Printers Row Lit Fest 2017

We’re looking to make some sweet new Chicago pals at the 33rd annual Printers Row Lit Fest on June 10 & 11! From 10-6 both days you can find us in the Book Fort tent (tent M) along with 7Vientos, 826CHI, Chicago Review of Books, Curbside Splendor Publishing, featherproof books, Midwestern Gothic, The Point Magazine, […]

Upcoming events

Catch the following Invisible people reading things in places near you: April 20-22, PEC: Andrew Forbes, Michelle Winters & Zoe Whittall @ the Prince Edward County Authors Festival April 26, Ottawa: Jeremy Hanson-Finger Death and the Intern launch (with Catriona Wright) [details here!] May 17, Toronto: Jeremy Hanson-Finger (Death and the Intern) & Andrew Kaufman […]

Happy baseball season, everyone!

Baseball season is back! This is your reminder to use our free downloadable scorecard to score the Jays’ home opener against Baltimore (a rematch of the 2016 wildcard game!). And while you’re at it, grab a copy of Andrew Forbes’ collection of baseball essays, The Utility of Boredom, at 25% off from the 3:05pm start […]

Trillium Book Awards 30th Anniversary

Join the OMDC to celebrate the upcoming 30th Anniversary of the Trillium Book Award Author Reading by Previous Winners and 2016 Finalists, including Invisible’s own Andrew Forbes Thursday, March 9, 2017 Doors open 6:30 p.m.; Readings begin at 7:00 p.m. Bagnani Hall, Catharine Parr Traill College Trent University, 310 London Street Peterborough, ON K9H 2Z4 […]

CBC Books recommends Small Claims

Good news for those of you looking for good books to read: Andrew Kaufman’s Small Claims is in good company on the CBC Books Spring Book Preview 2017! Small Claims is available in May 2017. Other books on that list that caught our eye: Dr. Edith Vane and the Hares of Crawley Hall by Suzette […]

Free ‘GHOST’ Story

PDFs are kinda like the ghosts of books: they don’t exist in the real world and live in the technological ether. So in celebration of Halloween 2016, here’s a not-so-spooky but still on-point story from a not-so-spooky boo(k): behold, a free PDF of “The Occult” from Teri Vlassopoulos’s Bats or Swallows:   Happy Halloween from […]

Free Downloadable Baseball Scorecard

One of our favourite things about The Utility of Boredom — aside from the excellent writing, naturally — is the tear-away scorecard in the back of the print edition. So we’re making it available to you for free! Get it here. And cross your fingers for a big win this afternoon by the Jays!