Best Canadian Stories 2026

Selected by editor Zsuzsi Gartner, the 2026 edition ofBest Canadian Storiesshowcases the best Canadian fiction writing published in 2024.

Featuring:

Shashi Bhat Julie Bouchard, translated by Arielle Aaronson Randy Boyagoda Grant Buday Petra Chambers Sophie Crocker Bill Gaston Evan J Aaron Kreuter Alex Leslie Erin MacNair D.F. McCourt Rishi Midha Kaitlin Ruether Margaret Sweatman

Praise for Best Canadian Stories

“One of the best things about the end of the year is having a chance to look back. The three Best Canadian volumes . . . are a snapshot of some of the finest in Canadian writing this year.”
—Robert J. Wiersema, Toronto Star

“The legacy for Canadian literature in the Best Canadian Stories series can’t be overstated. For years the collection has been the place to discover Canadian writers.”
—Winnipeg Free Press

“Best Canadian Stories . . . combines both emerging and established voices for a fascinating glimpse at the most exciting short fiction coming out of this country.”
—Open Book

“Each of the sixteen stories carries a distinctive voice . . . Biblioasis’s Best just keeps getting better.”
—Michael Greenstein, The Miramichi Reader

“Best Canadian Stories 2025 exceeded my expectations and is about as solid as short story collections get.”
—Jessica Poon, The BC Review

“The arrival, late in the fall each year, of [this] collection is always cause for fanfare.”
—Quill & Quire

Zsuzsi Gartner is the author of the fiction collections All the Anxious Girls on Earth and Better Living through Plastic Explosives, which was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Her fiction has been widely anthologized, broadcast on CBC and NPR, and won numerous prizes, including a National Magazine Award. Gartner is the founder and director of Writers Adventure Camp in Whistler, British Columbia. She lives in Vancouver.

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