Montreal International Poetry Prize @montrealprize.bsky.social The Montreal Poetry Prize is committed to poetry and poets around the world. For our 2024 winner and finalists, visit us at:
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Trellis Micro-grants @trellismicrogrants.bsky.social A project administered by ELAN and supported by Canadian Heritage’s Official Languages | Highlighting English-language Arts and Artists in Quebec
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James M Fisher @miramichijim.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of The Seaboard Review of Books.
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Crab Apple Literary @crabapplelit.bsky.social Montreal based Literary Magazine for the strange, deformed, and forgotten 🍎
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poetry micropoetry anti-poetry
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almost human
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Leila Marshy @haikuboxer.bsky.social Editor, Baraka Books, Montreal
Author of The Philistine and My Thievery of the People
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Liker and disliker of different stuff
Canadian Scholars @canadianscholars.bsky.social Publishing independent, thought-provoking Canadian scholarship. https://linktr.ee/canadianscholars
Latitude 46 Publishing @latitude46pub.bsky.social Literary publisher based in Northern Ontario, Canada
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Tor Books @torbooks.bsky.social Publisher of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller and Suspense, and Other Speculative Fiction
BAnQ @banq-officiel.bsky.social Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
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Literary Magazines Canada Collective @litmagscan.bsky.social LMCC is a collective organization run by magazine editors and staff. We work to highlight the vital role of literary magazines in the publishing landscape. https://litmags.ca/
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Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social Verso Books is the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English speaking world.
Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social A daily literary website highlighting the best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism.
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Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social Mawenzi House is dedicated to bringing to the reading public fresh new writing from Canada and across the world that reflects the diversity of our rapidly globalizing world, particularly in Canada and the United States. 
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Salon international du livre de Québec @salondulivrequebec.bsky.social 📚 Le grand rendez-vous littéraire de la région de Québec! 🗓️ Du 7 au 11 avril 2027.
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Vallum Society for Education in Arts & Letters @vallummag.bsky.social Poetry and poetry workshops. Based in Tio'htiá:ke/Montreal.
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Concordia University Press @concordiapress.bsky.social Concordia University Press is a non-profit publisher of scholarly books that are engaged, accessible, and make a point. Situated on unceded Indigenous land. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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National Media Awards Foundation @canadamediaawards.bsky.social Since 1977, Canada’s 🇨🇦 most prestigious awards programs for magazine and digital publishing communities.
Depuis 1977, les programmes de prix les plus prestigieux du Canada 🇨🇦 pour les communautés de l’édition magazine et numérique.
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Anishinaabe Territory
Canada
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Nisha coleman @nishacoleman.bsky.social Questions
Rhea Tregebov 🇨🇦 @rheatregebov.bsky.social Poet, novelist, children's picture book author. Associate Professor Emerita UBC School of Creative Writing. Canadian. www.rheatregebov.ca 🇨🇦
hamrevofbooks.bsky.social @hamrevofbooks.bsky.social Online literary journal publishing great writing about books and book culture in Canada. Launched Fall 2016.
The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com ‘The premier literary-intellectual magazine in the English language.’
Quebec Writers' Federation @officialqwf.bsky.social Supporting, connecting, and inspiring Quebec writers
Lauren Perruzza @laureenybean.bsky.social Tell me I’m good. | Book person. (she/her)
WILDsound Writing Festival @wildsoundwriting.bsky.social Daily deadlines for poetry, short stories, screenplays, stage plays, and novels.
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JUNCTION READS @junctionreads.bsky.social Toronto Reading Series
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49th Shelf @49thshelf.bsky.social Fuelled by the largest collection of Canadian books ever assembled, 49th Shelf makes it easier to find your next great Canadian read. 
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Rebecca Morris @bexmorris.bsky.social Writer, editor & teacher in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal ✍️ Author of OTHER MAPS (@llpmtl 2024) 📖 Currently obsessed with trees 🌳
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NeWest Press @newestpress.bsky.social Publishing Radically Rewarding Literature for Almost Fifty Years 
All Lit Up @alllitupcanada.bsky.social An independent online bookstore and blog showcasing and selling Canada's best in indie books. Visit us at alllitup.ca
Fire and Ash Publishers @fandapublishers.bsky.social Fire and Ash is an independent book publisher based in Toronto and Paris specializing in fiction and poetry. We have a taste for the eccentric and the playful, the entertaining and the speculative.
