Holidays à la BookThug
It’s currently the season for a lot of things—like spending exorbitant amounts of money on yourself and on other people and on food and on things nobody really needs—but most […]
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Interview with Sandra Ridley, author of THE COUNTING HOUSE
Daydreaming isn’t a waste of time. It’s not idle or lazy time for a writer. It’s an essential activity, a pure form of creative work. That’s my favourite part—sitting still, […]
Continue readingFrom Julie Joosten: The mind as a mood of weathers
I’m always curious to know what other people are reading. I love encountering the texts they choose to read or are obsessed by or wade into or simply find themselves […]
Continue readingFrom Michael Blouin: The Thing about Ice Fishing is that it’s Cold as a Dead Bastard and You Hardly Ever Catch Any Fish
“I never like to see a man in a suit, you know what I mean? A man in a suit is up to something I think. And it’s never something […]
Continue readingWeekly Roundup November 23-29
Saturday November 23 Launch: Dragnet Issue 9 | 8:00 p.m. | Smiling Buddha Bar, 961 College Street | Featuring readings from Evan Munday, Catriona Wright, and Bardia Sinaee | $5 […]
Continue readingAuthor in Profile: David B. Goldstein
While I was writing [Laws of Rest], I felt that all language was alive…I don’t get too concerned with how my work fits together—I just try to explore fully whatever […]
Continue readingWeekly Roundup Nov 15-21
Friday November 15 Launch: The Stories That Are Great Within Us | Nov 15 & 16, 6:00 p.m. | Windup Bird Café, 382 College Steet | Enjoy dinner, drinks, and […]
Continue readingJoin us at the Indie Literary Market this Saturday, Nov 16
This Saturday, November 16, Meet the Presses will present its Fall 2013 Indie Literary Market. This curated event will showcase small Canadian literary presses and magazines, from the tiniest micropresses […]
Continue readingWeekly Roundup, Nov 8-15
BookThug’s weekly roundup brings together workshops, events, readings, and deadlines happening (Friday to Friday) in the GTA. Friday November 8 Book Launch: Strip by Andrew Binks | 6:00 p.m. | […]
Continue readingInterview with Stan Dragland, author of DEEP TOO
As for Deep Too, I didn’t set out to write a book about anything in particular. In fact I didn’t set out to write a book. I started writing out […]
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