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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
so grateful to @cohaug.bsky.social at @xtramagazine.com for a lovely conversation about my book! (also sorry if this is how you are finding out that i am soooo tiny like the size of a teacup but i do think that makes the book extra inspirational) xtramagazine.com/culture/book...
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How do we sustain friendships in a world on fire? | Xtra Magazine
Lee Arden’s book “The Politics of Lonely” delves into the structural causes of our loneliness
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McNally Robinson Booksellers @mcnallyrobinson.com · 10/09/2026
This is TONIGHT! Join us live in the Atrium at McNally Robinson Booksellers for the launch of Métis Methodologies. Doors at 6pm and the event gets underway at 7pm. www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-18986/... @fernpub.bsky.social
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Jeff Miller @theghostpine.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It's here!!!! Lee Arden's @sheerspite.bsky.social new book The Politics of Lonely is out now from @fernpub.bsky.social !! Sunday I will be joining Lee @venusenvyhfx.bsky.social for a very special book launch, reading our work and discussing the enlivening and enervating magic of friendship!
A photo of The Politics of Lonely by Lee Arden
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Fiona Jeffries @fionajeffries.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Find the English version of this brainy and passionate book here at @fernpub.bsky.social: fernwoodpublishing.ca/books/essent...
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Essential Work, Disposable Workers
A book about the massive expansion of precarious work under neoliberalism and how migrant workers are challenging the conditions of their hyper-exploitation through struggles for worker rights and jus...
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McNally Robinson Booksellers @mcnallyrobinson.com · 03/09/2026
You can read some of Dr. Lucy Delgado's work as featured in Métis Methodologies below - and join us for the book launch next Thursday September 10! www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-18986/... @fernpub.bsky.social
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McNally Robinson Booksellers @mcnallyrobinson.com · 05/09/2026
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Tuesday November 3 at 7pm, Andrew Woolford will launch Genocide in Canada: A Critical Approach, a book that explores settler colonial genocide in Canada, overcoming the limitations of the traditional genocide concept. www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-18979/... @fernpub.bsky.social
The cover of Genocide in Canada: A Critical Approach appears on the left. On the right is an image of the book's author, Andrew Woolford.
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Fernwood Publishing @fernpub.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We are so excited to see The Politics of Lonely come into the world, that we are giving away 50 eBook copies away to our Canadian and American readership. The giveaway is live until September 9th. Enter by visiting this StoryGraph link: app.thestorygraph.com/giveaways/ae...
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Fernwood Publishing @fernpub.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Our literary imprint Roseway Publishing is soliciting submissions in fiction and memoir. If you have a proposal send a query to editorial@fernpub.ca or visit: fernwoodpublishing.ca/publish?srsl...
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Fernwood Publishing @fernpub.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Thanks @canadiandimension.bsky.social for this thorough review of Jim Harding's The Long Sixties: Stories From the New Left. fernwoodpublishing.ca/books/the-lo...
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McNally Robinson Booksellers @mcnallyrobinson.com · 13/08/2026
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: On Thursday September 10, editors Laura Forsythe & Jennifer Markides will celebrate the launch of Métis Methodologies alongside contributors Lucy Delgado, Michelle Driedger, Chantal Fiola, and Matthew Tétreault. www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-18986/... @fernpub.bsky.social
The cover of Métis Methodologies appears on the left. On the right are images of editors Laura Forsythe and Jennifer Markides.
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Fernwood Publishing @fernpub.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Sara Cooper's unhinged feminist-horror novel Ravenous is here! Pick up your copy at your local independent bookstore or here: fernwoodpublishing.ca/books/ravenous
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Columbia University Press @columbiaup.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
How far would a momfluencer go for the perfect post? Find out in RAVENOUS by Sara Cooper. Enter the Goodreads Giveaway for a chance to win 1 of 50 Kindle eBooks! Open to U.S. readers July 25 through Aug. 5. buff.ly/4zcnaP6 @fernpub.bsky.social #GoodreadsGiveaway
Promotional graphic for a Goodreads giveaway of Ravenous by Sara Cooper from Roseway, an imprint of Fernwood. A bold black-and-yellow illustration shows three stacked close-ups of an animal's face with pink heart-shaped pupils. A bright pink banner reads, "GoodReads Giveaway!!" and announces 50 eBooks available. At the bottom, the animal has fangs, a pink tongue, and a speech bubble saying, "Get Ravenous!!" A QR code links to the giveaway. Giveaway open to US readers through August 5, 2026.
