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!
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...
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.
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.
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
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!
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!
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.
Vancouver friends, our double book launch for Katie Welch and Peter Darbyshire is just one week away. We hope you can join us at Cross & Crow Books (2836 Commercial Drive) on November 20th at 7 pm to celebrate!
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Vancouver friends, our double book launch for Katie Welch and Peter Darbyshire is just one week away. We hope you can join us at Cross & Crow Books (2836 Commercial Drive) on November 20th at 7 pm to celebrate!
We'd like to share this excerpt from Armand Garnet Ruffo's The Dialogues: The Song of Francis Pegahmagabow for Remembrance Day.
You can learn more about the book here: bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/the...
You can learn more about the book here: bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/the...
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We'd like to share this excerpt from Armand Garnet Ruffo's The Dialogues: The Song of Francis Pegahmagabow for Remembrance Day.
You can learn more about the book here: bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/the...
You can learn more about the book here: bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/the...
Backlist Mondays: Love Despite the Ache by Chris Pannell, winner of the Hamilton Arts Council Literary Award. Navigating complex narratives of grief and mortality, Pannell weaves his way though complex and often painful memories in the beautiful collection.
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Backlist Mondays: Love Despite the Ache by Chris Pannell, winner of the Hamilton Arts Council Literary Award. Navigating complex narratives of grief and mortality, Pannell weaves his way though complex and often painful memories in the beautiful collection.
It's wonderful to see Whitney French's brilliant novel and Sunny Dhillon's fabulous memoir on the great CBC list:
www.cbc.ca/books/14-can...
www.cbc.ca/books/14-can...
November 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It's wonderful to see Whitney French's brilliant novel and Sunny Dhillon's fabulous memoir on the great CBC list:
www.cbc.ca/books/14-can...
www.cbc.ca/books/14-can...
We've a lovely interview with Mariam Pirbhai up at the Story Circle Network. You can read it at the link:
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November 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
We've a lovely interview with Mariam Pirbhai up at the Story Circle Network. You can read it at the link:
storycirclenetwork.substack.com/p/an-intervi...
storycirclenetwork.substack.com/p/an-intervi...
Backlist Mondays: Yardwork, A Biography of Urban Place by Daniel Coleman. Shortlisted for the RBC Taylor prize and winner of the Kerry Schooley Award. In this complex book, Coleman asks questions about land and belonging that are steeped in the history of the six nations that call this land home.
November 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Backlist Mondays: Yardwork, A Biography of Urban Place by Daniel Coleman. Shortlisted for the RBC Taylor prize and winner of the Kerry Schooley Award. In this complex book, Coleman asks questions about land and belonging that are steeped in the history of the six nations that call this land home.
Our last post for Hamilton Days, highlighting brilliant essays and writing from Hamilton authors Gary Barwin, Daniel Coleman and Margaret Nowaczyk. You can learn more about all their books here: www.wolsakandwynn.ca
November 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Our last post for Hamilton Days, highlighting brilliant essays and writing from Hamilton authors Gary Barwin, Daniel Coleman and Margaret Nowaczyk. You can learn more about all their books here: www.wolsakandwynn.ca
Toronto Friends, come down this afternoon to the Meet the Presses Indie Lit Marketplace at the Cecil Community Centre, 12 to 4 pm - we'll be there with all our most recent books along with many other fabulous presses.
November 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Toronto Friends, come down this afternoon to the Meet the Presses Indie Lit Marketplace at the Cecil Community Centre, 12 to 4 pm - we'll be there with all our most recent books along with many other fabulous presses.
Highlighting a few more Hamilton writers for Hamilton Days we thought we'd showcase Sally Cooper's sweeping novel With My Back to the World, Rachael Preston's brilliant historical novel Fishers of Paradise and Nicola Winstanley's searing collection Smoke. Visit www.wolsakandwynn.ca to learn more.
November 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Highlighting a few more Hamilton writers for Hamilton Days we thought we'd showcase Sally Cooper's sweeping novel With My Back to the World, Rachael Preston's brilliant historical novel Fishers of Paradise and Nicola Winstanley's searing collection Smoke. Visit www.wolsakandwynn.ca to learn more.
It's Hamilton Days this weekend in Hamilton, and lots of local businesses are participating. We're taking this opportunity to highlight some of our books by Hamilton authors. You can learn more about Hamilton Days here: hamiltonday.ca And these books here: bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/the...
October 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It's Hamilton Days this weekend in Hamilton, and lots of local businesses are participating. We're taking this opportunity to highlight some of our books by Hamilton authors. You can learn more about Hamilton Days here: hamiltonday.ca And these books here: bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/the...
Toronto friends, this Sunday is Meet the Presses, the longest running and perhaps most interesting small press book fair in the city, (they even give out the BP Nichol Chap Book Award.) It's at the Cecil Community Centre from 12 to 5 pm and we'd love to see you there!
October 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Toronto friends, this Sunday is Meet the Presses, the longest running and perhaps most interesting small press book fair in the city, (they even give out the BP Nichol Chap Book Award.) It's at the Cecil Community Centre from 12 to 5 pm and we'd love to see you there!
Backlist Mondays: The Midnight Games by David Neil Lee. Winner of the Kerry Schooley Award, part horror and part mystery, The Midnight Games is filled with unusual monsters and complex plots set against the background of the old Ivor Wynn Stadium
October 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Backlist Mondays: The Midnight Games by David Neil Lee. Winner of the Kerry Schooley Award, part horror and part mystery, The Midnight Games is filled with unusual monsters and complex plots set against the background of the old Ivor Wynn Stadium
Katie Welch and James Cairns will be at Another Story tomorrow on Monday! We hope to see you there!
October 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Katie Welch and James Cairns will be at Another Story tomorrow on Monday! We hope to see you there!
London, Ontario friends, we hope you can join James Cairns and Saad T. Farooqi for a fabulous discussion at Little Wren books on October 30th at 7 pm. It's sure to be a great event!
October 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
London, Ontario friends, we hope you can join James Cairns and Saad T. Farooqi for a fabulous discussion at Little Wren books on October 30th at 7 pm. It's sure to be a great event!
Toronto friends, we'd love to see you at Meet the Presses. November 2nd at The Cecil Community Centre on 58 Cecil Street. We'll be there from 12 to 5 along with many other brilliant small press publishers. You'll find books you won't find anywhere else.
October 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Toronto friends, we'd love to see you at Meet the Presses. November 2nd at The Cecil Community Centre on 58 Cecil Street. We'll be there from 12 to 5 along with many other brilliant small press publishers. You'll find books you won't find anywhere else.