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Goose Lane Editions @gooselane.bsky.social · 19h

We're beyond thrilled that Nicholas Herring's gorgeous novel Your Breath in Charcoal has made the 2026 Giller Prize shortlist! 🤩❤️ The winner of this year's prize will be announced at the ceremony on Monday, November 16. More info: gillerprize.ca/the-giller-prize-presents-its-2026-shortlist/

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River Street @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“When authors get together to gripe, they often gripe about this: people asking, ‘Where do you get your ideas?’ It’s posed at dinner parties and public readings and even in media interviews.“ Read the full interview Will Ferguson: www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2026/8/... @gooselane.bsky.social

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River Street @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social · 19h

Congratulations to all the authors on the Giller Prize Shortlist, including Nicholas Herring’s Your Breath in Charcoal, published by Gooselane Editions! gillerprize.ca/2026-finalis... #canlit #gillerprize #ireadcanadian #books #readers

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canadiancookbook.bsky.social @canadiancookbook.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Enter to win this travelogue through three countries by @janwong.bsky.social at www.instagram.com/p/Dd6VpBGnAmt/ Then, go to canadiancookbooks.ca/apron-spring... and learn more about this insightful book! Ends Sunday!

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All Lit Up @alllitupcanada.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"I wanted to write about life as I sort of dimly recall experiencing it." We chat with Nicholas Herring about his Giller-longlisted novel YOUR BREATH IN CHARCOAL (@gooselane.bsky.social), a funny & sensitive working-class odyssey about a young Islander on a road trip. alllitup.ca/i-wanted-to-...

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Michael Elves @melves.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Today's Turning Pages episode features Will Ferguson discussing Officer Shimada and the Disappearing Girl ( @gooselane.bsky.social ). 11:30am CT on UMFM 101.5 and online now. umfm.com/programming/...

Cover of Will Ferguson's Officer Shimada and the Disappearing Girl featuring a shadowy image of a woman in reflected orange paper lantern light.

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KIRBY @itsakirby.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Loch Baillie Tiana Reid Sue Sinclair Michael Trussler & kirby 23rd Annual Poetry Weekend icehouse poetry & friends 02 October 7pm UNB Memorial Hall @gooselane.bsky.social #icehousepoetry fairy kirby @palimpsestpress.bsky.social

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ecw press @ecwpress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The 2026 Giller Prize longlist includes six books published by Canadian-owned independent presses! Supporting Canadian stories, culture, writers, artists, and publishers is more important than ever.

6 Canadian Independent Publishers on the 2026 Giller Prize Longlist: Celebrating Canadian-owned independent publishing. 6 book covers are featured: Daphnis and Chloe by Colin McAdam, Riverwork by Lisa Robertson, The Unraveling of Ou by Holly Ghadery, At Sea in a Sieve by Cordelia Strube, Your Breath in Charcoal by Nicholas Herring, and Dodge City by Patrick deWitt. Published independently in Canada by: Biblioasis, ECW Press, House of Anansi, Coach House Books, Palimpsest Press, and Goose Lane Editions

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KIRBY @itsakirby.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"Madge, you're soaking in it." 💅 #openingnight @gooselane.bsky.social #icehousepoetry #poetryweekend #UNB #FrederictonNB www.facebook.com/PoetryWeekend/

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Goose Lane Editions @gooselane.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Tiana Reid is among some excellent company in the finalists! 🩷

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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Discover #SmallPress #books: I Built a Rocket Ship by @annalazowski.bsky.social, illustrated by Jennica Lounsbury, @kidscanpress.bsky.social & Your Breath in Charcoal by Nicholas Herring, @gooselane.bsky.social. See alt-text for book details. #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #booktok #bookstagram

