Nightwood Editions

06/20/2025

06/09/2025

OTTAWA! Catch David O'Meara, author of CHANDELIER, this week at the Sunnyside Library's Laureates Reading event. Free admission!

05/16/2025

"R.I.P. Scoot is what I dub Quirk Core – a term I just made up – a literary, wry, rum, romp through the insanities of the world as we know it . . . It’s Scooby-Doo on mushrooms in a dystopian discount store." —The Seaboard Review of Books

We couldn't have said it better ourselves 👌 Pick up this "Most Anticipated" by the Toronto Star & 49th Shelf at local bookstores and online retailers now!

Reviewed by Emily Weedon

05/13/2025

Huge congratulations to Jes Battis, whose poetry collection I HATE PARTIES won the Poetry Award Honouring Anne Szumigalski at the Saskatchewan Book Awards on May 9, 2025!

05/13/2025

Catch Jes Battis on Friday, May 16, at Russell Books! Jes will be joined by poet Dr. Lucía M. Polis, plus open mic.

Doors at 7 pm, event starts at 7:30 pm.

05/12/2025

Essential and concise answers to the top questions Canadians ask about truth and reconciliation, from leading Indigenous rights lawyer Bruce McIvor.

INDIGENOUS RIGHTS IN ONE MINUTE is out NOW!

“This book is essential reading.” —BC Review

“If ever there was a book that needed to be in every school, library, and bookshop in Canada, it’s Indigenous Rights in One Minute.” —Dr. Pamela Palmater

“According to Treaty Elders the word for ‘truth’ in nêhiyawêwin is tâpwêwin, which means ‘speaking with precision and accuracy.’ This book is tâpwêwin.” —Dr. Kathy Walker

Don’t miss Bruce McIvor & Bob Joseph (author of 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act) at their Vancouver Public Library event on Wednesday, June 18—stay tuned for more event announcements across Canada soon!

04/30/2025

Congratulations to Jes Battis, whose poetry collection I HATE PARTIES is on the long list for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award!

The poems in I HATE PARTIES "dance (awkwardly) between q***r and anxious spaces," offering a raw, B-side perspective on growing up q***r, autistic and nonbinary. Dipping readers into a world of missed connections, social disasters and life as a q***r party that constantly surprises, Battis uses a light touch and neurodiverse prosody as they chronicle middle-grade q***rness and a kind of meandering surreality. From difficult desires, panic attacks and environmental sensitivities, Battis weaves 90s metaphors with current discussions of neurodiversity and trans rights in Canada as they ruminate between past and present like a cat refusing to settle.

Shortlists will be announced on May 7, 2025, followed by an online reading on May 13 to celebrate the finalists. Winners, each receiving a $2,000 prize, will be announced on May 14, 2025.

04/22/2025

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Happy Pub Day to STAGES OF TANNING WORDS AND REMEMBERING SPELLS!
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"Tawahum’s poems invite us into the homeland that is the body and the complex rawness of human identity. This collection teaches us what shatters and what binds, what rises to the surface when we seek connection, and what we might discover in the valleys of hunger and holiness that wait for our careful attention. Stages of Tanning Words and Remembering Spells is an urgent and vivid testament to the sacredness of wounds and the cracked and luminous glow of the unfiltered human spirit. These are words to be tasted, inhabited, and felt to your core."
—Jess Housty, author of Crushed Wild Mint

"Tawahum Bige’s Stages of Tanning Words and Remembering Spells carves out a singular voice in contemporary poetry—fierce, tender, and unabashedly raw. Echoing the searing intimacy and lyrical witticisms of poets like of Tenille Campbell and Tommy Pico, Bige has crafted a thoughtful rumination on the nature of transformation and metamorphosis. This collection surprises, delights, and lingers long after the reading is done."
—Carleigh Baker, author of Last Woman

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04/16/2025

We're thrilled to announce that Nightwood poet Isabella Wang has been name a Writers' Trust Rising Star of 2025.
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The Writers' Trust Rising Stars program is a dynamic career development initiative that recognizes five Canadian authors at the onset of their careers who are poised to produce exceptional and enduring creative work.

In addition to the mentorship opportunity with their selector, each Rising Star receives $5,000 and a two-week, self-directed writing residency at the Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts on the Toronto Islands.
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From 2025 selector Joseph Dandurand:

“Isabella Wang is an amazing young writer of beautiful, thought-provoking pieces. Her first published book, Pebble Swing, is full of cherished and wonderous poems.

"Her academic studies have given her the opportunity to read, edit, and meet other authors while developing her own writing. Even though she is young, she has lived the life of a poet and developed the ability to create exceptional poetry out of everyday reality and glorious imagination.

"Wang demonstrates immense promise as she constructs more of herself. There will be great poetry created by such creativity and resourcefulness. Wang is a remarkable and outstanding poet with a bright future, and we are forever grateful for her gift.”
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Wang's forthcoming collection NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER (Fall 2025) is available for pre-order NOW!
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04/16/2025

We're thrilled to see TEETH is a finalist for BC & Yukon Book Prizes' 2025 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize!

Winners will be announced on September 21 at the BC & Yukon Book Prizes Gala in Vancouver.

04/15/2025

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EXISTING MUSIC by Nick Thran is officially out in the world TODAY!
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Riffs, celebrations, collaborations, distortions and meditations—these poems explore the companionship of wistful music.
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Stay tuned for event announcements throughout Canada this spring & summer.

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03/31/2025

✨Vancouver poetry lovers—don't miss this evening of fierce and tender conversation with Tawahum Bige. APRIL 26, 7pm at Enabling Arts ✨