A photo of our team at Amazon Canada's First Novel Award Ceremony! Our team was there supporting Ben Ladouceur, who was shortlisted for his beautiful novel I Remember Lights. We are so proud of Ben for being shortlisted. Congrats as well to all the nominees and their publishers. #amazonfna50

We're sharing our Pride Month book picks, which include 8 new and recent books by LGBTQ+ authors, spanning fiction, poetry, memoir, and drama. Find them all here: alllitup.ca/8-fabulous-b...

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8/13 - #DSPBposts #SmallPress #books from @arsenalpulp.bsky.social @astoehr.bsky.social @zoewhittall.bsky.social ‬ @bookhugpress.bsky.social @graywolfpress.bsky.social 💙📚 #BookSky #bookish #booksta #booklovers

• foretell coming events (a reading at Parnassus Poetry Series in Leamington on June 6) • share a short excerpt from @nycterosea.bsky.social's review of @zoewhittall.bsky.social's No Credit River from @bookhugpress.bsky.social that appeared in @malahatreview.bsky.social

Book*hug Press is thrilled to be participating in the ACCUTE Publisher’s Book Exhibition, happening on Montréal this weekend! Thursday, June 4 - Sunday, June 7, 2026 8:30 am - 5:00 pm daily 1600 BLVD. de Maisonneuve Ouest, Montréal, QC Free to attend!

Koh-i-Noor: The Playlist is here! Michael Eddy crafts a fascinating mixtape that walks us through his early love of Hip Hop, his art school days in Halifax’s “Golden Age”, and later his time living and working in China. Take it away Michael! bookhugpress.ca/koh-i-noor-t...

Miranda Schreiber reads from IRIS AND THE DEAD, a Finalist for the 2025 BIG OTHER Book Award for Fiction! youtu.be/R_NRibu80Qw Cc: @bookhugpress.bsky.social

To mark the final week of Short Story Month this May, we’re having a flash sale! All short story collections are 20% off on our eStore! Sale ends May 31st! #ShortStoryMonth Browse online here: bookhugpress.ca/product-cate...

I finally got around to writing up my thoughts on Maria Stepanova’s The Disappearing Act (tr. Sasha Dugdale) over on IG. Gorgeous writing/translation, a really interesting take on escaping life and “running away to the circus”. @bookhugpress.bsky.social #booksky www.instagram.com/p/DYzdPvkOs7...

Jelly, Baby: The Playlist is here! Therese Estacion has curated a playlist of songs that inspired the writing of her debut essay collection Jelly, Baby: Essays on Disability and Vulnerability. We hope you enjoy! #bookplaylist #essays #kendricklamar #bratsummer💚💚 bookhugpress.ca/jelly-baby-t...

"I write because I love living in stories." @lizjohnston.bsky.social, author of The Fall-Down Effect, chats about the writing life with Rina Barone for Stories from the Writer's Life. rinabarone.substack.com/p/liz-johnst...

“If there is a glimmer of hope or progress to be found in Jelly, Baby, it is in the possibility of moving beyond the body and the grief and trauma it holds.” Therese Estacion's essay collection on disability & vulnerability is reviewed for Literary Review of Canada. reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202...

For Short Story Month, we’ve gathered ten essential story collections from our catalogue that everyone should check out! From speculative worlds to flash fiction and well beyond, these impressive collections pack a powerful punch that will leave a lasting impression. bookhugpress.ca/ten-essentia...

May is Short Story Month and to celebrate we're having a sale! Save 20% off all story collections (excluding forthcoming releases) until May 31. bookhugpress.ca/product-cate...

EVENT HORIZON (@bookhugpress.bsky.social) is the latest release from bestselling Swedish author Balsam Karam. Translated by Saskia Vogel, the novel depicts rebellion & a young heroine's belief in a better future. Read an exclusive excerpt from the novel at alllitup.ca/excerpted-ev...

"Johnston’s novel is one that asked me to consider how much sacrifice I’d expect someone to endure for their children..." @hollay.bsky.social includes The Fall-Down Effect by @lizjohnston.bsky.social in Revolutionary: The Act of Mothering reading list for @49thshelf.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2vzn2tn3

The Tinder Sonnets author @jenniferlovegrove.bsky.social chats with @sheelaghcaygill.bsky.social of On Creative Writing about the evolution of her writing, her love-hate relationship with social media, and learning to trust intuition in fiction writing. www.oncreativewriting.com/post/learnin...

Review of Jennifer LoveGrove's, "The Tinder Sonnets" with @bookhugpress.bsky.social #Canlit #Bookreview www.sarahailstone.com/book-reviews...

Happy Pub Day to Koh-i-Noor by Michael Eddy. Written with great humour & self-awareness, Koh-i-Noor is a satirical coming-of-age tale about a well-intentioned young man determined to change the world & a timely doomscroll through four decades of globalization. bookhugpress.ca/shop/books/f...

#TodaysPoem That time you made me a flow chart of our relationship by @jenniferlovegrove.bsky.social from The Tinder Sonnets (2026 @bookhugpress.bsky.social)

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: No Credit River by @zoewhittall.bsky.social, @bookhugpress.bsky.social & The Rose: Poems by Ariana Reines, @graywolfpress.bsky.social. See alt-text. #DSPBposts #bookish 💙📚 #BookSky #bookstodon #booktok #booksta #bookstagram #booklovers

Always an absolute pleasure to review some poetry for @malahatreview.bsky.social, spend some time with @zoewhittall.bsky.social's work, and muse about the porous genre boundaries of poetry. Here are some excerpts from my review of No Credit River from @bookhugpress.bsky.social.

The act of mothering is open to anybody who wishes to engage in it: not just cis-women, biological females or, I believe, not just people who have children. Motherwork can be done by anyone who nurtures. These books prioritize nurturing perspectives and narratives. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/05...

Jennifer LoveGrove answers OCW's Q&A! Read how form and working within constraints shaped the poems in her new collection The Tinder Sonnets - @bookhugpress.bsky.social . She also explores returning to her intuition in her writing. #poetry www.oncreativewriting.com/post/learnin...

"I love a novel that depicts a character across a longish period time..." Check out Characters Across the Years: A Recommended Reading List by @lizjohnston.bsky.social, author of The Fall-Down Effect, for @49thshelf.bsky.social. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/04...

"Did your father betray your mother? If yes, press the elevator down button. If no, feel the wind rush past you on this balcony." #TodaysPoem #poetry That time you made me a flow chart of our relationship by @JenniferLoveGrove.bsky.social miramichireader.ca/2026/05/the-...

"I know the stories will call me back so I can tell them properly...but for now I’ll let them marinate." Check out "That’s Another Book: Deciding Which Essays Belong," an essay by Worldly Girls author @bokchoygurltjong.bsky.social on The Brevity Blog. brevity.wordpress.com/2026/05/05/a...

Gold Star: The Playlist is here! Emma McKenna has curated a playlist of songs that inspired the writing of her poetry collection Gold Star. We hope you enjoy! Listen to the playlist on the Book*hug Blog! #playlist #bookplaylist #poetry #goldstar⭐️ #catpower bookhugpress.ca/gold-star-th...

Amapiano Eyes "is intellectually and viscerally challenging" and "has all the makings of a literary cult classic.” @yukondawn.bsky.social reviews @dnandi.bsky.social's latest novel for @theseaboardreview.ca. www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/amapiano-e...

Congrats to Maria Stepanova’s The Disappearing Act, tr. from Russian by Sasha Dugdale! Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer has selected it as the winner of the 2026 “The Award,” a prize she gives to her fave book in any given year, written by a living artist whom she does not know personally. We love this!

"I’ve had to ask myself whether the collage and poetry I’ve been doing over the past few years is some kind of return to creative roots." Camilla Gibb talks with The Needle and the Knife about her new book, I Used to Be a Pisces. www.theneedleandtheknife.com/home/2026/4/...

