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  • Read an excerpt from Unnaturally Blue by Dorson Plourde, Illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler banner. Background image from book cover of deep, lush field with plantlife coloured in deep shades of blue, with illustrated image of young person with long, unkempt hair and a round face and features peeking through a gap where blue night sky can be seen above. Solid dark blue section to centre-left with text and Open Book logo overlaid.
    Read an excerpt from Unnaturally Blue by Dorson Plourde, Illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler banner. Background image from book cover of deep, lush field with plantlife coloured in deep shades of blue, with illustrated image of young person with long, unkempt hair and a round face and features peeking through a gap where blue night sky can be seen above. Solid dark blue section to centre-left with text and Open Book logo overlaid.
    June 11, 2025

    Read an Excerpt From the Vibrant New Picture Book, Unnaturally Blue

    Our featured title today is an enthralling, inventive picture book by two lauded artists. It's a story about finding your way back to yourself, where the text and art work beautifully to immerse the reader. Dorson ...

  • Excerpt from Playing Hard by Peter Unwin banner. Background image photo of old timey soccer match with men kicking ball and running around grass pitch, with audience at sidelines. Solid dark blue section to centre left of banner with text and Open Book logo overlaid. Image of book cover to centre right of banner.
    Excerpt from Playing Hard by Peter Unwin banner. Background image photo of old timey soccer match with men kicking ball and running around grass pitch, with audience at sidelines. Solid dark blue section to centre left of banner with text and Open Book logo overlaid. Image of book cover to centre right of banner.
    February 14, 2025

    Read An Excerpt From Playing Hard, the Moving Sports Memoir by Peter Unwin

    Prolific author Peter Unwin has published ten books, as well as essays, short stories, and poems. His keen eye has been turned to nonfiction on a number of occasions, and today we're featuring his latest ...

  • Read an excerpt from Grandfather of the Treaties by Daniel Coleman banner. Background image from cover of book with traditional woven scarf winding across page on textured beige backdrop. Solid purple-grey section to centre left with text and Open Book logo overlaid. Photo of the author to centre-right, man with colourful blue button-up shirt patterned with small flowers, wearing glasses and smiling outwardly.
    Read an excerpt from Grandfather of the Treaties by Daniel Coleman banner. Background image from cover of book with traditional woven scarf winding across page on textured beige backdrop. Solid purple-grey section to centre left with text and Open Book logo overlaid. Photo of the author to centre-right, man with colourful blue button-up shirt patterned with small flowers, wearing glasses and smiling outwardly.
    January 14, 2025

    Read an Excerpt from Grandfather of the Treaties by Daniel Coleman

    A longstanding academic and scholar, Daniel Coleman arrive at his office at McMaster University one morning to find the place full of police officers. He soon found out that they had been offered lodging ...

  • Read an Excerpt from Deyohahá:ge: Sharing the River of Life, Edited by Daniel Coleman, Ki'en Debicki, and Bonnie M. Freeman banner. Background image from book cover of traditional Indigenous artwork showing brightly coloured woodlands in angled shapes and lone portrait of a man in profile, with long, black hair pulled back in braids. Light brown section to centre left with text and Open Book logo overlaid, and image of book cover to centre right of banner.
    Read an Excerpt from Deyohahá:ge: Sharing the River of Life, Edited by Daniel Coleman, Ki'en Debicki, and Bonnie M. Freeman banner. Background image from book cover of traditional Indigenous artwork showing brightly coloured woodlands in angled shapes and lone portrait of a man in profile, with long, black hair pulled back in braids. Light brown section to centre left with text and Open Book logo overlaid, and image of book cover to centre right of banner.
    January 09, 2025

    Read an Excerpt from Deyohahá:ge: Sharing the River of Life

    The title of our featured historical work, Deyohahá:ge: Sharing the River of Life, comes from a Cayuga word meaning two roads or paths. It's emblematic of the Covenant Chain-Two Row Wampum, otherwise ...

  • Excerpt from Caesaria by Hanna Nordenhök, translated into English by Saskia Vogel banner. Background image of off-white wall and to the right of banner the author crouching at the lower corner of wall and floor. She is a young woman with short blonde hair combed to the side and bright red lipstick, staring out intently and wearing white blouse with black collar and cuffs, and black trousers.
    Excerpt from Caesaria by Hanna Nordenhök, translated into English by Saskia Vogel banner. Background image of off-white wall and to the right of banner the author crouching at the lower corner of wall and floor. She is a young woman with short blonde hair combed to the side and bright red lipstick, staring out intently and wearing white blouse with black collar and cuffs, and black trousers.
    December 03, 2024

    Read an Excerpt From Caesaria by Hanna Nordenhök (translated by Saskia Vogel)

    The folks at Book*hug Press are known for publishing works in English translation from exciting and eclectic authors, hailing from all over the world. In Hanna Nordenhök, they've found another brilliant ...

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