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🂎 Dominoes at the Crossroads by Kaie Kellough (Véhicule Press)

Winner of the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction, these stories reimagine Black histories and futures through characters navigating race by way of dreams and aspirations.

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A 50 Books for 50 Years graphic featuring the cover of This is War by Hannah Moscovitch. This cover features a close-up illustration of a domino. The tile is split between the centre line of the playing piece, with the word “Dominoes” on top of the line, and the rest of the title underneath in a capitalized, sans serif font that matches the colour of the dominos. The author’s name is located toward the top of the cover in the same style between the counters. The text reads: “Literary Press Group of Canada, Celebrating 50 Years Supporting Literature. Véhicule Press.”
August 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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🍂 All the Quiet Places by Brian Thomas Isaac, (‪@touchwooded.bsky.social)

Winner of the Indigenous Voices Award, this debut coming-of-age novel follows a boy whose life is overshadowed by the effects of colonialism.

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A 50 Books for 50 Years graphic featuring the cover of All the Quiet Places by Brian Thomas Isaac. The cover features an Indigenous-style illustration. In the background, there is a mountainous shoreline set behind a body of water in muted green and grey tones. In the foreground there is a broken tree stump in vividly bright brown tones. The books title is written in the top centre of the cover in an all capitalized serif font, and the author’s name is located at the bottom in the same style and positioning. The text reads: “Literary Press Group of Canada, Celebrating 50 Years Supporting Literature. Touchwood Editions.”
August 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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🐕 Anima by Wajdi Mouawad, translated by Linda Gaboriau, (‪@talonbooks.bsky.social)

Winner of many international awards, this thriller written in North African storytelling tradition follows the story of a man as he searches for truth after his wife’s murder.

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A 50 Books for 50 Years graphic featuring the cover of Anima by Wajdi Mouawad, translated by Linda Gaboriau. The cover features a dark photograph in black and blue tones depicting a silhouette of two dogs running across the cover. The title of the text is featured in the top centre of the cover in a regal, capitalized gold font. The author’s name is at the bottom of the cover in the same font and style, their first and last name stacked on top of each other. The text reads: “Literary Press Group of Canada, Celebrating 50 Years Supporting Literature. TalonBooks.”
August 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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🏘️ Solitaria by Genni Gunn (Signature Editions)

Longlisted for the Giller Prize, this sweeping family saga unravels secrets and betrayals across generations.

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A 50 Books for 50 Years graphic featuring the cover of Solitaria by Genni Gunn. The cover has a stark white background with the title in large black serif letters across the top and an image located beneath it. The “I” in the title “Solitaria” is highlighted in pale beige, and the letter extends into the image below, splitting it into two. On the left, a dark, textured scene with tangled branches and stormy blue tones; on the right, the face of a somber, dark-eyed person gazing outward, set against a backdrop of leafy vines and the facade of a building with balconies. There is sheet music superimposed on the person’s face. At the bottom right, the author’s name appears in dark blue serif text. The text reads: “Literary Press Group of Canada, Celebrating 50 Years Supporting Literature. Signature Editions.”
August 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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🎥 This is War by Hannah Moscovitch, (‪@playcanpress.bsky.social)

This play, commissioned by the Banff Centre, was the first of its kind to receive the Trillium Book Award and gives voice to Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan.

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A 50 Books for 50 Years graphic featuring the cover of This is War by Hannah Moscovitch. The cover features a tan background and the textured silhouette of a person's head from the neck up in a darker brown colour. Around the silhouette is a film camera focus box, its four corners in white, and the “recording” symbol in the bottom left corner of the box in red. The author’s name is located in the centre of the silhouette in an tan coloured all-capitalized, sans serif font, with the title located underneath in white in the same font. The text reads: “Literary Press Group of Canada, Celebrating 50 Years Supporting Literature. Palimpsest Press.”
August 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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🎲 The Junta of Happenstance by @toluini.bsky.social (‪@palimpsestpress.bsky.social)

Winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry, this debut weaves together meditations on illness and disease, finding beauty amidst chaos.

