news | Monday October 3, 2016

All the Fall 2016 poetry is in the house!

Daphne Marlatt’s new collection, Reading Sveva ($19.95), was our first Fall 2016 book of poetry to come back from the printer, in time for WORD Vancouver. And does it ever look beautiful! Marlatt’s poems respond to the works of the late painter Sveva Caetani, whose paintings are reproduced in full colour in this book, beautifully illuminating the poetry.

Stephen Collis’s Once in Blockadia ($18.95) came next, also in time for WORD. Collis was recently interviewed about this book and his activist work in Burnaby Now: “When pipeline politics meet poetry,” and he launches the book at a couple of upcoming Vancouver events.

In Slick Reckoning ($16.95), Ken Belford writes through and beyond his experience of cancer, building thoughtful yet playful poems that the curious reader can open anywhere, read, and read on.

We are also pleased to welcome Danielle LaFrance to the Talon poetry list. Her new book, Friendly Fire, interrogates the male subjective experience of war and “brotherhood.” Order your copy of Friendly Fire today for $18.95.

Finally, we welcome Anahita Jamali Rad. Her debut collection, for love and autonomy, explores radical resistance in language. It is now available for $16.95.

Join four out of five of these poets (Belford is not able to attend) on October 20 in Vancouver for our big fall launch!