Biblioasis Author Interviews and Reviews

I'm happy to bring you more great news for Bibliosis authors.

Alexandra Oliver appears on rob maclennan's blog for an interview regarding the Pat Lowther-shortlisted collection Meeting the Tormentors in Safeway.

The Underground Book Club posted a glowing review of Zachariah Wells' Career Limiting Moves: Interviews, Rejoinders, Essays, Reviews. Michael Bryson calls it "Playful, snarky, sharp-witted, intelligent and polemical ... his debate skills (formidable) leave his opponents flattened."

EVENT Magazine reviewed Jessica Hiemstra's Self-Portrait Without a Bicycle, describing it as follows: “The poems themselves-free-verse stanzas whose titles are almost always composed of subject and verb, and whose sentences often overlap with the first lines of subsequent sections—dart in and out [of] narratives … [and] are strongest when the narrative stakes are highest … tender and convincing.”

Jessica Hiemstra at Poetry London

Jessica Hiemstra will be in London, Ontario to help Poetry London  cap off their 2012/13 season with a special poetry party at Organic Works Bakery.

She'll be joined by readers Sue Goyette, John Terpstra and Debra Franke, and there will be free snacks, a cash bar and possibly even a door prize or two!


Make plans to be there Saturday, May 4th (doors at 6:30pm and readings at 7:30pm).

Alex Boyd's The Lonely Offices features poetry by Jessica Hiemstra

Alex Boyd, author of The Least Important Man, also runs the blog The Lonely Offices: Poetry and Stuff About Poetry. Much to our delight, he recently featured a poem from Jessica Hiemstra's recent Biblioasis collection Self-Portrait Without a Bicycle. Jessica read "The Most Beautiful Things I've Seen in October" at the Windsor launch of the book this month at the Biblioasis shop. In case you missed it, here's the link to Alex's blog.

Tonight at the Dora Keogh, POETRY!

Toronto Bibliofriends and poetry lovers,
Head down to the Dora Keogh Pub on the Danforth tonight at 7pm for a celebration of National Poetry Month with Robert Melançon and Jessica Hiemstra.

Want to know more about Jessica? Like how she saved a drunk fisherman? Check out her feature on the Dirty Dozen from Open Book Ontario.

See you tonight!

Tonight! Robert Melançon and Jessica Hiemstra at the Word in Montreal

Montrealers! Make sure you make your way to The Word tonight for a fantastic evening of poetry, featuring Robert Melançon and Jessica Hiemstra. Robert will be launching his latest book, For As Far As The Eye Can See, translated for the first time into English by Judith Cowan. Jessica will be reading from her latest collection, Self-Portrait Without a Bicycle.

What better way to kick off Poetry Month than to get a head start with Biblioasis?

Um. Read this.

the indefatigable rob mclennan, who has always been a champ about doing 12 or 20s for us even when we're shamefully late in sending him books, has posted a new thingie with jessica hiemstra. i call it a thingie because 'interview' is maybe a little ... i dunno ... not enough to do with horses. or blood. or ducks? hell, just go read it. happy friday!

Biblioasis's Spring Poetry Tour

(le texte français suivra)

You are cordially invited to join Biblioasis as we celebrate 

For As Far As the Eye Can See 

(orig. Le Paradis des apparences), 

now translated for the first time by Judith Cowan, 

as well as Jessica Hiemstra's

Self-Portrait Without a Bicycle

(published by Biblioasis in 2012).

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27

7:30 P.M.

THE WORD BOOKSTORE, MONTREAL

469 MILTON

Hosted by Eric Ormsby

TUESDAY, APRIL 2

7:00 P.M.

DORA KEOGH IRISH PUB (WITH BEN MCNALLY BOOKS), TORONTO

141 DANFORTH AVE. E.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3

7:00 P.M.

AN EVENING OF FOOD, WINE, AND POETRY

PRESENTED BY DANI'S BISTRO AND THE NIAGARA LITERARY ARTS COUNCIL

176 ST. PAUL STREET, ST. CATHARINES

THURSDAY, APRIL 4

7:00 P.M.

BIBLIOASIS

1520 WYANDOTTE ST. E., WINDSOR

In the 144 poems of For As Far As the Eye Can See, Melançon re-imagines the sonnet as a "rectangle of twelve lines," and poetry as "a monument as fragile as the grass." Impressionistic, seasonal, allusive, in language sharp and clean, this form-driven collection is both a book of hours and a measured meditation on art, nature, and the vagaries of perception.

The evening will also feature the poet and visual artist Jessica Hiemstra, whose Self-Portrait Without a Bicycle was published by Biblioasis in 2012.

ABOUT ROBERT MELANÇON:
Robert Melançon is one of Québec’s most revered contemporary poets and a two-time winner of the Governor General’s Award. A longtime translator of Canadian poet A.M. Klein, Melançon has been the poetry columnist for Le Devoir and the Radio-Canada program En Toutes Lettres; he is also a critic and a professor at the University of Montreal. In addition to the Governor General's Award he is a past recipient of the Prix Victor-Barbeau and the Prix Alain-Grandbois.

ABOUT JESSICA HIEMSTRA:
Jessica Hiemstra is a visual artist and writer who divides her time between Ontario and Sierra Leone. She is also the winner of two Malahat Review Open Season Awards (2011) and the Room Magazine Annual Poetry Contest (2009). Self-Portrait Without a Bicycle is her third volume of poetry.

Chers amis,

Biblioasis vous invitent au lancement du Paradis des apparences de Robert Melançon, qui vient d’être traduit en anglais par Judith Cowan.

Dans les 144 poèmes de As Far As the Eye Can See, Melançon redéfinit le sonnet comme « un rectangle de douze vers », et la poésie comme « un monument aussi fragile que l’herbe ». Impressionniste, saisonnière, allusive, écrite dans une langue précise et nette, cette suite de poèmes est un livre d’heures aussi bien qu’une méditation sereine sur l’art, la nature, et l’incertitude de nos perceptions.

La soirée mettra égalment en vedette la poète et artiste visuelle Jessica Hiemstra, dont Self-Portrait Wthout a Bicycle a paru chez Biblioasis en 2012.

AU SUJET DE ROBERT MELANÇON
Robert Melançon, deux fois lauréat du prix du Gouverneur-Général, est un des poètes québécois contemporains les plus respectés. Traducteur de longue date du poète canadien A.M. Klein, Melançon a été critique de poésie au Devoir et à l’émission « En toutes lettres » à Radio-Canada; il a également été critique et professeur à l’Université de Montréal. En plus du prix du Gouverneur-Général, il a aussi reçu le prix Victor-Barbeau et le prix Alain-Grandbois.

AU SUJET DE JESSICA HIEMSTRA
Jessica Hiemstra est une artiste visuelle et un écrivain qui vit au Sierra Leone. Elle a remporté le prix « Open Season» » de la Malahat Review en 2011 et l’« Annual Poetry Contest » de Room Magazine en 2009. Self-Portrait Without a Bicycle est son troisième recueil de poèmes.