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Book*hug Spring 2019 Launch Party
May 1, 2019 @ 7:30 pm - 11:30 pm
FreeBook*hug invites you to celebrate the launch of our Spring 2019 season!
There is much to celebrate! This year marks our 15th anniversary — 15 years of adventures in literary publishing! — and we have a stellar line-up of books coming your way, this season and next. Please join us in Toronto on Wednesday, May 1st, as we launch our spring titles.
What: Book*hug Spring 2019 Launch Party
When: Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Where: The Garrison, 1197 Dundas Street, West, Toronto
Time: Doors at 7:30pm. Readings to get underway at 8:15pm.
Featuring short readings by:
Lee Maracle, co-author with Columpa Bobb and Tania Carter, of Hope Matters
https://bookhugpress.ca/shop/books/hope-matters-by-lee-maracle-columpa-bobb-and-tania-carter/
Derek Mascarenhas, author of Coconut Dreams
https://bookhugpress.ca/shop/books/coconut-dreams-by-derek-mascarenhas/
Adrienne Gruber, author of Q & A
https://bookhugpress.ca/shop/books/q-a-by-adrienne-gruber/
Hasan Namir, author of War/Torn
https://bookhugpress.ca/shop/books/war-torn-by-hasan-namir/
Shannon Webb-Campbell, author of I am a Body of Land
https://bookhugpress.ca/shop/books/i-am-a-body-of-land-by-shannon-webb-campbell/
Amy Fung, author of Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being (co-published with Artspeak Vancouver)
https://bookhugpress.ca/shop/books/before-i-was-a-critic-i-was-a-human-being-by-amy-fung/
Juliet Sutcliffe, translator of Worst Case, We Get Married by Sophie Bienvenu
https://bookhugpress.ca/shop/books/worst-case-we-get-married-by-sophie-bienvenu-tanslated-by-jc-sutcliffe/
and translator of Mama’s Boy Behind Bars by David Goudreault
https://bookhugpress.ca/shop/books/mamas-boy-behind-bars-by-david-goudreault-translated-by-jc-sutcliffe/
Free and all are welcome! Books will be for sale throughout the evening.
Accessiblity information:
The front door entrance of The Garrison has a wheelchair-accessible ramp. Gender-neutral washrooms are located on the main floor.