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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Fall Down Effect "takes readers deep into a richly described world, while encouraging them to consider whether they could also do more than just hope.” Michelle Sinclair reviews @lizjohnston.bsky.social's debut novel for @thetemzreview.bsky.social. www.thetemzreview.com/sinclair-joh...

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All Lit Up @alllitupcanada.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

To recognize National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we've gathered twelve titles (+ many more) by Indigenous authors and storytellers to read, listen to, and reflect on. Explore the full collection on All Lit Up: alllitup.ca/book-list/re...

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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"I devoured the book whole as if it was happening in the moment, and I was the one going through the tumultuous incidents in it.” @amandaearl.bsky.social reviews Miranda Schreiber's debut novel, Iris and the Dead, for @thetemzreview.bsky.social. www.thetemzreview.com/earl-schreib...

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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"The Comedian’s Book of the Dead draws the reader in by fifths and quarters, and before you know it, the forest has closed around you & there’s nowhere left to go but forward." @garybarwin.bsky.social's new novel is reviewed by Jeff Dupuis for The Miramichi Reader. miramichireader.ca/2026/09/the-...

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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ryan Fitzpatrick introduces their forthcoming book Ace Theory: An Essay in Fragments on Asexuality, out on October 27, 2026 from Book*hug Press! Ace Theory is available for Pre-order now (Save 10% on all pre-orders): bookhugpress.ca/shop/books/f...

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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"At what point do we admit that the crisis is growing worse, and nothing we do is working?" The Fall-Down Effect by @lizjohnston.bsky.social is reviewed by Adam McPhee. adamsnotes.substack.com/p/the-fall-d...

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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"It was all a gift." In the latest Getting Lit with Linda podcast episode, host Linda Morra interviews celebrated writer and artist Shani Mootoo about her latest novel Starry Starry Night. Listen to the episode here: tinyurl.com/yc4v2uah

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It Was All a Gift - Interview with Shani Mootoo (Dedication to Pinky) | Getting Lit With Linda

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rampancy @jancheta25.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

So excited to snag my copy of Ace Theory by @ryanfitzpublic.bsky.social from @anotherstoryto.bsky.social - looking forward to also mentioning it as a comp for my project's book proposal. :)

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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"Is death the perfect punchline? A sudden unexpected yet inexorable twist to the story?" @garybarwin.bsky.social talks with @alllitupcanada.bsky.social about his new novel The Comedian's Book of the Dead and the intersection of comedy and grief. alllitup.ca/is-death-the...

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Liz Johnston @lizjohnston.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'm never going to get over the pleasure of seeing another writer engage so deeply with my novel. So grateful to Michelle Sinclair for writing about The Fall-Down Effect (@bookhugpress.bsky.social) for the TEMZ review. www.thetemzreview.com/sinclair-joh...

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Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Pleased to have another two reviews in the latest issue of @thetemzreview.bsky.social : Jennifer Falkner's Susannah Hall, Her Book @fishgottaswim.bsky.social and Miranda Schreiber's Iris and the Dead @bookhugpress.bsky.social . check out issue 36 here! www.thetemzreview.com/issue-thirty...

@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Happy Publication Day to The Comedian’s Book of the Dead by the inimitable @garybarwin.bsky.social. We can’t wait for readers to meet this profound, imaginative underworld quest and fresh, funny page-turner from one of Canada’s most beloved and awarded storytellers. bookhugpress.ca/shop/books/f...

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River Street @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

An excerpt of Gary Barwin’s breathtaking novel, The Comedian’s Book of the Dead (Book*hug Press), is available to read at The Civilian Reader. civilianreader.com/2026/09/21/e... @bookhugpress.bsky.social @garybarwin.bsky.social

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Liz Johnston @lizjohnston.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Getting excited for Toronto WOTS September 26 & 27! On Sunday, September 27, I'll be at @bookhugpress.bsky.social's booth from 1:30–2:00 p.m., signing copies of The Fall-Down Effect, then, at 2:30, I’ll be on a Debut Novels panel with Tyson Stewart and Jinwoo Park on The Neighbourhood Stage. Woot!

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All Lit Up @alllitupcanada.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"Is death the perfect punchline?" We chat with @garybarwin.bsky.social about his new novel THE COMEDIAN'S BOOK OF THE DEAD (@bookhugpress.bsky.social), a funny and original novel about the joy and pain of parenthood. alllitup.ca/is-death-the...

A photo of Gary Barwin. He is a light-skin-toned man with shoulder-length grey hair and a close-shaved beard. He is wearing black-rimmed glasses and smiling into the camera. An inset photo of his book The Comedian's Book of the Dead is shown at the bottom right corner with text "Interview with Gary Barwin" at the top left corner of the photo.

