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Karen Hines on CBC's Daybreak Alberta

Karen Hines - whose new play, Drama, opens Feb. 10th with the Alberta Theatre Projects – talked to CBC's Daybreak Alberta on the morning of Feb.

Karen Hines Speaks with FFWD about her Dark New Play, Drama

Karen Hines - whose new noir-inflected play, Drama, opens at the Alberta Theatre Projects this weekend - spoke with FFWD's Zoltan Varadi about being a writer in 'Gotham on the Prairies' (a.k.a. Calgary) and criticizing the oil economy while working in its midst:

Coach House Offers Free Digital Downloads with Print Purchase!

Coach House will, as of February 14, offer free digital downloads with the purchase of any print edition (provided, of course, the book currently exists in e-format). You buy one of our print books, the electronic book is yours for the taking.

Sounds great, but how does it work? One of two ways:

Listen to Biblio File's Interview with Coach House Founder Stan Bevington

In a two-part interview with Coach House founder and master printer Stan Bevington, Nigel Beale, from the Biblio File podcast, delves into the intriguing combination of factors that inspired Bevington's passion for print culture and took Coach House to the forefront of Canadian book design.

The interview is both a journey through the history of technologies and typefaces, as well as an advice manual for collectors seeking rare pieces of Canadiana.

Dave Meslin Talks to Open Book: Toronto about Editing and Activism

In an interview with Open Book: Toronto, Dave Meslin discusses the perils and pleasures of urban activism, he explains why this past year has been a surprisingly exciting one for political geeks in Toronto and he offers a shocking revelation about his reading habits (or lack thereof).

Matthew Tierney Talks About Science and Poetry with Open Book: Toronto

In an interview with Open Book: Toronto, Matthew Tierney, author of The Hayflick Limit, discusses the sometimes hostile, sometimes intimate relationship between science and poetry. He also reveals the thematic material that motivates his forthcoming Coach House collection, Probably Inevitable.

Rob Benvie offers Hilarious Answers to Open Book: Toronto's 'Proust Questionnaire'

Rob Benvie responds to Open Book: Toronto's Proust Questionnaire, a series of questions that are supposed to reveal the respondant's true self. The results are funny, and just a tad unsettling.

Benvie's latest novel, Maintenance, came out last year from Coach House.

What is your principal fault?

Leigh Kotsilidis Discusses Language, Knowledge and Social Convention with the Northern Poetry Review

In a thoughtful interview with the Northern Poetry Review, Leigh Kotsilidis discusses the slow evolution of her poetry, from tales of adolescent insecurity, to experimental works that address existential conundrums, critique institutional knowledge and debunk everyday figures of speech.

Stan Bevington gets Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alcuin Society

Coach House founder and master printer Stan Bevington is this year’s recipient of the Robert R. Reid lifetime achievement award for excellence in book art. The award is given annually by the Alcuin Society, a non-profit dedicated to preserving and celebrating Canadian contributions to print culture.

Previous Robert R. Reid recipients include former Coach House typesetter and designer Glenn Goluska.

Congratulations, Stan. Beautifully done!

Coach House's new C.H.I.P. Membership Program gets a Shout-Out on CBC

Erin Balser discusses the Coach House C.H.I.P. membership program on CBC's Fresh Air with Mary Ito. "I think it's a really new and interesting way of bringing people into their community," she says.

Balser and fellow guest Becky Toyne also chat about the rise of ebook journalism and the difficulties that brick-and-mortar bookstores continue to face.