At Bay Press

At Bay Press At Bay Press is a member of the Association of Canadian Publishers, Association of Manitoba Book Pub

We are a grassroots publisher formed in 2008 that believes in the arts and the power of the written word. We strive to seek out new work by undiscovered authors and artists along with those who are already established and bring their work to light. Our volumes are made right here in Canada, some of which are constructed by hand. All of our publications receive our utmost attention, time and love.

September 25, friends ... is National Comic Book Day! At Bay Press provides a lively and cordial home for graphic novels...
09/25/2025

September 25, friends ... is National Comic Book Day! At Bay Press provides a lively and cordial home for graphic novels/comics, and what better way to celebrate than showcasing some of our many visual titles?

Interested in these eclectic tales? Hop on over to our website, or visit your local bookstore!

Do you have an absolute favourite graphic novel/comic? Let us know in the comments! 🌈

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Hey-o! Come out to the Q***r Book Fair (***rbookfair) on September 27, sponsored by Raven’s End Books ()! Indulge in Man...
09/24/2025

Hey-o! Come out to the Q***r Book Fair (***rbookfair) on September 27, sponsored by Raven’s End Books ()! Indulge in Manitoba’s LARGEST 2SLGBTQIA+ bookish event; seriously—you will not want to miss out! We will be there, alongside many other phenomenal Canadian presses! 🇨🇦 Celebrate q***r and local authors, publishers, and bookish purveyors! 🏳️‍🌈

There will be … live AND virtual readings … wonderful workshops and creative crafting … local, literary vendors … and more! 🍂

September 27. 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Millennium Library; 251 Donald Street, Winnipeg, MB. Events on the SECOND floor; Book Fair on the THIRD floor. 🍁

This is a FREE event, friends!

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Join Mitchell Toews () at an exceedingly cosy event, hosted by The Listening Room, for an evening of open-mic performanc...
09/23/2025

Join Mitchell Toews () at an exceedingly cosy event, hosted by The Listening Room, for an evening of open-mic performances! Toews will be reading ‘Fall From Grace’, a story from his collection of auto-fiction, ‘Pinching Zwieback’.

September 24. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Sign-up until 8:00 p.m. Performances start at 7:00 p.m. St. John’s Heritage Church and Arts Centre; 86 McArthur Street, Lac du Bonnet, MB.

This event is FREE to attend!

Did you know that ‘Fall From Grace’ was chosen as a Mentor Text by Moving Writers, as a means of teaching emerging creatives? Read more here: https://movingwriters.org/2024/03/20/mentor-text-wednesday-fall-from-grace/.

A synopsis of ‘Pinching Zwieback’ is as follows:

“‘Pinching Zwieback’: Made-up Stories from the Darp focuses on recurrent, related characters with a common reality: small town Mennonite life. It’s socially engaged autofiction based heavily on the author’s own background and experiences. The loosely linked stories read like a novel with characters whose lives are given form by the past but undergo change as the world reshapes beliefs and circumstances.

Author Mitchell Toews, who grew up in his parents’ Mennonite bakery in Steinbach Manitoba, employs a gritty style containing psychological depth. Toews’ stories reveal the truth behind the fiction. This collection is a blend of memory, fable, and trauma that examines profound moments in which the conflict might be subtle or camouflaged but the consequences are real. A Keatsian, ‘mansion of many apartments,’ the stories combine to offer a broad narrative on how the people once known as the quiet in the land have evolved, and are evolving.“

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Join Terry Kirk () for an Afternoon Book Chat at THIN AIR 2025 ()! On September 25, Kirk will be conferring with Zilla J...
09/22/2025

Join Terry Kirk () for an Afternoon Book Chat at THIN AIR 2025 ()! On September 25, Kirk will be conferring with Zilla Jones (.jones) about the enigmatic life of an author; hosted by Plume Winnipeg Director Charlene Diehl ().

September 25. 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Bill and Helen Norrie Library; 15 Poseidon Bay, Winnipeg, MB. Co-presented with the Winnipeg Public Library ()!

This event is FREE to attend!

Kirk is the author of ‘Pitfall’ (At Bay Press), and she will be launching this title on September 28 at Whodunit? Mystery Bookstore ()—also through THIN AIR 2025)! Mark the date! ✏️

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09/21/2025

What if aging wasn’t a decline, but a chance to begin again? At 74, Susan Wismer finally published her first book of poetry. Her story is about caregiving, forgiveness, and discovering that dreams don’t expire. Hag Dances is Susan Wismer’s story of courage, grief, and the healing power of words.

