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Booktique @booktique.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🍂All the October new releases available for preorder at Booktique! And I thought September was a big month for book releases 🫨 #OnlineBookstores #IndieBookstores #OctoberReleases

A slide with "New Releases" in special font designed by Rojalarts (Ins). Below is the text "October 2026". There are four books partially available on the bottom: Late Night phở With The Vampire by kienn nguyen, My Roommate Is Trying To Kill Me by Maya-Gawonii Shabazz-Saleh, The Buried Club by M. O'Hara, and Ideal Lost Part One: The Shrikes by J.T. Wong.

Text at the top in red-ish brown colour: Available for preorder. Books show below: What Feeds Below by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne, Children of Owl by Darcie Little Badger, Late Night phở With The Vampire by kienn nguyen, My Roommate Is Trying To Kill Me by Maya-Gawonii Shabazz-Saleh, The Buried Club by M. O'Hara, Ideal Lost Part One: The Shrikes (Ideal Lost #1) by J.T. Wong

Text at the top in red-ish brown colour: Available for preorder. Books show below: Skin by Tyler Pennockl, The Palestinian Wedding: A Bilingual Reader of Resistance Poetry collected & edited by A. M. Elmessiri, Red Flour by Seraj Assi

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Sadakoryngu @neverendingkory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’m very very pleased to have been able to see @deenahelm.bsky.social at Skylight Books last night! While my TBR pile is insane right now, I cannot wait to start reading #OurCutOfSalt. So I won’t wait! Sorry everyone else!

Two too tall stacks of books, featuring the likes of Violet Allen, Max Lury, Ryan C Bradley, and Shane Hawk. In between the stacks stands the hardcover of Our Cut Of Salt, by Deena Helm

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Booktique @booktique.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Happy release day to ISLE OF TEETH by Tessa Barbosa!!🥳🎉 The shipping for this title is, uh, EXTREMELY delayed because the distributor only just shipped them today🥲hoping every copy arrives safely 🙏 #FilipinaAuthors #BooksByAsianAuthors #DarkFantasy #YABooks

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Booktique @booktique.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We are delighted to share that we have opened preorder of "Ideal Lost Part One: The Shrikes" by J.T. Wong with PREORDER BONUSES! Order through us and you'll get: 🔹 a signed bookplate 🔹 exclusive bookmark & print Please look at how cute the print is!!!🥺😭 Releases Oct 26, 2026! #BookSky

a graphics with text at the top "Ideal Lost Part 1 Preorder Bonuses", the book cover of "Ideal Lost Part One: The Shrikes" by J.T. Wong and the images of the preorder bonuses - a bookmark of various characters from the main cast and a print of the main MM couple in the middle. A small piece of paper at the bottom has the release date on top: October 26, 2026.

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Booktique @booktique.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

5 days until our "for no reason at all queer book sale" ends! #IndieBookstores #OnlineBookstores #QueerBooks #BookSales

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Booktique @booktique.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We are very happy to share that the following books by @aijiang.bsky.social now come with 💖signed bookplates💖 One dystopian scifi and one haunted house horror, both perfect for 👻the scary season! Limited copies available! Grab yours in the links below👇 #IndieBookstores #BooksByAsianAuthors

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Booktique @booktique.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

one of the reasons i wanted to offer shipping worldwide is because I have not yet forgiven *mazon for acquiring the book depository and then k*lling it

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M. O'Hara @itsmohara.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

When the MMC is in pursuit of revenge but he winds up getting custody of a rebellious teenager bone shaman who constantly calls him out on his shit #BookSky #FantasyBookSky #Grimdark #DarkFantasy

An image of Pikachu clasping their hands together with a cute blush on their face and a giddy smile

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M. O'Hara @itsmohara.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My debut #grimdark #fantasy, THE BURIED CLUB, comes out in exactly ONE MONTH FROM NOW!! If you like gritty revenge stories with high stakes, #queerrep, political intrigue and no romance, then you'll love my book

