Summer reading is a distinctly marked species in the great genus Reading: a temperate zone in the mind, between luxurious indolence and exacting work. Surly study has its dignities and […]
Continue readingHappy 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 readingThe 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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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BookThug is very pleased to announce that Aisha Sasha John’s acclaimed 2014 collection THOU is a Finalist for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry, Ontario’s leading award for literature! Established in […]
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Lesley Battler‘s debut collection Endangered Hydrocarbons channels the poet’s personal experience as an employee of Shell Oil into an ingenious suite of poems confronting the extent and the implications of oil production in Canada. As […]
Continue readingGoodreads 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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