This month, we asked our 2022 authors that most prized question: what were your favourite reads of the year? We are now pleased to present Book*hugs Wrapped, The Authors’ Edition! Read on for a list of books that moved, excited, changed, engaged, amused, bemused, and ultimately dazzled Book*hug authors this year: Shannon Webb-Campbell, author of Lunar […]
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Today, we are delighted to be in conversation with River Halen, author of Dream Rooms. Part essay, part poem, part fever dream journal entry, Dream Rooms is a book about personal revolution, about unravelling a worldview to make space for different selves and realities. Deeply queer and trans not only in its content but in its […]
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Today’s book playlist was made by Cary Fagan to compliment his new novel, The Animals. A realist work with the air of a fairy tale, The Animals is a surprising, funny, and thought-provoking story that explores the nature of relationships faunal and human, and reminds us of the challenges of finding one’s place in society . . […]
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Today, we are thrilled to be in conversation with Alessandra Naccarato, author of Imminent Domains: Reckoning with the Anthropocene. Imminent Domains invites readers to join a contemplation of survival—our own, and that of the elements that surround us. Using research, lyric prose, and first-hand experiences, Alessandra Naccarato addresses fundamental questions about our modern relationship to […]
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Today, we are celebrating the release of Hunger Heart, by Karen Fastrup, translated by Marina Allemano! This bold work of autofiction immerses us in the alienations of a breakdown and hospitalization, as well as the courage and joy necessary for recovery. Happy Book Birthday to Hunger Heartby Karen Fastrup, translated from the Danish by Marina […]
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Next up in our book playlist series, we are joined by Carellin Brooks with with tunes for her poetry collection Learned! Set in the 90s, alternating between the storied quads of Oxford University and the dank recesses of London pubs given over to public displays of queer BDSM, Learned chronicles poet and Rhodes Scholar Carellin Brooks’ extreme explorations […]
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Today, we are celebrating the release of David Dowker’s Dissonance Engine! Read on to learn all about this astute new collection of poetry. Happy publication day to Dissonance Engine by David Dowker! Selected as a Fall 2022 Poetry Pick from CBC Books and 49th Shelf, Dissonance Engine is a brilliant exploration of the mechanics of […]
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Today, we invite Cary Fagan to the blog to share thoughts on a chapter from his new novel, The Animals! Read on for insights on a moment in the book where the protagonist Dorn takes time to reflect— taking him out of—and eventually returning him to—the plot. Off to Cary! When I was asked to […]
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Today, we are celebrating the release of Tree Abraham’s Cyclettes! Read on to learn all about this brilliant hybrid work of text and image, and for information about upcoming launches in Ottawa and Toronto! What does it mean to be happy, to be sated, to live a meaningful life? Is wanderlust curable? Is depression? These […]
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Today, we are celebrating the release of Participation by Anna Moschovakis! In this literary-dystopian novel, environmental disaster strikes and binaries and certainties dissolve as members of two virtual reading groups reshape their lives, romances, and reality itself. Read on to learn more about the book! Happy book birthday to Participation by writer and International Booker Prize […]
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