Canadian Small Press Book Recommendations
Since we started to go elbows up a few years ago my main area of support and focus has been buying only books from Canadian presses.
Canadians love to read but our books make up only 5% of sales while printing books from about 80% of Canadian authors. They also employ Canadian editors, copy editors, cover artists, publicists etc and print from Canadian printing presses on Canadian paper.
I found some terrible books while reading but also many great ones I truly love that are new favourites. I hope more people buy Canadian, request Canadian (at the library) and continue to support our own authors.
Here are 10 of my faves:
Bird Suit by Sydney Hegele (Invisible Press)
The Doll's Alphabet by Camilla Grudova (Coach House)
Dr. Edith Vane and the Hares of Crawley Hall (Coach House)
Living Expenses by Teri Vlassapoulous (Invisible Press)
The Hypebeast by Adnan Khan (Dundern)
Other Evolutions by Rebecca Hirsch Garcia (ECW Press)
This Bright Dust by Nina Berkhout (Goose Lane)
She's a Lamb! by Meredith Hambrock (ECW Press)
Shepherd's Sight by Barbara McLean (ECW Press)
The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits by Ben Berman Ghan (Wolsak & Wynn)
There are honestly so many more books and presses I could have mentioned. I love all of these books so much and I hope more people read them!
Feel free to add your own suggestions!