tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30176270290880380482024-02-19T19:16:51.076-04:00Broken Jaw PressBroken Jaw Press Inc. is a self-distributing independent publisher based in Fredericton, New Brunswick since 1990. Founded in the winter of 1984, we have been publishing books, chapbooks, zines and other mostly literary items since 1985.Joe Bladeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126316965960488707noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017627029088038048.post-26736472238738204042013-12-15T09:33:00.000-04:002013-12-15T09:34:29.735-04:00today's odd sundays at molly's rescheduled<b>odd sundays at molly's<i><b></b></i></b><br>
Raymond Fraser, <a href="http://www.brokenjaw.com/catalog/pg140.htm"><I>BLISS and other stories</i></a> (Broken Jaw Press; & Jennifer Houle<br>
December 22 (not December 15)<br>
2pm<br>
Molly's Coffee House<br>
554 Queen St, Fredericton, NB.
Joe Bladeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126316965960488707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017627029088038048.post-45606391320259739642013-11-24T14:31:00.000-04:002013-11-24T14:31:44.567-04:00From Shore to Shoormal book launchFrae Wordplay, Shetland's 12th annual book festival:<br>
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<I>From Shore to Shoormal</I> (Broken Jaw Press) book launch audio file here: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/nordicblackbird/from-shore-to-shoormal-launch">From Shore to Shoormal launch</a> (recorded by Joe Blades at Mareel, Lerwick, 1 September 2013).<br>
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<a href="http://www.brokenjaw.com/catalog/pg135.htm"><I>From Shore to Shoormal/D'un rivage à l'autre"</I></a> is a trilingual poetry book by Donna Allard and Nat Hall.<br>
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The bool launch features emcee Donald Anderson; solo readings by Marsali Taylor, Joe Blades & Christian S. Tait; music by guest musicians Steve Davidson and Alan McKay; and the book launch reading by Nat Hall (with Joe Blades as the "Canadian voice").<br>
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Joe Bladeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126316965960488707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017627029088038048.post-62428626352340626432013-10-23T07:52:00.001-03:002013-10-23T07:52:37.056-03:00RAYMOND FRASER BOOK LAUNCHYou are cordially invited to the Miramichi launch<br>
of Raymond's new book: <br>
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<I>BLISS, and other stories</i><br>
Broken Jaw Press<br>
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1:00-2:30 PM, SATURDAY, OCT 26, 2013<br>
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at SALTWATER SOUNDS<br>
1738 Water Street, Chatham<br>
Miramichi NB E1N 1B5<br>
ph 506-773-8010, 1-888-840-3555<br>
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Excerpt from the title story "Bliss", about the late Bliss Comeau and his years as a musician in Ontario:<br>
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"I was innocent, man, we all were. Small town guys. We’d never smoked dope, we didn’t even drink that much, just a few beers maybe once or twice a week. We didn’t know anything. I mean, we didn’t know anything. We were in Toronto six months before we knew where Yonge Street was. We lived in Scarsdale, that’s a suburb, and we never went anywhere, except the time we went to play at a resort..."<br>
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Raymond Fraser is a natural story teller. His talent with narrative is second to none in this country.<br>
—Michael O. Nowlan, <I>Daily Gleaner</i><br>
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"I've had the pleasure of reading five of Raymond Fraser's books over the past few years. A great storyteller and one of the country's truly under-appreciated natural resources."<br>
—Lawrence Creaghan, <I>The Write Stuff</i><br>
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<a href="http://raymondfraser.blogspot.com">raymondfraser.blogspot.com</a>Joe Bladeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126316965960488707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017627029088038048.post-59905926319062825962013-07-17T14:15:00.001-03:002013-08-02T10:13:16.666-03:00From Shore to Shoormal news<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkC9kBNWRwcbhyphenhyphenoq_pyH_j8Dk-r2kCpewKxX2lKau6fEw5MQsjmcK3SeYJCG-jKVIS7XycGrUTPv3TQGxkLOSYFYZk1zHgTV9jQywhssocSkIQIh2KQDcx4JNbnSg_s9ehSko1-9nfYKM/s1600/Shoormal_cvr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: center; float: center; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkC9kBNWRwcbhyphenhyphenoq_pyH_j8Dk-r2kCpewKxX2lKau6fEw5MQsjmcK3SeYJCG-jKVIS7XycGrUTPv3TQGxkLOSYFYZk1zHgTV9jQywhssocSkIQIh2KQDcx4JNbnSg_s9ehSko1-9nfYKM/s320/Shoormal_cvr.jpg" /></a></div>
"The poems themselves are wonderful—a reminder of poetry as playing with words, piling image on image [...] at times lively, playful, in other moods evocative and moving. [...] Not to be missed by anyone who enjoys words."<br>
—Marsali Taylor, <I>Shetland Times</i><br>
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"This unusual poetry book [...] is a celebration of connections and duality [...] The poems reflect life on opposite coasts of the Atlantic: shorelines, nature, people, relationships."<br>
—Laureen Johnson, <I>The New Shetlander</i><br>
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<a href="http://www.brokenjaw.com/catalogue/pg134.htm"></a><I>Shore to Shoormal</i> co-author <a href="http://nordicblackbird.wordpress.com/">Nat Hall</a> recently, 18 & 19 May 2013, read in the Shetland Boat Show in Lerwick.<br>
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Now she's planning her book launch event for <a href="http://www.brokenjaw.com/catalogue/pg134.htm"></a><I>Shore to Shoormal</i> scheduled during Wordplay, Shetland's annual book festival that runs 31 August to 8 September 2013. Join Nat Hall and friends on 1 September 2013, Sunday, 12:30-1:30 pm, in Screen 2, Mareel, in Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland. The reading will be followed by a book signing.<br>
