Author Archives: Jay MillAr

Calling all lovers of literature, spoken word, visual arts, music and food. Hear Here, Toronto’s roaming creative salon, premieres tomorrow, Thursday November 20, at a pop up downtown location. The […]

On this, the eve of the announcement of the winner this year’s Governor General’s Award, BookThug’s intrepid intern Rick Meier sat down to talk with Julie Joosten about her shortlisted […]

On October 8, 2014, on one of the first really chilly nights of the Fall, the brightest lights of Toronto’s literary community assembled in Kensington Market to celebrate the launch […]

September 24, 2014 Wanda Praamsma’s debut poetry collection a thin line between crafts a story that transcends geographic boundaries and time periods, by weaving together lives from her own family’s […]

August 19, 2014 Reading Theseus is an intimate experience; the reader witnesses bpNichol and Wayne Clifford actively troubling the processes of myth making and word smithing. Nichol has declared his […]

August 1, 2014 As I mentioned in a prior blog post, I will be adding Air Carnation to my bedside books collection. But attached is a fun questionnaire filled out […]

July 28, 2014 The moment I finished Air Carnation, I felt I had to email Argentine author Guadalupe Muro questions regarding her book, since I had scribbled enough notes and […]

July 4, 2014 After reading Air Carnation, we were curious to ask Guadalupe Muro about the soundtrack she has been putting together. She agreed to do an interview with us, […]

June 27, 2014 Kristen: Can you describe your editorial process for the selection of these works by bpNichol? Stephen: As most of the works in the collection only exist in […]