Archive for March, 2009
Thursday, March 26th, 2009
March 26, 2009, St. John’s, NL – Randall Maggs is the winner of the 2008 Winterset Award for Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems – a biography in poems of one of hockey’s greatest goalies, Terry Sawchuk.
Tags: brick books, Canadian literature, hockey, Newfoundland, Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems, Poetry, Randall Maggs
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Monday, March 23rd, 2009
Tags: book review, brick books, Canadian literature, Carolyn Smart, Hooked, Poetry
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Congratulations to Sue Sinclair whose book Breaker was nominated for the 12th Annual Atlantic Poetry Prize.
Tags: Atlantic Poetry Prize, Breaker, brick books, Sue Sinclair
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Monday, March 16th, 2009
Love Outlandish by Barry Dempster is our second spring 2009 book and is NOW in print.
Tags: Barry Dempster, brick books, Canadian poetry, English literature, Love Outlandish, Poetry
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Sunday, March 15th, 2009
Congratulations to Randall Maggs whose book Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems has been named a finalist for the 2008 Winterset Award administered by the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council.
Tags: Canadian poetry, English literature, Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems, Randall Maggs, Winterset Award
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Sunday, March 15th, 2009
Love Outlandish by Barry Dempster is our second spring 2009 book and is not in print.
Tags: Barry Dempster, brick books, Canadian poetry, English literature, Love Outlandish
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Sunday, March 15th, 2009
Hooked, seven poems by Carolyn Smart is our first spring 2009 book. It is now in print and is available through the website – and should be in the stores very soon.
Tags: Canadian poetry, Carolyn Smart, English literature, Hooked: seven poems, Poetry
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Sunday, March 15th, 2009
Congratulations to Sue Goyette who has won the 2008 CBC Literary Award in the Poetry category for her poem “Outskirts”.
Tags: Canadian poetry, CBC Literary Awards, English literature, Poetry, Sue goyette, The True Names of Birds, Undone
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