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Jen Currin interviewed in Poetry Is Dead

January 17, 2013 — The Queer Issue (#6) of Poetry Is Dead magazine (available now) features poetry by Jen Currin (The Inquisition Yours, Hagiography) and Sarah Pinder (Cutting Room).

Edward Keenan dines with Corey Mintz

January 17, 2013 — Edward Keenan, whose book Some Great Idea: Good Neighbourhoods, Crazy Politics and the Invention of Toronto officially launches on January 24, joined the Toronto Star's Corey Mintz for a hearty repast of ribeye steak and a meaty discussion about the state of To

Edward Keenan talks books and identity with Hazlitt

January 15, 2013 — Edward Keenan, author of the forthcoming book Some Great Idea: Good Neighbourhoods, Crazy Politics and the Invention of Toronto, shows off his bookshelves to Hazlitt magazine as part of their Shelf Esteem feature. Keenan's collection includes books by Tom Wolfe, Hunter S. Thompson and the author he cites as his greatest influence, David Foster Wallace.

Maidenhead on Salty Ink's Best Novels of 2012

January 15, 2013 — Chad Pelley of Salty Ink has posted his list of the best Canadian novels of 2012, and guess who's on it? That's right, Maidenhead, the sexy and subversive novel from Tamara Faith Berger. (Her new book, Little Cat, a revised collection of two previously out-of-print books, will be released by Coach House this spring.)

Listen to Cordelia Strube interviewed on the CBC's Sunday Edition

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.

Some Great Idea and The Devil and the Detective included in 49th Shelf's spring preview

Edward Keenan's forthcoming book Some Great Idea: Good Neighbourhoods, Crazy Politics and the Invention of Toronto and John Goldbach's upcoming novel The Devil and the Detective are two of the books 49th Shelf is looking forward to reading this spring.

The National Post looks forward to Coach House's Spring 2013 releases!

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?

Prairie books NOW goes behind the scenes of Jonathan Ball's The Politics of Knives

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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Our Post-Holiday Post-Paper Sales offers 30% off our ebooks

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?

Karen Hines's Drama is one of Calgary Herald's theatrical highlights of 2012

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: