Book*hug Reads, Part Two: Four Staff Favourites for Your Holiday Wish List
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Six Modern Fables for Modern Life
In a world full of stories, there are some that stick to us like burrs, told and retold with trace edits for centuries.
Continue readingFeature Friday: Authenticity is a Feeling: My Life in PME-ART by Jacob Wren
In this week’s edition of Feature Friday, we are excited to bring you an excerpt from Jacob Wren’s Authenticity is a Feeling: My Life in PME-ART, a compelling hybrid of history, memoir, and performance theory. Written, among other things, to celebrate PME-ART’s twentieth anniversary, the book begins when Jacob Wren meets Sylvie Lachance and Richard […]
Continue readingOld Mercury Eyes: An Exquisite Corpse Poem
Hi, everyone – Mary Ann, here! My time time with Book*hug will soon come to a close (cue emotional, Hans Zimmer soundtrack), but before I go, and for one big Blog-style “hurrah”, I have orchestrated an infinitely chaotic and unpredictable game of “The Exquisite Corpse” with a group of Book*hug authors. To summarize, The Exquisite […]
Continue readingStranger than Fiction: In Conversation with Jacob Wren
Jacob Wren’s latest book, Authenticity is a Feeling: My Life in PME-ART, is a compelling hybrid of history, memoir, and performance theory. It tells the story of the interdisciplinary performance group PME-ART and their ongoing endeavour to make a new kind of highly collaborative theatre dedicated to the fragile but essential act of “being yourself […]
Continue readingThe Short List: 8 Recommended Short Story Collections
May is Short Story Month. We’re big readers of the short story form: Alice Munro, Anton Chekhov, Flannery O’Connor, George Saunders, Angela Carter and Jhumpa Lahiri are just a few of our favourite short story writers. We’re also proud to publish several authors who write fresh, vibrant and compelling short fiction. As a wrap up […]
Continue readingBookThugs Read: Our Fave Books of 2016, the Authors’ Edition
Today, we continue to look back on our year in reading. For Part 2 of BookThugs Read, we’re turning things over to some of our wonderful authors to reflect on their favourite reads of 2016. While the year has certainly been a rough ride for many, there is no denying that 2016 was a great […]
Continue readingLong Weekend Reading: Five Books for the Long Weekend
The May long weekend is a highlight of the spring for many of us, and whether you’re relaxing at a cottage or unwinding in the city, a book that you just can’t put down is always a welcome addition to your plans. Whether you like funny books or thrilling books, novels or poetry, here are five books that […]
Continue readingIn Conversation: Jacob Wren discusses Rich and Poor
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 part of Quill and Quire’s Spring 2016 Preview Selection and as part of Big Other’s Most Anticipated Small Press Books of 2016. Who hasn’t, at one time […]
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 2016 Fiction Selection, Job Shadowing invites readers on an original and fantastical journey through the perils of modern employment, across the self-consciousness of the echo […]
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