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Oolichan Books

Spring Titles 2011

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Governor General’s Award for Poetry2006 JohnPass,Stumbling In The Bloom,Winner2005 W.H.New,Underwood Log,Finalist2004 DavidManicom,The Burning Eaves,Finalist2001 JohnPass,Water Stair,Finalist

Governor General’s Award for Fiction1993 CarolWindley,Visible Light, Short List

BC Book Prizes - Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize2010 MirandaPearson,Harbour,Finalist2009 NilofarShidmehr,Shrin and Salt Man,Finalist2008 GeorgeMcWhirter,The Incorrection,Finalist2005 EveJoseph,The Startled Heart,Finalist2001 JohnPass,Water Stair,Finalist1997 MargoButton,The Unhinging of Wings,Winner1995 AaronBushkowsky,ed & mabel go to the moon, Short List

Alberta Book Awards - Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction2010 BettyJaneHegerar,Delivery,FinalistBC Book Prizes - Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize2009 AndreasSchroeder,Renovating Heaven,Finalist2000 KeithHarrison,Furry Creek,Finalist1995 GrantBuday,Under Glass, Short List1993 CarolWindley,Visible Light, Short List

Saskatchewan Young Readers Choice Shining Willow Award2009 RonSmith&RuthCampbell,Elf the Eagle,Nominated

Danuta Gleed Award2008 ValerieStetson,The Year I Got Impatient,Runner-up1998 JaninaHornosty.Snackers,Finalist

Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize2008 RonSmith&RuthCampbell,Elf the Eagle,Finalist

Lansdowne Poetry Award2007 LaurieBlock,Time Out of Mind,Winner

Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry2002 MarilynDumont,green girl dreams Mountains,Winner

Gillian Lowndes Award

2001 JohnPass,Water Stair,Finalist

The Literary Network Top Ten Canadian Poetry Books1999 MonaFertig,Sex, Death & Travel

QSPELL Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction 1998 DavidManicomProgeny of Ghosts: Travels in Russia and the Old Empire.,Winner

QSPELL A.M. Klein Award for Poetry 1998 DavidManicom.The Older Graces,Finalist

Viacom Canada Writers’ Trust Non-Fiction Prize 1998 DavidManicomProgeny of Ghosts: Travels in Russia and the Old Empire.,Finalist

Gerald Lampert Memorial Prize1997 MargoButton,The Unhinging of Wings,Finalist

Saskatchewan Book Awards Book of the Year 1997 VenBegamudré,Laterna Magika, Short List1993 VenBegamudré,Van de Graaff Days, Short List

Saskatchewan Book Awards Fiction Prize1997 VenBegamudré,Laterna Magika, Short List

City of Regina Prize1997 VenBegamudré,Laterna Magika, Co-recipient1993 VenBegamudré,Van de Graaff Days, Short List

Commonwealth Writers Prize “Best Book” For writers published in Canada and Caribbean1997 VenBegamudré,Laterna Magika, Short List1993 GregHollingshead,White Buick, Short List

Certificate of Honour, BC Historical Foundation1996 JanPeterson,Cathedral Grove

Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Prize 1996 ConstanceHorne,Emily Carr’s Woo, Short List

Bumbershoot/Weyerhaeuser Publication Award1993 OolichanBooks:RonSmith/CarolWindley,Visible Light

Writers Guild of Alberta Short Fiction Prize1993 GregHollingshead,White Buick,Winner

Award Winning Oolichan Books2010 Finalists

CongratulationstoBetty Jane HegeratforbeingshortlistedfortheGeorges Bugnet Award for Fiction, the Alberta Book Awards 2010 forDelivery.

CongratulationstoMiranda PearsonforhernominationofHarbour for the BC Book Awards Dorothy Livesay Award.2009 Winner

OolichanBookswouldliketocongratulateBruce Hunterforwinningthe2009 Banff Mountain Book Festival’s Canadian Rockies AwardforhisbookIn The Bear’s House.

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TheBoyBetty Jane HegeratISBN978-088982-275-7•5.5”x8.5”•pb•280pp•$21.95•Fiction•April2011

In1959Ray andDaisyCookand theirfive childrenwerebrutally slain in their modest home in the central Albertatown of Stettler. Robert Raymond Cook, Ray Cook’s sonfromhisfirstmarriage,wasconvictedofthecrime,andhadtheinfamyofbecomingthelastmanhangedinAlberta.Forty-sixyears later,a troublesomecharacternamedLouise inastorythatBetty Jane Hegeratfindsherselfinexplicablyreluctanttowrite,becomesentangledinthechildhoodmemoryofhearingabout that gruesomemassmurder. Through four years ofobsessivelytrackingthedemiseoftheCookfamily,anddancingaroundthefateofthefictionalfamily,theproblemthatwillnot go away ishow tobring the story to thepage.Aworkof non-fiction about the Cooks and their infamous son, oranovelaboutLouiseandherproblemstepson?Bothstorieskeepcomingbacktotheboy.Part memoir, part investigation, part novella, part writer’sjournal,The Boy, is the author’sfinal capitulation to tellingthestorywithallofthetroublesomequestionsunanswered.

“AmongthethingsIlikebestaboutthisbookisitssteady,sure-handedtoneandstyle.Hegerat’sunconventionalapproachtoitssubject-whatturnsaboyintoakiller,appliedobliquelytothecaseofthelastmanhangedinAlberta,RobertRaymondCook-yieldstruthsthatotherwisecouldbeonlyguessedat.We’llneverknowanyanswersforsure,butHegerat’smeditationgivesusadifferent,useful,andwiseangle.” -SharonButala,authorofThe Girl in Saskatoon

Betty Jane Hegerathasbeenasocialworker,ateacher,andaseriousstudentoffiction.ShehasstudiedattheUniversityofAlberta,UniversityofCalgary,SageHill,theBanffCentre,andtheUniversityofBritishColumbiawhereshecompletedanMFAinCreativeWriting.Domesticity,themessydynamicsoffamily,thesearchfor“home”,andadeep-rootedloveoftheAlbertalandscapeunderpinherstoriesandherobsessionwithfindingtruththroughexaminingthesecretsandliesinordinarylives.BettyJaneteachescreativewritingforContinuingEducationattheUniversityofCalgary, and theAlexandraWritersCentreandwas the2009Writer inResidenceat theMemorialParkLibrary.HerbookDelivery(Oolichan,2009)wasshort-listedforthe2010GeorgesBugnetAwardforFiction.

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TheGateMichael ElcockISBN978-088982272-6•5.5”x8.5”•pb•224pp•$18,95•Fiction•April2011

The Gate isalovestoryandatragedycentredonthesearchbyEtienneRochefort,aCanadian,forinformationabouthispast.Rochefortreceivesshatteringinformationabouthisoriginsathisgrandmother’sdeathbed—originswhichlieinthedyingdays ofWorldWarTwoEurope.These revelations sethimoffonasearchforhispast,againsthisbetterjudgmentand,initially,hisowninterest.

ThestorybeginsinthePembertonValley,northofVancouver,andwhilemostofthecharacters in itarefictitious,mostofthe events are not. The plotplaysoff actual events—includ-ingsecretserviceactivitiesonlyrecentlyde-classified—andinsomecases,actualpeople.ItrecountsanepictaleofRoche-fort’sparents,theirloveandtheireffortsaspartoftheFrenchresisitancefightingagainsttheoccupyingGermans.Itisataleofhappiness, and such sorrowascanonlybepartially rem-ediedbytheeffortsofanoutstandingandcompassionatehu-manitarian,theCatholicAbbéMustyofBastogneinBelgium.TheunexpectedeventsofwarforcetheAbbéandhisyoungstudentstoescapeacrossthehard-frozen,war-tornlandscape.Inevitably, the story involves advancing German forces andthesinisterdepredationsoftheGestapoandHeinrichHim-mler’sSicherheitsdienst.

“MeticulousresearchandacinematicsensibilityhaveendowedThe Gatewithauthenticpower.ThenovelrecreatesthelastyearoftheSecondWorldWarbyfocusingonahandfulofindividu-alsandhowtheir liveswerechangedbytheGermanoccupa-tionofFranceandBelgium,andIbelievethatMichaelElcockrealizeshisaim–tomakeusrememberaperiodthatisnearlyforgotten,andmustberecalledsothatitneverhappensagain.”

IsabelHuggan-AuthorofBelonging: Home Away from Home,winneroftheCharlesTaylorPrizeforLiteraryNon-Fiction

Michael ElcockwasborninForres,ScotlandandgrewupinEdinburghandWestAfrica.HeemigratedtoCanadawhenhewastwenty-oneandworkedinpulpmills,inthewoods,onwestcoastfishingboatsandasaskiinstructor,earningalongthewayaB.A.andM.EdattheUniversityofVictoria. HewasAthleticDirectoratUVic for tenyears, and thenCEOofTourismVictoriaforfive. In1990hemovedtoAndalu-siatoworkondevelopingSpain’sExpo92.Hehaspublishedarticles inperiodicals,newspapersandmagazines inCanadaandoverseas.Elcockhaspublishedtwoworksofnon-fiction,A Perfectly Beautiful Place(Oolichan,2004)andWriting On Stone (Oolichan,2006).HelivesjustoutsideofVictoria,BC.

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NewlygraduatedfromuniversityinIreland,LisaMcGoniglecametotheKootenayregionofBritishColumbiatospendawintersnow-boarding.Shewroteemailstoherfriendsbackhomedescribingaremotemountain-towncalledFernie,aseriesofsmashesintheter-rainpark,unrivalledpowderturns,workingforminimum-wageandduct-tapingovertheholes inherouterwear. She lefttotakeupaPhDscholarshiptoOxfordbutthelureofthesnowwastoomuch.Severalmonthslatersheabandonedherlaptop,clothesandbikeinOxfordandranawaybacktoBC.ShewentontospendanotherthreewintersintheKootenays,tradingFernieforanevensmaller,moreremotetowncalledRosslandandlearningtoskiforgoodmea-sureaswell.

Composed of the emails written as events unfolded, and infusedwithanIrishtakeonCanadiana,Snowdriftdocumentsthejoyous,impoverishedandinjury-riddenlifeofaski-bumwho’lldoalmostanything for fresh linesandexplores justwhathappenswhenyouleaveitallbehindtofollowthesnow.

Lisa McGonigle grewup inNorthCountyDublin, Ireland. SheattendedTrinity College Dublin and the University of Aberdeen,ScotlandbeforecomingtoBritishColumbiain2005.Havingspentseveralyearsskiing,snowboardingandhikingintheKootenays,sheiscurrentlystudyingforaPhDinEnglishattheUniversityofOtago,NewZealand.

SnowdriftLisa McGonigle ISBN9780889822719•5.5”x8.5””•pb•296pp•$18.95•Travelogue•January2011

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GulfLeslie VryenhoekISBN978-088982-274-0•5.5”x8.5”•pb•80pp•$17.95•Poetry•March2011

Gulfexploresthenatureoflongingandbelonginginatransientculture. From its opening assertion, “A neighborhood, nomatter/howknown,willnotslipwhole/intoyourknapsack,”the collection contends home is a portable assortment ofminutiae:thetasteofdirt,thesolaceofHomeDepot,apennantofbone.Openingonachild’sdisplacement,thepoemslooselytracetheauthor’sjourneyfromAmericansuburbiatosmall-townCanadianprairie,atransitionaidedbysardonichistoricalfiguresandametricconversionchart.Asthepoemsricochetfrom coast to coast, Vryenhoek toes the U.S./Canadianborder—“thatthinlineawidegulf ”—untilcrossinganothergulfandarrivinginNewfoundland,aplacewherebeingfrom/comingfromawaystillholdsswayineverydaydialogue.

Movingfromsolemnandmeditativetosaucyandirreverent,Gulf isacollisionofnaturalelementsandtechnology,nativespeciesandnewcomers,theinevitablerendingoffamiliesandtheconnectivetissueofmemorythattiesustoplace.

Leslie VryenhoekwasbornintheUnitedStatesandraisedinPittsburgh. She immigrated toManitoba in the1980s, andnowlivesinSt.John’s,Newfoundland,wheresheworksasacommunicationsconsultantandaneditoronRiddle Fence.Her poetry, fiction and memoir have been publishedacrossCanada and internationally, andhavewonnumerousawards,includingtheWinstonCollins/DescantPrizeforBestCanadianPoemin2010.She is theauthorofScrabble Les-sons: Stories,publishedbyOolichanin2009.Gulfisherfirstcollectionofpoetry.

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SweetDevilryYi-Mei TsiangISBN978-088982273-3•5.5”x8.5”•pb•96pp•$17.95•Poetry•April2011

Yi-Mei Tsiang’s debut collectionof poetry, Sweet Devilry,explores the tenderness of loss that informs motherhood aswell as the power and the conflict that come with being awoman.Bothcelebrationandelegy, thesepoems find theircentreinfamiliallove.Lyricandtraditional,thoughattunedto the visual and the experimental, Sweet Devilry also hasa whimsical, and sometimes biting, sense of humour.Tsiang’s smart, imaginative,andemotionallyresonantworkoffersakeenandwoman-centredperspectiveonthestorieswetell ourselves about love,personal and societal struggle, andtheinevitabilityofdeath.

Yi-Mei TsiangistheauthorofFlock of Shoes(AnnickPress,2010) and The Mermaid and Other Fairy Tales (LeafPress, 2010). She has two forthcoming books for childrenand her work has been sold and translated internationally.She has published poetry extensively in Canadian journals,and has appeared in several anthologies. She is currentlycompleting UBC’s MFA program, and works as a mentorto aspiring writers through UBC’s Booming Ground andQueen’sUniversity’sEnrichmentStudiesDepartment.Yi-MeilivesinKingstonwithherhusbandandyoungdaughter.ShedrewfromherownexperiencesasamotherinthecreationofthepoemsinSweet Devilry.

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InKetchen’sstand-alonesequeltoBorn That Way,thedauntlessSylviacontinuestoexploretheebbandflowofherddynamics,whether they arise in family life, schoolyard politics, or thepaddocksofKansas’sstable.AfunnycontinuationofSylvia’smisadventuresinwhichshefinallygetsherhorse,ahorseasuniqueandspiritedassheis.

Reviews ofBorn That Way

“IloveSusan’stone-there’slotsofangst,butnoself-pity-lotsofhumor...theloveandrespectforhorsesisactuallyratheroverwhelming.WeshouldallthankCloudy,Shadow,Lollipopandalltheotherequinesthatinspired;it’saratheruniquetext.”-KieranKealy,ProfessorChildren’sLiterature,UBC

“Ipurchasedyournovelforahorse-crazyniece,andunfortunatelyformetheowneroftheshopsaidIshouldreaditfirst.Istarteditlastnightandcouldn’tputitdown.ThismorningIwaslateforwork.Idon’tevenlikehorses.”-AnAnonymousHappyReader

Susan Ketchen was born in Nanaimo, B.C. She holds anM.Sc.degree inMarriageandFamilyTherapy.Shehas suc-cessfullypursuedanalarmingnumberofnotoverly-longca-reersandnowresidesonasmallVancouverIslandhobbyfarmwithherhusband,twohorses,twocatsandaflockofchickens.

Susan is amemberof theB.C.HorseCouncil, theComoxValleyDressageClub,andtheComoxValleyWriter’sSociety.SheisamonitorwiththeWildlifeTreeStewardshipProgram,giving her an official excuse to spend many hours staringoutthewindow...attheeaglesperchingandnestingattheedgeoftheproperty.Sheisinterestedinanimaltrainingandteachesherhorsestorecognizearemarkablenumberofwords,playthepianowiththeirnoses,andidentifyflashcards.Herfavouriteplacestocomeupwithnewideasarethebarn,thepasture,andtheshower.Shehasneverreceivedcreativeinspi-rationwhilevacuuming.

TolearnmoreaboutSusanKetchenandherhorsethatreads,visitwww.susanketchen.ca.

