th of August. @canongate.co.uk

It's FRIDAAAAYYY! 🎉 We're kicking off the weekend with the SUPER exciting announcement that Severn House will be publishing Maria Dong newest book AVIARY 🦅 A twisted blend of #bodyhorror #gothicfantasy and #psychologicalsuspense. Hitting the shelves April 2026 @mariadongwrites.bsky.social

the rain has stopped but still it’s falling under the trees —Alan Spence published in CLEAR LIGHT, @canongate.co.uk 2012 #WorldRainDay 🌧️ 3/3 canongate.co.uk/books/94-cle...

Keep your cool! It's Heatwave, the latest BfS issue! booksfromscotland.com/issue/heatwa... Thanks for your contributions: @florisbooks.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk @birlinn.bsky.social @edinburghup.bsky.social @luathpress.bsky.social @bwpublishing.bsky.social @saraband-books.bsky.social and more!

💙📚 Can't wait to read about Mary Portas's recollections of the 90s, and how she turned "Harvey Nicks" into an era-defining global brand destination. Thanks to @canongate.co.uk and #Netgalley for the advance copy. #booksky

👀 IT’S HERE! Listen for the first time or relive FICTION FIRST, wherever you get your podcasts. @judecook.bsky.social @jackaldane.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk @serpents-tail.bsky.social @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social

Preorder PHYSICS FOR CATS this week at @waterstones and get 25% discount with the code SUMMER25: www.waterstones.com/book/physics... @canongate.co.uk

Waterstones’ 25% off preorders promotion running from today until Thursday 31st July! Available to all customers on the Waterstones website and app, enter “SUMMER25” at the checkout to redeem the offer and receive 25% off RRP #WPreorder #ReadCanongate waterstones.com/campaign/jul...

Beautiful paperback edition of my latest poetry collection 'With Love, Grief and Fury' is on the way with a bright new cover, published by @canongate.co.uk and in all of your favourite bookshops on 9 October 2025, pre-order available via @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social - uk.bookshop.org/p/books/with...

WILD DARK SHORE is here in eBook & Audiobook! A spectacularly choreographed eco-thriller traversing nature and human frailty – full of breathtaking twists, dizzying beauty and ferocious love. Publishing in paperback November 6th Discover your next obsession: buythebook.online/wild-dark-sh...

The past is never done with: always the song continues Harlow Donne has devoted his life to the Classical world. When a chance comes up to study an obscure collection of papyrus fragments at Oxford University, he seizes it.... buythebook.online/son-of-nobody

I am appalling at chess. I play it every day & get no better. But it gives so much & is such a beautiful bridge to connect humans. You don't need to be skilled at games to enjoy them. 'Being good at chess' can also mean having the capacity to derive joy from it, regardless of your level.

Happy Monday Everybody! We are SUPER excited to start the new week with not one but TWO new book announcements from E.J. Copperman! Severn Houses will be publishing book two and three in the Haunted Paint Store series of cozy mysteries 👻🎨

Happy #InternationalChessDay! Why is playing games a universal human instinct? Why did the same games evolve across wildly different civilisations? And how can those games make your life happier, healthier and more fulfilled? THE GAME CHANGERS by @timclare.bsky.social is available now! ♟️

Happy publication day @nivenj1.bsky.social! THE FATHERS is out now in all good bookshops & online: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-... A hilarious and heart-breaking account of fatherhood, marriage, parenting, grief, class and masculinity, following two fathers from very different backgrounds