Reposted by Invisible BooksJen Calleja @jencalleja.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Fair: The Life-Art of Translation is out in North America in 2 months! Pre-order from @invisibooks.bsky.social : invisiblepublishing.com/product/fair/ Or your local indie bookstore. Launch events TBA soon. 0126
Invisible Books @invisibooks.bsky.social · 31/08/2026New books are making their way into the world. They have flaps! 072
Reposted by Invisible BooksVicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · 27/08/2026"I rolled out of bedlam and put on my slippers without Socrates, something I rarely document." #SealeyChallenge 27/31 #TodaysPoem #poetry Tapestry of an Ordinary Day by Michael e. Casteels from The Last White House at the End of the Row of White Houses (2016 @invisibooks.bsky.social) 2101
Reposted by Invisible BooksA.Ghost Pasquella 👻🎃 @agpasquella.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Good times for sure! I, too, somehow only bought one book: A Nation of Tinkerers by @therewasnosound.bsky.social published by @invisibooks.bsky.social and purchased from @anotherstoryto.bsky.social ! Can’t wait to dig in! #booksky 💙📚 invisiblepublishing.com/product/a-na... 2206
Reposted by Invisible BooksDean Jobb - True Crime Writer @deanjobb.bsky.social · 11/08/2026How journalist Michael Rancic stitched together his new history of Canadian electronic music /via @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/musi...theglobeandmail.comHow journalist Michael Rancic stitched together his new history of Canadian electronic musicIn A Nation of Tinkerers, Rancic explores the roots of electronic music in Canada 073
Reposted by Invisible BooksMichael Rancic @therewasnosound.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Montreal! I'll be in town two weeks from now to launch A Nation of Tinkerers at Système on September 3rd! Join me in conversation w/ local artist and educator Peggy Hogan to explore the book's themes and tales of overlooked figures from Canada’s rich electronic music history. 183
Reposted by Invisible Booksdave @gloomfather.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Wrote about Michael Rancic's great new history of Canadian electronic music @therewasnosound.bsky.socialbookman.substack.comTinkering in the EnclaveOn Michael Rancic’s A Nation of Tinkerers, Jameson’s Utopias, Jacques Attali 1183
Reposted by Invisible BooksDon Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 08/08/2026I’m reading A Nation of #Tinkerers: A History of #Electronic #Music in #Canada 1945 to 1985 by Michael Rancic. #books #BookSky 0204
Reposted by Invisible BooksPolaris Music Prize @polarismusicprize.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Former Polaris juror @therewasnosound.bsky.social has launched their new book, 'A History of Electronic Music in Canada from 1945 to 1985' via @invisibooks.bsky.social. 393
Reposted by Invisible BooksMichael Rancic @therewasnosound.bsky.social · 12/08/2026thanks to the thoughtful Luke Ottenhof for this great @torontolifemag.bsky.social Q&A about my book!!! A Nation of Tinkerers is out now via @invisibooks.bsky.social! 181
Invisible Books @invisibooks.bsky.social · 12/08/2026A fantastic interview with author @therewasnosound.bsky.social. 051
Reposted by Invisible BooksThe Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 11/08/2026theglobeandmail.comHow journalist Michael Rancic stitched together his new history of Canadian electronic musicIn A Nation of Tinkerers, Rancic explores the roots of electronic music in Canada 1123
Reposted by Invisible Booksjosh o'kane @joshokane.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I spoke with @therewasnosound.bsky.social about A Nation of Tinkerers, his new history of Canadian electronic music out today with @invisibooks.bsky.social It's a crucial addition to the CanCon literary canon, and (by necessity) goes far beyond what we might consider electronic music today 1197
Reposted by Invisible BooksRob Taylor @roblucastaylor.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Hey look! CNQ lives! After a two year hiatus, Canadian Notes & Queries is back. The first new issue features a ten page essay on the poetry of Alexandra Oliver, written by James Pollock. Needless to say, no magazine in Canada is quite like it. Grab a copy! Subscribe! www.notesandqueries.ca 3173
