Amplify essentials

The books that are the cornerstone of our shop.

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Abolition. Feminism. Now.
Angela Davis, Erica Meiners, Beth Ritchie and Gina Dent

Abolition. Feminism. Now.

$26.99
$26.99
The Death of Vivek Oji
Akwaeke Emezi

The Death of Vivek Oji

$24.99
$24.99
James
Percival Everett

James

$22.99
$22.99
Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas

$45.00
$45.00
The Fire Next Time
Baldwin James

The Fire Next Time

From $14.99
From $14.99
Notes of a Native Son
James Baldwin

Notes of a Native Son

$26.99
$26.99
Hunger
Choi Jin-young

Hunger

$22.99
$22.99
Take a Hint, Dani Brown (The Brown Sisters #2)
Talia Hibbert

Take a Hint, Dani Brown (The Brown Sisters #2)

$22.99
$22.99
An African History of Africa
Zeinab Badawi

An African History of Africa

$26.99
$26.99
Lonely Castle in the Mirror
Mizuki Tsujimura

Lonely Castle in the Mirror

$24.99
$24.99
Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health (Outspoken by Pluto) cover image
REVIEWED
Micha Frazer-Carroll

Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health

$26.99
$26.99
Act Your Age, Eve Brown (The Brown Sisters #3)
Talia Hibbert

Act Your Age, Eve Brown (The Brown Sisters #3)

$22.99
$22.99
How We Disappeared
Jing Jing Lee

How We Disappeared

$22.99
$22.99
Parable of the Talents (Earthseed #2)
Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Talents (Earthseed #2)

$22.99
$22.99
Breasts and Eggs
Mieko Kawakami

Breasts and Eggs

$24.99
$24.99
The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle #1)
Nghi Vo

The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle #1)

$18.99
$18.99
Edenglassie
Melissa Lucashenko

Edenglassie

$24.99
$24.99
Aboriginal Women by Degrees (First Nations Classics) cover image
MaryAnn Bin-Sallik PhD

Aboriginal Women by Degrees

$19.99
$19.99
Heat and Light
Ellen van Neerven

Heat and Light

$19.99
$19.99
Purple Threads
Jeanine Leane

Purple Threads

$19.99
$19.99
Persepolis (Books 1 & 2)
Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis (Books 1 & 2)

$26.99
$26.99
Yolk
Mary H. K. Choi

Yolk

$19.99
$19.99
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Ottessa Moshfegh

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

$24.99
$24.99
Kaikeyi
Vaishnavi Patel

Kaikeyi

$24.99
$24.99
What You Are Looking For is in the Library
REVIEWED
Michiko Aoyama

What You Are Looking For is in the Library

$24.99
$24.99
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Aube Rey Lescure

River East, River West

$24.99
$24.99
Dancing Home (First Nations Classics) cover image
Paul Collis

Dancing Home

$19.99
$19.99
The Yield
Tara June Winch

The Yield

From $24.99
From $24.99
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
Reni Eddo-Lodge

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

$26.99
$26.99
Pizza Girl
Jean Kyoung Frazier

Pizza Girl

$19.99
$19.99
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
Cho Nam-Joo

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

$22.99
$22.99
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Vivienne Cleven

Bitin' Back

$19.99
$19.99
The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth #2)
N. K. Jemisin

The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth #2)

$22.99
$22.99
Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head
Warsan Shire

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

$27.99
$27.99
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Jeanine Leane

Gawimarra: gathering

$24.99
$24.99
Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens
REVIEWED
Shankari Chandran

Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

$24.99
$24.99
The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth #3)
N. K. Jemisin

The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth #3)

$22.99
$22.99
The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
bell hooks

The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love

$32.99
$32.99
Cemetery Boys
Aiden Thomas

Cemetery Boys

$19.99
$19.99
The Book of Goose
Yiyun Li

The Book of Goose

$22.99
$22.99
A Piece of Red Cloth cover image
Leonie Norrington, Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs, Djawa Burarrwanga, Djawundil Maymuru

A Piece of Red Cloth

$34.99
$34.99
Auē
REVIEWED
Becky Manawatu

Auē

$35.00
$35.00
Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, Vol. 1
Angela Y. Davis

Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, Vol. 1

$26.99
$26.99
Natural Beauty
REVIEWED
Ling Ling Huang

Natural Beauty

$29.99
$29.99
Mind of My Mind (Patternist #2)
Octavia E. Butler

Mind of My Mind (Patternist #2)

$22.99
$22.99
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Ruth Hegarty

Is That You‚ Ruthie?

$19.99
$19.99
Book cover of 'Kin' by Tayari Jones with a floral design beneath the title text.
REVIEWED
Tayari Jones

Kin

$34.99
$34.99
Laurinda
Alice Pung

Laurinda

$24.99
$24.99
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Amplify is an antiracist social enterprise bookshop dedicated to books by BIPOC authors. It was born out of a frustration with the structural racism in the publishing industry and a desire to tangibly make a change in a rigid industry.

We started as an online bookstore in 2020 and expanded into our Peel St shopfront in November 2024. There, you can browse our curation in person and attend bookish events.

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