A feminist gothic tale with a tough-as-nails female protagonist who must find her elderly aunt, long suspected of being a witch.
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the world’s next generation of leaders— and liars. Four teens must compete to inherit a European kingdom.
A chilling historical horror novel tracing the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice.
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A woman with missing memories fights to survive a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy, and the man tasked with unearthing the deepest secrets of her past.
The Booksellers’ List is Canada’s newest way to discover must-read books, chosen by the people who know them best—independent booksellers.
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to the second annual Spaniel’s Tale Holiday Gift Guide! Like last year, we’ve searched long and hard for the books we think will make the best holiday gifts for your friends, family, and colleagues. In this guide, you will find 161 titles, all published this year, many of which you won’t find in any other gift guide. Well over 50% of the titles we’ve chosen are written by Canadian authors, and over 40% are published by Canadian publishers. We hope these thoughtful choices will help you find the perfect gifts. From all of us at The Spaniel’s Tale Bookstore, we wish you a wonderful holiday season and a joyous new year!
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Count On Me
Told in an intelligent and hopeful voice, this is a story about sibling rivalry, elder abuse, and how family life can become transactional.
Revoloution Songs
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Set against the charged backdrop of Depression-era politics, Halton weaves a thrilling and timely story that echoes the rising polarization of our
In this Christmas themed mystery, the wife of a playwright is
a burglary. Can Detective Chief Inspectors Lloyd and Judy Hill solve the case?
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The Black Wolf
Gamache is reeling after stopping a domestic terror attack only to suspect it was just the first move in a much larger, darker conspiracy that’s still unfolding.
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Novel Bookstore
A Paris shop devoted to great novels is threatened by sabotage and violence. A suspenseful tribute to literature’s power and the passions it stirs.
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Impossible Fortune
The Thursday Murder Club untangles a vanished best man, a deadly secret, and an uncrackable code worth killing for.
$39.99 | Hardcover
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A spring day in a gentrifying neighbourhood begins unremarkably enough for its residents, but by evening someone has died.
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Other Evolutions
A literary debut with a dark, speculative twist that reveals the uncanny in the mundane, and the weird and wonderful things right in our own backyard.
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Aliens on the Moon
A witty and wry novel set in a small Ontario town where all is seemingly ordinary except for one thing— aliens have landed on the moon.
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Unnerving, pulsing with humour, anxiety, and profound disquiet. This dark and funny collection reveals the poignant truths about queer chosen family.
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Remember Lights We Love You, Bunny
A vital reminder of forgotten history and a visceral exploration of the details of queer life: tribulation and joy, exile and solidarity, cruelty and fortitude. A darkly funny, unsettling tale of obsession, transformation, and the haunting line between love, performance, and identity in a surreal, nightmarish world.
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and dreamy, this debut novel explores memory, identity, trauma, and healing through a timeless journey.
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With crisp and penetrating prose that recalls the work of Mavis Gallant, these stories are bracing, buoyant, and test the delicate threads that tie us together.
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a world fuelled by our wildest imaginings.
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A queer coming-ofage story about a young man’s journey from his hometown on the Canadian plains to Serbia in search of his roots. A Montreal adventure comes to life when a lonely girl at the metro station convenience store spots her mysterious doppelganger.
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A brilliant “constellation novel” that reminds us that the story of any place, no matter how humble, is boundless.
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The Bodyguard Affair
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The first woman ever admitted to a prestigious order of mages unravels a secret conspiracy that could change the practice of magic forever, in this standalone dark fantasy.
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A Body More Tolerable
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This highly anticipated follow-up to The Will of the Many follows Vis as he grapples with a dangerous secret that could unravel history across alternate dimensions.
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Indians Book Club
Reclaims silenced Indigenous voices, challenges colonial narratives, and invites readers to see resistance and storytelling as acts of survival.
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Can messiness make our cities more liveable, lively, and inclusive? Forty-three essays argue for messy aroundurbanism the world.
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turning into giant piles of shit. it’s not just you—the internet sucks now. Here’s why, and here’s how we can disenshittify it.
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Explores how antisemitic propaganda posters from medieval times through contributedWWIIto spreading hate and enabling Holocaust.the
The disruption and milestones, the turmoil and joy, the devastation and healing—this is Susan Aglukark’s story of discovering her Inuk self.
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Brené Brown returns with an urgent call to reimagine the essentials of courageous leadership.
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A vital, fearless memoir explores what it means to be a Palestinian in this moment, the effects of the genocide on Palestinian art and imagination.
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The new 2026 colour collection stimulates the mind in unique ways. Indigo, Sunflower, Pumpkin and Cherry invite calm, joy, inspiration and self-expression – four impulses to cultivate mental growth. A5 Notebooks starting at: $30.95
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Explore freedom, power, and the biggest challenges of the twenty-first century with two extraordinary thinkers.
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A poignant, heartfelt, and funny memoir about how, in 1985, Michael J. Fox brought to life two iconic roles simultaneously—Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties and Marty McFly in Back to the Future.
A raw and deeply moving memoir from the legendary author of The God of Small Things and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness.
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Embark on a voyage through a chronological history of anime that explores both the marquee touchstonescinematic and enduring series that have shaped the medium.
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irresistible portraits—each uniquely mischievous, funny, and full of personality.
This ground-breaking history details eleven overlooked stories of eighteenth-century queer people who lived extraordinary lives of resistance and joy.
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Wells pulls us into the lives and the legal trials of a group of women integral to the advancement of women’s rights in Canada. A breathtaking memoir of stunning emotional force and electrifying honesty, one of Canada's most iconic writers tells her own story for the first time.
An engrossing, pageturning exploration of the little-known life of Sir Hugh Tudor, leader of the police in Ireland during the Irish War of Independence.
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A new edition of the immensely influential handbook for drawing and reading cartoons.
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The Stolen Crown
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Along the backdrop of Haida Gwaii's breathtaking landscapes, witness the many threads of relationship that connect us across time and space. Also available in French.
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