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

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: The Return of the Nish by Tyson Stewart, @cormorantbooks.bsky.social & The Unravelling of Ou by Hollay @hollay.bsky.social, @palimpsestpress.bsky.social. See alt-text. #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #booktok #bookstagram

Book covers for 1. The Return of the Nish by Tyson Stewart, Cormorant Books: Gerry Smith grew up fifty-five kilometres from Temagami, the hometown of his long-absent father, Dale King, but he didn’t know the once-legendary hockey player. Even after Gerry reconnects with the Anishinaabe relatives on his dad’s side of the family, Dale remains a mystery. It’s not until Gerry’s in his late twenties that Dale finally drops back into his life. In a sports bar in Toronto, Dale pitches a lucrative but illicit business venture, setting in motion an unlikely partnership that will test how far both father and son will go in the name of family. https://www.cormorantbooks.com/Books/T/The-Return-of-the-Nish and 2. The Unravelling of Ou by Hollay Ghadery, Palimpsest Press: On what should be one of the happiest days ever, the day her granddaughter is born, Minoo is faced with a terrible choice: make a clean break from her constant companion, a sock puppet named Ecology Paul, or lose her daughter and granddaughter, and maybe all of the people she loves. On an emotional drive home from the hospital, Ecology Paul shares the story of how Minoo got to this point, recalling Minoo’s early teenage pregnancy in Iran, her exile to Canada, her questions about her sexuality, and how a ragtag sock puppet came to her when she desperately needed to be seen. https://palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-unravelling-of-ou-hollay-ghadery/

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David Ly @davidlywrites.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Into poetry that reads like spells? My poetic grimoire RITUAL, INTERRUPTED is out next month with @palimpsestpress.bsky.social! Pre-order your copy today: palimpsestpress.ca/books/ritual...

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KIRBY @itsakirby.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

“How does she know / she is not these flowers?” fairy kirby out now from @palimpsestpress.bsky.social palimpsestpress.ca/books/fairy-...

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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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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Great news for "friends of the house"! Congrats: rob mclennan's the book of sentences is up for the Archibald Lampman. Hollay Ghadery is longlisted for the Giller for The Unravelling of Ou. @hollay.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @canadianpoets.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social

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thetemzreview.bsky.social @thetemzreview.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Read @amandaearl.bsky.social's review of Stephanie Bolster's Long Exposure (pub. @palimpsestpress.bsky.social) in Issue 35! Braiding disasters into one long poem, Stephanie Bolster offers the tender and the terrible details in Long Exposure... www.thetemzreview.com/earl-bolster...

The cover of Long Exposure, by Stephanie Bolster. It's a photo of the inside of a room in an abandoned house. Pink paint is peeling off the walls, the floor is black, and the door and flowered curtain are moldy

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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Half-Earth by @btrewart.bsky.social, @palimpsestpress.bsky.social/Anstruther Books & Layaway Child: Stories by @csuther.bsky.social, @houseofanansi.bsky.social. See alt-text. #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #booktok #bookstagram

Book covers for Layaway Child: Stories by Chanel Sutherland, House of Anansi Press: Magnificent stories about Caribbean immigrants navigating the emotional terrain of girlhood, displacement, longing, and identity across continents. In lyrical, linked stories, Sutherland traces the lives of mothers working abroad as housekeepers and nannies, and the children they left behind. From lush island childhoods marked by absence and community, to the cold, alienating spaces of Canadian cities, Layaway Child captures the complexity of growing up between worlds. https://houseofanansi.com/collections/bipoc-voices/products/layaway-child
AND for Half-Earth by Blair Trewartha, Palimpsest Press/Anstruther Books: In his second full-length poetry collection, Blair Trewartha explores what it means to survive in a world beset by climate crisis and the ever-distorting realities of digitized human life. Throughout, the poet weaves dreamlike narratives and excavates scenes of deep history that connect to both family and illness, all the while questioning how to raise young children through a pandemic and the advent of Artificial Intelligence. Rather than sermonizing or catastrophizing, Trewartha presents moments that exist on the brink of both the past and the future, replete with prehistoric tusks frozen in forgotten tundra, a decaying family farmhouse, firestorms, the zeitgeist by algorithm, and a toddler’s visualization of death. https://palimpsestpress.ca/books/half-earth-blair-trewartha/

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The Seaboard Review of Books 🇨🇦 📚 @theseaboardreview.ca · 12/07/2026

“It is in the graceful and intricate intertwining of these threads that the novel’s considerable forward momentum is generated.” @icolford.bsky.social reviews THESE ARE THE PEARLS by André Narbonne. From @palimpsestpress.bsky.social www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/those-are-...

