Contemporary Canadian Literature with a Distinctly Urban Twist
newest releases
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Everything Rustles
Non-Fiction | Jane Silcott
Apr 2013 | 192 pp | 5.5 x 8
ISBN 978-1-927380-41-3
$18 CAN / $18 US
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This Drawn & Quartered Moon
Poetry | klipschutz
Apr 2013 | 128 pp | 5.75 x 8
ISBN 978-1-927380-45-1
$18 CAN / $18 US
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Unus Mundus
Poetry | Mari-Lou Rowley
Apr 2013 | 96 pp | 5.5 x 7.5
ISBN 978-1-927380-44-4
$18 CAN / $18 US
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Some Girls Do
Fiction | Teresa McWhirter
Apr 2013 | 168 pp | 5.5 x 8
ISBN 978-1-927380-50-5
$18 CAN / $18 US
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Stolen (New Edition)
Fiction | Annette Lapointe
Apr 2013 | 256 pp | 5.25 x 8.25
ISBN 978-1-927380-49-9
$20.00 CAN / $20.00 US
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Glossolalia
Poetry | Marita Dachsel
March 2013 | 94 pp | 5.5 x 7.5
ISBN 978-1-927380-40-6
$18.00 CAN / $18.00 US
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Sensational Victoria: Bright Lights, Red Lights, Murders, Ghosts & Gardens
Non-Fiction | Eve Lazarus
November 2012 | 160 pp | 7.5 x 9.5
ISBN 978-1-927380-06-2
$24 CAN / $24 US
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Sweet Assorted: 121 Takes from a Tin Box
Non-Fiction | Jim Christy
November 2012 | 194 pp | 5.5 x 8
ISBN 978-1-927380-05-5
$20 CAN / $20 US
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Whitetail Shooting Gallery
Fiction | Annette Lapointe
November 2012 | 228 pp | 5.75 x 8.75
ISBN 978-1-897535-98-1
$20 CAN / $20 US
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Budge
Fiction | Tom Osborne
Fall 12 | 244 pp | 5.5 x 8
ISBN 978-1-897535-99-8
$20 CAN / $20 US
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Trobairitz
Poetry | Catherine Owen
Fall 12 | 156 pp | 5.5 x 8
ISBN 978-1-897535-97-4
$18.00 CAN / $18.00 US
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Five Little Bitches
Fiction | Teresa McWhirter
Spring 12 | 296 pp | 5.5 x 8
ISBN 978-1-897535-90-5
$20 CAN / $20 US
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Valery the Great
Fiction | Elaine McCluskey
Spring 12 | 192 pp | 5.75 x 8.75
ISBN 978-1-897535-89-9
$20 CAN / $20 US
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A Dark Boat
Poetry | Patrick Friesen
Spring 12 | 120 pp | 5 x 7.5
ISBN 978-1-897535-91-2
$16 CAN / $16 US
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You Exist. Details Follow.
Poetry | Stuart Ross
Spring 12 | 120 pp | 5 x 7.5
ISBN 978-1-897535-92-9
$16 CAN / $16 US
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Mutant Sex Party & Other Plays
Drama | Ed Macdonald
Spring 12 | 120 pp | 5.25 x 8.25
ISBN 978-1-897535-93-6
$16 CAN / $16 US
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Who Killed Janet Smith?
Non-Fiction | Edward Starkins
October 2011 | 406 pp | 6 x 9
ISBN 978-1-897535-85-1
$24 CAN / $24 US
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Vancouver Noir: 1930-1960
Non-Fiction | Diane Purvey & John Belshaw
November 2011 | 224 pp | 7.5 x 9.5
ISBN 978-1-897535-83-7
$25 CAN / $25 US
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Exit
Fiction | Nelly Arcan (translated by David Scott Hamilton)
Spring 2011 | 192 pp | 5.25 x 8.25
ISBN 978-1-897535-66-0
$20 CAN / $20 US
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Hard Hed
Fiction | Charles Tidler
Spring 2011 | 192 pp | 5.75 x 8.75
ISBN 978-1-897535-69-1
$20 CAN / $20 US
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Afflictions & Departures
Non-Fiction | Madeline Sonik
Spring 2011 | 184 pp | 5.75 x 8.75
ISBN 978-1-897535-67-7
$20 CAN / $20 US
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The Song Collides
Poetry | Calvin Wharton
Spring 2011 | 80 pp | 5.5 x 8.25
ISBN 978-1-897535-68-4
$16 CAN / $16 US
Poetry
Bizarre Winery Tragedy
By Lyle NeffLyle Neff’s Bizarre Winery Tragedy is a book of lyric poems about country folk, city folk, alcohol and urbanism.
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Bogman's Music
By Tammy ArmstrongGOVERNOR GENERAL’S LITERARY AWARD NOMINEE
Bogman’s Music is a debut collection of poetry that is both elegiac and sensitive in its exploration of family dynamics, the enduring power of childhood experience, and the healing ability of faith and love.
Cusp/detritus: an experiment in alleyways
By Catherine Owen & Karen MoeRooted in the back alleys, squats and psychiatric wards of contemporary Vancouver and Montreal, these unyielding poems enter the intersecting tensions and intensities in characters such as Mike, a panhandler on Vancouver’s Commercial Drive, Matthew, a runaway punk, and Dara, a single mother.
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A Dark Boat
By Patrick FriesenHeavily inspired by cante jondo (Spanish “deep song”) and Portuguese fado, these poems explore the kind of yearning that is contained in the Portuguese word saudad: a longing for something in the past that can never be found because time has shifted everything away from what it was.
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Frenzy
By Catherine OwenIn Greek mythology the Muses preside over the arts and inspire writers and artists to produce works of genius. In Frenzy, Catherine Owen pays homage to the muse in a six-part compilation of muse-quests, some the author’s, some those of others. These muses can be a person, a place, or even the absurdity itself of indefinitely seeking the muse.
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