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49th Shelf @49thshelf.bsky.social · 20h

What's on our reading radar this month? Bittersweet Nostalgia, Time Travel, 1960s' Trinidad, Willow Witches, and More with titles from @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/10... #CanLit

On Our Radar: Bittersweet Nostalgia, Time Travel, 1960s' Trinidad, Willow Witches, and More! · Blog Post · 49th Shelf

Every month, our editor enthuses about the books piling up on her mind and on her nightstand.

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JUNCTION READS @junctionreads.bsky.social · 1d

Did you miss our event last night?

Readings and a Q and A with @terivlass.bsky.social @heatherbirrell.bsky.social and @sokhan.bsky.social

@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social
@riverstreetwriting.bsky.social

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Junction Reads with Teri Vlassopoulos, Heather Birrell and Saad Omar Khan

YouTube video by Junction Reads

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JUNCTION READS @junctionreads.bsky.social · 5d

Sunday November 2
It’s a bookish weekend in Toronto and we hope you’ll come!
6:30pm
TYPE Books Junction
2887 Dundas Street W
Doors open all day!
Heather Birrell
Teri Vlassopoulos
Saad Omar Khan
@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 6d

LFG www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Authors’ Class Action Lawsuit Against OpenAI Moves Ahead

A New York judge dismissed an attempt by OpenAI to throw out a class action lawsuit that consolidates suits from a number of authors charging the company with copyright infringement.

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All Lit Up @alllitupcanada.bsky.social · 7d

Looking for something to haunt your reading list? Horror writer @peterbcounter.com comes through with five unsettling (and empowering) book recommendations for Halloweek.

alllitup.ca/book-week-your-guide-to-spooky-reads-with-peter-counter/

A graphic labelled "Boo(k) Week Picks with Peter Counter, the Haunting of All Lit Up" with five book covers: Dead Writers by Jean Marc Ah-Sen, Michael LaPointe, Cassidy McFadzean, Naben Ruthnum; The Marigold by Andrew F. Sullivan; Grey Dog by Elliott Gish; Queer Little Nightmares edited by Daniel Zomparelli, David Ly; and Green Fuse Burning y Tiffany Morris.

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All Lit Up @alllitupcanada.bsky.social · 7d

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49th Shelf @49thshelf.bsky.social · 7d

Looking for some reads to get into that spooky mood? Check out these titles from @skyhorsepublishing.bsky.social @dundurnpress.bsky.social @harpercollinsca.bsky.social @touchwooded.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member... #CanLit

Halloween Fare · Lists · 49th Shelf

Halloween is a way of life!

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49th Shelf @49thshelf.bsky.social · 7d

What's on our radar this month? Bittersweet Nostalgia, Time Travel, 1960s' Trinidad, Willow Witches, and More! Check out with titles from @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/10... #CanLit

On Our Radar: Bittersweet Nostalgia, Time Travel, 1960s' Trinidad, Willow Witches, and More! · Blog Post · 49th Shelf

Every month, our editor enthuses about the books piling up on her mind and on her nightstand.

49thshelf.com

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Invisible Publishing @invisibooks.bsky.social · 8d

A big thank you to @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social for featuring Nadia Ragbar (The Pugilist and the Sailor) as their Mystery Guest!

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Friday Reads: Let us now praise omnivorous reading

YouTube video by Shawn Breathes Books

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Invisible Publishing @invisibooks.bsky.social · 10d

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Alex @alexplatt.bsky.social · 10d

Ohhhhh yes. Loved that book so much.

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Peter Counter, Nightmare Host @peterbcounter.com · 10d

Have you read Dead Writers? It's a collection of three subtle horror novellas that came out earlier this year and I loved it.

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Dale Jacobs @tigerpride.bsky.social · 11d

Very cool to make this list.

#booksky
#baseball
#bluejays

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JUNCTION READS @junctionreads.bsky.social · 13d

Sunday November 2
6:30pm ET
In person at TYPE Books Junction
2887 Dundas Street W. Toronto
Livestreamed.

@heatherbirrell.bsky.social @terivlass.bsky.social and Saad Omar Khan

@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @dundurnpress.bsky.social

www.eventbrite.ca/e/1595532593...

