On December 19, Coach House announced that our beloved Kevin Connolly will step down as our official Poetry Editor. Kevin would like to spend less time writing marketing tipsheets and more time writing poetry (given he is a Griffin-nominated and highly acclaimed poet), so that seems pretty reasonable to us.
Uptown discusses Montreal's Nelly Arcan and Toronto's Daniel Jones, two iconic authors who transformed the experiences of their turbulent, too-short lives into extraordinary literary achievements.
2009 Griffin Poetry Prize finalists Jeramy Dodds (Crabwise to the Hounds) and Kevin Connolly (Revolver), along with winner A. F. Moritz (The Sentinel), read and discuss their poetry with host Tom Howell on CBC's The Next Chapter.
The Ontario Media Development Corporation and Authors at Harbourfront Centre present the Trillium Book Award readings and reception at Harbourfront's Brigantine Room (235 Queen's Quay West) on Monday, June 15, 2009. The invitation-only event features brief readings by each of the finalists for this year's award and is hosted by CBC News' mark Kelley.
Eye Weekly's Damian Rogers reports on the Griffin Poetry Prize — now in its ninth year — and interviews, among others, Coach House senior editor Alana Wilcox and web editor Bill Kennedy. The article covers the origins of the Griffin Trust and founder Scott Griffin's vision for its future.
A stellar cast of poets including Jen Currin (Hagiography), Kevin Connolly, Kim Minkus and Christine Leclerc present an evening of readings at Bread & Circus (299 Augusta Avenue) on Monday, May 4. Readings begin at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free.
National Poetry Month Hangover
featuring Jen Currin, Kevin Connolly, Kim Minkus and Christine Leclerc
Monday, May 4, 2009
Bread and Circus, 299 Augusta Avenue
Toronto, ON
7:30 p.m.
Free
The 2009 Canadian and international shortlists for the Griffin Poetry Prize were announced on Tuesday, April 7 by Scott Griffin, founder of The Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry and David Young, trustee. We're thrilled to report that Jeramy Dodds's Crabwise to the Hounds was selected with the following citation from the judges:
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:
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.
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.