MadeThatWaySusan Ketchen ISBN978-088982-270-2•5.5”x8.5”•pb•196pp•$12.95•YAFiction•December2010

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Brian Brett’slatestcollectionofpoems,Wind River Variations,addressestheintricateweaveofrelationshipsthatexistsbetweenhumanbeingsandthenaturallandscape.Inparticular,hespeakstothepreservationoftheThreeRiverswatershed(TheWindRiver,TheSnakeRiverandtheBonnetPlumeRiver).Inhisacknowledgementshewrites:“Inanoddkindofway,theplunderingoftheworldinthepastisunderstand-able,becausetherewasn’ttheknowledge.Now,therearenoexcuses,andthealmostbelligerentandcertainlyarrogantlustofsomanyindividualstodestroywhatremainsmerelytocreatemorewealthforafewhastomakeuswonderaboutthementalhealthofourspecies,anditseven-tualsurvival.”In thesepoems,he takesuson an expedition into theThreeRiverswatershedwithotherartists,writers,photographers,painters,natural-istsinthehopethatwhattheyrecordwillawakenandintroduceustothebeautyandimportanceofthispristineareatothebroaderculture.In these sometimes bitter and angry, always insightful poems, Brettspeakstothemanyenvironmentalconcerns,bothphysicalandspiri-tual,thatovershadowthediverseeco-systemsthataresovitaltoourhumanityandoursurvival.Brian Bretthasbeenwritingandpublishingsincethelate1960s.HehasalsobeeninvolvedinaneditorialcapacitywithseveralpublishingfirmsincludingtheGovernor-GeneralAwardwinningBlackfishPress.Intheearlyseventies,hebeganworkingasafreelancejournalistandcriticforvariouspublicationsandnewspapersacrossthecountry.HisjournalismhasappearedinalmosteverymajornewspaperinCanada,andhisessaysinmostofthemajormagazines.Brian Brett inaugurated the B.C. Poetry-In-The-Schools pro-gram,introducingchildreninschoolstoworldpoetry.HehasbeenamemberofliteraryorganizationsrangingfromP.E.N.InternationaltotheWriter’sUnionofCanadaamongstothers.InMay2005BrianBrettbecametheChairofTheWriter’sUnionofCanada.His last collectionofpoems/memoir,Uproar’s Your Only Music,wasaGlobeandMailtop100bookoftheyear.Hisrecentmemoir/his-tory,Trauma Farm,isthewinnerofthe2009Writers’TrustofCanadaNon-FictionPrize,waslong-listedfortheBCAwardforCanadianNon-Fiction,nominatedfortheBCBooksellers’ChoiceAward,nominatedfortheHubertEvansNon-FictionPrize,andnominatedfortheRod-erickHaig-BrownRegionalBookPrize.ItisaCanadianbestseller,anAmazontop100bookof2009,aGlobeandMailtop100bookfor2009,andaTimesLiterarySupplementtop100bookfor2009!BrianBrett currently livesona farmwithhis familyonSaltSpringIsland,B.C.,wherehecultivateshisgardenandcreatesceramicforms.

WindRiverVariationsBrian Brett ISBN978-088982-269-6•8”x9”•pb•184pp•$24.95•Poetry•May2011

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Fifty-year-oldRobinRowereturnstoDhaka,Bangladesh,herfirstvisitsinceshewasanexchangestudenttherein1970.Thecountry,thenEastPakistan,wasonthebrinkofthewarthatledtoitsindependencefromPakistan.Robinwasrepatriatedjust as the violence erupted, and as a result of the conflict,losttouchwithherfriends,andtheChowdhuryfamilywithwhomsheboardedthatyear.

Onherreturnvisit,Robindiscoversashockingtruthaboutherlegacyinthecountry.Awell-intentionedactshecarriedout–thwartinganarrangedmarriage–hasresultedindisas-trousconsequences:suicide,tortureandthedisappearanceofthebelovedLunaChowdhury.

Overwhelmedwiththisnews,shereturnshometoSaltSpringIsland,BCtofindtheroofofherhousehascollapsed.Asshedealswith the reconstruction, shemustcometo termswiththeconsequencesofheractinBangladesh,aswellasotherun-resolvedpartsofherlife:theunexpectedlossofherhusband,Graham,adecadeearlier,andherestrangedrelationshipwithheradultdaughter,Surinder.

Makingpeacewithhermistakesandacceptingtheuncertaintyofherfuturerequiresherunderstandingfirstthepartshehasplayed in the conflicts in her own life, and then becomingwillingtoengagewithaworldthatiscomplex,unpredictableandsometimesasstubbornasRobinherself.

Peggy Herring is a writer living in Victoria, BC. Hershort fictionappearsinliteraryjournalsandanthologiesinCanadaandIndia.She’slivedinBangladesh,India,Nepal,England and Japan, working as a journalist, internationaldevelopment consultant and volunteer, and teacher. This InnocentCornerisherfirstnovel.

ThisInnocentCornerPeggy Herring ISBN978-088982-268-9•5.5”x8.5”•pb•304pp•$19.95•Fiction•October2010

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Inthislong-awaitednovel,Caroline WoodwardreturnstoherPeaceRiverroots.Penny Loves Wade, Wade Loves Pen-nyisacontemporarystoryaboutmiddle-agedloveenduringdespitemanyobstacles.ItisaretellingofThe Odyssey,witha road story looping south from the Peace River region totheWestCoastandacrosstheprovincethroughtheKoote-naysbeforethewandererstrugglestofindhiswaynorth,andhome.ThestorywindsaroundPenny, inventiveandresoluteranchwife,andWadeToland,reluctantrancherandgoodman,adriftbehindthewheelonhislastlonghaultruckrunoftheseason.

Theinter-islandwarsofancientGreecearereplacedbyCana-dianblizzards,bikergangs,lotuslanders,covetousneighbours,not-so-friendlybankmanagers,aravishingall-womancoun-trypunkbandcalledTheSireens,andfatallymalfunctioningtruckbrakes,amongstothermenacingentities.TheGoodlandHistoricalSocietyandlocalchoir,towhichPennybelongs,popupfromtimetotime,likeaGreekchorus.

“Abeautifullywrittenandmarvelousstory!Characterswithdignity,charactersyoulike,carefor,rootfor.” -PauletteJiles,authorofThe Color of Lightning

“Woodward’scrisp,earthywritingcutstothechaseofwhatitistobehumaninthisfinelycraftednovelabouthardtimes,love,andthebestofintentions.WadeandPennywillliveoninmyimaginationforalongtime.” -AnneDeGrace,authorofSounding Line

Caroline Woodward lives, works and writes on the Len-nard Island Lightstation near Tofino, British Columbia.Priortohercareerasa lighthousekeepersheworkedinal-mosteveryaspectoftheliteraryworldfrombook-reviewertobook-sellerandmostpointsoneithersideandinbetween.ShewasraisedonahomesteadinthenorthPeaceRiverregionofB.C.andhasstudied,workedandtravelledwidelyeversince.SheistheauthoroffivebooksincludingDisturbing the Peace (Polestar,1990),nominatedfortheEthelWilsonFictionPrizeandAlaska Highway Two-Step(Polestar,1993),nominatedfortheArthurEllisBestFirstMysteryAward.

PennyLovesWade,WadeLovesPennyCaroline WoodwardISBN978-088982-267-2•5.5”x8.5”•pb•256pp•$18.95•Fiction•October2010

Penny Loves Wade Wade Loves Penny

By Caroline Woodward

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Two O’clock Creek – Poems New and SelectedbringstogetherthebestofBruceHunter’spreviousbooksofpoetryaswellasexcitingnewworkthatshowsthesustaineddevelopmentofalife-longpoet.Highly acclaimed by Books in Canada, the Calgary Herald, TheGlobeandMail,andCanadianLiterature,twiceshortlistedfortheCBCliteraryprize,andselectedasaPeople’sChoicewinner,Hunterisapoetwhogoestothecoreoflife.

These poems reveal the mysteries of rivers, the secrets of spurnedloves,the livesofworkersandthejoysandheartbreakofnewim-migrants,alwaysagainstacarefullydrawnbackdrop,whetherurbanorrural.Theunequivocalandunflinchingemotionsheremovefromawetoangertowhimsyinanauthenticvoicethatisinturns,tender,scathingandcelebratory.

“TwoO’clockCreek” is the “seed”poemwhich inspiredHunter’snovel,In the Bear’s House,whichwonthe2009CanadianRockiesAwardattheBanffMountainFestival.