Book covers for 1. ‪Your Breath in Charcoal by Nicholas Herring, Goose Lane Editions: Knickle is a young Islander with no friends, direction, or purpose in his life. When he drives to northern New Brunswick to pick up an acquaintance’s brother from a mental health hospital, the pair make a sudden decision to travel further west to try to find a life amidst the chaos of Upper Canada. A hilarious, sensitive, and heady working-class odyssey rife with metaphorical richness and references to literature, film, and 90s music, Your Breath in Charcoal peers into the mind of its irrepressible and relentlessly quotable East Coast everyman. A follow-up to Some Hellish, Herring’s breathtaking Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize-winning debut novel, Your Breath in Charcoal marks yet another galvanizing entry into the East Coast literary canon. https://gooselane.com/products/your-breath-in-charcoal
and 2. I Built a Rocket Ship by Anna Lazowski, illustrated by Jennica Lounsbury, Kids Can Press: A young child addresses a loved one who is no longer there, while narrating the process of building a rocket ship in the backyard. Dad is nearby, as the child explains their progress and decisions about what to pack as they build. Musing that something is still missing, the child remembers past building projects, stargazing and a warm and loving relationship with the person they’ve lost. Now, this person feels as far away as the stars – which is where the rocket is aimed. Anna Lazowski’s powerful and profound story is an emotionally sensitive, child-centered exploration of death and grief. https://kidscanpress.com/product/i-built-a-rocket-ship/

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Giller Prize @gillerprize.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Two Days in Mayaro by Pamela Mordecai, published by @gooselane.bsky.social, is a story collection about the lives of immigrants in Toronto. youtu.be/tgMTSTVnbQw #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit #Canlit #canadianliterature #fiction #canadianfiction

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Giller Prize @gillerprize.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Officer Shimada and the Disappearing Girl by Will Ferguson, published by @gooselane.bsky.social, is a literary novel in the guise of a mystery. youtu.be/uT8xc9e_ftc #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit #Canlit #canadianliterature #fiction #canadianfiction

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canadiancookbook.bsky.social @canadiancookbook.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

In researching the impact of Black cultures on the Canadian foodways, I came across this book from New Brunswick that gives that community a voice. Check it out at canadiancookbooks.ca/still-here/ @gooselane.bsky.social

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canadiancookbook.bsky.social @canadiancookbook.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A contributor to "Still Here" sent me a Baked Macaroni and Cheese" recipe that's been in the family for generations. Try it for yourself at canadiancookbooks.ca/baked-macaro... Comforting and filling! @gooselane.bsky.social

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All Lit Up @alllitupcanada.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

@tianareid.bsky.social expands the boundaries of language to resist conventional narratives of care & healing in her debut poetry collection, NIGHTNURSING (@gooselane.bsky.social). Watch Tiana read a poem from the book at: alllitup.ca/poetry-in-mo...

The cover of NIGHTNURSING by Tiana Reid against a background of transparent geographic shapes in a fuscia colour of pink to match the cover. At the top of the cover is an orange-toned triangle shape reaching down to the centre of the page. The author's name reads to the right of the triangle's point in yellow. Underneath the author name in a bold, white, serif font is the book title broken up and left-aligned to read: NIGHT - NURS - ING.

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River Street @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Acclaimed Jamaican-born, Toronto-dwelling author Pamela Mordecai joins us on our blog for a Power Q & A! In this interview, she speaks to her ideal audience. Read the interview: www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/power-q... #caribbeanliterature #shortstories @gooselane.bsky.social

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The Seaboard Review of Books 🇨🇦 📚 @theseaboardreview.ca · 06/09/2026

September’s “Saturday Short” is a day late, but it’s an exceptional story from Pamela Mordecai’s new short fiction collection, Two Days in Mayaro from @gooselane.bsky.social Enjoy! #shortfiction #shortstories #canlit www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/alvins-ilk...

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Goose Lane Editions @gooselane.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Thank you! We could not be more thrilled!

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lpgcanada.bsky.social @lpgcanada.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Congratulations to LPG members whose authors are longlisted for the 2026 Giller Prize! @biblioasis.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @gooselane.bsky.social & @palimpsestpress.bsky.social

A graphic labelled 2026 Giller Prize longilst, LPG members displaying five book covers: Riverwork by Lisa Robertson, Your Breath in Charcoal by Nicholas Herring, The Unravelling of Ou by Hollay Ghadery, At Sea in a Sieve by Cordelia Strube, and Daphnis and Chloe by Colin McAdam.

