There are only two days left until Halloween! Embrace the season with this handpicked selection of gory, haunted, uncanny, weird, and downright spooky reads. Ranging from horror to the horror-inspired, […]
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“The narrative of heroism is continually bent”: In Conversation with Gail Scott
Gail Scott’s Permanent Revolution, a collection of new essays gathered alongside a recreation of her groundbreaking text, Spaces Like Stairs, was recently named a finalist for Le Grand Prix du livre […]
Continue readingHappy Book Birthday to Tongues: On Longing and Belonging through Language 💬 🎉
Today we celebrate the release of a Tongues: On Longing and Belonging through Language, edited by Eufemia Fantetti, Leonarda Carranza and Ayelet Tsabari, with contributions from twenty-six writers. This moving and […]
Continue reading“It is OK to Grieve”: In Conversation with Talya Rubin
Today, we pick up our In Conversation series with the endlessly thoughtful Talya Rubin, author of the poetry collection Iceland Is Melting and So Are You. Read on to learn […]
Continue readingLiterary Awards Roundup! 🎉
The fall literary awards season is upon us! Read on to learn all about the authors who have become finalists over the past week and the wonderful, transfiguring reads that […]
Continue readingThe Soundtrack Behind the Book: Suture!
Next up in our Active Listening series is Suture, Nic Brewer’s inspiring debut novel which blends body horror with incisive meditations on love, pain, and the creative process. “I read […]
Continue readingHappy Book Birthday to Iceland Is Melting and So Are You by Talya Rubin 🎉🎉
Today, we celebrate the release Iceland Is Melting and So Are You by Talya Rubin! Positioned at the brink of the climate crisis, this urgent collection of poetry offers recognition of, […]
Continue readingRead the World Bookfair at at ALTA44!
We’re excited to join the American Literary Translators Association for the debut of #ReadTheWorld, an online bookfair celebrating translators and their publishers ahead of and during the virtual portion of […]
Continue readingUmbilical Cord Is Love: An Essay by Hasan Namir
Today we are delighted to welcome award-winning writer Hasan Namir to the Book*hug Blog. In the following essay, Namir introduces readers to some of the thoughts and feelings surrounding his […]
Continue readingHappy Book Birthday to Because Venus Crossed an Alpine Violet on the Day that I Was Born by Mona Høvring Translated by Kari Dickson and Rachel Rankin 🎉
Please join us in celebrating the release of Because Venus Crossed an Alpine Violet on the Day that I Was Born by Mona Høvring, translated by Kari Dickson and Rachel […]
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