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Talonbooks@talonbooks· 17h

August 12 is #QuébecBookDay! The literary scene in Québec is world class and Talonbooks has the joy of publishing so many incredible authors based throughout the province. Here are some recent and forthcoming books by Québec-based authors that we think you'll love. talonbooks.com/news/quebec-...

On a light grey background, there is a grid of six books in two rows of three. Across the top, it reads August 12 is Québec Book Day Le 12 août, j'achéte un livre Québécois.

Top row, L to R: Sailors Can't Swim by Dominique Scali, translated by Jessica Moore, A Great Consolation by Michel Tremblay, translated by Linda Gaboriau, SUBTEXT by Nicole Raziya Fong

Bottom row, L to R: The Tao of the World by Jovanni Sy, Uiesh / Somewhere by Joséphine Bacon translated by Jessica Moore, and Convivialities by Michael Nardone.

Beside each of the books is a brief description.

Talonbooks@talonbooks· 6d

August is Women in Translation Month! It's exciting to see translated works (and the highly skilled women in the field) get more shine in recent years. The work of translation is the work of connection, it's essential.⁠ We're marking the occasion with 3 amazing books. talonbooks.com/news/women-i...

Talonbooks@talonbooks· 21d

Growing My Way Home by Jenn Ashton is a finalist for the 2026 Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society’s fourth annual Book Awards for BC Authors in the Indigenous Voices category! A huge congratulations, Jenn! See all of this year's finalists here: www.scwes.ca

Talonbooks@talonbooks· 26d

Two Talonbooks authors, Mercedes Eng and A Jamali Rad, are on the 2025 #WarlandAward Longlist judged this year by Phanuel Antwi! The Warland Award annually recognizes an outstanding hybrid-genre work published in Canada. ⁠ Congratulations, Mercedes and A! ⁠ warlandaward.ca #hybridforms

Talonbooks@talonbooks· 29d

July is Disability Pride Month! It’s always a good time of year to read books by D/disabled authors. If you’re looking for recs from recent years, Talonbooks has got you covered with cutting-edge works of poetry, fiction, and hybrid forms to immerse yourself in. talonbooks.com/news/disabil...

The top of the image reads "Disability Pride Month Reading List." The border of the image is a salmon pink. In the centre of the image is a Disability pride flag. Over top of this in two rows of three are book recommendations by disabled authors.

Top row, L to R: Save Your Prayers – Send Money by Jónína Kirton
Growing My Way Home by Jenn Ashton
allostatic load by Junie Désil

Second row, L to R: th book uv lost passwords 1 by bill bissett
Pearl by George Bowering
No Town Called We by Nikki Reimer

Talonbooks@talonbooks· Jul 9

Vancouver! Head to the Wil Aballe gallery (1375 Railspur Alley) to enjoy over fifty original artworks by the legendary bill bissett! bissett will be in attendance on July 22 from 6–8 p.m. PDT. Hope to see you there!⁠ #Art #Poetry #YVRArts

Talonbooks@talonbooks· Jul 1

Need a new beach read*? Get 30% off of these Talon titles that have made book prize lists in 2026 when you order them from our site! Enter the code SUMMER2630 at checkout. Offer is valid until July 31, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. PT. talonbooks.com/news/talonbo... *We like unconventional beach reads best!

Talonbooks@talonbooks· Jun 26

Mercedes Eng, author of cop city swagger, Prison Industrial Complex Explodes and more, is one of the #poets performing at Mashed Poetics 82: Hole’s Live Through This. Head to Lana Lou’s on July 9 for an evening of music and poetry from a truly stellar lineup. www.facebook.com/events/36763...

Talonbooks@talonbooks· Jun 25

We are overjoyed to share that ᑳᐯᓵᑳᐢᑌᐠ reuben quinn has won the 2026 Indigenous Voices Award for Published Prose for ᑭᐢᑭᓱᒥᑐᐠ kiskisomitok: ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ to remind each and one another!⁠ A huge congratulations to reuben and all of this year's winners! indigenousvoicesawards.org/home-page #IVAS2026

Talonbooks@talonbooks· Jun 21

June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day! To mark the occasion, we’ve put together a reading list of Indigenous-authored titles from the Talonbooks backlist for you to check out.⁠ talonbooks.com/news/nationa... #NIPD26 #BookSky💙📚 #ReadIndigenous

Talonbooks@talonbooks· Jun 17

Samantha Annie Bernstein reviews Hajer Mirwali’s award-winning collection Revolutions alongside Eric Schmaltz’s new book of #poetry I Confess in The Miramichi Reader. miramichireader.ca/2026/06/trut...

Talonbooks@talonbooks· Jun 12

Elee Kraljii Gardiner is bringing sometimes, forest to a city near you! Accompany @eleekg.bsky.social along with a host of amazing #poets and performers on a stroll through the woods at @shelflifebooks.bsky.social, Magpie Books, Bar Milton-Parc, Perfect Books, Novel Idea Bookstore, and Flying Books!

A tour poster for sometimes, forest by Elee Kraljii Gardiner. The background is a section of the cover of sometimes, forest faded in colour.

