On Design with Malcolm Sutton
“All [stories] have one thing in common,” says Chip Kidd, “They all need to look like something.” In celebration of the visual aspects of book publishing, and the exciting world […]
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Old 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 […]
Continue readingBook Notes: May 2017
Welcome to the May edition of Book Notes! This month, the staff at BookThug HQ share our current fave reads. Let us know if you’ve read any of these books […]
Continue readingBookThugs Read: Our Fave Books of 2016, The Editors’ Edition
2016 has been a rough ride. In fact, for many of us it’s been downright awful. But we won’t revisit the reasons why (after all, we already know why….). In […]
Continue readingSustained Momentum and Dream Logic: An Interview with Devon Code
In Involuntary Bliss, the first novel by Journey Prize winner Devon Code, a bond between three friends forms over a mutual fascination with an obscure Peruvian novella and is fractured […]
Continue readingBookThugs Recommend: Summer 2016 Reads, The Authors’ Edition
BookThug authors are always busy. Whether they’re promoting their latest book, performing at readings, giving interviews, writing new material, or managing the rest of their lives, they are always on […]
Continue readingIn 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 […]
Continue readingNews 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 readingIn Conversation: Josh Massey Discusses The Plotline Bomber of Innisfree
Set in the near future in the mountainous and fielded cusp between BC and Alberta, The Plotline Bomber of Innisfree by Josh Massey is the story of Jeffery Inkster, an ex-hipster-turned […]
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