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Open Book is your connection to Ontario's vibrant literary scene. Posts via Kevin, Holly, and Sarah. Visit our website to learn more: https://open-book.ca/
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For a list of other Ontario indie publishers you can support, visit the Ontario Book Publishers Organization website here: obpo.ca/our-members/
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Looking for Ontario-based publishers that do it all? From fiction, to non-fiction, to poetry, to drama, we've got you covered! 📚🇨🇦

Part 4 of 4!

➡️ Featuring: @palimpsestpress.bsky.social, Plumleaf Press, The Porcupine's Quill, Brucedale Press, and @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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➡️ Featuring: @houseofanansi.bsky.social/ @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social, @invisibooks.bsky.social, @latitude46pub.bsky.social, @mawenzihouse.bsky.social, and Mosaic Press

For a list of other Ontario indie publishers you can support, click here: obpo.ca/our-members/
October 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Looking for Ontario-based publishers that do it all? From fiction, to non-fiction, to poetry, to drama, we've got you covered! 📚🇨🇦

Part 3 of 4!
October 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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OBPO launches SUPPORT ONTARIO PUBLISHERS campaign to bring more Canadian books into Ontario schools. Learn more about this crucial initiative right here on Open Book!
#AmReading #CanLit #Ontario #Schools
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Square banner with a close-up of an open book resting on a wooden surface, against a blurred green background. Overlaid text reads: “OBPO Announces Support Ontario Publishers: Promoting Canadian Books in Classrooms.” At the bottom left is the white Open Book logo.
September 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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For a list of other Ontario indie publishers you can support, visit our website at the Ontario Book Publishers Organization here: obpo.ca/our-members/

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September 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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🇨🇦📚 Looking for Ontario-based publishers that do it all? From fiction, to non-fiction, to poetry, to drama, we've got you covered! 📚🇨🇦

Part 2 of 4!

➡️ Featuring: @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Gordon Hill Press, and @guernicaeditions.bsky.social

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September 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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There are over 1600 Canadian books published every year by Canadian-owned, Ontario-based publishers.

Email your MPP to say it's time to give Ontario publishers the spotlight in our classrooms and libraries: win.newmode.net/supportontar...
September 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Students are heading back to school today but they will not see themselves in the books they read because of the top 20 books taught in Ontario schools, only 3 are Canadian.

Ontario, it's time for that to change!

Email your MPP now to support Ontario publishers: win.newmode.net/supportontar...
September 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Join the movement to bring Canadian-authored, Ontario-published books into classrooms across the province.

Your voice matters. Let’s make our education system truly Canadian.

Email your MPP today: win.newmode.net/supportontar...
August 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Enough is enough. We need Canadian books in Ontario schools—and a fund to support it. It’s time for our education system to reflect our stories and cultures.

Email your MPP now to demand a change: win.newmode.net/supportontar...
August 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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There is a gap in Canadian representation in our schools and libraries. For too long, American literature has dominated our classrooms.

Ontario, it’s time for that to change! Email your MPP today to support Ontario publishers: win.newmode.net/supportontar...
August 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Read an excerpt from the unforgettable NEVER SILENT: A HIROSHIMA SURVIVOR'S STORY (Annick Press) by Setsuko Thurlow and Kathy Lowinger, with illustrations by Michelle Theodore.
#AmReading #History #Nonfiction #YoungReaders
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August 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Stand with Canadian voices, perspectives and identities. Bring Canadian-authored books into our schools.

It's time to support Ontario publishers. Join our campaign now: win.newmode.net/supportontar...
August 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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We strive to support Ontario educators, authors and publishers. It's time we had a dedicated fund for public schools and libraries to purchase books produced by Ontario's independent publishers.

Email your MPP today to support Ontario publishers: win.newmode.net/supportontar...
August 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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August 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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🇨🇦📚 Looking for Ontario-based publishers that do it all? From fiction, to non-fiction, to poetry, to drama, we've got you covered!📚🇨🇦 Part 1 of 4!

➡️ Featuring: @pressassembly.bsky.social, @biblioasis.bsky.social, @bookhugpress.bsky.social, Bookland Press, and @coachhousebooks.bsky.social

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August 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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#DYK Of the top 20 books taught in Ontario schools, only 3 are Canadian? Ontario, it's time for change!

Join our campaign today to support Ontario publishers and get Canadian books in our schools and libraries: win.newmode.net/supportontar...
August 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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The importance of children seeing themselves, their culture and their country reflected in the books they read at school cannot be understated.

It's time we have books published in Ontario in our classrooms.