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River Street @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

“A Giller Prize longlisted author, Narbonne unfolds the story with pithy observations, references to the classic literature Harry adores, and occasional dry humor [.]” —Sarah Johnson, Reading the Past Read the full review: readingthepast.substack.com/p/a-family-f... @palimpsestpress.bsky.social

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A family full of stories

André Narbonne's Canadian literary saga, Those Are Pearls

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KIRBY @itsakirby.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

from the author of "Poetry is Queer" @palimpsestpress.bsky.social "this way >>>" palimpsestpress.ca/books/fairy-...

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FAIRY, Kirby - Palimpsest Press

As Fairy says, “This way >>>” Pre-order Fairy today!

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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

"beneath the tree that is not cool because the leaves have been lost and replaced with diaphanous shadow." #Todayspoem #poetry Sound Wave by Klara du Plessis from Hell Light Flesh (2020 @palimpsestpress.bsky.social) palimpsestpress.ca/books/hell-l...

Poetry collection Hell Light Flesh by Klara du Plessis (Palimpsest Press) held up with black-eyed susans in the background

Handwritten transcription in progress of part of the piece Sound Wave by Klara du Plessis in the poetry collection Hell Flesh Light, with the book held open with a rock with prominent wave/fossil pattern on it

Handwritten transcription of part of the piece Sound Wave by Klara du Plessis in the poetry collection Hell Flesh Light, with the book held open with a rock with prominent wave/fossil pattern on it

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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Take This for the Pain by Alex Boyd, @palimpsestpress.bsky.social & At Sea in a Sieve by Cordelia Strube, @ecwpress.bsky.social. See alt-text. #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #booktok #bookstagram

Book covers for 1. Take This for the Pain by Alex Boyd, Palimpsest Press: Pulling from twenty-five years of essays, articles, and reviews, this is a curious look at art and culture in a rapidly changing world. Boldly tackling topics ranging from faith to aging to memorable jobs, Boyd’s work finds inspiration in the philosophies of writers like George Orwell, William Stafford, and Charlotte Brontë. Take This for the Pain reveals how art can reinforce selfhood and galvanize social change. Moreover, it includes a range of reviews that covers a number of overlooked, deeply worthy books. https://palimpsestpress.ca/books/take-this-for-the-pain-alex-boyd/ and 2. At Sea in a Sieve by Cordelia Strube, ECW Press: Ray, a single mother and superior court judge, pounds a punching bag in her basement to manage her anger. She has concluded that life must be lived tightly leashed or chaos will move in. Her prime directive is to protect her daughter, Armada, from life’s unruly forces. Ray deftly handles other people’s problems, managing her courtroom and the politics of the judges’ chambers, and defusing her neighbors’ battles, all the while staying above the fray. But when her feckless, sweet brother re-enters Ray’s life, bringing unpredictability and wayward emotion with him, and her sexy, but enervating Guatemalan ex crashes into her world, she realizes that her carefully piloted ship is not watertight after all. https://ecwpress.com/products/at-sea-in-a-sieve

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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

"Nobody wants to be around a sad person. Actually, I can sit with your sadness. It's I who couldn't tolerate my own. Unless I was alone." #TodaysPoem #poetry from @PoetryisQueer by Kirby (@itsakirby.bsky.social) (2021 @palimpsestpress.bsky.social) palimpsestpress.ca/books/poetry...

Memoir Poetry is Queer by Kirby (Palimpsest Press), with its cheeky bright purple cover, is held up against a background of purple beans and green leaves

Memoir Poetry is Queer by Kirby, open to page quoted in today's #TodaysPoem post, nestles in a planter box with purple beans and green leaves

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Blair Trewartha @btrewart.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Hey Windsor friends. Check out our @palimpsestpress.bsky.social author event at @biblioasis.bsky.social bookshop June 10th at 7pm. #windsorOntario #bookevent #canlit

Headshots of authors Sadiqa de Meijer, Blair Trewartha, and Andre Narbonne with book cover images and event details.

