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12/21/2025

"Our knot of tourists untangles in the low-lit passage, tracing the route the sun takes each solstice dawn."

Enjoy the sun while you can today, readers! This is the longest night of the year, and we couldn't think of a better way to spend it than with a book of poetry, perhaps with Openwork and Limestone--a 2022 collection from Frances Boyle

12/19/2025

The Read Alberta Year-end blog post pays homage to some of the province's incredible 2025 titles and award-nominated books. The year-end list of achievements from publishers gives a nod to Bruce Hunter and Mark Vitaris--two talented Frontenac House contributors.

Hunter's novel, In The Bear House, continues to make waves in Western Canada, making bestseller lists for November, and Vitaris's Buffalo Traces was a finalist for the BPAA Book Illustration of the Year award.

We're thrilled to celebrate with these authors and the industry all year round, but especially around the ! Certainly something to warm our smiles during these cold nights.

Check out the whole Year-In-Review here:

As 2025 becomes a memory and we set our calendars to 2026, let's take a look back at all the amazing moments from publishers this year!

12/16/2025

Tis the season for throwback poems about snow and love.

This selection comes from Tyler Engström's contribution to Drifting Like A Metaphor. The poem also appeared later in his 2021 Frontenac House ecollection, Think of How Old We Could Get--a finalist for the Stephan G Stephansson Award in 2022.

12/12/2025

Two recent Frontenac House authors, Frances Boyle and David Stymeist, feature at the upcoming Salon of the Refused on Monday December 15th.

This live event at the Bytown Museum in features poetry that was initially rejected, celebrating voices and stories often marginalized from society. Come by at 7pm local time on the 15th to catch this amazing salon, featuring some of the best talent that the country has to offer!

Link to event:

Monday, December 15, 2025 – 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Bytown Museum1 Canal Lane, Ottawa You are invited to attend a literary event that takes its inspiration from the 1863 Salon des Refusés. It is a celeb…

12/09/2025

"There’s Magic Here Too: A Trans Woman’s Guide to Being Monstrous is essential reading that will make you laugh, then take your breath away, and invite you to witness lived experience that is sure to inspire care and solidarity."

Skylar Kay's 2025 poetry collection, There's Magic Here Too, features as the Hot Take in the newest The Seaboard Review of Books issue! Rave reviews! See the full review and the rest of the issue on the Seaboard's substack here:

Https://www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-seaboard-review-of-books-december-8-2025

Volume 2, Issue 54 of The Seaboard Review of Books, December 8, 2025

12/07/2025

continues to make waves with his re-released novel, In The Bear's House! The Miramichi Reader has featured this edition of the novel as one of the best fiction books of 2025, and we are thrilled to celebrate that with him, and with you.

See the full list today, including links to a review of In The Bear's House, as well as an article on Hunter's creation process of his incredible novel:

https://miramichireader.ca/2025/12/the-miramichi-readers-best-fiction-of-2025/

12/07/2025

Chilly weather is perfect for a cup of tea and a book of poetry from a Canadian author 🥰📖

This great selection, including some Frontenac books by Keith Garebian, .gibbs515 and .yyc, is featured this week at .

Remember to visit bookstores like this during the holiday season and support them and Canadian publishers whe you can!

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12/06/2025

😍 Another feather in the cap for Rayanne Haines Author and What Kind of Daughter?

Thanks as always to the bookstores that bring our into the hands of our readers, building community here in Alberta at every turn.

Audreys Books Ltd., Paper Birch Books, and Magpie Books, you rock!

12/03/2025

Celebrating Bruce Hunter today with this glowing review of his novel, In The Bear's House.

"Trout’s coming of age achieves the transformation from a disabled boy to a man who hears his heart and what will become of his world and his extended Indigenous family. As you read this memoir, you will begin to claim what Trout wants: the same sounds attached to your heart."

Thanks for the kind words, FreeFall Magazine! See the full review on their website today:

By Vivian Hansen In The Bear’s House by Bruce Hunter Frontenac House (2025) I read the first edition of this book in 2009 (Oolichan Books). I believed

12/01/2025

A poem from 's debut collection of poetry, juniper, as we hurtle towards the holiday season 📖❄️

Be sure to visit our website today if you need gifts for the 📚 in your life: https://www.frontenachouse.com/

11/28/2025

Extra, extra! Interview with .yyc courtesy of yhe newest issue of 🤩

"The result is a collection that moves away from the Japanese haibun form of her Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry–winning first collection, Transcribing Moonlight, toward something that draws on punk and riot grrrl tradition."

See it all here: https://prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/view/poet-dips-into-fairy-tales-and-fabulism-but-with-a-bloody-scream-in-lieu-of-softness

11/27/2025

It is with heavy hearts that we see the passing of Canadian poetry icon Barry Dempster. Barry Dempster authored eighteen collections of poetry, three volumes of short stories, and two novels during his illustrious career, including a Frontenac House title--Being Here: the chemistry of startle (2022). His words reached many during his time as a writer, and will continue to do so after his passing. Rest in peace.