House of Anansi Press

10/11/2025

Recommended reads for 🏳️‍🌈

📖 EVERYTHING IS FINE HERE by Iryn Tushabe
📖 BROUGHTUPSY by Christina Cooke
📖 BACK IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING by Eva Crocker
📖 YOU WILL BE SAFE HERE by Damian Barr

Explore our LGBTQ+ Collection for more LGBTQ+ stories: https://houseofanansi.com/collections/lgbtq-stories

10/10/2025

✍️ LETTERS TO KAFKA by Christine Estima has been out for one month!

“What an extraordinary world Christine Estima has created for her readers! … I adored every word of this novel and could not put it down.” —Heather O’Neill, author of The Capital of Dreams 💌

📚 Buy now where books are sold! Learn more here: https://houseofanansi.com/products/letters-to-kafka?_pos=1&_sid=6da862a89&_ss=r

10/09/2025

💅 Your honour, she’s just a girl! ✨ I MAKE MY OWN FUN by Hannah Beer is out next week!

The sinister side of celebrity fandom is inverted in this razor-sharp debut following the descent of the world’s most beloved movie star into a dark and disastrous obsession. If you loved PEARL or SHE’S A LAMB!, this is for you! 🩸

"Equal parts outrageous and equal parts fun." ―Dazed

👋 Pre-order your copy of I MAKE MY OWN FUN from your favourite bookseller here: https://houseofanansi.com/products/i-make-my-own-fun?_pos=1&_sid=226a03f22&_ss=r

10/08/2025

So excited to announce that WELLWATER by Karen Solie is shortlisted for the 2025 T.S. Eliot Prize! 🎉 🏆

🔗 Learn more about WELLWATER here: https://houseofanansi.com/products/wellwater?_pos=1&_sid=23c56bdfe&_ss=r

10/08/2025

Out next week! 🪲 AS THE EARTH DREAMS, edited by Terese Mason Pierre, is a ground-breaking anthology of haunting speculative stories by contemporary Black Canadian writers that explore growth, futurity, and joy.

🌀 “As the Earth Dreams offers a distinctly Canadian vision of Black life that is as lush and expansive as it is tender and rooted.” —The Walrus

AS THE EARTH DREAMS is out October 14th, you can pre-order your copy here: https://houseofanansi.com/products/as-the-earth-dreams?_pos=1&_sid=9338f1615&_ss=r

10/08/2025

🎉✨ The definitive biography of comedy legend John Candy is officially out on bookshelves everywhere today! ✨🎉

💖 Drawing on extensive research and exclusive interviews with Candy’s closest friends and colleagues, including Dan Aykroyd, Catherine O’Hara, Martin Short, Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, and Tom Hanks, bestselling biographer Paul Myers pulls back the curtain on the Canadian comedy legend still adored by fans around the world today.

💖 “This isn’t the first biography on the late actor John Candy, but it is hands down the best … This is a respectful, compassionate biography that makes the reader feel as though they've come to truly know the man.”— Booklist

Buy your copy from your favourite bookseller here: https://houseofanansi.com/products/john-candy?_pos=1&_sid=393f1af92&_ss=r

10/07/2025

NEW tickets available for the launch of JOHN CANDY: A LIFE IN COMEDY at TIFF Lightbox with screening of Planes, Trains and Automobiles followed by an in-conversation with Paul Myers and Mike Myers.

Limited tickets are available‼️

TIFF is a charitable cultural organization with a mission to transform the way people see the world, through film.

10/07/2025

Read an exclusive excerpt from JOHN CANDY: A LIFE IN COMEDY in People Magazine! 💖

🔗 “John Candy and Steve Martin Improvised This Scene in Trains, Planes and Automobiles — (Exclusive)”

JOHN CANDY: A LIFE IN COMEDY by Paul Myers is out now.

In an excerpt from 'John Candy: A Life in Comedy,' we learn just how much fun the legendary comics had filming together, plus which song made the crew 'lose it'. The new book hits shelves on Oct. 7.

10/07/2025

Read an excerpt from JOHN CANDY: A LIFE IN COMEDY in The Toronto Star! 💖

🔗 "How John Candy helped jump-start Second City in Toronto: He was ‘a bold and wild chance-taker,’ says Dan Aykroyd"

JOHN CANDY: A LIFE IN COMEDY by Paul Myers is out now.

In this exclusive excerpt from "John Candy: A Life in Comedy," author Paul Myers looks at the legendary performer's early days.

10/06/2025

📰🗞️ The Toronto Star: "John Candy biography delves into battles Canadian comic faced away from cameras"

TORONTO - A new biography of Canadian comedy legend John Candy delves into the private battles he faced away from the cameras.

10/06/2025

JOHN CANDY: A LIFE IN COMEDY by Paul Myers and I MAKE MY OWN FUN by Hannah Beer are Kobo Canada Best of the Month picks for October! 🎉

Learn more about these titles and explore Kobo Canada's Best Books of the Month here: https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/p/books-of-the-month