Esplanade Fiction
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Hot off the press
"Rapid, it renders you dizzy. Solid, it knocks you off balance. Swift and sudden, its surprises leave you winded. This is Spinning Side Kick."—The Telegraph
On Gift Horse:
"It’s rare to encounter a poet who can weave economics, wildlife preservation, public policy, personal and civic history, epidemiology and gastronomy together into the tapestry of metaphor using such deceptively simple language." —National Post
On Skullduggery:
"A delight to read and read again. Asa Boxer is a true master of language- and he knows it. This collection is at once belly-shakingly funny, piercingly insightful, ironic, and melodically composed... .If poetry was ever 'meant' to be some way, this is it." —2011 QWF Jury
On With a Closed Fist:
"This is a wicked, incisive, brutal memoir that moves with breakneck speed from incident to incident, from rats in the toilet to roaches cascading down walls, from lecherous uncles to empty fridges, from angry cops to unforgivably naive social worker students." —The Globe and Mail
On The Id Kid:
"Linda Besner’s The Id Kid is the standout of the season." —The National Post
On Boxing the Compass:
"Boxing the Compass, is excellent. Greene avoids the mundane through
the clarity of his observation, the ingenuity of his rhyme, and the
modesty of his wisdom." —University of Toronto Quarterly
"This book is alive with small pleasures." —The Globe & Mail
Esplanade Double Book Launch
Missy Marston and Daniel Griffin signing their books at Paragraphe Books in Montreal on May 15, 2012.
Missy Marston, author of The Love Monster, and Daniel Griffin, author of Stopping for Strangers, will be launching their books at Novel Idea in Kingston on May 17, 2012 at 7:00 pm.
The Love Monster
"After you notice the first wrinkle or grey hair, after your husband or wife or child leaves forever, after you have been abducted by aliens, nothing will ever be the same."
Meet Margaret H. Atwood.
On The Love Monster:
"In her debut novel, Ottawa author and poet Missy Marston is both fearless and quirky in her approach to some of the more difficult aspects of being human." —Quill and Quire
Join Missy Marston at Raw Sugar Cafe in Ottawa for the launch of The Love Monster on May 23, 2012 at 7 p.m.
Stopping for Strangers
Daniel Griffin, author of Stopping for Strangers will be reading at :
Type Books in Toronto on May 16, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
Books on Beechwood in Ottawa on May 18, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
Daniel Griffin's Stopping for Strangers is shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award.
On Stopping for Strangers:
"His characters are memorable ones, their dilemmas familiar, their judgments and actions not always for the best. Mr. Griffin’s writing deserves a wide audience." —The Globe and Mail
