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We’re back with the third feature in our National Poetry Month Poet Spotlight series. Next up is Jessica Bebenek! Jessica is a long time member of Book*hug’s community, and we are very happy to finally be publishing her debut poetry collection No One Knows Us There, which is officially out today!  Jessica’s poems paint two […]

We’re back with the second feature in our National Poetry Month Poet Spotlight series. Next up is Laila Malik! Laila is a singular and thoughtful voice in the poetry scene! We are honoured to have published her debut collection, archipelago, in 2023. Today, we’re sharing Laila’s poem “all your grandmothers have stopped cooking” from her […]

Today, we invite Joni Murphy to the blog to share thoughts on a chapter from her new novel Barbara! Read on for insights into the inspirations and questions that led Joni to draft a passage that begins on page 69 of her book. Take it away Joni! Page 69-82 Although I did not envision writing […]

Spring has officially sprung! To help usher in the season, we are proud to present In Bloom: Eight Books to Welcome Spring! From the more joyful aspects of baseball season and long bike rides, to darker feelings associated with climate anxiety and endless days of rain, these 8 books each capture the complex nature of […]

Happy International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month! To celebrate, we’ve gathered a list of ten groundbreaking books by exceptionally talented women. Writing has always been a form of resistance, and these powerful books carry on that tradition by challenging notions of what it means to be a woman while embracing intersectionality and transcending literary […]

It’s no surprise that love is one of the themes most frequently explored in literature. For centuries, writers have expounded on matters of the heart, and readers have sought out love stories to better understand one of the most basic human desires. In these anxious times, the world needs love more than ever. These eight […]

Our 20th-anniversary celebrations wrap up today with one final Author Spotlight interview. Today, we’re shining a light on Shannon Bramer. We have had the pleasure of working with Shannon as a playwright, as well as a poet. In 2017 we published her poetry collection Precious Energy, and in 2020 we published her three-play-volume Trapsongs. Shannon is […]

Today, Book*hug Press is sharing some recommended reading from our staff! We can’t wait for the holidays because it’s time to finally read the books that have been piling up on our bedside tables! Please enjoy our picks, and we hope to see some of them end up on your holiday wish lists! Featuring selections […]

To celebrate the end of the year, which delightfully coincides with the season of book-gifting, we asked some of our 2024 authors to recommend some titles that they’ve read recently and loved! We hope you enjoy their selections, and that some will end up on your reading lists for the holiday season. Jacob Wren, author […]

Our 20th-anniversary celebrations continue with another Author Spotlight interview. Today, we’re shining a light on Aimee Wall. We have had the pleasure of working with Aimee as an author, as well as a translator. In 2021 we published Aimee’s debut novel We, Jane, but we have been working with her since 2016 when she first […]