“BruceHunter’spoemsaresteepedinfamilyhistory,legend,anagilesenseofplace,character,andareheldtogetherbythegritandgustofdetailandthestrengthofsentiment.Two O’clock Creekisabare-heartedbook,composedofmuscleandsweat,itsverbsbalancingakindofheftandhaulthatpowersthereaderthroughclosetothirtyyears.Butit’sthelightatthecoreofHunter’swritingthatmanagestoconnectthemachotothetranscendent,creatingshiversoftender-ness.”

~Barry Dempster,authorofLove Outlandish~

Bruce Hunter is theauthorof threebooksofpoetry, acollectionofshortstoriesandtheaward-winningnovelIn The Bear’s House.Deafened as an infant, he worked in blue-collar jobs for nearlyfifteenyears,includingvariouslyasalabourer,ZambonidriverandgardenerbeforeandafterattendingMalaspinaCollege. Inhis latetwenties,hestudiedwithW.O.MitchellattheBanffSchoolofFineArtsandattendedYorkUniversity.

Forthepasttwentyyears,hehastaughtEnglishandLiberalStudiesatSenecaCollegeaswellasstintsteachingCreativeWritingattheBanffCentreandYorkUniversity.In2002,hewastheWriters’GuildofAlberta’sWriterinResidenceattheBanffCentre.Inthefallof2007,hewasWriterinResidencefortheRichmondHillPublicLibrary.

“BruceHunterwriteswithboldrestraintandapoet’ssensibility.Hisblue collar characters walk the tight line of their lives into thecommonuniversethatincludesusall.”

~Wayson Choy,SaturdayNight~

TwoO’ClockCreekPoemsNewandSelectedBruce Hunter ISBN978-088982-266-5•6”x9”•pb•204pp•$18.95•Poetry•October2010

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Uirapurú-BasedonaBrazilianlegendP.K. Page, Illustrated by Kristi Bridgeman ISBN978-088982-264-1•8”x10”•cip•32pp•$19.95•Children’sPictureBook•Ages4-6•May2010

Nominated for the 2010 Governor General’s Award Children’s Literature - Illustration

Deep in the rain forestsofBrazil lives theUirapurú, abirdrenowned in legend for having the most beautiful and thestrangestsonginalltheworld.ThosewhoheartheUirapurú’ssongcannever forget it.Manygo insearchof thebirdandmanyneverreturn.Inherversionofthelegend,P.K.Pagetellsthestoryofagroupofmischievousboyswhosetoffintotheforesttocatchthebirdwithnetsandbowsandarrows.Dur-ingtheiradventurestheymeetanoldmanwithaflutewhohasspenthis lifetryingtomimictheUirapurú’ssongandamaidenof themoon surroundedby all the creatures of thenight. In her tale of mystery and transformation, P.K. Pagecreatesastoryasbeautifulandashauntingasthesongofthebird aboutwhich shewrites.A story superbly illustratedbyKristiBridgeman.Astoryyouwillneverforget.

Kristi BridgemanlivesinSaanich,B.C.withherhusbandand two children. She has illustrated several books. HerfineartpiecescanbefoundattheArtGalleryofGreaterVictoriaandSookeHarbourHouseGallery.

Kristi’sartcanbeseenatwww.kristibridgeman.com.

P. K. Pagewastheauthorofmorethanadozenbooksofpoetry,travel, short stories, andchildren’sbooks.Shewonnumerousprizes,includingtheGovernorGeneral’sPrizeforPoetry,heldeighthonorarydegrees,wasaCompanionoftheOrderofCan-ada,amemberoftheOrderofBritishColumbiaandaFellowoftheRoyalSocietyofCanada.

TodiscovermoreaboutP.K.Pagepleasevisitwww.pkpage.ca.

Uirapurú

Based on a Brazilian Legend

story by

P.K. Pageillustrated by

Kristi Bridgeman

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LivingUnderPlasticEvelyn Lau ISBN978-088982-262-7•5.5”x8.5”•pb•92pp•$17.95•

Living Under Plasticrepresentsamajordeparturefromtheauthor’spre-vious poetry books. Instead of the obsessive focus on relationships andemotionaldamage thathascharacterizedmuchofherearlierwork, thisbookopensuptoexplorenewsubjects:familyhistory,illness,deathanddying,consumerism,andthenaturalworld.Inatonethatisoftenelegiac,withouteverbeingmaudlin,thesepoemsaresteepedinimmortalityandloss.Hauntedbythepullofthepast,thereisstrengthofcharacterandasenseofaffirmationinallofthesepoems.Whilegroundedintravelandinplace,thetoneissurprisinglymeditativeandcontemplative.

Evelyn LauwasborninVancouverin1971.Sheistheauthoroffourvol-umesofpoetry,twoworksofnon-fiction,twoshortstorycollectionsandanovel.Runaway: Diary of a Street Kid,publishedwhenshewas18,wasaCanadianbestsellerandwasmadeintoaCBCmoviestarringSandraOhinherfirstmajorrole.

Herworkhasappeared inoverahundred literarymagazines,garneringfourWesternMagazineAwardsandaNationalMagazineAward.ShehasalsowontheAirCanadaAwardforMostPromisingWriterandtheVan-tageWomenofOriginalityAward.HerpoemshavebeenincludedintheBestAmericanPoetryandBestCanadianPoetryseries.

Recent Poetry

Lester Young has been described as jazz’s first hipster who foreverchangedthesoundofthetenorsaxophone.InPrez,JamieReidcreatesanevocativeimageofYoungwithpoetryandpoeticprosethatreso-nateswiththefluidnotesofLester’smusic.“Astrong,focused,andunifiedworkthatwilllongbeinthecollectionsofpoetsandmusicians.”

-Victory Review-Homage to Lester YoungwasfirstpublishedbyOolichanBooksin1993.Itsauthor,JamieReid,wasoneofthefiveoriginaleditorsofTISH,theVancouverpoetrynewsletter that changed the face ofCanadianpoetryintheearly1960s.Heistheauthoroffourvolumesofpoetry,beginningwithThe Man Whose Path Was on Fire, in1969.Prez waswritten in 1987 after Reid was absent for nearly two decades frompublishingpoetrywhileengagedinrevolutionarypoliticalactivism.ItwasfollowedbyMad Boysin1997,andthenbyI. Another.The Space Betweenin2004.

Prez:HomagetoLesterYoungJamie Reid ISBN978-088982-129-3•9”x6”•pb•52pp•$14.95•

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TheMoon’sFirefliesBenjamin Madison ISBN978-088982-263-4•5.5”x8.5”•pb•164pp•$18.95•Fiction•April2010

TheeighteenlinkedshortstoriesinThe Moon’s Firefliestakeusinsidetheex-perienceoflivingasaforeignerinanAfricanvillage.Adoptedbytwovillageboys,EffiongandLittleEtim,thenarratorisdrawnintothelifeoftheWestAfricanvillageofAkaiIson.

ThisisanAfricaweseldomsee,anAfricaofwarmhospitalityandtolerance,andthehumanityandwisdomembodiedinthesestoriesleadustoexamineourownlivesandvalues.IfyouareinterestedinAfrica,thisbookwillturnyouintoalover;ifyouloveAfrica,The Moon’s Firefliesisafeast.

Trained as an anthropologist, Benjamin Madison lived and worked in theWestAfricancountriesofNigeria,Togo,Ghana,SierraLeoneandTheGam-biaforseventeenyears,generallyworkinginEducationandDevelopment.HelivedforseveralyearsasavolunteerteacherinvillagessuchasthosedepictedinThe Moon’s Fireflies.

BenjaminMadisonnowresidesinVictoriaandisworkingonanovelsetinWestAfrica.

Recent FictionInTheBear’sHousebruce hunterISBN978-088982-253-5•5.5”x8.5”•pb•432pp•$22.95•Novel•June2009

Winner, 2009 Banff Mountain Book Festival Canadian Rockies Award.

