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My Winnipeg shortlisted for the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award

Good news announced for Guy Maddin and his book, My Winnipeg, one of five titles shortlisted for the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award!

Michael Blouin nominated for a CBC Literary Award for poetry

Coach House author Michael Blouin (Chase and Haven) has been shortlisted for a CBC Literary Award for his poem 'fidelity.' Congratulations to all shortlisted authors!

Jeramy Dodds interviewed in CV2

Jeramy Dodds (Crabwise to the Hounds) was interviewed in the Fall 2009 issue of CV2:

Stan and Deliver: Wednesday nights at the AGO!

Starting Wednesday, March 10, you can hear from the man who started it all at the AGO. In March, Coach House Press founder and master printer Stan Bevington will begin an ongoing series of weekly conversations at Toronto's Art Gallery of Ontario. As part of the AGO's innovative exhibit, 'Canadian Art in the 1960s and 1970s through the lens of Coach House Press,' Bevington will take up residence in the exhibit space every Wednesday night, between 7 and 8 p.m.

Twice the Featured Titles in March: Neighbour Procedure and Amphibian!

March is a special month. Not only was it the first month in the ancient Roman calendar, it is also host to two — count 'em, two — featured titles on the Coach House website: Rachel Zolf's Neighbour Procedure and Carla Gunn's Amphibian!

Joy Is So Exhausting on the Globe's In Other Words Top Twelve of the Decade

Judith Fitzgerald of The Globe and Mail's In Other Words has posted a list of 'the top dozen single-author single-volume works published during The Doughty Noughties (1999-2009) in the order of votes received for each,' and Susan Holbrook's Joy Is So Exhausting is on it!

Sina Queyras discusses Prismatic Publics on the Poetry Foundation blog

In her latest post to the Poetry Foundation blog, Sina Queyras credits Prismatic Publics with 'igniting discussion, inspiring new work, and ... ultimately creating a road map for the work to carry on.'

Read the whole entry here.

Coach House Books? There's an app for that!

On February 19, Coach House launched its free Coach House Coffee Room app, designed to make it easier to keep up with our press and our authors, wherever you might find yourself.

Use it to take a virtual tour of the Coach House, to find out when our new titles are coming out and which of our authors are on tour and what people are saying about our books. You'll also be able browse our photo galleries, book trailers, author interviews and audio content. You can even buy books using the iPhone app!

Carla Gunn nominated for a Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book of Canada and the Caribbean!

The Commonwealth Writers' Prize shortlist is out, and Carla Gunn's Amphibian has been nominated for Best First Book of Canada and the Caribbean!

Gunn was recently interviewed by both CBC Shift and The Mark to discuss her nomination, her book, and her wonderful protagonist Phineas William Walsh.

Final Cooking in the Edible City episode posted!

Open Book: Toronto has teamed up with Coach House Books to present an online and very Toronto cooking series featuring contributors from The Edible City: Toronto's Food from Farm to Fork.

Toronto authors Kathryn Borel Jr., Rea McNamara (with her cousin Kiel Brathwaite) and Kat Gligorijevic are the stars of this hugely charming and informative series, showing us how to make Apple-Cornbread-Sausage Stuffing, Roti and the Toronto Cocktail, respectively.