Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems by Randall Maggs has been chosen as one of this year’s Globe 100 titles in the Globe and Mail.

Newfoundland poet Randall Maggs signals early on his focus on the humanness of this god of hockey. He opens with a found poem from the post-mortem examination of goalie legend Terry Sawchuk, who died in 1970 after a still-mysterious tussle with a teammate. Maggs displays his own deep knowledge of “an ancient game with ancient rules.” This book of long, narrative poems is, in fact, an exquisite biographical novel, in the tradition of Michael Ondaatje’s The Collected Works of Billy the Kid. – John Degen

Here are selected highlights and comments about this book.

launches

MCI Great Hall, Hockey Hall of Fame, Toronto, 19 Feb. 2008.
McNally Robinson Booksellers (in conj. with Oseredok), Winnipeg, 21 Feb. 2008.
Canadian Embassy, Dublin (intro. Ambassador Pat Binns), 14 May 2008.

readings and festivals

International Readings at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, 16 Apr. 2008.

Domanski wins Masterworks Arts Award – By Elissa Barnard, Arts Reporter, The Halifax Chronicle-Herald.