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January 14, 2013 — Cordelia Strube was interviewed on the January 13 episode of the CBC's Sunday Edition, which you can listen to online. Cordelia talked with host Michael Enright about her 'messy' writing process and the laugh-out-loud humour — and hope — at the core of her books, which contain subject matter often described as 'dark' or 'bleak.' 'I look for humans dealing with tremendous obstacles and showing nobility,' she said.

January 4, 2013 — Happy New Year from Coach House Books! It's that time when we turn from looking back on the year to looking forward, which leads us to ask the all-important question: what's on your must-read list for 2013?

The Winter 2012 issue of Prairie books NOW contains an interview with Jonathan Ball on his horror poetry collection, The Politics of Knives. Contributor Ariel Gordon spoke to Ball about his influences, how his poetry can operate in the realm of experimental novel, and his upcoming projects.

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Judging by news reports and the internet, an untold number you received some sort of portable e-reading device over the holidays: maybe a Kobo, iPad, Kindle or Atari 2600. But without any ebooks, what can you do with that oversized calculator?

January 3, 2013 — The Calgary Herald's list of the city's top twelve performing arts highlights of 2012 includes Karen Hines's Drama: Pilot Episode, which was produced by the Alberta Theatre Projects and published by Coach House. Here's how they described the play:

As of January 1, 2013, Coach House will be sold and distributed in Canada by Publishers Group Canada.

The year 2012 held a number of great surprises for Tamara Faith Berger's Maidenhead, and one of the most unexpected was the book's inclusion on a Flavorwire list!

In the Flavorwire editors' own words:

During the last week in 2012, Maisonneuve published their 'Maisy's Best Books of 2012' list, and not only did Coach House titles like Mathew Henderson's The Lease and Tamara Faith Berger's Maidenhead appear on the list, Maidenhead actually appeared twice (!).

On December 24 (Christmas Eve!), Salon.com offered up their Ultimate Book Guide: recommendations straight from the authors of some of their best reviewed books of 2012.

In Salon's words: