House of Anansi Press Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Librarianist
Patrick DeWitt
Ready to be shelved! (RTBS??). Say goodbye to the countdown and hello to your new favourite very good book by Patrick deWitt! Learn more about THE LIBRARIANIST here: https://t.co/DU7LaX1HDK https://t.co/WtN5XlBMWz
Paperback, Large Print, 2023
$34.00$17.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Park Cruising: What Happens When We Wander Off the Path
Marcus McCann
Check out this PARK CRUISING excerpt in @XtraMagazine! In it, author @mmccnn looks at the at the history of Toronto's Marie Curtis Park that was the site of a police sting in 2016. https://t.co/Nsvym88Lfh
Paperback, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Hockey Sweater
Roch Carrier
Back to the archive! 📚 Today we’re featuring a Canadian favourite, THE HOCKEY SWEATER by Roch Carrier. Check out this early edition next to our A List edition! Learn more about Anansi at 55: https://t.co/0yGBJMJQQ9 https://t.co/NfQzWhdtrj
Paperback, 1985
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Unsettled Ground
Claire Fuller
Today's @Kobo Daily Deal is Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller! “A gorgeously written celebration of the natural world as well as a moving portrait of a family struggling against time.” — Lucy Tan, author of What We Were Promised Learn more: https://bit.ly/3hAQgLq https://t.co/O2ADCw6THQ
Hardcover, 2021
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
All the Shining People
Kathy Friedman
A finalist for both the Danuta Gleed Literary Award *and* the Trillium Book Award, ALL THE SHINING PEOPLE by @KathyFriedman7 is an unmissable work of short fiction. Jump in! Learn more: https://t.co/81bqjFov3J https://t.co/9qEbSSZH0i
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
We Want What We Want: Stories
Alix Ohlin
Congratulations to @AlixOhlin, whose book, WE WANT WHAT WE WANT, is a finalist for the @bcyukonprizes Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize! Learn more and see the full list here: https://t.co/vH5htn7etL https://t.co/KXTrONdj9y
Hardcover, 2021
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Satched
Megan Gail Coles
SATCHED, Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist Megan Gail Coles’s debut poetry collection, is a vivid and unflinching portrait of intergenerational trauma, ecological grief, and late-stage capitalism. Coming September 7, 2021. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3qXjMgu @MeganGColes https://t.co/aRM4ye0mF2
Paperback, 2021
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Librarianist
Patrick DeWitt
Don't miss Patrick deWitt in the @VancouverSun! The author of THE LIBRARIANIST recounts his love for libraries, as well as the time he spent in a senior's centre that inspired his latest work. Read it here: https://t.co/CoIPaCd7qp
Hardcover, 2023
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Saha
Cho Nam-Joo
SAHA, the highly anticipated novel from literary sensation Cho Nam-Joo, eight years in the making, is available now. “Saha is its own Orwellian vision: bleak and berserk, brilliant and beautiful.” — @OprahDaily Learn more and read an excerpt here: https://t.co/G9COQorBTy https://t.co/dYhjky7tGx
Paperback, 2023
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bitter Orange Tree
Jokha Alharthi
THE BELIEVER by @sarahkrasnostein and NARINJAH (THE BITTER ORANGE TREE), written by Jokha Alharthi and translated by Marilyn Booth, are two of the @NewYorker's Best Books of 2022 (so far)! Congrats to Sarah, Jokha and Marilyn! 🥳 https://t.co/94s9uEV7pM https://t.co/lLFGbVVoMn
Paperback, 2023
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book