Old Mercury Eyes: An Exquisite Corpse Poem
Hi, everyone – Mary Ann, here! My time time with Book*hug will soon come to a close (cue emotional, Hans Zimmer soundtrack), but before I go, and for one big […]
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Making the Self: In Conversation with Catherine Fatima
Catherine Fatima’s debut novel, Sludge Utopia, is an auto-fictional novel about sex, depression, family, shaky ethics, ideal forms of life, girlhood, and coaching oneself into adulthood under capitalism. Using her […]
Continue readingFeature Friday: This Will Be Good by Mallory Tater
In this week’s edition of Feature Friday, we’re pleased to bring you an excerpt from Mallory Tater’s debut poetry collection, This Will Be Good, which tells the story of a […]
Continue readingOn Mama’s Boy: In Conversation With David Goudreault and JC Sutcliffe
Mama’s Boy by David Goudreault, translated by JC Sutcliffe, is written with gritty humour in the form of a confession. It recounts the family drama of a young man who sets […]
Continue readingAn Update from Shannon Webb-Campbell and the Team at Book*hug
It has been a little over two months since we made the very difficult decision to halt sales and promotion of Who Took My Sister? At this time, we wish […]
Continue readingFeature Friday: Kith by Divya Victor
Either as a way of knowing or being known; either by the way a “we” exists or does not when we are not home; either as targets or by treason; […]
Continue readingAdvice to My Younger Writer Self: An Author Roundtable
An author’s journey is a particularly twisty one. Amidst the drafts, re-writes, readings, and even seeded somewhere within that first fragment of an idea is the constant development of their […]
Continue readingBuilding Frameworks: In Conversation with Steven Zultanski
Steven Zultanski’s latest book, Honestly, is the third title in a trilogy (and also his third publication with Book*hug) that explores the limits of individual expression. It begins with research […]
Continue readingFeature Friday: Document 1 by François Blais, translated by JC Sutcliffe
For this week’s edition of Feature Friday, we’re thrilled to bring you an excerpt from Document 1 by Québécois author (and underground superhero of French writing) François Blais, translated into English […]
Continue readingChanging the Game: In Conversation with Chelene Knight
Chelene Knight’s new book, Dear Current Occupant, is a creative nonfiction memoir about home and belonging set in the 80s and 90s of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. In this critically-acclaimed book, […]
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