Buy from indie bookstores, get a little something extra this month.
With bookstore purchase at Mother Tongue get candles or salsa and at Collected Works get the brownies. Seriously, don’t miss those brownies. 2 people might be needed for 1.
But that’s not an April special. For April get an above/ground chapbook by Lisa Robertson or George Elliott Clarke. If you haven’t been to Collected Works in a bit, poke a nose. Their second half expansion now has paint (blue), shelves (white) and light bulbs (mostly connected). They’re puttering forward.
As times are always tight for writers it’s good to see an idea that brings more cooperation and collaboration into play.
above/ground is pre-releasing 50 copies of each poetry title, (normally $4 each) for Poetry Month special. Which titles?
Lisa Robertson’s On Physical Real Beginning and What Happens will be available free (with purchase) starting April 1, 2012 at Mother Tongue Books, 1067 Bank Street, Ottawa.
One of Canada’s most engaged poets, Lisa Robertson was born in Toronto and
lives in France. Bookthug has just published her new book of essays, Nilling.
George Elliott Clarke’s Selected Canticles will be available free (with purchase) starting April 15, 2012 at Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeebar, 1242 Wellington Street West, Ottawa.
Poet, playwright, novelist and literary critic George Elliott Clarke won the Governor General’s Award for Poetry for Execution Poems (Gaspereau Press, 2001). His most recent book is Red (Gaspereau Press, 2011). He is currently the E.J. Pratt Professor of Canadian Literature at the University of Toronto.
Publisher rob mclennan says, “This project hopes to highlight the importance of the independent, community bookseller by encouraging the public to explore just what these businesses provide, not just for readers, but for writers, in the city.”