Coach House Books
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Coach House Books is an independent Canadian publisher of poetry, fiction, drama & nonfiction. Good on paper since 1965. https://linktr.ee/chbooks
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Now announcing the Coach House Books Fall 2026 slate of releases! 🌟
Browse our forthcoming titles (and pre-order them!) here: chbooks.com/Books/FORTHC...
Browse our forthcoming titles (and pre-order them!) here: chbooks.com/Books/FORTHC...
Please join us in congratulating Lisa Robertson, a finalist for the 2026 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for RIVERWORK!
Announcing finalists for the 2026 #AtwoodGibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize — congratulations to Zak Jones, Téa Mutonji, Lisa Robertson, Blair Palmer Yoxall, and Ashraf Zaghal. $70K winner announced Nov 10 at the #WTAwards
September 23, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Please join us in congratulating Lisa Robertson, a finalist for the 2026 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for RIVERWORK!
We hope to see you at Word On The Street this weekend, on Saturday, Sep. 26 and Sunday, Sep. 27!
Coach House Books will be at Booth 3 in David Pecaut Square, Toronto, from 11 AM to 6 PM on Saturday, and 10 AM to 5 PM on Sunday. 📚❤️
Coach House Books will be at Booth 3 in David Pecaut Square, Toronto, from 11 AM to 6 PM on Saturday, and 10 AM to 5 PM on Sunday. 📚❤️
September 21, 2026 at 7:17 PM
We hope to see you at Word On The Street this weekend, on Saturday, Sep. 26 and Sunday, Sep. 27!
Coach House Books will be at Booth 3 in David Pecaut Square, Toronto, from 11 AM to 6 PM on Saturday, and 10 AM to 5 PM on Sunday. 📚❤️
Coach House Books will be at Booth 3 in David Pecaut Square, Toronto, from 11 AM to 6 PM on Saturday, and 10 AM to 5 PM on Sunday. 📚❤️
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"Occasionally she takes her one good foot and applies it to surfaces otherwise flat and safe, the expressway progressing itself through her, expressly."
#SundaySentence
Acceptable Dissociations
Sina Queyras from Expressway (2009 @coachhousebooks.bsky.social) www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53528/...
#SundaySentence
Acceptable Dissociations
Sina Queyras from Expressway (2009 @coachhousebooks.bsky.social) www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53528/...
Acceptable Dissociations
1 Meanwhile the expressway’s hum, it roars into Her, the expressway cargo and tree-lined, stretched Radio towers, mowers its horns and hogs, its beef And…
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September 20, 2026 at 3:10 PM
"Occasionally she takes her one good foot and applies it to surfaces otherwise flat and safe, the expressway progressing itself through her, expressly."
#SundaySentence
Acceptable Dissociations
Sina Queyras from Expressway (2009 @coachhousebooks.bsky.social) www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53528/...
#SundaySentence
Acceptable Dissociations
Sina Queyras from Expressway (2009 @coachhousebooks.bsky.social) www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53528/...
Tomorrow from 10 to 5! We'll be at the Fisher Small & Fine Press Fair at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library (120 St. George St., Toronto) among many other excellent presses. See you there!
September 18, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Tomorrow from 10 to 5! We'll be at the Fisher Small & Fine Press Fair at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library (120 St. George St., Toronto) among many other excellent presses. See you there!
Lisa Robertson’s RIVERWORK in The New York Review’s October 8th issue!
‘The pleasures awaiting the reader are heady, immense, and radical.’ – Ange Mlinko
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
‘The pleasures awaiting the reader are heady, immense, and radical.’ – Ange Mlinko
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Flow Chart of Paris | Ange Mlinko
Books are no substitute for experience, and yet for most of us certain places are either out of reach or too expensive to inhabit for more than a
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September 17, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Lisa Robertson’s RIVERWORK in The New York Review’s October 8th issue!
‘The pleasures awaiting the reader are heady, immense, and radical.’ – Ange Mlinko
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
‘The pleasures awaiting the reader are heady, immense, and radical.’ – Ange Mlinko
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Maggie Helwig's (@maggiehelwig.bsky.social) ENCAMPMENT is a 2026 Toronto Heritage Book Award Nominee!
Learn more about the full list of nominees and the award here: www.heritagetoronto.org/programs/her...
Learn more about the full list of nominees and the award here: www.heritagetoronto.org/programs/her...
2026 Book Award Nominees - Heritage Toronto
Discover the 2026 Heritage Toronto Book Award nominees, which cover a range of heritage topics, from music history to multiculturalism.
www.heritagetoronto.org
September 17, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Maggie Helwig's (@maggiehelwig.bsky.social) ENCAMPMENT is a 2026 Toronto Heritage Book Award Nominee!
