Newsletter

No spam, no clutter. One email per month, bright and early on the 10th.

Each newsletter contains a brief update about my work, including announcements and links to recent releases or projects, and three recommendations: one Fiction Book, one Non-Fiction Book, and Something Else (a wildcard category to keep things interesting). Each recommendation is accompanied by a brief review. I don’t give star-ratings, and will never pass along anything I had a moderate or mixed opinion of. Enthusiastic endorsements only!

Why the relentless positivity? While criticism is crucial to the arts, it’s far less useful when it’s sequestered off in a newsletter, where fewer people in the industry can see and engage with it. It’s also a waste of limited space and energy. I can only write a few reviews a month. I’d rather use them to promote diverse writers and artists who are doing good things and deserve more attention.

In 2025, authors featured in the newsletter were 30% 2SLGBTQ+, 61% BIPOC, and 70% gender-marginalized. 39% of recommended books were Canadian. A list of (most) of my 2025 newsletter recommendations can be found on Bookshop.org.

A Quick Note About Ethics

If I received a book for free, either from the publisher or from friends and colleagues in the industry, I will always disclose that relationship in my review. While I may make a small amount of money through referral codes, I will never partner with a brand, or accept payment of any kind, for reviews or advertising in the newsletter.

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