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Getting to Know Coconut Dreams Author Derek Mascarenhas: Bloody Noses, Scars & Cozy Sweaters

Aiden and Ally Pinto, the brother and sister duo of the Pinto family, are at the heart of Derek Mascarenhas' linked story collection Coconut Dreams (Book*hug). Moving from Goa, India to suburban Canada, ...

"When I Write Poetry, I Feel Limitless and Free" Hasan Namir, author of War / Torn, on Process & Poetry

Hasan Namir's debut collection, War / Torn (Book*hug), is one of the most anticipated books of poetry being released this season for good reason; Namir's lucid, visceral examination of masculinity and ...

Contest! Win Narrative Nonfiction from Book*hug's Essais Series

They say truth is stranger than fiction, and indie darlings Book*hug are bringing the strange, challenging,and fascinating to readers in their Essais Series of narrative nonfiction. With top Canadian ...

December Spotlight on Excerpts: Get a Taste of We All Need to Eat by Alex Leslie

We're counting down to the holidays the best way we know how - by gifting excerpts from fabulous books! Today is our final instalment for our December spotlight on excerpts and we're finishing with the ...

D. Nandi Odhiambo on Writing Violence, Authentic Choices, & Radical Doubt in His New Novel

In D. Nandi Odhiambo's Smells Like Stars (Book*hug), a diverse and vibrant cast of characters struggles with change, each in their own way. Journalist Kerstin Ostheim and freelance photographer P.J. ...

Kim Trainor on Capturing Both a Tattooed Iron Age Woman & Modern Day Trauma in Her Book Length Poem

In 1993, a Russian scientist discovered the mummified remains of an Iron Age Pazyryk woman. She was covered in tattoos and buried with great ceremony. During the complex and difficult excavation, the ...

Contest! Get Spooky with Book*hug Books for Halloween!

If you're the type of person who waits all year for October, this is the contest for you. Just add this incredible prize pack of chilling, dark, and imaginative titles from Book*hug to your candy, scary ...

Contest! Get Personal with a Prize Pack of Auto-Fiction From Book*hug!

Not quite autobiography, not quite fiction: auto-fiction may be a new term to many, but it refers to a genre that's been beloved by readers and writers alike for decades, and which is getting a new life ...

It Begins with the Body author Hana Shafi on Halloween, Karaoke, & Whether Die Hard is a Christmas Movie

Hana Shafi is the hilarious big sister you always wished for. Her frank, smart, relatable poems tackle everything from anxiety to unibrows, unemployment to rushing to throw up in a bar bathroom. It ...

Read an Excerpt from David Goudreault's Raw, Powerful, Darkly Funny Mama's Boy

Content warning: suicide, self-harmIn its original French edition, Mama's Boy (Book*hug) by David Goudreault (translated by JC Sutcliffe) was a smash hit - a bestseller, winner of the 2016 Grand Prix ...