Enter the world as seen through the eyes of Huckleberry Finn—a weary and defeated landscape, but one of inherent hope, where reinvention is possible through the seminal power of words, […]
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Giving Up by Mike Steeves is a Finalist for the QWF 2015 Awards!
BookThug is very pleased to announce that Mike Steeves’s first novel Giving Up is a Finalist for the Quebec Writers’ Federation 2015 Concordia University First Book Award! Yesterday, in the Montreal […]
Continue readingHighlights from BookThug’s spring/summer events: Guest blogger Emma Hambly on her time interning at BookThug
Dear blog readers: my name is Emma Hambly and I’m here this week to give a small recap of my time at BookThug. My master’s program at Ryerson allowed us […]
Continue readingThe Pride of BookThug: Read Proud!
Happy Pride Weekend to all! With Pride Week 2015 celebrations taking place coast-to-coast this weekend, we’re celebrating with a selection of LGBTQ authored books we are proud to have published. […]
Continue readingIn Conversation: Lisa Gordon speaks to her new chapbook, Moving In With the Dalai Lama
The poems of Moving In With the Dalai Lama, the debut chapbook by Lisa Gordon, hide in the interstices of language, and are anchored in the tentative relationships that surround […]
Continue readingIn Conversation: Rachel Rose talks about her new collection Thirteen Ways of Looking at CanLit
Thirteen Ways of Looking at CanLit, the new chapbook by Vancouver’s Poet Laureate Rachel Rose burns fiercely in its righteous fury at the unbridled misogyny, homophobia and racism that is […]
Continue readingGoodreads Book Giveaway for the pet radish, shrunken by Pearl Pirie
Goodreads is hosting a BookThug book giveaway for 3 copies of Pearl Pirie’s fabulous poetry collection the pet radish, shrunken. Enter for your chance to win a copy of the book American […]
Continue readingIn Conversation: Robert Anderson talks about his new chapbook The Hospital Poems
In Robert Anderson’s debut chapbook The Hospital Poems, the ward becomes the world, becomes the word, becomes the war. Drawing the reader into the strained intimacies of hospital halls and […]
Continue readingIn Conversation: Helen Guri discusses her new chapbooks, Here Come the Waterworks and Microphone Lessons for Poets
This month BookThug is launching two chapbooks by poet Helen Guri. Of her poetry chapbook Here Come the Waterworks, Helen writes, “Here come the waterworks” is in most contexts an […]
Continue readingGoodreads Book Giveaway for Giving Up
Goodreads is hosting a BookThug book giveaway for 3 copies of Mike Steeves’ stunning debut novel Giving Up. Enter for your chance to win a copy of the book Miriam […]
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