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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Gary Barwin celebrates the release of his latest novel, The Comedian’s Book of the Dead, which is out today! A profound, imaginative underworld quest and a fresh, funny page-turner from one of Canada’s most beloved and awarded storytellers. Happy publication date to Gary!

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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"With this book, I wanted to connect with the disabled community and share my thoughts and experiences surrounding disability and ableism, both personally and generally." Jelly, Baby author Therese Estacion talks with Trevor Corkum for @49thshelf.bsky.social's The Chat. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/09...

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Getting as Close to Myself as Possible: The Chat with Therese Estacion · Blog Post · 49th Shelf

In Jelly, Baby: Essays on Disability and Vulnerability (Book*hug), Therese Estacion conveys how ableism has impacted her disposition and self-esteem. ...

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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“Rune Christiansen offers an atmospheric classic crime novel with The Case of the Caprice of Lost Time crafted as a psychological literary text.” Sara Hailstone reviews acclaimed Norwegian writer Christiansen's forthcoming novel, translated by Kari Dickson. www.sarahailstone.com/book-reviews...

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The Case of the Caprice of Lost Time — Sara Hailstone

Book review of Rune Christiansen’s, “ The Case of the Caprice of Lost Time.”

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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Susanna Lang introduces her forthcoming translation of My Forests by Hélène Dorion, out on October 13, 2026 from Book*hug Press! My Forests is available for pre-order now! Save 10% on all pre-orders from Book*hug’s online store: bookhugpress.ca/shop/books/f... #poetry #literatureintranslation

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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My Forests by Helene Dorion, translated from French by Susanna Lang, is featured in Gained in Translation on @quillandquire.bsky.social. My Forests will be released on Oct 13, and is available now for pre-order from our online shop or your local bookseller. quillandquire.com/omni/gained-...

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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🎉Word on the Street is next weekend🎉 We can hardly wait for the biggest book fair of the year! Book*hug will once again be tabling, selling all our latest titles and a selection of backlist! September 26 - 27, 2026 10:00 am - 6:00 pm David Pecaut Square, 215 King Street West, Toronto, ON

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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Congratulations to Ben Ladouceur! I Remember Lights is a finalist for the 2026 City of Ottawa Book Awards. See a list of all the finalists here: ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...

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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

On the latest episode of HOWL, host @valentinoassenza.bsky.social welcomes Therese Estacion talking about her latest book Jelly Baby: Essays on Disability and Vulnerability. Listen to their interview on CIUT 89.5 FM here: howlciut.podbean.com/.../howl-tue...

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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Check out Part of the Dialogue, a recommended reading list for @49thshelf.bsky.social from @garybarwin.bsky.social, author of The Comedian's Book of the Dead, featuring books by Stuart Ross, Martha Baillie, Carrianne Leung, Elee Kraljii Gardiner, derek beaulieu, & more! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/09...

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River Street @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Coming soon! ✨ The Case of the Caprice of Lost Time by Rune Christiansen, released October 6, 2026 with Book*hug Press. DM us to request a review copy. bookhugpress.ca/shop/books/f... @bookhugpress.bsky.social #books #norway #translation

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Liz Johnston @lizjohnston.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Huge thanks to Lola Opatayo for having me on Journey of the Art Podcast to discuss The Fall-Down Effect (@bookhugpress.bsky.social). What a privilege to be asked such deep, thoughtful questions that I came away new insights into my own writing! youtu.be/i36erZ2xG1o

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Ep 47 | The fall-down effect of climate change | Liz Johnston

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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

An invitation from Gary Barwin to attend the Toronto and Hamilton launches for his latest novel, The Comedian’s Book of the Dead, out from Book*hug Press on September 22, 2026.

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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Tanis MacDonald introduces her forthcoming poetry collection Tall, Grass, Girl, out on October 13, 2026 from Book*hug Press! Tall, Grass, Girl is available for pre-order now! Save 10% on all pre-orders from Book*hug’s online store with code PREORDER10! #poetry #newbookreleasealert‼️ #poet

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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Happy Publication Day to Carolyn Smart's Breath Taking. This tender new poetry book, Smart’s first in over a decade, is an unflinching recollection of illness, death, and grief, sensitively exploring the dynamic between the burden of care and the burden of dying. bookhugpress.ca/shop/author/...

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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Thank you to all the library users who borrowed and read Canadian independently published books in August, including The Fall-Down Effect by @lizjohnston.bsky.social and Olga Ravn's The Employees and The Wax Child!

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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Thank you to @alllitupcanada.bsky.social for including The Case of the Caprice of Lost Time by Rune Christiansen in this great roundup of six books in translation. Happy National Translation Month!

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All Lit Up @alllitupcanada.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

What’s at the top of our reading piles this coming season? Check out our fall preview: alllitup.ca/the-all-lit-...

