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"In Starry Starry Night, one major challenge was staying away from the usual story-telling ideas of the need for arc and denouement. This is tied to the reason for me calling this work autofiction." Check out Shani Mootoo in conversation with rob mclennan.
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Shani Mootoo
Shani Mootoo’s novels include Starry Starry Night , Polar Vortex , and Cereus Blooms at Night . A four-time nominee for the Giller Prize, h...
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November 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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“At times, the prose is subtle, quiet, beautifully straightforward; other times, propulsive, almost breathlessly so, rushing.” @robmclennan.bsky.social reviews Fenn Stewart's new collection women & roosters. robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/11/fenn...
Fenn Stewart, women & roosters
the earth’s on fire so I go camping woodsmoke & damp sea air I know you hate camping, but it’s a thing I do you’re gonna have to get used ...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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If you missed the reading and conversation with Shani Mootoo on Sunday, you can catch it here.

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Junction Reads with Shani Mootoo
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November 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Reading You Crushed It is "kind of like being an audience member at a comedy gig gone awry, watching someone self-deprecate and degenerate for laughs on-stage.” Thalia Stopa on Jean-Philippe Baril Guérard's book, tr. by Neil Smith for Scout Magazine. scoutmagazine.ca/scout-book-c...
Scout Book Club, Vol. 29: FEELS
Welcome to the Scout Book Club: a brief and regular rundown of what we're reading, and what we recommend.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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"A novel of remembering, of the times in our lives we carry around like a precious and hefty rock in our back pocket. A novel about learning to be—for ourselves—who we want to be."
@junctionreads.bsky.social reviews celebrated writer Shani Mootoo's Starry Starry Night. tinyurl.com/mru8vept
Book Reviews
For reviews of Junction Reads’ titles, check out the Homepage. STARRY STARRY NIGHT by Shani Mootoo, from Book*hug Press. What does a reader want from a novel that you know is connected in man…
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November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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“Women and roosters..are the only kinds of creatures who don’t feel sad after sex. Well, maybe not right after. But until we can swap places...there’s no way of knowing all that’s in the lover’s heart.” Dawn MacDonald on Fenn Stewart's new work for The Seaboard Review of Books. tinyurl.com/5ej2u9ey
Women and Roosters by Fenn Stewart
Reviewed by Dawn Macdonald
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November 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Review of Shani Mootoo’s epic and glorious, STARRY STARRY NIGHT from @bookhugpress.bsky.social

Yes, you should read it! And join us on Sunday November 23 for a reading and conversation. Find the link to the event on our website.

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Book Reviews
For reviews of Junction Reads’ titles, check out the Homepage. STARRY STARRY NIGHT by Shani Mootoo, from Book*hug Press. What does a reader want from a novel that you know is connected in man…
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November 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Finished reading Shani Mootoo’s beautiful new novel, Starry Starry Night, this evening. If you haven’t read it yet—why not? Borrow or buy it! ❤️📚 (You’ll fall in love with the character of Anju…and wonder where she’ll go after the very last line on the very last page.)
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November 18, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Fenn Stewart, women & roosters / @bookhugpress.bsky.social ;
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the earth’s on fire so I go camping woodsmoke & damp sea air I know you hate camping, but it’s a thing I do you’re gonna have to get used ...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Reckless: The Playlist is here!

Andrea MacPherson has curated a playlist of songs that inspired the writing of her brand new poetry collection Reckless. 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵

Find the full playlist on the Book*hug blog here:
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Reckless: The Playlist | Book*hug Press
Reckless: The Playlist is here!  Andrea MacPherson has curated a playlist of songs that inspired the writing of her poetry collection Reckless. We hope you enjoy! Find the full Spotify playlist here...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Shani Mootoo / @bookhugpress.bsky.social ;
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Shani Mootoo
Shani Mootoo’s novels include Starry Starry Night , Polar Vortex , and Cereus Blooms at Night . A four-time nominee for the Giller Prize, h...
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November 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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“Reading Worldly Girls was something I really needed right now, and I’m grateful.” @junctionreads.bsky.social reviews @bokchoygurltjong.bsky.social 's debut memoir:
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November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Chapbook reviews.
Three fantastic poetry books from ANSTRUTHER BOOKS @palimpsestpress.bsky.social

