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The Surface of Meaning: Books and Book Design in Canada by Robert Bringhurst
CCSP Press, 2008
Read by Andy Brown
This is the flagship title of the new Atkins Library, a series of books about books published by CCSP Press, the brick and mortar arm of the respected SFU publishing school. So right away I am intrigued. A subject I can believe in. And the icing on the cake is [...]
Marrying Hungary by Linda Leith
“I was, in short, enthralled by Leith’s narration as she travels from childhood to her present with great style that seems to come easily to this talented writer.”
The Steve Machine by Mike Hoolboom
“a series of reckonings, less a novel than a video collage of memories, dreams and impressions…”
The Tablecloth Trick by Rick Crilly
“This book is neither a safe nor easy read. But it is a book that has much to offer.”
Noble Gas, Penny Gas by David O’Meara
“the third collection from a poet known for craft and scrupulous revision…”
feria: a poempark by Oana Avasilichioaei
“a sophisticated exploration of history, geography, language, and textuality in the phenomenological or proprioceptive tradition…”
is/was by Jenny Sampirisi
Insomniac Press, 2008
Read by Carrie Schmidt
I learned a harsh literary lesson when I was fifteen years old: never read the introduction until the actual story has been read. That was how Lord of the Flies was ruined for me — the ending was revealed in those first few pages of the introduction. is/was does not [...]
omnibus review
Ruth Roach Pierson
Aide-Mémoire (BuschekBooks, 2007)
Jacob Scheier
More to Keep Us Warm (ECW Press, 2007)
Sachiko Murakami
The Invisibility Exhibit (TalonBooks, 2008)
A.F. Moritz
The Sentinel (Anansi, 2008)
Weyman Chan
Noise From The Laundry (TalonBooks, 2008)
Read by Holly Luhning
There’s been no shortage of discussion about the GG nominees and winners recently. While the controversy surrounding the poetry category this year has provoked a [...]