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06/06/2026

Congratulations to Catherine Bush, whose book Skin is a Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Winner! This gorgeous collection takes home the Silver Medal in the Short Stories category.

These awards celebrate the outstanding books published in 2025 by small, independent, and university presses. You can view all of the winners here:

forewordreviews.com/awards/winners/2025/

06/05/2026

Father's Day is on the horizon and we've got the perfect book for dads of all kinds, from the sports fan to the road trip lover to the one who can always find something to laugh about — and everyone in between!

Here are just a few recommendations:

🦅 Spying on America by Bill Gaston
🏒 Breakaway by Karissa Donkin
😂 Brit Happens by James Mullinger
🧟‍♂️ Nowhere by Jon Claytor
🔎 Days of Feasting and Rejoicing by David Bergen
🗻 Night Birds by Margaret Sweatman
💰 MARRY, BANG, KILL by Andrew Battershill

Check out the full collection at gooselane.com/dad

06/05/2026

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TMR | THROWBACK REVIEW 🎉
JUNE IS PRIDE MONTH 📚🥳 🏳️‍🌈

✨TMR spotlight is on ITTY BITTY REVIEWS: Issue #1 first published June 2025 by Michael Russell. Michael highlighted three poetry collections from q***r poets Matthew Walsh, Loch Baillie, and Benjamin C. Dugdale.

📗Terrarium by Matthew Walsh (Icehouse Poetry, 2024) icehouse poetry Goose Lane Editions
➡️ “After reading Terrarium by Matthew Walsh I’m filled with an urgency to say:This is the kind of poetry we need more of.”

📕 ice, dove, parachute by Loch Baillie (Cactus Press, 2024) Cactus Press Poetry
➡️ “Confession: I love to find a poet I admire then devour everything they’ve released and/or will release.”

📘The Repoetic: After Saint-Pol-Roux by Benjamin C. Dugdale (Gordon Hill Press, 2023) Gordon Hill Press.
➡️ “There’s something special about reading a collection that defies confines, expectations and social norms.”

Michael’s article continues ⬇️
https://miramichireader.ca/2025/06/itty-bitty-reviews-issue-1/

06/05/2026

Some great books to celebrate National Indigenous History Month with!

June is ! Check out our roundup of 12 new(ish) and notable books showcasing Indigenous voices and stories (+ many more) over on All Lit Up:

https://alllitup.ca/book-list/books-for-national-indigenous-history-month/

06/05/2026

Time to hit the trails!

It's time to hit the trails this ! 💕🇨🇦📚🥾

Hiking Trails of New Brunswick & Hiking Trails of Mainland Nova Scotia are sure to get your heart pumpin'!

Visit us in person or online at tidewaterbooks.ca 💕🇨🇦📚

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06/05/2026

Big wins this week for Erica Rutherford: Her Lives and Works!

This stunning book, co-published with the Confederation Centre Art Gallery, has just won the PEI Book Award for Non-Fiction and the APMA Best Atlantic-Published Book Award through the Atlantic Book Awards 🎉

We're so thrilled to see this beautiful book on such an incredible artist and icon getting the love it deserves!
Learn more at gooselane.com/EricaRutherford

06/05/2026

Thank you to the A.C. Hunter Library for being such a wonderful host!

Thank you to author Steve Faulkner for braving a foggy Saturday to share his passion for the outdoors (especially waterfalls) with us!

Find his book in our catalogue: https://rebrand.ly/ff8987

06/04/2026

It's National AccessAbility Week!
This year's theme is "Building a Strong, Accessible Canada," and we're making it easier to find accessible ebooks on our website. Just look for the Certified Accessible label on the page.
Goose Lane Editions is an eBOUND certified publisher. Our Certified Accessible eBooks meet the EPUB Accessibility requirements and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG AA). They are screen-reader friendly and accessible to persons with disabilities. These books contain various accessibility features such as alternative text for images, a table of contents, language tags, a pagelist, and landmarks.
You can find our growing collection of accessible ebooks at gooselane.com/accessible

06/03/2026

Happy Pride Month to all, but especially Marie Philip-Poulin and Laura Stacey, and Marcus, who learned an important lesson 🏒🏳️‍🌈
Learn more about the PWHL power couple at gooselane.com/Breakaway

For more fantastic books to check out this June, head to gooselane.com/Pride

06/03/2026

Tomorrow evening is the Amazon Canada First Novel Award Ceremony, where the winner of this incredible prize will be announced! 🏆
Take a peek inside one of the finalists, Nowhere by Jon Claytor — the first graphic novel to make the shortlist in the award's 50-year history.

You can learn more about this incredible book at gooselane.com/Nowhere