A trope graphic for THE BURIED CLUB with the following tropes:

Multi-POV
Grimdark Fantasy
Political Intrigue
High Stakes
Deathwalker MMC
First in a Series
Queer Rep
Bone Shaman FMC
Revenge Story

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Booktique @booktique.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Good news: the copies of The Shapeshifter's Guide to Gym Class that were supposed to arrive in time for the release date are finally here! Bad news: the dust jackets didn't survive 😭 I swear I've been cursed by the book distributor god or something

A photo of my hand holding up two copies of the Shapeshifter's Guide to Gym Class. by Kai Cheng Thom. A heart with a crying face is next to where the damage is visible - in this case, it's on the left book's dust jacket's bottom left.

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Booktique @booktique.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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Deena 🇵🇸 دينا @deenahelm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

She’s out today :)

A photo of Deena holding a copy of the US edition of Our Cut of Salt. Behind her is a bookshelf with copies of the novel, both UK and US editions.

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Booktique @booktique.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It feels silly that my last two posts both feature books that are currently out of stock lol So here is a list of books that are actually in stock🙂‍↕️order now and we will ship ASAP! #IndieBookstores #OnlineBookstores #ShopIndie www.booktique.ca/collections/...

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Books In Stock

Skip the wait for a preorder or a special order and check out what's already in stock! 💖

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Booktique @booktique.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The happiest book birthday to Our Cut of Salt by Deena Helm! This lyrical haunted house horror debut is full of sorrow, rage, love, and hope for a better future. In our lifetime Palestine will be free. #BookSky #HorrorBooks #PalestinianAuthor

My hand holding up the paperback copy of Our Cut of Salt by Deena Helm in front of an illustration of Palestine on the map, done by faliscreates on Instagram.

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Booktique @booktique.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🪽 Angel of Thursdays by Lucina Luo @lucinawrites.bsky.social is officially SOLD OUT!!! Every copy pictured below now has a home 😇 (And we are still like 3 days away from official release date lol) #IndieAuthors #IndieBooks #QueerBooks #BookSky

5 copies for Angel of Thursdays by Lucina Luo

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Ai Jiang || 江艾🎐 @aijiang.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Tis the UK pub day for 🪷☁️An Empire in the Clouds☁️🪷👀🥳‼️ * @titanbooks.bsky.social 💫

a spread of AN EMPIRE IN THE CLOUDS books with round cookies with the book cover on them in little bags tied with blue ribbons

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Ai Jiang || 江艾🎐 @aijiang.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

four days till US/Canada pub day for 🪷☁️EMPIRE☁️🪷 👀✨ today’s blurb is from the incredible @aptshadow.bsky.social!🙇🏻‍♀️‼️ sept. 15 @titanbooks.bsky.social 💫

Adrian Tchaikovsky blurb for AN EMPIRE IN THE CLOUDS

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Ai Jiang || 江艾🎐 @aijiang.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

some launch fotos for 🪷☁️AN EMPIRE IN THE CLOUDS☁️🪷 👀🤍💫🦁 for the full posts: www.instagram.com/ai.jian.g?st...

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Booktique @booktique.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Books releasing in September that you do not want to miss! #NewReleases #IndieBookstores #BookSky #ShopIndie

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Booktique @booktique.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Because I have free will, all queer books are 10% off for the rest of September🌈 banner credit: @wyrdlea.bsky.social www.booktique.ca/collections/... #BookSky #QueerBooks #IndieBookstores

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Queer Lit

Buy books, make indie bookstores gay🐸

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Booktique @booktique.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

this #SapphicSeptember & #BiVisibilityMonth I'm hoping that our store becomes very visible and sells lots of sapphic books 🤞 Maybe sell a couple books by latinx authors too for the upcoming #LatinxHeritageMonth !

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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 04/09/2026

Been looking forward to this for months

Photo of an advance reading copy of OUR CUT OF SALT by Deena Helm, next to a small glass vase containing two small white carnations.

