An Interview with Taras Grescoe, Author of Possess the Air
Possess the Air: Love, Heroism, and the Battle for the Soul of Mussolini’s Rome by Taras Grescoe came out on October 15th! Whoever you are, you are sure to be a […]
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Next Week at Biblioasis: We Welcome Benedek Totth, author of DEAD HEAT
The winner of Hungary’s Margó Award for Best First Book of Prose soon to be available in English: DEAD HEAT Written by Stephen King’s Hungarian translator, Dead Heat shocks and then stays […]
Thanks for Celebrating Our Anniversary with Us!
To chance the ducks: to do something despite the risk of disaster. This October, Biblioasis has been celebrating fifteen years in the publishing business–and what a fifteen years […]
Happy Canadian Pub Date to Here I Am! by Pauline Holdstock
Today is the Canadian pub date for Here I Am! by Pauline Holdstock! If you liked The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time… You’ll love Here I Am! by Pauline Holdstock! […]
Hat trick Tuesday! DREAM SEQUENCE by Adam Foulds and LATE BREAKING by KD Miller Nominated for 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize!
On Tuesday, September 3, 2019, it was announced that Dream Sequence by Adam Foulds and Late Breaking by K.D. Miller have been longlisted for the 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize. Dream Sequence and Late Breaking are published by Biblioasis, […]
Lucy Ellmann’s DUCKS, NEWBURYPORT Shortlisted for 2019 Booker Prize
#chancetheducks On Tuesday, September 3, 2019, it was announced that Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann has been shortlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize! Booker Judge Joanna MacGregor said, “Lucy Ellmann’s Ducks, Newburyport offers a radical literary form and voice. Dense to […]
Happy U.S. Publication Date, MOSTARGHIA!
U.S. Readers: The Wait Is Over! Donald Winkler’s English translation of Maya Ombasic’s Mostarghia, a moving memoir of refugee experience and filial love, is available today in U.S. bookstores. […]
Happy US Pubdate to Stéphane Larue’s THE DISHWASHER!
“Reads like a cross between the dearly departed Anthony Bourdain and Stephanie Danler’s Sweetbitter, combining the complicated life of a kitchen wretch with a highly literate voice…hypnotizing.”—Kirkus The Dishwasher […]
Mike Barnes’s BE WITH Shortlisted for the Toronto Book Award!
We’re thrilled to announce that Mike Barnes’s thoughtful, compassionate nonfiction book Be With has been shortlisted for the Toronto Book Award. The jury wrote: “Caregiving for loved ones is a topic […]
A Biblioasis Interview with Maya Ombasic, author of MOSTARGHIA
Maya Ombasic’s gorgeous, lyrical memoir Mostarghia arrived in Canadian bookstores this week! (Don’t worry, U.S.—it will appear there in a week and a half.) Maya sat down and answered some […]
