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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

📚 Toronto Book Launch! Celebrate Didier Leclair’s The African Prince, the Translator, and the Nazi at the Black & Caribbean Book Affair. 🗓️ Oct. 17 | 4:30–6:30 PM 📍 Blackhurst Cultural Centre, 777 Bathurst St. Meet the author + get your copy signed!

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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Discover #SmallPress #books: A Quiet Disappearance by Rabindranath Maharaj, @mawenzihouse.bsky.social & Aether and Ego by Joanne Merriam, Inanna Publications. See alt-text for book details. #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #booktok #bookstagram

Book covers for 1. Aether and Ego by Joanne Merriam, Inanna Publications: Elizabeth Bennet is a part of the second generation embarking on a centuries-long flight to Alpha Centauri, working in the signal room and studying engineering aboard a massive centrifugal ship. When she is thrown into the orbit of the conventional Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth finds him haughty and intolerable. But then her younger sister elopes. For all of their progress in the new society of the ship, a woman can still be ruined by an imprudent attachment. Can Elizabeth and Darcy save Lydia’s reputation, learn to like each other, and avoid being convicted of murder? https://inanna.ca/product/aether-and-ego/ or in the US, https://bookshop.org/a/96356/9781834210261 and 2.
A Quiet Disappearance by Rabindranath Maharaj, Mawenzi House:‬ Beautifully crafted stories in which older men and women from the Caribbean islands confront their pasts, with regrets and wonder as they discover subtle epiphanies. The stories consider the briefness of life, not only its final outcome but the losses accumulated over the years. https://www.mawenzihouse.com/product/a-quiet-disappearance/

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Congratulations to Mawenzi House poet Sheniz Janmohamed on her appointment as Poet-in-Residence at the Doris McCarthy Gallery, U of T Scarborough! Her residency will bring together poetry, reflection, art, and nature as part of #UTSCYOP.

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Fresh from the printer! 📚 The African Prince, the Translator, and the Nazi by Didier Leclair, translated by Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott, has officially arrived at Mawenzi House. The new edition is out now and ready for readers! #MawenziHouse #NewBooks #CanadianLit

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

📚 Catch Mawenzi House author Didier Leclair at #WOTS2026! He’ll join Language and Translation, exploring translation, identity & the power of words. 📍 Vibrant Voices Stage 📅 Sept. 27 | 1:15 PM #TorontoWOTS @wordonthestreet.bsky.social @anotherstoryto.bsky.social

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

AVAILABLE NOW! 📚 The African Prince, the Translator, and the Nazi by Didier Leclair is out now! Set in Nazi-occupied Paris, this gripping historical novel follows an African prince, his translator, and those caught in a dangerous web of diamonds, resistance, deception, and survival. #MawenziHouse

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“West of West Indian roars up from the page…” — Desirée Seebaran, Wasafiri Thrilled to see Linzey Corridon’s West of West Indian receive this wonderful review, celebrating its bold exploration of Caribbean identity, language, queerness, migration and belonging. #WestOfWestIndian #CaribbeanPoetry

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We have another September event! 📚✨ Join us in Ottawa for a Joint Poetry Reading with Mekyle Ali Qadir, author of Crescendo, and Fareh Malik, author of Streams That Lead Somewhere. 📅 Sept. 23 | 6 PM 📍 Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa 📚 Presented with Octopus Books #Ottawa #Poetry #MawenziHouse

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

MONTRÉAL BOOK LAUNCH Join Mawenzi House for the launch of I Was Born with Sand in My Eyes by Moustapha Mohamed Chein. 📅 Sept. 10 | 7–9 PM 📍 Argo Bookshop, Montréal 🎟️ RSVP here: www.ticketsource.com/argo-booksho... 📖 Books available on site #Poetry #Montreal #BookLaunch

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Available now! 📚 Rooted in Africa’s desert landscapes and Moorish nomadic culture, *I Was Born with Sand in My Eyes* by Moustapha Mohamed Chein explores heritage, family, Sufi spirituality, healing, love and resilience. Get your copy from Mawenzi House Publishers today!

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

✨ It’s publication day! ✨ *I Was Born with Sand in My Eyes* by Moustapha Mohamed Chein is officially available in print and eBook. This evocative poetry collection explores identity, memory, exile, love and belonging. Congratulations, Moustapha! 📚🎉 #MawenziHouse #PublicationDay #CanadianPoetry

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

“The text is never truly complete until it is breathed into the air.” Moustapha Mohamed Chein, author of I Was Born with Sand in My Eyes. Explore excerpts from our conversation and click the link below to read the full interview. robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/08/12-o... #MawenziHouse #Poetry

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Come ashore with us! 🌊 Join featured poets Linzey Corridon, Jamaica Bridgett and Matthew Dawkins for a queer Caribbean poetry open mic. 📅 Aug. 31 at 6 p.m. 📍 Book Bar, 600 Markham St., Toronto Bring your poetry and sign up on Eventbrite! 🎤 @westofwestindian.bsky.social

