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Cindy Blackstock @cblackst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ottawa was the headquarters of residential schools and many of the buildings still stand so take this virtual tour and learn from history so you can take action now

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Cindy Blackstock @cblackst.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Honour Orange Shirt Day no matter where you are by learning about reconciliation - here is another great free resource!

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 23h

The Memorial Cloth is a 60-metre commemoration the honours the names of thousands of children that died as a result of residential schools in Canada. It is displayed each year as part of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event on Parliament Hill.

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Niigaan Sinclair @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social · 21h

On this day I’m thinking of all residential school survivors - my aunties and uncles and grandparents and in particular but also Phyllis Webstad, the founder of the Orange Shirt Society whose memoir I wrote the foreword for - check it out!

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'Nathan Burgoine (he/him) @nathanburgoine.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

This is super-true! I love seeing that little "You’ve supported @octopusbooks.ca pop up!" every time I pick up an audiobook. I can’t get downtown easily, but I *can* still support them easily. Win-win.

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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 08/07/2026

We're just an employee-owned audiobook company, standing in front of readers, asking them to make the switch so they can support their indie bookstore with every audiobook purchase 💓 (We're also a Certified B Corp, offer DRM-free audiobooks, & have 600,000+ to choose from.)

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Octopus Books @octopusbooks.ca · 07/07/2026

Join us to celebrate the launch of Interregnum: Inside the Gruelling and Glamorous Battle to Become the Next King of Chess, by Ottawa's own Jordan Himelfarb. 🗓️ Sunday July 19th 🕒 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM 📍 Spark Beer, 702 Somerset St W. 🎟️ RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/interregnum @houseofanansi.bsky.social

A poster advertising the Ottawa launch of Interregnum by Jordan Himelfarb, with a photo of the author and the book cover. Information as per post.

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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 21/04/2026

Top players grapple with burnout and anxiety. Cheating scandals roil the game. Elite chess is in the grip of a mental health and integrity crisis. Can the game sustain trust in both its players and itself? Journalist Jordan Himelfarb explores: ow.ly/ashj50YNbiC

On the left: a close up image of chess pawns tinted red. On the right: text that reads: “The stress of elite chess is wearing down the game’s champions. Anxiety, loneliness, and paranoia—how a grandmaster comes undone”

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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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K.A Nicholls @kanicholls.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Many thanks to @octopusbooks.ca in Ottawa! Fantastic to help support a Canadian, independent, and woman-owned business in Ontario! Will definitely be supporting you and my growing addiction of buying books for my home library.

A card from Octopus Books, a independent bookstore in Ottawa. The card reads: "Selling books to make change since 1969. Woman owned sincr 1996. Together we can be better."

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Linda McQuaig @lindamcquaig.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

We're always told we can't tax the rich or they'll leave. What we're never told: true, they can leave, but they'll face a hefty EXIT TAX on the way out. Either way, we win. #canlab #cdnpoli

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Octopus Books @octopusbooks.ca · 09/04/2026

Join Cree kêhtê-aya (Elder) Louise Bernice Halfe – Sky Dancer to celebrate the launch of wîhtamawik / Tell Them, a new collection of memoirs, essays, & poems. In convo with Omeasoo Wahpasiw. 🗓️ Thr April 23 ⏰ 7pm (doors open at 6:30pm) 📍 GCTC, 1233 Wellington St. W 🎟️ RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/tellthem

Poster advertising a book launch of wîhtamawik / Tell Them by Louise Bernice Halfe - Sky Dancer. Details as per post.

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Octopus Books @octopusbooks.ca · 09/04/2026

Meet @curtischin.bsky.social for a discussion of Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant, a memoir of his time growing up as a gay Chinese American kid in 80’s Detroit. In convo with @donkwanart.bsky.social Thr Apr 23, 6pm - Yet Keen Senior Center, 755 Somerset St W, Ottawa

Poster advertising an author talk with Curtis Chin in Ottawa, details as in post.

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Octopus Books @octopusbooks.ca · 09/04/2026

Join co-authors @lindamcquaig.bsky.social & Neil Brooks for a discussion of their new book, Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us: The Urgent Case for a Wealth Tax 🗓️ Wed April 22 ⏰ 7pm (doors open at 6:30pm) 📍 Abbotsford House, 950 Bank St, Ottawa RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/wealthtax

Poster advertising the Ottawa book launch of Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us. Details as in post.

