In case you missed any of these: Lousy Book Covers vs Best covers of 2012 books. In all fairness, cover design that’s folksy with writing that isn’t tight is a fair warning. Perhaps covers can be slicker than writing could ever hope to be? Salty Ink has a judge a book by its cover contest […]
Author Archives: Pearl
A Value in Chapbooks
rob mclennan reflects on 20 years of his above/ground press publishing over 500 chapbooks and says in part, Part of the role of publishing, at least what I’ve worked at, has been in being able to provide a step for those willing and wanting to take advantage of it. A community is made, recognized and […]
First 13 for 2013
I’ve decided to focus on reading more paper, less online. So here’s the start of Books Read in 2013 from the 95 books in a year idea. The first 10 I’m finished, the others I’m still reading. Day and Night: Poems by Dorothy Livesay (Oolichan Books, 1944, 2011) Life in a Medieval City by Frances […]
Montreal-ish poetry
The Atwater Poetry Project in Westmount has announced their 2013 season and first up, Lettuce have, McGimpsey and Sue Sinclair. Rhea Tregebov and Carmine Starnino are next month, Méira Cook and Bruce Taylor in March and can you remember further ahead than that?
First small press fair of 2013
span-o (the small press action network – ottawa) will present the ottawa small press book fair, spring 2013 edition on June 15 in room 203 of the Jack Purcell Community Centre (on Elgin, at 320 Jack Purcell Lane). Held twice a year since 1994, the fair usually contains exhibitors with poetry books, novels,cookbooks, posters, t-shirts, […]