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21/07/2025

This month's highlighted author is Erin Robinsong! Here is an excerpt from her book, Wet Dream.

Erin Robinsong is a poet and interdisciplinary artist. Her debut collection of poetry, Rag Cosmology, won the 2017 A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry, and her chapbooks include Liquidity (House House Press, 2020). Her work has appeared in Lemon Hound, Vallum, The Capilano Review, Effects, Regreen: New Canadian Ecological Poetry, and many others. Collaborative performance works with Andréa de Keijzer and Hanna Sybille Müller include This ritual is not an accident; Facing away from that which is coming; and Polymorphic Microbe Bodies. Originally from Cortes Island, Erin lives in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal.

If you'd like to read more of Wet Dream, check out the product link in the photo or head to the link in our comments section!

18/07/2025

This year is our big 50th Anniversary, and to test the depths of your knowledge on our history, we've created this Brick Books Trivia Quiz. Have fun, and let us know how you did!

Find the quiz in the comments below!

11/07/2025

For anyone fighting the good fight, a bundle of books to provide clear-eyed, contemplative company in the struggle.

Check the comments for a link to the bundle!

03/07/2025

We hope to see you there!

30/06/2025

"Being free is having good relations and speaking truth to power and to the darkness one experiences in the ongoing colonial project. This book perfectly encapsulates nêhiyaw humour, raunchy and full of teachings, s*x, and heroism."

Read the fifth post in our 50th Anniversary blog series! Link in bio.

27/06/2025

With the heaviness of the world upon our shoulders... What is your poetry balm for today's overwhelming world? Let us know in the comments!

Discover yours by clicking the link in our comments section.

25/06/2025

Jumping off our last post about D.M. Bradford, we'd also like to share an excerpt of their poetry collection, Bottom Rail on Top!

Darby Minott Bradford is a poet and translator. They are the author of the hybrid poetry collection Dream of No One but Myself, which won the A.M. Klein QWF Prize for Poetry. Bradford’s first translation, House Within a House by Nicholas Dawson, received the VMI Betsy Warland Between Genres Award and John Glassco Translation Prize. Their most recent book of poetry, Bottom Rail on Top, was a Raymond Souster Award finalist. Bradford lives and works in Tio’tia:ke (Montreal) on the unceded territory of the Kanien’kehá꞉ka Nation.

If you'd like to read more of Bottom Rail on Top, check out the tagged product in the photo or head to our comments for a link to it in our shop. You don't want to miss out on Bradford's work!

25/06/2025

Check out this podcast featuring the author of Familial Hungers, Christine Wu!

This week on ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn speaks with poet Christine Wu, author of ‘Familial Hungers’ (Brick Books).

21/06/2025

Today is National Indigenous Peoples Day!

Here is a list of books that we have had the great pleasure of publishing by Indigenous authors at Brick Books. We would love for you to celebrate these voices with us today and always.

Of course, National Indigenous Peoples Day is a perfect opportunity to explore Indigenous voices in literature. Still, we encourage readers to never stop seeking out Indigenous stories, histories, knowledge, and art in the world.

20/06/2025

We think it's time for an author highlight! This month, we'd like to focus on D.M. Bradford. Shared here is an excerpt from their poetry collection, Dream of No One but Myself.

Darby Minott Bradford is a poet and translator. They are the author of the hybrid poetry collection Dream of No One but Myself, which won the A.M. Klein QWF Prize for Poetry. Bradford’s first translation, House Within a House by Nicholas Dawson, received the VMI Betsy Warland Between Genres Award and John Glassco Translation Prize. Their most recent book of poetry, Bottom Rail on Top, was a Raymond Souster Award finalist. Bradford lives and works in Tio’tia:ke (Montreal) on the unceded territory of the Kanien’kehá꞉ka Nation.

If you'd like to read more of Dream of No One but Myself, check out the tagged product in the photo or head to our comments for a link to it in our shop. Check back next week for an excerpt of Bradford's other poetry collection, Bottom Rail on Top.

19/06/2025

This Pride month, we get to celebrate with Jake Byrne’s Daddy winning the 2025 Trillium Book Award for Poetry.
Thank you to , to the jurors: , , and , and to Jake’s grandmother for celebrating with them!

17/06/2025

Last chance to support The Garbage Poems fundraising campaign! There is just one week left to help us reach our goal of $7,000. We are so close! Merch/perks are available for a limited time only, as part of this pre-order campaign.

We are so incredibly thankful to those who have contributed or shared this campaign 💗

Find the link in the comments below!