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New Book Releases: June 2021

Published On: June 4th, 2021

New Book Releases: June 2021

June 4, 2021

It’s the beginning of a new month which means we have a list of new Canadian books to look forward to! Please visit the 2021 Craving CanLit page on our website to see the full list of books being published this year.

Home of the Floating Lily
by Silmy Abdullah

June 22, 2021
Published by Dundurn Press

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Life is Like Canadian Football and Other Authentic Folk Songs
by Henry Adam Svec

June 10, 2021
Published by Invisible Publishing

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Astra
by Cedar Bowers

June 1, 2021
Published by McClelland & Stewart an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada

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Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch
by Rivka Galchen

June 8, 2021
Published by Perennial, an imprint of HarperCollins Canada

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Insta Mom by Chantel Guertin

Instamom
by Chantel Guertin

June 29, 2021
Published by Doubleday Canada

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Bonnie Jack
by Ian Hamilton

June 1, 2021
Published by House of Anansi

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The Creep
by Michael Lapointe

June 1, 2021
Published by Penguin Random House Canada

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A Boring Wife Settles The Score
by Marie-Renee Lavoie, translated by Arielle Aaronson

June 6, 2021
Published by House of Anansi

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Unlocking by Amy LeBlanc

Unlocking
by Amy LeBlanc

June 15, 2021
Published by University of Calgary Press

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Every City Is Every Other City: A Gordon Stewart Mystery
by John McFetridge

June 1, 2021
Published by ECW Press

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Business
by J.P. Meyboom

June 29, 2021
Published by Dundurn Press

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The Medusa Deep
by David Neil Lee

June 1, 2021
Published by Wolsak and Wynn

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This Eden by Ed O'Loughlin

This Eden
by Ed O’Loughlin

June 8, 2021
Published by House of Anansi

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And Miles To Go Before I Sleep
by Jocelyne Saucier, translated by Rhonda Mullins

June 15, 2021
Published by Coach House Books

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Disintegration in Four Parts
by Jean Marc Ah-Sen, Emily Anglin, Devon Code

June 1, 2021
Published by Coach House Books

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