Pride Month Reading List
June is Pride Month. It is important to remember that the first Pride started as a protest that was largely led by the activism of trans women of colour. The […]
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Black Lives Matter: Silence is Not an Option
Over the past week, people in cities around the world have organized and come together amid the pandemic to march in protest against anti-black racism, systemic racism, and police violence […]
Continue readingNational Poetry Month Celebration: Hasan Namir
Our National Poetry Month Celebration continues with ‘Khusrah’, a poem from War/Torn by Hasan Namir. War/Torn, is a brazen and lyrical interrogation of religion and masculinity. Award-winning poet Jordan Scott […]
Continue readingNational Poetry Month Celebration: Marie-Andrée Gill, translated by Kristen Renee Miller
Our National Poetry Month Celebration continues. Today’s poem is an untitled selection from Spawn by Marie-Andrée Gill, translated by Kristen Renee Miller. Celebrated poet Kaveh Akbar writes that “Spawn is […]
Continue readingNational Poetry Month Celebration: Tanis MacDonald
Our National Poetry Month Celebration continues. Next up is ‘No Exit’, a poem from Mobile by Tanis MacDonald. Mobile is many things. It is an uncivil feminist reboot of Dennis […]
Continue readingFerocious Fearlessness: In Conversation with Catherine Lalonde and Oana Avasilichioaei, author and translator of The Faerie Devouring
The Faerie Devouring is a modern-day fable and feminist bildungsroman by Quebecois author Catherine Lalonde and reimagined by the award-winning poet and translator Oana Avasilichioaei. The Faerie Devouring tells the story of the sprite, […]
Continue readingA Nomadic Consciousness: In Conversation with D. Nandi Odhiambo
Nandi Odhiambo’s new book, Smells Like Stars, draws attention to what is hidden in plain sight, what cruelties life presents, and what struggles we face in our search for meaning. Journalist Kerstin […]
Continue readingAn Update from Shannon Webb-Campbell and the Team at Book*hug
It has been a little over two months since we made the very difficult decision to halt sales and promotion of Who Took My Sister? At this time, we wish […]
Continue readingAnd the winner is….. Oisín Curran
Book*hug is pleased to share the wonderful news that Oisín Curran, author of Blood Fable, is the winner of the 2018 Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award! Oisín received the prize […]
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 […]
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