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A literary trade publisher, publishing poetry and fiction by Canadian authors since 1975.
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CORRECTION: This is a PART-TIME role in our Saskatoon office.

📣Come & work with us!📣

We're hiring a part-time Publicity & Marketing Manager! This is a 6-month contract role with possibility for extension. Apply by December 19, 2025. Visit our website for more: thistledownpress.com/2025/12/03/w...
Many thanks to Alberta Views magazine for the wonderful review of FOOD FOR THE JOURNEY: A LIFE IN TRAVEL by Elizabeth J. Haynes! Read more here: thistledownpress.com/2025/12/11/r...

#review #nonfiction #travel #memoir #essays #CanLit #IndiePress
December 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
CORRECTION: This is a PART-TIME role in our Saskatoon office.

📣Come & work with us!📣

We're hiring a part-time Publicity & Marketing Manager! This is a 6-month contract role with possibility for extension. Apply by December 19, 2025. Visit our website for more: thistledownpress.com/2025/12/03/w...
December 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
We are so excited to share that THE GENIUS HOUR PROJECT by Leanne Shirtliffe has been selected for the Fall 2025 issue of Best Books for Kids and Teens! Congratulations to Leanne and the other featured authors!

Read the full list from @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social here: bookcentre.ca/collections/....
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
We at Thistledown Press are excited to announce that Meredith Hambrock is our new Assistant Editor! Meredith brings years of experience as a writer, editor, and teacher to the team. Welcome, Meredith!

Read more on our website here: thistledownpress.com/2025/11/21/m...
Meredith Hambrock is our Assistant Editor!
We at Thistledown Press are excited to announce that Meredith Hambrock is our new Assistant Editor! Meredith brings years of experience as a writer, editor, and teacher to the team. She was the 2023…
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November 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
There's still time to enter our 50th Anniversary #giveaway! The entry deadline is November 15, 2025!

Visit our website to learn more and enter: thistledownpress.com/about/fifty-...
We are giving away some of Thistledown Press’s earliest published titles!

DARK HONEY by Ronald Marken
OCTOMI by Andrew Suknaski & William Johnson
INSIDE IS THE SKY by Lorna Uher (Crozier)

Visit our website by Nov 15, 2025 to enter!

thistledownpress.com/about/fifty-...
November 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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October 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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I'm pumped to share the perfectly unsettling cover (designed by @michelvrana.com) for my novel THE PEACE THIEVES, out June 16, 2026 from @thistledownpress.bsky.social! Details and preorder info here: www.brentvans.com/books/the-pe... #canlit #fiction #novel
October 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We are thrilled to share that THE DISCOVERY OF FINNEGAN WILDE by Caroline Pignat has been nominated for the 2026 Red Maple Award from Forest of Reading!!

Read the full list of nominees here: forestofreading.com/red-maple-no...
October 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Could not more highly recommend this book from a brilliant writer.
Thanks @thebookstack.org for the great review of A SNAKE AND A FEATHERED BIRD by @angieellis.bsky.social!!

Pre-order your copy from your favourite indie bookstore!

More about the book here: thistledownpress.com/product/a-sn...
October 14, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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The Genius Hour Project by Leanne Shirtliffe ( @thistledownpress.bsky.social )
is a juvenile book about a school project but also how it lands into the life of Frazzy. Will the project offer her the opportunity to instead be true to herself? Read the review at reviews.skbooks.com/genius-hour-...
Genius Hour Project, The
The Genius Hour Projectby Leanne ShirtliffePublished by Thistledown PressReview by Shelley A. Leedahl$16.95 ISBN 9781771872577 As a sexagenarian, I never imagined I’d so enjoy a novel featuring an …
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October 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
📣Editors of Saskatoon!📣 There's still one week left to apply to the Assistant Editor position with Thistledown Press!

Visit our website to read the full job description and apply: thistledownpress.com/2025/09/25/w...
📣Come and work with us!📣

Thistledown Press is hiring an assistant editor! This is a seasonal, part-time position starting in November 2025. Deadline to apply is October 17, 2025.

Visit our website for the full job description!
thistledownpress.com/2025/09/25/w...
October 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
We are giving away some of Thistledown Press’s earliest published titles!

DARK HONEY by Ronald Marken
OCTOMI by Andrew Suknaski & William Johnson
INSIDE IS THE SKY by Lorna Uher (Crozier)

Visit our website by Nov 15, 2025 to enter!

thistledownpress.com/about/fifty-...
October 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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New on the Q&Q Job Board: Assistant Editor @thistledownpress.bsky.social For more details: bit.ly/48CrXpc
September 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
📣Come and work with us!📣

Thistledown Press is hiring an assistant editor! This is a seasonal, part-time position starting in November 2025. Deadline to apply is October 17, 2025.

Visit our website for the full job description!
thistledownpress.com/2025/09/25/w...
September 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Check out the final #BookTrailer for our Fall 2025 season! A SNAKE AND A FEATHERED BIRD by @angieellis.bsky.social releases on October 7, 2025!

Learn more here: thistledownpress.com/product/a-sn...

#DebutAuthor #novel #LiteraryFiction #CanLit #IndiePress #ComingSoon
September 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Thanks @thebookstack.org for the great review of A SNAKE AND A FEATHERED BIRD by @angieellis.bsky.social!!

Pre-order your copy from your favourite indie bookstore!

More about the book here: thistledownpress.com/product/a-sn...
September 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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New book review: Angie Ellis's "A Snake and a Feathered Bird", coming out October 7th!

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A Snake and a Feathered Bird
Book by Angie Ellis (2025)
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September 4, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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👀📖 October 7!
Ready for another #SneakPeek?? A SNAKE AND A FEATHERED BIRD by Angie Ellis comes out on October 7, 2025—and we have your #FirstLook right here! Check out our website to read the full excerpt: thistledownpress.com/product/a-sn...
September 9, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Let's #MeetTheWriter! The final author of our Fall 2025 season is Angie Ellis, and her #debut novel A SNAKE AND A FEATHERED BIRD releases on October 7! Swipe through the pictures below to learn more about Angie!
September 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Ready for another #SneakPeek?? A SNAKE AND A FEATHERED BIRD by Angie Ellis comes out on October 7, 2025—and we have your #FirstLook right here! Check out our website to read the full excerpt: thistledownpress.com/product/a-sn...
September 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Saskatoon! Join us on Sept 10 at McNally Robinson Saskatoon for the launch of KOHKUM'S ROYAL BANNOCK by Wilfred Burton!! More details on McNally's website here: www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-18819/...
September 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Spotted in Sechelt, B.C. last weekend! Thistledown authors Elizabeth J. Haynes and Guy Vanderhaeghe at the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts!

#WritingFestival #LiteraryFestival #author #nonfiction #sechelt #CanLit
August 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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In today's #underthecover, award-winning Irish-Canadian author Caroline Pignat takes us on a tour of the Irish locations and lore that feature into her new book for middle-grade readers, THE DISCOVERY OF FINNEGAN WILDE (@thistledownpress.bsky.social).

alllitup.ca/under-the-co...
August 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Today's the day!! THE DISCOVERY OF FINNEGAN WILDE by Caroline Pignat (@carolinepignat_books) is #NowAvailable! Visit your local independent bookstore to grab your copy!

Learn more at our website here: thistledownpress.com/product/the-...
August 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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🦌 Charlie Muskrat by Harold Johnson (@thistledownpress.bsky.social)

A satirical and thought-provoking road trip through politics, colonialism, and the law—also available in French.

alllitup.ca/books/charli...

#lpg50 #canlit #alu #indigenousreads
August 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM