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Great memories of our final 2024 reading on Nov 23 w/ #MoezSurani #CoryLavender & @egnlafleur! Big thanks to our audience & our generous event sponsors: London Arts Council Ontario Arts Council Canada Council for the Arts #GaspereauPress Book*hug Press digibee.net LondonPublicLibrary

rob mclennan's best of list of 2024 poetry books is here & we're thrilled to see several of our titles here, including books by Zoe Whittall, Stephen Cain & Johanna Skibsrud + shout outs to titles from Adrienne Gruber Jacob Wren & Christine McNair dusie.blogspot.com/2024/12/a-best…

At the beginning of every year we set new reading intentions to challenge ourselves and discover new ways of reading. Check out our 2025 resolutions with books from Arsenal Pulp Press, Book*hug Press, J. Gordon Shillingford, and Renegade Arts. alllitup.ca/2025-alu-readi…

The Toronto Star names Barbara by Joni Murphy and The Fun Times Brigade by Lindsay Zier-Vogel as books to read in 2025. Thank you to Jean Marc Ah-Sen for including them! thestar.com/entertainment/…

“With humour and honest self-reflection, the poems confront the pain of realizing you’ve given yourself to someone who will never do the same.” Hannah Carty on No Credit River by Zoe Whittall for Maisonneuve Magazine: maisonneuve.org/article/2024/1…

Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim by Jacob Wren "slides easily into the tradition of literature that challenges the boundaries of what is politically feasible.” Michael Bryson reviews for Zoomer Magazine: everythingzoomer.com/zed-book-club/…

Drawing upon ecology, traditional knowledge, and sexuality, Re: Wild Her is a personal and poetic awakening. My fourth book of poetry Re: Wild Her is forthcoming with Book*hug Press April 15, 2025. Pre-order here: bookhugpress.ca/shop/books/for…

With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here are the 50 books from independent literary publishers Canadians borrowed most in December 2024. Feat. a top 10 from ECW Press, Coach House Books, Cormorant Books, Biblioasis, & Vehicule Press.

"If people didn't write about heartbreak, we wouldn't have the Fleetwood Mac Rumours album, you know?" Zoe Whittall chats with Mattea Roach on CBC's Bookends about her latest book, No Credit River, & why heartbreak is a valid form of grief. Listen: cbc.ca/books/bookends…

"Narrative loose ends abound, as in this situation they must. The bottom line is life persists, the book was written. And it’s terrific.” Michael Bryson reviews Toxemia by Christine McNair. michaelbryson.substack.com/p/book-reviews…

Read "Hooky in the Homeland" by Omar Mouallem from Back Where I Came From in Maisonneuve Magazine. In Mouallem's essay, a visit to the family hometown in Lebanon during a tense time sets the stage for a comedy of errors. #fridayreads maisonneuve.org/article/2024/0…

❤️2024 in review.❤️ What a year it was, and what a year to come! Stay tuned for our spring 2025 season reveal next week.

Today we're thrilled to reveal our Spring 2025 lineup! Our team is working hard behind the scenes to get these 8 titles ready for publication. Trust us, you won't want to miss these phenomenal reads! All titles are available now for pre-order. bookhugpress.ca/product-catego…

I read 118 books over the last six months for the Fred Cogswell Award (rclas_com), and here are ten that I particularly loved. More here: rclas.com/2024-fred-cogs…

Our submissions portal is now open! That's right, we're accepting direct submissions of innovative literary fiction, poetry & narrative nonfiction until March 15, 2025. Interested in submitting to Book*hug Press? Read our submission guidelines here: bookhugpress.ca/bookthug-submi…

The longlist for the 2024 Fred Cogswell Award for Excellence in Poetry has been announced & we're thrilled that Kate Cayley (author of Lent) and Hana Shafi (author of People You Know, Places You've Been) are on it. Congrats to all the longlisted poets! rclas.com/2024-fred-cogs…

Wela’lin quillandquire for including Re: Wild Her (forthcoming April 15 with Book*hug Press) in your Spring Preview.

"We may not live in the best of times but Disobedience helped me believe that our world can & will get better. I hope it will for you, too.” Roz Milner on Daniel Sarah Karasik's work of queer & trans spec fic, Disobedience, for the Transfeminine Review: thetransfemininereview.com/2025/01/10/dis…

Stand up for this week’s Bookworm! Read Zachary Thompson on Lars Osberg’s “The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada” (James Lorimer & Co), a review of Jacob Wren’s “Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim” (Book*hug Press), and a Q&A with paige stampatori. reviewcanada.substack.com/p/bookworm-no-…