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Broken Jaw Press publisher–poet <a href="http://www.brokenjaw.com/Joe_Blades.htm">Joe Blades</a> will be there giving his own poetry readings and a writing workshop in Wordplay thanks to an Arts by Invitation grant received from artnb. He has previously giving readings and workshops in Scotland: in Dalbeattie, Dumfries, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Johnstonebridge, and Paisley.<br>
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NB Poet Donna Allard to read from her coauthored with <a href="http://nordicblackbird.wordpress.com/">Nat Hall</a> book, <a href="http://www.brokenjaw.com/catalog/pg135.htm"><I>From Shore to Shoormal / D’un rivage à l’autre</I></a> (Broken Jaw Press, & BS Poetry Society), in the Local Author Book Launches event, 7 pm, Friday, 10 May—Shadow Lawn Inn, 3180 Rothesay Rd, Rothesay NB E2E 5V7.<br>
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This reading is one event in the <a href="http://www.wfnb.ca">Writers’ Fed. of NB's</a> WordsSpring 2013, 10–12 May, in Rothesay, Quispamsis, and on the Kingston Peninsula.<br>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7fg3Q6L7QGPGCFzU_EasSub0hWG9FhOm8PL9Iyz5Lht0tmHNF6HOc3amCYU4s10-_HTTRUFOUiziUCbqRypQ7F5VgAIvWW3t4FOpxljJa41OrOexe2PEm_KbaNc96NZVqYeT7_16Yxs/s1600/2013WordsSpring.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7fg3Q6L7QGPGCFzU_EasSub0hWG9FhOm8PL9Iyz5Lht0tmHNF6HOc3amCYU4s10-_HTTRUFOUiziUCbqRypQ7F5VgAIvWW3t4FOpxljJa41OrOexe2PEm_KbaNc96NZVqYeT7_16Yxs/s320/2013WordsSpring.jpg" /></a>Joe Bladeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126316965960488707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017627029088038048.post-24755456267285227022013-04-28T10:35:00.001-03:002013-04-28T10:35:20.221-03:00Nela Rio in Mendoza, Argentina<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8UHfDjIotafsvI-n2n5dItG7hJ_kQZTpfQhLqg6QBPHKYBoC9GPz1GenNTc9HqXfNaNBDFoRWF_phHMpMUYh5tf15Qbyp5nZxB4HzKwdFYsvhttsqLU5dqt2kH_2dYgk4yHO_YgmUb9s/s1600/Nela_in_Mendoza_library_2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8UHfDjIotafsvI-n2n5dItG7hJ_kQZTpfQhLqg6QBPHKYBoC9GPz1GenNTc9HqXfNaNBDFoRWF_phHMpMUYh5tf15Qbyp5nZxB4HzKwdFYsvhttsqLU5dqt2kH_2dYgk4yHO_YgmUb9s/s320/Nela_in_Mendoza_library_2013.jpg" /><br>
</a>Nela writes:<br>
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"On my visit to Mendoza, Argentina, March 23–April 11, 2013, one of my cultural activities was the formal response to an invitation from the Biblioteca Pública “General San Martín", (created in 1820) to officially donate my latest book <i>En el umbral del atardecer.../ On the Threshold of Dusk ...</i>; translation by Elizabeth Gamble Miller; prologue by Hugh Hazelton; Broken Jaw Press, March 2013. The presentation took place April 8, 2013. My additional books, two in Spanish, published in Spain, and 10 bilingual and one trilingual, published by Broken Jaw Press, have being donated to this Library since 2010. I was impressed by the friendly reception by Mrs. Cristina Amills in charge of the section of Argentine Poetry, and local authors, referring to Mendoza. We had an interesting conversation about the opportunity of publication in Spanish in Canada."<br>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrA9FuW128WK8pJ3coOeqgX2jjp2N8ARxgQrLZrK27-gXqmMQ3gc3u8VnK0GleUaFvu-P9S7JhPGlISjUgzD49D6D-BfGWOyP77-GZNWr3EGxHaKu1cDJJkXO7WqDmtQDJtfOIikEQbL4/s1600/Nela+Foto+2013+376.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrA9FuW128WK8pJ3coOeqgX2jjp2N8ARxgQrLZrK27-gXqmMQ3gc3u8VnK0GleUaFvu-P9S7JhPGlISjUgzD49D6D-BfGWOyP77-GZNWr3EGxHaKu1cDJJkXO7WqDmtQDJtfOIikEQbL4/s320/Nela+Foto+2013+376.jpg" /></a>Joe Bladeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126316965960488707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017627029088038048.post-66127860136575945572013-02-15T12:04:00.000-04:002013-02-15T12:04:30.187-04:00Broken Jaw Press author Nela Rio to read at Memorial University, St John's, NL on 22 Feb 2013. Nela's books with Broken Jaw Press are:<br><br>
• <a href="http://www.brokenjaw.com/catalog/pg128.htm"><I>Los puentes del Río San Juan / Bridges over the Saint John River</i></a>. Nela Rio & M. Travis Lane, editora / editors.<br><br>
• <a href="http://www.brokenjaw.com/catalog/pg127.htm"><I>El espacio no es un vacío, incluye todos los tiempos</i></a>. Editora Nela Rio. BJP eBook 51.<br><br>
• <a href="http://www.brokenjaw.com/catalog/pg113.htm"><i>En las noches que desvisten otras noches / Durant les nuits qui déshabillent d’autres nuits</i></a>, by Nela Rio; Jill Valéry, traductrice.<br><br>
• <a href="http://www.brokenjaw.com/catalog/pg124.htm"><I>La luna, Tango, siempre la luna / The Moon, Tango, Always the Moon</i></a>. Nela Rio. Edith Jonsson-Devillers translator into English. Poetry.<br><br>
• <a href="http://www.brokenjaw.com/catalog/pg118.htm"><i>Aquella luz, la que estremece / The Light that Makes Us Tremble</i></a>. Poetry by Nela Rio; Hugh Hazelton, translator.<br><br>
• <a href="pg88.htm"><i>The Space of Light / El espacio de la luz</i></a>. Nela Rio; Elizabeth Gamble Miller, editor & translator.<br><br>
• <a href="pg89.htm"><i>Sustaining the Gaze: When Images Tremble / Sosteniendo la mirada: cuando las imágenes tiemblan / Soutenant le regard: quand les images tremblent</i></a>. Brian Atkinson, Nela Rio; Elizabeth Gamble Miller & Jill Valéry, translators.<br><br>
• <a href="pg5a.htm"><i>Túnel de proa verde</a> / <a href="pg5b.htm">Tunnel of the Green Prow, 2nd edition</i></a>. Nela Rio; Hugh Hazelton, translator.<br><br>
• <a href="http://www.brokenjaw.com/catalog/pg81.htm"><i>During Nights that Undress Other Nights / En las noches que desvisten otras noches</i></a>. Nela Rio; Elizabeth Gamble Miller, translator.<br>
