Julie Paul is already a winner.
Even one nomination for a Journey Prize is a great
thing, but Julie Paul has collected two nominations, a
rather rare feat. This bodes well, I think, and is a
very nice confirmation that journal editors elsewhere
in Canada see the same great thing in Julie's writing
that we do here at Emdash.
Victoria Festival of the Book
Lots of people in Victoria are interested in books, for
many, many reasons. Some were writers, wanting to find
publishers. Others were writers, looking to make
connections and grow as writers. Many people found the
new chapbook of haiku to be truly irresistable -- as
two missing copies demonstrate. Yes indeed, it's a
small book.
I also had lots of fun meeting Brian Kaufman, of Anvil Press and Sub-Terrain magazine, and pressed my last remaining copy of Alisa's Dissecting Grace into his palm.
I also had lots of fun meeting Brian Kaufman, of Anvil Press and Sub-Terrain magazine, and pressed my last remaining copy of Alisa's Dissecting Grace into his palm.
Wendy Morton in the Globe
It doesn't take long to get a little notice. Weeks
before her new book, Six Impossible Things
Before Breakfast, is
even printed, Wendy Morton has a chance to tell
Globe and Mail reporter Tom Hawthorn all about
her remarkable tale of publicizing poetry all across
Canada. The funniest moment comes at the end of the
article, when Hawthorn parenthetically discloses that,
"the working title got garbled in one reporter's take
as 'six impossible things
for
breakfast.'" Oh, the temptation to
change the title in just one place in the
book! The story appears across all six columns at the
top of today's page S3.