Father’s Day is here again. Time to celebrate and show our appreciation for fathers and father figures. In honour of all our dads, here’s a recommended reading list of five books that we think every Dad will love. Besides, they all have enough ties and BBQ aprons. Operations by Moez Surani 1965 “Red Snapper 27-65 […]
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BookThug Road Trip: Canadian Authors from Coast to Coast, Part 2
We’re revving up the engine again today as we continue on the second half of our Summer Reading Recommendation Road Trip. Today, we head out from Ontario, and then travel west, making stops along the way in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. Let’s hit the road with these five BookThug Summer Road Trip picks! […]
Continue readingMother’s Day 2016: Top 5 Recommended Reading List
Mother’s day is coming up soon, and although moms (and dads) only get one official day a year, we all know they deserve so much more. In honour of the mothers and fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers, aunts and uncles, and women and men who hold us all together, here are five books that feature and celebrate mothers, […]
Continue readingBookThug’s 2015 Year in Review
Here at BookThug HQ, we can’t believe it’s already December 30! Today, we’re looking back at our year in review and sneaking a peek at what lies ahead in 2016. While 2015 will soon be over, it won’t soon be forgotten, for what a year it has been. BOOKTHUG’S YEAR IN REVIEW New Website and […]
Continue readingBookThug’s Best Reads of 2015, The Authors’ Edition
With 2015 soon coming to a close, and “best of” book lists appearing everywhere, it’s no surprise that we’re looking back on our favourite reads of the year. As per BookThug tradition, we asked a group of BookThug authors to share the Top 5 books they read this year. Samuel Andreyev, Pearl Pirie, Kate Hargreaves, Jean Marc […]
Continue readingIn Conversation: Jean Marc Ah-Sen discusses Grand Menteur
From debut author Jean Marc Ah-Sen, Grand Menteur is a unique and ambitious first novel that glimpses into the inner workings of a Mauritian street gang. Recently selected by The Globe and Mail as a Globe 100 Best Book of 2015, book columnist Jade Colbert wrote “Ah-Sen’s novel of a young woman growing up in Mauritius’s […]
Continue readingVideo Playlist: BookThug Fall 2015 Launch Party
BookThug’s Fall 2015 launch party at The Garrison on April 13th brought together BookThugs from across the GTA and beyond to celebrate the launch and release of nine new innovative titles. With readings of poetry and fiction to an enthusiastic audience, the night was captured on film by our media guru, John Schmidt. ❧ Joining […]
Continue readingFall Fiction PREVIEW: Grand Menteur by Jean Marc Ah-Sen
The secret world of Mauritian street gangs is not for the faint of heart. Fraught with peril and mischief, its inner workings are a mystery to the daughter of one of its most valued members: Sergent, the Grand Menteur. A liar of exceptional calibre whose sole responsibility is to purposefully confuse police with alibis, the Menteur […]
Continue readingIntroducing BookThug’s Fall 2015 Season!
As we approach the ides of August, thoughts turn to the Fall 2015 literary season. BookThug is proud to present a stellar lineup of adventurous new books, with fiction from Jess Taylor, Josh Massey, and Jean Marc Ah-Sen, poetry from Liz Worth, Brian Dedora, Steven Ross Smith, Samuel Andreyev, and Shannon Maguire, as well as a […]
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