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Montreal, thank you! 📚✨ A wonderful evening at Argo Bookshop celebrating Daniel Maluka and *Unwashed* with poetry, conversation and community. 📖 *Unwashed* is available from Mawenzi House Publishers. #DanielMaluka #Unwashed #MawenziHouse #Poetry #CanLit

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Coming soon! 📚 I Was Born with Sand in My Eyes by Moustapha Mohamed Chein, a poetic journey through desert, memory, heritage, love, spirituality and the inner self. Coming August 27, 2026 from Mawenzi House. #Poetry #CanLit #AfricanLiterature

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

📚 Join us for An Evening with Daniel Maluka! Celebrate Unwashed with a live reading, conversation and book signing. 📍 Argo Bookshop, Montréal 📅 August 11, 2026 | 🕖 7:00 PM 🎟️ Free RSVP: www.ticketsource.com/argo-booksho... #DanielMaluka #Unwashed #MontrealEvents #MawenziHouse

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Ever wondered about the stories behind Crescendo? 📖 Our latest title, Crescendo by Mekyle Ali Qadir, explores identity, migration, mysticism and the music that exists between cultures and languages. Swipe through to discover the inspirations behind the poems. #Crescendo #MawenziHouse #Poetry

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

From Nepal to the diaspora, Karaikhola Flows by Saraswoti Lamichhane explores memory, migration, mythology and the enduring search for home. As poet Peter Midgley writes, the collection "asks an eternal question: what and where, is home?" #CanadianPoetry #KaraikholaFlows #MawenziHouse

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

☀️ Your summer TBR starts here. Poetry, fiction and unforgettable stories from Mawenzi House. Which book are you reading first? 📚 #SummerReads #CanLit #ReadCanadian #MawenziHouse

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

A wonderful evening celebrating the launch of Crescendo by Mekyle Ali Qadir. Thank you to everyone who joined us for an evening of poetry, conversation and community. Congratulations, Mekyle! 📚✨ #Crescendo #Poetry #BookLaunch @octopusbooks.ca @diasporadialogues.bsky.social @carleton.ca

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Happy Canada Day 🇨🇦 We are proud to be a publisher that makes room for stories like these; West Indian, Nepali, Ghanaian, South Asian and diaspora voices, all under one Canadian roof. 📚 Explore the catalogue — link in bio #CanadaDay #MawenziHouse #CanLit #IndependentPublishing

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Join us for the launch of Crescendo by Mekyle Ali Qadir 📅 June 29, 2026 🕡 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM 📍 The Mauril-Bélanger Social Innovation Workshop (The Atelier) 95 Clegg Street, Ottawa, ON K1S 1C4 Scan the QR code to RSVP @ottawasmallpress.bsky.social @carleton.ca #MawenziHouse #BookLaunch #Crescendo

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

June 21 = National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada 📚✨ 6 books to add to your reading list: → Assi Manifesto → Do Not Enter My Soul in Your Shoes → Message Sticks → SH (The Doctor) → Following Shimun → To Change the World Swipe → save → share → read. #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay #ReadIndigenous

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

THE WORLD CUP STARTS TODAY. ⚽📚🔥 Group B is live. 🇨🇦 Canada → Waiting for the Rain 🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina → Confluences I 🇶🇦 Qatar → An Island Is a World 🇨🇭 Switzerland → Behind the Face of Winter Which team are you reading with? 👇 #ReadingTheWorldCup #WorldCup2026 #MawenziHouse

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Happy Publication Day to Mekyle Ali Qadir! 🎉 Crescendo is out now, a debut poetry collection navigating Sufi mysticism, partition and the Pakistani-Canadian diaspora. Available now via mawenzihouse.com 📖 @ottawasmallpress.bsky.social @diasporadialogues.bsky.social @carleton.ca @octopusbooks.ca

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

🏳️‍🌈 HAPPY PRIDE MONTH 🏳️‍🌈 This Pride Month, we’re celebrating voices across our catalogue that speak to identity, tenderness, self-discovery, resistance, joy and all the beautiful complexity of being human. @wearequeeraf.com @bookspotlight.bsky.social #PrideMonth #MawenziHouse #QueerStories

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

a moment, to move through this book by Ottawa writer Carolyn Ramzy // @mawenzihouse.bsky.social

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

OOOPS, the secret is out. 🎶 CRESCENDO by Mekyle Ali Qadir, a debut poetry collection at the crossroads of Sufi mysticism and diaspora. It drops June 10, 2026. Pre-order at mawenzihouse.com @robmclennan.bsky.social @ottawasmallpress.bsky.social

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

This month we’re opening the Mawenzi House archives and assigning books to World Cup teams based on VIBES. Arrival of the Snake-Woman A Phial of Passing Memories The Alphabet of Aliens A Quiet Disappearance Welcome to Reading the World Cup. #ReadingTheWorldCup #BookTok #WorldCup #MawenziHouse

