Today, we’re celebrating the release of a tender and moving new poetry collection by Lambda Literary and Stonewall Book Award-winner Hasan Namir! Umbilical Cord is a joyful poetry memoir about […]
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Fall 2021 Nonfiction Preview: Tongues: On Longing and Belonging through Language
Our Fall 2021 preview series continues with Tongues: On Longing and Belonging through Language, edited by Eufemia Fantetti, Leonarda Carranza, and Ayelet Tsabari! This vital anthology opens a compelling dialogue […]
Continue readingWe, Jane by Aimee Wall Longlisted for the 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize!
We are thrilled that We, Jane by Aimee Wall has been longlisted for the prestigious 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize! We, Jane explores intergenerational female relationships, the precarity of rural existence, […]
Continue readingQueers, Processing: A Dialogue on Navigating Works in Progress
As writers, we are primed for the moment when a book comes out—the launch, reviews and physical object. I asked six Queer writers—Amy Fung, Leah Horlick, Zoe Whittall, Jen Currin, […]
Continue readingAnd the winner is….. Oisín Curran
Book*hug is pleased to share the wonderful news that Oisín Curran, author of Blood Fable, is the winner of the 2018 Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award! Oisín received the prize […]
Continue readingFeature Friday: The Greats by Sylvain Prudhomme, translated by Jessica Moore
In this week’s edition of Feature Friday, we’re especially thrilled to bring you an excerpt from the award-winning novel The Greats by Sylvain Prudhomme, translated by Wellcome Prize winner Jessica […]
Continue readingFeature Friday: Precious Energy by Shannon Bramer
For this week’s edition of Feature Friday, we are pleased to bring you an excerpt from poet and playwright Shannon Bramer’s highly anticipated new poetry book, Precious Energy. In Bramer’s […]
Continue readingFeature Friday: False Friends by Stephen Cain
In this week’s edition of Feature Friday, we’re pleased to bring you an excerpt from False Friends, the first full-length poetry collection from Stephen Cain in more than ten years. […]
Continue readingFeature Friday: To Love the Coming End by Leanne Dunic
For this week’s edition of Feature Friday, we’re pleased to bring you an excerpt from To Love the Coming End by Leanne Dunic. In this evocative debut book of prose […]
Continue readingFeature Friday: Beautiful Children with Pet Foxes by Jennifer LoveGrove
Feature Friday is back and just in time for the start of a long summer weekend. Today we’re pleased to bring you an excerpt from Beautiful Children With Pet Foxes, […]
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