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AVAILABLE NOW! 📚

The African Prince, the Translator, and the Nazi by Didier Leclair is out now!

Set in Nazi-occupied Paris, this gripping historical novel follows an African prince, his translator, and those caught in a dangerous web of diamonds, resistance, deception, and survival.

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September 23, 2026 at 3:07 PM
📚 THROWBACK THURSDAY

Revisiting Belief by Mayank Bhatt — a powerful literary novel about faith, suspicion, identity and family.

#ThrowbackThursday #CanLit #LiteraryFiction #MawenziHouse #SouthAsianLiterature

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May 28, 2026 at 3:59 PM
TONIGHT! CIUT 89.6FM 10pm - 11pm Host @hollay.bsky.social talks to Ann Cavlovic @anncavlovic.bsky.social
about her novel “Count On Me” @guernicaeditions.bsky.social & @valentinoassenza.bsky.social talks to Rabindranath Maharaj about his book “A Quiet Disappearance” @mawenzihouse TUNE IN TONIGHT!
December 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This #ThrowbackThursday, we are revisiting Picture Bride by C. Fong Hsiung. It is moving novel about migration, loneliness, identity and the quiet search for belonging.

#MawenziHouse #PictureBride #ThrowbackReads #CanadianBooks #LiteraryFiction #DiasporaLiterature #IndiePublisher
May 21, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Throwback Thursday 📚✨

The Chinese Knot and Other Stories by Lien Chao explores migration, identity, race, loneliness, and belonging in Toronto’s multicultural communities and it does so with so much emotional honesty.

#BookTok #CanadianLit #AsianCanadianVoices #IndiePublishing #MawenziHouse
May 14, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Karaikhola Flows launched yesterday at Audrey’s Books in Edmonton to an incredible turnout.

People filled seats to celebrate literature together.

Congratulations to Saraswoti, and thank you to everyone who made the evening unforgettable 💙📚

#KaraikholaFlows #BookLaunch #MawenziHouse
June 2, 2026 at 3:43 PM
✨ It’s publication day! ✨

*I Was Born with Sand in My Eyes* by Moustapha Mohamed Chein is officially available in print and eBook.

This evocative poetry collection explores identity, memory, exile, love and belonging.

Congratulations, Moustapha! 📚🎉

#MawenziHouse #PublicationDay #CanadianPoetry
August 27, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Join us for the launch of Crescendo by Mekyle Ali Qadir

📅 June 29, 2026
🕡 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
📍 The Mauril-Bélanger Social Innovation Workshop (The Atelier)
95 Clegg Street, Ottawa, ON K1S 1C4

Scan the QR code to RSVP @ottawasmallpress.bsky.social @carleton.ca

#MawenziHouse #BookLaunch #Crescendo
June 23, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Happy Africa Day 🌍

Today, we celebrate African stories that continue to challenge, heal, remember and inspire across generations and borders.

We are proud to celebrate the richness, diversity and power of African literature. ❤️

#AfricaDay #AfricanBooks #AfricanWriters #MawenziHouse
May 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Montreal, thank you! 📚✨

A wonderful evening at Argo Bookshop celebrating Daniel Maluka and *Unwashed* with poetry, conversation and community.

📖 *Unwashed* is available from Mawenzi House Publishers.

#DanielMaluka #Unwashed #MawenziHouse #Poetry #CanLit
August 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
“The text is never truly complete until it is breathed into the air.”

Moustapha Mohamed Chein, author of I Was Born with Sand in My Eyes.

Explore excerpts from our conversation and click the link below to read the full interview.
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/08/12-o...

#MawenziHouse #Poetry
August 25, 2026 at 2:09 PM
We have another September event! 📚✨

Join us in Ottawa for a Joint Poetry Reading with Mekyle Ali Qadir, author of Crescendo, and Fareh Malik, author of Streams That Lead Somewhere.

📅 Sept. 23 | 6 PM
📍 Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa
📚 Presented with Octopus Books

#Ottawa #Poetry #MawenziHouse
September 3, 2026 at 2:28 PM
🏳️‍🌈 HAPPY PRIDE MONTH 🏳️‍🌈

This Pride Month, we’re celebrating voices across our catalogue that speak to identity, tenderness, self-discovery, resistance, joy and all the beautiful complexity of being human.
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#PrideMonth #MawenziHouse #QueerStories
June 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Friday Author Feature: Saraswoti Lamichhane ✨

Poet and translator Saraswoti Lamichhane explores migration, rivers and belonging across Nepal and Canada in Karaikhola Flows.

