Literary Matchmakers: Kazuo Ishiguro and Nic Brewer
Next up in our Literary Matchmakers series, we match a beloved author with a brilliant debut writer. If you liked Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun, please meet Nic Brewer’s […]
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Literary Matchmakers: Fleur Jaeggy and Mona Høvring
The next instalment of our Literary Matchmakers series is dedicated to readers of Literature in Translation. It features two unforgettable authors, Fleur Jaeggy and Mona Høvring, whose slim novels are […]
Continue readingOur Annual Holiday Sale and Book Bundles are Back! 📚🎁
It’s that time of year again! To celebrate the festive season, we’re pleased to announce the return of our annual Holiday Sale! From November 24 – December 24, save 25% […]
Continue readingShani Mootoo Receives an Honorary Doctorate from Western University! 🎉🎓
All of us at Book*hug send our warmest congratulations to the inimitable Shani Mootoo, who received an honorary doctorate from Western University during fall convocation on October 22, 2021, in […]
Continue readingLiterary Matchmakers: Sally Rooney and Lindsay Zier-Vogel
The holiday season is fast approaching. Unsure of which book to gift your loved one (or yourself)? Look no further! Like a good friend or a great date, compatibility is […]
Continue readingGender Studies Speaker Series at Queen’s University presents Gail Scott
“Where there is no emergency, there is likely no real experiment.” We are excited to share that tomorrow, Wednesday, November 17, the Gender Matters Speaker Series at Queen’s University will […]
Continue readingCongratulations to the Nelson Ball Prize Shortlisted Authors! 🥳
We are thrilled to announce that This Radiant Life by Chantal Neveu, translated by Erín Moure, and Nought by Julie Joosten have both been shortlisted for the second-ever Nelson Ball Prize. This prize […]
Continue readingHappy Book Birthday to The Absence of Zero by R. Kolewe 🎉
Today, we celebrate the much-anticipated final release of our Fall 2021 season, The Absence of Zero by R. Kolewe! Fiercely attentive to detail, alive with echoes and repetitions, The Absence […]
Continue readingCo-translation Roundtable: Kari Dickson and Rachel Rankin
And Martha? She was a muttonhead. So reads a quote from Because Venus Crossed an Alpine Violet on the Day that I Was Born by Mona Høvring— “muttonhead” a triumphant […]
Continue reading“Something hopeful. Something profound”: In Conversation with Team Venus
Next up In Conversation is a roundtable discussion between the affectionately titled “Team Venus”: author Mona Høvring and translators Kari Dickinson and Rachel Rankin of Because Venus Crossed an Alpine […]
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