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Hollay Ghadery @hollay.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

“A feat of imagination and execution.” — Wendy J. Fox, Electric Lit Thank you Wendy & Electric Lit for the spotlight on, The Unravelling of Ou (Palimpsest Press, 2026) Read Wendy’s full column: tr.ee/683r88j0wY @palimpsestpress.bsky.social @junctionreads.bsky.social’s is also on the list!

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Blair Trewartha @btrewart.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

My new book of poems is officially available for ordering. Highly recommend ordering through @palimpsestpress.bsky.social (link below) or ordering through your local independent bookstore, but it's available at indigo or amazon if needed. #booksky #poetry #canlit palimpsestpress.ca/books/half-e...

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

📚 REVIEWS of @conundrumpress.bsky.social publisher Andy Brown's 'Ten Zines' ephemera box set & @palimpsestpress.bsky.social titles 'The Unravelling of Ou,' @hollay.bsky.social's debut novel, & 'Nightstead,' David Martin's latest poetry collection. madecollaboration.substack.com/p/mades-apri...

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MA|DE's April 2026 Newsletter: We Got Married This Month & Still Had Time to Review Books

MA|DE, Married

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Alex Boyd @alexboydwriter.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Published my first essay in the Globe and Mail in 1999 and thought "That was fun, but I'll write another essay when I have a good idea for one." Here we are: a book on many meaningful subjects available for pre-order from @palimpsestpress.bsky.social palimpsestpress.ca/books/take-t...

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TAKE THIS FOR THE PAIN, Alex Boyd - Palimpsest Press

A curious look at art and culture in a rapidly changing world. Pre-order Take this for the Pain now

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Hollay Ghadery @hollay.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

In this NBN episode, I speak with award-winning poet Stephanie Bolster about her new book, Long Exposure (Palimpsest Press, 2025). Listen to the conversation: newbooksnetwork.com/long-exposure @palimpsestpress.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social #neworleans

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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Loved @hollay.bsky.social's seriously playful, playfully serious novel about a woman and her sock puppet. Published by @palimpsestpress.bsky.social. Check it out if you like whimsical queer stories that will break your heart just a little!

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Check out The Unravelling of Ou - Moving on is hard. Even harder when it's from a make-believe friend--someone, or in this instance, some thing--who's been your strongest source of support. On what sh...

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UBC Creative Writing @ubccrwr.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Lecturer and MFA alum Mallory Tater’s second book of poetry, “Lockers Are for Bearcats Only” releases on February 15, 2026. The book is published by @palimpsestpress.bsky.social. Join Mallory at Iron Dog Books on February 26 at 7:00 pm to celebrate! RSVP at irondogbooks.com/events/42373...

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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

#FridayReads #WeekendReads Proust's In Search of Lost Time, Volume VI, Time Regained & Off-Leash by Dorothy Mahoney (@palimpsestpress.bsky.social)

Panning up a crocheted scarf to two books, Proust's In Search of Lost Time, Volume VI, Time Regained and poetry collection Off-Leash by Dorothy Mahoney

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All Lit Up @alllitupcanada.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

We interviewed Hollay Ghadery about her novel THE UNRAVELLING OF OU (@palimpsestpress.bsky.social), a coming-of-age story about an Iranian-Canadian woman filtered through an unforgettable sock puppet. The book explores exile, queerness, & motherhood in beautiful prose. alllitup.ca/i-became-enc...

A photo of Hollay Ghadery with an inset photo of her book The Unravelling of Ou. She is a woman with dark hair and bangs. She is smiling while a grey sock puppet with yellow yarn hair is being pressed against her cheek. She wears turquoise drop earrings and a black off-the-shoulder top.

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River Street @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

If I could see Cora now I’d see the winding sky has shrunk her, but we would watch the damp vectors of mountains. —from “Sun Gone” by Mallory Tater Read the full excerpt on our blog at www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2025/12.... #poetry @palimpsestpress.bsky.social

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Hollay Ghadery @hollay.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I am swooning with gratitude for this incredible review of my novel, The Unravelling of Ou, which was just released by Palimpsest Press. You can read the full review at TNQ.ca. tnq.ca/under-review... ♥️ @thenewquarterly.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social #litfic #bookreview

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All Lit Up @alllitupcanada.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Read excerpts from award-winning poet David Martin’s latest collection, NIGHTSTEAD (@palimpsestpress.bsky.social). An elegy for his younger brother, Martin blends direct verse with childhood recollections to create an utterly unique and deeply personal poetic memoir. alllitup.ca/two-poems-ni...