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My Book Stand 📚 @mybookstand.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
BOOK 26 FOR 2026: "Divided Power: How Federalism Undermines Reconciliation" by Emily Grafton. @fernpub.bsky.social @uoftirn.bsky.social The book explores how Canadian federalism, rooted in the settler colonial dispossession of Indigenous Peoples, impedes reconciliation.
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Harbinger Media Network @harbingermedia.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
On 📚 VICTOR'S CHILDREN 📚 ep64 host David Camfield sits down with activist Alan Sears to reflect on the different kinds of learning involved in being an effective radical organizer and his @fernpub.bsky.social book 'The Next New Left: A History of the Future'. soundcloud.com/user-7372679...
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49th Shelf @49thshelf.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
It's a time to recognize the rich history, heritage, and diversity of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis. Check out these new books for #IndigenousHistoryMonth: 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member... @fernpub.bsky.social @houseofanansi.bsky.social @harpercollinsca.bsky.social @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social
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New Books for Indigenous History Month · Lists · 49th Shelf
A time to recognize the rich history, heritage and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis.
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Gazelle Book Services | Book Distribution Company 📚 @gazellebooks.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Our new blog is now live. We’re shining a light on Fernwood Publishing, champions of critical, politically engaged books that amplify marginalised voices. Discover their story & standout titles in our latest feature! shorturl.at/eZDqj @fernpub.bsky.social #GazelleBooks #Spotlight #recommendation
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Columbia University Press @columbiaup.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
We are proud to distribute outstanding works of history from The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, ibidem Press, @fernpub.bsky.social, and @transcript-verlag.bsky.social. #SHAFR2026 attendees, stop by our booth to browse these books and more. buff.ly/rOj4KkV
Columbia University Press graphic titled “Distributed Presses” promoting books available in the exhibit hall. Four distributed titles are displayed: Grotto Art of China: A Sourcebook, edited by Wu Hung and Katherine Rehne Tsiang (Culik Press); Violence After Stalin: Institutions, Practices, and Everyday Life in the Soviet Bloc 1953–1989, edited by Jan Claas Behrends, Pavel Kolář, and Thomas Lindenberger (ibidem Press); The Long Sixties: Stories from the New Left, edited by Jim Harding; and The Myths That Made America: An Introduction to American Studies by Heike Paul. Columbia University Press branding, website, and a 20% discount code (CUP20SM) appear at the bottom.
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Fernwood Publishing @fernpub.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
It is a year since the release of Against The People: How Ford Nation is Dismantling Ontario, and it is a year since Doug Ford's re-election. We caught up with the editors of the collection Bryan and Evans and Carlo Fanelli to evaluate the state of Ford Nation. fernwoodpublishing.ca/news/an-inte...
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An Interview with Bryan Evans and Carlo Fanelli
Fernwood Publishing’s Art Bouman caught up with Against the People co-editors Bryan Evans and Carlo Fanelli, to discuss the state of Ontario politics a year into the second Doug Ford government.
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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
editing the index for my book "The Politics of Lonely: Why Is Friendship So Hard?" (out sep 10 from @fernpub.bsky.social, available for preorder wherever you buy books!) & decided to make this cheat sheet of what gets in the way of our friendships vs. what sustains them bookshop.org/a/122679/978...
cover of the book The Politics of Lonely, with two boxes: "what makes friendship harder" and "what makes friendship easier", each filled with entries from the book's index. 

what makes friendship harder? austerity, collapse (social), white supremacy,  convenience (as value), colonialism (settler), disposability, right-wing social movements, fascism, work (paid), trauma (generational), individualism, Thatcher, Margaret, incarcertation, shame. 

what makes friendship easier? food, sharing of, relationship anarchy smorgasbord, neigbhours, trust, singing, coming out, ceremonies, labour unions, intimacy, bottomlining, group chats, joy, kinship, generosity, hosting friends, access to healthcare, interdependence, prison abolition, working through conflict, interdependence, communal living.
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Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Thank you @albertaviews.bsky.social for noting "I'll Get Right On It" in the June issue! It means a lot to keep this important conversation about workers and climate at the forefront. #ReadAlberta #CanLit #Poetry #ClimateChange #Workers @fernpub.bsky.social Link: albertaviews.ca/ill-get-righ...
A copy of the poetry anthology, I'll Get Right On It, next to an open page in the June 2026 Alberta Views magazine that includes a short review on the book.
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Fernwood Publishing @fernpub.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Thanks @springmagca.bsky.social for this review of Thin Blue Rage: The Police Countermovement by Jeffrey Monaghan and Andrew Crosby. springmag.ca/book-review-...
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Book Review: “Thin Blue Rage: The Police Countermovement” - Spring
Thin Blue Rage: The Police Countermovement, by Andrew Crosby and Jeffrey Monaghan (Fernwood Publishing, May 2026). The years following the George Floyd rebellions have witnessed a significant upsurge ...
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Fernwood Publishing @fernpub.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Thanks @albertaviews.bsky.social for this review of I'll Get Right On It by the Land and Labour Poetry Collective albertaviews.ca/ill-get-righ...
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Work Poetry - I’ll Get Right On It - Alberta Views
It’s been over 30 years since Tom Wayman’s classic trio of work poetry anthologies, and there’s been a dearth of such books until now.
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Fernwood Publishing @fernpub.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
New review of Lawless by @marthapaynter.bsky.social in Herizons magazine. From the article: "In her book Lawless, Martha Paynter celebrates and complicates a key rallying cry of the anti-abortion movement in Canada: that our country has no laws governing abortion." herizons.ca/article/lawl...
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Lawless
In her book Lawless, Martha Paynter celebrates and complicates a key rallying cry of the anti-abortion movement in Canada: that our country has no laws governing abortion.
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Fernwood Publishing @fernpub.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
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A former student’s ALS story inspires new novel
University Teaching Fellow Lesley Choyce says a former student’s determination while living with ALS shaped his latest novel, reflecting resilience, creativity, and the lasting impact of stories born ...
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Fernwood Publishing @fernpub.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/social-... All are welcome to the launch of the 4th edition of Social Perspectives on Death and Dying. @hfxpublib.bsky.social
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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
So excited to read this advance reader copy from @fernpub.bsky.social! #BookSky
A hand holding Sara Cooper’s Ravenous marked with “Advance Reader Copy!!”
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Fernwood Publishing @fernpub.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Join us for the launch of Thin Blue Rage: The Police Countermovement at Glitter Bean Co-op Café on Jun 12th at 6:30pm. This launch will also serve as a fundraiser for The East Coast Prison Justice Society.
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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
table of contents reveal for The Politics of Lonely: Why Is Friendship So Hard?, forthcoming via @fernpub.bsky.social! what even is friendship?? what nefarious forces are making it so hard to connect? and how are people building friendlier worlds nonetheless?? bookshop.org/a/122679/978...
Preface: Friendship Is Worth the Struggle
When Friendship Breaks Your Heart 
Friendship Is Hard Because Everything Is Hard  
Despite It All, We Come Through for Each Other 
What Are Some Ways You’ve Cared for Your Friends? 

Part 1: What Is Friendship? / 

1 Do We Even Know What Friendship Is? 
Different Friendships in Different Contexts 
2 Casual Sex, Serious Friendships, and Life Outside the Couple
Infatuation plus Attachment 
Never “Just” Friends  
Making Friendship Legible
The Price of Ambiguity
3 Weaving Networks of Friendship
The Danger of Dyads
Why We Let Our Friends Down 
4 The Families We Choose 
Chosen Family Hits the Mainstream 
AIDS and Queer Family  
Chosen Family as an Ideal 
How Do the Friendships in Your Life Become Deeper and Stronger?
