Jason Heroux ISBN 978-1-894469-90-6 $16.95 CDN / US 64 pp Natural Capital is “the untapped raw material and natural resources that a country holds” and it is “the land, air, water, living organisms and all formations of the Earth’s biosphere that provides us with ecosystem goods and services imperative for survival and well-being” and it […]
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Paula Eisenstein ISBN 978-1-894469-82-1 $19.95 CDN / US 194 pp In Paula Eisenstein’s spare and provocative first novel, a young girl must come to terms with the discovery that her brother killed a young girl. Feeling alienated and not knowing how to ask for help, she decides that suppressing her sexual development will ensure she […]
The Art of Sufficient Conclusions
Sarah Dearing ISBN 978-1-894469-78-4 $19.95 CDN / US 230 pp The Art of Sufficient Conclusions is a genre-bending chronicle of one woman’s obsession to comprehend the slippery nature of truth. It’s a compelling literary mash-up of fiction, memoir, and archival material, tracing the complex processes of personal identity, belief and the creation of art itself. […]
Robert Earl Stewart Reading Oct 15
Robert Earl Stewart, author of Something Burned Along the Southern Border and Campfire Radio Rhapsody, will be reading October 15th at the Revival Bar on 783 College Street. The event is a book launch for Best Canadian Poetry in English 2012, edited by Carmine Starnio. It will be hosted by Molly Peacock, with readings from past […]
George Bowering and David McFadden together at SpokenWeb
October 12, Montreal For those of you in Montreal, you’ve got a rare opportunity to see George Bowering and David McFadden read together, and then take part in a panel discussion (along with Jason Camlot, Darren Wersher, and Mansfield editor Stuart Ross), this Friday at Concordia University. George is the author of two books from […]
Happy Birthday Nicanor Parra
Jim Smith ISBN 978-1-894469-86-9 $16.95 CDN / US 104 pp Happy Birthday, Nicanor Parra is Jim Smith’s most extreme book yet. Bursting with anti-translations, non-stories, tiny lyrics and extended dictations, it is part birthday gift-bag, part writer’s memento mori. Smith takes hero worship, the urge to list, the longing for just a few more words […]
OCT 4: Amy Lavender Harris Discussing Imagining Toronto
Tomorrow, October 4th, Amy Lavender Harris will be discussing her award-winning book Imagining Toronto. This is part of the West Toronto Junction Historical Society. Click here for a link to the Historical Society’s site.
Carey Toane Reading Tonight!
For those of you in Toronto, don’t miss Carey Toane tonight, Tuesday, October 2, with Greg Betts at the Boneshaker reading series. Carey will be reading from her debut collection, The Crystal Palace, and maybe some new work too! Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/498029960216774
Priscila Uppal garnering much attention for upcoming Summer Sport: Poems
Priscila Uppal recently served as “poet in residence” at the London Summer Olympic Games, working on her upcoming collection, Summer Sport: Poems. She has been interviewed about her experiences and poetry on the radio programs Radio Canada International and CBC Metro Morning; for the newspapers The Globe and Mail and The Toronto Star; and a television interview on PBS News […]
John Sewell on Amy Lavender Harris’s Imagining Toronto
We are delighted to discover that John Sewell, the former Mayor of Toronto, author, journalist, and great urban thinker, recently reviewed Amy Lavender Harris’s Imagining Toronto in the pages of the journal Ontario History. Imagining Toronto by Amy Lavender Harris Toronto: Mansfield Press, 2010. 333 pages. $21.95 softcover. ISBN 987-1-894469-39-5 There’s an array of names […]