“In The Bear’s House captures the transformative power of the Rocky Mountains . . . Bruce Hunter captures the angst, alienation, love, and ul-timately self-belief a young deaf man finds in himself during and after a summer spent on the Kootenay Plains beside the North Saskatchewan riv-er. But the book is much more than a mountain tale; it’s a well-told moun-tain tale. Hunter writes clearly and with what always feels like honesty.” ~ Will Gadd, Banff Mountain Book Festival Selection committee Member

Bruce Hunteristheauthorofthreebooksofpoetryandacollectionofshortstories.Deafenedasaninfant,heworkedinblue-collarjobs,includingvari-ouslyasalabourer,ZambonidriverandgardenerbeforeandafterattendingMalaspinaCollege.Inhislatetwenties,hestudiedwithW.O.MitchellattheBanffSchoolofFineArtsandattendedYorkUniversity.

VisitBruceHunter’swebsiteatwww.brucehunter.ca.

Prez:HomagetoLesterYoungJamie Reid ISBN978-088982-129-3•9”x6”•pb•52pp•$14.95•

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Recent Fiction

Deliverybetty jane hegeratISBN978-088982-257-3•5.5”x8.5”•pb•306pp•$19.95•Novel•October2009

Finalist, 2010 Alberta Book Awards Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction

Calgary Best Seller List - November 2009

WhenLynn’sdaughterHeatherannouncesanadoptionplanforherthree-week-old baby, Lynn does what any desperate grandmother would do.Withthebabyinalaundrybasket,shedrivestoacabinonQuadraIsland.ThereshewrestleswithanoldsecretwhilewaitingforHeather’sarrival.

Betty Jane Hegerat teaches creative writing for Continuing EducationattheUniversityofCalgary,andtheAlexandraWritersCentreandisthe2009WriterinResidenceattheMemorialParkLibrary.

A “domestic” novel in the tradition of Carol Shields, Delivery is a story with a large theme painted on a small canvas. Betty Jane Hegerat de-livers an elegantly written mother-daughter story most mothers and daughters will adore – and plenty of dads and sons too. ~ Dave Margoshes.

VisitBettyJane’swebsiteatbettyjanehegerat.wordpress.com.

ScrabbleLessonsleslie vryenhoekISBN978-088982-259-7•5.5”x8.5”•pb•192pp•$18.95•ShortStories•October2009

Thesearestoriesaboutthelongingthatgnawsatourmostordinarydays,andaboutthoseraremomentsofacutecertainty,evenjoy,onwhichwholelivescanpivotandchangecourse.

Leslie Vryenhoekisawriter,poetandcommunicationsconsultantwhoseworkhasappearedinmagazinesandjournalsacrossCanadaandinterna-tionally.

“Scrabble Lessons” ...feels as natural and intimate as a kitchen-table monologue, and yet close reading reveals an intricately elliptical struc-ture.... The resilience, elasticity and playfulness of words, and their ability to bolster us in the face of illness and death, constitute the heart of the story. ~ Richard Cumyn, The Antigonish Review

LearnmoreaboutLeslieVryenhoekatwww.leslievryenhoek.com.

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Recent Children’s Fiction

Continuing Promotion

•Nationalreviewmailing•Printadvertising•Co-opavailable•Illustratorwebsite

TheSkyTreep. k. page illustrated by kristi bridgemanISBN978-088982-258-0•9”x12”•hc•112pp•$19.95•Tril-ogyofChildren’sFables•Fullcolourillustrations•Nov.2009

Thefirstvolumeinthistrilogy,A Flask of Sea WaterbeginswiththesearchforahusbandforthePrincessofUre.WhoeverpresentstheKingwithaflaskofseawaterwillwinthehandoftheprincess.ButUreisalandlockedkingdom and only members of the royal family have ever been to thesea—theresthaveneitherseenitnordotheybelieveinit.Andalthoughtheprincessisbeautiful,onlythreeyoungmensetoutonthequest—Stab-dyl,MunguandGalaad.Ofthese,onlyGalaadistrulyinlovewiththeprincess.

Manyadventuresovertakethethreeyoungmenastheysearchforthesea.Unknowingly,Galaad fallsunder thespellof theWizardof theEasternOcean.Onceinhispower,Galaadisputinchargeofthewizard’sgoats,andcompletelyforgetshisquest.AdvisedbyawiseoldwomanhetakeshisgoatstotheEasternSea,wheretheyareallchangedintoyoungmenandwomenagain.ButnowhehastogetthemsafelybacktoUre,whichhedoes,withoneexception.

The Goat that Flewfollowstheadventuresofthatonegoatastheprincessandherhusband,PrinceGalaad(forhedidgettotheseaafterall),trytohelphimgetfreeoftheWizard’spowersandbecomeamanagain.

Inthethirdvolume,KingGalaadandhisQueenareveryold.Theyhaveruledwiselyandwellandaretiredandreadytorest.Thisstorytellsoftheirascenttoheaven,andoftheirson,Treece,abraveyoungmanwhowillinheritthekingdomfromthem.

“Abeautifullytoldstoryfilledwithcharacterandadventure.Ihighlyrec-ommendit.Itshimmerswithjewel-likeimages.”—MichelleLandsberg

P.K.Page(1916-2010)wasalsoanartistwhopaintedunderthenameP.K.Irwin.Shewasthe authorofmore thanadozenbooksofpoetry,travel,shortstories,andchildren’sbooks.Shewonnumerousprizes,in-cludingtheGovernorGeneral’sPrizeforPoetry,receivedeighthonor-arydegrees,wasaCompanionoftheOrderofCanada,amemberoftheOrderofBritishColumbiaandaFellowoftheRoyalSocietyofCanada.

TolearnmoreaboutP.K.Pagepleasevisitwww.pkpage.ca.

Kristi BridgemanlivesinSaanich,B.C.withherhusbandandtwochil-dren.Shehas illustratedworksseveralbooks.HerfineartpiecescanbefoundattheArtGalleryofGreaterVictoriaandSookeHarbourHouseGallery.

KristiBridgeman’sartcanbeseenatwww.kristibridgeman.com.

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Recent Poetry

Harbourmiranda pearson ISBN978-088982-261-0•5.5”x8.5”•pb•144pp•$17.95•Poetry•October2009

FINALIST, Dorothy Livesay Poetry PRIZE, 2010 BC BOOK AWARDS

Miranda Pearson’s latest collection of poetry, Harbour, looks at wayshumans are driven to construct territory in whatever space is available,howeverborrowedormakeshift.In“Asylum,”Pearsonturns,forthefirsttimeinherwriting,toherexperienceofworkinginpsychiatry.Wehearthevoicesofbothcaregiversandpatients,andflitbackandforthbetweenthesetworoles,contrastingandunravelingtheirmeaning.

Miranda Pearson is theauthorof twopreviousbooksofpoetry,Prime andThe Aviary.AgraduateoftheUniversityofBritishColumbia’sMFAprogram,MirandalivesinVancouver,wheresheworksasafreelanceedi-tor, teachespoetryworkshops at SimonFraserUniversity’sWriting andPublishingprogram,andworksinCommunityMentalHealthCare.

Morbidity&Ornamentsteve noyes ISBN978-088982-260-3•5.5”x8.5”•pb•144pp•$17.95•Poetry•October2009

Inhisfourthbookofpoetry,Morbidity and Ornament,SteveNoyesde-partsfromapreviouspreoccupationwiththenarrativesequencethatheminedinGhost Countrytoexplorearangeofstylesandsubjects:basket-ball,Islam,thedissonanceandresonanceofChineseculture,thematinghabitsofslugs,thefirstyearofmarriageinanewhouse,ciagerettesmok-ingandlovepoemsthatanimals,strangely,inhabit.

Steve Noyeshaspublishedfivebooksoffictionandpoetry,themostrecentofwhichisGhost Country.Hispoems,fictionsandbookreviewsappearregularlyinsuchmagazinesandnewspapersasThe Malahat Review, The Fiddlehead, Event, The Globe and Mail, Queen’s Quarterly,andtheVancou-ver Sun.

“These highly accomplished poems, varied in form and richly textured, include pieces on sheep and slugs, basketball, Chaucer (in Chaucer-ese), addictions and his teenage gymnast daughter.”

