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John Goldbach takes The Proust Questionnaire on Open Book Toronto

April 30, 2013 — John Goldbach, author of the recently launched The Devil and the Detective, a genre-bending noir novel, took The Proust Questionnaire for Open Book Toronto. Through it, John reveals his fondness for Beethoven and Jimi Hendrix ('Similar hairstyles'), his favourite sources of monounsaturated fats (almonds and avocados) and how he wants to die:

The Great Canadian Publishing Tour visits the Coach House

April 29, 2013 — Erinne Sevigny of The Great Canadian Publishing Tour blog recently stopped by the Coach House for a tour of the presses and a sit in the Magical Sleeper Chair. From her blog post:

Jonathan Ball wins a Manitoba Book Award for The Politics of Knives

April 29, 2013 — Jonathan Ball's latest poetry collection The Politics of Knives was is the winner of the 2013 Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry, presented last night at the Manitoba Book Awards.

The jury shared the following words of praise:

Tamara Faith Berger’s Maidenhead wins the Believer Book Award!

April 29, 2013 — Coach House Books is proud to share the news that Tamara Faith Berger’s novel Maidenhead has been awarded The Believer Book Award for 2012. The award, selected annually by the magazine’s editors, recognizes ‘the strongest and most underappreciated’ novel or story collection of the year.

The Lease listed among CBC Books' 'must-read' poetry titles

Over at the CBC Books site on April 19, they highlighted some of their favourite ('must-read') poetry titles, and Coach House was delighted to see one of our titles listed. From the site:

It's National Poetry Month, so we decided it's the perfect time to come up with a list of five poetry books from the past year that deserve special mention.

Cosmo wins the 2013 CBC Overlookie Bookie Award!

For the past few weeks, CBC Books asked the Canadian public to weigh in on their third annual Bookie Awards by suggesting categories, recommending finalists and voting for the winners.

Coach House mourns A.S.A. Harrison

Coach House Books joins the Canadian literary community in mourning the death of A.S.A. Harrison, who passed away after a battle with cancer on Sunday, April 14, at the age of 65.

David Seymour profiled by Open Book Toronto

This spring, Coach House is publishing poet David Seymour's highly anticipated new collection, For Display Purposes Only. Open Book Toronto sat down to ask David Seymour about his poetic influences and practices on April 13, 2013. An excerpt of the interview follows, but you can read the full interview at Open Book Toronto.

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The Globe and Mail 'springs foreword' with John Goldbach's The Devil and the Detective

The Globe and Mail rounded up thirteen of the spring book releases that they figured 'either you're going to hear about or you're going to wish you did hear about' in the April 13, 2013, books section.

Nicole Brossard wins the 2013 littérature francophone Benjamin Fondane

April 9, 2013 — Nicole Brossard, whose latest poetry collection, White Piano (translated by Robert Majzels and ErÍn Moure) has been awarded the 2013 winner of the littérature francophone Benjamin Fondane.