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. […]
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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 […]
Kathy Page’s beloved The Story of My Face re-released August 6
In less than a week, Kathy Page’s marvel of a novel, The Story of My Face—first published by Orion/Phoenix House in 2003—finally comes back into print under the Biblioasis banner. Natalie […]
DUCKS, NEWBURYPORT by Lucy Ellmann Nominated for 2019 Booker Prize!
On Wednesday, July 24, 2019, it was announced that Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann has been nominated for the 2019 Booker prize! Ellmann is the only American writer nominated for this year’s […]
Martha Wilson’s Nosy White Woman is coming August 20!
We’re just a month out from the publication of Martha Wilson’s Nosy White Woman, in which a daughter tries to explain to her mother why calling the police isn’t always a good […]
An Interview with Douglas Glover, author of THE EROTICS OF RESTRAINT
Douglas Glover’s smart, heartfelt writing manual The Erotics of Restraint—his follow-up to Attack of the Copula Spiders—is coming August 13! But if you’re like us, that’s a long time to wait […]
DEATH AND THE SEASIDE Is Alison Moore’s Undeniable Best
Dear Friends, When I started this year at Biblioasis, I read as many of our books as I could get my hands on, and Death and the Seaside by Alison Moore has been my […]
Celebrate Canada Day with a stiff dram of Northern Prohibition lore.
Released last fall, Patrick Brode’s Dying For A Drink: How a Prohibition Preacher Got Away with Murder continues to guzzle a big pint of attention—an interview with Pat will air […]