Part 2: Why Is Friendship So Hard? / 
5 The Ideology of Coupledom
Unbundling Marriage 
Coupledom Doesn’t Benefit Everyone Equally  
What Else Is Out There Beyond Coupledom? 
6 Shredded Social Safety Nets 
The Unravelling of Human Life 
What If People Were Just Allowed to Live?  
Weaving Our Own Safety Nets 
7 Lonely, Expensive Homes
Unaffordable Housing Ruins Your Life 
Legalize Roommates! 
Big Friendly Households 
8 Work, the Joy-Eater 
Better Ways to Spend Our Time 
Where Is Life?
What Are Some Ways Your Friends Have Cared for You?
Part 3: Toward a Friendlier World / 
9 Divesting from Whiteness
It’s Killing You Too 
Whiteness, White Supremacy, Colonialism, and Capitalism  
Growing Up in Omàmiwininiwak  
10 Investing in Shared Resources 
Ruelles vertes  
Open Copy
Dick’s Lending Library  
Reorienting Toward Relationship 
11 Organizing Together
Solidarity Soup  
Affinity Groups 
12 Planning Together
Group Preparedness Planning  
What Do We Owe to People We Don’t Like? 
What Does It Look Like to Plan with Your Friends?  
13 Learning How (and Why) to Repair
No Good Alone
Deserving Care 
Ways of Attending to Complexity 
14 Building Community and Friendship across Difference 
The Religious Society of Friends  
Coming Out into Collectivity
15 Returning to Ritual, Celebration, and Grief 
Invitation into Ritual
DIY Ritual
How Do You Incorporate Ritual into Your Friendships? 
16 Imagining a New World as This One Crumbles 
Surviving the End of the World  
The Friendship Hospital  
How Do We Get Back Our Joy?  
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Summaries, Discussion Questions, and Actions
Further Reading
Notes
Index 
The Politics of Lonely: Why Is Friendship So Hard? Preorder now, out sep 10
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Ethel Tungohan @tungohan.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
"The Letters: Institutional Lives and EDI" published by @fernpub.bsky.social is magnificent. In @academicaunties.com, I chat w Nisha, Rita, Anita and Davina about how it came to be, the letters that they've written, that the EDI university has written & more. www.academicaunties.com/episodes/the...
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The Letters
This week we talk to Academic Aunties producer extraordinaire, Dr. Nisha Nath and her co-authors, Dr. Rita Kaur Dhamoon, Dr. Anita Girvan and Dr. Davina...
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Redeye @redeyeradio.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
POD DROP We’re joined by Lori Wilkinson, a member of the collective behind the new book, Not Your Cash Cow, Not Your Scapegoat, which looks at the experiences of international students in Canada @fernpub.bsky.social @robartscentre.bsky.social @umanitoba.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/r...
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Book: Not Your Cash Cow, Not Your Scapegoat
Podcast Episode · Redeye · May 14 · 18m
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CSN-RÉC @csnrec.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
New Publication Lawless: Abortion under Complete Decriminalization by Martha Paynter csn-rec.ca/news/85076-n... @fernpub.bsky.social
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Redeye @redeyeradio.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Saturday | 10:05 PT We’re joined by Lori Wilkinson, a member of the collective behind the new book, Not Your Cash Cow, Not Your Scapegoat, which looks at the experiences of international students in Canada. @fernpub.bsky.social @robartscentre.bsky.social @umanitoba.bsky.social
A classroom of diverse young people listening to a lecture
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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
exceptionally honoured to have gotten such kind and generous blurbs from authors I deeply admire for "The Politics of Lonely: Why Is Friendship So Hard?", which is coming out from @fernpub.bsky.social this fall, and is up for preorder now: fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/the-pol...