Tour Dates: ⁠
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June 16: Shelf Life Books, Calgary⁠
June 18: Magpie Books, Edmonton⁠
June 22: Bar Milton-Parc, Montréal⁠
June 23: Perfect Books, Ottawa⁠
June 24: Novel Idea Bookstore, Kingston⁠
June 25: Flying Books on College Street, Toronto⁠

Talonbooks@talonbooks· Jun 11

Hajer Mirwali has won the 2026 Trillium Book Award for Poetry for her debut book Revolutions! This powerful work looks at the linking forces of shame, pleasure, and surveillance. Congratulations on this well-deserved win, Hajer! Go Revolutions! 🌀📚️ #Poetry #Booksky💙📚 www.ontariocreates.ca

The background is a spiral in sand. The graphic reads "2026 Trillium Book Award for Poetry Winner: Revolutions, Hajer Mirwali". The book cover of Revolutions is centred and the author photo of Hajer Mirwali smiling with her arms crossed is in an award-shaped cut out to the right of the book cover.

Talonbooks@talonbooks· Jun 10

New review! @melanie-b-f.bsky.social writes a lovely, thoughtful piece about Save Your Prayers – Send Money by @jkirton.bsky.social in the @winnipegfreepress.com. #Booksky💙📚 www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

A copy of Save Your Prayers – Send Money by Jónína Kirton is perched on a thick tree branch overlooking the Fraser River.

Talonbooks@talonbooks· Jun 9

We are thrilled to share that ᑳᐯᓵᑳᐢᑌᐠ reuben quinn has won the @writersguildab.bsky.social 2026 Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction for his incredible book ᑭᐢᑭᓱᒥᑐᐠ kiskisomitok: ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ to remind each and one another! #Nonfiction #IndigenousLiterature #TBRList writersguild.ca/2026-alberta...

Talonbooks@talonbooks· Jun 5

It's Pride Month! We’re happy to take any opportunity to celebrate 2SLGBTQIA+ voices, perspectives, art, and self-expression. Talonbooks has put together a reading list of titles by queer and gender diverse authors to put on your radar for Pride. Learn more here: talonbooks.com/news/pride-2...

A purple border. Along the bottom it reads "Pride Month Reads from talonbooks." In the centre are rainbow sequins. There are three rows of three books in the middle.

Top row, left to right: SUBTEXT by Nicole Raziya Fong, Full-Metal Indigiqueer by Joshua Whitehead, and Dear Chekhov by Michel Tremblay translated by Linda Gaboriau

Middle row, left to right: Jump Scare by Daniel Zomparelli, Verbal Violence by Danielle LaFrance, Heartlines: A Love Story by Sarah Waisvisz

Bottom row, left to right: the berry takes the shape of the bloom by andrea bennett, Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule, tours, variously by Drew McEwan

Talonbooks@talonbooks· Jun 4

Hajer Mirwali has won the 2026 Gerald Lampert Award for a debut book of #poetry! Remarkable in content and style, Revolutions is a mighty debut. Congratulations, Hajer! See all of the winners of this year’s League of Canadian Poets Book Awards here:⁠ ⁠ poets.ca/lcp-book-awa... #BookSky📚💙 #TBRPile

Four books copies of Revolution in a square formation. Atop these in the middle is an elevated copy of Revolutions.

Talonbooks@talonbooks· Jun 3

June is Indigenous History Month! If you want to mark the occasion with a book, we’ve put together a reading list of some truly excellent titles that range from personal to public, funny to unsettling, and deep to the whimsical. talonbooks.com/news/indigen...

Along the bottom is an orange banner that reads "Indigenous History Month Reading List" under this it says "fiction poetry drama nonfiction".

Above this are three rows of four covers.

Top row, left to right: Save Your Prayers – Send Money by Jónína Kirton, Growing My Way Home by Jenn Ashton, Uiesh / Somewhere by Joséphine Bacon translated by Jessica Moore, and White Noise by Taran Kootenhayoo

Middle row, left to right: Space Girl by Frances Koncan, ᑭᐢᑭᓱᒥᑐᐠ kiskisomitok by reuben quinn, A Family of Dreamers by Samantha nock, Lha yudit'ih We Always Find A Way by Lorraine Weir with Chief Roger William

Bottom row, left to right: Price Paid by Bev Sellars, Seven Sacred Truths by Wanda John-Kehewin, Injun by Jordan Abel, and On Thin Ice by Drew Hayden Taylor.

Talonbooks@talonbooks· May 29

Toronto! Celebrate the launch of sometimes, forest by Vancouver Poet Laureate @eleekg.bsky.social! Kraljii Gardiner will be performing alongside author and musician Gary Barwin. Attendance is free! For more details and to RSVP, click here: www.eventbrite.com/e/sometimes-...

Talonbooks@talonbooks· May 27

We're thrilled to see Revolutions by Hajer Mirwali, Crowd Source by Cecily Nicholson, and Uiesh / Somewhere by Joséphine Bacon and translated by Jessica Moore on the League of Canadian Poets book award shortlists! A huge congratulations to all! #Booksky💙📚 poets.ca/shortlist-20...

