In Conversation: Jess Taylor and Malcolm Sutton

Jess Taylor’s critically acclaimed debut story collection, Pauls, was named an Amazon.ca Editors’ Best Book of 2015, a National Post “NP99” Best Book of 2015, a Kobo Best Canadian Book of 2015, a 49th Shelf Most Anticipated 2015 Fall Fiction Selection and was a Quill and Quire “Best of 2015” Cover Design Selection. Additionally, “Breakfast Curry,” […]

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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 for the Publishing Triangle’s Edmund White Debut Fiction Award. The winners will be announced in NYC on April 21. Adèle Barclay reviews Double Teenage by […]

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Spring 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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Meet Our Spring 2016 Season

All of us at BookThug HQ are excited to share our superb Spring 2016 season with you. Between February and May, 10 new books will be coming your way, featuring novels, collections of poetry, and even a creative non fiction memoir, from new writers as well as several authors that are already familiar to our […]

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