Father’s Day is here again. Time to celebrate and show our appreciation for fathers and father figures. In honour of all our dads, here’s a recommended reading list of five […]
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The Modern Self is a Reader Self: In Conversation with Bertrand Laverdure and Oana Avasilichioaei
Bertrand Laverdure’s novel, Readopolis, translated by Oana Avasilichioaei, playfully examines the idea that human beings are more connected by their reading abilities than by anything else. Originally published in French […]
Continue readingFeature Friday: Charm by Christine McNair
A charm can protect, inflict or influence. For this week’s edition of Feature Friday, we’re pleased to bring you an excerpt from Charm, the second poetry collection by Ottawa poet Christine […]
Continue readingThe Short List: 8 Recommended Short Story Collections
May is Short Story Month. We’re big readers of the short story form: Alice Munro, Anton Chekhov, Flannery O’Connor, George Saunders, Angela Carter and Jhumpa Lahiri are just a few […]
Continue readingFeature Friday: Comma by Jennifer Still
This week’s edition of Feature Friday shines a light on the beautiful work of art and poetry that is Comma, the third full collection by award-winning writer Jennifer Still. Between […]
Continue readingStaring Down the Blank Page: In Conversation with Jennifer LoveGrove
Beautiful Children With Pet Foxes is Giller Prize-longlisted author Jennifer LoveGrove’s third collection of poetry. It bears witness to moments of extreme crisis that take you on an odyssey through […]
Continue readingFeature Friday: Bridge Retakes by Angela Lopes
For this week’s edition of Feature Friday, we introduce you to Bridge Retakes, the debut novel by Winnipeg-based writer Angela Lopes. In it, Ze, a Bahian man, and Phila, a […]
Continue readingCurl Up: 5 Long Weekend Reads
Have you been looking forward to the May long weekend to relax, take a trip, visit with friends, or read a good book? Possibly a bit of everything? Whether you […]
Continue readingKicks Just Keep Getting Harder to Find: In Conversation with Stephen Cain
False Friends is the first full-length poetry collection from Stephen Cain in more than ten years. In it, he takes inspiration from the linguistic term “false friends”—two words from different […]
Continue readingFeature Friday: Readopolis by Bertrand Laverdure, Translated by Oana Avasilichioaei
For this edition of Feature Friday, we’re pleased to bring you an excerpt from the novel Readopolis by award-winning author Bertrand Laverdure, translated by Oana Avasilichioaei. BookThug is pleased to […]
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