Reposted by Invisible BooksAndrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Lakeside, looking over proofs of the 10th anniversary edition of The Utility of Boredom. I've written a new introduction and we've done a bit of tidying on the original text. New cover, too. It'll be available from @invisibooks.bsky.social wherever you get books October 13th. 051
Reposted by Invisible Bookslpgcanada.bsky.social @lpgcanada.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Thanks to BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here are the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in July '26. Ft. top 10 from @biblioasis.bsky.social, @invisibooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, & @coachhousebooks.bsky.social. 1102
Reposted by Invisible Books49th Shelf @49thshelf.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Our summer edition of What We Carry is here! Check out these books tracing stories of migration, movement, and ancestral memory! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/08... @aaknopf.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social @houseofanansi.bsky.social #DiverseCanLit #DiverseSpines49thshelf.comWhat We Carry: Summer 2026 · Blog Post · 49th ShelfWhat We Carry is a book list by managing editor, Justine Abigail Yu, tracing stories of migration, movement, and ancestral memory from authors who write ... 031
Reposted by Invisible BooksBrian Busby 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇩🇰 @brianbusby.bsky.social · 05/08/2026A century-old novel that anticipates A Room of One's Own by three years and is so good that I'm surprised there's never been a Virago edition. Fortunately, our own @invisibooks.bsky.social has made it available again. #CanLit #canadianliterature #booksky brianbusby.blogspot.com/2026/08/betw...brianbusby.blogspot.comBetween Exhaustion and ExpressionShackles Madge Macbeth New York: Waterson, 1927 282 pages The first three pages of Shackles take the form of a letter written by the author... 0171
Reposted by Invisible BooksAlex @alexplatt.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Read this in one gulp. Excellent, a breath of fresh air. Thank you, @invisibooks.bsky.social. 192
Reposted by Invisible BooksMichael Elves @melves.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Today's episode of Turning Pages airs at 11:30am CT on UMFM 101.5 but is online now to stream/DL and features a conversation with @therewasnosound.bsky.social about his history of Canadian electronic music, A Nation of Tinkerers ( @invisibooks.bsky.social ). umfm.com/programming/... 083
Reposted by Invisible BooksThe Grind @thegrindto.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Music writer Michael Rancic (@therewasnosound.bsky.social) dives into the history of electronic music in Canada his upcoming book ‘A Nation of Tinkerers: A History of Electronic Music in Canada from 1945 To 1985' (Out Aug. 11 via @invisibooks.bsky.social). Read an excerpt now:thegrindmag.caLet Them Play SynthsMichael Rancic uncovers the forgotten history of a dominant force in modern music in this excerpt from his new book ‘A Nation of Tinkerers: A History of Electronic Music in Canada from 1945 To 1985’… 063
Reposted by Invisible BooksJoanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: The Alchemy of Paradise by Susannah M. Smith, @invisibooks.bsky.social & Kill The Poet, Save The World by Abdulkareem Baba-Aminu, Masobe Books. See alt-text. #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #booktok #bookstagram 0101
Reposted by Invisible BooksPoetry Daily @poetrydaily.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Today's Feature: "Autumn Night Reflections" by Dai Wangshu, translated by @yilinwriter.bsky.social from The Lantern and the Night Moths published by @invisibooks.bsky.social Read here: poems.com/poem/autumn-...poems.comAutumn Night ReflectionsHeed the tearful beckoning of weaving merfolk, heed the breath of falling tree leaves! 062
Reposted by Invisible Booksthetemzreview.bsky.social @thetemzreview.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Read @bengymen.bsky.social's interview of Zane Koss re: his collection Country Music (pub. @invisibooks.bsky.social)! It’s been a project that was percolating for a long time, or that I was struggling for a long time to figure out how exactly it would work... www.thetemzreview.com/robinson-kos... 172
