Collection:
Self-help
The Korean Art of Living Well
Beyond Life and Death
I Don't Love You Anymore
How We Relate
Happy on Her Own at 102
Navigating Life as a Brown Girl
Start Where You Are: The Beginner’s 5k Running Guide for Women
You've Been Pooping All Wrong
Traveling in Bardo: The Art of Living in an Impermanent World
The Balancing Act
Shibui: The Japanese Art of Finding Beauty in Aging
Welcome Home: Healing Trauma & Reclaiming Wholeness
It's Okay Not to Get Along with Everyone
A Theory of Happiness
How to Love Your Afro
The Other Side of Change: Who We Become When Life Makes Other Plans
This is Vital Information
Let This Radicalize You
How to Love
How Do You Like It?: A Guide for Getting What You Want (in Bed)
Shh . . . Give Me a Moment
Mental Detox
Reincarnation
How to Dream
The Healing Power of Korean Letter Writing
The Wisdom of the Hive
The Wisdom of Ancient Japan
Explaining AuDHD
Worry Medicine
The Overthinker's Guide to Making Decisions
Walking with Your Spirit Totem Animals
You Already Know: The Science of Mastering Your Intuition
Offline Humans
I'm Not Lazy, I'm on Energy Saving Mode
Afraid: Understanding the Purpose of Fear and Harnessing the Power of Anxiety
Noticing: How we Attend to the World and Each Other
Letter From Japan
Think Like a Mathematician
Engaged Compassion
Yoshuku: The Japanese Art of Manifesting
Grounded Success
Rice, Miso Soup, Pickles
Tip of the ADHD Iceberg
Now That I have Your Attention
The Power to Change
The Gift of Empathy
Wisdom of the Path
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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.