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Octopus Books @octopusbooks.ca · 09/04/2026

Book Launch | The Long Sixties: Stories from the New Left, edited by Jim Harding. Octopus welcomes Joan Kuyek & Lib Spry for a conversation on how the lessons of the past can help inform our ongoing fight for a more just and equitable future. Tues Apr 21, 6:30pm - GCTC, 1233 Wellington St. W

Poster advertising a book launch for The Long Sixties with contributing authors Joan Kuyek and Lib Spry. Details as in post.

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Octopus Books @octopusbooks.ca · 09/04/2026

Join Ottawa educator & author Danny Neville to celebrate the launch of Little Bee, a bug-tastic & social justice–filled early chapter book! Featuring a short reading, Q&A with the author, & fun activities for kids. Sun Apr 12th, 10am - Glebe Community Centre, 175 Third Ave.

A poster advertising the book launch for Little Bee by Danny Neville, info as in post.

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Octopus Books @octopusbooks.ca · 09/04/2026

🌷 OTTAWA - Looking for a fun, thought-provoking, and soul-fulfilling experience? We've got you covered with a lineup of spring events featuring great authors! Check out our event listings: octopusbooks.ca/events

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Robyn Maynard @policingblack.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

So inspired by our comrades in Minneapolis, generations of multi-racial resistance to anti-Black carceral warfare on full display.

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UAW @uaw.org · 14/01/2026

🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.

Statement on Ford Plant Visit from VP Laura Dickerson, Ford Department Director

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Octopus Books @octopusbooks.ca · 11/12/2025

Tonight until 8pm - warm up with a toasty snack of roasted chestnuts at Octopus Books in the Glebe. Plus enjoy 10% off everything in store! #shoplocal #shopindependent #intheglebe #ottawa

A sign reading "Warm up; roast chestnuts - 10% everything in store" out side of Octopus Books at dusk on a snowy evening, December 11 2025

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Octopus Books @octopusbooks.ca · 07/12/2025

Last week we hosted a talk with @alexhim.bsky.social, whose latest book Breaking Free of Neoliberalism points a way forward from the stale policies of austerity, deregulation, & corporate control which have gutted social supports & protections in Canada. Thanks to host @kevinskerrett.bsky.social!

Alex Himelfarb standing at a lectern speaking into a microphone.

View from the back of the audience at a discussion between Alex Himelfarb and Kevin Skerrett. Several rows of seated audience members are seen from behind, watching Kevin asking Alex a question.

Photo of the book Breaking Free of Neoliberalism by Alex Himelfarb.

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'Nathan Burgoine (he/him) @nathanburgoine.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

If you’re an #Audiobook listener, you can pick up my audiobooks via @libro.fm and *still* support local brick and mortar (all my audiobook purchases support @octopusbooks.ca)! I have two queer holiday titles available in audio on Libro, "Handmade Holidays" and "Upon the Midnight Queer." (2/2)

The audiobook cover of Upon the Midnight Queer, Tales Retold by 'Nathan Burgoine; read by Giancarlo Herrera & Hannah Schooner

The audiobook cover of Handmade Holidays, by 'Nathan Burgoine; read by Giancarlo Herrera

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'Nathan Burgoine (he/him) @nathanburgoine.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Local #Ottawa Folk, if you’re looking for my titles in print for the holidays, especially "Dogs Don’t Break Hearts" or "Stuck With You" (hi-lo queer YA books for queerlings in your life), @octopusbooks.ca will order them for you. They rock, and supporting indie bookstore = joy. Also… (1/2) #BookSky

The cover of Dogs Don’t Break Hearts by 'Nathan Burgoine; a queer hi-lo (high-interest, low-complexity) queer romance novel.

The cover of Stuck With You by 'Nathan Burgoine, a hi-lo (high interest, low complexity) Queer YA Rom-Com.

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Adrian Harewood @caradrianh.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Had a great conversation w/ @uh.edu scholar #DavidMcNally about his new book, “#Slavery & #Capitalism” @octopusbooks.ca event in Ottawa. Echoing CLR James, W.E.B. DuBois & Sylvia Wynter, McNally argues that the enslaved who worked the plantations of the Americas constituted a modern working class.

