Hi everyone! My name is Shayanna, and I am BookThug’s newest intern for the next two months! I’m super excited to be working with Jay, Hazel, and the rest of […]
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In Conversation: Stephen Thomas Discusses The Jokes
Stephen Thomas’s debut book, The Jokes, is a collection of flash fiction stories full of surprises, humour and sincerity. Compared to Lydia Davis’s writing, The Jokes was shortlisted for the Metatron Prize for Rising […]
Continue readingIn Conversation: Jess Taylor and Malcolm Sutton
Jess Taylor’s critically acclaimed debut story collection, Pauls, was named an Amazon.ca Editors’ Best Book of 2015, a National Post “NP99” Best Book of 2015, a Kobo Best Canadian Book […]
Continue readingIn Conversation: Phil Hall Chats with Wanda Praamsma About his Latest Collection, Conjugation
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 […]
Continue readingLetter from BookThug Publisher Jay MillAr
Hello Amazing Readers! We wanted to take a moment to let you know about some changes that are taking place at BookThug. These are mostly in response to the current […]
Continue readingSpotlight on the Latest Issue of BafterC, Guest Edited by Jess Taylor
Today, we’re shining the spotlight on BafterC Vol. 8 No 1, which was guest-edited by none other than Jess Taylor, author of the acclaimed debut story collection, Pauls. This NEW MOTION ISSUE […]
Continue readingMother’s Day 2016: Top 5 Recommended Reading List
Mother’s day is coming up soon, and although moms (and dads) only get one official day a year, we all know they deserve so much more. In honour of the mothers […]
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 readingSpring Fiction PREVIEW: Job Shadowing by Malcolm Sutton
Bookthug’s Spring Fiction Preview continues with Malcolm Sutton, a Toronto-based artist, writer and Bookthug’s very own fiction editor, and his debut novel Job Shadowing. A 49th Shelf Most Anticipated Spring […]
Continue readingSpring Poetry PREVIEW: My Dinosaur by François Turcot, Translated by Erín Moure
Photo Credit: William Benito Moure In 2013, François Turcot invited readers along on an archaeological journey in search for the remnants of his father. The mode of transportation: Mon Dinosaure, […]
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