Bookhug Press

12/31/2025

On this final day of 2025, we have much to reflect on and be grateful for. What a year it has been, and we honoured to have published all these books. Thank you to all the authors and translators for trusting us with your beautiful words. Thank you to all the readers who have bought, borrowed, read, recommended, and championed these books. Thank you to everyone who supported us or any independent Canadian publisher this year. It is your support that helps ensure that our vital industry can survive and thrive. There is a lot in this upside down world that is distracting all of us, but we are so thankful for books and the shelter they help provide from all the noise. While this may be wrap for us in 2025, we are excited for the books we have lined up for publication in 2026. We’ll be back soon with our winter/spring season reveal. In the meantime, Happy New Year and happy reading to all. 💫 🎉 🥂

12/22/2025

Happy Holidays from all of us at Book*hug Press! We wish all our readers, authors, supporters, and followers a joyful holiday season filled with plenty of quiet reading time.✨

The Book*hug Press office will be closed for the holidays from Monday, December 22, 2025, until Monday, January 5, 2026. During this time, our team will take some needed downtime away from everything, but we’ll be back in the new year with an announcement about our forthcoming spring 2026 releases. See you then.

12/20/2025

And that’s a wrap! Our Fall 2025 season releases are all in the world, finding their readers. Thank you to everyone who has read, or is reading, our latest titles, including:

Worldly Girls by Tamara Jong
Starry Starry Night by Shani Mootoo
The Wax Child by Olga Ravn, tr. from Danish by Martin Aitken
Soundtrack: A Lyric Memoir by Michael V. Smith
A Fast Horse Never Brings Good News by Cary Fagan
Go/No-Go: A Journey into the Research and Treatment of Mental Health Disorders by Marianne Apostolides
women & roosters by Fenn Stewart
Reckless by Andrea MacPherson
The Last of Its Kind by Sibylle Grimbert, tr. from French by Aleshia Jensen

We’ll be back next year to announce our winter and spring 2026 releases!

12/19/2025

Our Co-Publisher Jay is here today with six book recommendations that are sure to satisfy the book lover on your holiday list!

A reminder that our Holiday Sale is ongoing until December 24th! Use code HOLIDAYS25 at check out to save 20% on all these titles, and more!

Jay’s Picks:
In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova, translated by Sasha Dugdale
Starry Starry Night by
You Are Eating An Orange. You Are Named. by
Swim by
Caesaria by , translated by .vogel
I Remember Lights by Ben Ladouceur

12/19/2025

Earlier this month, our co-publishers, Hazel and Jay, had the pleasure of attending the and exhibiting on the Canada Stand, hosted by . Hazel was fortunate to be invited as part of a delegation of Ontario-based publishers, organized by . During the fair, they both met with wonderful publishers from across Latin America and learned a lot about the Latin American publishing industry. Our thanks to Ontario Creates and Livres Canada Books for all of their support and hard work.

12/19/2025

It is time for part two of the 2025 edition of our annual Book*hug Wrapped series, where we ask our staff what their favourite books of the year have been (which luckily coincides with gift giving season). We hope you enjoy this year’s selections, and that some of these titles will end up on your wish list! Happy reading!

Book*hug Wrapped 2025: Staff Edition

12/18/2025

The Book*hug Elves are hard at work, making sure the readers on your holiday list are satisfied this year! Our publishing assistant Britt is here today with six book recommendations that are sure to make any book lover excited!

A reminder that our Holiday Sale is ongoing until December 24th! Use code HOLIDAYS25 at check out to save 20% on all these titles, and more!

Britt’s Picks:
Pauls by
Reckless by
Spawn by .gill, translated by
Phantompains by Therese Estacion
Suture by
My Work by , translated by Jennifer Russell and Sophia Hersi Smith

12/18/2025

Thank you to The Seaboard Review of Books reviewer Lisa Timpf for selecting The Last of Its Kind by Sibylle Grimbert, translated by Aleshia Jensen, as a Best of 2025 pick.

"Just like the scientists of the 1800s coming to grips with the reality of extinction, humans of the present day struggle with grasping the impacts of climate change and the potential for a “sixth wave” of extinction. The Last of Its Kind offers a timely and poignant reminder that what seems to be unthinkable may in fact be all too real, while at the same time encouraging compassion for the creatures affected by humans’ actions.."

Read her full review here:
https://www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-last-of-its-kind-by-sibylle-Sibylle Grimbert

See all the top book picks from TSR reviewers here:
https://www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-seaboard-review-of-books-best-of-2025

12/18/2025

Check out this Poetry stack!

All these titles, and more, are available for 20% off from our online ship until December 24! Use code HOLIDAYS25 at checkout to save! 🎁

12/17/2025

The Book*hug Elves are hard at work, making sure the readers on your holiday list are satisfied this year! Our co-publisher Hazel is here today with seven book recommendations that are sure to make any book lover excited!

A reminder that our Holiday Sale is ongoing until December 24th! Use code HOLIDAYS25 at check out to save 20% on all these titles, and more!

Hazel’s Picks:
The Last of Its Kind by Sibylle Grimbert, translated by Aleshia Jensen
The Wax Child by , translated by Martin Aitken Because Venue Crossed An Alpine Violet on the Day That I Was Born by , translated by Kari Dickson and Rachel Rankin
Cyclettes by
Big Shadow by
Rich and Poor by
Agatha by , translated by Caroline Waight

12/16/2025

The Book*hug Elves have been hard at work, making sure the readers on your holiday list are satisfied this year! Our Sales & Marketing Coordinator Reid is here today with six book recommendations that are sure to make any book lover excited!

A reminder that our Holiday Sale is ongoing until December 24th! Use code HOLIDAYS25 at check out to save 20% on all these titles, and more!

Reid’s Picks:
The Handsome Man by
Little Death by .and.defiance
Small, Broke, and Kind of Dirty by
Rats Nest by Mat Laporte
Document 1 by François Blais, translated by JC Sutcliffe
Just Pervs by

12/16/2025

In a recent New Books Network podcast episode, Hollay Ghadery chats with Tamara Jong about her debut memoir, Worldly Girls, that documents the slow unravelling of her connection to her faith and the tragic history of her fractured family.

Listen here:

Podcast Episode · New Books Network · 2025-11-03 · 40m