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Open Book is your connection to Ontario's vibrant literary scene. Tweets via Kevin, Holly, and Sarah. Find us on Bluesky at @openbookon.bsky.social
Ontario, Canada
Joined July 2008
Check out this interview with debut novelist Sierra Marilyn Riley on THE DARK COVE THEATRE SOCIETY (@AnnickPress) and writing queer theatre magic for teens! #AmReading #YA #CanLit #Theatre
https://t.co/IXjH3UICOW
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Read an excerpt from EDISSON AND JEREMIAH (@guernica_ed), the new novel by acclaimed author Michael Carin. It's free for our readers right now on Open Book! #AmReading #Novel #Fiction #Excerpt
https://t.co/KMzOSwDK12
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"Deeply he brooded, as if lowering himself through deep water even to the bottom of this perception, even to that places where causes, for it seemed to him that this is precisely what thought is about—apprehension of causes, through this alone do perceptions become insights, they
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Award-winning author Emily A. Weedon's new novel, HEMO SAPIENS (@DundurnPress), is a tantalizing, bloodthirsty thriller. Find out more in this Storytellers Interview with the author! #AmReading #Novel #CanLit #Thriller
https://t.co/q5hgzIlqnj
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Columnist Samantha Garner talks about the best ways to create a space where you can write and flex all of your best artistic muscles. Check it out right here on Open Book! #AmReading #CanLit #WritingLife #WritingTips
https://t.co/sWLkdHYhlm
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Our grant writing guru @LindsayZV is back with a timely and bafflement-relieving guide to the new Canada Council granting portal! Check out her wise takes on how to navigate the system right here! #AmReading #Grants #CanLit #WritingTips
https://t.co/zFQObJManZ
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@Joeybadass brought his Brooklyn energy to the latest episode of Chime’s Ball on A Budget. Powered by @chime
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This past week Open Book took a run at TIFA 2025 (@festofauthors), which has newly relocated to the majestic @VicCollege_UofT. It was an enlightening and lively few days, and we share our experiences right here! #AmReading #AmWriting #CanList #TIFA
https://t.co/o1IfXGP0kY
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Read an excerpt from the award-winning novel HAPPINESS HAS A SLIPPERY TAIL (@uOttawaPress) by Abla Farhoud (translated by Judith Weisz Woodsworth), with an addendum about the author. Check it out here! #AmReading #Novel #Translation #CanLit
https://t.co/JxNMdt0lBr
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Poet and scholar Melanie Dennis Unrau excavates history and language in GOOSE (@PressAssembly ). Check out our interview with the author today! #AmReading #Poetry #CanLit #PoetryinPerspective
https://t.co/xQ4dueJolc
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Acclaimed novelist Katie Welch explores how we rise from the ashes in the thrilling LADDER TO HEAVEN (Wolsak and Wynn). Check out this Long Story Novelist interview with the author! #AmReading #Novel #CanLit #LongStory
https://t.co/c9eqPDKB99
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Plan out your ax chibi weekend and explore everything waiting for you this year panels, performances, guests, exhibits, and more all in one place.
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Reac an excerpt from THE SEASIDE CAFÉ METROPOLIS (@CormorantBooks), the highly anticipated new novel from Antanas Sileika, right here on Open Book! #AmReading #Novel #Fiction #CanLit
https://t.co/yEyHZNQmua
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Read an excerpt from the brand new English language translation of THE WAX CHILD (@BookhugPress) by Olga Ravn (translated by Martin Aitken). Right here on Open Book! #AmReading #Novel #Fiction #Translation
https://t.co/6aGjkkHv60
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Two mighty independent publishers, Assembly Press and Brick Books, have merged! Check out our coverage of this exciting development right here. #AmReading #Publishing #CanLit #News
https://t.co/pKQ1WfI94w
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The latest novel from Brit Griffin is a haunting gothic mystery set in the Northern Ontario wilderness. We interviewed the author about THE HAUNTING OF MODESTO O'BRIEN (@Lat46Publishing) right here! #AmReading #Novel #Northern #Ontario #CanLit
https://t.co/saeUOe7AMB
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The monastery at Guadalupe in Estremadura, founded in 1330 by King Alfonso XI of Castile, was also one of Spain’s oldest schools of medicine, particularly specialized in treating syphilis, for which they used fumigations, sudorifics, and mercury brought from the Almadén mines.
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Read an excerpt from TAKE A BREATH OLIVE TRAN (Second Story Press), the second book in the acclaimed series by Phuong Truong (with illustrations by Christine Wei). #AmReading #MiddleGrade #Fiction #CanLit
https://t.co/CBLja9mtuu
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In her latest column, acclaimed author Samantha Garner discusses how to write unlikeable protagonists, and still make these characters jump off the page. Check it out right here on Open Book! #AmReading #Columns #AmWriting #WritingTips
https://t.co/D19fRjLtfe
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Today we're featuring an impressive debut novel from Aamir Hussain, author of UNDER THE FULL AND CRESCENT MOON (@DundurnPress). Check it out on Open Book! #AmReading #Novel #Fiction #LongStory
https://t.co/TMeJSCqX2l
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Take a visit to the riotous, colourful world of PAISLEY & PECK, JURASSIC FARM (@owlkids) by J. Torres (Illustrated by Mike Deas). #AmReading #PictureBooks #KidLit #YoungReaders
https://t.co/9naosbsN6M
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NG-2 and EsCAPADE on the verge of history.. Until then a brief stroll by our Interplanetary Life (iLife) 2025 Event Art Gallery, featuring @John_Winkopp. iLife covered it all from Propulsion to Food to achieve permanent human presence on the Moon, Mars and Beyond.
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@HouseofAnansi @GroundwoodBooks @invisibooks @Lat46Publishing @mawenzihouse @MosaicPress For a list of other Ontario indie publishers you can support, visit the Ontario Book Publishers Organization website here: https://t.co/AZe4TKObOl
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Looking for Ontario-based publishers that do it all? From fiction, to non-fiction, to poetry, to drama, we've got you covered! 📚🇨🇦 Part 3 of 4! ➡️ Featuring: @HouseofAnansi / @GroundwoodBooks, @invisibooks, @Lat46Publishing, @mawenzihouse, and @MosaicPress
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Coltrane Seesequasis continues the powerful A Wolf in the Sun series with THE THREADS OF TIME (Kegedonce Press). Check out this Bright Young Things interview with the author of the YA series! #AmReading #Indigenous #YA #Fiction
https://t.co/OSqqrXGQpP
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