Taking a break
Biblioasis Press goes on vacation for the first week of July
Summer is heating up fast, and the season for vacations and out-of-office emails is upon us—including here at the Biblioasis press office! Next week, the press will be closed as we take a short break to relax and travel, go sailing and shopping, and maybe (maybe) catch up on our TBRs.
And so, today’s missive is simply to say: Have a safe and happy weekend, enjoy your Canada Day and Fourth of July celebrations, and keep cool out there!
In good publicity news:
The Passenger Seat, was reviewed in the Washington Post: “As this novel begins, Canadian teenagers Teddy and Adam drive north without a definite destination—but not before one of them purchases a rifle. Khurana shadows them as they speed toward their fate, shifting between their perspectives as they spar with each other and begin to break free from the conditions that have always defined their young lives.” Khurana also wrote an essay on toxic masculinity in fiction for Big Issue.
Dark Like Under by Alice Chadwick was featured on CBC Windsor’s list of summer book recommendations, and reviewed in the Ottawa Review of Books: “Chadwick’s distinctive style vividly captures the multiple levels of stress and anxiety experienced by adolescents as they labour under the weight of academics, seek peer approval, and try to cope with the expectations of their parents and teachers for their future.”
Elaine Feeney, author of Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way, was interviewed in Bad Apple. The book also appeared appeared in the Economist’s list of “The Best Novels Published in the Second Quarter of 2025” and was reviewed in the Tablet: “Feeney is a masterful writer. Her sinuous prose is powerful, poetic, arresting, intuitive and persuasive . . . This is a seriously wonderful book.”
On Book Banning by Ira Wells was reviewed in I’ve Read This: “[A] thoroughly researched, well cited, and thought-provoking work on the past history and current state of book banning.”
The Notebook author Roland Allen talked about his book on an episode of the Lost in the Stacks radio show. The Notebook was also reviewed on Based on a True Story.
Crosses in the Sky by Mark Bourrie was featured in the National Post: “[Bourrie] writes meticulous history in bracing style.”