by Steven W. Beattie

In her new collection, Dani Spinosa locates visual poetry at the nexus of analogue and digital traditions

“I love the weird, nostalgic fetishism of the typewriter,” says poet and academic Dani Spinosa, whose new collection, OO: Typewriter Poems (Invisible Publishing), is a kind of extended love letter to the technology of a ... Read More »

April 2, 2020

Souvankham Thammavongsa

By Steven W. Beattie

Poet Souvankham Thammavongsa shifts gears with a sharp and steely new collection of short stories

March 5, 2020

Reed Exhibitions officially cancels London Book Fair over COVID-19 concerns

By Steven W. Beattie

Reed Exhibitions has announced that the London Book Fair, scheduled to take place March 10–12, has been cancelled. In a statement, Reed says the cancellation comes “following the escalation of COVID-19 Coronavirus in Europe.” The ... Read More »

March 4, 2020

Sarah MacLachlan to retire in June, Bruce Walsh named as new publisher at House of Anansi

By Steven W. Beattie

Big changes are ahead for one of Canada’s premiere domestic publishers. After 16 years, Sarah MacLachlan is retiring as president and publisher of House of Anansi Press and president of Groundwood Books. A press release ... Read More »

March 4, 2020

Phillipa K. Chong argues that the death of book reviews has been greatly exaggerated

By Steven W. Beattie

There is a crisis in the culture of popular book reviewing. Don’t take my word for it – listen to the words of a well-regarded U.S. critic bemoaning how dire the situation really is: “The ... Read More »

February 20, 2020

Megan Gail Coles, Samra Habib, and Jesse Thistle among the 2020 Canada Reads contenders

By Steven W. Beattie

A debut novel from Newfoundland; a quartet of novellas focused on the travails of American society; a personal journey through identity and self-discovery; the first novel in an ongoing trilogy; and a searing account of ... Read More »

January 22, 2020

Increased rents are putting Vancouver small publishers in a tight spot

By Steven W. Beattie

“It’s horrible.” That’s how Brian Kaufman, publisher at Vancouver independent Anvil Press, describes the past year, during which the press has been forced to move not once, but twice. And, in both cases, the cause ... Read More »

January 16, 2020

2020 Spring Preview: Fiction and poetry

By Steven W. Beattie

POETRY My Art Is Killing Me and Other Poems Amber Dawn Arsenal Pulp Press, March Following her groundbreaking 2019 anthology Hustling Verse (co-edited by Justin Ducharme), Amber Dawn returns with her own sophomore collection, a ... Read More »

January 16, 2020

Neil Peart: Rush drummer and the man who saved ECW Press

By Steven W. Beattie

For music fans, Neil Peart was the iconic drummer and lyricist for the seminal Canadian rock band Rush. For Jack David, Peart, who died on Jan. 7 after an extended bout with cancer, was something ... Read More »

January 13, 2020

2020 Spring Preview: Novels

By Steven W. Beattie

The Subtweet Vivek Shraya ECW Press, April Novelist, memoirist, poet, children’s author, visual artist, musician: it’s becoming apparent that there is little Vivek Shraya is not capable of undertaking. Shraya returns with another title that ... Read More »

January 13, 2020

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In her new collection, Dani Spinosa locates visual poetry at the nexus of analogue and digital traditions

Souvankham Thammavongsa

Reed Exhibitions officially cancels London Book Fair over COVID-19 concerns

Sarah MacLachlan to retire in June, Bruce Walsh named as new publisher at House of Anansi

Phillipa K. Chong argues that the death of book reviews has been greatly exaggerated

Megan Gail Coles, Samra Habib, and Jesse Thistle among the 2020 Canada Reads contenders

Increased rents are putting Vancouver small publishers in a tight spot

2020 Spring Preview: Fiction and poetry

Neil Peart: Rush drummer and the man who saved ECW Press

2020 Spring Preview: Novels

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