~ BC Bookworld

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Recent Poetry

TheRope-Maker’sTalew. h. newISBN978-088982-252-8•5.5”x8.5”•pb•94pp•$16.95•Poetry•April2009

The old Rope-maker who sits under the apple tree quietly watches theworld that passes him by, but while he does so, he gathers the world’sstories.Sowhenhestartstotellhistale,everythingcanhappen,anddoes:thewindwillrise,thebellsatthecitygatewillbegintopeal,andamotleygroupoftravellerswillsetoutontheringroadoflife,takinglistenerswiththem.Alloflifeswirlshere.Braidingpastandpromise.

W. H. New livesinVancouver.AmonghismanybooksareUnderwoodLog, which was a finalist for the Governor General’s Award for Poetry,Borderlands,Grandchild of Empire,Touching Ecuador,andThe Year I Was Grounded.The Rope-Maker’s Taleishisninthbookofpoetry.Hewasap-pointedanOfficeroftheOrderofCanadain2006.

DesertRose,ButterflyStormdavid manicomISBN978-088982-255-9•5.5”x8.5”•pb•72pp•$16.95•Poetry•April2009

Afarewelllettertoadepartingson,andascreamoffuryagainsttheage:Desert Rose, Butterfly Stormisasymphonyofchaosandalyriclovingplea,ananthemfortheageofterrorandlaser-guideddeath.Soaringandbit-ter,sweetandsavage,David Manicom’snewbookofpoetryfollowshisGovernor-General’sAward-nominatedTheBurningEaveswitharemark-abledeparture.

David Manicomhaspublishedfourpreviouscollectionsofpoetry,includ-ingTheBurningEaves;theaward-winningProgenyofGhosts:TravelsinRussia and theOldEmpire; a collectionof shortfiction; and,most re-cently,twonovels,The School at ChartresandAnna’s Shadow.

“This is beautiful, sophisticated writing from an accomplished poet. David Manicom has depth, intelligence, ambition and immense talent.” ~ Ottawa Citizen

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Recent youth Fiction

BornThatWaysusan ketchenISBN978-088982-254-2•5.5”x8.5”•pb•176pp•$12.95•Novel•Ages13to17•April2009

Sylviaisfourteenandshewantsahorsebutafewthingsaregettinginherway.Forone,sheseemstobestuckinthebodyofaeight-year-old.

Grandpahassecretlypromisedtobuyherahorseassoonasshegrowsastallashisshoulder.Sylviadoeseverythingshecantoincreaseherheight,includingadheringtoanunconventionalstretchingregime.Hergreatestchallenge comes when, on the brink of having her wishes fulfilled, shemustreconciletheattainmentofherchildhooddreamswiththeemergingpowersandresponsibilitiesofwomanhood.

Susan Ketchenwasborn inNanaimo,B.C.SheholdsanM.Sc.degreeinMarriageandFamilyTherapy.SheresidesonasmallVancouverIslandhobbyfarmwithherhusband,twohorses,twocatsandaflockofchickens.

“The writing is very skilled, the plot appropriately fast-moving, and the narrator’s voice so believable as to be almost ‘out loud’.” ~Jack Hodgins

VisitSusanKetchenandherhorsethatreadsatwww.susanketchen.ca.

KaleidoscopesandButterflyDreamsnancy l. hundalISBN978-088982-256-6•5.5”x8.5”•pb•132pp•$12.95•YANovel•Grades5to8/Ages10to14•June2009

Change.Kristahates it,but it’severywhere:newtown,newhouse,newkids.Andwhat’sworse,thetownisugly,thehouseisshabbyandeverykidisskinnyandalreadyhasabestfriend.Inastoryfilledwithkaleidoscopesandbutterflydreams,Kristacomestolearnthatatruefriendcancomeinanysizeoratanyage.

Nancy Hundalgrewupandstill livesamongst thebluesandgreensofVancouver,Canada;shespentsummers inthetansandmustardsofAl-berta.Libraries,kaleidoscopesandfriendsareafewofherfavouritethings.Sheistheauthorofninepicturebooks;oneofthese,I Heard My Mother Call My Name,wontheB.C.BookPrize.

YoucanvisitNancyHundalonlineatwww.nancyhundal.com.

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fiction backlist

Far From Botany Bayrosa jordanISBN978-088982-249-8•434pp•$22.95•pb•5.5”x8.5”•October2008•Novel

Atage21,MaryBroomwassentencedtohangforthecrimeofstealingacloak.Whenhersentencewascommutedtotransportation“uponthesea,beyondtheseas,”shewassenttoAustralia.OneofthefirstEuropeanwomentosetfootonthecontinent,shelandedinwhatwastobecomeaprisoncolonypopularlyknownas“BotanyBay.”Maryenduredtwo“star-vation years” as the colony struggled to feed itself. Then, in 1791, sheexecutedthemostdaringescapeeverattemptedfromthatwildandbrutalplaceonthefarsideoftheworld.

Rosa Jordanisaninternationalistwhoexplorestheworldphysicallyandintellectually, alwaysprobing for thepoint atwhichpolitical and socialrealitiesintersectwithpersonalcourageandcompassion.

Jordan’sbook,Lost Goat Lanewasnominatedforthe2006-07ChocolateLilyAward,andafinalistforthe2005SilverBirchAward,andthe2005RedMapleAward.

RenovatingHeavenandreas schroederISBN978-088982-248-1•224pp•$18.95•pb•5.5”x8.5”•October2008•ANovelinTriptych

FINALIST, ETHEL WILSON FICTION PRIZE, 2009 BC BOOK AWARDS

Hilarious, bizarre and heart-breaking by turns, these three novellas ofMennonite life inCanada from the1950’s to the1970’sfill in thegapbetween RudyWiebe’s Of This Earth (a generation older) and MiriamToews’AComplictedKindness(agenerationyounger).Schroeder’sfam-ilysettlesonasmallfarminBritishColumbiaandproceedstotrymakingsenseoftheperplexingmoresandvaluesof“TheEnglish”whosurroundthem.Thefamilyfindssolace,butnotmuchelse,withinthelocalMen-nonitecongregationfoundedbySchroeder’sgrandfather.

Andreas Schroederistheauthoroftwentybooksofpoetry,fiction,non-fiction,translations,journalismandliterarycriticism.Hisbookshavewonor been shortlisted for many awards including the Governor-General’sAward,theSealbooksFirstNovelAward,theStephenLeacockAward,theArthurEllisAwardforBestNon-FictionandtheRedMapleAward.

“This is an important story, beautifully told.” ~ Jack Hodgins

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fiction backlist

IncidentalMusicCarol MatthewsISBN13978-088982-234-4•208pp$18.95•pb•Shortstories

Incidental Musiccoversarangeoflifesituationsinwhichwomenstruggletomakethechoicethatisrightandgood.Musicrunsthroughthesesto-ries,intitle,themeandevent,suggestingthelinebetweentherememberedpastandtheunknownfuture.Carol MatthewsisawriterandconsultantwholivesonProtectionIsland.

ASongForMyDaughterpatricia jean smithISBN978-088982-244-3/pbwithfrenchflaps•$22.95•ISBN978-088982-247-4/CL•$34.95480pp•5.5”x8.5”•April2008•Novel

Beautifullyimaginedandwritten,A Song For My Daughter,takesusonamultilayeredandcelebratoryjourneyofloveandsurvival.Throughacolli-sionofcultures,westernandFirstNations,theworldisrighted,asitmustbeifwearetosurviveandliveinharmonyandpeace.

Patricia Jean SmithholdsanMAfromtheUniversityofBritishColumbiainComparativeReligions.SheistheauthorofThe Golf Widow’s Revenge,ahumorousbookongolf,andDouble Bind,anovella.

ACrackInTheWallbetty jane hegeratISBN978-088982-240-5•240pp•$18.95•pb•5.5”x8.5”•April2008•Shortstories

ThecharactersinA Crack in the Wallshareastrongsenseofhome,whetheritisalifelongsanctuary,orashellasfragileasthepersonwhoinhabitsit.Thesestoriestakethereaderonavoyeuristicwalkdownsuburbanstreets,aglimpseintoopenwindowsatpeopleyearningforwhatwas,andmakingtheirreluctantpeacewithwhatis,andwhatwillbe.

Betty Jane Hegerathasbeena socialworker, a teacher, awriter, andastudent inUBC’screativewritingprogram.Her secondnovel,Delivery,wasshort-listedforthe2010AlbertaBookAwardsGeorgesBugnetAwardforFiction.

