Selected by editor Steven W. Beattie, the 2025 edition of Best Canadian Stories showcases the best Canadian fiction writing published in 2023.

Featuring:

Chris Bailey • Christine Birbalsingh • Cody Caetano • Kate Cayley • Lynn Coady • Caitlin Galway • Marcel Goh • Beth Goobie • Mark Anthony Jarman • Saad Omar Khan • Chelsea Peters • Kawai Shen • Liz Stewart • Glenna Turnbull • Catriona Wright • Clea Young

Steven W. Beattie's profile page

Steven W. Beattie, a writer in Stratford, Ontario, spent twelve and a half years as Review Editor at Quill & Quire, Canada’s magazine of the publishing trade industry. His writing and criticism have appeared in the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, the National Post, The Walrus, Canadian Notes & Queries, and elsewhere. He maintains the literary website That Shakespearean Rag.

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

"Each of the sixteen stories carries a distinctive voice; and Moore is a vociferous ventriloquist and complete angler throwing 'a fishing line through the air with a narrative hook.' ... Biblioasis’s Best just keeps getting better."
—Michael Greenstein, The Miramichi Reader

"A wide-ranging ... interesting collection."
—The BC Review

“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

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