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<i>From Shore to Shoormal / D’un rivage à l’autre</i><br>
Poems in English, French, & Shetland dialect /<br>
Poèmes en mirroirs—anglais–français–dialecte shetlandais<br>
Donna Allard & Nat Hall<br>
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December 2012<br>
8.5” x 5.5” tpb, 71 pp<br>
BJPs ISBN 978-1-55391-111-1<br>
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Two voices celebrate their Atlantic connection.<br>
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Whilst Donna Allard writes on the coastal fringe in New Brunswick, Canada, Nat Hall walks and writes by her shoormal, somewhere on the 60th parallel in her windswept Shetland Islands, Scotland’s most northerly archipelago. “Shore”, as described by J. L. Leprohon in her “Sea Shore Musings” poem, is the Creator’s power—in her own Canadian home, “Mysterious, moaning main,/ in dreams I’ll see thy snow-white foam”. It’s described by Chile’s bard Pablo Neruda in “No me hagan caso / Forget about Me”, as a place where the sea washes, throws up crab claws and skulls of many kinds …<br>
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“Shoormal”, as defined by Robert Alan Jamieson in his <i>Shoormal, A Sequence of Movements</i> (Polygon, 1986): “In Shetland, da shoormal is the shallows on a beach; the space between the tides where the moon weighs the density of the ocean …” that area where sand shifts.<br>
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<I>From Shore to Shoormal</i> is a journey between Acadia’s Shediac Bay and Shetland’s Ninian Sands—a celebration of the poets’ shared North Atlantic.<br>
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Donna Allard: “acadianrose”—Acadian-born, New Brunswick-based barefoot gardener, pirate poet, and peacemaker. She became inspired by poet Milton Acorn, and poet–editor Libby Oughton. Her mentor was poet–activist Valerie LaPointe.<br>
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Nat Hall: “nordicblackbird”—Norman-born, Shetland-based poet and visual artist, world intellectual nomad, who lives and writes on 60° North. <a href="https://nordicblackbird.wordpress.com/">nordicblackbird.wordpress.com/</a><br>Joe Bladeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126316965960488707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017627029088038048.post-61717079686791455842012-12-03T12:49:00.002-04:002012-12-03T12:49:53.185-04:00International Exhibition of Visual Poetry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Poet Jesse Ferguson, author of <a href="http://www.brokenjaw.com/catalog/pg131.htm"><i>Dirty Semiotics</i></a> (Broken Jaw Press, 2011) is featured in an exhibition, in conjunction with <I>The last vispo anthology: Visual poetry 1998–2008</i>, on exhibit in the Cape Breton University Art Gallery, Sydney, NS, until 18 Jan 2013.
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November 15, 2012, at 7 pm Julie Comeau will launch her book "Never Give Up!" The Inspiring Journey of a Real Life Survivor (Broken Jaw Press) at Westminster Books, 445 King St, Fredericton, NB.
Joe Bladeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126316965960488707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017627029088038048.post-28609797668634102052012-10-05T10:51:00.001-03:002012-10-06T14:39:10.322-03:00NEW BOOK: "Never Give Up!"My book is my lifestory about my medical journey and all the amazing people that I met along the way. We all have a story, we all face obstacles, struggles and challenges along our life journeys.<br>
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<b><i>“Never Give Up!” The Inspiring Journey of a Real Life Survivor</i></b><br>
by Julie Comeau<br>
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October 2012<br>
Autobiography, motivational<br>
9” x 6” tpb, 111 pp<br>
ISBN 978-1-55391-113-5, $20 CDN, $21 USA<br>
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What begins as occasional postings on Facebook by Julie that describe her early childhood trauma, and then her incredible medical nightmare, soon becomes a spiritual rebirth for Julie and the thousands who have joined her on her journey to recovery. Her inspiration is contagious. It resonates with people around the world. From everyday people to the rich and famous, all want to share Julie’s message, to watch her videos on YouTube, and to tell their own stories of personal turmoil.<br>
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<i>“Never Give Up!”</i> is about overcoming the many curve balls life can throw at you. It is the story of one woman’s perseverance to keep pushing ahead amidst a firestorm of adversity, illness, and bad luck. It is part autobiographical, part motivational and inspirational, and it is a testament to the human spirit.<br>
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In working on her book, Julie and her husband Vince were a team. They were a couple rich in love. They knew that writing and publishing a book could be long and daunting. They supported each other in their belief that one day this book would come together. Sadly, Vince Comeau passed away two months before Julie’s book could be published. She promised Vince that her journey will continue in his name.<br>
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Julie Comeau lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick with her two sons. Her web site is
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Launch: 13 October 2012 @ <a href="http://www.realityrescue1.com">Reality Rescue III</A>, Glen Allen, VA, USA<br>
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By invitation, Joe Blades will be participating in PICTURES & WORDS: A SUMMER VOICES 2012 EVENT wherein he will give author readings and promote his books. He has had three new poetry books since December 2010. He has never done author readings in Western Newfoundland, only in Labrador and St John’s, so this is a great opportunity, and for Broken Jaw Press.<br>
