Over at Open Book Ontario, Anakana Schofield kicks off their new interview series Entitled, which focues on — you guessed it — all things pertaining to book titles. Open Book: Tell us about the title of your newest book and how you came to it. Anakana Schofield: Martin John is the title […]
Biblioasis needs a few good volunteers! Our press office handles nearly every step a manuscript takes on its path to becoming a widely-read book, including acquisition, editing, typesetting, cover design, stock management, publicity, and bookstore sales. Literary titles published by Biblioasis have been reviewed recently in The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street […]
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for us here at Biblioasis, so we’ve got a lot to share with you. On May 22nd, David Constantine’s In Another Country was reviewed by the National Post’s Philip Marchand who wrote “Constantine[‘s]… background in verse has helped him to hone a very lean style, with maximum […]
We are pleased to announce that David Constantine’s In Another Country received a starred review in Publishers Weekly this week. Here’s an excerpt: “A brilliant selection [of stories] … The diverse characters [in this collection] include ex-monks, shamed canons, prostitutes, squatters, successful businessmen, and university professors, but a common thread of silent suffering and […]
We have new reviews for Russell Smith’s Confidence and Robyn Sarah’s My Shoes Are Killing Me to share with you! My Shoes Are Killing Me was reviewed by 49th Shelf and by Jeweller’s Eye. “Natural, musical, […]
We are pleased to announce that Kathy Page’s Paradise & Elsewhere,, Catherine Chandler’s Glad and Sorry Seasons, and Cynthia Flood’s Red Girl Rat Boy have all been reviewed in Canadian Literature! “The genius of [Page’s] book is the way magic seeps into the stories. […]
Russell Smith’s recent interview with Canada Writes for Confidence is up and can be found here. If you haven’t picked up Smith’s Confidence yet, we think Morley Walker’s glowing review might convince you to: http://bit.ly/1GUuYOO
We would like to congratulate Diane Schoemperlen, Russell Smith, and Kathleen Winter for making the 2015 longlist for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award! Follow the link below to see which other authors made this year’s list: Frank O’Connor
We are excited to announce that Biblioasis will be the Windsor host of the Canada’s first-ever Authors for Indies Day and would like to invite you all to join us in-store this Saturday between noon and 6pm! Authors for Indies Day is a free event that will kick off with over 600 writers participating at […]
Mia Couto, whose forthcoming collection of nonfiction Pensatives: Selected Essays (available from Biblioasis in Canada on June 15th and in the US on July 14th) is an environmental biologist from Mozambique, is the author of 25 books of fiction, essays and poems in his native Portuguese. In 2014 he received the $50,000 Neustadt Prize for […]
