Described as stoic, surprising and provocative, Jacob Wren’s latest book Rich and Poor was named a Most Anticipated Spring 2016 Fiction Selection by 49th Shelf. It was also been chosen as […]
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News and Events for the Week of March 21, 2016
News Check out The Plotline Bomber of Innisfree author Josh Massey’s recommended reading list, “Locally Sourced” for 49th Shelf. Congratulations Carellin Brooks! One Hundred Days of Rain is a finalist […]
Continue readingSpring Fiction PREVIEW: Job Shadowing by Malcolm Sutton
Bookthug’s Spring Fiction Preview continues with Malcolm Sutton, a Toronto-based artist, writer and Bookthug’s very own fiction editor, and his debut novel Job Shadowing. A 49th Shelf Most Anticipated Spring […]
Continue readingTHOU by Aisha Sasha John is a Finalist for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry!
BookThug is very pleased to announce that Aisha Sasha John’s acclaimed 2014 collection THOU is a Finalist for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry, Ontario’s leading award for literature! Established in […]
Continue readingSpring poetry PREVIEW: Introducing Lesley Battler and her spectacular full-length debut, Endangered Hydrocarbons
Selected by BookThug’s poetry editor Phil Hall, Lesley Battler’s first full-length collection of poems Endangered Hydrocarbons developed out of the author’s experience as an employee of Shell Canada, a subsidiary […]
Continue readingSpring fiction PREVIEW: One Hundred Days of Rain by Carellin Brooks
Carellin Brooks’s luminous new novel One Hundred Days of Rain opens with its narrator in the throes of a catastrophic break up. The book chronicles the year that follows, as she […]
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