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One of the most interesting aspects of working as an intern at BookThug, is living and embodying the inspiring phrase “Literature of the Future.”  Kristen and I are given complete […]

“From literary to slam, formal to experimental, read, spoken, and performed, the Art Bar is open to all forms of poetry.” – Art Bar The Art Bar Poetry Series is Canada’s […]

Saturday May 10 was the Grand Opening for Loft 112, a new creative and literary space in Calgary’s East Village. Loft 112 is a commercial space/loft apartment that will serve […]

Greetings Faithful BookThugs — we are pleased to introduce to you Puneet Dutt and Kristen Smith who are interning with us from Ryerson University’s Literatures of Modernity program. As part of their […]

BookThug’s Fiction Editor Malcolm Sutton recently  interviewed author Jacob Wren about his new novel Polyamorous Love Song, available imminently from BookThug. Read on to learn more about this unique philosophical novel […]

Please enjoy this excerpt from Chris Eaton that involves Pi, since it is March 14 — also known as Pi Day. We have estimated that this might be 3.14 percent […]

What follows is a conversion that Chus Pato and Erín Moure conducted by email in February 2014 about about their forthcoming BookThug title Secession/Insecession. Erín: If you could sum up Secession […]

Guadalupe Muro is an Argentinian writer, producer and artist. Her first collection of poems, Con quién dormías? was published in 2007. Air Carnation is her first novel, and was actually […]

Laws of Rest was conceived as an elegy of sorts for my friend Jordan Berlant, who died of cancer in 2002, at the age of 31. Soon after his death, […]

Don’t forget: all existing BookThug titles, including the 2013 frontlist, are on sale for 30% off the cover price until January 2, 2014. Buy them here! Friday December 6 Toronto […]