🎉 Awards News: Congratulations to Shani Mootoo and Miranda Schreiber! Both Starry Starry Night and Iris and the Dead are finalists for the 2025 Big Other Book Award for Fiction! @bigothermag.bsky.social bigother.com/2026/05/08/a...

"The Fall-Down Effect came out of a mixture of nostalgia and climate grief." Check out a guest piece by @lizjohnston.bsky.social for The Miramichi Reader about why she wrote The Fall-Down Effect. miramichireader.ca/2026/05/why-...

“Amapiano Eyes is intellectually and viscerally challenging… deeply conceptual, oddly moving, and absolutely original … and has all the makings of a literary cult classic.” Grateful for this thoughtful review from Dawn Macdonald at The Seaboard Review of Books. @bookhugpress.bsky.social

Check out this Mother’s Day stack ❤️ All these books feature a strong mother character, or reflect on themes of motherhood in a variety of ways! Happy Mother’s Day to all who mother! #MothersDay #reading #booksbooksbooks

Congratulations to Sibylle Grimbert and Aleshia Jensen! The Last of Its Kind is a finalist for the Big Other Book Award for Translation! Congrats as well to all the other finalists and their publishers. @bigothermag.bsky.social bigother.com/2026/05/06/a...

“I initially felt drawn to this poem because I love the idea of a version of female sexuality that has something in common with that of a rooster.” Rachel Robinson reviews women & roosters by Fenn Stewart for @fullstopmag.bsky.social. www.full-stop.net/2025/11/26/r...

@lizjohnston.bsky.social debut novel, The Fall-Down Effect, published by @bookhugpress.bsky.social navigates between climate activism and forestry in a town intertwined with both. “I’m putting these different sides out there and inviting other people to think through them in their own way.”

"There’s a part of the book where the author explores exactly what Gus understands about extinction, which is pretty much nothing." Aleshia Jensen chats about translating The Last of Its Kind by Sibylle Grimbert with Elizabeth Polanco for Asymptote. www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2026/04...

"Poems usually begin from a feeling of something that I need to expel or a story I want to tell." Emma McKenna, author of Gold Star, chats with @robmclennan.bsky.social for his 12 or 20 (second series) questions. robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/04/12-o...

For @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social's blog, Catherine Owen writes The Tinder Sonnets by @jenniferlovegrove.bsky.social is like "Sharon Olds meets Lisa Robertson then smashes up... Charlotte Smith's 1783 Elegiac Sonnets in a perimenopausal prowl through the sad wilds of online dating" tinyurl.com/3h9rep43

🎉Award News! We’re delighted that Ben Ladouceur’s debut novel, I Remember Lights, is a finalist for the 50th annual Amazon Canada First Novel Award! Congratulations to Ben! Learn more about all the 2026 finalists: thewalrus.ca/afna

Congratulations to LPG members @bookhugpress.bsky.social gpress.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social .bsky.social & @gooselane.bsky.social and their authors who are shortlisted for the 2026 Amazon First Novel Award!

We're looking forward to joining our friends at @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social and other publishing pals at the next Books and Brews at Collective Arts Brewery in Hamilton!

📚 Meet the 2026 shortlist: In Ben Ladouceur’s I Remember Lights (bookhugpress.bsky.social), a young man discovers queer life in 1960s Montreal during Expo 67. A decade later, a police raid forces a reckoning between happiness and safety. Learn more: thewalrus.ca/afna #AmazonFNA50

We are overjoyed that I Remember Lights by Ben Ladouceur is a finalist for the 2026 Amazon Canada First Novel Award! Congratulations, Ben! ✨🎊

"A cautionary tale, The Fall-Down Effect urges us to be gentler with one another and the environment.” Allison Snelgrove reviews @lizjohnston.bsky.social's debut novel for The Miramichi Reader. miramichireader.ca/2026/04/the-...

Happy Pub Day to Event Horizon by Balsam Karam, tr. from Swedish by Saskia Vogel. This formally innovative, daring work of literary spec fic with a sci fi bent is about migration, exile, oppression, rebellion, protest, & a young woman’s firm belief in a better world. bookhugpress.ca/shop/author/...