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Mother’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, 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 […]
Continue readingThe Mother of All Lists: 5 Books for Mother’s Day
O god save all the many gendered-mothers of my heart, & all the other mothers, who do not need god or savior, our hearts persist in excess of the justice they’re refused. —Dana Ward, “A Kentucky of Mothers” On Mother’s Day, we celebrate mothers, aunties, grandmothers, and more. We celebrate family, sisterhood and friendship. But […]
Continue readingBook*hugs Recommend: Summer 2016 Reads , The Staff Edition
At Book*hug Press HQ, we spend much of our days reading, and thinking and talking about, books. But this isn’t enough for us. We always have several books on the go or waiting in our “to read” pile. So, if you’re looking for your next summer read, here are some recommendations from some of the […]
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 the go. But even so, they still find time to constantly devour great new reads. If you’re looking for your next summer read, here are […]
Continue readingInternational Women’s Day 2016: 12 Women You Need to Read Now
Today is International Women’s Day 2016. Today we celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women everywhere. In honour of #IWD2016, we’ve created a recommended reading list of contemporary women writers at BookThug, both emerging and established, that you need to read now. These 12 fierce and brilliant women push at boundaries in […]
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