
Thistledown Press
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A literary trade publisher, publishing poetry and fiction by Canadian authors since 1975.
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Our #aluhomegrown series continues this week with a fresh new batch of authors & their books from Thistledown Press, Cormorant Books, @PalimpsestPress, ECW Press & Baraka Books alllitup.ca/homegrown-2-0-ā¦


See Toronto Book Awards finalist Connie Gault at The Word On The Street this Saturday, Sept 28! Click the link below to learn more! toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/events/2024-toā¦

We had a full house last night at McNally Robinson Booksellers for the launch of BECAUSE SOMEBODY ASKED ME TO by Guy Vanderhaeghe, featuring a conversation with Marina Endicott! Thanks to everyone who came out! You can watch the full event on YouTube here: youtube.com/live/ofVkUvpsCā¦


"I particularly like reading literary fiction in translation; it provides me with the illusion I am participating in a global literary culture." Today, Guy Vanderhaeghe (BECAUSE SOMEBODY ASKED ME TO, Thistledown Press) talks to us about writing & books alllitup.ca/writers-block-ā¦


In case you missed it, have a listen to this excerpt of The Homestretch CBC to hear book columnist Anne Logan, YYC book reviewer give a shout-outāand a glowing review from her daughterāof Leanne Shirtliffe's middle-grade novel The Genius Hour Project! cbc.ca/listen/live-raā¦



Guy Vanderhaeghe chats with Piya Chattopadhyay on CBCās The Sunday Magazine and looks back on what shaped him as a writer. Check out the interview here: cbc.ca/listen/live-raā¦

Did you know that many Thistledown Press titles are available as audiobooks? This includes trevor herriot's lovely 2023 novel THE ECONOMY OF SPARROWS. Check out the teaser below, narrated by Kelley Jo Burke. Available where audiobooks are sold.



"A Life in Pieces brings her to life, but I wish I had known her in the flesh." Ruth Panofsky writes a touchingly personal review reflecting on Jo-Ann Wallace's memoir-in-essays A LIFE IN PIECES. In the December issue of Literary Review of Canada, or online here: reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2024/ā¦

We're so proud that Connie Gault's THE RASMUSSEN PAPERS was a finalist for the Toronto Book Awards in 2024! Check out the clip below to see what the jury had to say about this "perfectly imagined novel." Music by John Kensey.
