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Happy Halloween! 🎃📚 We're celebrating with a few spooky reads for little bookworms. 📚🐛 From playful mysteries to Halloween adventures, these stories bring just the right amount of spooky fun to storytime. 👻 Looking for your next family read? Visit CANREADS.ca to discover more children's books and explore our editorial reviews. #CANREADS #HalloweenBooks #BookReviews

You see the finished book. The author remembers everything it took to get there. The rewrites. The second-guessing. The ideas that changed halfway through. The parts that came easily, and the ones that absolutely did not. There’s a lot about writing a book that readers never get to see, so we asked authors themselves: What’s one thing people don’t understand about writing a book? Here’s what they had to say. 👀 #CANREADS #CanadianAuthors

One month left to enter the 2027 CANREADS Awards! 📚🏆 Your book deserves its chance to be recognized, and there's still time to get it in front of our judges! While submissions are open across all eligible categories, we're still hoping to see more entries in: 📚 Fantasy 📚 Horror 📚 Poetry 📚 Short Story Collections / Novellas 📚 Entertainment / Culture / Music 📚 Parenting / Family 📚 Cooking / Food / Wine 📚 Wellness / Help / Lifestyle 📚 Business / Finance / Communications 📚 Science / Animals / Nature 📚 True Crime 📚 Design / Art / Photography Every submission receives a thoughtful evaluation from publishing professionals, with the opportunity to earn national recognition alongside authors from across Canada. Could your book be among the 2027 CANREADS Awards finalists? 🏆 Submissions close November 27. Enter at CANREADS.ca!

Leadership is rarely built on a straight path. In Count On Me, Peter J. Bissonnette reflects on the experiences that shaped his journey from a difficult and unconventional childhood to senior leadership in Canadian telecommunications. The CANREADS review highlights how perseverance, mentorship, relationships, and the ability to adapt became central to his success, noting that “success depends less on following a perfect path than on building strong relationships, adapting to change, and finding the courage to continue when the road ahead shifts.” Thoughtful and encouraging, this is a leadership memoir grounded in real experience, hard-won perspective, and the belief that strong leaders are shaped by how they respond when life does not go according to plan. Read the full CANREADS review by clicking the link in our bio, and buy the book on Amazon! #CANREADSBookReviews #CANREADS #BookReview #CanadianBooks #LeadershipBooks @peter.bissonnette

Cozy season is officially calling. 📚🍂 As the days get cooler and staying in with a good book starts sounding even better, it might be time to add a little CANREADS to your reading uniform. Our merch makes the perfect gift for the book lover in your life, or a very reasonable gift to yourself. Because a cozy sweater, a great book, and absolutely nowhere to be sounds pretty damn good to us. Shop CANREADS merch through the link in our bio. 📖 #CANREADS #BookMerch #ForThePlot #Bookish #BookTok

Authors spend thousands of words telling a story. So naturally, we asked them to sum the whole thing up in one. 😅📚 One word to capture the characters, the plot, the feeling, the months (or years) of work, and everything they poured into the pages. Easy, right? We asked a few authors to give it a shot, and their answers might make you want to add a few new books to your TBR. Think your book belongs among them? Submissions for the 2027 CANREADS Awards close November 27. 🏆 Submit your book at canreads.ca.

Somewhere along the way, book reviews became divided into two camps. One speaks to the publishing industry. The other speaks to readers. At CANREADS, we don't think those conversations should happen separately. Authors deserve thoughtful editorial assessment from publishing professionals, but they also deserve reviews that capture what readers are looking for: a story that resonates, a clear sense of who the book is for, and the reasons someone won't want to put it down. That's the thinking behind every CANREADS review. We believe the strongest reviews don't just evaluate a book. They help connect it with the people it's meant to reach. Learn more about our editorial reviews at CANREADS.ca. #CANREADSBookReviews #BookReviews #BookAwards #CANREADS

A walk through the woods can become a whole world of discovery. In Once Upon A Woodland Walk, Casey Torch invites young readers into a richly coloured Canadian forest filled with animals, hidden details, and gentle moments of wonder. The CANREADS review praises the book as “tender, immersive, and brimming with visual detail,” while highlighting how its Leave No Trace principles turn curiosity into practical care for the natural world. With lyrical repetition, hand-painted artwork, and a message rooted in respect for nature, this is a picture book that encourages children to slow down, look closely, and see the forest as something worth protecting. Read the full CANREADS review at the link in our bio. Purchase the book on Amazon coming November 2026. #CANREADS #OnceUponAWoodlandWalk #CanadianAuthor #CanadianBooks #ChildrensBooks

We can tell you what CANREADS is all about, but sometimes it’s better to hear it from the authors themselves. 📚 From receiving a professional editorial review to being part of the CANREADS Awards, our goal is to create an experience that gives Canadian authors meaningful recognition, credible feedback, and more opportunities to get their work seen. And hearing what that experience has meant to the authors who have been part of it? That means a lot to us. Reviews. Recognition. Community. And a space that takes Canadian books seriously. Submissions for the 2027 CANREADS Awards close November 27th. Learn more at canreads.ca

Your next chapter starts here. 📚 CANREADS offers professional-quality trade reviews that connect your book with the people it was written for, giving authors an honest, credible perspective they can confidently share long after publication. It all culminates in our annual CANREADS Book Awards, a time for authors to connect, celebrate, and be recognized for their work. Whether you're publishing your first book or your tenth, there's a place for you in our community. Ready to be part of it? Discover CANREADS and everything we have to offer at canreads.ca

September brought another incredible mix of stories to the CANREADS review shelf. 📚🍂 From page-turning fiction and deeply personal journeys to books exploring business, economics, leadership, and the forces shaping our working world, imaginative stories for younger readers, and books that took us into entirely new worlds, this month’s reviews covered plenty of ground. Different genres. Different perspectives. Different reasons to keep turning the page. Swipe through for a look at some of the books our reviewers spent September reading, and visit the link in our bio to explore our latest editorial reviews. #CANREADS #BookReviews #CanadianAuthors #CanadianBooks #IndieAuthors #BookCommunity #Bookstagram #EditorialReviews

Behind one of Canada’s most recognizable hats is a story of persistence, eccentricity, and a refusal to compromise on quality. In The Endurable Alex Tilley, Nancy E. Beal traces the life of the Ontario entrepreneur who turned a frustration with inadequate sailing hats into an internationally recognized brand. The CANREADS review highlights how resilience, not instant success, defined Tilley’s career, and how Beal balances bankruptcy, lawsuits, business triumphs, and his famously unconventional personality with wit and meticulous research. The result is a biography that goes far beyond the hat, revealing a man whose story is every bit as memorable as the icon he created. Click the link in our bio to read the full Editorial Review, and to purchase the book on Amazon. #CANREADS #TheEndurableAlexTilley #CandianAuthor #CanadianBooks #Biography