Dani Couture ISBN 978-1-77126-037-4 $17.00 CDN/USA 64 pages YAW marks a sharp departure in tone and structure from Dani Couture’s previous two acclaimed poetry collections. An almost singular narrative runs through these quiet, powerful poems, a narrative that seeks to examine how far we must go to answer the questions closest to us, […]
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Moon Baboon Canoe
Gary Barwin ISBN 978-1-77126-033-6 $17.00 CDN/USA 88 pages A follow-up to his acclaimed The Porcupinity of the Stars, Moon Baboon Canoe is filled with Gary Barwin’s trademark humour, invention, musicality and craft. These witty and surprising poems confront subjects as diverse as time machines, elves, hummingbirds, birth and cows, yet manage to explore the perennial […]
Buon Appetito Toronto! The impact of Italian food on the city
Ed. Deborah Verginella ISBN 978-1-77126-032-9 $30.00 CDN/USA 240 pages Ships April 9, 2014 Buon Appetito Toronto! is the story of how Italian-Canadian food culture has evolved in the city and how its influence has helped define our perceptions of what constitutes a good meal. From the convivial social dynamics of the Italian table, to the quest for […]
Priscila Uppal’s Olympic Combo pack
Have you ever wondered what a luge poem or snowboarding poem or hockey poem would look like? In Winter Sport, Priscila Uppal, who was the poet-in-residence for Canadian Athletes Now during the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games, gave us a fun-filled look at the sporting world’s greatest show on earth. In Summer Sport, she did […]
Mansfield authors in February 2014
Some wonderful events coming up this month for authors with books from Mansfield Press. Check out these listings, for B.C., Ontario, and Québec! And stay tuned for news about our spring launches… MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 7 PM — COBOURG, ONTARIO Stuart Ross launches his eighth poetry collection, Our Days in Vaudeville, collaborations with 29 other […]
Happy birthday, Dave’s dad!
Happy birthday, William McFadden (David’s dad)! He turns 100 on Wednesday, January 22! Here, David reads William’s introduction to Mother Died Last Summer (Mansfield Press, 2013) at a private launch party in Hamilton at the home of Gary Barwin and Beth Bromberg. In attendance were William McFadden, David McFadden and Merlin Homer, other members of […]
Mansfield author events this month
Happy New Year! This cold, cold January is a busy month for Mansfield authors. Here’s the lineup. TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 10 PM — EVERYWHERE Jim Smith, author of Back Off, Assassin! and Happy Birthday, Nicanor Parra, appears on Nik Beat’s radio program Howl CIUT 89.5 FM or www.ciut.fm TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 7 PM — HALIFAX Alice […]
Mansfield’s Launch Schedule for December
Mansfield Press invites you — yes, you! — to the launch of its fall titles Here is what you get: POETRY – Complete Surprising Fragments of Improbable Books, by Stephen Brockwell – What The World Said, by Jason Camlot – Monkey Soap, by Glen Downie – Our Days in Vaudeville, by Stuart Ross & 29 […]
Our Days In Vaudeville
Stuart Ross and 29 Collaborators ISBN 978-1-77126-024-4 $17.00 CDN/USA 112 pages In this book—the first of its kind by a Canadian poet—Stuart Ross takes the stage in the vaudeville act that is collaborative poetry, with writers from across the country. Collaboration allows Ross to be part of poems—and the kinds of poems—he would never write […]
