Book*hug Press
donor to the crowd funding campaign
If you support the AngelHousePress 2023 Crowd Funding Campaign, you can choose numerous excellent perks, including a new fiction bundle from Book*hug Press.
“Celebrating adventures in literary publishing since 2004, Book*hug Press is a radically optimistic Canadian independent publisher working at the forefront of contemporary book culture. We specialize in contemporary literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, poetry, and literature in translation. We publish critically acclaimed, award-winning literary work with a strong and recognizable brand, and readers turn to us for books that are engaging and intelligent. We publish emerging and established literary writers whose work meaningfully contributes to and reflects contemporary culture and society, books that challenge and push the boundaries of cultural expectations. We are most interested in bold, innovative, and urgent writing that takes risks. We have worked hard to build a highly supportive core readership and have consistently engaged in activities to help reach new audiences and markets year after year.
Book*hug Press is committed to building an equitable and inclusive publishing landscape by amplifying culturally diverse voices whose work has been historically underrepresented and producing born accessible editions of our titles. When acquiring manuscripts, we carefully consider questions such as: whose voices are missing and who are the storytellers we need most right now? We seek work by BIPOC writers, LGBTQIA2S+ writers, Deaf and disabled writers, and women, and we strongly support feminist writing.”
For this campaign, Book*hug is offering these five fascinating works of fiction:
Remnants by Celine Huyghebaert, translated by Aleshia Jensen
Remnants is an exploration of our relationships with family and perception, told through a profound investigation of a father’s life and sudden death.
Junie by Chelene Knight
A riveting exploration of the complexity within mother-daughter relationships and the dynamic vitality of Vancouver’s former Hogan’s Alley neighbourhood.
The Animals by Cary Fagan
In a quaint tourist village, Dorn makes miniature scale models displayed in the local shops. Yet life is far from idyllic; he suffers under the thumb of a rich, philandering younger brother and an unloving father, and cannot find the courage to admit his love to Ravenna, the ungainly schoolteacher.
Hunger Heart by Karen Fastrup
A few days ago, Karen was a writer and translator immersed in Copenhagen’s creative scene, madly in love with her partner. Now she’s a patient in a psychiatric facility.
Hunger Heart is a sensual, profound work of autofiction about love, relationships, mental illness, and recovery by one of Denmark’s most celebrated literary writers.
Participation by Anna Moschovakis
When environmental disaster strikes, binaries and certainties dissolve as members of two virtual reading groups reshape their lives, romances, and reality itself.
Please support the AngelHousePress 2023 Caring Imagination Crowd Funding Campaign this winter, and bring light and joy, and well-needed funds to our contributors. Thank you to all those who have supported the campaign so far!