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Chaudiere Books @chaudierebooks.bsky.social Ottawa's most beloved literary publisher (2006-2017): posting poems every April for National Poetry Month, and ongoing "six questions" interviews with current/former Ottawa-based writers,
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Andreas Kessaris @akessaris.bsky.social Humourist & Author of the books 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒖𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝑬𝒙 (2020) and 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝑬𝒙 (2025) 🇨🇦 🇬🇷
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Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable @yvrchildrenslit.bsky.social An organization focused on creating events showcasing authors and illustrators in children’s literature.
Read Local BC @readlocalbc.bsky.social Celebrating the vibrant community of authors, publishers, bookstores, and libraries in our province. Tag your posts with #ReadLocalBC and #BCBooks 📚
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Our books are written and created by talented humans, not AI.
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Fernwood Publishing @fernpub.bsky.social Critical Books for Critical Thinkers https://linktr.ee/fernwoodpublishing
Pluto Press @plutopress.bsky.social An independent publisher of radical, left‐wing non‐fiction books. Established in 1969, we are one of the oldest radical publishing houses in the world.
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Debra Arbec @debraarbec.bsky.social Journalist(e) & Anchor/Chef d’antenne @cbcmontreal
Mikhail Iossel @mikhail-iossel.bsky.social I am a writer and university professor of English/Creative Writing, founding director of Summer Literary Seminars (Russia, Kenya, Lithuania, Georgia, Canada), originally from St. Petersburg, Russia, and currently living in Montreal.
Margaret Atwood @margaretatwood.bsky.social Writer of this and that... www.margaretatwood.ca
and margaretatwood.substack.com;I also have an Instagram account, though I don't know how to use it much, beyond posting pictures...
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Writer, journalist, opinion columnist, flâneuse.
Transit Books @transitbooks.bsky.social Publishing award-winning literature from around the world in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Kenyon Review @kenyonreview.bsky.social In the heart of literature since 1939. journal | workshops | fellowships
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Chicago Review of Books @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social A @storystudiochicago.bsky.social publication! Editor-in-Chief @mbwwelch.bsky.social
Cult MTL @cultmtl.com Love for Montreal culture. https://linkin.bio/cultmtl/
Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay
Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
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Gloria Macher @gloriamacher.bsky.social Author
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Assembly Press @pressassembly.bsky.social Independent publisher of ambitious literature.
Harbour Publishing @harbourpublishing.bsky.social Books of the Pacific Northwest (and beyond). It's our 50th Anniversary and we published a collector's edition of Raincoast Chronicles - Fifth Five to celebrate. Distributor of Nightwood Editions.
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poetry in canada @poetryincanada.bsky.social A space for writers, educators, visitors, and poetry enthusiasts alike to share, research, perform, and cultivate widespread appreciation for poetry. Coast Salish Territories. poetrycanada.org
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Bakka Phoenix Books @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social Canada's oldest Speculative Fiction bookstore, founded in 1972. www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com. We are located in Toronto, Ontario.
Thistledown Press @thistledownpress.bsky.social A literary trade publisher, publishing poetry and fiction by Canadian authors since 1975.
Metonymy Press @metonymypress.bsky.social Small queer press based in Tio’tià:ke. We publish literary works by emerging writers — books that reframe power and affirm life. We really want to keep gay book lovers satisfied. https://linktr.ee/metonymypress
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UBC Press @ubcpress.bsky.social Canada’s leading social sciences publisher. Established in 1971.
FOLD @thefoldcanada.bsky.social Updates on the Festival of Literary Diversity, FOLD Kids Book Fest, FOLD Academy, FOLD Reads and all year-round events supporting underrepresented Canadian authors.
Vancouver Writers Fest @writersfest.bc.ca Connecting people to exceptional books, ideas, and dialogue.
📚 Special Events Year-Round
💡 Books & Ideas series January–June
📖 2026 Festival Oct 18–25
The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social The Fiddlehead is Atlantic Canada's International Literary Journal.
Celebrating 80 years of literary foraging in 2025!
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk Critical thinking, published every fortnight.
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org radical publisher of politics, culture, current events
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Another Story Bookshop @anotherstoryto.bsky.social Indie bookstore in Tkatoronto. Radically supporting 2SQTBIPOC writers since 1987
#ownvoices kidlit and YA experts/ founder: Sheila Koffman
315 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, Ontario M6R 2M6
hosting events throughout GTA
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