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A huge congratulations again to and for making the shortlists for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award and the Raymond So...
06/02/2026

A huge congratulations again to and for making the shortlists for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award and the Raymond Souster Award, respectively. Christine and Anna will both be reading tonight as part of the League of virtual celebration. Tune in from anywhere!

Happy pub day to Nowhere is safe in Gaza! In Nowhere is safe in Gaza, Feisal G. Mohamed distills and amplifies the human...
05/26/2026

Happy pub day to Nowhere is safe in Gaza!
In Nowhere is safe in Gaza, Feisal G. Mohamed distills and amplifies the human experience at the heart of this legal text, highlighting the plight of Palestinians on the ground and the openly stated intentions of Israeli officials. Through the use of erasure techniques, the language of bureaucracy fades into the background, allowing Palestinian voices to hit us with their full expressive force.

Today we’re revisiting Erin Notebook’s A knife so sharp its edge cannot be seen. 🔪 Erin Noteboom is a physicist turned p...
05/25/2026

Today we’re revisiting Erin Notebook’s A knife so sharp its edge cannot be seen. 🔪
Erin Noteboom is a physicist turned poet turned children’s novelist, whose honours include the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award, the CBC Literary Award for poetry, and a Governor General’s Award.

We are so thrilled to see three of our 2025 authors on the longlists for awards. Congratulations , , and 🎉
05/20/2026

We are so thrilled to see three of our 2025 authors on the longlists for awards. Congratulations , , and 🎉

Our spring 2026 authors are out in the world with their books! Follow all three of them to make sure you don’t miss any ...
05/14/2026

Our spring 2026 authors are out in the world with their books!
Follow all three of them to make sure you don’t miss any of the amazing readings and launches coming up this month.

Today we’re reading ’s Gay Girl Prayers, a collection of poetry reclaiming Catholic prayers and biblical passages to emp...
05/08/2026

Today we’re reading ’s Gay Girl Prayers, a collection of poetry reclaiming Catholic prayers and biblical passages to empower girls, women, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community
Emily Austin is the author of We Could Be Rats, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead, Interesting Facts About Space, and the poetry collection Gay Girl Prayers. She was born in Ontario, Canada, and received two writing grants from the Canadian Council for the Arts. She studied English literature and library science at Western University. She currently lives in Ottawa, in the territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation.

We’re thrilled to see more reviews of our books, both frontlist and backlist. Thank you to all the reviewers and journal...
05/06/2026

We’re thrilled to see more reviews of our books, both frontlist and backlist. Thank you to all the reviewers and journals that have engaged with these fantastic books!

GIVEAWAY TIME 💫 may be officially “over,” but we’re still reading lots of poetry over here at Brick Books. To celebrat...
05/04/2026

GIVEAWAY TIME 💫

may be officially “over,” but we’re still reading lots of poetry over here at Brick Books.

To celebrate, we’re giving away our spring and summer poetry titles. That’s FOUR incredible poetry collections.

TO ENTER:
1) sign up for our mailing list using the link in our bio
2) that’s all!

The contest runs until 11:59 PT on Sunday, May 10th. The winner will be notified via email, so please make sure the email address you use is correct!

Last details: this contest is only open to Canadians who are over the age of majority. You get one entry per email subscribed to our list. No purchase is necessary. This giveaway is not sponsored or endorsed by or associated with Instagram or Facebook

Pre-order Feisal G. Mohamed’s Nowhere is safe in Gaza today! In Nowhere is safe in Gaza, Feisal G. Mohamed distills and ...
04/30/2026

Pre-order Feisal G. Mohamed’s Nowhere is safe in Gaza today!
In Nowhere is safe in Gaza, Feisal G. Mohamed distills and amplifies the human experience at the heart of this legal text, highlighting the plight of Palestinians on the ground and the openly stated intentions of Israeli officials. Through the use of erasure techniques, the language of bureaucracy fades into the background, allowing Palestinian voices to hit us with their full expressive force.

In exactly one month, we’re publishing Feisal G. Mohamed’s daring poetic erasure, Nowhere is safe in Gaza, which takes a...
04/27/2026

In exactly one month, we’re publishing Feisal G. Mohamed’s daring poetic erasure, Nowhere is safe in Gaza, which takes as it’s source text South Africa’s application to the International Court of Justice. The book was edited for the press by
Ahead of its publication, we’ve shared Feisal’s preface from the book on our website, which shares the process and impetus for creating this text.

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