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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Gillean and Tony Daffern first established Rocky Mountain Books out of their home in Calgary, and the independent publisher is now celebrating a half-century. Read the full story (and see the slideshow!) here: bit.ly/4hF7Pbm

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Read an excerpt from The Inactivity Book by Kyo Maclear and Tracy Subisak here: bit.ly/3TrGNMl

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Brandon James Scott's Skeleton and the Cat is featured in this week's Quill & Quire/Bookmanager Canadian Books for Young Readers chart. Click here for the Top 10 bit.ly/3TugiGf

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The winner of the annual prize recognizing the best short story collection or novel by a Canadian author will receive $70,000. Read the full list here: bit.ly/47lejHn

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Elliott Dunstan’s Grotesque is "a dazzling, hard-to-classify debut." Read Robert Wiersema's starred review here: bit.ly/4yntRGs

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A Thousand Nights reflects “the fullness and complexity of the human experience.” Read Sheniz Janmohamed's starred review here bit.ly/46GqnD2

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"In Republic of Glass, truth is a constantly moving target." Read Steven W. Beattie's review at the link in our bio bit.ly/3VCx1HT

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Quill & Quire takes a closer look at some of this fall's English translations of French fiction: bit.ly/4hAfvN3

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Q&Q takes a closer look at some of this fall's English translations of French works. Click here for an excerpt from My Forests by Hélène Dorion, translated by Susanna Lang bit.ly/4AlM0pC

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Quill & Quire takes a closer look at some of this fall's English translations of French Graphic Novels: bit.ly/4yLOkVn

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Leilani Farha tops this week's Quill & Quire/Bookmanager Current Affairs chart. Click here for the Top 10 bit.ly/4xxaKIY

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Leilani Farha tops this week's Quill & Quire/Bookmanager Current Affairs chart. Click here for the Top 10 bit.ly/4xxaKIY

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"Smith and all the contributors have created something special with this anthology... there is definitely something for anyone with darker taste" Read the full review here: bit.ly/4yFkHF3

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Starred-review for Kate Beaton and Sydney Smith's Rebecca "a lovely reflection on grief and loss." Read the full review here: bit.ly/4xBynQt

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Quill & Quire takes a closer look at some of this fall's English translations of French works. bit.ly/4lFgifX

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Rachel Cusk's latest is new on this week's Quill & Quire/Bookmanager Canadian Fiction chart. Click here for the Top 10 bit.ly/4xghXge

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“At its heart, it’s about hope, resilience, belonging, and love. It’s escapism with emotional depth." bit.ly/4gNhJs8

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Longlist includes six titles from independent Canadian publishers, including a first-ever nomination for Palimpsest Press. Read the full list here: bit.ly/4iTdjRO

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Ian Donker, who took over when his father retired in 2014, says he can’t remember a time when Book City wasn’t part of his life. Read Cassandra Drudi's feature here: bit.ly/3T9F7He

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

To accompany our home page feature on Book City's 50 years in business, we've turned over our Bestsellers chart to sales from their four locations. Read the full list here: bit.ly/4x8L2dr

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The Cundill History Prize is awarded annually to a book that embodies historical scholarship, originality, literary quality, and broad appeal. Here's this years shortlist: bit.ly/4i8zfbo

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Reese Witherspoon's choice of Kelly Anderson's Wild Beneath for her August book club has pushed it into this week's Quill & Quire/Bookmanager Canadian Fiction chart. Click here for the Top 10 bit.ly/4zOfvjR

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Toronto-based theatre company Crow’s Theatre new season features four page-to-stage adaptations through its Canadian Literature Adaptation Fund. bit.ly/4cMQbAH

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The finalists for the 2026 CCBC Book Awards have been announced. bit.ly/4xVOaue

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

More than 500 attendees from almost 60 countries gathered in Ottawa for IBBY Canada’s first time hosting this global event. bit.ly/3Um6Y7p

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Read Fiona Raye Clarke's starred review for Delano Brown and Briana Mukodiri Uchendu's My Neighborhood here bit.ly/3SkTLuY

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Distributor Jaguar Book Group have doubled their indie publisher business this year, and president Alex Fraser predicts “We anticipate doubling again by this time next year” Read the full story here: bit.ly/4quQhTk

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Multiple books by Cassandra Calin and Jon Klassen on this weeks Quill & Quire/Bookmanager Canadian Books for Young Readers chart. Click here for the Top 10 bit.ly/4wCGfRu

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Stacey May Fowles reviews Zahra Ebrahim and Jane Farrow collection of 30 contributors on different features of a woman’s day-to-day experience in motion. bit.ly/4xe5v1z

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The Total Eclipse of Me by Leslie Gentile @cormorantbooks.bsky.social www.cormorantbooks.com/Books/T/The-...

