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Canada's largest, most eventful independent bookstore. https://linktr.ee/mcnallyrobinson
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Full house at @mcnallyrobinson.com in Winnipeg for @caulfieldtim.bsky.social.

Hey Winnipeg! Looking forward to tonight. 🙏 Does truth matter anymore? Soooooo much to discuss! Details: www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-18723/... via @mcnallyrobinson.com

Go see @caulfieldtim.bsky.social at @mcnallyrobinson.com tonight!

Talked to @caulfieldtim.bsky.social about his new excellent book The Certainty Illusion: What We Don't Know and Why it Matters, for @winnipegfreepress.com. He's at @mcnallyrobinson.com Friday at 7 p.m. Our misinformation crisis makes this a must read. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

On Friday February 21 at 7pm, join bestselling author Timothy Caulfield (@caulfieldtim.bsky.social) as he visits Winnipeg to discuss The Certainty Illusion: What You Don't Know and Why It Matters - mailchi.mp/grant/timoth...

Many thanks to @shaunalabman.bsky.social (Global College, @uwinnipeg.bsky.social) and @mcnallyrobinson.com for hosting this timely conversation

On Saturday February 15 at 7pm, join Youcef Soufi for the launch of Homegrown Radicals: A Story of State Violence, Islamophobia, and Jihad in the Post-9/11 World, hosted by Fadi Ennab - mailchi.mp/grant/youcef...

On Wednesday February 12 at 7pm, join editors Warren Cariou and Lorena Fontaine for the Winnipeg launch of the second edition of Gregory Younging's Elements of Indigenous Style. - mailchi.mp/grant/cariou...

This Saturday February 8 at 7pm, join Robert Pasternak, Lovern Kindzierski, @alexpassey.bsky.social and DG Valdron for the launch of Twilight of Echelon, hosted by GMB Chomichuk - mailchi.mp/grant/twilig...

This Friday February 7 at 7pm, join editor Christina Clark-Kazak and contributor Shauna Labman as they celebrate the Winnipeg launch of Forced Migration in/to Canada: From Colonization to Refugee Resettlement - mailchi.mp/grant/clark-... @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social @shaunalabman.bsky.social

One of co-owner Chris Hall's What to Read picks. Plus, if you're really curious, we have on YouTube, our event with Jón Kalman Stefánsson that happened last year!

February is Black History Month, a time to celebrate the voices of the African diaspora! Check out our list of recommended reading: www.mcnallyrobinson.com/home/browse/...

My promotional book event at @mcnallyrobinson.com was a fantastic experience! Wonderful store w/ amazing staff!

Apropos of nothing, just a reminder that McNally Robinson is independent, 100% Canadian, and family-owned. We pay taxes and those taxes circulate into the local/Canadian economy. We employ Canadians and the two owners are Canadians. Just FYI

If you're looking for your next great skating read, Canadian authors could use all the support they can get right now. Support Canadian authors by ordering your copies from Canadian bookstores like Indigo, @mcnallyrobinson.com & Bookmark or your favourite indie bookseller. ⛸️📚

February is I LOVE TO READ MONTH and we're partnering with the Manitoba Moose to give classrooms a chance to win a visit from Moose players! Head to the Manitoba Moose Hockey Club website to enter. Contest closes Feb 23.

On Thursday February 6 at 7pm, join author Melanie Dennis Unrau in conversation with Josiah Neufeld to celebrate the launch of The Rough Poets: Reading Oil-Worker Poetry (McGill-Queen’s University Press). - mailchi.mp/grant/melani... @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social @josiahneufeld.bsky.social

me: *emerges groggily from piles of unread books* You, boy, what day is it? local street urchin: why, sir, 'tis new release Tuesday! me: oh boy! more books!

January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Today was chosen because Jan 27th, 1945 is the date the Red Army liberated thousands of remaining prisoners in Auschwitz. Here are a few books we recommend on the subject

On Friday January 31 at 7pm, join Susan Algie, Executive Director of the Winnipeg Architecture Foundation, for the launch of Winnipeg Places + Spaces - mailchi.mp/grant/wpg-pl... @wpgarch.bsky.social

📕📚 Love books? Want to shop Canadian? McNally Robinson has a $5 shipping event throughout January, it is Canadian-owned, and I can't speak for all of them but the Saskatoon store is unionized: www.mcnallyrobinson.com/home. I worked there for a few years when It first opened, and I still miss it.

Copies of Scott Oake's tremendous book "For the Love of a Son" have been restocked. Signed copies are sold out. www.mcnallyrobinson.com/978166804547...

