Amplify essentials

The books that are the cornerstone of our shop.

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Broken Dreams (First Nations Classics) cover image
Bill Dodd

Broken Dreams

$19.99
$19.99
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence
Doris (Nugi Garimara) Pilkington

Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence

$19.99
$19.99
Kitchen
Banana Yoshimoto

Kitchen

$24.99
$24.99
The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead

The Underground Railroad

$22.99
$22.99
Inferno
Catherine Cho

Inferno

$27.99
$27.99
Disorientation
Elaine Hsieh Chou

Disorientation

$24.99
$24.99
Go Tell It On the Mountain
James Baldwin

Go Tell It On the Mountain

$24.99
$24.99
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Lisa Bellear, Kirli Saunders

Dreaming in the Urban Areas

$19.99
$19.99
Queenie
Candice Carty-Williams

Queenie

$22.99
$22.99
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REVIEWED
Michelle de Kretser

Theory & Practice

$32.99
$32.99
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle #2)
Nghi Vo

When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle #2)

$32.99
$32.99
Anam
André Dao

Anam

$32.99
$32.99
Book cover of 'Kin' by Tayari Jones with a floral design beneath the title text.
REVIEWED
Tayari Jones

Kin

$34.99
$34.99
The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys

$22.99
$22.99
A Burning
Megha Majumdar

A Burning

$24.99
$24.99
Edenglassie
Melissa Lucashenko

Edenglassie

$24.99
$24.99
African Stories
Ben Okri

African Stories

$34.99
$34.99
Invisible Man cover image
Ralph Ellison

Invisible Man

$24.99
$24.99
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James Baldwin

No Name in the Street

$26.99
$26.99
Raised by Wolves
Jess Ho

Raised by Wolves

$29.99
$29.99
The Hate Race
Maxine Beneba Clarke

The Hate Race

$22.99
$22.99
Another Country
James Baldwin

Another Country

$24.99
$24.99
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Jeanine Leane

Gawimarra: gathering

$24.99
$24.99
The Boundary: First Nations Classics cover image
Nicole Watson

The Boundary

$19.99
$19.99
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Gayle Kennedy

Me, Antman & Fleabag

$19.99
$19.99
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Larissa Behrendt

Finding Eliza: Power and Colonial Storytelling

$19.99
$19.99
Blood
Tony Birch

Blood

$19.99
$19.99
Purple Threads
Jeanine Leane

Purple Threads

$19.99
$19.99
Patternmaster (Patternist #4)
Octavia E. Butler

Patternmaster (Patternist #4)

$24.99
$24.99
Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work
Edwidge Danticat

Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work

$29.99
$29.99
Their Eyes Were Watching God cover image
Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God

$22.99
$22.99
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REVIEWED
Nella Larsen

Quicksand

$24.99
$24.99
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Alexis Wright, Mykaela Saunders

Plains of Promise

$19.99
$19.99
A Tale for the Time Being
Ruth Ozeki

A Tale for the Time Being

$23.99
$23.99
Don't Take Your Love to Town
Ruby Langford Ginibi

Don't Take Your Love to Town

$19.99
$19.99
I'm a Fan
REVIEWED
Sheena Patel

I'm a Fan

$24.99
$24.99
The Hurting Kind
Ada Limón

The Hurting Kind

$29.99
$29.99
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Homecoming

$22.99
$22.99
The Trees
Percival Everett

The Trees

$34.99
$34.99
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
Siddharth Kara

Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

$36.99
$36.99
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Samuel Wagan Watson, Tony Birch

Smoke Encrypted Whispers

$19.99
$19.99
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Dylan Coleman

Mazin Grace

$19.99
$19.99
The Book of Form and Emptiness
REVIEWED
Ruth Ozeki

The Book of Form and Emptiness

$22.99
$22.99
The Swan Book
Alexis Wright

The Swan Book

$32.95
$32.95
The Window Seat
Archie Weller

The Window Seat

$19.99
$19.99
Holocaust Island
Graeme Dixon

Holocaust Island

$19.99
$19.99
They Called Us Enemy
George Takei

They Called Us Enemy

$32.99
$32.99
A Feather on the Breath of God
Sigrid Nunez

A Feather on the Breath of God

$22.99
$22.99
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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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