Book cover for Lawless: Abortion under Complete Decriminalization by Martha Paynter (Fernwood Publishing): Martha Paynter, nurse and scholar, explains how abortion is governed in Canada without an abortion law and why experts advocate against one. https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/lawless

Book cover for Bad Indians Book Club: Reading at the Edge of a Thousand Worlds by Patty Krawec (Goose Lane Editions): Anishinaabe writer Patty Krawec doesn’t want to be a “Good Indian.” When a friend asked what books could help them understand Indigenous lives, Patty Krawec gave them a list. This list then exploded into a book club, then into a podcast about a year of Indigenous reading, and then, ultimately, into this book. Drawing on conversations with readers and authors, Bad Indians Book Club delves into writing about history, science, and gender, and into memoirs and fiction, all by “Bad Indians” and those like them, whose refusal of the dominant narrative of the wemitigoozhiwag (European settlers) opens up new possibilities for identity and existence. Introducing each chapter with flash fiction about a shapeshifting Deer Woman, who is on her own journey to decide who she is, Krawec leads us into a place of wisdom and medicine where stories of and by marginalized writers help us imagine a thousand worlds waiting to be born. https://gooselane.com/products/bad-indians-book-club

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books - from #NovaScotia publishers: Lawless (by @marthapaynter.bsky.social, Fernwood Publishing) & Bad Indians Book Club (by Patty Krawec, @gooselane.bsky.social). See alt-text.

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📖 Ruin Me by Kelsie Rae

Releasing 03/24/2026

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Book cover for On Hammet Shore by Shelagh Meagher (Askance Publishing): Henry has loved Sybil, one way and another, for nearly as long as he’s loved Little Hammet, the place where they first met, his birthplace, the shore which forever draws him back. The island and the woman are the twin stars which, for better or for worse, have steered his life. But that life now has an end in sight. Not some messy, pain-racked end such as his sister suffered, not something to require his brother to clean up, but a graceful, carefully arranged cessation of life. An end of his own choosing at a time of his own choosing. But before that, there’s a life to be made sense of, arrangements must be made, plans to be be acted upon. https://askancepublishing.wordpress.com/on-hammet-shore/

Book cover for Cures for Hunger by Deni Ellis Béchard (Goose Lane Editions): Growing up in rural British Columbia, Deni Béchard worships his father, believing that he can do no wrong. Although his charismatic father is prone to racing trains and brawling, Deni has no idea how unusual his family is. But when Deni discovers his father's true identity (and his other life as a bank robber), his imagination is set on fire. Before long, he begins to see himself as a character in one of his father's stories. He can't escape the sense that his father's life holds the key to understanding his own passions, aversions, and motivations. At once an extraordinary family story and an unconventional portrait of the artist as a young man, Cures for Hunger is a singular, deeply affecting memoir by an acclaimed writer. Almost unbelievable. You'll swear it's fiction. https://gooselane.com/products/cures-for-hunger

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books, from #NovaScotia publishers: Cures for Hunger (by @denibechard.bsky.social, @gooselane.bsky.social) & On Hammet Shore (by Shelagh Meagher, Askance Publishing). See alt-text.

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📖 Ruin Me by Kelsie Rae

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Book cover for Immortal Air by Tracey Rombough (Cape Breton University Press): Bright and promising as a student, George Cameron was sent to live with his sister in Boston while he attended a prestigious Latin school and later the Boston School of Law. It was what his mother wanted for him and his brother, Charley. It was what any well-bred family would want for an intelligent son destined for greater things than his humble New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, upbringing. On his journey to find his voice among the great poets of the 19th century, George had to leave behind his first love, a muse who haunted his thoughts and fuelled his passion for poetry throughout his life. https://nimbus.ca/store/immortal-air.html

Book cover for Every Leaf on Every Tree by Lauren Soloy (Nimbus Publishing): A tender and playful baby board book bursting with declarations of love from the bestselling author/illustrator of The Hidden World of Gnomes. https://nimbus.ca/store/every-leaf-on-every-tree.html

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books - from #NovaScotia publishers: Immortal Air (by Tracey Rombough, Cape Breton University Press) & Every Leaf on Every Tree (by Lauren Soloy, @nimbuspub.bsky.social). See alt-text.