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 23/11/2025

Bluesky, what are the best independent books stores in Ontario? GO.

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Octopus Books @octopusbooks.ca · 17/11/2025

Join socialist activist & scholar @redprof.bsky.social for the launch of Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History, in conversation with @caradrianh.bsky.social. Sat Dec 6, 7pm-8pm. Doors open 6:30pm. Social Innovation Atelier, 95 Clegg St., Ottawa RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/mcnally

A poster advertising a book launch event for David McNally's Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History, December 6 at 7pm at the Social Innovation Atelier, 95 Clegg St. Ottawa. Details as per post.

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Octopus Books @octopusbooks.ca · 17/11/2025

Join us for a vital discussion with @alexhim.bsky.social about his book Breaking Free of Neoliberalism: Canada's Challenge, in conversation with @kevinskerrett.bsky.social. Tues Dec 2, 7pm - 8pm. Doors open 6:30pm. Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 355 Cooper St., Ottawa RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/himelfarb

Poster promoting an event with Alex Himelfarb discussing his book, Breaking Free of Neoliberalism, at Dominion-Chalmers Centre in Ottawa on December 2nd at 7pm. Details as in post.

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Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Ottawa really Manned Up last night! humbled & honored by the space- as a preacher’s kid, felt right at home in the architecture, the rows of audience pews. Grateful to @carleton.ca @fesonline.bsky.social @octopusbooks.ca & @monkeysvsrobots.bsky.social for bringing my ideas to life visually!

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

a packed house at Ottawa’s Octopus Books for Regina writer Ken Wilson and Kingston writer Sadiqa de Meijer, // @octopusbooks.ca @palimpsestpress.bsky.social @sadiqademeijer.bsky.social

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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 21/10/2025

In a world fractured by violence, what does it really mean to protect human rights? Author and human rights lawyer @alexneve.bsky.social reflects on the power of memory, witnessing, and collective action: thewalrus.ca/why-i-still-beli...

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Octopus Books @octopusbooks.ca · 23/10/2025

Meet the author & discover a new great read at one of our Fall 2025 book signings, outside our shop at 116 Third Ave! 🗓️ Sun Oct 26, 2pm-4pm: Amélie B., "the things we left unsaid" 🗓️ Sat Nov 1, 1pm-3pm: Maïlie Dumas, "Coincés À Newark" 🗓️ Sun Nov 2, 1pm-3pm: Sue Davidson, "Dread Comes at Daybreak"

A poster advertising Fall 2025 book signings at Octopus Books in Ottawa. Details as in post.

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Octopus Books @octopusbooks.ca · 23/10/2025

Join Carleton University’s Department of History for a talk by @milleridriss.bsky.social as she discusses her latest book Man Up: The New Misogyny & the Rise of Violent Extremism. Thrs Oct 30, 6PM at CDCC, 355 Copper St., Ottawa RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/man-up-the... @princetonupress.bsky.social

A poster advertising an author talk with Cynthia Miller-Idriss about her book Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism on October 30th, 6pm-8pm, at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 355 Cooper St., Ottawa.

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Octopus Books @octopusbooks.ca · 23/10/2025

Join us at The Happy Goat on Laurel for this great book launch on Thurs Oct 28!

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Octopus Books @octopusbooks.ca · 23/10/2025

The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education welcomes @jonathan4212.bsky.social to Octopus Books for the launch of his new book, We’re Coming for You & Your Rotten System: How Socialists Beat Amazon & Upended Big-City Politics. Oct 27, 7pm. RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/panit...

Poster advertising the launch of We're Coming for You and Your Rotten System with author Jonathan Rosenblum at Octopus Books, 116 Third Ave, Ottawa, on October 27 at 7pm.

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Octopus Books @octopusbooks.ca · 23/10/2025

Book launch: Lordship & Liberation in Palestine-Israel: The Promise of Decolonial Sovereignties, a groundbreaking new book by Dr. Muhannad Ayyash. Fri Oct 24, 12pm at the University of Ottawa Free registration: www.eventbrite.ca/e/decolonial...

Poster advertising the book launch of Lordship and Liberation in Palestine-Israel by Muhannad Ayyash at the University of Ottawa on October 24 at 12pm.

