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Matthew Tierney wins the 2013 P.K. Page Founder's Award for Poetry

April 8, 2013 — Matthew Tierney has received the 2012 P.K. Page Founder's Award for Poetry for his poem 'Re the Individual Wellbeing,' described 'a risk of a poem written with hurtling grace.' The poem ppeared in the Spring 2012 issue of The Malahat Review, and also in Tierney's latest collection Probably Inevitable, published by Coach House in Fall 2012.

Illustration by Chloe Cushman
Andrew Kaufman and Tamara Faith Berger discuss literary do-overs with the National Post

April 5, 2013 — Andrew Kaufman All My Friends Are Superheroes (now with more superheroes!) and Tamara Faith Berger's Little Cat (substantially edited and revised!) are the subject of a piece by the National Post's Mark Medley on writers who have recently revised published work.

Andrew Faulkner gets confessional with Open Book Toronto

April 5, 2013 — Open Book Toronto interviewed Need Machine poet Andrew Faulkner for their Dirty Dozen feature, where authors share twelve unexpected facts about themselves. Among Faulkner's revelations:

C.H.I.P.s, meet MicroC.H.I.P.s

The publication of all our spring titles is as good an excuse as any to remind you to join our C.H.I.P.s (Coach House Important Person) program. For just $10 a month. C.H.I.P.s will receive six books of their choice (in both print and electronic editions) plus one mystery book (as well as ephemera and neat membership cards), which we'll send out in semi-annual shipments.

Mathew Henderson's The Lease nominated for the Gerald Lampert Award

April 2, 2013 — The Lease, which was inspired by poet Mathew Henderson's time working in the Saskatchewan and Albertan oilfields, has been shortlisted for the 2013 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, presented by the League of Canadian Poets.

Celebrate Poetry Month with Coach House & Anansi's Pair of Poetry Package!

Looking for a good start to celebrate Poetry Month? How about a Pair of Poetry Package from two of Canada's most prolific poetry presses?

Four Coach House titles nominated for the CBC Bookie Awards

Vote for your favourite books of the last year in the CBC Bookie Awards.

Don't miss the Coach House Spring Launch on April 4!

Book fever: catch it! Both the baseball and the spring book publishing seasons are just around the corner. So, on Thursday, April 4 (two days after opening day), Coach House wants to take you out to the crowd at The Garrison (1197 Dundas St. West). Like baseball's spring training, our Spring 2013 book launch will preview of our new team, and we think these cracker-jack authors are going to hit it out of the park. Come out and root, root, root for the home team: Coach House Books.

Maidenhead receives an honourable mention for book design from the Alcuin Society

March 27, 2013 — The Alcuin Society has awarded Maidenhead, designed by Ingrid Paulson and Alana Wilcox, with an honourable mention for excellence in book design.

The cover of Maidenhead, by Tamara Faith Berger, features hand-lettering and a provocative illustration that perfectly encapsulates the book's sexual politics.

Jonathan Ball gets a shoutout in his hometown newspaper

March 19, 2013 — From the 'Hometown Boy Makes Good' files comes an item about recent Manitoba Book Award nominee Jonathan Ball (The Politics of Knives) in the Rainy River Record, Stratton's news site of record. Visit the Rainy River Record for more.