For this week’s edition of Feature Friday, we are pleased to bring you an excerpt from Aaron Giovannone’s latest collection: The Nonnets, a book-length sequence of “nonnets”—nine-line poems that Giovannone handles […]
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Feverish: In Conversation with Mallory Tater
Vancouver poet Mallory Tater’s debut poetry collection, This Will Be Good, tells the story of a young woman’s burgeoning femininity as it brushes up against an emerging eating disorder. As […]
Continue readingFeature Friday: Dear Current Occupant by Chelene Knight
In this week’s edition of Feature Friday, we are thrilled to bring you an excerpt from Chelene Knight’s Dear Current Occupant, a creative nonfiction memoir about home and belonging set […]
Continue readingMeet Our Newest Intern: Mary Ann!
Hi, everyone! My name is Mary Ann, Book*hug’s new student intern. I’m so excited to get started, to get out of what has risked becoming a repetitive routine of researching […]
Continue readingFeature Friday: Precious Energy by Shannon Bramer
For this week’s edition of Feature Friday, we are pleased to bring you an excerpt from poet and playwright Shannon Bramer’s highly anticipated new poetry book, Precious Energy. In Bramer’s […]
Continue readingFeature Friday: False Friends by Stephen Cain
In this week’s edition of Feature Friday, we’re pleased to bring you an excerpt from False Friends, the first full-length poetry collection from Stephen Cain in more than ten years. […]
Continue readingFeature Friday: To Love the Coming End by Leanne Dunic
For this week’s edition of Feature Friday, we’re pleased to bring you an excerpt from To Love the Coming End by Leanne Dunic. In this evocative debut book of prose […]
Continue readingFeature Friday: Beautiful Children with Pet Foxes by Jennifer LoveGrove
Feature Friday is back and just in time for the start of a long summer weekend. Today we’re pleased to bring you an excerpt from Beautiful Children With Pet Foxes, […]
Continue readingCelebrate Dad: 5 Books for Father’s Day
Father’s Day is here again. Time to celebrate and show our appreciation for fathers and father figures. In honour of all our dads, here’s a recommended reading list of five […]
Continue readingThe Modern Self is a Reader Self: In Conversation with Bertrand Laverdure and Oana Avasilichioaei
Bertrand Laverdure’s novel, Readopolis, translated by Oana Avasilichioaei, playfully examines the idea that human beings are more connected by their reading abilities than by anything else. Originally published in French […]
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