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Goose Lane Editions @gooselane.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

So excited that Nicholas Herring's Your Breath in Charcoal has been longlisted for the Giller Prize!

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Goose Lane Editions @gooselane.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Take the first look at The Bird Healer’s Daughter by bestselling author Beth Powning! Releasing in April 2027, The Bird Healer’s Daughter is a richly imagined historical novel that follows a group of remarkable women as they fight for justice, equality, and a better future for women and children.

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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Officer Shimada and the Disappearing Girl by Will Ferguson, @gooselane.bsky.social & When is a Man by Aaron Shepard, @touchwooded.bsky.social. See alt-text. #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #booktok #bookstagram

Book covers for 1.‬ Officer Shimada and the Disappearing Girl by Will Ferguson, Goose Lane Editions: In southern Japan, a young woman enters an elevator in a bar building late at night. But when the doors open, she has vanished. Fifteen years later, her younger brother Kaito has risen up the ranks to police inspector, still haunted by his sister’s disappearance. On a sleepy island in Okinawa, Kaito tracks down Mr. Shimada, a senior officer who once solved an impossible elevator crime decades earlier. The unlikely pair travels back to the city where Kaito’s sister first disappeared — to the very elevator where it occurred. Together, they retrace her steps and uncover the truth of what happened that night. https://gooselane.com/products/officer-shimada-and-the-disappearing-girl and 2. When is a Man by Aaron Shepard, TouchWood Editions: Paul Rasmussen is a young ethnographer and academic recovering from prostate cancer. Broken, he retreats to the remote forests and towns of the Immitoin Valley. As an outsider, he discovers how difficult it is to know a place, let alone become a part of it. Then, a drowned man and a series of encounters with the locals force him to confront the valley’s troubled past and his own uncertain future. https://touchwoodeditions.com/products/when-is-a-man

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Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Day 5 of the #SealeyChallenge. Devotional Forensics by Joseph Kidney, published by @gooselane.bsky.social. #Poetry #CanLit gooselane.com/products/dev...

The poetry book Devotional Forensics standing in front of a pink flowering vine. The book cover is white and red and features an icon with the face scratched out.

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River Street @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

More literary love for a stellar spread of fiction we’re proud to be celebrating this year! Thank you to Quill & Quire for compiling an excellent autumnal preview. Go to the full list: quillandquire.com/omni/2026-fa... #readers #litfic #mustread

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Giller Prize @gillerprize.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Night Birds by Margaret Sweatman, published by @gooselane.bsky.social, is an all-absorbing thriller, whose morally complex characters are called upon to reckon with the power that runs beneath their feet and the consequences of their own complicity. youtu.be/pqY3jm8V7Nc #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit

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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Night Birds by Margaret Sweatman, @gooselane.bsky.social & Event Horizon by Balsam Karam, translated by Saskia Vogel, @bookhugpress.bsky.social. See alt-text. #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #booktok #bookstagram

Book cover for 1. Event Horizon by Balsam Karam, translated by Saskia Vogel, Book*hug Press: Seventeen-year-old Milde is from the Outskirts, a place beyond the mountains where the dirt is corpse-rich, where mothers and daughters, banished from society, make their living—without rights, access to care, or legal status. But Milde refuses to accept the order of things and, together with some friends, she revolts against the government’s injustice. Arrested, imprisoned, and tortured, Milde is eventually presented with a final choice: to be executed publicly or, as part of an experiment, to be launched into space, into a black hole called the Mass. She chooses the Mass, opting to face its fathomless depth and loneliness rather than hurt the morale of her weary allies back home. https://bookhugpress.ca/shop/author/balsam-karam/event-horizon-by-balsam-karam-translated-by-saskia-vogel/ and 2. Night Birds by Margaret Sweatman, Goose Lane Editions: A catastrophe on a mountain in Transylvania sends toxic cyanide hurtling through rivers and streams, destroying an ecosystem and killing hundreds. As the impact of the mining breach stretches beyond the country’s borders, it ensnares Farrar and Clio, a couple living on another continent, who begin to understand that their business interests are intertwined with enterprises more sinister than they’d realized. https://gooselane.com/products/night-birds