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Page One, a writers’ group in Western Newfoundland which has been promoting writers and other creators since 1987, has extended an invitation to me to participate in their annual Summer Voices Program. This year, at their closing event in Deer Lake (up the Humber River near Corner Brook), they are hosting a gathering of publishers, authors and visual artists in a two-day event on 3–4 August 2012.<br>
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The general public is invited to the event. There will be scheduled readings and at the conclusion of the event, Page One will have authors and audience share their work and partake in refreshments. This inter-genre event will hopefully the first of an annual series.<br>
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Page One has confirmation of participation from several publishers, authors, and visual artists but do not yet have a schedule [it might show up on Facebook, we hope]. They say they will enjoy having Joe Blades as one of their participating authors and as a representative from New Brunswick.<br>Joe Bladeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126316965960488707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017627029088038048.post-29586644710514187892012-07-24T18:23:00.000-03:002012-07-24T18:23:47.007-03:00Carlos Morales book launchCarlos Morales will launch his first book of poetry, <i>Antología chiquita</i>, published by Fredericton’s Broken Jaw Press, at 3 pm on Saturday, 28 July in the Barracks Square tent outside the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, 457 Queen St, Fredericton.<br>
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Carlos Morales demuestra poseer una palabra poética luminosa tanto en poemas de gran ternura como en los de profundo dolor, “pero ahora sé/ que mi corazón se quedará con ellas”, dice en uno de sus poemas. Hondura de pensamiento, y escritura de poeta realizado.<br>
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Carlos Morales shows he possesses a luminous poetic voice, be it in poems that show great tenderness or in ones of deep pain; one of his poems states “but now I know/ my heart will stay with them”. Great depth and writings by an accomplished poet.<br>
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—Nela Rio, Directora, Capítulo de Fredericton,Academia Iberoamericana de Poesía<br>Joe Bladeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126316965960488707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017627029088038048.post-80792922078670389392012-04-28T10:23:00.000-03:002012-04-28T10:23:15.971-03:00Where's Tristis?Tristis & her <i><b>Bones of the Magus</b></i> book are<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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29 April, Sunday, 10am to 5pm<br>Joe Bladeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126316965960488707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017627029088038048.post-3963925180486064962011-10-30T09:28:00.000-03:002011-10-30T09:28:15.838-03:00Happy Halloween<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">carved last night while watching a movie<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_uLlM3jQIz78t2XC722Nbe33x5_ZoAi7RbLOEmXH3VRWXdpBqHzpo_Zccx5MxB8CgWa4aDwjHYPzECF1ISFp7UiAS18bAxeUyDlAnQXZfrKxHlru46q_gSZ7YsPWAmOItUPqyRR1q2Bo/s1600/IMGP2544s.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_uLlM3jQIz78t2XC722Nbe33x5_ZoAi7RbLOEmXH3VRWXdpBqHzpo_Zccx5MxB8CgWa4aDwjHYPzECF1ISFp7UiAS18bAxeUyDlAnQXZfrKxHlru46q_gSZ7YsPWAmOItUPqyRR1q2Bo/s400/IMGP2544s.JPG" /></a></div>Joe Bladeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126316965960488707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017627029088038048.post-789809057060717402011-10-09T07:01:00.000-03:002011-10-09T07:01:43.982-03:00Double book launch: 27 Oct @ Westminster Books27 October, Thursday, 7 pm. <br />
@ Westminster Books, <br />
445 King Street, <br />
Fredericton, New Brunswick<br />
Tel 1-800-561-READ to order autographed books.<br />
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Tristis Ward launching <a href="http://www.brokenjaw.com/catalog/pg130.htm"><em>Bones of the Magus: All that Remains</em></a> (Broken Jaw Press) <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmVsEkzorTDOoMR947xAHASP_gjKJSwfCTzJVDL7wVPxRYfaGhxjgDrl5R02qqplWe2bGPgyrOL7aW0Tul2YgN0WWyZDGPD19RWa0WaZDXKqNI4-l8KOZWNR4xHBMZpD-8x2fQX7rjVg0/s1600/Bones_cvr3x4.5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="330" width="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmVsEkzorTDOoMR947xAHASP_gjKJSwfCTzJVDL7wVPxRYfaGhxjgDrl5R02qqplWe2bGPgyrOL7aW0Tul2YgN0WWyZDGPD19RWa0WaZDXKqNI4-l8KOZWNR4xHBMZpD-8x2fQX7rjVg0/s400/Bones_cvr3x4.5.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">“<i>Bones of the Magus</i> is a fascinating synthesis of the comic book genre and literary prose. It is a graphic(less) novel in which vivid pictures are created literally and metaphorically through words. The story of a great prince, reincarnated as a skeleton into a foreign time and space, is a compelling and unusual read. Its breathless energy is sustained panel to panel throughout the book. Tristis Ward is the most creative writer I know and <i>Bones of the Magus</i> is her masterpiece. It is science fiction fantasy at its best.”<br />
—Carolyn Gammon<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho0Q7nMo72_vDjx8urpwvgdaVcBJ3omNBBESiJ8LBrL1SS6jFM_GJtNfvStGclopMOIJ9ZqySf4US1u0pmFqYmmezxXTTDp6IoDZ94Tl1b52IUEqrSsaCWdJXOUxGe0tAKct4eKOyM8UI/s1600/bio+shot+for+Joe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho0Q7nMo72_vDjx8urpwvgdaVcBJ3omNBBESiJ8LBrL1SS6jFM_GJtNfvStGclopMOIJ9ZqySf4US1u0pmFqYmmezxXTTDp6IoDZ94Tl1b52IUEqrSsaCWdJXOUxGe0tAKct4eKOyM8UI/s400/bio+shot+for+Joe.jpg" /></a></div>Tristis Ward lives and writes in Fredericton, New Brunswick. After a degree in English at Dalhousie University, she worked for years in community radio as a producer, station manager, and national lobbyist. She has written comic book scripts, short stories and plays as well as producing both stage and radio plays. She has published online in the SFF World Forum and is a multiple winner in their flash fiction contests. <i>Bones of the Magus</i> is her first graphic novel.<br />
