This Mother’s Day, treat Mom to the gift of reading! Save 25% off all available titles from May 3 to May 8, 2022, at 11:59pm. Use code MOTHERSDAY22 at checkout. *Discount applies to print books, eBooks, and audiobooks. Excludes all forthcoming fall 2022 releases. ❧ Want to take advantage of the sale, but not sure […]
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Many a thing has been written, spoken, and sung about love. This Valentine’s Day we join the chorus with a stellar recommended reading list! The following twelve works of prose and poetry honour true love in its many shades and forms, exploring various categories of affection from passionate affairs—which inflame, inspire, and sometimes implode; to […]
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We are thrilled to announce that This Radiant Life by Chantal Neveu, translated by Erín Moure, and Nought by Julie Joosten have both been shortlisted for the second-ever Nelson Ball Prize. This prize is given annually to a publication by a Canadian poet featuring “poetry of observation.” Last year, Mark Truscott’s poetry collection, Branches, won the inaugural Nelson […]
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June is Pride Month: a celebration of the LGBTQ+ community and its members, yes, but also a resounding cry for radical liberation.
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This week’s reading list series is brought to you by a transliterated proverb. Maybe you know it: “Good things come in pairs.”
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Here at Book*hug, we like hugs—it’s in our name—and we look forward to the day we can give them again.
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Today, we have another reading to share with you, this time by Governor General’s Literary Award finalist Julie Joosten.
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“Some people’s lives have slowed down… Mine has sped up.” —Julie Joosten
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Our National Poetry Month Celebration continues with Julie Joosten! Today happens to be the official release date of Nought, the highly anticipated follow-up to Joosten’s 2013 debut, Light Light, which was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry. Happy Book Birthday to Nought! Joosten’s sophomore collection explores the intersections of body, identity, and […]
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