Most Anticipated: Our Fall 2025 Books for Young Readers Preview with titles from @owlkids.bsky.social @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social @orcabook.bsky.social @kidscanpress.bsky.social @cormorantbooks.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/08... #CanLit

Meet Sara de Waard at Telling Tales, Oct 4, 12:15-1:15pm

Melodie Campbell, the author of THE MERRY WIDOW MURDERS mystery series will be presenting at The Grounding Power of Escapist Fiction Saturday, Sept 27 at 5pm. toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/events/the-g... @mandagroup.bsky.social

Check out Zilla Jones and THE WORLD SO WIDE at Thin Air this week. @mandagroup.bsky.social

If you attend WOTS on Sunday -- I'm signing copies of PLAGUE THIEVES at the @cormorantbooks.bsky.social booth (B11) at 11am. However, I understand if you all go to see @davidarobertson.bsky.social (who has a panel at the exact same time/same day).🙂 #MeetMeAtWOTS #WOTS2025

Delighted to be signing THE LOVE SONG OF MR. BYRD at Word on the Street, Toronto, this weekend. I'll be at the Cormorant/DCB booth, B11, this Saturday, September 27, at 2:45. Drop by and say hello! @cormorantbooks.bsky.social #WOTS2025

Q&A with Natasha Deen about her new middle grade novel, A SUMMER OF DRAGONFLIES. tinyurl.com/368dt2f5 @natashadeen.com

It'll change tomorrow but today (Fri Sept 19) - lifting a cup to the orange banner ☕ PLAGUE THIEVES is published by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social #CanKidLit #KidLit #mgbooks

Check out this great interview about Housing for All: How Toronto Built the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood soundcloud.com/taylor-repor... @mandagroup.bsky.social #IReadCanadian #canadianauthor #HousingForAll #AffordableHousing #toronto #torontohousing #HousingPolicy

A Canadian restaurateur in 1959 Vilnius finds himself running a Soviet café, where absurdity and suspicion share the menu. Read an excerpt from Antanas Sileika’s comic Cold War novel THE SEASIDE CAFE METROPOLIS (@cormorantbooks.bsky.social). alllitup.ca/excerpted-th...

"A Summer Of Dragonflies is a magical read that encourages us to face our own dragons with a courageous, curious heart – and reminds us that we don’t have to do it alone.” — Quill and Quire, starred review bit.ly/47PHfcm @mandagroup.bsky.social #IReadCanadian #canadianauthor #middlegradebooks

Happy Pub Day to Natasha Deen and A SUMMER OF DRAGONFLIES! #IReadCanadian #publicationday #middlegradebooks #canadianauthor

With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here're the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in Aug 2025. Feat. a top 10 from: @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, and @biblioasis.bsky.social.

#RedFlagsandButterflies will be released on Oct 18th. “A tender, heartfelt, and intelligent coming-of-age story that celebrates quiet strength and trusting your instincts.” Starred review. -Kirkus Reviews @cormorantbooks.bsky.social 📚👍🏼#sherylazzam

Read an excerpt from A SCHOOL FOR TOMORROW (@cormorantbooks.bsky.social) by Mark Dickinson, chronicling the founding and growth of the Canada World Youth movement! #AmReading #Nonfiction #Politics #Canada open-book.ca/News/Read-an...

🇨🇦📚 Looking for Ontario-based publishers that do it all? From fiction, to non-fiction, to poetry, to drama, we've got you covered! 📚🇨🇦 Part 2 of 4! ➡️ Featuring: @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Gordon Hill Press, and @guernicaeditions.bsky.social 1/2

Please join us at Type Books to celebrate two new books: A SUMMER OF DRAGONFLIES by Natasha Deen and ALL THINGS UNDER THE MOON by Ann Y.K. Choi. September 16, 6:30 pm, 2887 Dundas St West. #IReadCanadian #canlit #kidlit #bookevent

Happy Pub Day Antanas Sileika and THE SEASIDE CAFÉ METROPOLIS! @mandagroup #ireadcanadian #canadianauthor #publicationday

Looking for a new read? Check out A SUMMER OF DRAGONFLIES on The Children's Book Council ’s Hot Off the Press roundup! bit.ly/1dCTqYI #kidlit #ReadingList #CBCHotOffThePress @cbcbooks.bsky.social

Happy Pub Day Mark Dickinson and A SCHOOL FOR TOMORROW! The radical start, slow demise, and long-lasting legacy of Canada World Youth / Jeunesse Canada Monde. #CWY #CanadaWorldYouth #jeunessecanadamonde #canlit #IReadCanadian #publicationday #CanadianPolicy

With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here're the 50 books from indie lit publishers Cdns. borrowed most in July 2025. Feat. a top 10 from: @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, and @biblioasis.bsky.social.

Honoured that PLAGUE THIEVES (pub @cormorantbooks.bsky.social) is a finalist in the Diamond Willow @willowawards.bsky.social. They have a great finalist list for readers in grades 4-6 for this category. Best wishes to all the nominees! #CanKidLit #KidLit

Happy Pub Day Sky Gilbert and THE BLUE HOUSE! #canlit #IReadCanadian #publicationday #queerauthor #2slgbtqauthor #canadianauthor

Check out the review of The Silent Film Star Murders by Melodie Campbell in Historical Novel Society post:

Monique Gray Smith is the author of 13 books, including Dreaming Alongside, and co-author of Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants. She recommends Cherie Dimaline's novel The Marrow Thieves. More below 👇

We've launched our Support Ontario Book Publishers Campaign! Follow the link below to tell the Ontario government to invest in Canadian education and stories by supporting our schools, authors, and publishers: win.newmode.net/supportontar...

OUT STANDING IN THE FIELD the memoir by Sandra Perron, Canada's first female infantry officer, is soon to a major motion picture. Check out the trailer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgAB... Manda Group #canlit #IReadCanadian #booktomovie #infantry #CanadianInfantry #militarywomen

Just posted to #Metafilter: www.metafilter.com/209790/-Cana... about 19 small presses including @bookhugpress.bsky.social‬, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, @touchwooded.bsky.social, and @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social. #DSPBposts #BookSky 💙📚 #books #SmallPress

A family’s history is woven, unravelled, and rewoven into a tapestry spanning three generations, 'Felt' by Mark Blagrave is today's Featured #CanLit, #NBLit (#NBDay) in-store! 💕🇨🇦📚 Visit us in person or online at tidewaterbooks.ca 💕🇨🇦📚 #IndieBookstoreCA #ShopSmall @cormorantbooks.bsky.social

Honored to publish "The Love Song of Mr. Byrd" (Oct/25), with @cormorantbooks.bsky.social. An independent publisher, all their books are entirely made in Canada! Written by Canadians Illustrated by Canadians Edited by Canadians Designed by Canadians Published by Canadians and Printed in Canada!

💭 The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline (@cormorantbooks.bsky.social) This dystopian YA novel follows Indigenous youth on the run in a future where their bone marrow carries the key to humanity’s survival. alllitup.ca/books/the-ma... #lpg50 #canlit #bestsellers #ya #indigenouslit

"I write because I have to." Sky Gilbert talks to us about writing & his forthcoming novel THE BLUE HOUSE (@cormorantbooks.bsky.social), which poses questions about artistic failure, obsession, and whether artificial intelligence can ever truly create art. alllitup.ca/writers-bloc...

🍁 These Canadian classics stand the test of time! Here are 5 iconic Canadian reads to continue our celebration of the Literary Press Group’s 50th anniversary. Want to explore more? ➡️ alllitup.ca/fifty-for-fi... #lpg50 #canlit #readclassics

New book review!! Check out "The World So Wide" by Zilla Jones! Review by Susan Sandford Blades. www.prairiefire.ca/the-world-so...

Have you checked out our July reading list yet? There's still time to catch up this month! Get your summer reading started with this terrific fiction list with titles from @cormorantbooks.bsky.social @breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/06... #CanLit

With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here're the 50 books from indie lit publishers Cdns. borrowed most in June 2025. Feat. a top 10 from: @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, and @biblioasis.bsky.social.

Our editor enthuses about books piling up on her mind and on her nightstand. What's on our radar this month? 1983 Grenada, a Novel to Warm Your Heart, Gritty Vancouver Crime Fiction! @cormorantbooks.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @harbourpublishing.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/06...

I'm honoured that PLAGUE THIEVES has made it into the final round of voting in the Canadian division for the 2025 SCBWI Crystal Kite Awards. SCBWI members - you can vote now for any of the shortlisted titles. Congratulations nominees. #CanKidLit #KidLit #SCBWI @cormorantbooks.bsky.social

Congratulations Vincenzo Pietropaolo, appointed to the Order of Canada! Acclaimed social documentary photographer. He has published numerous books on community, faith, culture, social justice and the human condition. Manda Group #canlit #OrderOfCanada #canadianart #canadianartist

Read Salma Hussain's interview of Saad T. Farooqi re: his novel White World (pub. @cormorantbooks.bsky.social) in Issue 31! ...There’s a reason why “New Pakistan” is mostly a McGuffin in White World: the future is ours to make or break... www.thetemzreview.com/hussain-faro...

GET LIT with author Melodie Campbell! We discuss her latest mystery, The Silent Film Star Murders. 1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu dot ca or on podcasts and here: tinyurl.com/38whuz37 @cormorantbooks.bsky.social

Get your summer reading started with this terrific fiction list with titles from @cormorantbooks.bsky.social @houseofanansi.bsky.social @breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/06... #CanLit #SummerReads

Honoured to have been interviewed. twelveminuteconvos.com/caroline-fer... #12mincovos @cormorantbooks.bsky.social @commondeerpress.bsky.social @dceducation.bsky.social #kidlit #CanKidLit

“A nostalgic and fascinating mystery, as Violet seeks to uncover a mystery that has never been solved. Can she achieve this 70 years after the event? Highly recommended.” – Promoting Crime Fiction promotingcrime.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-... #IReadCanadian #canlit #mysterynovel