Wolsak & Wynn Publishing Ltd

12/21/2025

Happy Solstice to all our friends celebrating!

12/17/2025

Our next RIYL pairing is a bit different. This is all about finding a character that draws you in and keeps you reading. Which is why we're pairing Rachel Kushner's Creation Lake with Peter Darbyshire's brilliant The Mona Lisa Sacrifice. It's all in the character arc and the writing voice. You can learn more about The Mona Lisa Sacrifice here: https://bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/the-mona-lisa-sacrifice

12/15/2025

Backlist Mondays: The Grimoire of Kensington Market by Lauren B Davis

**Shortlisted for the CAA Fred Kerner Book Award**
Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen," and woven through with northern folk tales, The Grimoire of Kensington Market is the story of Maggie, proprietor of the Grimoire bookstore. After battling her addiction to the magical drug elysium consuming downtown Toronto, she is drawn back into the world of its icy dealer to save her brother, who under its influence has slipped though the cracks between worlds.

Writing for Consumed By Ink, Naiomi writes "What follows is a fantastical adventure, dark and alluring. For the child in us, there are flying caribou and talking flowers, roads that roll up behind you and a palace of snow and ice [...] And this is not just a fairy tale with talking animals and happily ever afters, it's an exploration about the power of addiction – how it can alter your relationships and take over your life."

12/14/2025

Happy Hanukkah to all our friends celebrating!

12/11/2025

Our Holiday Sale is running for just four more days and will end on December 15th. Visit our website at www.wolsakandwynn.ca to get to know our fabulous books and find the perfect gift for the reader in your life. All our titles are 30% off during the sale, with free shipping for orders over $50.00.

12/09/2025

Our next RIYL (recommended if you like) pairing is all about octopuses - octopi ? - err, tentacles. If you like tentacles, and the way Shelby Van Pelt writes about tentacled creatures in Remarkably Bright Creatures, we think you'll love how Christy Climenhage writes about them in The Midnight Project. You can learn more about the book here: https://bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/the-midnight-project

12/08/2025

Backlist Mondays: A Conspiracy of Chickens by David Waltner-Toews.

An accomplished veterinary epidemiologist, when Waltner-Toews was given a box of chickens as a gift by his wife he assumed raising them would be an easy task. In this funny and eclectic memoir Walter-Towes recounts his history with chickens, our relationship with farming and urban animals, his misadventures raised his own flock and his and his birds place in the ecosystem surrounding us all. Writing for Miramichi Reader, Mala Rai comments “If ever a self-help or commiseration hobby farming community was needed, this memoir could serve as the highly recommended starting point.”

12/07/2025

Friends, just a reminder that our holiday sale is still on and will run until December 15th! 30% of all our titles and free shipping over $50. You can see all our books at www.wolsakandwynn.ca

12/06/2025

Friends, we'll be at the Read Quebec Bookfair today and tomorrow in Montreal! We'd be delighted if you came by to say hi if you're in the area. We're at Casa d’Italia, which is located at 505 Jean-Talon East. 11-5 both days.

The Read Quebec Book Fair turns 10! Celebrate this milesone edition December 6th and 7th at Casa d'Italia in Montreal.

12/03/2025

Hamilton friends, this great event is coming up in just one week! We hope you can join us to celebrate these two fabulous books at The City & The City Books on Ottawa Street. December 10th at 7:30 pm.

12/02/2025

Our next RIYL is for Katie Welch's brilliant layered mystery Mad Honey. Clare Leslie Hall's Broken Country has dangerous secrets, passion and the deceptive quiet of rural life. Mad Honey has all this, and bees! You can learn more about Mad Honey here: https://bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/mad-honey

12/02/2025

We're delighted to see James Cairns featured in All Lit Up's Cozy Fest!

James Cairns reminds us we’re not alone in times of crisis. In his book IN CRISIS, ON CRISIS: ESSAYS IN TROUBLED TIMES (Wolsak & Wynn Publishing Ltd) James offers thoughtful essays that provide a sense of connection in today's existential times.

Watch James cozy up with his cat Dinah and read a passage from his collection for :
https://alllitup.ca/cozy-fest-james-cairns-in-crisis-on-crisis