About Spirit Engine by John Donlan, Judith Fitzgerald writes: “A brilliant wordsmith, Donlan writes circles around many of his contemporaries and, in so doing, creates a world where all remains redolent with the radiant sheen of life, writ lush with largesse and a kind of courage to Read more...
Lampman-Scott 2009 Award Short List Announced. The Arc Poetry Society is pleased to announce the three finalists for the 2009 Lampman-Scott Award for Poetry. This award honours the poetry and friendship of Archibald Lampman and Duncan Campbell Scott. Their literary friendship helped foster Read more...
June – July 2009. The Scoop (Tamworth, Ontario) reviewed Hooked by Carolyn Smart. The reviewer Jeannie Harrison wrote ” HOOKED is a sensational book of poetry about the difficult (you might say twisted) lives of seven infamous women addicted to drink, sex, love, murder and/or Read more...
Jan Conn, poet, biologist. It is Jan’s biography, I believe, that makes her work completely different from anyone else’s, that gives layers to her words that we can unravel. She writes with the vivid imagery of Latin America fuels Isabel Allende’s genius, yet the fact that she Read more...
An old subject, but a fresh approach – The history of love poetry is the history of poetry itself. One of the oldest known fragments of written verse consists of a few mushy lines of Sumerian cuneiform; it begins, “Bridegroom, dear to my heart, Goodly is your beauty, Read more...
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Count on it Reviewed by Judith Fitzgerald (Globe and Mail, January 17, 2009) CORRECTION LINE, by Dennis Cooley. Thistledown Press, 94 pages, $15.95 SPIRIT ENGINE, by John Donlan. Brick Books, 75 pages, $18 THE PLACE THAT WE KEEP AFTER LEAVING, by John B. Lee, Black Moss Press, 64 pages, Read more...
The heart in love – the heart in nature Reviewed by Bill Robertson (Saskatoon StarPhoenix, January 10, 2009) LUSKVILLE REDUCTIONS By Monty Reid, Brick Books, $18 SPIRIT ENGINE By John Donlan, Brick Books, $18 - – - In these two collections of poetry, two men speak clearly — Read more...
Whirling dervish in verse – Dislocation reigns but calm replaces frenzy in second collection Toronto Star – January 4, 2009 – Barbara Carey Wasps in a Golden Dream Hum a Strange Music by Asher Ghaffar Read more...
Well, it’s the second day of December and there is snow on the ground and thoughts are turning towards Christmas and the holidays. And what is better than another list?!? Great ideas for Christmas presents – buy books!! And you can buy them from our website now www.brickbooks.ca The Read more...
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