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The Odious Child shortlisted for the 2012 ReLit Awards

Posted by admin on September 27, 2012 at 12:32 pm

Congratulations to Carolyn Black whose latest short story collection, The Odious Child has been shortlisted for the 2012 ReLit Awards. The annual awards recognize short fiction, novels and poetry published by Canadian independent literary presses. The winners will be presented with specially crafted ReLit rings on October 20 at the Ottawa International Writers Festival. This year’s ReLit shortlist for [...]

DeCroo makes Georgia Straight’s Best of Vancouver 2012

Posted by admin on September 21, 2012 at 2:11 pm

Congratulations to Rodney DeCroo for making the The Georgia Straight Best of Vancouver 2012 list in the Best of Bands category for his album Allegheny. Read the entire article here.  If you like Rodney’s CD, you’ll definitely want to pick up a copy of his latest Nightwood Editions book, Allegheny, BC, which expands upon the lyrics in the [...]

Gillian Wigmore wins Writer-in-Residence at Mackie Lake House

Posted by admin on August 23, 2012 at 12:06 pm

Nightwood poet Gillian Wigmore and fiction writer and sometimes playwright Terry Jordan and have been named as recipients of this year’s fall and winter residencies. The writers will each spend two weeks at the historic Mackie Lake House to work on their craft, all while making connections with English and Creative Writing students enrolled at Okanagan College and [...]

Jamella Hagen & Claire Tacon Sweeping the West

Posted by admin on May 14, 2012 at 12:50 pm

Nightwood poet Jamella Hagen and Biblioasis author Claire Tacon will be busy sharing their latest works with the prairies and then on to BC for an impressively energetic book tour finale. Jamella is promoting, Kerosene, her debut poetry collection and Claire is reading from her debut novel,  In the Field. See their tour schedule below and come join these [...]