New Releases: October 2020

October 14, 2020

Each month we are proud to feature new novels, short story collections and graphic novels being published in Canada. Up until today, we referred to this initiative as Crazy for CanLit but it has been brought to our attention that this nomenclature has offended some people. This was never our intention. As of today, we will be referring to this initiative as Craving CanLit and hope that you will join the conversation using #CravingCanLit on your social media posts.

In the midst of our award season, it’s important to us to continue highlighting our incredible Canadian talent. We hope that you add some of these titles to your TBR list on top of the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist.

Here is a list of the books being released in October 2020!

The Night Piece

by André Alexis

October 13, 2020
Published by McClelland & Stewart, an imprint of Penguin Random House

Why Birds Sing

by Nina Berkhout

October 6, 2020
Published by ECW Press

Thirst for Justice

by David R. Boyd

October 27, 2020
Published by ECW Press

Waiting for a Star to Fall

by Kerry Clare

October 27, 2020
Published by Doubleday Canada, an imprint of Penguin Random House

Notice

by Dustin Cole

October 2020
Published by Nightwood Editions

The Adventures of Isabel

by Candas Jane Dorsey

October 20, 2020
Published by ECW Press

Affect

by Charlene Elsby

October 1, 2020
Published by Porcupine’s Quill

The Sweetness in the Lime

by Stephen Kimber

October 2020
Published by Nimbus Publishing

Daniil and Vanya

by Marie-Hélène Larochelle, translated by Michelle Winters

October 1, 2020
Published by Invisible Publishing

The Crooked Thing

by Mary MacDonald

October 2, 2020
Published by Caitlin Press

To Know You’re Alive

by Dakota McFadzean

October 2020
Published by Conundrum Press

The Detective and the Spy

by Angela Misri

October 24, 2020
Published by Cormorant Books

Fake it so Real

by Susan Sanford Blades

October 2020
Published by Nightwood Editions

Girl Minus X

by Anne Stone

October 6, 2020
Published by Wolsak and Wynn

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