What do Mansfield Press novelists Sarah Dearing and Paula Eisenstein have in common? They’re both from London, Ontario. And London, Ontario, plays a huge role in Paula’s debut novel, Flip Turn, and a marginal role in Sarah’s third novel, The Art of Sufficient Conclusions (though London, UK, plays a huge role in that one!). The […]
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Peter Norman gets The Urge (or The Urge gets him)
We’re very pleased over here at Mansfield headquarters to see Peter Norman receive even more kudos for his brilliant work. A few weeks ago, Peter won the Battle of the Bards at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre, and now Stewart Cole, on his blog The Urge, has taken a close and enthusiastic look at Peter’s second full-length […]
The Art of Sufficient Conclusions: “the intellect and the libido”
We at Mansfield Press are very pleased to see that novelist Dave Williamson has reviewed Sarah Dearing’s third novel, The Art of Sufficient Conclusions, for Prairie Fire‘s online review journal. The Art of Sufficient Conclusions by Sarah Dearing Toronto: Mansfield Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1-894469-78-4, 222 pp., $19.95 paper. Reviewed by Dave Williamson In her unconventional […]
Prairie Fire loves Nelson Ball!
Poet Heidi Greco has reviewed Nelson Ball’s poetry collection In This Thin Rain for the fine literary journal Prairie Fire. It’s a beautiful tribute to one of Canada’s literary legends. In This Thin Rain by Nelson Ball Toronto: Mansfield Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1-894469-66-1, 82 pp., $16.95 paper. Reviewed by Heidi Greco Spare. That’s what these poems […]
David W. McFadden shortlisted for the Griffin Award. Again!
It’s true, David W. McFadden is on the very short list for this year’s Griffin Poetry Prize for What’s the Score? and we couldn’t be happier! Dave was previously shortlisted for the Griffin in 2008 for Why Are You So Sad? Selected Poems of David W. McFadden, published by our friends at Insomniac Press. In 2009 his […]
Congratulations, Peter Norman!
Peter Norman, author of the Mansfield Press titles At the Gates of the Theme Park and Water Damage, deftly took the top prize at last week’s Poetry NOW Battle of the Bards at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre. As a result, Peter has been invited to appear at two onstage events at the International Festival of Authors […]
Mansfield Press at the 5th Annual Battle of the Bards
On Wednesday, April 3, no less than four Mansfield authors will compete in Poetry NOW, hosted by NOW Magazine’s Susan G. Cole. This collaboration between NOW and the International Festival of Authors is always a fun filled event. Each poet will read for 5 minutes and a jury including Toronto Poet Laureate George Elliott Clarke, Authors at […]
Teeth: Poems 2006-2011
George Bowering ISBN 978-1-771260-00-8 Every new collection by George Bowering is an event in Canadian poetry. His latest book—topping a six-decade writing career—is an eclectic, lively mix of free verse, list poems, haiku, and more. Whether Bowering is taking on the big themes—love, mortality, politics—or the mundane or trivial, his poems are fresh, […]
Water Damage
Peter Norman ISBN 978-1-771260-08-4 $17.00 CDN / US 78 pp Following on the heels of his critically acclaimed poetry debut, Peter Norman’s second full collection is as funny and chilling as it is well-crafted. Here, the reader will find mad sonnets, outrageous prose poems, anagrammatic acrobatics, dark tributes, found poems, and many other experiments in […]
