#Congress2015

Yesterday, attempting the #Congress2015 book fair at the University of Ottawa with Rose the Intern; it meant running by many booths and speaking to no-one for more than a minute; but at least we saw a number of our Chaudiere Books titles available at the Literary Press Group of Canada table, including books by Monty Reid, Amanda Earl (right in front!) and Roland Prevost.

Chaudiere Books Spring 2015 launch: William Hawkins + N.W. Lea

Chaudiere Books Spring 2015 launch: William Hawkins + N.W. Lea
with an acoustic set by special guest Jesse Patrick Ferguson

The Collected Poems of William Hawkins
edited by Cameron Anstee

Understander
by N.W. Lea

lovingly hosted by Christine McNair
Thursday, June 18, 2015 : 8:00pm
Raw Sugar Cafe, 692 Somerset St W, Ottawa

William Hawkins was born in Ottawa in 1940. After side trips to the West Coast and Mexico, he resides in the capital, pursuing enlightenment or a reasonable alternative thereto. Hawkins worked as a truck driver, cook, journalist and musician before settling on the taxi profession as a means of preserving integrity and ensuring near-poverty. He is now retired. His work appeared in the seminal anthology New Wave Canada: The New Explosion in Canadian Poetry (Toronto: Contact Press, 1966) edited by Raymond Souster and Modern Canadian Verse (Toronto: Oxford, 1967) edited by A.J.M. Smith. His books include Ottawa Poems (Kitchener: Weed/Flower Press, 1966) and The Madman's War (Ottawa: S.A.W. Publications, 1974). Broken Jaw Press published his Dancing Alone: Selected Poems in 2005. Also an acclaimed songwriter, a tribute CD (Dancing Alone: The Songs of William Hawkins) was released in 2008. In 2013, he was inducted into the VerseOttawa Hall of Honour. He will be launching The Collected Poems of William Hawkins.

For more information, or to order a copy: https://alllitup.ca/books/C/Collected-Poems-of-William-Hawkins-The

N.W. Lea was born in Whitehorse, Yukon and grew up in and around Ottawa and Montreal. He is the author of the poetry collection Everything is Movies and the chapbooks, light years, Actual Girl, and Present! He lives with his partner and cat in Ottawa. He will be launching his second poetry collection, Understander.

For more information, or to order a copy: https://alllitup.ca/books/U/Understander

Jesse Ferguson is a poet and singer-songwriter from Cornwall, Ontario. He specializes in original songs, traditional folk music, and classic rock. He plays several musical instruments including: guitar, mandolin, harmonica, and bodhran. He has performed solo and with other musicians in festivals, highland games and pubs in Ontario, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. He also maintains a popular YouTube music channel (www.youtube.com/bardofcornwall). He has released four albums: New Old Songs (2009), The Parting Glass (2011), SHIFT (2013), and The Butcher Boy (2014). His third poetry collection is Mr. Sapiens (Wolsak & Wynn, 2014).

https://alllitup.ca/Blog/2014/Poetry-in-Motion-Jesse-Patrick-Ferguson-Mr.-Sapiens#topofpostcontent

http://www.jessefergusonmusic.com/

Pearl Pirie recommends Chaudiere titles by Monty Reid and rob mclennan

Pearl Pirie recommends recent Chaudiere titles by Monty Reid and rob mclennan (among others) as part of a brief question-and-answer session over at All Lit Up!

Bren Simmers on Monty Reid

Bren Simmers wrote on Monty Reid as part of Brick Books' Celebration of Canadian Poetry.

Broken Pencil reviews Amanda Earl's Kiki (2014)

Megan Clark was good enough to review Amanda Earl's Kiki (2014) in Broken Pencil #67. Thanks, much! You can see her original review here.

This is the sixth review of Kiki, after Anne Burke reviewed such in the Feminist Caucus newsletter at The League of Canadian Poets, "Indiereadergirl" reviewed such over at her indiereadergirl0329 blog, Jonathan Ball reviewed such over at the Winnipeg Free Press, Douglas Barbour reviewed such over at his blog, and Matthew J. Hall was good enough to review such over at The Small Press Book Review. 

And of course, copies can be ordered directly via All Lit Up!

John Newlove : CBC Books : The 9 most Canadian lines of poetry you will ever read

A classic line by Chaudiere Books author John Newlove has been included in the recent CBC Books list, "The 9 most Canadian lines of poetry you will ever read." You can see the original list here. And of course, you can order A Long Continual Argument: The Selected Poems of John Newlove here.

Amanda Earl: poems, an essay and an interview,

Amanda Earl has been awfully busy lately, with some new visual poems posted at Otoliths, a poetics essay as part of Evening Will Come, and a new interview over at the ottawa poetry newsletter.

rob mclennan interview : Writer's Block,

Emily Ursuliak recently interviewed rob mclennan over at University of Calgary's CJSW radio program Writer's Block. You can now listen to the interview here.

Chaudiere Books the top selling publisher for All Lit Up in April!

Apparently our newest Chaudiere title, The Collected Poems of William Hawkins, edited by Cameron Anstee, helped Chaudiere Books be the top selling publisher (in terms of dollar amount) for All Lit Up in April! Plenty of thanks to those who have already ordered a copy of the book (and others of our titles, which we are eager to also get into the hands of interested readers). And of course, copies of Hawkins' collected can be ordered directly here.