Amplify essentials

The books that are the cornerstone of our shop.

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A Burning
Megha Majumdar

A Burning

$24.99
$24.99
Africa is Not a Country
Dipo Faloyin

Africa is Not a Country

$26.99
$26.99
Go Tell It On the Mountain
James Baldwin

Go Tell It On the Mountain

$24.99
$24.99
The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead

The Underground Railroad

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

Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

$19.99
$19.99
Another Country
James Baldwin

Another Country

$26.99
$26.99
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Yulin Kuang

How to End a Love Story

$22.99
$22.99
The Boundary: First Nations Classics cover image
Nicole Watson

The Boundary

$19.99
$19.99
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Lisa Bellear, Kirli Saunders

Dreaming in the Urban Areas

$19.99
$19.99
The Only Good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones

The Only Good Indians

$19.99
$19.99
Inferno
Catherine Cho

Inferno

$27.99
$27.99
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Ralph Ellison

Invisible Man

$24.99
$24.99
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James Baldwin

No Name in the Street

$26.99
$26.99
Passing
Nella Larsen

Passing

From $19.99
From $19.99
Broken Dreams (First Nations Classics) cover image
Bill Dodd

Broken Dreams

$19.99
$19.99
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Larissa Behrendt

Finding Eliza: Power and Colonial Storytelling

$19.99
$19.99
Queenie
Candice Carty-Williams

Queenie

$22.99
$22.99
A Tale for the Time Being
Ruth Ozeki

A Tale for the Time Being

$24.99
$24.99
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 Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys

$22.99
$22.99
African Stories
Ben Okri

African Stories

$34.99
$34.99
Raised by Wolves
Jess Ho

Raised by Wolves

$29.99
$29.99
Disorientation
Elaine Hsieh Chou

Disorientation

$24.99
$24.99
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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
The Hate Race
Maxine Beneba Clarke

The Hate Race

$24.99
$24.99
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Gayle Kennedy

Me, Antman & Fleabag

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

The Book of Form and Emptiness

$24.99
$24.99
Blood
Tony Birch

Blood

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

Patternmaster (Patternist #4)

$24.99
$24.99
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Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God

$22.99
$22.99
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REVIEWED
Nella Larsen

Quicksand

$24.99
$24.99
The Hurting Kind
Ada Limón

The Hurting Kind

$29.99
$29.99
Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work
Edwidge Danticat

Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work

$29.99
$29.99
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Alexis Wright, Mykaela Saunders

Plains of Promise

$19.99
$19.99
Don't Take Your Love to Town
Ruby Langford Ginibi

Don't Take Your Love to Town

$19.99
$19.99
Survivor (Patternist #5)
Octavia E. Butler

Survivor (Patternist #5)

$34.99
$34.99
I'm a Fan
REVIEWED
Sheena Patel

I'm a Fan

$24.99
$24.99
A Feather on the Breath of God
Sigrid Nunez

A Feather on the Breath of God

$22.99
$22.99
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Mariama Bâ

So Long a Letter

$24.99
$24.99
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Homecoming

$22.99
$22.99
Erasure
Percival Everett

Erasure

$24.99
$24.99
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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Jack Davis

Black Life

$19.99
$19.99
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Samuel Wagan Watson, Tony Birch

Smoke Encrypted Whispers

$19.99
$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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