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& Joe Blades launching <em>Casemate Poems (Collected)</em> (<a href="http://www.chaudierebooks.com">Chaudiere Books</a>) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM2sV-OjWyM4mQ_957q73yk7cP6DJLDVHxr02qZAlfX0OKKLaHQK74vYaDMVYbaxwb-DtmNWI0i5Oh_aNR3PpdyqUP9sLm18Tq22WGJglFr2pe8rw-la47ld5wFtk0gOuLO0E-aAgLajE/s1600/cover2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM2sV-OjWyM4mQ_957q73yk7cP6DJLDVHxr02qZAlfX0OKKLaHQK74vYaDMVYbaxwb-DtmNWI0i5Oh_aNR3PpdyqUP9sLm18Tq22WGJglFr2pe8rw-la47ld5wFtk0gOuLO0E-aAgLajE/s400/cover2011.jpg" /></a></div>“To read Canadian poet and artist Joe Blades’ book of poetry <i>casemate poems</i> means to get knowledge about one very specific way of understanding poetry today. [...] Blades’ poetry is written by activating different layers of human knowledge and by articulation of this knowledge, for example, in narrations of history and geography. He moves in time (historical perspective) and in space (for example, actual events in the world at the time, such as the attack on the World Trade Center) […] Poetry is not a separate sacred sphere, but a sphere where it is possible to articulate a critical approach to the past and contemporaneity.”<br />
—Dubravka Ðurić<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNkZHCIhWiC2POGiKuZM2DN2VnqKw1Y3DlO47ndPHUeocPHh4PEH8RPnrMyR-O0_ygwwYpHUp9XkEyALDfpgppM0qWypuXBGq6WTMYZ3GgqDzX3YpriAYbzWc_Us3KbWQzHGHYpAsmO-M/s1600/Joe_Blades_Foto_Sophie+2011-04-30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNkZHCIhWiC2POGiKuZM2DN2VnqKw1Y3DlO47ndPHUeocPHh4PEH8RPnrMyR-O0_ygwwYpHUp9XkEyALDfpgppM0qWypuXBGq6WTMYZ3GgqDzX3YpriAYbzWc_Us3KbWQzHGHYpAsmO-M/s400/Joe_Blades_Foto_Sophie+2011-04-30.jpg" /></a></div>Joe Blades is a Fredericton, NB writer and artist on the editorial board of <i>revue ellipse mag</i>. He is founding publisher of Broken Jaw Press, and the current Past President of the League of Canadian Poets. Blades has given readings, lectures, and workshops in Canada, the USA, Scotland, and Central Europe. Since 1995 he has been the community radio producer–host of <i>Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton’s Writing & Arts Show</i> (CHSR FM). Blades is the editor of ten anthologies, curator of a videopoem screening, and author of seven poetry books, including <i>River Suite</i>, and the sequel to <i>Casemate Poems (Collected)</i> titled <i>Prison Songs and Storefront Poetry</i>. <br />
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Joe Blades photo by Sophie Lavoie.Joe Bladeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126316965960488707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017627029088038048.post-16817001917581536722011-10-04T18:43:00.000-03:002011-10-04T18:43:58.076-03:00Nela Rio in Trois-Rivières<a href="http://www.fiptr.com/">Festival International de la Poésie</a>, Trois-Rivières (Québec)<br />
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[Note: selected events featuring Fredericton, NB poet–artist Nela Rio]<br />
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OCTOBER 6, 2011<br />
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17 h–18 h 30 : Apéro‑poésie. Café Bar Zénob, 171, rue Bonaventure, 819 378-9925. Poètes : Nouréini Tidjani-Serpos (Bénin), Nela Rio, Dyane Léger (Nouveau-Brunswick), Alice Major (Alberta), Anna Swanson (Colombie-Britannique), Catherine Harton, Jean-François Poupart, Pierre Demers (Québec).<br />
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18 h : Souper‑poésie. Restaurant Le Saint-Germain Bistro, 401, rue Saint-Roch, 819 372-0607. Début des lectures : 18 h 30. Poètes : Maria Bautista Vazquez, Luis Francisco Vasquez, Ernesto Lumbreras (Mexique), Nela Rio (Nouveau-Brunswick), J.-Roger Léveillé (Manitoba). <br />
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23 h : Poèmes de nuit. Café Bar Zénob, 171, rue Bonaventure, 819 378-9925. Poètes : Maria Bautista Vazquez, Luis Francisco Vasquez, Ernesto Lumbreras (Mexique), Tania Espitia Becerra (Colombie), Alice Major (Alberta), Nela Rio (Nouveau-Brunswick), Anna Swanson (Colombie-Britannique), Julie Tremblay, Mireille Gagné, Jean-Philippe Bergeron (Québec).<br />
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OCTOBER 7<br />
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12 h : Dîner-poésie. Café Le Bucafin, 920, boul. du Saint-Maurice, 819 376-2122. Poètes : Christine De Luca (Îles Shetland), Christophe Pairoux (Wallonie-Belgique), Nela Rio, Dyane Léger (Nouveau-Brunswick), Jean-François Poupart (Québec).<br />
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15 h 30–16 h 30 : Poèmes en langue anglaise. Église Saint-James, 811, rue des Ursulines, 819 374-6010. Poètes: David Musgrave (Australie), James Norcliffe (Nouvelle-Zélande), Christine De Luca (Îles Shetland), Alice Major (Alberta), Nela Rio (Nouveau-Brunswick), Anna Swanson (Colombie-Britannique).<br />
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17 h : Apéro-poésie. Foyer de la Maison de la culture, 1425, place de l’Hôtel de Ville, 819 379-9813. Musique : Daniel Lessard. Poètes : Dmitry Legeza (Russie), Nela Rio (Nouveau-Brunswick), Anna Swanson (Colombie-Britannique), Anthony Phelps (Haïti/Québec), Pierre Labrie, Prix Rina-Lasnier 2011, Patrick Lafontaine, Julie Tremblay (Québec).<br />
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20 h : Souper-poésie. (2e service) Restaurant Au Four à bois, 329, rue Laviolette, 819 373-3686. Poètes : Christine De Luca (Îles Shetland), Alice Major (Alberta), Nela Rio (Nouveau-Brunswick), Jean-Philippe Bergeron, Paul Bélanger, Prix Alain-Grandbois-2010 (Québec).<br />
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8 DE OCTUBRE<br />