When the Pine Needles Fall is back on the Winnipeg Bestsellers list. The Canada Reads Longlist bump is real. Thanks to @mcnallyrobinson.com and Winnipeggers for your ongoing support!

This Friday January 24 at 7pm, join M.L. Fergus for the launch of Prophecy: Fractured Kingdom, Book One, hosted by Sabrina Simmonds - mailchi.mp/grant/ml-fer... @sabrinathereader.bsky.social

Standing room only for last night's event with Scott Oake, celebrating the launch of his book, "For the Love of a Son." Thank you so much to everybody who came out and helped make this event a roaring success. For those that missed it, the video will be available on our YouTube page.

This Thursday January 23 at 7pm, join Robert E. Hawkins for the Winnipeg launch of She Won the Vote for Women: The Life and Times of Lillian Beynon Thomas. Hosted by the Council of Women of Winnipeg. - mailchi.mp/grant/robert... @greatplainspress.bsky.social

Both Jules Feiffer and Garth Hudson of The Band gone today. What a morning.

Winnipeg broadcaster Scott Oake launches his moving memoir For the Love of a Son tonight at @mcnallyrobinson.com. I chatted with Scott for @winnipegfreepress.com about the book, which chronicles his son Bruce's addiction and 2011 death and more: www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Are you skeptical about short stories? You shouldn't be; they're difficult to execute but when they're done well, they're *masterful*. John Warner (@biblioracle.bsky.social) recommends some collections to wow you depending on your taste

some of my favourite people*, all looking quite wise at this evening's very fun launch of the Mavis Gallant collection MONTREAL STANDARD TIME, at @mcnallyrobinson.com *Bill Richardson, Catherine Hunter, Neil Besner

This Tuesday January 21 at 7pm, join Scott Oake for the launch of For the Love of a Son: A Memoir of Addiction, Loss, and Hope, hosted by Shelagh Rogers. - mailchi.mp/grant/scott-... @simonschusterca.bsky.social

Like many others, we're shaken too, trying to come to grips with the allegations. This is a good read for those that might not understand the feeling of betrayal a Gaiman fan could be experiencing right now

I chatted with @davidarobertson.bsky.social for the @winnipegfreepress.com about his new memoir All the Little Monsters, which chronicles his mental-health struggles, in advance of his book launch tomorrow at @mcnallyrobinson.com: www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

This Saturday January 18 at 7pm, join Bill Richardson and Neil Besner, host Catherine Hunter, and Winnipeg actor Mariam Bernstein for the Winnipeg launch of Montreal Standard Time: The Early Journalism of Mavis Gallant. - mailchi.mp/grant/richar...

Preorder online or in-store or over the phone for a chance to receive a SIGNED BOOKPLATE from Ali Smith!!! Supplies are limited; first come first serve. The release date for her new novel, GLIFF, is February 4, 2025. www.mcnallyrobinson.com/978073524906...

Our friends at the John Howard Society of Manitoba are hosting a FREE re-launch of their arts magazine The Inside Scoop on Thurs Jan 30th at X-Cues (551 Sargent). We love to support JHS as they do important, critical work with incarcerated individuals.

From January 18-19, 2025, check out this amazing Indigenous Theatre Festival happening at our friends at Prairie Theatre Exchange in the heart of downtown. www.echotheatre.net/tickets-fest...

Great interview with friend of the store David A. Robertson on his new book, "All the Little Monsters," which we'll be launching on Jan 17 here in the Atrium of the Grant Park location!

Join Robert E. Hawkins for the Winnipeg book launch of She Won The Vote For Women 📍McNally Robinson 🗓️January 23rd at 7:00 PM 🎟️The event is free to attend and hosted by the Council of Women of Winnipeg 📺Livestream available on the McNally Robinson YouTube www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-18705/...

Co-owner Chris Hall attended the premiere of the musical Waitress at the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre! Predictably he loved it (he's a sucker for romcoms!). You will definitely have a great time and also it's wonderful to support live theatre.

On Friday January 17 at 7pm, join @davidarobertson.bsky.social for the launch of All the Little Monsters: How I Learned to Live with Anxiety, hosted by Shelagh Rogers - mailchi.mp/grant/david-... @harpercollinsca.bsky.social

On Thursday January 16 at 7pm, join Scott Nolan for an evening of music and fun at the launch of Man on a Wheel: A Tribute to Patrick O'Connell, featuring Cory Wolchuk on the piano. - mailchi.mp/grant/scott-...

The 2025 Canada Reads longlist is here!!!!!

Great list. Your social media coordinator is especially excited about a new Susan Choi, the @thelincoln.bsky.social book, and the clown book from @kristenarnett.bsky.social. Lots of good stuff here.