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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We’re excited to join the American Literary Translators Association for the debut of #ReadTheWorld, an online bookfair celebrating translators and their publishers ahead of and during the virtual portion of the ALTA44 conference (October 15-17). Use the discount code readtheworld at checkout and save 20% off of all titles in our Literature In Translation Series […]
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The winner of the 2021 International Booker Prize was announced yesterday. While we were rooting for Maria Stepanova and Sasha Dugdale—the brilliant author and translator duo behind In Memory of Memory—we send our warmest congratulations to At Night All Blood Is Black: written by David Diop and translated from French by Anna Moschovakis, and published […]
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Today, our mood board series continues, this time with acclaimed Russian author Maria Stepanova’s In Memory of Memory, translated from the Russian by Sasha Dugdale.
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March 8th is International Women’s Day: a celebration of women’s achievements and a call to action for women’s rights.
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Happy Publication Day to Maria Stepanova’s In Memory of Memory, translated from the Russian by Sasha Dugdale! Already published in 17 territories, we’re thrilled to introduce this remarkable work of documentary fiction to Canadian readers.
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Friends of Book*hug, meet Spring 2021.
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We always look forward to spring, but this year, we’re especially eager, and not just for flowers (which those of us with allergies might be looking forward to less eagerly).
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Our spotlight on Women in Translation Month continues today with another recommended reading list of books translated by women.
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