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Andrew Kaufman time travels with The Grid

May 17, 2013 — All My Friends Are Superheroes author Andrew Kaufman is profiled in the week's edition of The Grid. In the piece, Andrew gets compared to Louis C.K. and discusses the challenges of writing new material for the tenth anniversary illustrated edition of All My Friends Are Superheroes:

Andrew Kaufman talks superheroes with Vice

On May 15, Andrew Kaufman, author of the Coach House classic All My Friends Are Superheroes, now available in a special illustrated tenth anniversary edition, sat down with the books columnist at Vice, Katie Heindl, to talk about superheroes, returning to his first book ten years later and Winnipeg. An excerpt of the interview follows:

Coach House takes Manhattan at BEA

From May 30 to June 1, the largest publishing event in North America – Book Expo America (or 'BEA' to those in 'the biz') – is hosted at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City, and Coach House will be there. Like every year, the Expo provides booksellers and publishing industry workers a preview of exciting new things happening in the world of books.

Coach House nominated for a Libris Award!

May 13, 2013 — Coach House is honoured to be shortlisted for this year's Small Publisher of the Year Libris Award, presented by the Canadian Booksellers Association.

Tamara Faith Berger answers Open Book Toronto's 'Writers as Readers' survey

May 3, 2013 — Tamara Faith Berger, whose third novel Maidenhead recently won the Believer Book Award, and whose novels Lie With Me and The Way of the Whore were collected in substantially revised form in the book Little Cat, participated in Open Book Toronto's WAR Series (Writers as Readers), 'which gives writers an opportunity to talk about the

Heather Birrell's Mad Hope featured in Salty Ink's Short Story Month Series

May 8, 2013 — May is National Short Story Month, and to mark the occasion, Salty Ink is posting its thoughts on a single story from 31 different Canadian collections, every day in May, along with commentary from the author. Today's story: 'Dominoes,' from Heather Birrell's most recent collection Mad Hope:

Mathew Henderson interviewed on Prairie Public Radio

May 6, 2013 — In an interview with Prairie Public Radio's Black Gold Boom, a public media project exploring the oil boom in western North Dakota, Mathew Henderson spoke with Todd Melby about working on The Lease and read several poems inspired by his time on the Saskatchewan and Albertan oil fields. Learn more about Black Gold Boom and listen to the 'frack-tastic' interview here.

GalleyCat and Publishers Weekly cover Maidenhead's Believer Book Award win

May 2, 2013 — Tongues are wagging about the announcement that Tamara Faith Berger's Maidenhead has won the 2012 Believer Book Award. Publishers Weekly has a writeup featuring a quote from Coach House editorial director Alana Wilcox:

Save 20% with our Plead the Fifth Sale

In addition to being the start of the summer movie season, a time for flowers and the last name of Rod Stewart's friend Maggie, May is also the month of Doors Open Toronto and the start of Book Expo America! But here's the thing about May: it's the fifth month of the year, and as such (and because we're stumped for sale ideas), we're taking a fifth of the price off every title on the Coach House site!