VisitBettyJane’swebsiteatbettyjanehegerat.wordpress.com.

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Oolichan and the Governor General’s Awards

StumblingintheBloomJohn PassISBN0-88982-201-896pp$17.95pbBISACPOE005030

Winner, 2006 Governor General’s Award For Poetry

Thepoemsinthiscollectionengagetheever-presententicementsandentangle-mentsofbeautyonlife’s,andart’shomeground—inwildernessandgarden.

JohnPasslivesnearSakinawLakewithhiswife,TheresaKishkan

UnderwoodLogW. H. NewISBN0-88982-193-3132pp$17.95pbBISACPOE005030

Short-listed for the 2005 Governor General’s Award

Thisbook-lengthpoemcirclestheglobe,crossingmeridianswithamazingin-sightandunderstanding,recordingdiscoverieswithdelightandwonder.

W.H.NewwasawardedtheOrderofCanadain2007.

TheBurningEavesdavid manicomISBN0-88982-224-792pp$15.95pbBISACPOE00503

Shortlisted for the 2004 Governor General’s Award.

The Burning Eaves,amixtureofshorterlyricsandlongersequences,isamedita-tiononthenatureoflanguageandthepoweroflove.

DavidManicomistheauthoroffouracclaimedcollectionsofpoetryandacol-lectionofshortstories,whichwonthePrixParizeau.

WaterStairJohn PassISBN88982-179-8103pp$14.95pbBISACPOE5030

Shortlisted for the 2000 Governor General’s Award and BC Book Award’s Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize.

Winner of the 2001 Gillian Lowndes Award.

Water Stairaskshowarewetosurviveinaworldforwhichwehavesuchfrus-tratingdisregardforthebountyofnature.

JohnPasslivesnearSakinawLake,onBC’sSunshineCoast.

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non-fiction backlist

HidingPlacestimothy brownlowISBN978-088982-251-1•272pp•$18.95•pb•5.5”x8.5”•Essays

Theseessaysareforays intowhatWordsworthcalledthe“hidingplaces”ofthecreative im-pulse.Sometimesinaphoristicform,thisselectionofmeditationsontheartsofpoetryandteachingfunctionsasanindirectself-portraitandprobesthepoet’sIrishheritage.

Tim BrownlowwasborninDublin,IrelandandcametoCanadain1970.AfterteachingatseveraluniversitiesinNovaScotia,hetaughtatMalaspinaUniversity-Collegefrom1992untilheretiredin2006.HeisnowanHonoraryResearchAssociateofthecollege.

LeavingtheFarmross klatteISBN0-88982-237-9•344pp•$22.95•pb•5.5”x8.5”•Memoir

Leaving the Farm isapoignant,funny,beautifullyrenderedmemoiraboutgrowinguponasmallMinnesotadairyfarminthe1950s.Tracinghisfamily’srootsfromQuebecandSaskatch-ewantoMinnesota,RossKlattetellsthestoryofthestrugglebetweenabookish,daydreamingboyandhisself-made,drivenfather—thetensionbetweenreallifeonthefarmandtheboy’simaginativeworld.

“Ross Klatte sweeps the reader immediately into the excitement and fascination of child-hood on a Minnesota farm. His loving attention to detail, and his consummate literary skill, takes the reader on a ride as wild as a toboggan run down a steep hillside alongside the barn.” ~Tom Wayman

TheMissionary,TheViolinistandtheAuntWhoseHeadwasSqueezedKeith Harrison ISBN978-088982-265-8•5.5”x8.5”•pb•264pp•$18.95•Non-Fiction•

Thestory-lineofThe Missionary, The Violinist And The Aunt Whose Head Was Squeezedfollowsafivemonthjourneythathemadeintothepast,withhiswifeJoAnnasacompanion.Hisfather,John,hadbeenborninTokyo,andstudiedatMelbourneGrammarSchoolbeforecomingtoVancouver.Thisremarkableandhonestfusionoftravelwriting,familyhistory,andculturalanthropologyisalsoaquestformeaning,andanunderstatedlovestory.

Born inVancouver, Keith Harrison studied at UBC, Berkeley, and McGill writing a dis-sertationonMalcolmLowry.Harrisonhasalsowrittenagroupofstories,CrossingtheGulf(1998),whichcontainsapiecethatwontheOkanaganShortStoryAward,andhehaseditedananthologyofshortfiction,IslandsWest:StoriesfromtheCoast(2001).

Keith Harrison

The Missionary

The Violinist

and The Aunt Whose

Head Was Squeezed

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Children’s Titles Backlist

ElftheEagleron smith/Illustrated by ruth campbell

ISBN0-88982-241-7•ISBN13978-088982-241-2•40pp•$19.95cl•9”x12”•October2007•Fullcolourillustrations•Ages5andup

FINALIST, CHRISTIE HARRIS ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN’S LITERATURE AWARD, BC BOOK PRIZES 2008

Finalist, Shining Willow Award 2010

TheOysterWhoLookedAttheSkydarcy dobell illustrated by marion symeISBN978-088982-250-4•32pp•$16.95•CL•8.5”x10”•October2008•Children’spicturebook•Ages3to7

“This story is great! I’ve purchased thousands of picture books during the last 20 years and I trust my initial reaction. I like it and I’d buy it for my school and library customers.” ~Maria Martella, Owner, Tinlids

Jake,TheBaker,MakesACakep. k. page/illustrated by ruth campbellISBN978-088982-245-0•40pp•$19.95•cl•9”x12”•May2008•Fullcolourillustrations•Ages6andup

EmilyCarr’sWooConstance horne/lissa calvertISBN0-88982-149-672pp$9.95pb

short-listed for the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Prize, B.C. Book Prizes.

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Oolichan New Titles and Backlist