📚 Available from Mawenzi House.
#SaraswotiLamichhane #KaraikholaFlows #MawenziHouse
May 22, 2026 at 4:25 PM
May is Asian Heritage Month

Celebrating some of the extraordinary Asian Canadian voices at Mawenzi House — Sabyasachi Nag, Sarmad Sehbai, Fareh Malik, Manahil & Nimra Bandukwala, and Safia Fazlul.

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#AsianHeritageMonth #CanLit #MawenziHouse
May 8, 2026 at 3:20 PM
📚 Join us for An Evening with Daniel Maluka!

Celebrate Unwashed with a live reading, conversation and book signing.

📍 Argo Bookshop, Montréal
📅 August 11, 2026 | 🕖 7:00 PM

🎟️ Free RSVP: www.ticketsource.com/argo-booksho...

#DanielMaluka #Unwashed #MontrealEvents #MawenziHouse
July 27, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Ever wondered about the stories behind Crescendo? 📖

Our latest title, Crescendo by Mekyle Ali Qadir, explores identity, migration, mysticism and the music that exists between cultures and languages.

Swipe through to discover the inspirations behind the poems.

#Crescendo #MawenziHouse #Poetry
July 22, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Happy Canada Day 🇨🇦

We are proud to be a publisher that makes room for stories like these; West Indian, Nepali, Ghanaian, South Asian and diaspora voices, all under one Canadian roof.

📚 Explore the catalogue — link in bio

#CanadaDay #MawenziHouse #CanLit #IndependentPublishing
July 1, 2026 at 2:17 PM
This month we’re opening the Mawenzi House archives and assigning books to World Cup teams based on VIBES.

Arrival of the Snake-Woman
A Phial of Passing Memories
The Alphabet of Aliens
A Quiet Disappearance

Welcome to Reading the World Cup.

#ReadingTheWorldCup #BookTok #WorldCup #MawenziHouse
June 4, 2026 at 3:13 PM
☀️ Your summer TBR starts here.

Poetry, fiction and unforgettable stories from Mawenzi House.

Which book are you reading first? 📚

#SummerReads #CanLit #ReadCanadian #MawenziHouse
July 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
From Nepal to the diaspora, Karaikhola Flows by Saraswoti Lamichhane explores memory, migration, mythology and the enduring search for home.

As poet Peter Midgley writes, the collection "asks an eternal question: what and where, is home?"

#CanadianPoetry #KaraikholaFlows #MawenziHouse
July 15, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Join us at Another Story Bookshop for the book launch of Taslīm: We Are the Prophets, Poems on a Coptic Girlhood by Carolyn Ramzy on Monday, July 14 at 7 PM.

Carolyn will be in conversation with Fady Shanouda. RSVP here: buytickets.at/mawenzihouse...
July 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Big news! 🎉

West of West Indian by Linzey Corridon has been selected for the 2026 National Caribbean American Heritage Month Book List by the Institute of Caribbean Studies. 🎉📚

Congratulations to Linzey on this well-deserved recognition. 💛

#CaribbeanLiterature #MawenziHouse
May 19, 2026 at 4:49 PM
THE WORLD CUP STARTS TODAY. ⚽📚🔥
Group B is live.
🇨🇦 Canada → Waiting for the Rain
🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina → Confluences I
🇶🇦 Qatar → An Island Is a World
🇨🇭 Switzerland → Behind the Face of Winter
Which team are you reading with? 👇
#ReadingTheWorldCup #WorldCup2026 #MawenziHouse
June 11, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Victoria Day long weekend plans? ☕📚

From Trachea to Karaikhola Flows, from Taslim to A Quiet Disappearance, these are the kinds of stories perfect for slow mornings and long evenings.

What’s on your reading list this weekend? 🌿

#VictoriaDayWeekend #WeekendReads #ReadCanadian #MawenziHouse
May 15, 2026 at 4:38 PM