Reposted by Invisible Bookslpgcanada.bsky.social @lpgcanada.bsky.social · 30/06/2026A NATION OF TINKERERS: A HISTORY OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC IN CANADA FROM 1945 TO 1985 by Michael Rancic from @invisibooks.bsky.social is a summer 2026 selection for The Booksellers’ List! 042
Reposted by Invisible Bookslpgcanada.bsky.social @lpgcanada.bsky.social · 30/06/2026We're delighted to see three books published by LPG members on the Summer 2026 edition of #TheBooksellersList, via @indiebookstores.ca! 141
Reposted by Invisible BooksRuby Dimples | Boston @rubydimples.bsky.social · 25/06/2026purchased with whore money 😈 @angelicanoi.bsky.social 4413
Reposted by Invisible BooksMichael Rancic @therewasnosound.bsky.social · 26/06/2026thanks to CBC's The Current and Josh Cockerill at Type Books Junction for naming A Nation of Tinkerers (@invisibooks.bsky.social ) as one of the books you should read this summer: www.cbc.ca/radio/thecur...cbc.caWhat should you read this summer? Book lovers share their tips | CBC RadioTwo book lovers share their recommendations for the best things to read this summer. 073
Reposted by Invisible BooksDerek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Ya'll need to read Helen Hajnoczky's poetry -- POETS AND KILLERS (snare books, out of print), MAGYARAZNI ( @coachhousebooks.bsky.social), and FROST & POLLEN ( @invisibooks.bsky.social) -- so good! 061
Reposted by Invisible Bookslpgcanada.bsky.social @lpgcanada.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Congratulations to LPG member @talonbooks.bsky.social and Hajer Mirwali who was named winner of the 2026 Trillium Book Award for Poetry! 074
Reposted by Invisible Bookslpgcanada.bsky.social @lpgcanada.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Thanks to BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here are the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in May '26. Ft. top 10 from @invisibooks.bsky.social @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @biblioasis.bsky.social, & @arsenalpulp.bsky.social. 1145
Reposted by Invisible Books49th Shelf @49thshelf.bsky.social · 01/06/2026On Our Radar: Expats in Japan, Cree Poetry, Girls Trip Gone Wild, and More! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/06... #CanLit @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @dundurnpress.bsky.social @touchwooded.bsky.social49thshelf.comOn Our Radar: Expats in Japan, Cree Poetry, Girls Trip Gone Wild, and More! · Blog Post · 49th ShelfEvery month, our editor enthuses about the books piling up on her mind and on her nightstand. 043
Reposted by Invisible BooksMichael Rancic @therewasnosound.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Advanced reading copies of A Nation of Tinkerers are now available! Media and booksellers, hit me or @invisibooks.bsky.social up for one if you'd like to give it a read. 2134
Reposted by Invisible BooksUndertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Not sure I'll read a better book this year, DIVING BOARD by Tomás Downey, translated by Sarah Moses, published last year by @invisibooks.bsky.social It's both realist and irreal. Spare and dense and surreal. Echoes of Julio Cortázar, and Mariana Enríquez but with a unique sensibility and tension. 0239
Reposted by Invisible BooksMichael Rancic @therewasnosound.bsky.social · 11/05/2026feels like a good time to plug my book, A NATION OF TINKERERS, out on August 11th via @invisibooks.bsky.social. in it, i chart the early history of electronic music in so-called Canada, using the informal practice of "tinkering" as a lens to think through our relationship to music technology. 185
Reposted by Invisible Bookslpgcanada.bsky.social @lpgcanada.bsky.social · 06/05/2026With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here are the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in March 2026. Feat. a top 10 from: @invisibooks.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @cormorantbooks.bsky.social & @arsenalpulp.bsky.social. 1125
Reposted by Invisible BooksAll Lit Up @alllitupcanada.bsky.social · 05/05/2026For #ShortStoryMonth, short story writer @laurairock.bsky.social recommends six standout collections from @anvilpress.bsky.social, @pressassembly.bsky.social, @guernicaeditions.bsky.social, @greatplainspress.bsky.social, @invisibooks.bsky.social & @llpmtl.bsky.social alllitup.ca/afterword-6-... 095
