Wolsak & Wynn
@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
A charmingly contrary literary press based in beautiful post-industrial Hamilton, Ontario.
Our last event of the year, a Hamilton launch for two great Hamilton authors, Jason Allen and Brad Smith will be at City and the City books on December 10th, 7:30 pm. We hope to see you there!
November 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Our last event of the year, a Hamilton launch for two great Hamilton authors, Jason Allen and Brad Smith will be at City and the City books on December 10th, 7:30 pm. We hope to see you there!
A bit of sad news for the industry, though we thank the HRB for all the fabulous work they've done over the years.
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Goodbye and Deep Thanks from Hamilton Review of Books — Hamilton Review of Books
November 27, 2025 Hamilton Review of Books started as a labour of love. In the spring of 2016, I approached Noelle Allen at Wolsak & Wynn with an idea: what if we started an online book revi...
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November 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A bit of sad news for the industry, though we thank the HRB for all the fabulous work they've done over the years.
hamiltonreviewofbooks.com/blog/2025/11...
hamiltonreviewofbooks.com/blog/2025/11...
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November 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Thank you to the publishers who support Q&Q's work with advertising. @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
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It's lovely to see Ben Berman Ghan's great book The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits in this week's All Lit Up gift guide!
Searching for the perfect bookish gift? Calgary short story writer @beingkirti.bsky.social shares four thoughtful titles to round out your holiday shopping list in our latest #ALUGiftGuide.
Read her picks: alllitup.ca/gift-guide-w...
Read her picks: alllitup.ca/gift-guide-w...
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It's lovely to see Ben Berman Ghan's great book The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits in this week's All Lit Up gift guide!
Our second RIYL paring are two fabulous domestic thrillers. Shari Lapena is known for showing the cracks in the suburban dream in her twisty thrillers. Michelle Berry's equally atmospheric and layered mystery Everything Turns Away is the perfect follow up. bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/.../everythi...
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Our second RIYL paring are two fabulous domestic thrillers. Shari Lapena is known for showing the cracks in the suburban dream in her twisty thrillers. Michelle Berry's equally atmospheric and layered mystery Everything Turns Away is the perfect follow up. bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/.../everythi...
This is a wonderful opportunity with a great company!
We are hiring for a part-time contract position of Publishing Assistant through our partnership with Gatherings—Archival and Oral Histories, a project initiated to serve the preservation and study of performance histories. Deadline: February 4, 2026. www.playwrightscanada.com/Blog/2025/We...
November 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is a wonderful opportunity with a great company!
Toronto friends, this great event is happening tomorrow night! We hope you can come out. Ann Y.K. Choi and Saad Omar Khan at Flying Books, Wednesday November 26th starting at 6:30 pm.
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Toronto friends, this great event is happening tomorrow night! We hope you can come out. Ann Y.K. Choi and Saad Omar Khan at Flying Books, Wednesday November 26th starting at 6:30 pm.
We have a wonderful review of Sunny Dhillon's Hide and Sikh up at the BC Review:
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Brett Josef Grubisic reviews Hide and Sikh: Letters from a Life in Brown
Brett Josef Grubisic reviews Hide and Sikh: Letters from a Life in Brown Skin, by Sunny Dhillon (Hamilton: Wolsak & Wynn, 2025) $20.00 / 9781998408320
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November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
We have a wonderful review of Sunny Dhillon's Hide and Sikh up at the BC Review:
thebcreview.ca/2025/11/21/2...
thebcreview.ca/2025/11/21/2...
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Rivers of Time: @mishagw.bsky.social reviews Whitney French's SYNCOPATION (@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social)
Rivers of Time: Review of Whitney French’s Syncopation
Misha Grifka Wander Under Review:Syncopation. Whitney French. Wolsak & Wynn, November 2025. Novels in verse have a tricky line to walk. Lean too hard on the poetry, and you risk the reader bein…
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November 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Rivers of Time: @mishagw.bsky.social reviews Whitney French's SYNCOPATION (@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social)
Backlist Mondays: Her Name was Margaret, Life and Death on the Streets by Denise Davy. Shortlisted for the Sarton Award for Nonfiction and winner of the Hamilton Literary Award for Non-fiction, Davy chronicles with meticulous compassion the institutional failures that killed Margaret Jacobson.
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Backlist Mondays: Her Name was Margaret, Life and Death on the Streets by Denise Davy. Shortlisted for the Sarton Award for Nonfiction and winner of the Hamilton Literary Award for Non-fiction, Davy chronicles with meticulous compassion the institutional failures that killed Margaret Jacobson.
With AI books being in the news recently as the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards disqualified two books over AI use and other awards such as the Foreword Indies clarifying their stance disallowing AI books as well, we wanted to reaffirm that all W&W books are by humans, for humans.
November 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
With AI books being in the news recently as the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards disqualified two books over AI use and other awards such as the Foreword Indies clarifying their stance disallowing AI books as well, we wanted to reaffirm that all W&W books are by humans, for humans.
Waterloo friends, just a reminder that this great event is coming up in one week. You can register here:
Author Talk: James Cairns, Tanis MacDonald & Mariam Pirbhai
For Adults
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November 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Waterloo friends, just a reminder that this great event is coming up in one week. You can register here:
We have a wonderful interview, along with a reading, from Conor Mc Donnell up at the Narrative Based Medicine Lab:
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The Narrative-Based Medicine Lab (NBM Lab) is Canada’s home for teaching, research, and innovation in Narrative-Based Medicine.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
We have a wonderful interview, along with a reading, from Conor Mc Donnell up at the Narrative Based Medicine Lab:
narrativebasedmedicine.ca/updates/cono...
narrativebasedmedicine.ca/updates/cono...
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The book club is having a comeback. Across Toronto, young readers are reviving a centuries-old tradition and transforming it into a way to build meaningful friendships. Journalist Janna Abbas explores: thewalrus.ca/find-a-book-club/
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The book club is having a comeback. Across Toronto, young readers are reviving a centuries-old tradition and transforming it into a way to build meaningful friendships. Journalist Janna Abbas explores: thewalrus.ca/find-a-book-club/
Ottawa friends, tune in tomorrow morning to hear Christy Climenhage talking to hosts Susan Johnston, Micah Petti and Gianluca Petti and CKCU's Friday Special Blend at 93.1 FM
November 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Ottawa friends, tune in tomorrow morning to hear Christy Climenhage talking to hosts Susan Johnston, Micah Petti and Gianluca Petti and CKCU's Friday Special Blend at 93.1 FM
An interesting lunch read: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
OverDrive Sues OpenAI Over Sora App
The digital distributor to schools and libraries is charging the AI company with trademark infringement related to its new text-to-video app Sora, which has the same name and a “confusingly similar vi...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
An interesting lunch read: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
We've a new post up on the blog highlighting some poetry books that we feel are perfectly suited to November.
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Poetry for the Pause — Wolsak & Wynn Publishers Ltd.
November often feels like the month we catch our breath before we plunge into the swirl and sparkle of the holiday season that is just around the corner. There’s still some light, and a few leaves on ...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
We've a new post up on the blog highlighting some poetry books that we feel are perfectly suited to November.
www.wolsakandwynn.ca/blog/2025/11...
www.wolsakandwynn.ca/blog/2025/11...
Vancouver friends, we're hoping you can join us tomorrow night for the double book launch of Katie Welch's Ladder for Heaven and Peter Darbyshire's The Wonder Lands War! Cross & Crow Books, 7pm. Come celebrate with us!
November 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Vancouver friends, we're hoping you can join us tomorrow night for the double book launch of Katie Welch's Ladder for Heaven and Peter Darbyshire's The Wonder Lands War! Cross & Crow Books, 7pm. Come celebrate with us!
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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
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
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
Part 4 of 4!
➡️ Featuring: @palimpsestpress.bsky.social, Plumleaf Press, The Porcupine's Quill, Brucedale Press, and @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
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Our latest #WritersBlock features @thesunnydhillon.com on his debut memoir, HIDE AND SIKH (@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social), how writing helps him make sense of the world, & the stories of growing up with racism he hopes will prepare others who share his experience.
🔗: alllitup.ca/writers-bloc...
🔗: alllitup.ca/writers-bloc...
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Our latest #WritersBlock features @thesunnydhillon.com on his debut memoir, HIDE AND SIKH (@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social), how writing helps him make sense of the world, & the stories of growing up with racism he hopes will prepare others who share his experience.
🔗: alllitup.ca/writers-bloc...
🔗: alllitup.ca/writers-bloc...
We've put together a series of RIYL's (recommended if you like) pairing our books with some well known titles to help readers find great CanLit books. This pairing is all about love, and gorgeous writing. You can learn more about Drinking the Ocean here: bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/dri...
November 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
We've put together a series of RIYL's (recommended if you like) pairing our books with some well known titles to help readers find great CanLit books. This pairing is all about love, and gorgeous writing. You can learn more about Drinking the Ocean here: bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/dri...
It's time for a new office window from the brilliant Joe Ollman!
November 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It's time for a new office window from the brilliant Joe Ollman!
Calgary friends, this fabulous panel on Censorship in Schools, which features our author Kit Dobson, is coming up this Thursday. You can register here:
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events.ucalgary.ca/arts/event/5...
University of Calgary
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November 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Calgary friends, this fabulous panel on Censorship in Schools, which features our author Kit Dobson, is coming up this Thursday. You can register here:
events.ucalgary.ca/arts/event/5...
events.ucalgary.ca/arts/event/5...
Backlist Mondays: The Western Alienation Merit Badge by Nancy Jo Cullen. Shortlisted for the ReLit Award for novels, A smart book dripping in Calgarian history, Merit Badge is dramatic queer coming of age set against the backdrop of the National Energy Program.
November 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Backlist Mondays: The Western Alienation Merit Badge by Nancy Jo Cullen. Shortlisted for the ReLit Award for novels, A smart book dripping in Calgarian history, Merit Badge is dramatic queer coming of age set against the backdrop of the National Energy Program.
If you know new authors who are looking into publishing, please do encourage them to engage in their due diligence about any company they may be contacting. The are many publishing scams now and with AI they are becoming increasingly difficult to spot:
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Lost in the plot: how would-be authors were fooled by AI staff and virtual offices in suspected global publishing scam
Book publishing websites in Australia, the UK and New Zealand appear to be using fake testimonials and AI staff pages to lure aspiring writers into handing over their money
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November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
If you know new authors who are looking into publishing, please do encourage them to engage in their due diligence about any company they may be contacting. The are many publishing scams now and with AI they are becoming increasingly difficult to spot:
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...