An all black background. In yellow across the top, it reads: Gerald Lampert Award Shortlist. Centred is the cover image of Revolutions by Hajer Mirwali. Underneath it reads Revolutions by Hajer Mirwali, Talonbooks.

All black background. Across the top it reads "Raymond Souster Award Shortlist". Then is the cover image of Crowd Source by Cecily Nicholson. Underneath it reads Crowd Source by Cecily Nicholson, Talonbooks.

All black background. Across the top it reads "Pat Lowther Award Shortlist". Then a cover image of Uiesh / Somewhere by Joséphine Bacon, translated by Jessica Moore. Underneath it reads Uiesh / Somewhere by Joséphine Bacon translated by Jessica Moore, Talonbooks.

Talonbooks@talonbooks· May 26

Hello from the 50th anniversary Canadian Association for Theatre Research Conference in Victoria! Come visit Talonbooks in the lobby of the Phoenix Theatre at University of Victoria! We’ll be here until May 29. Can’t wait to see you and talk theatre! 🎭 #CATR26 #Theatre

Talonbooks@talonbooks· May 21

One week until this evening of poetry at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social! On May 28, enjoy poetry readings from four poets with deep ties to Alberta. Catch @ryanfitzpublic.bsky.social, @scottjackshaw.bsky.social, Jun-Long Lee, and Jason Purcell sharing work from their new #books. www.audreys.ca/events

Talonbooks@talonbooks· May 20

Talonbooks authors are well represented on the longlists for the 2026 League of Canadian Poets Book Awards! Congratulations to Cecily Nicholson (Crowd Source), Joséphine Bacon and Jessica Moore (Uiesh / Somewhere), Rahat Kurd (The Book of Z), and Hajer Mirwali (Revolutions)! poets.ca/longlist-2026/

Talonbooks@talonbooks· May 14

May is Asian Heritage Month! Talon has put together a reading list of some cool, unique titles that belong in your library. Dive into the craft and creativity of a diverse roster of authors of Asian heritage working in poetry, drama, comedy, and nonfiction.⁠ ⁠ talonbooks.com/news/asian-h...

The background is a book opening with its pages fanned upward. In the middle it reads "ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH READING LIST"

Across the top are four books. L to R, they are: wet by Leanne Dunic, The Tao of the World by Jovanni Sy, Revolutions by Hajer Mirwali, and The Book of Z by Rahat Kurd.

Across the bottom are four more titles. L to R, they are: Speaking through the Night by Wajdi Mouawad, Music at the Heart of Thinking by Fred Wah, cop city swagger by Mercedes Eng, and A Child's Seance by Weyman Chan.

Talonbooks@talonbooks· May 13

6/6 Have you ever wanted to weaponize the email thread as a form? Danielle LaFrance has. Verbal Violence unravels, dissects, and shreds the language of the professional managerial class.⁠ Check out all of these titles at talonbooks.com or at your favourite local independent book store!

Verbal Violence by Danielle LaFrance on a tree branch amid trees, rocks, and river.

Talonbooks@talonbooks· May 13

5/6 SUBTEXT by Nicole Raziya Fong is a dreamy book is bursting at its cover seams with postcolonial poetry, philosophy, and threads of theatre as well as visual art. SUBTEXT keeps readers thinking, reflecting, and dreaming from cover to cover.⁠

SUBTEXT being held up in front of the Fraser River.

Talonbooks@talonbooks· May 13

4/6 Pictured here ensconced in greenery just like the contents of the collection itself, sometimes, forest by @eleekg.bsky.social is a glorious, riotous walk through both forest and life paths.⁠

sometimes, forest by Elee Kraljii Gardiner perches amid cedar and ivy.

Talonbooks@talonbooks· May 13

2/6 The next spring 2026 title is Pearl by George Bowering⁠! ⁠ Rich with delightful levity and whimsy and great depths of reflection, Pearl is a testament to the magical wordsmithery of George Bowering.⁠ ⁠

Pearl by George Bowering resting in a shrub of white rhododendrons.

Talonbooks@talonbooks· May 13

1/6 Our spring 2026 #poetry titles are modelling their gorgeous covers in the sun. #BookSky💙📚 Up first is Beautiful Unknown Future by Taryn Hubbard⁠! Witty and sincere, this collection holds space for messy feelings about motherhood and care, the climate crisis, family ghosts, and office dynamics.⁠

A copy of Beautiful Unknown Future by Taryn Hubbard held up in front of a flowering lilac tree.

Talonbooks@talonbooks· May 12

ᑭᐢᑭᓱᒥᑐᐠ kiskisomitok: ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ to remind each and one another by ᑳᐯᓵᑳᐢᑌᐠ reuben quinn is on the shortlist for the Indigenous Voices Award for Published Prose! A huge congratulations to ᑳᐯᓵᑳᐢᑌᐠ reuben quinn and to all of the shortlisted authors!⁠ indigenousvoicesawards.org/home-page