There are only two days left until Halloween! Embrace the season with this handpicked selection of gory, haunted, uncanny, weird, and downright spooky reads. Ranging from horror to the horror-inspired, creepy to the creepy-adjacent, this list touches on a diverse array of subjects from disability, to the creative process, to sisterhood, to the pitfalls of […]
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We have a confession: we’re slightly fanatical about Halloween.
Continue readingMay 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 […]
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RATS NEST, the long-awaited debut book by Mat Laporte is a mysterious and sometimes hallucinogenic sci-fi short story collection that builds a narrative out of the complexity and dialectical uncertainty that many people feel about being alive in the 21st century. RATS NEST introduces readers to a protoplasmic, fantastical underworld, as navigated by a self-reproducing […]
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Today, we’re shining the spotlight on BafterC Vol. 8 No 1, which was guest-edited by none other than Jess Taylor, author of the acclaimed debut story collection, Pauls. This NEW MOTION ISSUE of BafterC (with bold new design!) contains work by Spencer Gordon, Chad Campbell, Phoebe Wang, Dominique Bernier-Cormier, Mat Laporte, Jessie Jones, Jesse Eckerlin, JC Bouchard, […]
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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 readingOn March 18, 2008, at the height of his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, Senator Barack Obama delivered his famous “A More Perfect Union” speech at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was an iconic moment in an already memorable campaign that had seen the meteoric rise of then-candidate Obama from bright […]
Continue readingLike the two-headed god Janus, who sees what’s ahead and what’s behind at the same time, we’re taking a moment this early January to look back at our big exciting year of books, fairs, festivals, anniversaries, etc., and to and talk a bit about what’s next for the small press called BookThug. One brand new thing we can’t wait […]
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