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Booktique @booktique.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Kai Cheng Thom's The Shapeshifter's Guide to Gym Class is supposed to be part of this order but it seems to be out of stock at our distributor 🥹 So happy for her but sorry to folks who were hoping to grab a copy with us!

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Booktique @booktique.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

We are extremely honoured to share that we are offering PREORDER INCENTIVES for 🦋Isle of Teeth by Tessa Barbosa, a YA historical dark fantasy releasing SEPTEMBER 29 2026! #FilipinaAuthor #AsianAuthor #DarkFantasy

a graphic with text, cover of the book and mock ups of the preorder incentives. text at the top: Isle of Teeth preorder bonuses below. text on an opened notebook with blank pages, beneath the book cover: order with booktique.ca for these incentives. on the right side is an art print, bookmark, moth sticker and a signed bookplate. beneath the opened notebook is a small piece of paper with text listing out the preorder incentives. text on the bottom left reads: preorder now!

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Booktique @booktique.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

the #SapphicSeptember collection is now live on our homepage! 💖 Remember to read queer all year, especially bipoc queer books :) www.booktique.ca

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Where Books Meet Handicraft

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Ai Jiang || 江艾🎐 @aijiang.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

ICYMI ‼️ I shall have a new book coming 2028 from @erewhonbooks.bsky.social / @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social 👀✨ 🏮👻VESSEL EATER👻🏮 🎐 dark fantasy 🎐 Chinese folklore 🎐Mulan meets THE GHOST BRIDE

Publishers marketplace deal for VESSEL EATER on backdrop of character art

Folklore art pieces of Bai Ze and Zhong Kui + quotes

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Booktique @booktique.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

☀️🐸 Books sold in August Thank you to everyone who showed up! We are so excited about what to come in September & happy #TheSealeyChallenge pt.2 and #SapphicSeptember to all who celebrate 🌈 #SmallBusiness #IndependentBookstore #OnlineBookstore

text on slide: at our first market. books featured: Falling Back in Love with Being Human by Kai Cheng Thom, Narrative Threads: Palestinian Embroidery in Contemporary Art by Joanna Barakat, Letters from a Living Utopia by Yaffa AS. arrows point away from Yaffa's & Kai Cheng Thom's books towards the text "BIPOC trans author." arrows point away from Barakat's and Yaffa's books towards the text "Palestinian author." background: the frog illustration from slide 1.

text on slide: preorders. books featured: the buried club by m. o'hara, a vampire in beijing by dawn chen, our cut of salt by deena helm. text around the buried club: indie author, queer grimdark fantasy. text around a vampire in beijing: independent press, sapphic vampires (!!). text around our cut of salt: palestinian author, haunted house horror. background: the frog illustration from slide 1.

text on slide: all the books!! books featured: braiding sweetgrass & braiding sweetgrass for young adults by robin wall kimmerer, Daybreak in Gaza: Stories of Palestinian Lives and Culture edited by Mahmoud Muna & Matthew Teller, Footnotes in the Order of Disappearance: Poems by Fady Joudah, Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction edited by Sonia Sulaiman. background: the frog illustration from slide 1.

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M. O'Hara @itsmohara.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

#ARCReadersWanted There are only FOUR days left to sign up for my debut #grimdark #fantasy, THE BURIED CLUB! ♣️ Deå†hwalker MMC 💀 Bone Shaman FMC 🗡️ Revenge Story 🌈 Queer Rep ♟️ Political Intrigue 🔥 High Stakes 🥀 No Romance #BookSky #DarkFantasy #FantasyBookSky

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Booktique @booktique.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Books for 💞Sapphic September💞 In stock now at Booktique! (And some that will be in stock soon👀) 💬 Do you have a sapphic September TBR yet? Have you read or are you planning to read any of these? What else should we get in stock?? Let us know in the comment section!