Learn more about the full list of nominees and the award here: www.heritagetoronto.org/programs/her...
Learn more about the full list of nominees and the award here: www.heritagetoronto.org/programs/her...
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The 2026 Giller Prize longlist includes six books published by Canadian-owned independent presses! Supporting Canadian stories, culture, writers, artists, and publishers is more important than ever.
September 17, 2026 at 3:15 PM
The 2026 Giller Prize longlist includes six books published by Canadian-owned independent presses! Supporting Canadian stories, culture, writers, artists, and publishers is more important than ever.
A packed launch last night for WOMEN, WALKING, edited by Zahra Ebrahim and Jane Farrow!
Thanks to everyone for coming out to support this anthology and making it such a fun night, to Zahra and Jane, and to all of the contributors (both in attendance and sending their support from afar). 🚶♀️📚❤️
Thanks to everyone for coming out to support this anthology and making it such a fun night, to Zahra and Jane, and to all of the contributors (both in attendance and sending their support from afar). 🚶♀️📚❤️
September 17, 2026 at 3:44 PM
A packed launch last night for WOMEN, WALKING, edited by Zahra Ebrahim and Jane Farrow!
Thanks to everyone for coming out to support this anthology and making it such a fun night, to Zahra and Jane, and to all of the contributors (both in attendance and sending their support from afar). 🚶♀️📚❤️
Thanks to everyone for coming out to support this anthology and making it such a fun night, to Zahra and Jane, and to all of the contributors (both in attendance and sending their support from afar). 🚶♀️📚❤️
Out Sep. 22 -- explore Dominique Béchard's SHADOW OF THE LIVING BRIGHTNESS via All Lit Up below 🤍
“Only the unknowable self is infinite.”
Dominique Béchard’s SHADOW OF THE LIVING BRIGHTNESS (@coachhousebooks.bsky.social) embraces uncertainty and feelings of discomfort to question interpretations of the self & being human.
Learn more & watch a reading by the poet: alllitup.ca/poetry-in-mo...
Dominique Béchard’s SHADOW OF THE LIVING BRIGHTNESS (@coachhousebooks.bsky.social) embraces uncertainty and feelings of discomfort to question interpretations of the self & being human.
Learn more & watch a reading by the poet: alllitup.ca/poetry-in-mo...
September 16, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Out Sep. 22 -- explore Dominique Béchard's SHADOW OF THE LIVING BRIGHTNESS via All Lit Up below 🤍
See you tonight for the Women, Walking launch in Toronto! Remarks from the editors, Zahra Ebrahim and Jane Farrow, will begin at 7:30 PM.
Tomorrow night! Celebrate Women, Walking: Notes on Lives in Motion with editors Zahra Ebrahim and Jane Farrow at Henderson Brewing Co, Toronto.
Full event details here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-launc... (RSVPs are helpful, but NOT necessary to attend! Please join us, even if we're sold out!)
Full event details here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-launc... (RSVPs are helpful, but NOT necessary to attend! Please join us, even if we're sold out!)
Book Launch for Women, Walking: Notes on Lives in Motion
Come hang out and dive into stories of women on the move, exploring life one step at a time.
www.eventbrite.ca
September 16, 2026 at 3:05 PM
See you tonight for the Women, Walking launch in Toronto! Remarks from the editors, Zahra Ebrahim and Jane Farrow, will begin at 7:30 PM.
Tomorrow night! Celebrate Women, Walking: Notes on Lives in Motion with editors Zahra Ebrahim and Jane Farrow at Henderson Brewing Co, Toronto.
Full event details here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-launc... (RSVPs are helpful, but NOT necessary to attend! Please join us, even if we're sold out!)
Full event details here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-launc... (RSVPs are helpful, but NOT necessary to attend! Please join us, even if we're sold out!)
Book Launch for Women, Walking: Notes on Lives in Motion
Come hang out and dive into stories of women on the move, exploring life one step at a time.
www.eventbrite.ca
September 15, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Tomorrow night! Celebrate Women, Walking: Notes on Lives in Motion with editors Zahra Ebrahim and Jane Farrow at Henderson Brewing Co, Toronto.
Full event details here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-launc... (RSVPs are helpful, but NOT necessary to attend! Please join us, even if we're sold out!)
Full event details here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-launc... (RSVPs are helpful, but NOT necessary to attend! Please join us, even if we're sold out!)
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#topoli Today on @spacing.bsky.social , a welcome break from the news cycle: Leora Bromberg on the rich intersection of Toronto’s laneways and the print shops that made their homes there. spacing.ca/toronto/2026... cc: @coachhousebooks.bsky.social
Intersections of print culture in Toronto's laneways - Spacing Toronto
The handprinted broadside below was one of my first and most memorable encounters with the works of Glenn Goluska (1947-2011), celebrated today as one of Canada’s most influential fine press printers....
