Thank you to the Hamilton Review of Books for their review of ‘G’ – a Writers’ Staff Spring Pick! To read the review, click here! To purchase G, click here!  The post Book Review – Hamilton Review of Books Staff Picks ‘G’ appeared first on Palimpsest Press ..read more

Join Amanda Merpaw, Sofi Papamarko and Sydney Hegele, hosted by Jim Johnstone, at Queen Books on Thursday, May 16th, 2024 to celebrate the launch of Amanda’s debut poetry book, Most of All the Wanting! *Please note: For community safety, mask-wearing is requested. Masks will be provided.* Pre-order Most of All the Wanting here! Amanda Merpaw, photo credit Sarah Bodri Sofi Papamarko, photo credit Joel Gale Sydney Hegele, photo credit Calvin Thomas The post Book Launch – Amanda Merpaw & Friends – May 16, 2024 appeared first on Palimpsest Press ..read more

Congratulations to Fawn Parker! Her debut poetry collection, Soft Inheritance, has shortlisted for the J.M. Abraham Atlantic Poetry Prize! This is Fawn’s second award shortlist for Soft Inheritance! Amazing! Congratulations to Fawn, and all the authors who’ve shortlisted for this year’s Atlantic Book Awards! For the Atlantic Book Awards information, click here. To purchase Soft Inheritance, click here! The post Fawn Parker Shortlisted for the J.M. Abraham Atlantic Poetry Award, Atlantic Book Awards appeared first on Palimpsest Press ..read more

Congratulations to Ceilidh Michelle, author of Butterflies, Zebras and Moonbeams (Palimpsest Press, 2019) for shortlisting in the Commonwealth Short Story Prize! Commonwealth Short Story Prize is the world’s most global literature prize. This year it attracted 7,359 entries from 53 of the 56 Commonwealth Member states. Five Canadians have been shortlisted – and all for the first time – including  Ceilidh Michelle. For more info on the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, click here!  Buy Butterflies, Zebras and Moonbeams here!  The post Ceilidh Michelle Shortlisted for the Commonwea ..read more

April is National Poetry Month! Em Dial, author of In the Key of Decay, her debut poetry collection and one of our spring releases, is featured on the League of Canadian Poets website for their Poem in Your Pocket project. Her poem,  Against Beauty, is a featured poem. Congrats, Em! “…Reddened threat to myself, I’m a nightmare of statehood, chemist against purity and thus beauty. And yet, on the bus, at the club, in the comment section, they use the word again and again, beautiful…” Read the poem here! Pre-order In the Key of Decay here!     The post Em Dial – Poem In Your Pock ..read more

The first Fredericton edition of the annual Poets & Pints event, taking place at Gallery 78 (796 Queen St.) on Thursday, April 18th, from 7-9 pm. Featuring special guest poets Fawn Parker, Jane Tims and Jordan Trethewey. Q&A moderated by Nick Thran. There will be an open mic following the main event. Please register for the open mic by emailing westminster@bookmarkreads.ca (write Poets & Pints open mic in the subject line). Purchase Soft Inheritance by Fawn Parker here. The post Fawn Parker Reads at Poets & Pints, April 18th appeared first on Palimpsest Press ..read more

Thank you to reviewer Ian Colford at the Miramichi Reader for his fine review of Shawna Lemay’s Apples on a Windowsill. “Something of an artistic manifesto, Apples on a Windowsill also functions as a journal or memoir, with Lemay recording her coping mechanisms for surviving a pandemic. And though beauty is clearly her passion, she does not shy away from the ugliness she sees in the world and forces that conspire to discourage the artistic enterprise, forces she’s continually striving to overcome, the chief one being self-doubt.” Read the full review here.  Purchase Apples on a Windowsil ..read more

Congratulations to Barbara Tran! Her debut poetry collection Precedented Parroting has made the CBC Books Spring Poetry Books to Watch list! Yahoo! Congratulations to all the writers on the list! Read the list here. Purchase Precedented Parroting here.  The post Barbara Tran on CBC Books Spring Poetry Books to Watch List appeared first on Palimpsest Press ..read more

Big ups to Kirby for her stellar review of Klara du Plessis and Khashayar ‘Kess’ Mohammadie’s collaborative masterpiece, G. “The genius of this collection is that we’re in on the discovery; it continuously seeks openings, provokes, invites us to play along, even when it’s just to watch them play. Yes, wordplay, how things stand alone, mesh, but it also does something that is extremely rare these days. It invites us to consider, to think, to find our own ways to connect with the thoughts/passages played out on the page.” Read the full review here.  Purchase ‘G’ here.  Purchase Poetry ..read more

Thank you to Karen at Prairie Flower Reads for reading and reviewing Shawna Lemay’s Apples on a Windowsill. “Lemay is an accomplished writer. Not only is her prose lyrical and effortless to read, but her honesty is plain. Through the essay form, the author invites us into her home, her routines, her marriage, and most especially, into her personal artistic journey and understanding. Couple that with her clear knowledge of and love for the tradition of still life and its players throughout history, and this book is a hands-down winner.” Read the full review here!  Purchase Apples on a Win ..read more