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If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, you are likely no stranger to current prolonged darkness (both literally and metaphorically). It’s the time our bodies are telling us to slow […]

Not that any of us really want to remember our high school experience, but who can forget the pain of our early efforts at social conformity? Don’t we all cheer […]

Mystery, romance, odes to friendship, page-turners are all things found in poetry though perhaps the fiction industry (ahem) might try to convince you otherwise. To that end, if you are […]

Although next year is our Big Year (50th Anniversary), in honour of National Poetry Month, we’re offering a little teaser of activities ahead with a Brick Books Trivia Quiz that […]

We are so thrilled that one of our co-founders, Don McKay, has been added to the illustrious list of poets who have received the Griffin Poetry Prize’s Lifetime Recognition Award. […]

Each year, Brick Books strives to bring moving and relevant books into the world by publishing poetry with deep craft and something at stake—titles that broaden the definitions of what […]

“It was a gift to have to time to be slow” – workshop participant If you’re a poetry reader, you know that reading poetry can take you to a spacious […]

“Read more books” can be a popular item on many New Year’s resolutions, and hopefully it’s one of the more joyous and easier-to-keep resolutions on your list, especially because reading […]

The New Year is fast approaching, with all of its attendant fears, hopes, and fleeting resolves. But what is the essence of a New Year if not to find new […]

I always picture dormant seeds in the ground beginning to stir and turn toward the light today, the darkest day of the year. I try to find a moment to […]