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Booktique @booktique.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

💓 #Poetry books💓 NOW IN STOCK at Booktique! The Sealey August may be drawing to a close but who's to say you can't have a Sealey September or simply read more poetry all year around? Whether you're new to poetry or looking to discover lesser known poets, we have just the books for you! #BookSky

A photo of two books standing up - If I Must Die: Poetry and Prose by Refaat Alareer and You Must Live: New Poetry from Palestine and a stack of books next to them. From bottom to top: Heaven Looks Like Us: Palestinian Poetry, Rfiqa by Mohammed El-Kurd, Intifada by Edward Salem, Footnotes in the Order of Disappearance and [...] by Fady Joudah, and Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear by Mosab Abu Toha. The books are on an wooden platform covered with a pink keffiyeh. Text at the top says: Poems from Palestine.

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Booktique @booktique.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

📚New releases now in stock at Booktique! ft. our spinng spinny spin shelf (not spinning in this post) A reminder that we are offering #FreeShipping for orders over a certain amount WORLDWIDE! Check out our website for the most up to date threshold! #IndieBookstore #BookSky #NewReleases

Books in this photo - Back for Blood: Never Whistle at Night Part II edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst. hidden behind it is the first Never Whistle at Night book. text on the top right says: grab both part 1 & 2 for a discount!

book in this photo: The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. text on the top right says: new cover release August 11, 2026!

The book in this photo is Death Card by Jasmine Smith. text on the top right says: released August 11, 2026 & an instant Indie bestseller! text on the bottom right, in smaller font, says: look at how gorgeous the edges are!

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Wyrd Lea @wyrdlea.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

What Is The Lie? & other #poems is a #chapbook encompassing #paranormal, necropastoral, ecological, and #gothic by award-winning poet, Wyrd Lea. Wyrd’s third chapbook rolls out September 30th. Sign up for their newsletter to be first for ARC opportunities. #booksky #poetsky #writingsky

Cover for What Is the Lie? And other poems. Brown red background, bell flowers with seletons protruding out

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Wyrd Lea @wyrdlea.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Showing off my very poorly made collage of what I’d like my book cover to look like for my #gothic #fantasy #bookcover #booksky #writers

Silver accents in corners, a girl in a black veil that covers her body, the background is a dark mountainscape and there is a city on her left hand side.

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Wyrd Lea @wyrdlea.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

It is book 1 in the FALLEN STARS SAGA. Rewriting and increasing the lore to make it 120k, then handing it off to beta readers September and prep for a Kickstarter! The book cover artist I want to commission: vgen.co/vaerlyi

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Check out vaerlyi's commissions and portfolio! | ❈ I make art, mostly gothic, dark fantasy, soulsborne or ttrpg themed ❈ Contact or send a custom inquiry for anything that doesn't fit in the form! ...

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Wyrd Lea @wyrdlea.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Day 2 of trying to find readers who would be interested in a #Hamlet esque #Gothic #Fantasy with elements of #Macabre #Nightmares #madness #Supernatural #Familysecrets #Disillusionment with power #Melodrama #Grotesque #carnivalesque #Taxidermy #Pantheon

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Booktique @booktique.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

📚 This week, we would like to highlight (some of the) nonfiction books by 💖 #IndigenousAuthors from the #TurtleIsland 💖 in stock now at Booktique! 💓Check out our full catalogue at www.booktique.ca ! #booksky #indiebookstore #onlinebookstore

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M. O'Hara @itsmohara.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Holy shit we've hit 25 ARC sign-ups for my debut novel! ARC sign-ups are currently open for my upcoming #grimdark #fantasy #novel, THE BURIED CLUB It's an action-packed, high stakes story with a slew of horrible characters, no romance, and ambitious villains. #BookSky

A graphic with a fiery background for THE BURIED CLUB listing off the following tropes: "Morally Gray MMC, Bone Shaman FMC, Corruption of Power, Hunt for Revenge, World in Turmoil."

The text at the bottom of the graphic reads: "An exiled prince seeks revenge against the rebel leader who killed his beloved before his curse consumes him."

