Mike Blouin, author of the novel Chase and Haven, was recently interviewed by Spencer Gordon of Broken Pencil. You can read the full interview online here, but we've put a taste below:
Capital Xtra!, Ottawa's LGBT biweekly paper, ran a profile on author and artist Sherwin Tjia on April 15, 2009. The profile, written by Lorraine Garrison, paid special attention to Tjia's poetry collection The World Is A Heartbreaker.
On the eve of the publication of My Winnipeg, the book companion to his latest critically-lauded film, Guy Maddin talks to the Village Voice's Zach Baron about what readers can expect to find between the covers:
Margaret Christakos, the author of seven poetry collections (including 2008's What Stirs) takes the National Post's National Poetry Month questionnaire and reveals her democratic approach to readership:
Q: If you could get everyone in the world to read one poem, what would it be?
Nicole Brossard, the critically lauded author of Fences in Breathing, was interviewed by Xtra! on the eve of the publication of her new novel and its launch in Toronto. Journalist Alice Lawlor asked her questions about Fences in Breathing and the politics of loving another woman:
March is a special month. Not only was it the first month in the ancient Roman calendar, it is also host to two — count 'em, two — featured titles on the Coach House website: Rachel Zolf's Neighbour Procedure and Carla Gunn's Amphibian!
Starting Wednesday, March 10, you can hear from the man who started it all at the AGO. In March, Coach House Press founder and master printer Stan Bevington will begin an ongoing series of weekly conversations at Toronto's Art Gallery of Ontario. As part of the AGO's innovative exhibit, 'Canadian Art in the 1960s and 1970s through the lens of Coach House Press,' Bevington will take up residence in the exhibit space every Wednesday night, between 7 and 8 p.m.