The cover of David Martin's NIGHTSTEAD against a sepia-toned abstract background

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KIRBY @itsakirby.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

London. She's bringing it. #LittleLitFest Unleashing new work from my upcoming FAIRY @palimpsestpress.bsky.social #Fall2026 on a panel "Why I Write" w/Aurora Stewart de Peña, and Jules Lee, Host: Andrés Garzon SATURDAY MAR 14TH 4:30PM @thegrandlondon.bsky.social www.littlewrenbooks.com/events

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Hollay Ghadery @hollay.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Read an excerpt from my new novel, The Unravelling of Ou, published by @palimpsestpress.bsky.social. Thank you, @civilianreader.com!

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long con magazine + Collusion Books @longconmagazine.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Congrats from 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛 to editor @hollay.bsky.social (currently on leave) on the recent pub of her poetry chapbook 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 (Anstruther) and the imminent pub of her debut novel 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑂𝑢 (@palimpsestpress.bsky.social)! Links to order at linktr.ee/longconmag

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River Street @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Anishinaabe and Kanien’kehá:ka poet Melissa Powless Day was recently on CBC’s Unreserved to talk with host Rosanna Deerchild about Melissa’s new poetry collection, A Bow Forged from Ash (Palimpsest Press, 2025). Listen to the conversation! tr.ee/pukrfVzwU5 #poetry @palimpsestpress.bsky.social

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Hollay Ghadery @hollay.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

“I can’t remember exactly when or how, but one day a sweet and slightly squeaky-voiced sock puppet meandered into my head and didn’t leave. And didn’t shut up.” Thank you to Open Book for this interview with me about my novel, The Unravelling of Ou (Palimpsest Press). open-book.ca/News/Hollary...

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thetemzreview.bsky.social @thetemzreview.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Read Terry Trowbridge's review of Chris Hutchinson's Lost Signal (pub. @palimpsestpress.bsky.social)! ...[It] contains political poems that can be used to better understand major American political events of 2025 as experienced by working-class individuals... www.thetemzreview.com/trowbridge-h...

The cover of Lost Signal, by Chris Hutchinson. It's a blocky, abstract design, with tan dominating the foreground, and blue, yellow, and pale vertical lines in the background

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Jamie Tennant @jtennant.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Today on GET LIT it's Sadiqa de Meijer talking about her collection of essays, In The Field. 1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca or on pods or here: tinyurl.com/462kdnzb @sadiqademeijer.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social

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Hollay Ghadery @hollay.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Thank you to Catherine Whitnall for the interview and interest in my forthcoming novel, The Unravelling of Ou, which will be released February 2026 by Palimpsest Press. You can read the full interview in the Peterborough Examiner. linktr.ee/hollayghadery @palimpsestpress.bsky.social

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River Street @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

✨Coming February 15, 2026✨The Unravelling of Ou, by award-winning Iranian-Canadian author Hollay Ghadery, published by Palimpsest Press. Learn more: palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un... Request a review copy: www.riverstreetwriting.com/join-river-s... @palimpsestpress.bsky.social

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jessi @jessisays.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

How does the real interact. Perception leaves a skeleton. Abandonment witnesses ruins, stagnant plastic private strangeness. Charged with the flood, random interior exile followed. — from Long Exposure (@palimpsestpress.bsky.social, 2025) by Stephanie Bolster

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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

"We'll be able to forget most everything. Our doubt will be nameless. We'll do as little with our fear." #TodaysPoem #poetry Invitation To The End by Robert Colman from Ghost Work (2024 @palimpsestpress.bsky.social) palimpsestpress.ca/books/ghost-...

Poetry collection Ghost Work by Robert Colman (Palimpsest Press), with its striking black and white cover, rests atop a snowy bit of pavement

Handwritten transcription of the poem "Invitation To The End" by Robert Colman, from the poetry collection Ghost Work - notebook sits on a black and gray carpet, with an uncapped black pen resting on the page and a bright red bookmark ribbon visible

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