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📖 Ruin Me by Kelsie Rae

Releasing 03/24/2026

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📖 Ruin Me by Kelsie Rae

Releasing 03/24/2026

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I need the next book more than I need air 😩✨ #books #bookreview #booktok #bookrecommendations #bookrecs #booksky #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksta #bookreviews #booksbooksbooks #booktube

📖 Ruin Me by Kelsie Rae

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Book cover for Adventures in Bubbles and Brine: What I learned from Nova Scotia's masters of fermented foods - craft beer, cider, cheese, sauerkraut and more by Philip Moscovitch (Formac Publishing): Moscovitch demystifies the process of fermentation as he takes us on a fascinating, and often humorous, culinary adventure across Nova Scotia. https://formac.ca/product/adventures-in-bubbles-and-brine/

Book cover for Brain Storms: My Life with a Brain Tumour—A Family Doctor’s Memoir by Sharon McCutcheon (Nimbus Publishing): A poignant, darkly funny, and hopeful memoir of the psychological impact of illness from a retired New Brunswick doctor. https://nimbus.ca/store/brain-storms-my-life-with-a-brain-tumoura-family-doctors-memoir.html

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books - from #NovaScotia publishers: Adventures in Bubbles and Brine (by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social, Formac Publishing) & Brain Storms (by Sharon McCutcheon, @nimbuspub.bsky.social). See alt-text.

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Book cover for Hopeless by Lesley Choyce (Moose House Publications): Nicolas is headstrong, wayward teen, flailing through school with no plans for a life. His now-departed father called him 'Hopeless', and the nickname stuck. How can you make it through anything wearing a tag like that? It turns out, having a fearless older brother, Garrett, can help...until Garrett makes an unexpected friend and sort of disappears from the family. Nicholas finds a surprise in that friend of Garrett's, and gets an unexpected assignment from a teacher that may yet save his high-school career. But add in near-death experiences, cross-country journeys and reunions that are far from joyful, and why would anyone hope to be hopeful? https://www.moosehousepress.com/product-page/hopeless

Book cover for piyyut by Solomon Nagler, drawings by Angela Henderson (Nevermore Press): piyyut is a long-form poem assembling fables from the Jewish Diaspora in an attempt to unsettle refugee migration stories while exhuming mystical, prophetic voices in post-Holocaust Europe. Verses are titled and informed by the aleph-bet and examine the entanglements of the diasporic experience through allegorical tales and critical Jewish settler confessionals. Each verse is paired with a drawing by visual artist Angela Henderson exploring the intersections between graphic notation and lyrical, poetic form. Combining and juxtaposing digitally- and hand-rendered elements, the hybridized landscapes both respond to and reflect the complex, speculative and sometimes brutalist journey through past and present. https://www.nevermorepress.ca/books/p/piyyut

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books - from #NovaScotia publishers: Hopeless (by Lesley Choyce, @moosehousepress.bsky.social) & piyyut (by Solomon Nagler, drawings by Angela Henderson, Nevermore Press). See alt-text.

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📖 Ruin Me by Kelsie Rae

Releasing 03/24/2026

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Book cover for The Spirit of Scatarie by Lesley Crewe (Nimbus Publishing): A stunning new work of historical fiction from the bestselling author of The Spoon Stealer, set on Nova Scotia’s remote Scatarie Island, following three friends whose lives are inextricably bound, and the spirit who guides them. https://nimbus.ca/store/the-spirit-of-scatarie.html

Book cover for Winning Prizes: Essays by David Adams Richards (Pottersfield Press): Winning Prizes is a collection of essays dealing with topics ranging from faith, murder, love of place as well as historical and literary individuals. He writes passionately about individuality and the courage it takes to strike out on one’s own and to stand one’s ground against the odds, a critical part of living that sooner or later all of us must deal with in our own way. https://nimbus.ca/store/winning-prizes.html

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books from #NovaScotia publishers: The Spirit of Scatarie (by Lesley Crewe, @nimbuspub.bsky.social) & Winning Prizes (by David Adams Richards, @pottersfieldpress.bsky.social). See alt-text.

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Book cover for William D. Roach: Folk Artist by William Roach (Cape Breton University Press): William Roach’s interest – training, if you like – in carving and shaping wood into representations of the world around him, came naturally. When they weren’t making or repairing practical articles and tools, the older men in his life spent countless hours whittling curiosities that delighted children, neighbours and friends.After years working in Ontario, Roach and his family moved home to his Acadian birthplace, Chéticamp, Cape Breton, striving for the stability of family and community. A new life, turning a new leaf, William began expressing himself through his gift – a diversion at first, his passion for creating objects of beauty and value became an obsession and later a business.From his Sunset Gallery and studio on the outskirts of Chéticamp, Roach works tirelessly at his entertaining creations. https://nimbus.ca/store/william-roach-folk-artist.html