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September 15, 2026 at 1:11 PM
#topoli Today on @spacing.bsky.social , a welcome break from the news cycle: Leora Bromberg on the rich intersection of Toronto’s laneways and the print shops that made their homes there. spacing.ca/toronto/2026... cc: @coachhousebooks.bsky.social
rob mclennan reviews Leigh Kotsilidis' Some of Us May Live, out Oct. 20:
Leigh Kotsilidis, Some of Us May Live / @coachhousebooks.bsky.social ;
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Leigh Kotsilidis, Some of Us May Live
SCIENTIFIC PREDICTABILITY Wolf believes science can predict his fate As if distant phenomena will tell him something pivotal: wh...
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September 14, 2026 at 2:48 PM
rob mclennan reviews Leigh Kotsilidis' Some of Us May Live, out Oct. 20:
THANK YOU FOR AN EXCELLENT #WAYZGOOSE26!
We had a great time last week at our annual Wayzgoose on bpNichol Lane. Thanks again to everyone who came out for a hot dog, take a tour of the Coach House presses, and support us by buying a book or two. 📚🪿
We had a great time last week at our annual Wayzgoose on bpNichol Lane. Thanks again to everyone who came out for a hot dog, take a tour of the Coach House presses, and support us by buying a book or two. 📚🪿
September 14, 2026 at 2:45 PM
THANK YOU FOR AN EXCELLENT #WAYZGOOSE26!
We had a great time last week at our annual Wayzgoose on bpNichol Lane. Thanks again to everyone who came out for a hot dog, take a tour of the Coach House presses, and support us by buying a book or two. 📚🪿
We had a great time last week at our annual Wayzgoose on bpNichol Lane. Thanks again to everyone who came out for a hot dog, take a tour of the Coach House presses, and support us by buying a book or two. 📚🪿
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Congratulations to five of our amazing OBPO members @biblioasis.bsky.social , @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @houseofanansi.bsky.social, and @palimpsestpress.bsky.social for having their titles longlisted for the #GillerPrize!
September 8, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Congratulations to five of our amazing OBPO members @biblioasis.bsky.social , @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @houseofanansi.bsky.social, and @palimpsestpress.bsky.social for having their titles longlisted for the #GillerPrize!
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The @coachhousebooks.bsky.social Wayzgoose party has been most excellent literary Toronto / Canada as ever tonight. September is a time (summer) for burning away the accumulated cynicism of the past months.
September 11, 2026 at 2:35 AM
The @coachhousebooks.bsky.social Wayzgoose party has been most excellent literary Toronto / Canada as ever tonight. September is a time (summer) for burning away the accumulated cynicism of the past months.
For Lisa Robertson fans: we have only THREE signed & stamped copies of Riverwork left: chbooks.com/Books/R/Rive...
(Purchase a paperback as normal and we'll fulfill your order with one of our last copies; we'll update this post when we're totally out.)
(Purchase a paperback as normal and we'll fulfill your order with one of our last copies; we'll update this post when we're totally out.)
September 10, 2026 at 5:07 PM
For Lisa Robertson fans: we have only THREE signed & stamped copies of Riverwork left: chbooks.com/Books/R/Rive...
(Purchase a paperback as normal and we'll fulfill your order with one of our last copies; we'll update this post when we're totally out.)
(Purchase a paperback as normal and we'll fulfill your order with one of our last copies; we'll update this post when we're totally out.)
Lisa Robertson's Riverwork has been shortlisted for the 2026 American Library in Paris Book Award!
Learn more about the award and the full shortlist here: americanlibraryinparis.org/bookaward/
Learn more about the award and the full shortlist here: americanlibraryinparis.org/bookaward/
September 10, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Lisa Robertson's Riverwork has been shortlisted for the 2026 American Library in Paris Book Award!
Learn more about the award and the full shortlist here: americanlibraryinparis.org/bookaward/
Learn more about the award and the full shortlist here: americanlibraryinparis.org/bookaward/
See you tonight at 5 (and later)! Bring your cash for drink tickets! 🍻🪿
Our 2026 Wayzgoose will be on Thursday, September 10 at the Coach House (80 bpNichol Lane, Toronto)! Join us for books, beer, and our famous hotdogs: www.eventbrite.ca/e/coach-hous...
Coach House Books 2026 Wayzgoose!
The annual Wayzgoose party at Coach House Books.
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September 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
See you tonight at 5 (and later)! Bring your cash for drink tickets! 🍻🪿
Just in time for #Wayzgoose26 tomorrow night: a brand new picnic table and cutter for the Coach House!