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A 50 Books for 50 Years graphic featuring the cover of The Junta of Happenstance by Tolu Oloruntoba. The all white cover features the author’s name in the centre in a gold serif font, and the title is located just underneath in an all-capitalized version of the same font with a mix of italic and uppercase lettering. The bottom of the cover features a photograph of a carved bronze sculpture depicting stylized figures in traditional attire, some holding shields or weapons, against a patterned background. The text reads: “Literary Press Group of Canada, Celebrating 50 Years Supporting Literature. Palimpsest Press.”
August 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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⚓️ Burning Water by George Bowering (New Star Books)

Blending historical fact with humour, this Governor General’s Award–winning work of postmodern fiction revisits Captain Vancouver’s search for the Northwest Passage.

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A 50 Books for 50 Years graphic featuring the cover of Burning Water by George Bowering. The cover is split into thirds where the top portion features a sepia toned photograph of a nature scene; there is a gentle mist, an island on the right side, and the water is so flat it reflects the shoreline. The author’s name is located at the top centre of this image in a capitalized, maroon serif font. The middle portion of the cover features the text’s title in white over a textured brown and maroon toned background. The bottom portion of the cover features a close-up photograph of a wooden statue, so that its hands and clothing are in focus. The text reads: “Literary Press Group of Canada, Celebrating 50 Years Supporting Literature. New Star Books.”
August 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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💅 Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by ‪@razorfemme.bsky.social (@metonymypress.bsky.social)

Writer’s Trust winner and Lambda Literary Award finalist, this bold coming-of-age tale re-imagines the transgender memoir.

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A 50 Books for 50 Years graphic featuring the cover of Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom. The cover features a fantastical, fully illustrated cover in pastel tones. The title is in a hand-written text in the top centre of the cover, bookended by a pair of blue hands with red nails holding a cigarette. Other illustrations on the cover include: lipstick, high heels, a switchblade, a piece of pie, and a mermaid tale. At the bottom of the cover, the author’s name is written in a bold, white and blue sans serif font, and behind ita blue street that emerges and winds up the cover, fading just below the title. Crawling across the bottom half of the cover are also illustrated bees. The text reads: “Literary Press Group of Canada, Celebrating 50 Years Supporting Literature. Metonymy Press.”
August 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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🌳 The Future by Catherine Leroux, (‪@biblioasis.bsky.social)

Winner of Canada Reads 2024, this visionary novel imagines resilience in an alternate history where Detroit was never surrendered to the United States.

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A 50 Books for 50 Years graphic featuring the cover of The Future by Catherine Leroux. The cover features a black border with a surreal, dreamlike landscape of a green and pink marbled sky. There are organic pink shapes floating across the cover that resemble flames. Along the bottom edge is a dark silhouette of a dense forest of bare, leafless trees. At the top, the book’s title is printed in bold, capitalized black letters, with the author’s name just below. The text reads: “Literary Press Group of Canada, Celebrating 50 Years Supporting Literature. Biblioasis.”
August 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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🏆 Celebrate the books that have made their mark!

To close out our celebration of the Literary Press Group’s 50th anniversary, we’re spotlighting award-winning works that have shaped Canadian literature.

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August 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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🕊️ On Not Losing My Father’s Ashes in the Flood by Richard Harrison (@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social)

A Governor General’s Literary Award-winning collection uncovering loss and renewal in the wake of tragedy.
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A 50 Books for 50 Years graphic featuring the cover of On Not Losing My Father’s Ashes in the Flood by Richard Harrison. The cover features different grey and blue-toned waves, appearing as if it’s a moving image of water. The title is centred in the middle of the “wave” in a white sans serif font, and the author’s name is located further down toward the bottom of the cover. Some parts of the cover’s text is hidden behind the waves, adding to the water-inspired movement of the image. The text reads: “Literary Press Group of Canada, Celebrating 50 Years Supporting Literature. Wolsak & Wynn Publishers.”
August 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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🌱 Bodymap by @thellpsx.bsky.social (‪@mawenzihouse.bsky.social)

