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The books that are the cornerstone of our shop.

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The Death of Vivek Oji
Akwaeke Emezi

The Death of Vivek Oji

$24.99
$24.99
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
Lonely Castle in the Mirror
Mizuki Tsujimura

Lonely Castle in the Mirror

$24.99
$24.99
James
Percival Everett

James

$22.99
$22.99
Notes of a Native Son
James Baldwin

Notes of a Native Son

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

Aboriginal Women by Degrees

$19.99
$19.99
Breasts and Eggs
Mieko Kawakami

Breasts and Eggs

$24.99
$24.99
Yolk
Mary H. K. Choi

Yolk

$19.99
$19.99
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
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
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
Kaikeyi
Vaishnavi Patel

Kaikeyi

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

Dancing Home

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

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

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

The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth #2)

$22.99
$22.99
Persepolis (Books 1 & 2)
Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis (Books 1 & 2)

$26.99
$26.99
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
Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health (Outspoken by Pluto) cover image
REVIEWED
Micha Frazer-Carroll

Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health

$26.95
$26.95
The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth #3)
N. K. Jemisin

The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth #3)

$22.99
$22.99
Heat and Light
Ellen van Neerven

Heat and Light

$19.99
$19.99
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Aube Rey Lescure

River East, River West

$24.99
$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
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BOOK CLUB PICK
Vivienne Cleven

Bitin' Back

$19.99
$19.99
Cemetery Boys
Aiden Thomas

Cemetery Boys

$19.99
$19.99
An African History of Africa
Zeinab Badawi

An African History of Africa

$26.99
$26.99
Auē
REVIEWED
Becky Manawatu

Auē

$35.00
$35.00
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
Cho Nam-Joo

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

$22.99
$22.99
Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens
REVIEWED
Shankari Chandran

Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

$24.99
$24.99
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
Natural Beauty
REVIEWED
Ling Ling Huang

Natural Beauty

$29.99
$29.99
The Yield
Tara June Winch

The Yield

From $24.99
From $24.99
Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, Vol. 1
Angela Y. Davis

Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, Vol. 1

$26.99
$26.99
The Book of Goose
Yiyun Li

The Book of Goose

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

Mind of My Mind (Patternist #2)

$22.99
$22.99
Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
Sonora Reyes

Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

$19.99
$19.99
Africa is Not a Country
Dipo Faloyin

Africa is Not a Country

$26.99
$26.99
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Yulin Kuang

How to End a Love Story

$22.99
$22.99
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Ruth Hegarty

Is That You‚ Ruthie?

$19.99
$19.99
The Only Good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones

The Only Good Indians

$19.99
$19.99
Laurinda
Alice Pung

Laurinda

$24.99
$24.99
Passing
Nella Larsen

Passing

From $19.99
From $19.99
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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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