“A friend-letter (which is like a love-letter, but more complicated) to the ordinary glory of being with others, in all our mess and beauty, The Politics of Lonely is an incisive call to build worlds in which friendship is more and more accessible, for everyone.” - Alexis Shotwell, author of Against Purity: Living Ethically in Compromised Times“The Politics of Lonely made me feel less lonely. Yes, this is a book that invokes the radical potential of queer friendship—all the dreams and aspirations—without neglecting to address the personal, intimate, and structural failures. Drawing from a wide variety of voices in literature, critical thinking—and, yes, friendship—this book moves us toward everyday intimacy, collaboration, mutual aid, protest, communal living, and an expansion of care networks to provide a safety net for everyone.” - Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, author of Terry Dactyl“Arden’s exploration of friendship as ‘the highest ideal of love’ is essential medicine for these dehumanizing times. It is neither bitter pill nor sugarcoated remedy for what ails our ability to make friendship live up to our aspirations. Instead, it is dreamily homeopathic, mixing up a tonic to strengthen our broken hearts. It is at once vulnerable and brave, messily honest and truly beautiful, deeply personal and systemically political, reminding us that friendship is ‘worth the struggle,’ as part and parcel of social transformation.” - Cindy Barukh Milstein, editor of Constellations of Care: Anarcha-Feminism in Practice“There are few things as mundane in our lives as friendship, but also, few things as important that are also as unprobed. What makes a friend? What do we need from others? How do our relationships buoy our happiness or exacerbate our loneliness? Lee Arden has given us a lot to think about in this radical examination of one of society’s most important social bonds.” - Nora Loreto, author of The Social Safety Net
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Ardath Whynacht @ardathjean.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Yup. I meant every word. This is a great manuscript and you should preorder soon from @fernpub.bsky.social !
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All Lit Up @alllitupcanada.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
more fiction from @gooselane.bsky.social and @fernpub.bsky.social
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Fernwood Publishing @fernpub.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Authors of Not Your Cash Cow, Not Your Scape Goat, in their recent The Conversation op-ed, lay out the process of racialization that Asian international students experience as Canada's immigration policy landscape shifts. theconversation.com/cash-cows-sc...
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Cash cows, scapegoats — and now global talent: Asian international students want to be seen for who they are
A transactional approach to including international students risks Canadians never getting to know the people who come to study with their full and complex lives.
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Fernwood Publishing @fernpub.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
@arcpoetry.bsky.social Thanks for this wonderful review of I'll Get Right On It arcpoetry.ca/editorials/i... fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/ill-get...
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The Land and Labour Poetry Collective’s I’ll Get Right On It
The definition of labour in I'll Get Right On It is as wide ranging as the backgrounds of the individuals who contributed to the collection.
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McNally Robinson Booksellers @mcnallyrobinson.com · 16/04/2026
On Thursday April 23 at 7pm, join Jim Silver for the launch of The Transformative Power of Adult Education - mailchi.mp/grant/jim-si... @fernpub.bsky.social
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Jim Silver to launch The Transformative Power of Adult Education
This latest work by Jim Silver explores how adult basic education strengthens families and builds capacity for community change — transforming society from the ground up.
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Unrigged @unrigged.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Thursday's Harbinger Soapbox vol. 7 live show at Bar Milton-Parc Co-op was so much fun - thanks a lot to @endofsportpod.bsky.social Habibti Please Palestinian Youth Movement @fernpub.bsky.social + Arts for Palestine for an unforgettable night 💕
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sfucmns @sfucmns.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Join us for the launch of The Letters: Institutional Lives and EDI by Nisha Nath, Rita Kaur Dhamoon, Anita Girvan and Davina Bhandar! Friday, April 24th at 6pm at the SFU Harbour Centre, room 7000. @fernpub.bsky.social
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49th Shelf @49thshelf.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
What would a world without prisons look like? Take a look at these fascinating reads on abolition and envisioning a bold and beautiful world. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/04... @haymarketbooks.org @fernpub.bsky.social @sevenstories.bsky.social #CanLit #Abolition #PrisonersJustice
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Envisioning A World Without Prisons: Books on Abolition · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
What would a world without prisons look like?If you asked me this question ten years ago, I would have likely looked at you confused and completely dumbfounded. ...
