Oh, so, so much since last we wrote here! But the question is what’s new which means now, not how we survived the pandemic, not how we’re pushing to get our titles into Canadian bookstores, not how well received our 2023 title Old Wrongs was.
It’s only April and already we have four new titles published. OK, the first three are a three-volume set which make up Prayer Wind, an outstanding poetry collection from Jack Hayes, the Portland, Oregon, poet. Prayer Wind is so good we’ve nominated it for the Griffin Prize.
As if publishing our first three poetry volumes were not enough, we published a fourth at the end of March! Very different poetry from a very different writer, this time Canadian John Givins from Vancouver, BC, with his perceptive and witty take on life – both the big things that move us and the tiny details that often go unnoticed. John’s Blowing Up Growing Up will surprise and delight many readers.
Our next is a truly engaging novel by a new writer from Nova Scotia – Sheila Graham-Smith. The View From Errisbeg is an intense story – coincidentally also laced through with poetry – set in Ireland and the South Coast of England during a wet February week. Sounds uninspiring? Wait till you read it, we think you’ll love it as much as we do. Here’s a sneak preview of what we think the cover is going to look like.
Later in the year we’ll be looking to bring you one of the titles we currently have under review, we’ve been blessed with some high quality options. At some point there’ll certainly be another volume from Jack Hayes, although whether that’s this year or 2025 remains to be seen. And there are at least two more novels to keep us busy for a while. But that doesn’t mean we’re closed to submissions, we’re very much open, so keep them coming – but do read our guidelines for writers before to you send.
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