'I had always thought that Toronto's forgetting of the lovely poet Gwendolyn MacEwen was the city's most depressing literary oversight. I thought that until I began reading the work of Daniel Jones, a Toronto poet and novelist who killed himself in 1994.' — Amy Lavender Harris, Imagining Toronto
After way too long a wait, Literary Death Match (presented by Summer Literary Seminars and supported by Iambik Audiobooks) is set to finally debut in Montreal, and they've put together a knockout lineup that will have La Belle Ville in throes of literary delight.
Rachel Zolf (Neighbour Procedure) leads a seminar as part of 'Negotiating the Social Bond of Poetics,' a two-part event presented by the Kootenay School of Writing. Following her reading on the 19th, Zolf leads an afternoon seminar at W2 Culture + Media House (112 West Hastings, 3rd Floor).
Negotiating the Social Bond of Poetics
a seminar led by Rachel Zolf
presented by the Kootenay School of Writing
Saturday, March 20, 2010
W2 Culture + Media House
Why watch a holiday special on television when you can watch one live, on stage? Bestselling and Griffin Poetry Prize-winning poet Christian Bök will be in Toronto to celebrate the publication of Eunoia: The Upgraded Edition.
Coach House Books and Gaspereau Press celebrate the publication of two new books by two fantastic young authors – Kate Hall and Johanna Skibrsud (Late Nights With Wild Cowboys, shortlisted for the Lampert Award). On October 27, Kate Hall, young poets who've both lived in Kingston, return to the city to launch new books at Chez Piggy, the restaurant where Kate Hall worked as a server years ago.
San Francisco's Right Window will present 'Punctuation' from October 4 to 25, 2009, with an opening reception on Sunday, October 4, 2009, from 2 to 8 p.m. As part of the opening, authors Lisa Robertson (Lisa Robertson's Magenta Soul Whip) and Jordan Scott (Blert) will perform, as will Donato Mancini, and the Post Brothers will lecture on 'Portable Holes.'
I am in Montreal and have borrowed a copy of local writer David McGimpsey's Sitcom from a friend. I read it as we walk up Rachel Street toward the optometrist's at Saint-Denis where I am to pick up my new glasses. The city is all around us as we sit at the reception, surrounded by glass and, just beyond the glass, snow and crowded streets.
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.
