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Book*hug Press presents the Toronto launch of The Tinder Sonnets by Jennifer LoveGrove. With special guests KIRBY and Andrew Kaufman. Books will be for sale and, of course, the author will be signing.
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"Starry Starry Night is a work of autofiction and a compelling coming-of-age story of love and loss and disillusionment..." Melanie Marttila reviews Shani Mootoo's latest book for The Seaboard Review of Books. www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/starry-sta...
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"you is a work of masterful writing honoured by a highly accomplished translation.” Susan Wismer reviews you by Chantal Neveu, translated by Erin Moure, for The Miramichi Reader. miramichireader.ca/2026/02/thro...
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The latest episode of the BOOKSPO podcast with host Kerry Clare features an interview with Shani Mootoo, author of Starry Starry Night.
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Thank you!!
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We're over the moon that The Wax Child by Olga Ravn, translated by Martin Aitken, has been longlisted for #InternationalBooker2026! 🎉Congrats to all the longlisted authors, translators, and their publishers!
Learn more about The Wax Child here:
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Going door-to-door for the Jehovah’s Witnesses prepared Tamara Jong to be a writer.
@bokchoygurltjong.bsky.social discusses her memoir, Worldly Girls, on CBC Bookends with Mattea Roach.
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🌲 COMING SOON! 🌲The Fall-Down Effect by Liz Johnston, published by Book*hug Press, April 21, 2026
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#litfic
Jelly, Baby: Essays on Disability and Vulnerability by Therese Estacion is named a Most Anticipated 2026 Spring Nonfiction book by @49thshelf.bsky.social. Jelly, Baby will be released on April 28 and is available now for pre-order.
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"This book was birthed out of the manic impulse to process an all-consuming experience." Tree Abraham chats about her latest book, elseship: an unrequited affair, with Marlies Dubois on @thewoodlot.bsky.social
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What a great event it was!!
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✨Edmonton✨
VER/SE POETRY presents Shani Mootoo, author of Oh Witness Dey! & Starry Starry Night! Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see Shani read in your great city! Books will be for sale, as well as a special edition Broadside of Shani’s work!
✨Edmonton✨
VER/SE POETRY presents Shani Mootoo, author of Oh Witness Dey! & Starry Starry Night! Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see Shani read in your great city! Books will be for sale, as well as a special edition Broadside of Shani’s work!
KIRBY x 4 #LIVE
MARCH 14 Little Lit Fest @thegrandlondon.bsky.social
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MAY 28 @thedonpyle.bsky.social
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JULY 6 #LochBaillie @gooselane.bsky.social
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Marlies Dubois interviews Tree Abraham about her new @bookhugpress.bsky.social poetry collection, "elseship," for @the-wood-lot.bsky.social :
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A yellow toned graphic with a photo of lemon meringue pie in the lower right corner that reads "Make a lemon meringue pie with Tamara Jong"
In need of a sweet treat? Tamara Jong, author of WORLDLY GIRLS (@bookhugpress.bsky.social), gives us a baking lesson on this edition of Test Kitchen with a lemon meringue pie recipe is rooted in a childhood memory.
Get the full recipe at: alllitup.ca/test-kitchen...
Thank you to @49thshelf.bsky.social for including our forthcoming poetry collections in the Most Anticipated Spring 2026 Poetry preview, including I Used to Be a Pisces by Camilla Gibb, The Tinder Sonnets by @jenniferlovegrove.bsky.social
& Gold Star by Emma McKenna. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/02...
Thank you for including Jelly, Baby: Essays on Disability and Vulnerability by Therese Estacion!
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The 2026 Spring Nonfiction Preview is here from @quillandquire.bsky.social and we're delighted that Jelly, Baby: Essays on Disability and Vulnerability by Therese Estacion is included on it! Jelly, Baby will be released on April 28 & is available now for pre-order.
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09.02.2026 18:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thank you for sharing this excerpt from The Last of Its Kind!
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The graphic features the cover of THE LAST OF ITS KIND against a graphic that matches the light blue and tan colouring on the cover.
Sibylle Grimbert’s novel THE LAST OF ITS KIND (@bookhugpress.bsky.social) explores bonds between humans & animals when a zoologist’s journey to 1800s Iceland finds him responsible for a creature facing extinction.
Read an excerpt from the novel, translated by Aleshia Jensen, here:
D. Nandi Odhiambo’s AMAPIANO EYES is “as hybrid a creation as the South African musical genre that gives it its name, fusing a philosophical frame with a high-octane Bonnie and Clyde story.”
Pre-order a novel from @bookhugpress.bsky.social this #BlackHistoryMonth:
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Book*hug is thrilled to be returning to the annual OLA Super Conference this week, happening from January 29-30, 2026! Can’t wait to see all our friends in the OBPO Pavilion! Stop by our booth to learn about our latest titles! Plus don't miss these Book*hug author signings!
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❤️🔥COMING SOON! ❤️🔥 The Tinder Sonnets by Jennifer LoveGrove (Book*hug Press, April 7, 2026)
Poems exploring female sexual desire, contemporary dating, misogyny, & middle-age that reflects & embodies our social media-saturated times.
Request a review copy:
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Sun. February 1.
6:30pm ET.
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Livestreamed
Readings from Sadiqa de Maijer, Ben Ladouceur & Robert Hough, hosted by Damian Tarnopolsky.
@palimpsestpress.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social
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@thegrindto.bsky.social lists The Fall-Down Effect by @lizjohnston.bsky.social as one of their most anticipated books for spring 2026, calling it "a beautiful exploration of family, climate change and loss."
www.thegrindmag.ca/eight-new-no...
"Bebenek’s choice of structure for the book makes for an honest and open portrayal of how we grow and evolve through grief" @manahil.bsky.social reviews No One Knows Us There by Jessica Bebenek for @arcpoetry.bsky.social.
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Thank you to @merliterary.bsky.social for including The Fall-Down Effect by @lizjohnston.bsky.social & The Tinder Sonnets by @jenniferlovegrove.bsky.social on the MER Bookself list for January 2026.
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