Tender and resilient, these poems map the intersections of disability, queerness, and transformative love through the eyes of a queer femme-of-colour.
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A 50 Books for 50 Years graphic featuring the cover of Bodymap by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha. The cover features a detailed, surreal illustration of a person of colour lying on their back, gazing upward. Their head rests inside a large open coconut shell with green palm fronds around it. Extending from their body are tree-like roots entwined with a pair of silver medical forceps tied together with a red ribbon. Surrounding the figure are floating mechanical gears and cogs of various sizes against a bright blue background, blending organic and industrial imagery. At the bottom, the title appears in bold black letters. Below, the author’s name is printed in small caps. The text reads: “Literary Press Group of Canada, Celebrating 50 Years Supporting Literature. Mawenzi House Publishers.”
August 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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🧠 Unmeaningable by Roxanna Bennett (Gordon Hill Press)

Winner of the Trillium Book Award for Poetry, this visceral collection explores a culture that stigmatizes chronic pain, disability, and survival with unflinching honesty.
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A 50 Books for 50 Years graphic featuring the cover of Unmeaningable by Roxanna Bennett. The cover features a black background with an ornate design in a slightly lighter charcoal shade. There are five sepia-coloured playing cards splayed across the cover. On each card is a different illustration with a humanoid figure combined with an animal. The book’s title is located under the playing cards in an all-capitalized serif font. “UN” and “ABLE” are written in gold, bookending “MEANING” in white. The author’s name is right-aligned under the title in white. The text reads: “Literary Press Group of Canada, Celebrating 50 Years Supporting Literature. Gordon Hill Press.”
August 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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🗣️ Live from the Afrikan Resistance! by El Jones (‪@fernpub.bsky.social)

This searing blend of spoken word and political commentary takes readers through the culture of African Nova Scotia.
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A 50 Books for 50 Years graphic featuring the cover of Live from the Afrikan Resistance! by El Jones. The cover has a black background with bold white text at the top depicting the book’s title framed by red and green stripes. Below, a vibrant collage-style illustration depicts portraits of prominent Black figures, activists, and cultural icons, alongside other imagery grounded in the culture of African Nova Scotia. At the bottom, the author’s name appears in large white letters bookended by red and green stripes. The text reads: “Literary Press Group of Canada, Celebrating 50 Years Supporting Literature. Fernwood Publishing.”
August 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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📝 How She Read by Chantal Gibson (‪@caitlinpress.bsky.social)

An award-winning collection that interrogates race, representation, and belonging through the experiences of Black women in Canadian culture.
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A 50 Books for 50 Years graphic featuring the cover of How She Read by Chantal Gibson. The cover features a sepia-toned photograph of a young Black girl at a desk. She is looking at the camera with a closed-mouth smile. An open writing book sits in front of her. The cover of the book is left-aligned in an all-capitalized serif font toward the bottom of the cover. The author’s name is right-aligned underneath the title in the same font. The text reads: “Literary Press Group of Canada, Celebrating 50 Years Supporting Literature. Caitlin Press.”
August 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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🛌 Dream of No One But Myself by D.M. Bradford (Brick Books)

An award-winning genre-defying debut weaving poetry and prose into an intimate portrait of memory, grief, and identity.
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A 50 Books for 50 Years graphic featuring the cover of Dream of No One But Myself by D.M. Bradford. The cover features a neutral background with an abstract art piece consisting of multiple differently sized square shapes in vibrant shades of blue, green, yellow, pink, and red in its centre. “Dream of No One” is overlaid on the top portion of the art piece in a capitalized, thin serif font. “Buy Myself” and the author’s name are located in the same font over the bottom portion of the art piece. The text reads: “Literary Press Group of Canada, Celebrating 50 Years Supporting Literature. Brick Books.”
August 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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✨ Words that challenge form and expand our understanding.

To celebrate the Literary Press Group’s 50th anniversary, we’re sharing poetry that pushes boundaries and captures life’s most profound moments.

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August 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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🍁 Canada Lives Here: The Case for Public Broadcasting by Wade Rowland (@llpmtl.bsky.social) ‬

A timely, thought-provoking defence of the CBC and its vital role in protecting public spaces, culture, and identity in Canada.

