Collection:
Poetry
The Agonist
Catching the Light (Why I Write)
36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem
Returning
Hafiz's Little Book of Life
Losing the Plot
Owed
The Silver Chain
Uyghur Poems
Gawimarra: gathering
My People
The Magic Border
Survival Takes a Wild Imagination
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
Homecoming
A Thousand Crimson Blooms
Songs of Mihyar the Damascene
A Fraction of Momentary Love
Mozhi
Toku Papa
Poukahangatus
Collected Poems
Burst Kisses on the Actual Wind
Flesh Into Blossom
The Girl and the Goddess
Auguries of a Minor God
Far District
The Gift of Everything
I Am the Rage
Small Cures
The Wild Fox of Yemen
The Boy in a Baseball Cap
The Wind Was Rising
The Gleaner Song
Stereo(TYPE)
How Decent Folk Behave
AUP New Poets 8
Out Here
Blood on the Fog
And We Rise
a fire like you
Jungle Nama
Vociferate
The Black Flamingo
A Coach Heading Towards the Provinces
Dream of the Divided Field
Rumi's Little Book of Wisdom
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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.
After being online-only for four years we opened our physical shopfront in November 2025. The bricks-and-mortar shop allows us to showcase the collection in full for leisurely browsing, chats, and holds a third space offering in our reading room.
We host a wide range of bookish and community-oriented events at Amplify. They are cosy, affordable, alcohol-free, and a great, low-stakes way to meet new people.
We offer various community events including speed dating, book swaps, crafting workshops, book launches, and author salons. Our in-house book club is held once a month in our reading room.
Publishing has a diversity problem. There are less diverse books being published which limits the discoverability and reach of those authors.
We give BIPOC authors a space where they don't have to fight to be seen.