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12 h : Dîner-poésie. Restaurant Le Manoir, 1147, rue Hart, 819 373-0204. Poètes : Olga Khokhlova (Russie), Nela Rio (Nouveau-Brunswick), Alice Major (Alberta), Anthony Phelps (Haïti/Québec).<br />
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15 h-16 h : Scotch et poésie. L’Embuscade Café Galerie, 1571, rue Badeaux, 819 374-0652. Poètes : Daniel Dugas, Nela Rio, Dyane Léger (Nouveau-Brunswick) Andrée Lacelle (Ontario).<br />
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17 h : Apéro‑poésie. Café Bar Zénob, 171, rue Bonaventure, 819 378-9925. Poètes : Olga Khokhlova (Russie), Nela Rio (Nouveau-Brunswick), Rodney Saint-Éloi, Anthony Phelps (Haïti/Québec), Aimée Verret, Patrick Boulanger (Québec).Joe Bladeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126316965960488707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017627029088038048.post-85061286806194739882011-08-26T09:53:00.001-03:002011-11-21T06:23:14.585-04:00... but is it a comic book?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-oC2CT_4K1lU0a3cC6oMM7qwxfpFIfa04h0YzelozgP6xuOYtCeCQUGBPopv2NSPPk6-INwibrD39lpnEAndkLodN3pDNhDKzbYahqSfKKQa1lW7x5heRWufvQe2kr9sO6C5tnM9QKV0/s1600/Bones_1-sheet_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-oC2CT_4K1lU0a3cC6oMM7qwxfpFIfa04h0YzelozgP6xuOYtCeCQUGBPopv2NSPPk6-INwibrD39lpnEAndkLodN3pDNhDKzbYahqSfKKQa1lW7x5heRWufvQe2kr9sO6C5tnM9QKV0/s320/Bones_1-sheet_b.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><blockquote><i>Bones of the Magus</i> is a fascinating synthesis of the comic book genre and literary prose. It is a graphic(less) novel in which vivid pictures are created literally and metaphorically through words. The story of a great prince, reincarnated as a skeleton into a foreign time and space, is a compelling and unusual read. Its breathless energy is sustained panel to panel throughout the book. Tristis Ward is the most creative writer I know and <i>Bones of the Magus</i> is her masterpiece. It is science fiction fantasy at its best. —Carolyn Gammon</blockquote>BONES OF THE MAGUS<br />
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<b>All that Remains</b>: A magician prince wakes up inside a church’s reliquary without his army, empire, weapons, or even flesh on his bones. What is left of his memory barely holds intact long enough to help him escape. But where on Earth can a skeleton hide?<br />
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<b>Where There’s a Will…</b>: Prince Magus Sical, on the run from both the law and the church, has taken refuge in the home of two hostages. He uses all he has left, his magic infused bones, to search for clues to how he died and how he might return.<br />
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<b>Culture Clash</b>: Where does a dead prince with a penchant for the arcane fit in? The Goths will never be the same once they’re drawn into the war between the undead and the self righteous.<br />
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<b>Blood, Fire & Brimstone</b>: In a battle between enemies of conviction there can be no walls left standing, no followers left free, no pawns left alive. Sical comes full circle in his quest to destroy everything that stands between him and his throne. But is he leading, or being led? Is he freeing himself from death, or being bound yet again to his mortal doom?<br />
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Este año, los poetas han contribuido poemas sobre el tema de la PAZ. El evento tendrá lugar en la sala de lectura del Rio de la Biblioteca Pública de Fredericton y luego en el Puente del río San Juan (si no llueve). Están invitados a participar con un poema sobre el tema de la PAZ o solo escuchar a los poetas locales leyendo poemas suyos. Habrá café y galletas. ¡Nos vemos allí!<br /><br />* Nela Rio * Carlos Morales * Joe Blades * <span style="font-style:italic;">et al</span> *<br /><br />May 14: V International Festival of Poetry Word in the World<br /><br />On Saturday, May 14, 2011, at 2 p.m., the Fredericton Chapter of the Iberoamerican Academy of Poetry (in collaboration with the New Brunswick Latino Association —PRESENCIA Project— and Fredericton’s Broken Jaw Press) invites the public to participate in the fifth annual Word in the World Poetry Festival, being celebrated between May 19th to 24th across the world in more than 30 countries and in more than 500 cities. This year poets have been contributing pieces on the theme of “Peace”. The event will take place at the Fredericton Public Library’s River Reading Area and on the Bridge over the St. John River (weather permitting). Come read your favourite poem on the theme of peace and hear local poets read their poetry as well! There will be coffee and treats. See you there!Joe Bladeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126316965960488707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017627029088038048.post-53294226235487714572011-05-07T06:59:00.001-03:002011-05-07T07:01:01.740-03:0013 May: Four Broken Jaw Press poets in Sussex<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguG92M9WUbl9MebKdKcw38t0Hk8PCtUWwisGXJKiDtU9AUr3cMKH7YqIxofTTn0gmJGJLL3kQdnSkCuKed5Bik4nY0yHnMu1uuzzZOFKC8CFyypHuDbb6uMWDzYzvgVRWocAz6EqhhoPU/s1600/4+BJP%2540WordsSpring.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguG92M9WUbl9MebKdKcw38t0Hk8PCtUWwisGXJKiDtU9AUr3cMKH7YqIxofTTn0gmJGJLL3kQdnSkCuKed5Bik4nY0yHnMu1uuzzZOFKC8CFyypHuDbb6uMWDzYzvgVRWocAz6EqhhoPU/s400/4+BJP%2540WordsSpring.