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Octopus Books @octopusbooks.ca · 23/10/2025

Join us for the Ottawa launch of Lawless: Abortion under Complete Decriminalization, featuring author Martha Paynter in convo with Sabrina Lee, OBGYN, & frederique chabot of Action Canada for Sexual Health & Rights. Fri Oct 24 @7pm RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/events/37463... @fernpub.bsky.social

Poster for the book launch of Lawless by Martha Paynter at Octopus Books in Ottawa on October 24, 2025.

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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Ottawa friends, attend an expert panel discussion on challenging Canada’s perpetuation of settler-colonial violence in North America and the Middle East on October 23. More info: bit.ly/46StnNu @jeremywildeman.bsky.social @@cjpme.org @ijvcanada.bsky.social @octopusbooks.ca

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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

📚 Perspectives Journal has just arrived at @octopusbooks.ca in Ottawa! Issues No. 2 and 3 are in stock—featuring bold progressive ideas, sharp analysis on political economy, and fresh visions for Canadian social democracy. Stop by Octopus Books in the Glebe (116 Third Ave) to grab your copy.

A hand holds up four issues of Perspectives: A Canadian Journal of Political Economy and Social Democracy in front of Octopus Books in Ottawa. The covers are in blue and pink, with the bookstore’s round hanging sign blurred in the background.

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CanadaHelps @canadahelps.org · 07/10/2025

“Violet’s Song” has now officially been released! Visit @octopusbooks.ca to grab your copy today, or order online.

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Yellowhead Institute @miskoaki.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

On the surface, Ontario's "Safer Municipalities Act" seeks to address public drug use. In this brief, Brianna Olson-Pitawanakwat Mskwaasin Agnew, and Kelsi Balaban argue it maintains too-familiar traditions of Indigenous displacement and colonial harm: yellowheadinstitute.org/2025/ontario...

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Christian McPherson @christianmcpherson.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Book Launch! @octopusbooks.ca will be selling Books at House of Targ on Bank Street - Thursday November 6th 5-7 pm. Come buy books, original art, listen to some poetry, play pinball, eat pierogies, and have a beer.

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Alex Cosh @alex.readthemaple.com · 19/09/2025

Vince Gasparro, the Parliamentary Secretary for "Combatting Crime," just announced that the Irish band Kneecap are banned from entering Canada, 3 days after he met with Israel lobbyists.

Tweet by Gasparro reading: "On behalf of the Government of Canada I am announcing that on the advice of our officials, we have deemed the group Kneecap ineligible to enter our country.

Our government will not tolerate the advocating of political violence, terrorism or Anti-Semitism and hate more broadly."

Tweet by Gasparro reading: "I joined Prime Minister Mark Carney
& colleagues in a meeting with CIJA and Jewish community federations from across Canada.

The Prime Minister was clear in our key legislative initiatives that will help provide more security for Jewish Canadians."

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

I think Sandy is Thoughtful Insights and I am Engaging Wit.

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Octopus Books @octopusbooks.ca · 18/09/2025

Thanks to the ever-brilliant @sandela.bsky.social & @nolore.bsky.social for joining us last night to discuss the big ideas in their new books with a packed audience in Ottawa! An examination of the serious issues facing Canada presented with their trademark thoughtful insights and engaging wit.

Nora Loreto stands at a microphone reading from her book, Corporate Control, while Sandy Hudson looks on, smiling.

Nora Loreto engaged in conversation after speaking at an event inside Spark Beer in Ottawa.

Sandy Hudson, seated, signs a copy of her book Defund for a fan after speaking at an event inside Spark Beer in Ottawa.

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Octopus Books @octopusbooks.ca · 10/06/2025

We Keep Each Other Safe. Power to the people of Los Angeles. And if you think Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is dangerous, learn about Carney’s Bill C-2. Check out migrantrights.ca for more information #statusforall

Picture of a hand holding a stack of books:
- Undoing Border Imperialism edited by Harsha Walia
- Freedom, A Mixtape edited by Marcel Stewart with Suitcase In Point
- The Great Leveler by Walter Scheidel
- Border Abolition Now by River, Campbell, Whitener, and Medien
- Abolitionist Intimacies: Queer And Trans Migrants Against The Deportation State edited by Luibheid
- Defund: Black Lives, Policing, And Safety by Sandy Hudson

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