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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: The Old Man, The Boy, and the Dog by Kevin Kaukuarjuk Qamaniq-Mason, illustrated by Vinícius Xavier, @inhabitmedia.bsky.social & In This House Are Many Women and other poems by Sheree Fitch, @gooselane.bsky.social. See alt-text. #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #bookstagram

Book covers for 1. The Old Man, The Boy, and the Dog by Kevin Kaukuarjuk Qamaniq-Mason, illustrated by Vinícius Xavier, Inhabit Media: An Inuit retelling of an Aesop’s fable. A boy and his grandfather decide to gift a sled dog to the boy’s aunt. During their short journey they are met with comments by others in their camp. The dog isn’t strong enough; the boy isn’t gracious to his grandfather; the dog has too much work to do. What will the aunt say when they finally reach their destination? Ages 6-8. https://inhabitmedia.com/2026/01/23/the-old-man-the-dog-and-the-boy/ and 2. In This House Are Many Women and other poems by Sheree Fitch, Goose Lane Editions: Originally released in 1992 and re-issued with new poems in 2005, this raw, heartfelt collection explores the realities of women’s lives and the many kinds of shelter that women both create for themselves and give each other. This edition is now available once again, remaining as relevant today as ever. https://gooselane.com/products/in-this-house-are-many-women

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Goose Lane Editions @gooselane.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

☀Staff summer picks ☀ Looking for an unforgettable thriller to spend the summer with? Alan, our Managing Editor, recommends David Bergen's Days of Feasting and Rejoicing. Dark, dangerous, and delectable, this novel will have you at the edge of your seat. Available at gooselane.com/DaysOfFeasting

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River Street @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The Quill & Quire — one of Canada’s premier digital magazines of the Canadian book trade—shared its fall preview for short fiction, poetry, and graphic novels and we’re thrilled to see four of the books we’ve been celebrating on the list. quillandquire.com/omni-categor... #poetry #shortstory

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Goose Lane Editions @gooselane.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

🍂Announcing our fall list! FICTION: 📕 Two Days in Mayaro by Pamela Mordecai 📙 Officer Shimada and the Disappearing Girl by Will Ferguson 📕 Your Breath in Charcoal by Nicholas Herring all books available to pre-order now at gooselane.com/new

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Goose Lane Editions @gooselane.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

🥾Calling all outdoors lovers 🥾 Plan your summer adventures with Hiking Trails of Cape Breton Island, out today! Canada’s East Coast is home to stunning nature, picturesque seaside communities, and endless opportunities for exploration. gooselane.com/HikingTrailsOfCapeBreton

A graphic with the text at the top reading "New from Goose Lane Editions. Happy Pub Day!" The graphic features two images, one of the author Michael Haynes, and the other of the cover of Hiking Trails of Cape Breton Island, 3rd Edition. There is a link at the bottom reading "gooselane.com/HikingTrailsOfCapeBreton.

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Goose Lane Editions @gooselane.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The countdown is on for the Still Here Festival! This incredible event honours four centuries of Black heritage, resilience, and community in NB. The festival is accompanied by a book and exhibition, both launching at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery July 31, 5:00 pm. Learn more at stillherefestival.ca

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James Harbeck @sesquiotic.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Got my copy of a book I edited, published by @gooselane.bsky.social. Takao Tanabe is a great Canadian artist who will be celebrating his hundredth birthday in September.

Takao Tanabe: Inside Passage. A coffee-table-sized book featuring one of Tanabe’s paintings on the cover.