Reposted by Invisible BooksKristin Knowles @kzknowles.bsky.social · 25/04/2026It's Canadian Independent Bookstore Day!! Come visit me and Mary Skelly at our Union Station location to get your hands on the exclusive HRB x LG Collab Tote! Then fill it with lovely books from our freshly restocked shelves!! Happy bookstore crawling everyone!! 🧡👻📚 @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social 27420
Reposted by Invisible BooksPeter Counter, Nightmare Host @peterbcounter.com · 21/04/2026Canadian Independent Bookstore Day is this weekend. You know the drill: if you buy one of my books from an indie store and send me a pic of your receipt, I will write your fortune on a tarot card and mail it to you! 2169
Reposted by Invisible BooksEmily Stewart @estewart.bsky.social · 16/04/2026I also loved that Steve Glynn gave a big shoutout to @invisibooks.bsky.social and gave a little insight into the reality of book sales. If we want more unique Canadian stories, we have to support independent publishing! 131
Reposted by Invisible BooksAlex @alexplatt.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Thank you @invisibooks.bsky.social 😍🫶 #poetrymonth #poetry #canlit 081
Reposted by Invisible Booksknife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Hear Jacob Alvarado "I Can Make It All Up To You" Zane Koss "Country Music" @invisibooks.bsky.social Here. Saturday. 11 April 2-5pm Arts Etobicoke 4983A Dundas St W (12 minute walk from Islington Stn). Jacob: www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p193/J... Zane: invisiblepublishing.com/product/coun... 121
Reposted by Invisible Booksjessi @jessisays.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Yesterday (April 8) was the one-year anniversary of CUT SIDE DOWN, my second book of poetry, being officially released into the world by Invisible. If you are looking for poems with heart, humour, and (hopefully) intelligence, please request my book at your local library or bookstore. 1102
Invisible Books @invisibooks.bsky.social · 07/04/2026We’ve just unveiled a new series at the press, with its first title publishing next month. Read more at our Substack: invisiblebooks.substack.com/p/announcing... 091
Reposted by Invisible Bookslpgcanada.bsky.social @lpgcanada.bsky.social · 06/04/2026With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here are the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in March 2026. Feat. a top 10 from: @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, @invisibooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, & @cormorantbooks.bsky.social. 2125
Reposted by Invisible Booksrob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 01/04/2026National Poetry Month (via @chaudierebooks.bsky.social) : Zane Koss, / @invisibooks.bsky.social ; chaudierebooks.blogspot.com/2026/04/nati...chaudierebooks.blogspot.comNational Poetry Month : Zane Koss,From Apartment Notebooks : 03/15 Green glow aftern... 065
Reposted by Invisible Booksknife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 31/03/2026WEDNESDAY APRIL 1ST OPENING NIGHT 6-8PM #celebration #ArtsEtobicoke #NationalPoetryMonth #KFB10 ZANE KOSS ("Country Music" @invisibooks.bsky.social) will be hosting an open mic as we kick-off our April residency at ARTS ETOBICOKE STOREFRONT GALLERY 4893A Dundas Street West 011
Reposted by Invisible BooksHache Pueyo 🕷️🗝️ @hachepueyo.bsky.social · 23/03/2026A few months ago I pitched Reactor an article about SFF around the world focused on translations, and @cxorlando.bsky.social came up with the loveliest idea to expand it into a column. We start this month with Hiroko Oyamada's The Factory, a great little novel about the irreality of office jobs. 710646
Reposted by Invisible Booksrob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 20/03/2026awaiting small one’s first game in this weekend’s ringette tournament; did you know that Invisible Publishing just re-issued two poetry titles by m. nourbeSe philip? // @invisibooks.bsky.social 2103
Invisible Books @invisibooks.bsky.social · 16/03/2026It’s a big day for the book listeners! Two of our hottest books of the last couple years are now available wherever you find audiobooks: 🎙️ All Hookers Go To Heaven by Angel B.H. (narrated by Angel B.H. herself) 🎙️ Searching for Terry Punchout by @tylerhellard.com (narrated by Chai Valladares) 122