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CCPA Nova Scotia @ccpanovascotia.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Insurgent Love author @ardathjean.bsky.social reflects on what makes small publishers so special, and what it means for the NS government to cut vital funding. Risking the Loss of Critical Ideas and Diverse Voices contributed by @fernpub.bsky.social : linktr.ee/ccpanovascotia #nspoli
Header: We need Nova Scotia book publishers.
Quote:
Nova Scotian authors are writing incredible books. We’ve always punched above our weight in arts and culture here. I want my kids to be able to walk into a library and find generations of our stories at their fingertips. 

The province’s austerity budget isn’t just silencing this generation of local publishers–they’re robbing the archive.

As a writer, I’ve seen how my book travelled. It’s connected me to communities of readers in places I didn’t expect. I don’t want to read an AI-edited paperback. My bookshelves are filled with books by small publishers around the world because they put out the most important and most interesting stories. The provincial government has carelessly vandalized our publishing ecosystem here.

– Ardath Whynacht, author of Insurgent Love, published by Fernwood, in press release
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Sonia Sulaiman @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This is not a joke. Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction will be an ongoing series! And we’re open to submissions for the second volume starting today: soniasulaiman.com/thyme-travel...
The cover for the original volume of Thyme Travellers.
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CCPA Nova Scotia @ccpanovascotia.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
NEW RELEASE: Risking the Loss of Critical Ideas and Diverse Voices: Nova Scotia Book Publishers Facing Unprecedented Instability, contributed by Fernwood Publishing Read it here: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... #nspoli @fernpub.bsky.social
Text reads: “New CCPA-NS Article: Risking the Loss of Critical Ideas and Diverse Voices: Nova Scotia Book Publishers Facing Unprecedented Instability. April 1st, 2026. Contributed by Fernwood Publishing.” Quote from article reads: “Critical ideas and culture are not frivolous indulgences. They are essential to imagining and enacting a more just world.” Image of open book to the left of quote. CCPA-NS logo in bottom right corner.
Text reads: “What would our world be like if the only books available to readers eager to learn were published by large multinational corporations? We don’t want to find out.” Quote from the article reads:  “Indie publishers are intimately, locally, internationally connected to our communities — our readers, authors, editors, peer reviewers, designers, illustrators, printers, booksellers, and like-minded publishers in other countries. We are part of a vast, international network of people who love books and the incredible transformative potential they hold.” CCPA-NS logo in bottom right corner.
Text reads: “Local Publishers Provide a Tremendous Return on Public Investment. Book publishing contributed $6.6 million to Nova Scotia’s GDP (2023). Fernwood’s sales in Nova Scotia provide a $9 return for every $1 of provincial funding.” In the bottom left corner, CCPA-NS website is linked: policyalternatives.ca/regions/nova-scotia/. CCPA-NS logo in bottom right corner.
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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
people of the USA: you can now preorder this here if you'd like: sheerspite.bigcartel.com/product/preo...
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PREORDER: The Politics of Lonely: Why Is Friendship So Hard?
This is a preorder: you will receive the book once it publishes in September 2026. We recommend ordering it separately from any other items unless...
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Fernwood Publishing @fernpub.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Thanks @springmagca.bsky.social for this thorough review of Not Your Cash Cow, Not Your Scapegoat. fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/not-you... springmag.ca/how-canada-u...
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How Canada uses student migrants to justify austerity cuts for education - Spring
Not Your Cash Cow, Not Your Scapegoat: Student Migration and Canadian Universities by The Racialization of Asian International Students Collective (Fernwood Publishing, ships preorders in May 2026). A...
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Fernwood Publishing @fernpub.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Thanks @theseaboardreview.ca for this review of He Who Would Walk the Earth by Griffin Bjerke-Clarke fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/he-who-... www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/he-who-wou...