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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Mega Milk: Essays on Family, Fluidity, Whiteness, and Cows by @meganmilks.bsky.social, @feministpress.bsky.social & Terrarium by Matthew Walsh, @gooselane.bsky.social. See alt-text. #DSPBposts #bookish 💙📚 #BookSky #booktok #booksta #bookstagram #booklovers

Book cover for Mega Milk: Essays on Family, Fluidity, Whiteness, and Cows by Megan Milks, Feminist Press: An ABA Indie Next List Pick for January 2026. A sparkling, funny, and often wrenching portrait-in-essays on the dairy industry, queer intimacy, family, fluidity, whiteness, and cows. https://feministpress.org/collections/new-releases/products/9781558613584-mega-milk

Book cover for Terrarium by Matthew Walsh, Goose Lane Editions: Shortlisted, Trillium Book Award for Poetry. Longlisted, Nelson Ball Prize. Raw, confessional, and often messy, Terrarium continues Matthew Walsh’s exploration of Queer identity and desire against the lonely highs and lows of depression and addiction. In this new collection, Walsh begins where their debut collection, These are not the potatoes of my youth, left off. Writing in their trademark conversational style, Walsh wanders from Toronto parkettes “with remnants of magnolia leaves” to California, “a long/black cocktail dress the night lights/amethyst and citrine against the arm/muscle of the sea,” their voice intimate and exposed, a whisper between friends or lovers. And then, when they ruminate on influences and themes as diverse as the poetry of Frank O’Hara and Gwendolyn MacEwen, the vagaries of Instagram, and the reimagination of Miss Havisham in a Toronto bathhouse, they offer readers the opportunity to think deeply or laugh loudly, reaching out to close the gap between us. https://gooselane.com/collections/poetry/products/terrarium

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Goose Lane Editions @gooselane.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Attention art lovers: Qillaniq is available now! This stunning book accompanies the 2026 edition of the International exhibition of Indigenous art at the National Gallery of Canada. Learn more, or order your copy now, at gooselane.com/Qillaniq

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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Moon as Salted Lemon by @clayrebenz.bsky.social, @driftwoodpress.bsky.social & Non-Prophet by @quratdar.bsky.social, @gooselane.bsky.social/icehouse poetry. See alt-text. #DSPBposts #bookish 💙📚 #BookSky #bookstodon #booktok #booksta #bookstagram #booklovers

Book cover for Moon as Salted Lemon by Clayre Benzadón (Driftwood Press): A debut collection of multilingual poetry of linguistic agility, compassion, wordplay, and intellect which queers language to inspire complicated truths. Shortlisted for Bisexual Poetry in the Lambda Literary Awards (winners announced June 12th): https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/current-finalists/. https://www.driftwoodpress.com/product-page/moon-as-salted-lemon

$Book cover for Non-Prophet by Qurat Dar (icehouse poetry/Goose Lane Editions): Shortlisted for LGBTQ+ Poetry in the Lambda Literary Awards (winners announced June 12th): https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/current-finalists/. Raw, reverent, and bursting with searing vulnerability, Non-Prophet canvases the electric tension between devotion and doubt to gods both personal and ubiquitous, and reflects on the natural and built worlds in their claims to the sacred. Winner of the inaugural Claire Harris Poetry Prize, Qurat Dar’s bold debut collection explores what it is to grapple with faith that’s “just another language you’re losing, or one you never learned to speak.” Weaving through the boundaries of language and form, Non-Prophet meditates on things “just mundane enough to be holy / just holy enough to be mundane” — the death of a bird, the cries of mid-nightmare prayers, the misplaced shame of what it is to bleed. Dar’s poems both rage and reconcile, holding gently the pieces of a fractured identity. https://gooselane.com/products/non-prophet$

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Goose Lane Editions @gooselane.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

"I appreciate Sweatman’s grappling with themes of environmental collapse and personal integrity, her vivid powers of description and development of complex characters." ❤️

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All Lit Up @alllitupcanada.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

We're sharing our Pride Month book picks, which include 8 new and recent books by LGBTQ+ authors, spanning fiction, poetry, memoir, and drama. Find them all here: alllitup.ca/8-fabulous-b...

A graphic labelled 8 Fabulous Books for Pride Month 2026. The featured book covers include Not All Dragons by David Ly, Soundtrack by Michael V. Smith, Village Dreams by Jay Quint, Kainchee Lagaa & Jhooti by Zaiba Baig, River Running by Loch Baillie, The Blue House by Sky Gilbert, The Last Caravan by Anna Byrne, and The Way Disabled People Love Each Other by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha.

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