The next instalment of our Literary Matchmakers series is dedicated to readers of Literature in Translation. It features two unforgettable authors, Fleur Jaeggy and Mona Høvring, whose slim novels are […]
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Our Annual Holiday Sale and Book Bundles are Back! 📚🎁
It’s that time of year again! To celebrate the festive season, we’re pleased to announce the return of our annual Holiday Sale! From November 24 – December 24, save 25% […]
Continue readingShani Mootoo Receives an Honorary Doctorate from Western University! 🎉🎓
All of us at Book*hug send our warmest congratulations to the inimitable Shani Mootoo, who received an honorary doctorate from Western University during fall convocation on October 22, 2021, in […]
Continue readingLiterary Matchmakers: Sally Rooney and Lindsay Zier-Vogel
The holiday season is fast approaching. Unsure of which book to gift your loved one (or yourself)? Look no further! Like a good friend or a great date, compatibility is […]
Continue readingCongratulations to the Nelson Ball Prize Shortlisted Authors! 🥳
We are thrilled to announce that This Radiant Life by Chantal Neveu, translated by Erín Moure, and Nought by Julie Joosten have both been shortlisted for the second-ever Nelson Ball Prize. This prize […]
Continue readingHappy Book Birthday to The Absence of Zero by R. Kolewe 🎉
Today, we celebrate the much-anticipated final release of our Fall 2021 season, The Absence of Zero by R. Kolewe! Fiercely attentive to detail, alive with echoes and repetitions, The Absence […]
Continue readingCo-translation Roundtable: Kari Dickson and Rachel Rankin
And Martha? She was a muttonhead. So reads a quote from Because Venus Crossed an Alpine Violet on the Day that I Was Born by Mona Høvring— “muttonhead” a triumphant […]
Continue reading“Something hopeful. Something profound”: In Conversation with Team Venus
Next up In Conversation is a roundtable discussion between the affectionately titled “Team Venus”: author Mona Høvring and translators Kari Dickson and Rachel Rankin of Because Venus Crossed an Alpine […]
Continue readingHalloween 2021 Reading List 👻
There are only two days left until Halloween! Embrace the season with this handpicked selection of gory, haunted, uncanny, weird, and downright spooky reads. Ranging from horror to the horror-inspired, […]
Continue reading“The narrative of heroism is continually bent”: In Conversation with Gail Scott
Gail Scott’s Permanent Revolution, a collection of new essays gathered alongside a recreation of her groundbreaking text, Spaces Like Stairs, was recently named a finalist for Le Grand Prix du livre […]
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