Book cover for Signs of Life: Field Notes from the Frontlines of Extinction by Sarah Cox (Goose Lane Editions): What’s to be done when only three spotted owls are left in Canada’s wild? When wolves eat endangered caribou, cormorants kill rare trees, and housing developments threaten a tiny frog? Environmental journalist Sarah Cox has witnessed what happens when we drive species to the brink of extinction. In Signs of Life, she tags along with the Canadian military, Indigenous guardians, biologists, conservationists, and ordinary people who are racing to save hundreds of species before it’s too late. Travelling across the country, Cox visits the Toronto Zoo, home of Canada’s only wildlife biobank, where scientists conserve living cells from endangered species in the event of future loss; tours Canada’s military bases, home to some of Canada’s last preserved ecosystems; and travels to Indigenous communities where land stewards are striving to restore the delicate ecological balance that has sustained people for millennia. Through the eyes and work of individuals who are bringing species back from the precipice, Cox delivers both an urgent message and a fresh perspective on how we can protect biodiversity and begin to turn things around. Winner, Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society Book Awards for BC Authors (Non-Fiction). https://gooselane.com/products/signs-of-life

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Today, from #NovaScotia publishers: William D. Roach: Folk Artist (by William Roach, Cape Breton University Press) & Signs of Life (by @sarahkcox.bsky.social, @gooselane.bsky.social). See alt-text.

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📖 Ruin Me by Kelsie Rae

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Book cover for In the Circle of Ancient Trees by Valerie Trouet, ill. by Blaze Cyan (Greystone Books): Nonfiction. From the Giant Sequoia to the Bald Cypress, this captivating book explores the stories of 10 species of ancient trees, their unique environments, and what they have to tell us about the history of our world. Published in partnership with the David Suzuki Institute. https://greystonebooks.com/products/in-the-circle-of-ancient-trees

Book cover for The Order of the British Vampire by Simon Kewin (Elsewhen Press): Fantasy. Having revealed and removed the mole in the Office of the Witchfinder General, Danesh is a hero – but also a target. The fourth story of His Majesty’s Office of the Witchfinder General. https://elsewhen.press/index.php/catalogue/title/the-order-of-the-british-vampire/

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: In the Circle of Ancient Trees (by Valerie Trouet, ill. Blaze Cyan, @greystonebooks.bsky.social) & The Order of the British Vampire (by @simonkewin.co.uk, @elsewhen.press). See alt-text.

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📖 Ruin Me by Kelsie Rae

Releasing 03/24/2026

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📖 Ruin Me by Kelsie Rae

Releasing 03/24/2026

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Book cover for Exophony: Voyages Outside the Mother Tongue by Yoko Tawada, trans. by Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda (New Directions): Creative nonfiction featured in 100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025 (https://lithub.com/100-notable-small-press-books-of-2025/): " Yoko Tawada (a Japanese native who now lives in Germany) explores the experience of living and writing in languages learned later in life… Personal anecdotes are mixed with broader observations on language’s intersections with status, colonization, and migration." https://www.ndbooks.com/book/exophony/

Book cover for Optional Practical Training by Shubha Sunder (Graywolf): Literary fiction featured in 100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025 (https://lithub.com/100-notable-small-press-books-of-2025/): "We meet the protagonist as she begins her first year of OPT, a U.S. employer-sponsored work-experience visa for recent international student grads… an intimate, finely-detailed collage of voices and perspectives on difference, privilege, and belonging in contemporary America." https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/optional-practical-training

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Exophony (by Yoko Tawada, trans. Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda, @ndbooks.bsky.social) & Optional Practical Training (by @shubhasunder.bsky.social, @graywolfpress.bsky.social). See alt-text.

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📖 Ruin Me by Kelsie Rae

Releasing 03/24/2026

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📖 The Little Things series by Kelsie Rae #booktok #booksta #hockeyromance #romancebooks #bookrecs

📖 Don’t Let Me Go by Kelsie Rae #booktok #booksta #hockeyromance #romancebooks #bookrecs

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Book cover for The Comfort of Distant Stars by I O Echeruo (Canongate Books): Ezeani is no ordinary child. He sees things others don’t. Despite the burden of these visions, his precocious nature blossoms into genius and Ezeani grows up to be a gifted mathematician and physicist. When he leaves Nigeria and his adoring family behind to study at Cornell in the US, he remains haunted by his most persistent vision, Anyanwu, the Sun God. While Ezeani is adjusting to his new life in America, Anyanwu’s presence takes on an increasingly sinister and malevolent form – and chaos reigns. https://canongate.co.uk/books/5349-the-comfort-of-distant-stars/

Book cover for The Ex Dilemma by Elle Wright (Kensington Books): "Marry or lose your inheritance." A commitment phobic heir in Detroit, Michigan faces the ultimate challenge from his powerful grandmother and family company CEO in this charming, irresistibly fun and flirty new contemporary romance from award-winning author Elle Wright. https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781496752307/the-ex-dilemma/

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: The Comfort of Distant Stars (by I. O. Echeruo, @canongate.co.uk) & The Ex Dilemma (by @ellewrightauthor.bsky.social, @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social). See alt-text.

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