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November 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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i love books so much. grateful to @bookhugpress.bsky.social who is sending me copies of Olga Ravn,.the Wax Child & the Employees. i can't wait to dive in. thanks to @davidnaimon.bsky.social for another intro to a fascinating writer.
November 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Sunday November 23
6:00pm ET
A virtual reading and conversation with Shani Mootoo, author of STARRY STARRY NIGHT from @bookhugpress.bsky.social

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Junction Reads with Shani Mootoo
Join us for a virtual reading and conversation with Shani Mootoo, author of STARRY STARRY NIGHT.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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@bokchoygurltjong.bsky.social’s memoir WORLDLY GIRLS offers readers a tender journey through intergenerational trauma, female relationships, and the narrative unmooring that comes after leaving high-control religion. Read my review here! @bookhugpress.bsky.social
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Worldly Girls – Tamara Jong
This narrative unmooring, while unconventional, strikes me as a byproduct of Jong’s departure from high-control religion
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November 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Starry Starry Night by Shani Mootoo "is a masterpiece and one that will stay with me for a long, long time. Exquisite. Unforgettable,” writes Justine Abigail Yu of @49thshelf.bsky.social in What We Carry, a list tracing stories of migration, movement & ancestral memory. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11...
What We Carry: Fall 2025 · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
What We Carry is a book list by managing editor, Justine Abigail Yu, tracing stories of migration, movement, and ancestral memory from authors who write ...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Worldly Girls by @bokchoygurltjong.bsky.social "contains stand-alone essays that feel like fragments of a whole, a puzzle you only to realize is incomplete when you discover the missing pieces, what has been dropped, lost, or perhaps never packed into the box.” Thank you @junctionreads.bsky.social!
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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The Last of Its Kind by Sibylle Grimbert, translated from French by Aleshia Jensen, "offers a timely and poignant reminder that what seems to be unthinkable may in fact be all too real," writes Lisa Timpf in a review the Seaboard Review of Books.
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The Last of Its Kind by Sibylle Grimbert, translated by Aleshia Jensen
Reviewed by Lisa Timpf
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November 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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women & roosters: The Playlist is here!

Fenn Stewart has curated a playlist of songs that inspired the writing of her brand new poetry collection women & roosters. 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵

Find the full Spotify playlist on the Book*hug Blog below! 🎉

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women & roosters: The Playlist | Book*hug Press
women & roosters: The Playlist
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November 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Happy Publication Day to The Last of Its Kind by award-winning French author Sibylle Grimbert, translated by Aleshia Jensen. This moving & poignant work of historical literary fiction is a tender story of friendship, trust, respect, & the desire to endure and survive.
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The Last of Its Kind by Sibylle Grimbert, translated by Aleshia Jensen | Book*hug Press
From award–winning French writer Sibylle Grimbert comes The Last of Its Kind, a moving story of friendship, trust, respect, and the desire to endure and survive. In 1835, Gus, a young zoologist, is se...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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The five stories in Cary Fagan's A Fast Horse Never Brings Good News "bring much good news in their pacing, good humour, & slides into magic realism, each story gaining in length as the book progresses," writes Michael Greenstein for Seaboard Review of Books. www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/a-fast-hor...
A Fast Horse Never Brings Good News by Cary Fagan
Reviewed by Michael Greenstein
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November 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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The Hamilton Review of Books' Staff Writers’ Picks for Fall 2025 and beyond includes an exciting roundup of poignant and engaging titles, including Starry Starry Night by Shani Mootoo.

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What We're Reading: Staff Writers' Picks, Fall and Future — Hamilton Review of Books
November 10, 2025
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November 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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The booksperts at @alllitupcanada.bsky.social have carefully curated book recos for the Lit Fic crowd, including Starry Starry Night by the inimitable Shani Mootoo.

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We're here to help you find your giftee’s next favourite book.

Our first #ALUGiftNext recommendations are for the person on your list who savours language as much as plot.

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November 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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middle daughter at the dentist, so an opportunity to go through new poetry titles by MC Hyland and Fenn Stewart, // @bookhugpress.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM