Novelist, poet and filmmaker John Stiles read from his long-awaited new novel, Taking the Stairs, in Wolfville, St. Catharines, Fonthill, Niagara Falls, New York, Ottawa, Toronto and Halifax. Now he's back home in London, so the next best thing is to buy the book.
"Take My Book, Please"
Caught in the middle of a nation-wide debate over the hot topic of copyright, John Degen has unleashed a barrage of intellectual property that no one else could've ever dreamed up: his book. John's novel The Uninvited Guest, shortlisted for the Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award only last year, is now available as a FREE PDF at John's website. If you like enough of what you see to covet the real thing, you may, of course, purchase it right here through our distributor. John has written an essay on the release at The Globe & Mail.
Birch Split Bark Wins City
of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize
Diane Guichon has won the City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize, for her first poetry collection Birch Split Bark. Congratulations, Diane! Roberta Rees and Glen Dresser were the other nominees. The $5,000 prize will be presented at a ceremony on June 10.
Getty Launches Second Collection
Adam Getty's new collection of poetry, Repose, has hit the shelves and we're celebrating. His first book, Reconciliation, won the Gerald Lampert Prize and was shortlisted for the Trillium Award for Poetry. His Toronto launch took place May 14.
Wong Wins BC Book Prize!

Rita Wong's new collection of poetry, Forage, has won the Dorothy Livesay BC Book Prize for Poetry. Congratulations Rita! Wong's new collection was reviewed by George Elliott Clarke as a "fierce achievement . . . a formidable fusion."
The Rush to Here Shortlisted for the Atlantic Poetry Prize

George Murray was shortlisted for the Atlantic Poetry Prize for his new Nightwood collection The Rush to Here but was edged out by Don Domanski's Governor-General's-Award-winning collection All Our Wonder Unavenged. He did get a great little Atlantic tour out of the experience, and is now back home enjoying family life with new son August.