With Father’s Day just around the corner, we’ve put together a list of books that the Dad in your life will love. This eclectic selection of literary and poetic titles—vast in both meaning and mileage—take us to outer-space and back, and through questions of how to live, love, and connect. Many of these books feature […]
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As National Poetry Month concludes, we are sharing one more In the Mood for Poetry reading list, this time, on the theme of wonder. Poetry, at its best, is a kind of encounter. As these poets meet the world with openness and receptivity, it begins to unfold in all its many qualities. The following collections […]
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In a world full of stories, there are some that stick to us like burrs, told and retold with trace edits for centuries.
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In this week’s edition of Feature Friday we are pleased to bring you an excerpt from The Lost Cosmonauts by Ken Hunt, an elegy to humanity’s fledgling efforts to explore outer space, and to those who lost their lives in pursuit of this goal. This wide-ranging collection of poems looks deep into the largely unexplored cosmos for experiences […]
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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 […]
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Book*hug Press acknowledges that the land on which we operate is the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples. We recognize the enduring presence of many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples and are grateful for the opportunity to meet and work on this territory.