2026 Creative Nonfiction and Translated Literature Subscription

If there are two areas of publishing we particularly love here at Book*hug, it’s creative nonfiction and translations. With the 2026 Creative Nonfiction and Translated Literature Subscription Package, you’ll receive every envelope-pushing, formally inventive, and utterly original work in these two categories that we’ll publish throughout the year, all at a 25% discount.

Included in the 2026 Creative Nonfiction and Translated Literature Subscription: 

• Jelly, Baby: Essays on Disability and Vulnerability by Therese Estacion (creative nonfiction / essays)
• Children of Fire: Kurdish Female Fighters and the Struggle for Woman, Life, Freedom by Shahrzad Arshadi and Anna Chatterton (creative nonfiction / literary collection / drama)
• Ace Theory: An Essay in Fragments About Asexuality by Ryan Fitzpatrick (creative nonfiction / literary essay)
• The Disappearing Act by Maria Stepanova, translated from Russian by Sasha Dugdale (Literature in Translation Series / literary fiction)
• Event Horizon by Balsam Karam, translated from Swedish by Saskia Vogel (Literature in Translation Series / literary fiction / speculative fiction)
• Something That Helps by Mona Høvring, translated from Norwegian by Kari Dickson (Literature in Translation Series / literary fiction)
• The Case of the Caprice of Lost Time by Rune Christiansen, translated from Norwegian by Kari Dickson (Literature in Translation Series / literary fiction)
• My Forests by Helene Dorion, translated from French by Susanna Lang (Literature in Translation Series / poetry)

How it Works:

For print subscriptions: books will be mailed to subscribers in batches twice a year, in May and November.

For digital eBook subscriptions: ePub files will be emailed to subscribers in batches twice a year, in May and November.

If you become a subscriber after October, you will receive all the books included in your subscription in one mailing.

Please note that titles scheduled for publication in 2026 may be subject to change. Subscribers will be notified of any changes to our seasonal line-ups, if applicable.

Every 2026 Creative Nonfiction /Translated Literature Subscription also includes:

Two complimentary backlist creative nonfiction or translated literature titles, specially hand-selected for you by our team.