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Booktique @booktique.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

hi #booksky ! we are a new #OnlineStore of books, art and crafts based in Tkaronto #Toronto run by Asian folx! We ship worldwide and in August we are offering FREE SHIPPING too 👀 we'd love for you to check out our store and share with anyoen who might be interested (and maybe grab a book or two?)

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Wyrd Lea @wyrdlea.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Day 1 of trying to find readers who would be interested in a #Hamlet esque #Gothic #Fantasy about #madness, #gods, and #sacrifice, and #swampcore ✨ FALLEN STARS SAGA ✨ #booksky #horrorsky #fantasysky

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Booktique @booktique.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

📚 NEW in stock August 2026 (aka, we are back to threaten your book buying bans)

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M. O'Hara @itsmohara.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

WE REACHED 10 PREORDER for my upcoming #grimdark #fantasy #debut that features horrible characters, a high-stakes hunt for revenge, and ✨trauma✨ You can preorder my book THE BURIED CLUB on Amazon and from @booktique.bsky.social! #BookSky

An image showing 10 Preorders for THE BURIED CLUB from KDP

Book cover for THE BURIED CLUB featuring a Black teenage girl and a half-asian man on the front cover. The girl wears a green dress with yellow flowers on the front and holds a hyena skull in front of her. The man, wearing a black leather coat and matching pants, holds a sword in his left hand and a ball of black fire in his right.

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Booktique @booktique.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

btw, we may have gotten even more #poetry titles in anticipation of #TheSealeyChallenge this August👀

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Booktique @booktique.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

📚 #NewReleases coming out August 18th, 2026! 🎨title art: rojalarts on Insta Preordering a book is one of the best ways to support the authors AND your #IndieBookstores ! It is especially important for books written by #MarginalizedAuthors . And that's all we focus on here at Booktique!

slide with the title "new releases" in special font designed by Rojal at the top and transparent cat face patterns in the back. text at the bottom says "coming out August 18, 2026". covers of the three books are in a row in the middle. books featured: You Will Not Kill Our Imagination: A Memoir of Palestine and Writing in Dark Times by Saeed Teebi, Palestine: A Primer by Rashid Khalidi, Back for Blood: Never Whistle at Night Part II. our website "booktique.ca" is in small font on the top right.

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M. O'Hara @itsmohara.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I do not have the spoons to market today so consider this my marketing post of the day. You can buy my upcoming #grimdark #fantasy #novel THE BURIED CLUB, down below 👇

A picture of M. O'Hara themselves on the left gesturing to their book against a white background on the right side of the image with the words "the buried club by m. o'hara" in lowercase comic sans below the pictures of the book and sparkle emojis on either side.

A picture of M. O'Hara themselves on the right side of the image gesturing to their book against a white background on the left with the words "pls buy im broke" in lowercase comic sans below the pictures of the book and sparkle emojis on either side.

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Booktique @booktique.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Calling #audiobook lovers! we now have a 💖libro.fm💖 link! libro.fm/booktiqueca We would be very grateful if you could consider supporting a new #iIndieBookstore that is Asian (Central + East) woman + queer owned WHILE getting some audiobooks every month!

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Buy audiobooks & support Booktique

Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through Booktique.

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Booktique @booktique.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

💝as we wrap up July, here are all the books we sold! 🎉Bestseller ♣️The Buried Club (The Suits of Vengeance #1) by M. O'Hara As someone who read an early copy, trust me when I say you do NOT want to miss this #DarkFantasy novel with highstakes, a morally gray MMC, cinnamon roll FMC and NO romance!

slides with off-white background and text in dark red. title: "Booktique bestseller of the month". Beneath it is the cover for The Buried Club by M. O'Hara, with information about the book on the right: "grimdark fnatasy", "morally gray mmc", "cinnamon roll fmc", "high-stakes" and "anti-imperialism".

title: "preorder", followed by "The Buried Club by M. O'hara". Text on the boom says "unleashes October 2026." text on the right (beneath the graphic of a bookplate) says "order your copy and receive a signed bookplate exlcusively through booktique.ca"

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