A graphic labelled ALU Fall Preview 2026 with six book covers: How to Nourish a Cannibal by Jess Housty, Driving into the Sun by Becca Babcock, Aether and Ego by Joanne Merriam, The Comedian’s Book of the Dead by Gary Barwin, One Soft Infested Summer by Matthew Heiti, and Sailors Can't Swim by Dominique Scali, translated by Jessica Moore

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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

💥Launch Announcement💥 Book*hug Press and Another Story Bookshop present the Toronto launch of The Comedian’s Book of the Dead by Gary Barwin! RSVP at garybarwin.eventbrite.ca Wednesday, September 23, 2026 7:00 pm ET Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncesvalles Avenue, Toronto, ON #booklaunch

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Launch of Gary Barwin's THE COMEDIAN'S BOOK OF THE DEAD (+ special guests!)

Join us for the launch of Gary Barwin's THE COMEDIAN'S BOOK OF THE DEAD (Book*hug Press)!

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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

On this final day of Women in Translation Month, we're spotlighting titles from our Literature in Translation Series written and translated by women. A reminder that today is also the final day of our #WITMonth sale. Save 25% off books written & translated by women. bookhugpress.ca/product-cate...

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

small one receiving her back-to-school hair trim, so I’m sitting with new @bookhugpress.bsky.social poetry titles by Tanis MacDonald and Carolyn Smart,

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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

@garybarwin.bsky.social introduces The Comedian’s Book of the Dead, out on September 22, 2026 from Book*hug Press! The Comedian’s Book of the Dead is available for pre-order now! Save 10% on all pre-orders from Book*hug’s online store #novel #newbookreleasealert #bookstagram #literature

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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The Fall-Down Effect is "constructed like a piece of Shaker furniture. The point-of-view shifts throughout the book dovetail so smoothly that readers wouldn’t feel a joint if they could touch them.” Julia Lichtblau on @lizjohnston.bsky.social debut for The Common. thecommononline.org/what-it-take...

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What It Takes To Save the Trees and the Birds: Review of The Fall-Down Effect and Field Notes from an Extinction

JULIA LICHTBLAU <br> The story is told through several narrative devices, primarily Green’s notebook entries, interspersed with newspaper clippings, which feed the mystery at the center of the book. T...

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The Common @commonmag.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

"What’s one species, they say, compared to my precious convenience? Trees and birds do their bit for the ecosystem merely by existing." Julia Lichtblau reviews "The Fall-Down Effect" by Liz Johnston and "Field Notes from an Extinction" by Eoghan Walls. Read it below!

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What It Takes To Save the Trees and the Birds: Review of The Fall-Down Effect and Field Notes from an Extinction

Review by Julia Lichtblau <br> The story is told through several narrative devices, primarily Green’s notebook entries, interspersed with newspaper clippings, which feed the mystery at the center of…

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lpgcanada.bsky.social @lpgcanada.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Congratulations to LPG members and their authors shortlisted for the 2025 Warland Award, which recognizes outstanding hybrid-genre books published in Canada: @bookhugpress.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @talonbooks.bsky.social & Véhicule Press!

A graphic labelled "2025 Warland Award shortlist, LPG members" with four book covers including: Toxemia by Christine McNair, Cop City Swagger by Mercedes Eng, Steamy: A Menopause Symptomology by Susan Holbrook, and Subterrane by Valerie Bah.

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Medusa Salt Poet @medusa-salt-poet.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

MEDIUM by Johanna Skibsrud for day 17 of the #sealeychallenge. This #poetry book includes a brief history for 30+ powerful women in history & poem inspired by each. Brilliant concept & delivery. Content warning: gender-based violence, miscarriage Publisher @bookhugpress.bsky.social #canlit #poems

Poetry book cover foregrounds a shrouded figure presenting as a woman in an open landscape with low mountains in the distance. Reads, "MEDIUM: Poems [by] Johanna Skibsrud" published By Book*Hug Press.

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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

“This is a book about both climate disaster and family disaster, the difficulty of engaging with reality as opposed to the stories we tell ourselves..." Kerry Clare reviews The Fall-Down Effect by @lizjohnston.bsky.social for Pickle Me This. picklemethis.com/2026/08/14/t...

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Last weekend—as wildfires continued to burn across British Columbia—was a strange and uncanny time to finish reading Liz Johnston's debut novel, which ends with a 2020 forest fire forcing a fractured ...

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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Happy Women in Translation Month! To celebrate, our annual #WITMonth sale is back. Save 25% off all books written and/or translated by women until August 31. Browse sale: bookhugpress.ca/produ.../boo...

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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Happy Women in Translation Month! To celebrate, our annual #WITMonth sale is back. Save 25% off all books written and/or translated by women until August 31. bookhugpress.ca/produ.../boo...

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