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ALT text: A 50 Books for 50 Years graphic featuring the cover of Canada Lives Here: The Case for Public Broadcasting by Wade Rowland. The top half of the cover features a grey gradient background with black text at the top reading: “This is a book for everyone who wants to understand what’s really at stake with the threatened eclipse of Canada’s most important cultural institution.” Below, the title and subtitle appear in large bold, black letters with a horizontal line underneath. The author’s name is in large red uppercase letters. The bottom half of the cover features the red CBC logo superimposed on a grey textured background. The text reads: “Literary Press Group of Canada, Celebrating 50 Years Supporting Literature. Linda Leith Publishing.”
August 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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🎙️ We have much to discuss!

As part of the Literary Press Group’s 50 reads for their 50th anniversary, we’re spotlighting one book that is sure to spark conversation.

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August 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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🌨️ Going to Beautiful by Anthony Bidulka (Stonehouse Publishing).

In a small prairie town, a celebrity chef is drawn into a decades-spanning murder in this Crime Writers of Canada Award-winning novel.

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A 50 Books for 50 Years graphic featuring the cover of Going to Beautiful by Anthony Bidulka. The cover features a snowy, minimalist winter landscape with a small house in the bottom right corner. The title spans the middle of the cover in large uppercase letters. The author’s name appears in small blue uppercase letters at the bottom left. The text reads: “Literary Press Group of Canada, Celebrating 50 Years Supporting Literature. Stonehouse Publishing.
August 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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🏔️ So Many Windings by Catherine Macdonald (@atbaypress.bsky.social)

Winner of the Crime Writers of Canada and Margaret Laurence Fiction awards, this deadly mystery unfolds on a bicycle tour in the Scottish Highlands.

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A 50 Books for 50 Years graphic featuring the cover of So Many Windings by Catherine Macdonald. The cover features a navy blue background with the book’s title left-aligned at the bottom in a tan all-capitalized sans serif font. The author’s name is next to the title in a darker brown colour. There is a border around the cover that is the same colour as the title text. Above the title is an illustration of the Scottish Highlands. There are trees in the foreground and a bright blue lake and mountains in the background. The text reads: “Literary Press Group of Canada, Celebrating 50 Years Supporting Literature. At Bay Press.
August 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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🔎 Check out these award-winning mysteries you won’t see coming.

We’re spotlighting gripping, atmospheric reads from the Literary Press Group’s 50 for 50 list.

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August 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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⚓️ Jack and Mary in the Land of Thieves by Andy Jones & Darka Erdelji (‪@runningthegoat.bsky.social‬)

Playful and whimsical, this adventure brings Newfoundland’s storytelling tradition to life for readers of all ages.

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A 50 Books for 50 Years graphic featuring the cover of Jack and Mary in the Land of Thieves by Andy Jones. The illustrated cover shows characters on a boat floating in the middle of the cover against a blue-grey background. The sails of the boat are bed sheets, and they are stung up by two clothing lines extending past the edges of the cover. “Jack and Mary” is written in a gothic-style font in the upper right corner. There is a small bird flying on a paper airplane, and in their tail wind swoop, “in the Land of Thieves” is written in a white serif font. The text reads: “Literary Press Group of Canada, Celebrating 50 Years Supporting Literature. Running the Goat.”
August 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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🇬🇧 The Loxleys and the War of 1812 (‪from @renegadeartsent.bsky.social)

This award-winning graphic novel brings Canadian history to life through a Niagara Peninsula family swept up in the War of 1812.

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A 50 Books for 50 Years graphic featuring the cover of The Loxleys and the War of 1812 by Various Authors. The illustrated cover features two families in the foreground, with a hound dog standing between them. In the background, a house is actively burning. The title of the book spans the top of the cover in a bold red script font. The author names run across the bottom of the cover in a thin, capitalized white font. The text reads: “Literary Press Group of Canada, Celebrating 50 Years Supporting Literature. Renegade Arts.”
August 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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🍏 The Big Green Book of Munsch Books by Robert Munsch, Annick Press

Fifteen zany and heartwarming stories from one of Canada’s most beloved children’s authors, now timeless classics.

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A 50 Books for 50 Years graphic featuring the cover of The Big Green Book of Munsch Books by Robert Munsch. The cover of the book is green and features the title spanning across the entirety of the page in a 70’s-inspired serif bubble font. Dispersed between and around the letters are iconic characters from Munch’s stories. The text reads: “Literary Press Group of Canada, Celebrating 50 Years Supporting Literature. Annick Press.”
August 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM