Congratulation to @christinemcnair.bsky.social! Toxemia is longlisted for the 2026 Warland Award! And it is in such excellent company! Congrats as well to all the longlisted authors and their publishers! warlandaward.ca

Voices of Canada with Hana Shafi! Throughout July we are spotlighting Canadian writers from across the country, and celebrating the importance of independent Canadian publishing! Today we hear from Hana Shafi, author of People You Know, Places You’ve Been!

Today, we are thrilled to reveal Book*hug's fall 2026 season line-up! bookhugpress.ca/product-cate...

Book*hug Press will be at The Ottawa Small Press Book Fair this weekend! Saturday, June 20, 2026 12:00-5:00 pm ET Main Hall of the Globe Community Centre Also, don’t miss Jessica Bebenek, author of No One Knows Us There, who will be reading TONIGHT at the Factory Reading Series at Anina's Cafe!

#bookreview: “There is so much hope in this satisfying novel, yet it’s balanced with realism, both environmental and in its view of family relationships.” The Fall-Down Effect by @lizjohnston.bsky.social is reviewed by Trish Bowering for @thebcreview.bsky.social thebcreview.ca/2026/04/21/2...

Happy Pride Month! To celebrate we’re having a sale. ❤️🧡💛🩵💚💜 Read with Pride, this month and all year long. Save 20% off all available books* from June 16-30, 2026. Use discount code readwithpride25 at checkout to save. bookhugpress.ca/shop/

Readers’ Nook presents Jennifer LoveGrove, author of The Tinder Sonnets, live in Cobourg! Jennifer will be reading alongside Lisa Fishman, author of Write Back Now (Guernica Editions). Books will be for sale! Tuesday, June 16, 2026 7:00 pm Readers’ Nook, 29 King Street West, Cobourg, ON Free!

Toronto Reference Library presents Liz Johnston, author of The Fall-Down Effect. Liz will be in conversation with Catherine Bush, author of Skin. Book*hug will be on scene selling copies of The Fall-Down Effect, and there will be time after the event for signing. Please come out and join us!

The newly released Children of Fire: Kurdish Female Fighters and the Struggle for Woman, Life, Freedom by Shahrzad Arshadi and Anna Chatterton is up for giveaway on @49thshelf.bsky.social . Enter now for your chance to win 1 of 3 available copies. Contest closes July 1. 49thshelf.com/Giveaways/(o...

Thank you to @ayelettsabari.bsky.social, Soheil Parsa, and Shahrzad Mojab for their warm endorsements of Children of Fire: Kurdish Female Fighters and the Struggle for Woman, Life, Freedom, which is out today. bookhugpress.ca/shop/author/...

Happy Publication Day to Children of Fire: Kurdish Female Fighters & the Struggle for Woman, Life, Freedom by Shahrzad Arshadi & Anna Chatterton, which examines how the freedom fighters’ struggle is in aid of peace, environmental protection, & Kurdish people & women everywhere. tinyurl.com/4kzbkwx8

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

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!

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...

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...

Book launch alert! Celebrate the release of Koh-i-Noor by Michael Eddy, tomorrow night in Montreal! Wednesday, May 20, 2026 6:30 pm ET Galerie Nicolas Robert, 4653 Boulevard St. Laurent, Montreal, QC Free to attend. All are welcome.

Thank you to Rob Benvie and Oisin Curran for their warm words of endorsement of Koh-i-Noor, the enthralling debut novel by Michael Eddy, which is out now! bookhugpress.ca/shop/books/f...

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...

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!

🎉 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-...

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

🎉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

Thank you to @jacobwren.bsky.social, Dimitri Nasrallah, and Samantha Harvey for their endorsements of Event Horizon by Balsam Karam, tr. by Saskia Vogel, which is out now.

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/...

"Through tight and relatable dialogue, Johnston captures deeply entrenched family dynamics and profound truths about relationships.” Aviva Rubin reviews The Fall-Down Effect by @lizjohnston.bsky.social for @thenewquarterly.bsky.social's Under Review series. tnq.ca/under-review...

Dorothy Ellen Palmer reviews Therese Estacion's new essay collection Jelly, Baby for @quillandquire.bsky.social, calling it "an important contribution to a new era: books written by & for disabled people, where non-disabled readers are a welcome, but rightfully a secondary, audience.” bit.ly/4mW5Cus

"The Tinder Sonnets works against the cultural invisibility of middle-aged women by insisting on the speaker’s desire, point of view and presences." melanie brannagan frederiksen reviews @jenniferlovegrove.bsky.social's latest poetry collection for the Winnipeg Free Press. tinyurl.com/ytjwr2mj

TONIGHT: Join us for the hybrid launch of Jelly, Baby by Therese Estacion! Tues., April 28 Doors 6pm/Event 6:30-8:00pm ET VTape, 401 Richmond, Ste 452, Toronto With live captions Books for sale from Another Story Bookshop. Also livestreaming on our IG Live at 6:30pm. www.instagram.com/bookhugpress/

Thank you to @amandaleduc.bsky.social, Tamara Faith Berger, and Brandon Wint for sharing these strong endorsements of Jelly, Baby by Therese Estacion, which is available now!