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603909955047282322" /></a><br />WordsSpring's Friday evening schedule, which is so full it's overflowing. <br /> <br />May 13, Sussex Artist Co-op <br /> <br />6pm. Social time, meet and greet <br /> <br />7 pm. Book Launches and Local Authors, featuring: <br /> <br />Joan Hall Hovey <br />Joe Blades <br />Nela Rio <br />Roger Moore <br />Desa <br />Kelly Cooper <br />Lee Whitney <br />Beth Powning <br />Vanessa Moeller <br />Edward Gates <br />Karen Davidson <br />Elizabeth Stevens <br /> <br />The brief readings will be interspersed with music from local youth talent, and books will be for sale. <br /> <br />WordsSpring, May 13-15, Sussex, NB. <br /> <br />See <a href="http://www.umce.ca/wfnb/wordsspring2011.html">http://www.umce.ca/wfnb/wordsspring2011.html</a> <br /><br /><strong>Writers' Federation of New Brunswick</strong> <br />Box 306 <br />Moncton NB E1C 8L4 <br />506-459-7228 <br />wfnb@nb.aibn.com <br />http://www.wfnb.caJoe Bladeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126316965960488707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017627029088038048.post-41610790225292679092011-04-27T14:04:00.004-03:002011-04-27T14:45:43.533-03:002 BJP authors at Odd Sundays<strong>odd sundays at molly's</strong>, Fredericton's longest running semi-monthly poetry reading series presents <br /><br /><strong>Nela Rio and Robert Hawkes</strong> <br />Sunday, <strong>May 1</strong>, 2:00 pm <br />Molly's Coffee House, 554 Queen Street, Fredericton <br /> <br />Their readings will be followed by an open mic. <br />All are welcome. <br /> <br />Bios <br /><strong>Nela Rio</strong> is an internationally-recognized Argentine-Canadian author, artist, and arts organizer living in Fredericton. Professor at St. Thomas University since 1971, retired in 2003. Nela has 12 books published, and has been widely published in literary journals and anthologies in Canada, Spain, U.S.A., Honduras, Brazil, Chile and Argentina. Her work has been translated into English, French, Catalán, Portuguese, and Slovene. In May 2008, a symposium was held on her creative work, organized by Red Cultural Hispánica at the Canadian branch of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Gatineau, Québec. Several of her books are used in university courses in Canada, U.S.A. and Brazil. There are Master and Ph.D. thesis, on her work. She is the President of the Registro Creativo of the Canadian Asociation of Hispanists; the founder and organizer of the Annual Multilicultural Multilingual Poetry Recital (since 2000), and the <em>Outspoken Art/Arte Claro</em> exhibition, for the elimination of all forms of violence against women. She is also the Director of the Capítulo Fredericton of the Academia Iberoamericana de Poesía.<br /><br /><strong>Robert E. Hawkes</strong><br />Born: Coal Creek, Queens Co., NB <br />Professor Emeritus of Education (UNBF)<br />Most recent works have been imaginative recreations of three archbishops of Canterbury: <br />(a) Thomas Cranmer (published first as a Broken Jaw Prss chapbook; <br />(b) Reginald Cardinal Pole<br />(c) Cranmer and Pole: Archbishops (Broken Jaw Press), a combined book of the two archbishops and <br />(d) William Laud. <br />Nine collections of poetry published including those referred to above.Joe Bladeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126316965960488707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017627029088038048.post-92156010681212718292011-04-27T14:03:00.001-03:002011-04-27T14:03:44.407-03:00Fredericton reading: National Poetry Month 2011!Celebrate <strong>National Poetry Month!!!</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjspsZT5zV8Kt-zNHRmV0fVLqxAAtHJAdu3tPnVvUuwQOJXUGciMMtUvzukY-tvwyL8hzCcNxrlsOCQw-0I7l7qVuKtr2hPTBgZim39EJqHHwCxwelAHIMs6AemgP9JgH85Wat859rBloM/s1600/2011+04+30+poster2_300.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjspsZT5zV8Kt-zNHRmV0fVLqxAAtHJAdu3tPnVvUuwQOJXUGciMMtUvzukY-tvwyL8hzCcNxrlsOCQw-0I7l7qVuKtr2hPTBgZim39EJqHHwCxwelAHIMs6AemgP9JgH85Wat859rBloM/s400/2011+04+30+poster2_300.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600309452057708194" /></a>The Fredericton Chapter of the Iberoamerican Academy of Poetry and the League of Canadian Poets invite you to a Poetry Recital in Spanish and English by Fredericton Poets Nela Rio and Joe Blades on Saturday, April 30th at 2 pm at the River Reading Room in the Fredericton Public Library, 12 Carleton St., Fredericton. Both poets will be reading from recent publications and new materials. Nela Rio has recently been nominated for the League of Canadian Poets’ Pat Lowthers Award. She recently launched her collection of poetry, <em>La Luna, Tango, siempre la luna /The Moon, Tango, Always the Moon </em>(Broken Jaw Press, 2010). Blades’ most recent work published is <em>Prison Songs and Storefront Poetry</em> (Ekstasis Editions, 2010). He is an active member of the local BlackTop MotorCycle Gang writers’ group, coordinator of the Fredericton Small Press & Community Fair, and President of the League of Canadian Poets.<br /><br />This event is held in conjunction with the 2011 National Poetry Month. For its 2011 National Poetry Month activities, The League of Canadian Poets acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program. Other sponsors include the Public Lending Right Commission, the Government of Canada, and the Canadian Library Association.<br /><br />Please join us for what promises to be an exceptional reading!Joe Bladeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126316965960488707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017627029088038048.post-7835415112343805572011-04-14T09:10:00.003-03:002011-04-14T09:17:50.390-03:00Nela Rio: 16 April reading FrederictonFredericton poet and artist Nela Rio will launch her book, <em>La luna, Tango, siempre la luna /The Moon, Tango, Always the Moon</em> (Broken Jaw Press) on Saturday April 16, 2011 at 2 pm, at the Fredericton Public Library’s beautiful River Reading Area (upstairs), 12 Carleton Street, Fredericton. The Fredericton Chapter of the Ibero-American Academy of Poetry is hosting the event. The book, published by Broken Jaw Press in 2010 has been translated from the Spanish by translator Edith Jonsson-Devillers and includes a prologue by Governor General’s Literary Award winner, poet and translator, Hugh Hazelton. This collection has been short-listed for the League of Canadian Poet’s prestigious Pat Lowther Memorial Award, a prize given for a book of poetry by a Canadian woman published in the preceding year in memory of the late writer whose career was cut short by her untimely death. The judges commented: “Foreign accents, mystery, intrigue, sensuousness, all culminate in the dance that steps over, around, and through the mundane and lifts its skirts to new heights and wishes.” Please join us for a rare opportunity to discover one of Fredericton’s most talented writers. There will be a brief presentation of the book, followed by a bilingual reading of selected poems from the collection.