Susan Wismer () will be launching her book of poetry, ‘Hag Dances’, at The Josie (.biz) on September 25. Join Wismer, Sp...
09/21/2025

Susan Wismer () will be launching her book of poetry, ‘Hag Dances’, at The Josie (.biz) on September 25. Join Wismer, Special Guest Ronna Bloom () (and a live reading of her book, In a Riptide), and Host Sheila Stewart, for an evening of identity and truth! Wismer will also be accompanied by her friend, Storyteller and Musician Hania Krajewski. You will not want to miss out on all these talented voices!

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. September 25. 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. The Josie; 92 Grenadier Road, Toronto, ON. Entrance around the corner off Lynd Avenue.

A synopsis of ‘Hag Dances’ is as follows:

“To change and heal takes great courage. To reconcile is to truly face yourself and ask the questions: Why am I angry, shameful, hateful and prejudiced? Why does fear have control of me so profoundly? Why is it so easy to move to prejudice, to be manipulative, to think of myself as better than? Susan Wismer’s new collection of astounding poetry reconciles identity and truth, if truth can even be found.”

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Join Terry Kirk () and her novel, ‘Pitfall’, at Librairie La Maison Anglaise on September 20! Kirk’s book recently recei...
09/20/2025

Join Terry Kirk () and her novel, ‘Pitfall’, at Librairie La Maison Anglaise on September 20! Kirk’s book recently received a five-star review in the Readers’ Choice Book Awards’ adult-fiction category. This is a novel you will not want to miss the launch of...

September 20. 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Librairie La Maison Anglaise, Place de la CitĂŠ; 2600 Boul Laurier #164, QuĂŠbec City, QC.

A synopsis of ‘Pitfall’ is as follows:

“Frank Cork is head trader at Chicago’s leading brokerage firm. It’s October 1929, and Frank has made a killing trading wheat futures on the city’s commodities exchange. At thirty-two, Frank and his wife, Katrina, have climbed from the South Side to the tony northern suburbs. They’re at the top of their game in their stunning modernist home with two young children. But on October 29, 1929, Frank watches in the trading pit as his fortune is wiped out in a single day. Some traders skulk home while others lurk in the shadows of the Clark Street Bridge. Frank drags himself to Grand Central Station. Hawkers scream, ‘Black Tuesday, Market Crash,’ as Frank staggers onto the nearest train. Flattened by shame, the fallen trader finally debarks a thousand miles later as his train crosses the border into Saskatchewan. Holed up in a shed on the Canadian Prairies, Frank wrestles with how to redeem himself and return home. The only opportunity in sight is selling Canadian whiskey to the Chicago mob. Frank faces setbacks at every turn, including a terrifying visit to the still in the tunnels under Moose Jaw. In Chicago, Frank’s firm is looking for him. Was it su***de? Murder? Everyone’s a suspect, from the managing partner to the mob-boss mayor.”

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Poet patti sinclair () will be signing copies of her book, ‘The Late Season’, on September 20! Stop by and say hello, ch...
09/19/2025

Poet patti sinclair () will be signing copies of her book, ‘The Late Season’, on September 20! Stop by and say hello, chat all-things poetry, and leave with a signed copy of the fifth installment in the acclaimed ‘From the Heart Series’!

September 20. 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Indigo/Chapters; 445 St. Albert Trail, Unit #30, St. Albert, AB.

A synopsis of ‘The Late Season’ is as follows:

“The fifth installment in At Bay Press’ acclaimed ‘From the Heart Series’.

The Late Season dives into how death re-stories our lives. It surges with the extraordinary tide of bereavement alongside the daily, ordinary rhythms of life, exploring how the natural world echoes our human experience, as we move through the season of death’s initiation. With words and story that honour and vividly reflect how we may retrieve ourselves, and with tender heart, the late season, encourages us to … be as graceful as you can be, and that is good enough; how like the mirror of the sea, it can bring us back to ourselves, wave after wave.

The Late Season leads the reader down to the tidal river of what remains, in the stirrings of death, as it stuns, carries, and sings.”

