Biblioasis

12/19/2025

New on The Bibliophile: The final part of our Biblioasis Holiday Gift Guide, with a look back at the year from publisher Dan Wells. Plus, our 2026 Subscription Clubs are now available, with a special new addition!

https://digitalbibliophile.substack.com/p/the-biblioasis-holiday-book-guide-896

12/19/2025

If you’re shopping for great nonfiction, Precarious is an illuminating work that profiles foreign workers and the precarity of global systems of migrant labour. A perfect pick for the reader drawn to stories of quiet rebellion, this won’t disappoint. ⭐

Learn more about this book at indiebookstores.ca/tbl/

Biblioasis

12/18/2025

We are so thrilled to see Near Distance longlisted!!

12/18/2025

SACRED RAGE by Steven Heighton has been reviewed in the Literary Review of Canada!

"These fifteen stories are exercises in both abundance and restraint. They are formally brilliant, ranging from the hilarious to the heartbreaking . . . Although Heighton’s life ended too soon, his work will certainly endure. To add to praise found in these pages years ago: if there is any justice in this literary world, Heighton’s legacy will be his love of language, evident on every page."

12/18/2025

12/17/2025

The Biblioasis 2026 Subscription Clubs are here! And alongside our Fiction, Nonfiction, Surprise, and Choose-Your-Own Clubs, we're announcing a new addition: the Limited Editions Club, featuring uniquely designed editions of five forthcoming titles! 📚🎉

Every subscription comes with bonus Biblioasis ephemera, from buttons to ARCs and more. They make a great gift for your favourite bibliophile, or the perfect treat for yourself to enjoy throughout the year. Who doesn't like getting book mail?

Whether it's stories and essays filled with humour, loss, and reconnection; a literary detective novel; an exploration of sports; striking new poetry; or translations from across the globe, you can trust you'll find a book to add to your shelves.

Check out the subscription clubs on our website, and get a sneak peek at what titles we have in store for the new year: https://www.biblioasis.com/product-category/subscriptions/

12/16/2025

Listen to Ray Robertson, author of DUST: MORE LIVES OF THE POETS (WITH GUITARS), discuss Alex Chilton's "uncompromising individualism."

Pick up a copy of DUST at your local indie bookstore to read Robertson's essay on Chilton!

12/16/2025

Graeme Macrae Burnet's BENBECULA is on the Washington Post's list of new books you should all add to your shelves this December!

12/16/2025

Thank you to Felicia from Flying Books for picking Elise Levine's BIG OF YOU as one of her 2025 recommendations! 🎉

12/16/2025

This week’s Bookworm stacks up!

Read Emily Mernin on Marcello Di Cintio’s “Precarious” (Biblioasis), Heidi Rennert on Angie Ellis’s “A Snake and a Feathered Bird” (Thistledown Press), and vote for our best illustrations of 2025.

Click the link below to read and subscribe for free.

https://reviewcanada.substack.com/p/bookworm-no-126

12/15/2025

The New York Times Book Review included Vijay Khurana's debut novel THE PASSENGER SEAT in its list of 2025 hidden gems!