Nightwood publisher Silas White at #BCBookDay at the Legislature in Victoria!

FINE by Matt Rader: 'Rader’s swift, spare poems explore such experiences of fracture as they occur alongside pleasure and appreciation....Fine makes the case for earnest, if incomplete, poetic attention in a time of disharmonious change.' thebcreview.ca/2024/04/23/214…

Thank you, Jess and 49th Shelf, for including BURR by Brooke Lockyer in this fabulous list!

THIS SATURDAY: Join bestselling author Denise Chong & award-winning writer Renée Sarojini Saklikar for an inspiring discussion about Chong's powerful new book, Out of Darkness.

Part of Uplift Asian: ow.ly/2hvN50RkbT7

Apr 27 | 2 pm | Central Library
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'but i’ll get to hold your hand and see an entire star fall behind you, / the foreground: your face lighting up, ambient noise encasing.'

We read 'scratch tickets' & chat with Dallas Hunt about his collection TEETH (Nightwood Editions) for #alupoemforthat

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These are three damn fine books by three damn fine poets. And Cathy Stonehouse, to boot! Don't miss it.

'From a Cree poet whose work feels like a crisp walk in the woods, to rhymes that delight, shake and flutter, Canadian writers celebrate National Poetry Month.' ~ Toronto Star. TEETH by Dallas Hunt is included in this fabulous list of poets! thestar.com/entertainment/…

Victoria friends! Jess Housty, author of CRUSHED WILD MINT (a finalist for TWO BC Book Prizes), will be in your beautiful city tomorrow!

Vancouver friends! Don't miss this collective poetry launch for Donna Kane, Matt Rader, and Dallas Hunt
at The Lido on May 8th! Cathy Stonehouse, shortlisted for the 2024 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize for DREAM HOUSE, will be our MC!

Lunch Poems presents Liz Howard & Renée Sarojini Saklikar (Online) Tickets, Wed, 17 Apr 2024 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite 🙏🏾 ⁦SFU English Department⁩ ⁦SFU Vancouver⁩ ⁦SFU Creative Writing⁩ ⁦Nightwood Editions⁩ ⁦Liz Howard⁩ 😘🪷 eventbrite.ca/e/lunch-poems-…

Catch this interview on North by Northwest between Margaret Gallagher and poet Matt Rader. His new book, FINE, is now out in bookstores.
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Dallas Hunt shares his recommended reading list, 'Notes on Indigenous Grief and Joy,' on 49th Shelf
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Jess Housty will be in Victoria this Friday reading from CRUSHED WILD MINT, shortlisted for the BC Book Prizes!

HAPPY PUB DAY to four of our Spring 2024 books!
EXCERPTS FROM A BURNED LETTER by Joelle Barron
TEETH by Dallas Hunt
FINE by Matt Rader
LATE SEPTEMBER by Amy Mattes
Order these stunning collections from bookstores, libraries and online retailers now!

'My debut novel is about the coming-of-age themes I experienced like grief, addiction, and sexuality...I think the questions we ask are still the basics of who are we? What unites us? What hurts us and divides us?'

'This is a book about grief, death and longing. It’s about the gristle that lodges itself deep into one’s gums, between incisors and canines.' Enter for a chance to win Dallas Hunt's TEETH! 49thshelf.com/Giveaways/(off… Nightwood Editions #poetry

Thank you to Broadview Magazine for including the poem, 169 'anomalies' from TEETH by Dallas Hunt in the April/May issue.

Teeth by Dallas Hunt included in The Tyee's 'When Times Are Tough, the Tough Turn to Poetry,'
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'The opening poem (all are in lower case except titles), a long, skinny exploration of differing cultural notions of wilderness, hunting, and ritual, is super powerful.' ~Catherine Owen, Marrow Reviews
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'Excerpts from a Burned Letter has been a bit of a revelation in the way I mostly like my poetry: fascinated by scholarship, taut with form, ringing with sonorities, unafeared of truths.' ~ Catherine Owen, Marrow Review!
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