We had been using our old cutter to trim all of our books since 1979! Our old picnic table was also very well-loved and well-used. Huge thank you to John for this beautiful new one.
We had been using our old cutter to trim all of our books since 1979! Our old picnic table was also very well-loved and well-used. Huge thank you to John for this beautiful new one.
September 9, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Just in time for #Wayzgoose26 tomorrow night: a brand new picnic table and cutter for the Coach House!
We had been using our old cutter to trim all of our books since 1979! Our old picnic table was also very well-loved and well-used. Huge thank you to John for this beautiful new one.
We had been using our old cutter to trim all of our books since 1979! Our old picnic table was also very well-loved and well-used. Huge thank you to John for this beautiful new one.
Happy pub day to The Point! by Nasser Hussain!!!
Missing everything but the point: visual poetry celebrating excitement, with a beautiful cover of silver foil on pink felt stock!
Buy your copy here: chbooks.com/Books/T/The-...
Missing everything but the point: visual poetry celebrating excitement, with a beautiful cover of silver foil on pink felt stock!
Buy your copy here: chbooks.com/Books/T/The-...
September 8, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Happy pub day to The Point! by Nasser Hussain!!!
Missing everything but the point: visual poetry celebrating excitement, with a beautiful cover of silver foil on pink felt stock!
Buy your copy here: chbooks.com/Books/T/The-...
Missing everything but the point: visual poetry celebrating excitement, with a beautiful cover of silver foil on pink felt stock!
Buy your copy here: chbooks.com/Books/T/The-...
This Thursday, in Toronto! All are welcome, whether you're a longtime Wayzgoose attendee or if you're newly interested in looking around our press with an impromptu tour. Or even if you just want a free hot dog and cheap beer.
Please scrounge up your change and small bills for us! 🍻
Please scrounge up your change and small bills for us! 🍻
Our 2026 Wayzgoose will be on Thursday, September 10 at the Coach House (80 bpNichol Lane, Toronto)! Join us for books, beer, and our famous hotdogs: www.eventbrite.ca/e/coach-hous...
Coach House Books 2026 Wayzgoose!
The annual Wayzgoose party at Coach House Books.
www.eventbrite.ca
September 8, 2026 at 2:44 PM
This Thursday, in Toronto! All are welcome, whether you're a longtime Wayzgoose attendee or if you're newly interested in looking around our press with an impromptu tour. Or even if you just want a free hot dog and cheap beer.
Please scrounge up your change and small bills for us! 🍻
Please scrounge up your change and small bills for us! 🍻
We're thrilled that Lisa Robertson's RIVERWORK has been longlisted for the 2026 Giller Prize!
Read more about the full Longlist below. 📚
Read more about the full Longlist below. 📚
Fourteen remarkable Canadian authors have been named to the 2026 #GillerPrize longlist. These exceptional novels were chosen from more than 140 works of fiction submitted by publishers across Canada. gillerprize.ca/the-giller-p... #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature
The Giller Prize Presents its 2026 Longlist
September 8, 2026 (Toronto, Ontario) – Fourteen remarkable Canadian authors have been named to the 2026 Giller Prize longlist. These exceptional novels were chosen from more than 140 works of fiction ...
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September 8, 2026 at 2:10 PM
We're thrilled that Lisa Robertson's RIVERWORK has been longlisted for the 2026 Giller Prize!
Read more about the full Longlist below. 📚
Read more about the full Longlist below. 📚
THIS THURSDAY! RSVP to the 2026 Wayzgoose below. 🪿📚🌭
Our 2026 Wayzgoose will be on Thursday, September 10 at the Coach House (80 bpNichol Lane, Toronto)! Join us for books, beer, and our famous hotdogs: www.eventbrite.ca/e/coach-hous...
Coach House Books 2026 Wayzgoose!
The annual Wayzgoose party at Coach House Books.
www.eventbrite.ca
September 7, 2026 at 2:01 PM
THIS THURSDAY! RSVP to the 2026 Wayzgoose below. 🪿📚🌭
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Wow, this beautiful book by Dominique Béchard lives up to its name.
Out Sept. 22 with @coachhousebooks.bsky.social: chbooks.com/Books/S/Shad...
I had the pleasure of writing this for the cover:
Out Sept. 22 with @coachhousebooks.bsky.social: chbooks.com/Books/S/Shad...
I had the pleasure of writing this for the cover:
September 5, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Wow, this beautiful book by Dominique Béchard lives up to its name.
Out Sept. 22 with @coachhousebooks.bsky.social: chbooks.com/Books/S/Shad...
I had the pleasure of writing this for the cover:
Out Sept. 22 with @coachhousebooks.bsky.social: chbooks.com/Books/S/Shad...
I had the pleasure of writing this for the cover: