After nearly 20 years of celebrating Ontario books, authors, and publishers, Open Book will cease operations on August 31, 2026. We're deeply grateful to everyone who made this journey possible.
🌳📖 The Forest of Reading is filled with OBPO members! 📖🌳
Check out these amazing YA and kids' titles from @GroundwoodBooks, @AnnickPress, @dcbyoungreaders, @KidsCanPress, and @owlkids that have been nominated for the 2027 @ForestofReading!
Thrilled to see some of our members' books appear on the @cbcbooks 2026 Fall Reading List!
➡️ Check out We Are Underlings, Housing Inc., and Dodge City from @HouseofAnansi, and Women, Walking from @coachhousebooks!
We're so thrilled to see two of @AnnickPress's books listed on The Booksellers' List Best Kids' Books of 2026! ⭐️📚
➡️ Grab your copies of Legendary Allies by Linda Trinh & Quynh Anh Nguyen and Midnight Manor by Sid Sharp today! 📕
#CanLit #ReadCanadian #KidsLit
Congratulations to all of the books shortlisted for the 2026 @GillerPrize! The winner will be announced on November 16, 2026 📚🏆 #CanLit #ReadCanadian
Congratulations to six of our amazing OBPO members - @HouseofAnansi, @cormorantbooks, @coachhousebooks, @dundurnpress, @utpress, and WLU Press - for having their books nominated for the 2026 @heritagetoronto Book Award! 🎉🏆📚 The winner will be announced October 21, 2026!
Congratulations to OBPO members @coachhousebooks and House of Anansi on having their books named as finalists for the Atwood Gibson @writerstrust Fiction Prize!
Stay tuned for the Writers' Trust Awards on November 10, 2026 to see who will take the prize!
Huge congratulations to the 2026 recipient of the Janice E. Handford Award - Rick Wilks, founder of @AnnickPress! 🎉🏆📚
Heading to Word on the Street this year? Stop by these independent Ontario publishers' booths! Check WOTS's events schedule and map at: toronto.thewordonthestreet.c…
Everything you need to know about the Andrew Pyper Prize for Genre Fiction from @writerstrust commemorating the late @andrewpyper. Stay tuned to see who the first recipient will be at the Writers' Trust Awards on November 10, 2026!
Congratulations to five of our amazing OBPO members @biblioasis, @coachhousebooks, @ecwpress, @HouseofAnansi, and Palimpsest Press for having their titles longlisted for the #GillerPrize!
A message from the Open Book Editor, as we bid farewell to this mighty publication. And a thank you to our readers and contributors...
#AmReading #OpenBook #CanLit #Ontario
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After 17+ years of celebrating Ontario books, authors, and publishers, Open Book officially ceased operations on August 31, 2026. Since its launch in 2009, Open Book connected readers, educators, librarians, booksellers, & media with Ontario's vibrant publishing community.
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Although Open Book has come to an end, the work of supporting Ontario's independent publishers continues.
The Ontario Book Publishers Organization (OBPO) remains the voice of Ontario's independent, Canadian-owned book publishers.
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For our last interview of Summer 2026, we spoke to acclaimed author Nadia Bozak, who recently published a brand-new novel, FRET (@ECWPress). Check it out right here, friends!
#AmReading #Novel #CanLit #Interviews
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Four Centuries of Language, Power, and Creation in THE KING JAMES BIBLE PLAY (@PlayCanPress) by Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman. Check out our interview with the celebrated playwright!
#AmReading #Plays #Drama #Interviews
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ALT Wide promotional banner for The King James Bible Play featuring author Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman. The banner has a monochrome ornamental floral background with framed gray panels. On the left, a black-and-white illustration shows a hand holding a rolled sheet printed with Bible text and a dark pen-like object tipped with a yellow textured shape. In the centre, Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman smiles at the camera, wearing a bright red coat over a black top. On the right, white and pink text reads “AUTHOR OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE PLAY” and “Interview with Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman,” above the Open Book logo.
Check out our interview with Maya McKibbin, the very talented illustrator of the new Anishinaabemowin/English picture book MAKADE ASIN/BLACK STONE (@GroundwoodBooks), written by Darcy Whitecrow and Cail Judy!
#AmReading #Excerpts #Indigenous #Picturebooks
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Read an excerpt from WHENEVER YOU ARE (@GroundwoodBooks), new YA fiction from celebrated and renowned author, Martine Leavitt!
#AmReading #YA #CanLit #Fiction
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