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 laugh, made us think; satisfied some of our curious, droll, earnest, comedic, speculative, scientific, wanderlusting, metaphysical, intertextual, melancholic, and optimistic—you name it—moods. Read on for […]
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June 20th is Father’s Day, but there’s no need to wait until Sunday to celebrate our father figures.
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All of the books on today’s holiday wish list refuse to be categorized.
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Today, our holiday reading wish list series continues, this time with five books that offer us a port in the proverbial snowstorm.
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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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It’s still Women in Translation Month—yay!—which means we’re still celebrating.
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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.
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“I literally fall in love with certain words.” —Bertrand Laverdure
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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, friend, or you can treat yourself. There’s no better gift than the perfect book. From must-read literary fiction to poetry, and creative nonfiction/memoir to literature […]
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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, her absent mother (who dies in childbirth), and a brood of fatherless boys all raised by Gramma, a stalwart matriarch and wicked faerie godmother. From […]
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