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Karaikhola Flows launched yesterday at Audrey’s Books in Edmonton to an incredible turnout. People filled seats to celebrate literature together. Congratulations to Saraswoti, and thank you to everyone who made the evening unforgettable 💙📚 #KaraikholaFlows #BookLaunch #MawenziHouse

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Hello June ☀️📚 A month for stories, celebration, reading and community. Swipe through to see what’s happening at Mawenzi House this month → @worldlittoday.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @anotherstoryto.bsky.social @quillandquire.bsky.social @49thshelf.bsky.social

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

📚 Sabyasachi Nag — born Calcutta, writing from Mississauga Treaty lands is this week's author feature. The Alphabet of Aliens (Mawenzi House, 2025): prose poems about migrancy, alienation and being forever in-between. This one's worth your time. 📖 Available at Mawenzi House Publishers.

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

📚 THROWBACK THURSDAY Revisiting Belief by Mayank Bhatt — a powerful literary novel about faith, suspicion, identity and family. #ThrowbackThursday #CanLit #LiteraryFiction #MawenziHouse #SouthAsianLiterature @openbookon.bsky.social @missisauga.bsky.social @diasporadialogues.bsky.social

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

POV: you’re choosing book covers that still feel like spring even though spring is ending 🌷✨📚 soft colours floral tones pastel palettes quiet beauty books that bloom on your shelf...

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Happy Africa Day 🌍 Today, we celebrate African stories that continue to challenge, heal, remember and inspire across generations and borders. We are proud to celebrate the richness, diversity and power of African literature. ❤️ #AfricaDay #AfricanBooks #AfricanWriters #MawenziHouse

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Friday Author Feature: Saraswoti Lamichhane ✨ Poet and translator Saraswoti Lamichhane explores migration, rivers and belonging across Nepal and Canada in Karaikhola Flows. 📚 Available from Mawenzi House. #SaraswotiLamichhane #KaraikholaFlows #MawenziHouse

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

This #ThrowbackThursday, we are revisiting Picture Bride by C. Fong Hsiung. It is moving novel about migration, loneliness, identity and the quiet search for belonging. #MawenziHouse #PictureBride #ThrowbackReads #CanadianBooks #LiteraryFiction #DiasporaLiterature #IndiePublisher

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Big news! 🎉 West of West Indian by Linzey Corridon has been selected for the 2026 National Caribbean American Heritage Month Book List by the Institute of Caribbean Studies. 🎉📚 Congratulations to Linzey on this well-deserved recognition. 💛 #CaribbeanLiterature #MawenziHouse

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Victoria Day long weekend plans? ☕📚 From Trachea to Karaikhola Flows, from Taslim to A Quiet Disappearance, these are the kinds of stories perfect for slow mornings and long evenings. What’s on your reading list this weekend? 🌿 #VictoriaDayWeekend #WeekendReads #ReadCanadian #MawenziHouse

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

A beautiful and deeply thoughtful conversation with Mekyle Ali Qadir on migration, mysticism, poetry, Sufi traditions, memory and the emotional landscapes of diaspora. We’re so excited for readers to encounter Crescendo soon. 📚✨

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Throwback Thursday 📚✨ The Chinese Knot and Other Stories by Lien Chao explores migration, identity, race, loneliness, and belonging in Toronto’s multicultural communities and it does so with so much emotional honesty. #BookTok #CanadianLit #AsianCanadianVoices #IndiePublishing #MawenziHouse

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Between Nepal and Canada, memory continues to flow. Karaikhola Flows by Saraswoti Lamichhane explores migration, womanhood, spirituality and belonging through Himalayan landscapes and diasporic memory. 📚 Click the link in bio to order. #CanLit #Poetry #AsianHeritageMonth

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

May is Asian Heritage Month Celebrating some of the extraordinary Asian Canadian voices at Mawenzi House — Sabyasachi Nag, Sarmad Sehbai, Fareh Malik, Manahil & Nimra Bandukwala, and Safia Fazlul. 📚 www.mawenzihouse.com #AsianHeritageMonth #CanLit #MawenziHouse

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Happy Publication Day to Karaikhola Flows by Saraswoti Lamichhane! This collection of poetry recounts stories of Himalayan villages where education brings changes, promising freedom for women. Now available at your local bookstore or through our website: www.mawenzihouse.com/product/kara...

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

April is better with the right book in hand! Our community has been sharing what they're reading this month and we loved it! What book are you reading? 👇 Get our last titles on our website: www.mawenzihouse.com

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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

April is Poetry Month and we're celebrating with Linzey Corridon's debut West of West Indian: a powerful, queer Vincentian-Canadian collection and winner of 2025 Hamilton Literary Award. Meet the author this month with @theampersandreview.bsky.social @gritlitfestival.bsky.social and Shab-e She'r.

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