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HookedLove OutlandishBotero's Beautiful HorsesOther People's LivesHymnCould beLast House, The

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Brick Books News

Congratulations to Lorri Neilsen Glenn – Winner of the 2010 Open Season Award – Malahat Review

February 4, 2010

Congratulations to Lorri Neilsen Glenn (Halifax, N.S.), Tricia Dower (Victoria, B.C.), and Melissa Jacques (Edmonton, AB) on winning The Malahat Review’s inaugural 2010 Open Season Awards in the Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Non-fiction categories respectively. Read more...

Globe Daily Review of The Last House by Michael Kenyon

February 4, 2010

Finely crafted divagations – Michael Kenyon explores the meaning of home in a new collection Read more...

Short Haul Engine by Karen Solie – Decade’s Best: Ten Best Books of the Aughts

January 25, 2010

DECADE’S BEST: Ten Best Books of the Aughts -  From head-scratching poems to social collapse, the best from the printed page. Read more...

Chris Hutchinson – 9 poems from Other People’s Lives in ditch anthology 3 (canadian men) (innovative poets)

January 25, 2010

On-line literary magazine ditch includes 9 poems excerpted from Other People’s Lives in anthology 3 (canadian men) (innovative poets) Read more...

HOOKED IN HOUSE – a dramatic presentation of Hooked, seven poems by Carolyn Smart

January 25, 2010

Hooked in house – Wine and dine with seven unforgettable women. One actress… Seven formidable women. Seven dishes. All served up in a home. This is HOOKED IN HOUSE. Seven dramatic monologues by Carolyn Smart, performed by Nicky Guadagni alongside the exquisite food offerings of Sandy Balcovske. Read more...

BRICK BOOKS – 35TH ANNIVERSARY SALE!!!

January 24, 2010

35TH ANNIVERSARY SALE – Happy New Year, one and all!!  And Happy Birthday to Brick Books!!!  35 Years & Going Strong!!!! Read more...

Farewell to Paul Quarrington

January 24, 2010

And farewell to Paul Quarrington, a friend of Brick Books, who passed away in Toronto on January 21.  He was a very special guy.  Many tributes have appeared including the following at the Toronto Star, the Canadian Press, the Globe and Mail: Read more...

Farewell to P.K. Page

January 19, 2010

Award-winning poet and artist P.K. Page died at home on January 14 in Victoria, BC. Read more...

More kudos for Breaker by Sue Sinclair

January 5, 2010

In “Books 2009, Part 1″ on his blog BELOW THE SPRUCE, poet Stephen Rowe writes about books he has read in 2009 – Breaker, Sue Sinclair: I had a chance to hear Sue Sinclair read at the March Hare literary festival in Gander his year and must say I enjoyed it immensely. I found this collection more accessible than Mortal Arguments and splendidly written. Highs: Sinclair can balance the worlds of flesh and spirit expertly and does not shy away from some words (e.g.: beauty) that can lead poets down the cliché highway, since she applies a freshness to them each time. Read more...