Thanks to BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here are the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in September '26. Ft. top 10 from @biblioasis.bsky.social, @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, and @invisibooks.bsky.social.
Fair: The Life-Art of Translation is out in North America in 2 months! Pre-order from @invisibooks.bsky.social : invisiblepublishing.com/product/fair/ Or your local indie bookstore. Launch events TBA soon.
"I rolled out of bedlam and put on my slippers without Socrates, something I rarely document." #SealeyChallenge 27/31 #TodaysPoem #poetry Tapestry of an Ordinary Day by Michael e. Casteels from The Last White House at the End of the Row of White Houses (2016 @invisibooks.bsky.social)
Good times for sure! I, too, somehow only bought one book: A Nation of Tinkerers by @therewasnosound.bsky.social published by @invisibooks.bsky.social and purchased from @anotherstoryto.bsky.social ! Can’t wait to dig in! #booksky 💙📚 invisiblepublishing.com/product/a-na...
Alex@alexplatt.bsky.social · 2mo agoHad a really fun day with @agpasquella.bsky.social hitting up a bunch of indie bookstores in Toronto and managed to have enough self-control to only buy one book. 😂
How journalist Michael Rancic stitched together his new history of Canadian electronic music /via @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/musi...
How journalist Michael Rancic stitched together his new history of Canadian electronic music
In A Nation of Tinkerers, Rancic explores the roots of electronic music in Canada
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Montreal! I'll be in town two weeks from now to launch A Nation of Tinkerers at Système on September 3rd! Join me in conversation w/ local artist and educator Peggy Hogan to explore the book's themes and tales of overlooked figures from Canada’s rich electronic music history.
Wrote about Michael Rancic's great new history of Canadian electronic music @therewasnosound.bsky.social
Tinkering in the Enclave
On Michael Rancic’s A Nation of Tinkerers, Jameson’s Utopias, Jacques Attali
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I’m reading A Nation of #Tinkerers: A History of #Electronic #Music in #Canada 1945 to 1985 by Michael Rancic. #books #BookSky
Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦@dbcurren.bsky.social · 2mo ago
Former Polaris juror @therewasnosound.bsky.social has launched their new book, 'A History of Electronic Music in Canada from 1945 to 1985' via @invisibooks.bsky.social.
thanks to the thoughtful Luke Ottenhof for this great @torontolifemag.bsky.social Q&A about my book!!! A Nation of Tinkerers is out now via @invisibooks.bsky.social!
Toronto Life@torontolifemag.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe caught up with music journalist Michael Rancic, author of a new book on Canada’s contributions to electronic music, to talk about the techno side of CanCon, our national aptitude for tinkering and why turning knobs can be just as artistic as playing instruments
A fantastic interview with author @therewasnosound.bsky.social.
Toronto Life@torontolifemag.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe caught up with music journalist Michael Rancic, author of a new book on Canada’s contributions to electronic music, to talk about the techno side of CanCon, our national aptitude for tinkering and why turning knobs can be just as artistic as playing instruments
I spoke with @therewasnosound.bsky.social about A Nation of Tinkerers, his new history of Canadian electronic music out today with @invisibooks.bsky.social It's a crucial addition to the CanCon literary canon, and (by necessity) goes far beyond what we might consider electronic music today
The Globe and Mail@theglobeandmail.com · 2mo ago
Hey look! CNQ lives! After a two year hiatus, Canadian Notes & Queries is back. The first new issue features a ten page essay on the poetry of Alexandra Oliver, written by James Pollock. Needless to say, no magazine in Canada is quite like it. Grab a copy! Subscribe! www.notesandqueries.ca
Lakeside, looking over proofs of the 10th anniversary edition of The Utility of Boredom. I've written a new introduction and we've done a bit of tidying on the original text. New cover, too. It'll be available from @invisibooks.bsky.social wherever you get books October 13th.
Thanks to BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here are the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in July '26. Ft. top 10 from @biblioasis.bsky.social, @invisibooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, & @coachhousebooks.bsky.social.
Our summer edition of What We Carry is here! Check out these books tracing stories of migration, movement, and ancestral memory! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/08... @aaknopf.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social @houseofanansi.bsky.social #DiverseCanLit #DiverseSpines
What We Carry: Summer 2026 · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
What We Carry is a book list by managing editor, Justine Abigail Yu, tracing stories of migration, movement, and ancestral memory from authors who write ...
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A century-old novel that anticipates A Room of One's Own by three years and is so good that I'm surprised there's never been a Virago edition. Fortunately, our own @invisibooks.bsky.social has made it available again. #CanLit #canadianliterature #booksky brianbusby.blogspot.com/2026/08/betw...
Between Exhaustion and Expression
Shackles Madge Macbeth New York: Waterson, 1927 282 pages The first three pages of Shackles take the form of a letter written by the author...
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Today's episode of Turning Pages airs at 11:30am CT on UMFM 101.5 but is online now to stream/DL and features a conversation with @therewasnosound.bsky.social about his history of Canadian electronic music, A Nation of Tinkerers ( @invisibooks.bsky.social ). umfm.com/programming/...
Music writer Michael Rancic (@therewasnosound.bsky.social) dives into the history of electronic music in Canada his upcoming book ‘A Nation of Tinkerers: A History of Electronic Music in Canada from 1945 To 1985' (Out Aug. 11 via @invisibooks.bsky.social). Read an excerpt now:
Let Them Play Synths
Michael Rancic uncovers the forgotten history of a dominant force in modern music in this excerpt from his new book ‘A Nation of Tinkerers: A History of Electronic Music in Canada from 1945 To 1985’…
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Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: The Alchemy of Paradise by Susannah M. Smith, @invisibooks.bsky.social & Kill The Poet, Save The World by Abdulkareem Baba-Aminu, Masobe Books. See alt-text. #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #booktok #bookstagram
Today's Feature: "Autumn Night Reflections" by Dai Wangshu, translated by @yilinwriter.bsky.social from The Lantern and the Night Moths published by @invisibooks.bsky.social Read here: poems.com/poem/autumn-...
Autumn Night Reflections
Heed the tearful beckoning of weaving merfolk, heed the breath of falling tree leaves!
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Read @bengymen.bsky.social's interview of Zane Koss re: his collection Country Music (pub. @invisibooks.bsky.social)! It’s been a project that was percolating for a long time, or that I was struggling for a long time to figure out how exactly it would work... www.thetemzreview.com/robinson-kos...
A NATION OF TINKERERS: A HISTORY OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC IN CANADA FROM 1945 TO 1985 by Michael Rancic from @invisibooks.bsky.social is a summer 2026 selection for The Booksellers’ List!
We're delighted to see three books published by LPG members on the Summer 2026 edition of #TheBooksellersList, via @indiebookstores.ca!
purchased with whore money 😈 @angelicanoi.bsky.social
thanks to CBC's The Current and Josh Cockerill at Type Books Junction for naming A Nation of Tinkerers (@invisibooks.bsky.social ) as one of the books you should read this summer: www.cbc.ca/radio/thecur...
What should you read this summer? Book lovers share their tips | CBC Radio
Two book lovers share their recommendations for the best things to read this summer.
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Ya'll need to read Helen Hajnoczky's poetry -- POETS AND KILLERS (snare books, out of print), MAGYARAZNI ( @coachhousebooks.bsky.social), and FROST & POLLEN ( @invisibooks.bsky.social) -- so good!
