The Fun Times Brigade: The Playlist is here! Lindsay Zier-Vogel has curated a playlist of songs that inspired the writing of her latest novel The Fun Times Brigade. We hope you enjoy! Find the full Spotify playlist here. “There are so many songs in The Fun Times Brigade—some I made up, some are from my childhood (shout […]
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I Remember Lights: The Playlist is here! Ben Ladouceur has curated a playlist of songs that inspired the writing of his debut novel I Remember Lights. We hope you enjoy! Find the full Spotify playlist here. “Here is the music that meant a lot to me as I wrote I Remember Lights: songs I studied to, played […]
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The Literary Press Group of Canada (LPG), of which Book*hug is a proud member, is celebrating 50 years of supporting Canadian literary publishers. From all of us at Book*hug Press, we want to wish the LPG a very Happy Birthday and thank them for all they do to support and advocate for independent Canadian-owned literary […]
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Ben Ladouceur’s debut novel I Remember Lights is a historical snapshot of Queer life in Montréal during the sixties and seventies. Following the life of an unnamed gay man who moves to the Island in search of community and liberation, the book is set against the backdrop of Expo 67 and the infamous Truxx Raid of […]
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No One Knows Us There: The Playlist is here! Jessica Bebenek has curated a playlist of songs that are in conversation with her debut poetry collection No One Knows Us There! We hope you enjoy! “These are the songs I was listening to while I wrote No One Knows Us There. They are the songs […]
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elseship: an unrequited love: The Playlist is here! Tree Abraham has curated a playlist of songs that are in conversation with her latest memoir elseship: an unrequited love! We hope you enjoy! Mirrorball (Demo)— Everything But The Girl Tilted — Christine and the Queens Motion Sickness — Phoebe Bridgers Fire — Waxahatchee Brooklyn Bridge — Anaïs […]
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Today, we invite Shannon Webb-Campbell to the blog to share the story behind the writing of “Her Eros Restored”, one of the poems in her latest collection Re: Wild Her. Read on for stories and insights form an artist residency in France where Shannon conceived of and wrote the poem! Take it away Shannon! (Shannon […]
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We’re back with the final feature in our National Poetry Month Poet Spotlight series. We are closing things out with Stephen Cain! Stephen is one our oldest friends in the literary community, having gone to school with Jay and Hazel back in the day. We have published four of his groundbreaking poetry collections, including I […]
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We’re back with the eighth feature in our National Poetry Month Poet Spotlight series. Next up is Hana Shafi! We have had the pleasure of publishing two collections of Hana’s renowned illustrations and poetry including It Begins with the Body and People You Know, Places You’ve Been. We additionally published her book of essays Small, […]
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We’re back with the seventh feature in our National Poetry Month Poet Spotlight series. Next up is Shannon Webb-Campbell! We have had the pleasure of publishing two previous collections by Shannon including I am a Body of Land and Lunar Tides. This year we are honoured to be publishing her latest collection of poems Re: […]
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