It's been three years since we've thrown a Toronto group event as a press, and oh how we've missed the opportunity to gather in-person with you all and celebrate the literary achievements of our authors! So on June 12th we're back with a jam packed evening of fun! Join us for a night of comedy, […]

Book*hug Press and The City and The City Books in Hamilton are collaborating on a special edition of The Way Out East Reading Series that will act as a Hamilton Book Launch for some of our new titles! Featuring Spring 2023 authors Kate Cayley (Lent), Marta Balcewicz (Big Shadow), and Eden Boudreau (Crying Wolf). Join […]

The Cobourg Poetry Workshop Third Thursday Reading Series present an evening of poetry featuring Kate Cayley, author of Lent,  reading alongside Jake Byrne and Lyss Warmland. Books will be for sale! Thursday, June 15, 2023 Doors at 7:00 pm ET 7:30 – 9:30 pm ET The Northumberland Room, The Best Western Cobourg Inn 930 Burnham […]

Riverside Reading Series present Eden Boudreau, author of Crying Wolf, in conversation with Alison Fishburn. Books will be for sale! Saturday, June 17, 2023 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm ET Dog Eared Café 121 Grand River St N, Paris, ON N3L 2R2 Free to attend. Read more here.

The Ex-Puritan presents an edition of their Balderdash Reading Series featuring Kate Cayley, author of Lent, reading alongside Sumaiya Matin, Sofia Mostaghimi, Shalaka Jadhav, and Bänzoo Zan. Thursday, June 22, 2023 7:00 – 9:00 pm ET Another Story Bookshop 315 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, ON Free to attend. Masked event. Washrooms located down a flight of […]

The Riverside Reading Series Summer Writers Fest in Paris, On presents Nic Brewer, author of Suture. Book*hug Press will also be present selling books in the Book Fair! Come visit us! Saturday, June 24, 2023 9:00 am – 4:00 pm ET Walter Williams Amphitheatre Lion’s Park, Paris, ON Read more here.

Laila Malik, author of archipelago, will be at the 2023 Virtual edition of Word Vancouver as part of "Untangling Language: Poetic Interrogations on Displacement and Belonging". Examining displacement and the diasporic struggles in identifying home and belonging, these three poets untangle language to find the fine threads that run through time and space and weave […]

Paola Ferrante, author of Her Body Among Animals, will be at Eden Mills Writers Festival 2023 as part of the "It's The End of The World As We Know It" panel. Paola will be reading alongside Tomas Hachard (City in Flames) and Michelle Min Sterling (Camp Zero). Hosted by Steven W. Beattie. Ecological collapse. Political […]

Michael V. Smith, author of Queers Like Me, will be at Word Vancouver 2023's Queer Memory Panel. Michael will be joining Cicely Belle Blain and JD Derbyshire to all read from their recent titles, each of which transmutes queer memory into startling and poignant new word-worlds. Saturday, September 16, 2023 11:30 AM  12:30 PM Location: Room […]