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Black Girl in the Ring by Delores V. Mullings @breakwaterbooks.bsky.social breakwaterbooks.com/products/bla...

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

"We want to turn over stones and see what’s crawling underneath them – to discover new voices, new identities, new thoughts.” Read about At Bay Press publisher Matt Joudrey here bit.ly/3S43Ufw

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

7 Canadian titles on this weeks Quill & Quire/Bookmanager Current Affairs chart. Click here for the Top 10 bit.ly/4wuKqPh

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The Dad Diaries by Joseph Tito @cormorantbooks.bsky.social www.cormorantbooks.com/Books/T/The-...

On a mauve background, the cover of The Dad Diaries, which has a dark blue background shows a dark haired, goatee-and-mustached man looking down on two infants who are cradled in both of his hands and on his forearms. THe test of the ad reads: An inspiring tell-all from Joseph Tito about a globe-trotting life transformed by the pursuit of parenthood. Available September 26.

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Cristina Quintero new book "The Only Way to Dance" shows young readers the ingredients of dance. Read BfYP editor Inderjit Deogun's profile here: bit.ly/4zbPYRj

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Anne Tenning and 13 Indigenous artists "capture the many perspectives Indigenous students bring to the classroom" in "I Am Indigenous." Read the full review here bit.ly/4bOFRI5

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

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Features covers of two novels Fragile Like a Bob and Missy Whynot and nonfiction title At Any Cost: Trudeau, Québec and His Will to Dominate, all books found on the linked pubisher's page.

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Cory Doctorow's latest tops this weeks Quill & Quire/Bookmanager Canadiana chart. Click here for the Top 10 bit.ly/3UjoxEW

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

"a gripping horror story for young readers that offers thrills while also imparting important cultural lessons." Read Colette Poitras' full review here: bit.ly/4wKZjOo

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Q&Q presents young adult and nonfiction titles for the new season bit.ly/45Ksk0A

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

New books from Stephen Harper, Chrystia Freeland, Jody Wilson-Raybould, Naomi Klein, and Carol Off are featured in the Q&Q nonfiction preview. bit.ly/4hTnzsQ

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The Range Rules by Darren Greer @cormorantbooks.bsky.social www.cormorantbooks.com/Books/T/The-...

The cover of The Range Rules, a novel by Darren Greer, and published by Cormorant Books, which shows the bare back of a man with bluish tone to his white skin. He has very short reddish-brown hair. The background of the book cover is dark brown and the text is in a teal- coloured box and says the book is available September 5.

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

“I think that with literature, you can take difficult subjects and interest anybody [in] it." read Anne Thériault's profile of Michel Jean here: bit.ly/4xfUMDt

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Starred-review for Theresa Kishkan's "provocative and thoughtful work of art." Read the full review here: bit.ly/3TtvNOk

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

More than a dozen Canadian creators were nominated for the annual Eisner Awards, with Mariko Tamaki and Eric Zawadski among the winners bit.ly/4xb4ers

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Carley Fortune has three titles on this week's Quill & Quire/Bookmanager Canadian Fiction chart. Click here for the Top 10 bit.ly/4yQJUgP

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Robert J Wiersema reviews Governor General’s Award-winner Martine Leavitt's new novel. Read the full review here: bit.ly/4xd2KgC

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

In the second of three preview instalments for young readers, Q&Q takes a look at forthcoming middle grade books and graphic novels. bit.ly/4xbwTNb

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

In the second of three preview instalments, Q&Q takes a look at forthcoming novels. bit.ly/4h5cjcx

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