If you love books, you should go to The Word On The Street this weekend! And if you like weddings, catch Karen Cleveland and @mbilodeau on Saturday at 1:15 to 1:55pm. Then, on Sunday, catch @JJDupuisWriter at 10:30 to 11:15 am. Both at the Dundurn Press booth at E08!

Happy Friday! Cover reveals for @heymattcahill’s RADIOLAND and A.G. Pasquella’s WELCOME TO THE WEIRD AMERICA, both coming out this fall with @wolsakandwynn!

Just in time for grilling season (summer, or if you prefer, all year round), catch EverydayAllergen-Free making allergen-free BBQ sauce on @CTVnews Vancouver and Calgary! calgary.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2…

Everyone! Andrew Wilmot (who has quittr the Twitter) will be reading some queer literary horror at Little Ghosts Books on July 3, 5pm, with @notnicolebrewer, Emily Kellogg, and Anuja Varghese. Link for tickets here! eventbrite.ca/e/queer-litera…

Happy Wednesday! Check Karen Cleveland and Maxime Bilodeau talk to All Lit Up - now on bsky as alllitupcanada about THE NEW WEDDING BOOK (Dundurn Press)! alllitup.ca/Blog/2022/Auth…

Our two-day virtual writers' conference features conversations with Chelene Knight Chelene Knight and Nicole Chung | @nicolechung on Bluesky / workshops with Tara McGowan-Ross GirthGirl ❀˖°⋆｡˚ Dean Jobb | True Crime Writer Cheluchi Onyemelukwe, Sharon Bala, agents @MegWheelez and Kelvin Kong K2 Literary, and more! afterwordsliteraryfestival.com/conference

Thank you, ECW Press, Jen Albert, and Terese Mason Pierre! And congratulations to Andrew (who has quittr the Twitter; I don’t know why I keep using this line in relation to them).

In Toronto Star, @this_is_farah and Madison Rilling, PhD write about the importance of representation and having more women in leadership roles in the STEM fields, and the barriers they face owing to a lack of equity. thestar.com/opinion/contri…

Congratulations to 尚敬|Sheung-King, Aaron Tang, who is part of the CBC Books's 30 Writers to Watch in 2022 list! cbc.ca/books/the-cbc-…

Thank you to 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕾𝖚𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖚𝖘 𝕿𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖘 🇨🇦 for the wonderful review of @JJDupuisWriter's UMBOI ISLAND (Dundurn Press)! superstitioustimes.com/review-umboi-i…

In today's installment of "Julia goes to places I wish I could go to", Julia Zarankin writes in Toronto Star about visiting the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve in Newfoundland, home to the largest Atlantic puffin colony in North America. thestar.com/life/travel/20…

Yesterday, EverydayAllergen-Free was on @ctv's Your Morning talking about allergen-free lunches for kids going back to school! bc.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2…

. CBC Books's 65 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in fall 2022 features @heyMattCahill's RADIOLAND and A.G. Pasquella 's WELCOME TO THE WEIRD AMERICA, both coming out this October with Buckrider Books/@WolsakandWynn ! cbc.ca/books/65-works…

Congratulations to all the nominees for the Canada Council for the Arts's Governor General’s Literary Awards! We are selling translation/UK/ANZ rights for Brian Thomas Isaac’s ALL THE QUIET PLACES on behalf of TouchWood Editions! #ggbooks2022 ggbooks.ca/#finalists

We are thrilled to tell you that Samantha Garner Is Not Here has joined OB as a regular columnist! Read her first piece on the highs & surprising lows that come with publishing a first book. A must-read for emerging authors. open-book.ca/Columnists/I-J… #AmWriting #AmReading #CanLit #FridayReads

So excited about this!