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_ldp2tygmI4W76UdzRyJs-D0oN2DC6cmJ60jQ_5-rl-n8XAcWPcI6sGaRvZA99ODpGKUpHTCykqXl_y-C5hDD6oHjzVsUizCOK6wfUN_uAAAJkEjafbkFZXrL6e8Elm-U01dnetpG-A/s1600/AIP+Lanzamiento+Tango+16+de+abril+2011+poster.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_ldp2tygmI4W76UdzRyJs-D0oN2DC6cmJ60jQ_5-rl-n8XAcWPcI6sGaRvZA99ODpGKUpHTCykqXl_y-C5hDD6oHjzVsUizCOK6wfUN_uAAAJkEjafbkFZXrL6e8Elm-U01dnetpG-A/s400/AIP+Lanzamiento+Tango+16+de+abril+2011+poster.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595411877041628690" /></a>La poeta y artista de Fredericton, Nela Rio, lanzará su último libro, <em>La luna, Tango, siempre la luna/The Moon, Tango, Always the Moon</em> el sábado 16 de abril a las dos de la tarde en la Biblioteca Pública de Fredericton (en la linda sala River Reading Area), 12 calle Carleton, Fredericton. El capítulo de Fredericton de la Academia Iberoamericana de Poesía es huésped del evento. El libro, publicado en el año 2010 por la casa editorial Broken Jaw Press, fue traducido por la traductora Edith Jonsson-Devillers e incluye un prólogo por Hugh Hazelton, poeta y traductor premiado por Governor General’s Medal. El libro de poesía de Rio ha sido seleccionado en la lista corta del prestigioso premio Pat Lowther Memorial, de la Liga de Poetas Canadienses, un premio que galardona a una poeta publicada en el año anterior, en nombre de una poeta que falleció siendo joven y al principio de su carrera. Los miembros del jurado comentaron: “Acentos del extranjero, misterio, intriga, sensualidad, todo culmina en el baile que da paso, da vueltas y traspasa la rutina y levanta sus volantes hacia nuevas cumbres y deseos.” Están invitados a reunirse con nosotros para esta rara oportunidad de (re)descubrir una de las escritoras más talentosas de Fredericton. Habrá una breve introducción del libro, seguido por un recital bilingüe de poemas seleccionados del libro. ¡No se lo pierda!Joe Bladeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126316965960488707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017627029088038048.post-84902343456873666022011-04-06T11:33:00.003-03:002011-04-06T11:42:42.885-03:002011 Pat Lowther and Gerald Lampert Memorial Awards ShortlistsCongratulations to Broken Jaw Press author Nela Rio and her translator Edith Jonsson-Devilliers on their book <em>La luna, Tango, siempre la luna / The Moon, Tango, Always the Moon</em> being shortlisted for the 2011 Pat Lowther Memorial Award. <br /> <br />Congratulations to all of the shortlisted poets and their books. <br /><br />++++++++++<br /><br />Announcing …<br /><br />THE GERALD LAMPERT & PAT LOWTHER AWARDS SHORTLIST<br /><br />April 4, 2011, Toronto: The League of Canadian Poets is pleased to announce the shortlist for its 2011 Pat Lowther and Gerald Lampert Memorial Awards. Congratulations to the authors for their fine work and many thanks to the jurors for their hard work on this year’s awards.<br /><br />Winners of these awards will be announced during a special ceremony at the annual LCP Poetry Fest and Conference to be held at The Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Toronto (475 Yonge Street) on June 11, 2011.<br /><br /><strong>Gerald Lampert Award Shortlist:</strong> <br />The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is given in the memory of Gerald Lampert, an arts administrator who organized authors' tours and took a particular interest in the work of new writers. The award recognizes the best first book of poetry published by a Canadian in the preceding year. The award carries a $1,000 prize. <br /><br /><em>The Crow’s Vow</em> by Susan Briscoe (Signal Edition of Vehicule Press) <br /><em>That Other Beauty</em> by Karen Enns (Brick Books) <br /><em>Tiny, Frantic, Stronger</em> by Jeff Latosik (Insomniac Press) <br /><em>[sic]</em> by Nikki Reimer (Frontenac Press) <br /><em>Here Is Where We Disembark</em> by Clea Roberts (Freehand Books) <br /><em>The Nights Also</em> by Anna Swanson (Tightrope Books) <br /><br />2011 Jury: Lori Cayer, Jacob Scheier, Todd Swift <br /> <br /><br /><strong>Pat Lowther Award Shortlist:</strong> <br />The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is given for a book of poetry by a Canadian woman published in the preceding year, and is in memory of the late Pat Lowther, whose career was cut short by her untimely death in 1975. The award carries a $1,000 prize.<br /><br /><em>Ossuaries</em> by Dionne Brand (McClelland & Stewart) <br /><em>Walking to Mojácar</em> by Di Brandt, with French and Spanish translations by Charles Leblanc and Ari Belathar (Turnstone Press) <br /><em>Living Under Plastic</em> by Evelyn Lau (Oolichan Books) <br /><em>Memory’s Daughter</em> by Alice Major (University of Alberta Press) <br /><em>Cathedral</em> by Pamela Porter (Ronsdale Press) <br /><em>La luna, Tango, siempre la luna / The Moon, Tango, Always the Moon</em> by Nela Rio (Broken Jaw Press) <br /><br />2011 Jury: Magie Dominic, Eric Folsom, Yvonne Trainer <br /> <br />(Complete author bios and book descriptions available: <a href="http://www.poets.ca/linktext/awards.htm">http://www.poets.ca/linktext/awards.htm</a>)<br /><br />~ 30 ~<br /><br />Media Contact:<br />Renu Mehta, Publicist <br />416-708-2537<br />renum@rogers.com<br />www.imagebuilderz.comJoe Bladeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126316965960488707noreply@blogger.com0