IN THE NEWS! YOUR ABSENCE IS DARKNESS Your Absence Is Darkness by Jón Kalman Stefánsson, translated by Philip Roughton (Mar 5, 2024) was reviewed in the Globe and Mail! The review was posted online on May 31, and you can read the full piece here. Critic Emily Donaldson writes, “‘It’s always more important to feel […]
IN THE NEWS! CROSSES IN THE SKY Crosses in the Sky: Jean de Brébeuf and the Destruction of Huronia by Mark Bourrie (May 21, 2024) was reviewed in the Globe and Mail! The review was published online on May 24, and you can read the full piece here. Reviewer Charlotte Gray writes, “Crosses in the […]
IN THE NEWS! WORK TO BE DONE Work to Be Done: Selected Essays and Reviews by Bruce Whiteman (Mar 12, 2024) was reviewed in The Miramichi Reader. The review was published online on May 15, and you can read it in full here. Reviewer John Oughton writes, “Whiteman is an erudite and very well-read lover of […]
We’re excited to share that On Community by Casey Plett has been announced as a finalist for the CLMP’s 2024 Firecracker Award in Creative Nonfiction! The list of finalists was published on May 15, 2024, and can be seen here. The Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP), the national nonprofit organization that for 57 […]
IN THE NEWS! THE EDUCATION OF AUBREY MCKEE Happy pub week! Alex Pugsley, author of The Education of Aubrey McKee (May 7, 2024) was interviewed by Jason Jeffries for the Bookin podcast. The interview was published on May 6, 2024. You can listen to the full episode here. In the interview, Jason Jeffries called Education: […]
This morning the finalists for the Trillium Book Award, worth $20,000, were announced, and they include Sleep Is Now a Foreign Country by Mike Barnes, published by Biblioasis press on November 14, 2023. The prize is the province of Ontario’s leading literary award. You can view the full list of finalists here. Biblioasis publisher Dan […]
IN THE NEWS! THE HOLLOW BEAST The Hollow Beast by Christophe Bernard, translated by Lazer Lederhendler (Apr 2, 2024) was featured in Words Without Borders‘ April Watchlist! The article was posted online on April 29, and can be read here. Tobias Carroll writes, “The Hollow Beast is a sprawling story of generational feuds and old hostilities […]
Biblioasis is now closed for submissions of poetry manuscripts as of Friday, May 31st. We aim to reopen again in Fall 2024. Poetry submission guidelines: We can only consider unpublished work. Individual poems in the manuscript may have appeared in journals or anthologies, but the collection as a whole must not have appeared in either […]
IN THE NEWS! YOUR ABSENCE IS DARKNESS Your Absence Is Darkness by Jon Kalman Stefánsson, translated by Philip Roughton (Mar 5, 2024), has been reviewed in the Financial Times! The review was published online on April 24, and is available to read in full here. Reviewer Boyd Tonkin writes, “Roughton’s radiant English versions of Stefánsson’s […]
We’re pleased to share that this morning, The Writers’ Union of Canada announced the shortlist for the 2023 Danuta Gleed Literary Award, which includes Cocktail by Lisa Alward (Sep 12, 2023)! Check out the full shortlist announcement here. About Cocktail, the jury praised: “Lisa Alward’s Cocktail is skilful in its ability to capture the nuance and […]
