For Winnipeg Free Press, melanie brannagan frederiksen reviews Oh Witness Dey! by Shani Mootoo:

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Today we are spotlighting Rune Christiansen, author pf Fanny and the Mystery in the Grieving Forest and The Loneliness in Lydia Erneman’s Life, both translated by Kari Dickson!
Stay tuned for more 20th Anniversary author Q&As to come.
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Today is the last day to shop our #ReadTheWorld sale!
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Get ready! It’s time for another 20th Anniversary celebration giveaway!
The contest runs from May 21 to 28, and the winner will be selected on May 29!
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Happy Book Birthday to Disobedience by Daniel Sarah Karasik!
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'Wise children are eerie, cursed ones are heartbreaking.'
Jess Jensen Mitchell reviews Balsam Karam's novel THE SINGULARITY, translated by Saskia Vogel (@FeministPress): full-stop.net/2024/05/20/rev….

'Bodily and narrative distortion fuse the heroines’ stories, as each woman gives way to darkness.'
Jess Jensen Mitchell reviews THE SINGULARITY by Balsam Karam, tr. from the Swedish by Saskia Vogel (@bookhugpress Feminist Press Fitzcarraldo Editions): full-stop.net/2024/05/20/rev….

Today’s National Short Story Month spotlights are:

We All Need to Eat by Alex Leslie (2018)
The Third Person by Emily Anglin (2017)
Erase and Rewind by Meghan Bell (2021)

Don't forget to shop our Short Story Sale: bookhugpress.ca/product-catego…

'If you lie down with dogs,
you get up at five. If you lie down with ducks,
you get up with down.'

#TodaysPoem #poetry
Jane Explains the Expanding Universe by Tanis MacDonald from Mobile (2019 @BookhugPress) tinyurl.com/2uawwsrk

#FridayReads #WeekendReads

* Mobile by Tanis MacDonald (2019 Book*hug Press) tinyurl.com/mvfasza5
* A Year of Last Things by Michael Ondaatje (2024 McClelland & Stewart) tinyurl.com/2xcx9z9n
* Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne (1759, 1970 The Folio Society) hcbooksonline.com/product/life-o…

“The titles I’ve offered here make one picture of what I care about, and what influences me. There are very likely traces of each of these books in These Songs I Know By Heart.”
Today we’re sharing Erin Brubacher’s recommended reading list for 49th Shelf!
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'Jane floated down the 400 to land in Sibelius Park, she's the love child of Kip and Hannah, she's every girl lost on a Girl Guide trip who turned into a bear at the mouth of the Humber.'

#TodaysPoem #poetry
The Birth of Jane in CanLit by Tanis MacDonald from Mobile (2019)

We’re so excited to share Open Books' interview with Jess Taylor, author of Play! Jess speaks about her connection to “urban fiction,” her writing process and personal inspirations.
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Today, we’re sharing Erin Brubacher’s playlist for her debut novel These Songs I Know By Heart!
For the Book*hug Blog, Erin shares her playlist and walks us through the presence of music in her novel. We hope you enjoy!
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For The Fiddlehead, Lynn Davies reviews Lent by Kate Cayley: thefiddlehead.ca/content/lynn-d…

#TodaysPoem #poetry
The Birth of Jane in CanLit by Tanis MacDonald from Mobile (2019 @BookhugPress) tinyurl.com/mvfasza5

Check out the nominees for Ontario's Trillium Book Award! 49thshelf.com/Lists/Members/… Biblioasis Invisible Publishing Book*hug Press Kensington Press McClelland & Stewart Coach House Books Arsenal Pulp Press Ontario Creates