Stonehouse Publishing

06/01/2026

Happy Pride month! 🥰🌈

This past month has been a bit heavy in Alberta, and probably pretty confusing for LGBTQ+ students hearing that pride flags are not permitted in their schools, classrooms. To all those feeling this, please know that you are loved, and your identity and orientation are assets, not issues. Happy PRIDE!

In celebration of Pride month, buy any book, receive a free book of your choice.

https://www.stonehousepublishing.ca/store/pride

04/24/2026

What a fantastic way to cheer up a snowy, windy spring day in Edmonton! So delighted to hear that Alice Fitzpatrick's 'A Dark Death' is a finalist for Crime Writers of Canada's Whodunit Award for Best Traditional Mystery. Congratulations to Alice Fitzpatrick , and all the other nominees! Thanks so much, Crime Writers Canada !

04/21/2026

Well, this is just lovely! This review from the Yorkshire Times has everything (including a ton of spoilers) comparisons to Agatha Christie and a Blackadder reference (my fav). (If you would like to read 'A Dark Death', or start this series with 'A Secret in the Water', find both at Stonehouse Publishing .ca ) Congratulations, Alice Fitzpatrick! Thank you, Artis-Ann.
https://www.yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/The-Danger-Of-Secrets-A-Dark-Death-By-Alice-Fitzpatrick Netta Johnson
Yorkshire Times
(Photo from Alice Fitzpatrick's website)

04/21/2026

Well, this is just lovely! This review from the Yorkshire Times has everything (including a ton of spoilers) comparisons to Agatha Christie and a Blackadder reference (my fav). (If you would like to read 'A Dark Death', or start this series with 'A Secret in the Water', find both at Stonehouse Publishing .ca ) Congratulations, Alice Fitzpatrick! Thank you, Artis-Ann.
https://www.yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/The-Danger-Of-Secrets-A-Dark-Death-By-Alice-Fitzpatrick Netta Johnson
Yorkshire Times

12/11/2025

We love these library lists! it is Great to see 'Kalyna' and 'A Dark Death' on this list, as well as so many other great titles. Alice Fitzpatrick

The cold weather means that it's time to be bundled up inside and we have some great reading recommendations to help with the cozy vibes! Find your next favourite read with the Read Alberta eBook and eMagazine collection and your local library. Grab a blanket and borrow an amazing read from Freehand Books, Alberta Outdoors, Stonehouse Publishing, Creative Scrapbooker Magazine, Nature Alberta, The Tomato food and drink, Renegade Arts Entertainment Ltd, Alberta Craft Council, Tyche Books, University of Alberta Press, Avenue Magazine — Calgary, Birth Unlimited, and more! https://buff.ly/fctj2AK

11/15/2025

Love to see how much folks are borrowing 'A Dark Death' from the library. #3 in October. Congratulations, Alice Fitzpatrick

Get cozy this weekend with a good read from your local Alberta library and Read Alberta! Find your next favourite with Alberta Outdoors, Tyche Books, Culinaire Magazine, Stonehouse Publishing, Filling Station, BWL Publishing - Genre Fiction Publishing, Alberta Craft Council, NeWest Press, Renegade Arts Entertainment Ltd, Freehand Books, FreeFall Magazine, Funicular Magazine, Eschia Books, Info Edmonton Magazine, and more! https://buff.ly/ONGwaxV

10/19/2025

This is fantastic!

The weather is turning colder and it's time to refresh your reading list. Check out the Top Library Loans for September to get started on cozy readying season! Find reads from NeWest Press, Alberta Views, University of Alberta Press, Funicular Magazine, Stonehouse Publishing, FreeFall Magazine, Lone Pine Publishing, airdrielife magazine, Eschia Books, Athabasca University Press, Laberinto Press, Freehand Books, Avenue Magazine — Calgary, Calgary's Child Magazine, Brush Education, Cowboy Country, Filling Station, and more all at your local library! https://buff.ly/lKgNFfu

08/26/2025

Here are some eBook recommendations to keep your beach bag light and your to-read pile full this summer.

Featuring titles from:
Mythic Roads Press
NeWest Press
BWL Publishing - Genre Fiction Publishing
Stonehouse Publishing
University of Calgary Press
University of Alberta Press

07/27/2025

“A noir-style mystery set in the Canadian prairies isn’t something that one often finds in their literature, and Home Fires Burn is a welcome addition to the genre.”
— Meaghan Mains, Fully-Booked

Thank you to Meaghan and Fully-Booked for a marvellous review of Home Fires Burn by Anthony Bidulka (Stonehouse Publishing, 2025).

Read the review:

https://fully-booked.ca/reviews/murder-on-the-prairies-review-of-home-fires-burn-by-anthony-bidulka/

Anthony’s wonderful and critically acclaimed mystery novel is available wherever books are bought or borrowed!

Anthony’s books have been shortlisted for Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence, Saskatchewan Book Awards, a ReLit award, and Lambda Literary Awards. Flight of Aquavit was awarded the Lambda Literary Award for Best Men’s Mystery, making Bidulka the first Canadian to win in that category. In 2023, in addition to being shortlisted for a Saskatchewan Book Award and Alberta Book Publishing Award, Going to Beautiful won an Independent Publisher Book Award being named Gold Medalist as the 2023 Canada West Best Overall Fiction novel and was awarded the Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence as Canada’s Best Crime Novel for 2023.

ABOUT HOME FIRES BURN:

From the author of Crime Writers of Canada Best Crime Novel, Going to Beautiful, comes the final, standalone book of the Merry Bell trilogy. A celebrated philanthropist is found slumped against his car, frozen to death. Trans private investigator Merry Bell is hired by his son, country music star Evan Whatley, to find out the truth behind what really happened on that desolate stretch of road. As Merry’s investigation uncovers old wounds that never healed, her own are revealed as she confronts her pre-transition past and questions the boundaries of family and friendship.

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07/18/2025

We gotta read em’ all — Alberta books from a series that will make you want to read the complete set.
Renegade Arts Entertainment Ltd
Red Barn Books
Stonehouse Publishing
Freehand Books
EDGE Science Fiction & Fantasy Publishing
Laberinto Press