0-88982-097-X Achterberg,GerritBut This Land Has No End$9.95pb0-88982-054-6 Anderson,CharlesCircle of Voices$9.95pb0-88982-181-X Baker,WinonaEven A Stone Breathes $13.95pb0-88982-194-1 Bell,Gordon,ed.We Went Where They Sent Us $39.95pb0-88982-225-5 Block,LaurieTime Out of Mind $17.95pb0-88982-216-6 Boga,HiroLove Songs for a Tender God$14.95pb0-88982-212-3 Bridgeman,J.M.Here in Hope$22.95,pb0-88982-044-9 Bringhurst,RobertTzuhalem’s Mountain$30.00hc9780889822511 Brownlow,Timhiding places $18.95pb 0-88982-134-8 Buday,GrantUnder Glass$10.95pb0-88982-075-9 Buday,GrantThe Venetian $8.95pb0-88982-204-2 Bushkowsky,AaronMars is for Poems$14.95pb0-88982-214-X Button,MargoThe Elders’ Palace$14.95pb0-88982-184-4 Button,MargoThe Shadows Fall Behind$15.95pb0-88982-162-3 Button,MargoThe Unhinging of Wings$12.95pb0-88982-115-1 Cassidy,FrankAboriginal Title in B.C. $18.95pb0-88982-004-X Cathers,KenImages on Water$4.00pb0-88982-042-2 Cathers,KenOutward Voyage$5.95pb0-88982-157-7 Chalmers,BillNo More Worthy$14.95pb9780889822504 Dobell,Darcy&Syme,MarionThe Oyster Who Looked at the Sky $16.95hc0-88982-077-5 Dyck,E.F.Apostrophes to Myself $6.95pb0-88982-189-5 Elcock,MichaelA Perfectly Beautiful Place$22.95pb0-88982-231-X Elcock,MichaelWriting On Stone $21.95pb0-88982-227-1 Ellis,Mark&Campbell,RuthWords $19.95hc0-88982-169-0 Fertig,MonaSex,Death & Travel $14.95pb0-88982-199-2 Field,DorothyLeaving the Narrow Place$17.95pb0-88982-145-3 Gaston,BillInviting Blindness$11.95pb0-88982-096-1 Geddes,GaryNo Easy Exit/Salida dificil$9.95pb0-88982-061-9 Guppy,SteveAnother Sad Day at the Edge of the Empire$16.95hc0-88982-066-X Gustafson,RalphImpromptus$6.95pb0-88982-133-X Gustafson,RalphTracks in the Snow$11.95pb0-88982-167-4 Harrison,KeithCrossing the Gulf$15.95pb0-88982-219-0 Harrison,KeithElliot & Me $19.95pb0-88982-182-8 Harrison,KeithFurry Creek$17.95pb0-88982-198-4 Harrison,Keith,ed.Islands West$22.95pb9780889822658 Harrison,KeithThe Missionary, the Violinist and the Aunt Whose head was Squeezed$18.95pb0-88982-038-4 Heath,TerrenceThe Last Hiding Place$12.95pb9780889822405 Hegerat,BettyJaneA Crack In the Wall $18.95pb9780889822573 Hegerat,BettyJaneDelivery $19.95pb0-88982-203-4 Higgins,IainThen Again $16.95pb0-88982-052-X Hilles,RobertAn Angel in the Works$6.95pb0-88982-110-0 Hilles,RobertA Breath at a Time$9.95pb0-88982-149-6 Horne,ConstanceEmily Carr’s Woo $9.95pb0-88982-163-1 Hornosty,JaninaSnackers$14.95pb9780889822566 Hundal,NancyKaleidoscopes & Butterfly Dreams $12.95pb9780889822535 Hunter,BruceIn the Bear’s House $22.95 pb9780889822498 Jordan,Rosafar From Botany Bay $22.95pb0-88982-191-7 Joseph,Eve,The Startled Heart,$15.95pb0-88982-153-4 Kenyon,MichaelDurable Tumblers$14.95pb0-88982-104-6 Kenyon,MichaelKleinberg$11.95pb9780889822542 Ketchen,SusanBorn That Way $12.95pb0-88982-237-9 Klatte,RossLeaving the Farm $22.950-88982-045-7 Kroetsch,RobertThe Criminal Intensities of Love as Paradise (numbered)$50.00hc0-88982-235-2 Lagah,DanielleFather Tongue $17.95pb978088982262X Lau,EvelynLiving Under Plastic$17.95pb9780889822399 Leedahl,ShelleyThe House Of The Easily Amused $17.95pb0-88982-132-1 Lynch,BillParksville$10.95pb9780889822638 Madison,BenjaminThe Moon’s Fireflies$18.95pb0-88982-202-6 Manicom,DavidThe Burning Eaves $15.95pb0-88982-222-0 Manicom,DavidThe School At Chartres$21.95pb0-88982-164-X Manicom,DavidThe Older Graces$12.95pb0-88982-168-2 Manicom,DavidProgeny of Ghosts$19.95pb0-88982-170-4 Manicom,DavidProgeny of Ghosts$34.95hc9780889822559 Manicom,DavidDesert Rose, Butterfly Storm $16.95pb0-88982-234-4 Matthews,CarolIncidental Music $18.950-88982-221-2 McAdam,RhonaCartography $17.95pb

0-88982-197-6 McCaslin,SusanA Plot of Light,$17.95pb0-88982-218-2 McIntosh,LeanneThe Sound The Sun Makes$15.95pb0-88982-213-1 McIntosh,LeanneLiminal Space $16.95pb0-88982-113-5 McNeill,FlorenceSwimming Out of History$12.95pb0-88982-206-9 McWhirter,GeorgeThe Book of Contradictions,$16.95pb0-88982-243-3 McWhirter,GeorgeThe Incorrection $17.95pb0-88982-120-8 McWhirter,GeorgeStaircase for All Souls$10.95pb0-88982-236-0 New,W.H.Along a Snake Fence Riding $16.95pb0-88982-226-3 New,W.H.Night Room $15.95pb0-88982-175-5 New,W.H.Raucous$14.95pb0-88982-208-5 New,W.H.River Book and Ocean$14.95pb0-88982-155-0 New,W.H.Science Lessons$12.95pb0-88982-196-8 New,W.H.Stone Rain$14.95pb9780889822528 New,W.H.The Rope-maker’s Tale $16.95pb0-88982-223-9 New,W.H.Touching Ecuador $16.95pb0-88982-193-3 New,W.H.Underwood Log,$17.95pb0-88982-151-8 Norris,JohnHistoric Nelson$36.95hc9780889822603 Noyes,SteveMorbidity & Ornament $17.95pb0-88982-135-6 O’Neill,JohnLove in Alaska $11.95pb9780889822450 Page,P.K.,&Campbell,RuthJake, The Baker, Makes A Cake $19.95hc9780889822580 Page,P.K.,&Bridgeman,KristiThe Sky Tree $19.95hc9780889822646 Page,P.K.,&Bridgeman,KristiUirapuru$19.95hc0-88982-229-8 Pargal,ShardaJust Chicken: 100 Easy Recipes$19.95hc0-88982-201-8 Pass,JohnStumbling in the Bloom$17.95pb0-88982-179-8 Pass,JohnWater Stair $14.95pb0-88982-242-5 Payne,LaurieMush & the Big Blue Flower $12.95pb0-88982-230-1 Pearson,MirandaThe Aviary $17.95pb9780889822610 Pearson,MirandaHarbour $17.95pb0-88982-160-7 Peterson,JanCathedral Grove$19.95pb0-88982-178-X Peterson,JanJourneys Down the Alberni Canal to Barkley Sound $21.95pb0-88982-139-9 Peterson,Jan Twin Cities$19.95pb0-88982-129-1 Reid,JamiePrez: Homage to Lester Young $25.00hc0-88982-173-9 Rhenisch,HaroldThe Blue Mouth of Morning$14.95pb0-88982-165-8 Ricou,LaurieA Field Guide to “A Guide to Dungeness Spit”$12.95pb0-88982-089-9 Rooke,LeonHow I Saved The Province$9.95pb0-88982-125-9 Rosenblatt,JoeBeds & Consenting Dreamers$11.95pb0-88982-048-1 Rosenblatt,JoeBrides of the Stream$8.95pb0-88982-071-6 Safarik,AllenAdvertisements for Paradise$7.95pb0-88982-074-0 Scobie,StephenExpecting Rain $7.95pb9780889822481 Schroder,AndreasRenovating Heaven $18.95pb9780889822467 Shidmehr,NilofarShirin And Saltman $17.95pb0-88982-028-7 Skelton,RobinLandmarks$5.95pb0-88982-233-6 Smith,J.MarkNotes for a Rescue Narrative $16.95pb0-88982-102-X Smith,PatriciaThe Golf Widow’s Revenge$9.95pb9780889822443 Smith,PatriciaASong For My Daughter $22.95pb9780889822474 Smith,PatriciaA Song For My Daughter $34.95hc0-88982-241-7 Smith,Ron&Campbell,RuthElf the Eagle $19.95hc0-88982-152-6 Smith,Ron Enchantment & Other Demons$12.95pb0-88982-177-1 Smith,RonWhat Men Know About Women $17.95pb0-88982-183-6 Smith,RonWhat Men Know About Women$27.95hc0-88982-050-3 Stanley,GeorgeOpening Day$8.95pb0-88982-238-7 Stetson,ValerieThe Year I Got Impatient $18.95pb0-88982-174-7 Streeruwitz,MarleneSeductions$19.95pb0-88982-207-7 Streetly,JoannaSilent Inlet $22.95pb0-88982-156-9 Struthers,J.R.(ed.)On Coasts of Eternity: Jack Hodgin’s Fictional Universe$18.95pb0-88982-220-4 Templeman,ElizabethNotes From The Interior $21.95pb0-88982-195-X Tourtidis,IlyaThe Spell of Memory,$17.95pb0-88982-085-6 Tremblay,MildredDark Forms Gliding $8.95pb0-88982-211-5 Tremblay,MildredThe Thing About Dying $17.95pb0-88982-232-8 Tschinag,GalsanThe Blue Sky $24.95hc0-88982-187-9 Vincent,K.LouiseHannah and the Holy Fire$15.95pb9780889822597 Vryenhoek,LeslieScrabble Lessons $18.95pb0-88982-171-2 Windley,CarolBreathing Under Water19.95pb0-88982-210-7 Wyatt,RachelThe Last We Heard of Leonard$19.95pb0-88982-180-1 Wyatt,RachelMona Lisa Smiled A Little $35.00hc0-88982-205-0 Wyatt,RachelTime’s Reach$22.95pb

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