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Mad Hope one of the Ottawa Citizen's best Canadian books of 2012

The Ottawa Citizen, in conjunction with 49th Shelf, spotlighted some of the year's best Canadian books that might have been overlooked by the awards committees on December 22, 2012. Among the lineup of great titles is Heather Birrell's 2012 short story collection, Mad Hope. As the article in the Citizen notes:

Spencer Gordon's Cosmo one of Salty Ink's Dozen Most Dazzling Debuts of 2012

December 20, 2012 — Chad Pelley of the Salty Ink blog has rounded up his favourite debut novels of the year, and Spencer Gordon's short fiction collection Cosmo is among them! Check out the rest of the (baker's) dozen here.

Verso Books names 'compelling' and 'raw' Maidenhead one of their books of the year

December 19, 2012 — The staff at New York—based Verso Books, 'the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English-speaking world,' have named Tamara Faith Berger's Maidenhead among their favourite books read this year:

Rachel Zolf in conversation with Divya Victor on Jacket2

December 17, 2012 — Jacket2, a publication of PennSound and the Kelly Writers House at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia has posted a series of seven discourses between poets Rachel Zolf (Neighbour Procedure, Human Resources) and Divya Victor that took place between June

Mad Hope one of Pickle Me This blog's books of the year

December 17, 2012 — Kerry Clare, editor at 49th Shelf and the blogger at Pickle Me This, has named Heather Birrell's short story collection Mad Hope as one of her books of the year:

GG award finalists choose Monoceros and Mad Hope as the year's top reads

December 17, 2012 — Postmedia asked this year's 2012 Governor General's Award finalists (including Coach House authors David McGimpsey and Karen Hines) to name their favourite books of the year and two Coach House titles were among their picks. The list appeared in the Calgary Herald and the Ottawa Citizen, among other publications.

Maidenhead on Amazon.ca Top 100 and iTunes Best of 2012 lists

December 14, 2012 — Tamara Faith Berger's novel Maidenhead gained quite the reputation this year — so much so that it's listed on Amazon.ca's Top 100 Editors' Picks as well as iTunes Canada's Best Fiction of 2012 list (that link will ask to open up iTunes, if you have it ins

Listen to Cordelia Strube interviewed on Daybreak Alberta

December 14, 2012 — Cordelia Strube talked with CBC's Russell Bowers on Daybreak Alberta a few months ago about her new novel Milosz, and the interview is included in the program's annual Christmas Book Show. Cordelia talks about finding new ways to describe the gamut of emotions her characters experience and that we all have: 'Everybody's fractured underneath. Yes, there are blasts of jubilation, but so much of life is just putting your head down and butting your way through it.

Three Coach House titles on The Coast's Best of 2012 list

December 13, 2012 — The Coast, Halifax's weekly newspaper, has listed And the Birds Rained Down, Cosmo and Maidenhead among their top books of 2012. (Psst: take advantage of our Holiday Gold Sale and pick up any or all of these titles for 25% off!)

Quill & Quire readers name The Lease one of 2012's top poetry books

December 12, 2012 — The people have spoken: Mathew Henderson's The Lease, inspired by his time working on the oilfields in Saskatchewan and Alberta, is one of the year's best poetry books, according to Quill & Quire readers. View the other selections for poetry, fiction, nonfiction and YA over on the QuillBlog.