Support Ontario book publishers today: win.newmode.net/supportontar...
August 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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We've launched our Support Ontario Book Publishers Campaign! Follow the link below to tell the Ontario government to invest in Canadian education and stories by supporting our schools, authors, and publishers: win.newmode.net/supportontar...
August 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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For a list of other Ontario indie publishers you can support, check out the Ontario Book Publishers Organization’s website here: obpo.ca/our-members/
The logo for Playwrights Press, a stylized black and white book, is at the top of the image. Beneath it, text reads "Playwrights Canada Press is a publisher of new Canadian plays. They exist to publish Canadian plays as well as, from time to time, theatre history, criticism, and biography. Through this they endeavour to raise the profile of Canadian theatre and theatre practitioners, promote dramatic literature, and contribute to the Canadian theatrical canon. Playwrights Canada Press strives to publish diverse and engaging Canadian plays and dramatic criticism of literary merit." Under this description is a link to www.playwrightscanada.com. Beneath the link are the covers of four books: There Is Violence And There Is Righteous Violence and There Is Death, or the Born-Again Crow by Caleigh Crow, Body So Flourescent by Amanda Cordner and David Di Giovanni, When Words Sing edited by Julie Salverson, and Iphigenia and the Furies (On Taurian Land) and Antigone by Ho Ka Kei and Jeff Ho The logo for Second Story Press is at the top of the image. Beneath it, text reads " Second Story Press was co-founded in 1988 by Margie Wolfe and three other women dedicated to publishing feminist-inspired books for adults and young readers. Their books are sold around the world, have been translated into over 50 languages, won many awards, and have been adapted for film and stage. They continue to look for stories that feature strong female and queer characters and explore themes of social justice, human rights, equality, and ability issues. They are committed to finding authentic voices and to publishing more creators from communities who have been traditionally underrepresented in books." Under this description is a link to www.secondstoryoress.ca. Beneath the link are the covers of four books: The Abortion Caravan by Karin Wells, Branded by the Pink Triangle by Ken Setterington, Kalyana by Rajni Mala Khelawan, and Nondisclosure by Renée D. Bondy The logo for Women's Press, a stylized letter W, is at the top of the image. Beneath it, text reads "Founded in 1972, Women’s Press has played an integral role in the proliferation of feminist writing in Canada and is committed to conserving a space in higher education devoted to gender, sexuality, and women’s studies." Under this description is a link to www.canadianscholars.ca/womens-press. Beneath the link are the covers of four books: Transnarratives edited by Kristi Carter and James Brunton, Gendered Bodies and Public Scrutiny by Victoria Kannen, Sivumut: Towards the FUture Together edited by Fiona Walton and Darlene O'Leary, and Girls Who Bite Back edited by Emily Pohl-Weary
July 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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🇨🇦📚 This month, we're spotlighting some specialized Ontario-based publishers! 📚🇨🇦

➡️ Featuring: Brick Books , @kegedoncepress.bsky.social, @playcanpress.bsky.social @secondstory.bsky.social, and @canadianscholars.bsky.social

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A bright orange image of the province of Ontario. Overlaid on top in white, text reads "Support independent Ontario publishers," and "Swipe to discover Ontario-based specialty publishers." The logos for the Ontario Book Publishers Organization and the Open Book Foundation are in the bottom corners of the image. The logo for Brick Books, a stylized letter B, is at the top of the image. Beneath it, text reads "As one of the few poetry-only publishers in the world and a long-venerated member of Canada’s publishing industry, Brick Books is a hub and a home for poets and lovers of poetry. Their mission is to hold space for poetry in Canada and the world (or, in other words, to champion a hard-to-commodify art form in a capitalist culture!) and to do it with an almost obsessive level of care. They commit to each book by pouring all of their resources into it because poetry is their thing — not a side project to other genres, so they do the very best they can by it." Under this description is a link to www.brickbooks.ca. Beneath the link are the covers of four books: Sonnets from a Cell by Bradley Peters, Dream of No One But Myself by David Bradford, I Am The Big Heart by Sarah Venart, and Lake of Two Mountains by Arleen Paré. The logo for Kegedonce Press is in gold and blue at the top of the image. Beneath it, text reads "For over twenty-five years Kegedonce Press has been crafting beautiful books that involve Indigenous Peoples at all levels of production. They support the enterprise of Indigenous writers, artists, graphic illustrators, designers, editors, printers and others in related fields. Founded in 1993 by Anishinaabe writer Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Kegedonce is committed to the publication of beautifully written and designed Indigenous literature, both nationally and internationally. Indigenous-owned and operated, Kegedonce is based at Neyaashiinigmiing, on the traditional territory of the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation." Under this description is a link to www.kegedonce.com. Beneath the link are the covers of four books: Zegaajimo edited by Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler and Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Blue Marrow by Louise B. Halfe - Sky Dancer, Silence to Strength edited by Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith, and Lightfinder by Aaron Paquette.
July 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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For a list of other Ontario indie publishers you can support, visit the Ontario Book Publishers Organization's website: obpo.ca

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June 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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🇨🇦📚 Spotlighting some incredible Ontario-based educational publishers, part 2! 📚🇨🇦

Featuring: @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social, Thompson Books, @uottawapress.bsky.social, @uoftpress.bsky.social, and @wlupress.bsky.social!

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June 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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The mighty Second Story Press (@secondstory.bsky.social‬) reveals an exciting new logo on the heels of ownership transfer! For more about the rebrand, check out our coverage here.
#AmReading #CanLit #Indie #Publishing #Logo
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Second Story Press - New Logo. Background of creased beige paper behind black circle to left of image with red reading glasses centred inside and crescent-moon eyes looking to left. Publisher name stacked to right of logo.
May 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM