Books for reading and reflection

A recommended reading list by The Comedian’s Book of the Dead (Book*hug Press).

In Jelly, Baby: Essays on Disability and Vulnerability (Book*hug), Therese Estacion conveys how ableism has impacted her disposition and self-esteem.  ...

An excerpt from the new book For the Long Haul: How to Stay in the Fight for a Better World (Between the Lines). 

In Jelly, Baby: Essays on Disability and Vulnerability (Book*hug), Therese Estacion conveys how ableism has impacted her disposition and self-esteem.  ...

A recommended reading list by the author of Tougher Than the Rest (Arsenal Pulp Press). 

Back to school reading

It's easy to feel helpless and hopeless in these increasingly complex and uncertain times. But thankfully, I read books. And I find that flipping through ...

The waning days of summer are the best days for poetry. Espeically poetry like the poetry of Loch Baillie. In his superb debut collection, River Running ...

In Nyla Matuk’s haunting novel Leila & Khaled (Anansi), Leila, a Palestinian Canadian, joins a delegation of academics on her first journey to Occupied ...

A recommended reading list by the author of Fret (ECW Press). 

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Exemplary reads to pick up before Labour Day—and they're all up for giveaway! 

A recommended reading list by author of Let's Kiss and Tell (Penguin Canada). 

Welcome to our new Publisher Spotlight series, where we highlight Canadian independent presses doing standout work in the literary and academic world.

Poetry to get excited about in the second half of 2026. 

A recommended reading list by the author of Water Borne (ECW Press). 

From the author of The Wiki of Babel (University of Calgary Press).

A recommended reading list by the author of Koh-i-Noor (Book*hug Press).

An excerpt from Children of Fire (Book*hug Press), by Shahrzad Arshadi and Anna Chatterton. 

Nonfiction you'll be falling for in the second half of 2026. 

What We Carry is a book list by managing editor, Justine Abigail Yu, tracing stories of migration, movement, and ancestral memory from authors who write ...

A recommended reading list by the author of The First After (Random House of Canada). 

Curating your summer reading list so you don't have to. These picks are fantastic—and they're all up for giveaway throughout July. 

A recommended reading list by the author of Earthen (Great Plains Publications). 

A recommended reading list by the author of The Instrument Must Not Matter (Wolsak and Wynn).

Every month, our editor enthuses about the books piling up on her mind and on her nightstand.

All of the fiction you'll be loving in the second half of 2026. 

Books about Palestine and Palestinians, and Canada-Palestine connections.

A time to recognize the rich history, heritage and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis.

A recommended reading list by the author of The Instrument Must Not Matter (Wolsak and Wynn).

Ellis Scott’s debut novel Night Terminus (Dundurn Press) traces the determination and resilience of the gay diaspora as the AIDS crisis unfolds and ...

Stories of all stripes.

A book list celebrating the Filipino/a/x-Canadian diaspora by Salaysay, a collective of Filipino/a/x writers in Toronto whose work spans genres and generations. ...

Welcome to our new Publisher Spotlight series, where we highlight Canadian independent presses doing standout work in the literary and academic world.

Jon Claytor’s debut graphic novel Nowhere (Goose Lane) is a profound and often hilarious meditation on growing up in a world where monsters are real. ...