Don McKay – St. John’s, Newfoundland – Member of the Order of Canada – For his contributions to Canadian literature as a nature poet and mentor of many emerging writers from coast to coast.

December 16, 2008. Canada Council announces poet Marlene Cookshaw as one of the winners of the Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Awards.

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 elves will be happy to pick and pack any of your book choices – and can send them for you to the recipients. They might even be able to wrap them in Christmas paper… [And for those of you in the know, Kitty is the elf who will visit the warehouse (sometimes known as her garage) to pick the books and pack them in the shipping department (sometimes known as her kitchen)...]

All Our Wonder Unavenged by Don Domanski - winner of the 2008 Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia Masterworks Arts Award. This book also won the 2007 Governor General’s Award for Poetry and the 2008 Atlantic Poetry Prize.

Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems by Randall Maggs – Through a collection of 70 poems, author Randall Maggs uniquely re-imagines the life of Terry Sawchuk.