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He Who Would Walk the Earth by Griffin Bjerke-Clarke
Reviewed by Naomi McKinnon
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Fernwood Publishing @fernpub.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
In light of recent media pieces arguing that public funds are wasted when they come to our publishing company, we have decided to write a short article about why we remain committed to putting our political commitments over profit-making. fernwoodpublishing.ca/news/view/wh...
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What does it mean to prioritize politics over profit?
Fernwood has been profiled in a few media pieces that attempt to discredit the public funding of arts and culture. These folks think it’s a waste for public money to be spent on a publisher that is po...
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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Carnalis (by @tiffmorris.bsky.social, @nictitatingbooks.bsky.social) & Ravenous (by Sara Cooper, Roseway, an imprint of @fernpub.bsky.social). See alt-text. #DSPBposts #bookish 💙📚 #BookSky #bookstodon #booktok #booksta #bookstagram #booklovers
Book cover for Ravenous by Sara Cooper (Roseway, an imprint of Fernwood Publishing): Breigh is a hot elder millennial who is obsessed with the brands she is ambassading for. Her policy is YES, and her livestreams are viral. But she’s pregnant now, and her body’s changing. It's not that she's hungry. She's definitely not depressed. She just sometimes eats boxes of makeup before passing out. Forthcoming August 2026. https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/ravenousBook cover for Carnalis by Tiffany Morris (Nictitating Books): Wealthy party girl Lauren hungers for human flesh. Her girlfriend Alex, a recently injured dancer, is trapped in Lauren's toxic and deadly spiral. The looming threat of capture may prove to be less dangerous than Lauren herself and the lengths she will go to satiate her needs. Will Alex be next on the menu? https://nictitatingbooks.wixsite.com/official/books
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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
7/10 - #DSPBposts #SmallPress #books from @nimbuspub.bsky.social @gaspereaupress.bsky.social @scottneigh.bsky.social @fernpub.bsky.social 💙📚 #BookSky #DefendNSbooks #bookish #booklovers #readingcommunity
Book cover for Astrid, Aghast by Ian Roy (Gaspereau Press): The stories in Astrid, Aghast are by turns funny, poignant, magical, and humane. Two public-library workers fall in love with each other’s foibles while stuck in an elevator. A young boy stumbles upon a bucket of eels that stirs up family memories he’d rather forget. A solitary entomologist tries to make sense of a life filled with pianos and beetles. Ian Roy takes us on journeys through a world that is like our own, but not quite: a taxi driver falls in love with his car-jacker; an old man claims he can fly—and can, or almost. https://gaspereaupress.com/books/astrid-aghast/Book cover for Listen!: Knowing the World and Fighting to Change It by Scott Neigh (Fernwood Publishing): An examination of how listening shapes who we are, weaves the world and grounds our movements for justice and liberation. https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/listenBook cover for Human Story will not Consume the Cosmos by Alexander Hollenberg (Gaspereau Press): Hollenberg explores the way in which poetry straddles the divide between the meaning-making impulse of the constructed human world and the wilder, wily resistance of the seemingly vulnerable non-human world. Plainspoken, alert, Hollenberg’s poems work recursively, repurposing words, images and motifs in new contexts in order to celebrate the richness and risks of storytelling. https://gaspereaupress.com/books/human-story-will-not-consume-the-cosmos/Book cover for Muin and the Seven Bird Hunters by Lilian Marshall, Murdena Marshall, Prune Harris, and Cheryl Bartlett (Nimbus Publishing): The story of Muin and the Seven Bird Hunters is a very old Mi’kmaw legend. It happens in the North Sky as the stars that show the story of Muin and the Seven Bird Hunters move around Tatapn, the North Star. In pictures in this book you can see how these stars, shown as they appear two hours before dawn, move through the night sky. They are in a different position each of the seasons because they are the time-keepers, the calendar. All through the year, as the stars and plants travel through the sky, the Mi’kmaq watch the story of Muin and the Seven Bird Hunters as it unfolds before their eyes. https://nimbus.ca/store/muin-and-the-seven-bird-hunters.html
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