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Catch us at the “Made in Manitoba” Book Fair on September 20! THIN AIR 2025 is graciously hosting us, alongside many oth...
09/19/2025

Catch us at the “Made in Manitoba” Book Fair on September 20! THIN AIR 2025 is graciously hosting us, alongside many other Manitoban publishers, for a day of eclectic and creative showcasing!

Aaaaand, don’t forget—across the hall, at the Reading Lounge (in the Anhang Room), Eadha Bakery will be selling food and drink! Yum!

Come meet us (we don’t bite)! Have a favourite book with At Bay Press? Well, chat with us about that very piece of writing! Poetry? Historical fiction? Graphic novel? Etc.? We want to speak with YOU! 💙

September 20. 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Carol Shields Auditorium, Millennium Library; 251 Donald Street, Winnipeg, MB.

Admission? Free!

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melanie brannagan frederiksen (.b.f) read some wild and wonderful words at Sookram’s Brewing Co. () on September 17! Tha...
09/19/2025

melanie brannagan frederiksen (.b.f) read some wild and wonderful words at Sookram’s Brewing Co. () on September 17! Thank you to Sookram’s and Sheldon Birnie () for hosting this marvellous event for Canadian readers and writers (and beer-enjoyers) alike.

At Bay Press will also be publishing melanie brannagan frederiksen’s debut novel, ‘the night, the knife, the river’—coming soon...

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Terry Kirk’s novel, ‘Pitfall’, has received a five-star review in the Readers’ Choice Book Awards’ adult-fiction categor...
09/18/2025

Terry Kirk’s novel, ‘Pitfall’, has received a five-star review in the Readers’ Choice Book Awards’ adult-fiction category! This is phenomenal news!

Purchase a copy of ‘Pitfall’ over on our website, https://atbaypress.com/books/detail/pitfall.

A synopsis of ‘Pitfall’ is as follows:

“Frank Cork is head trader at Chicago’s leading brokerage firm. It’s October 1929, and Frank has made a killing trading wheat futures on the city’s commodities exchange. At thirty-two, Frank and his wife, Katrina, have climbed from the South Side to the tony northern suburbs. They’re at the top of their game in their stunning modernist home with two young children. But on October 29, 1929, Frank watches in the trading pit as his fortune is wiped out in a single day. Some traders skulk home while others lurk in the shadows of the Clark Street Bridge. Frank drags himself to Grand Central Station. Hawkers scream, ‘Black Tuesday, Market Crash,’ as Frank staggers onto the nearest train. Flattened by shame, the fallen trader finally debarks a thousand miles later as his train crosses the border into Saskatchewan. Holed up in a shed on the Canadian Prairies, Frank wrestles with how to redeem himself and return home. The only opportunity in sight is selling Canadian whiskey to the Chicago mob. Frank faces setbacks at every turn, including a terrifying visit to the still in the tunnels under Moose Jaw. In Chicago, Frank’s firm is looking for him. Was it su***de? Murder? Everyone’s a suspect, from the managing partner to the mob-boss mayor.”

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THIN AIR 2025 () is juuuuust around the corner! September 20 through 28 is the annual fall festival wherein Canadian aut...
09/17/2025

THIN AIR 2025 () is juuuuust around the corner! September 20 through 28 is the annual fall festival wherein Canadian authors are celebrated (and maybe even discovered) amidst boisterous writers and avid readers! There will be all sorts of ballyhoo from us, as well as other Canadian publishing houses!

The events that At Bay Press will be partaking in are as follows:

September 20 - “Made in Manitoba” Book Fair. 10:30 a.m. Carol Shields Auditorium, Millennium Library; 251 Donald Street, Winnipeg, MB. (psst—there will be food and drink across the hall in the Reading Lounge!)

September 25 - Afternoon Book Chat with Zilla Jones & Terry Kirk (), hosted by Plume Winnipeg Director Charlene Diehl. 1:30 p.m. Bill and Helen Norrie Library; 15 Poseidon Bay, Winnipeg, MB.

September 28. ‘Pitfall’ Launch. 2:00 p.m. Whodunit? Mystery Bookstore; 163 Lilac Street, Winnipeg, MB.

All of these events are FREE to attend!

Readers... Emerging writers... Established writers... Friends of creatives... Those who are merely curious about literature... We hope to see you there!

Visit https://thinairwinnipeg.ca/thin-air-festival/ for more information.

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