From award-winning poet, and our own senior poetry editor, Phil Hall, comes his latest collection of poetry, Conjugation. The term “conjugation” refers to more than the obvious grammatical movement of pronouns through […]
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In Conversation: Adrienne Gruber Discusses Buoyancy Control
Adrienne Gruber’s latest book, Buoyancy Control, takes us into watery depths in order to look at our own identities. Described as fierce, ecstatic, and not for the faint of heart, Buoyancy Control […]
Continue readingIn Conversation: Jennifer Zilm Discusses Waiting Room
Take a seat in (the) Waiting Room, the first full-length collection of poetry from award-winning writer Jennifer Zilm. Featured in the CBC Books Spring 2016 Books Preview Selection, and named one […]
Continue readingIn Conversation: Jacob Wren discusses Rich and Poor
Described as stoic, surprising and provocative, Jacob Wren’s latest book Rich and Poor was named a Most Anticipated Spring 2016 Fiction Selection by 49th Shelf. It was also been chosen as […]
Continue readingIntroducing BookThug’s New Interns: Kelly and Stacey
BookThug is welcoming some new interns this month: Kelly Duval and Stacey Seymour! We (Kelly and Stacey) are MA students at Ryerson’s Literatures of Modernity (MA) program, and we’ll be […]
Continue readingFLIGHT(S): In Conversation With Chantal Neveu + Nathanaël
Que serait un entretien ou un polylogue sans interruption et sans quelque juxtaposition, sans un enchaînement un peu arbitraire ou aléatoire, sans une «association d’idées» que seule l’insignificance d’un «et» […]
Continue readingIn Conversation: Brian Dedora and Martín Rodríguez-Gaona discuss Lorcation
When acclaimed Canadian writer Brian Dedora travelled to Spain in 2012 to explore “Lorca’s Granada,” he experienced an unexpected transformation that set him on a path of understanding—of the life […]
Continue readingIn Conversation: Shannon Maguire Discusses Myrmurs: An Exploded Sestina
Myrmurs: An Exploded Sestina is Shannon Maguire’s second book of poetry in her planned medievalist trilogy. Myrmurs uses the twelfth-century poetic form of the sestina as a starting point for the […]
Continue readingIn Conversation: Josh Massey Discusses The Plotline Bomber of Innisfree
Set in the near future in the mountainous and fielded cusp between BC and Alberta, The Plotline Bomber of Innisfree by Josh Massey is the story of Jeffery Inkster, an ex-hipster-turned […]
Continue readingIn Conversation: Jean Marc Ah-Sen discusses Grand Menteur
From debut author Jean Marc Ah-Sen, Grand Menteur is a unique and ambitious first novel that glimpses into the inner workings of a Mauritian street gang. Recently selected by The Globe […]
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