Heather Birrell, Saad Omar Khan, Teri Vlassopoulos (Livestreaming)

Join us for readings and Q & A with Heather Birrell, Saad Omar Khan, Teri Vlassopoulos. Register for live-stream, and/or pay at the door.

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Amelinda Bérubé @metuiteme.bsky.social · 13d

And @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social has been pavimg the way in Toronto like the consummate bosses they are 🤘💀

Nicholas Kaufmann @nicholaskaufmann.bsky.social · 14d

"While many indie bookstores are bulking up on horror, several entrepreneurs are taking it a step further by opening stores exclusively dedicated to scary reads."

Booksellers Ride the Horror Wave

At least four horror-themed bookstores have opened in 2025, with more to come.

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49th Shelf @49thshelf.bsky.social · 14d

Let's play ball! We're riding high from the Jays' win last night! Here are books to read at the World Series ⚾ with titles from @talonbooks.bsky.social @harpercollinsca.bsky.social @biblioasis.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social @radiantpress.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member... #CanLit

Books to Read at the World Series · Lists · 49th Shelf

Okay, Blue Jays! Let's play ball.

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 15d

A large number of people in Canada will spend the next 3+ hours with their guts tied in knots, me included. I just want to say we're doing this together, and whatever happens, we'll have shared this. And hopefully, we'll do this again tomorrow night.

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 17d

me an' Zane Koss are launching poetry books today in Ottawa; you comin'? / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social ; robmclennan.substack.com/p/oct-18-pla...

Oct 18, Plan 99 : the Ottawa launch of the book of sentences,

Please join us for a special event on October 18th to launch and celebrate three new poetry collections by rob mclennan (https://press.ucalgary.ca/books/9781773856483/), Stephanie Bolster (https://pal...

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Caroline Casey @cacasey.bsky.social · 19d

what is more fun than working with smaller presses who have a deep commitment to the work, not the business

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Caroline Casey @cacasey.bsky.social · 19d

terrific reviews of LA LUCHA (@charcopress.com) and DIVING BOARD (@invisibooks.bsky.social) here, along with a lot of other great stuff

What’s New in Translation: October 2025 - Asymptote Blog

New titles from Haiti, Argentina, the Netherlands, Japan, Germany, Italy, Norway, Turkey, Mexico, Taiwan, Hungary, South Korea, and Latin America!

www.asymptotejournal.com

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Peter Counter, Nightmare Host @peterbcounter.com · 19d

forever grateful to see my unholy child in the best of company

king's co-op bookstore @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 19d

it’s spooky book season

some spooky horror books with a skull on top

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 19d

hey! im launching my new poetry book, the book of sentences, this saturday 5pm at plan 99/the manx pub w zane koss! you should come! / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social ;
here's a wee piece i wrote on the new collection:
robmclennan.substack.com/p/the-book-o...

the book of sentences

, notes on my new poetry title, available from University of Calgary Press,

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Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 28d

#SFinTranslation Review: DIVING BOARD by Tomás Downey, tr by Sarah Moses (Invisible Publishing)

www.sfintranslation.com?p=15332

Review: Diving Board by Tomás Downey – Speculative Fiction in Translation

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Invisible Publishing @invisibooks.bsky.social · 21d

“Tomás Downey has mastered the chill in the air, the prickling at the back of your neck; in Moses’s translation, colloquial and keen, these stories could be told by your neighbour or cousin.”

www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/10...

What’s New in Translation: October 2025 - Asymptote Blog

New titles from Haiti, Argentina, the Netherlands, Japan, Germany, Italy, Norway, Turkey, Mexico, Taiwan, Hungary, South Korea, and Latin America!

www.asymptotejournal.com

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periodicities : a journal of poetry and poetics @periodicities.bsky.social · 29d

newly posted: Kate Siklosi : Four poems from household: meadow / @invisibooks.bsky.social ;
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/10/kate...

Kate Siklosi : Four poems from household: meadow

The doorway The outermost whorl of a flower that encloses the bud is known as a calyx. The ground was dry but the river was ev...

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