Today’s chapter of Book*hugs Recommend features Book*hug staff along with (some of!) our favourite reads of the year. These are books which stuck with us, made us feel, made us […]
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Five Books to Read This Father’s Day
June 20th is Father’s Day, but there’s no need to wait until Sunday to celebrate our father figures.
Continue readingHoliday Reading Wish List #3: Brave New World, Five Winter Reads That Defy Genre and Reality
All of the books on today’s holiday wish list refuse to be categorized.
Continue readingHoliday Reading Wish List #2: Cold Comfort, Five Winter Reads
Today, our holiday reading wish list series continues, this time with five books that offer us a port in the proverbial snowstorm.
Continue readingSix Modern Fables for Modern Life
In a world full of stories, there are some that stick to us like burrs, told and retold with trace edits for centuries.
Continue readingWomen in Translation: In Conversation with Oana Avasilichioaei
It’s still Women in Translation Month—yay!—which means we’re still celebrating.
Continue readingWomen in Translation: A Celebration, Part One
August is Women in Translation Month (#WITMonth)! This month, we’re excited to spotlight not only our Literature in Translation Series, but also the women in translation today.
Continue readingIn Conversation: Bertrand Laverdure
“I literally fall in love with certain words.” —Bertrand Laverdure
Continue readingMother’s Day Recommended Reading List 🌼💐🌺
Sunday is Mother’s Day. In honour of this special day, we’ve compiled our personal recommendations of books that will make perfect gifts for your book-loving mama, grandma, auntie, sister, cousin, […]
Continue readingFerocious Fearlessness: In Conversation with Catherine Lalonde and Oana Avasilichioaei, author and translator of The Faerie Devouring
The Faerie Devouring is a modern-day fable and feminist bildungsroman by Quebecois author Catherine Lalonde and reimagined by the award-winning poet and translator Oana Avasilichioaei. The Faerie Devouring tells the story of the sprite, […]
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