Events
Upcoming Tightrope Events, Fall 2008:
David Clink (Eating Fruit Out of Season) Reads at Strong Words, October 6
STRONG WORDS
Featuring Mike Spry, David Clink and Faye Guenther
Monday, 6 October 2008 @ The Gladstone Art Bar (1214 Queen St W)
7:30 PM - PWYC
You can catch Ian Burgham, Tightrope author of The Stone Skippers, at one of these Ontario events over the next few months:
October 14, Books and Company Picton, Ontario
October 16, Location TBA Cobourg, Ontario
November 16, Poetry Cafe (Moonshine Cafe) Oakville, Ontario
“The Stone Skippers by Ian Burgham is a beautifully published hard-back, generously spaced poems on high quality paper. And the work itself in every way continues this attention to detail, employing word and silence in equal measure. Here is a writer capable of great subtlety, fusing the turning point moment of short story, depth and length of novel, ‘in-breath’ of exalted verse. A small ‘I’ captures nature, philosophy, the quiet moment, the fleeting thought, then magnifies and shapes into word. Many poems possess the intimacy of listening in on someone talking to themselves. Use of form, poetic device, economy and choice of language, blurring of fancy and fiction – all are employed with intelligence and readerly insight.”
-Kevin Gillam
You never knew CanLit could be so damn funny. The best of funny featuring new writers with hot Fall books and some of Canada’s proven snarky meisters of poetry and prose. Watch them turn a boring reading into a cross between a fart machine and a whoopee cushion! Starring: Stacey May Fowles, Daniel Allen Cox, David McGimpsey, Sarah Steinberg, Jon Paul Fiorentino, and Elyse Friedman.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
The Gladstone Hotel
1214 Queen St. West (Queen just East of Dufferin)
Toronto
“…Stacey May Fowles’ first novel…definitely proves she’s a writer filled with talent and insight…The writing is sharp and evocative and shows a deep level of sympathy for the characters and keen psychological understanding…the strength of the writing makes Be Good a very enjoyable read.”
-Broken Pencil
“…probably the most finely realized small press novel to come out of Canada in the last year…Thank you, Stacey May Fowles.”
-This Magazine
Stay tuned for more information regarding the highly anticipated launch of The Best Canadian Poetry 2008.
For more information about this event or to request review copies of any of these titles, respond to this email or contact Halli Villegas at Tightrope Books, halli@tightropebooks.com.
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