Mandate

The mandate of BuschekBooks has been to publish quality manuscripts by new and established writers. The focus is largely poetry and English translations of poetry by Canadian authors, as well as Canadian translations of international poets, often done as bilingual editions. The specific objectives are: 1) to find quality work by new and veteran writers 2) to promote these titles in Canada and abroad 3) to provide an author-friendly experience (regular royalty statements, advances, etc.) and 4) to keep titles in print.

Of Note:

Arrivals and Departures by Nina Berkhout was reviewed in Canadian Literature 212, Spring 2012, p 129.

Seasons of Blood by Henry Beissel has been reviewed in Humanist Perspectives, Issue 180, Spring 2012, p35

Yusuf and the Lotus Flower by Doyali Farah Islam (winner of Contemporary Verse 2’s 35th anniversary contest) has received two reviews:

http://thechronicleherald.ca/books/36978-despair-rapture  reviewed by George Elliott Clarke

http://www.generallyaboutbooks.com/2011/11/yusuf-and-lotus-flower.html reviewed by Leopoldo Paradela.

BuschekBooks is pleased to announce that it is now distributing Enter Mourning (ISBN 978-1-554701-55-1) by Heather Menzies originally published by Key Porter. “…a magnificently memorable memoir…” Paula Todd for The Globe and Mail.

rob mclennan was awarded the 2011 John Newlove Poetry Award on October 22, 2011.

Tomas Tranströmer was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature on October 6, 2011. In 1996 BuschekBooks published the bilingual edition (Swedish/English) of For the Living and the Dead by Tomas Tranströmer translated by Don Coles the Governor-General's-Award-winning Canadian poet (BuschekBooks 1996). The translation won the 1996 John Glassco Translation Prize.

Arrivals & Departures by Nina Berkhout (BuschekBooks 2010) is a finalist for the 2011 Archibald Lampman Award for Poetry.

the walnut-cracking machine:

Review: by Andrew Vaisius in Prairie Fire Review of Books, Vol 11, No. 3 (2011)

Go to the Pine: Poetry in Japanese Stye Review: "The One True Mind: A Buddhist Approach to Haiku" by Bruce Ross in frogpond, volume 33:2, 2010.

Kahlo: The World Split Open

Review in "The Art of Work" by Crystal Hurdle in Contemporary Literature 205, Summer 2010, p 136.

New Titles

Watch for these BuschekBooks' 2013 titles:

Maura Quell Fiction by Rita Donovan

A Crystal through which Love Passes: Glosas for P.K. Page Poetry Anthology edited by Jesse Ferguson

Upcoming and Recent Events

Saturday, April 28, 2012 the Edmonton Poetry Festival 2012

Thursday, January 19, 2012, 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, January 12, 2012, 7:00 p.m (reading at 7:30).

Thursday, November 24, 2011, 6:30 p.m.

Doyali Islam reads from Yusuf and the Lotus Flower;Get cozy with tea and cookies from 6:30 p.m.! Reading starts at 7 p.m.

Willow Books, 333 Bloor Street West, Toronto.

Wednesday, November 23, 2011,7 pm; rob mclennan's Ottawa launch of A (short) history of l. with a reading at Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeebar, 1242 Wellington Street West, Ottawa. Lovingly hosted by Rhonda Douglas.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011, 8 pm; Blaine Marchand author of Aperture and The Craving of Knives is reading at the Tree Reading Series, Arts Court, 2 Daly Avenue, Ottawa.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011, 8 pm; rob mclennan's Toronto launch of A (short) history of l. with a reading at the Art Bar Reading Series, Tuesday, November 22, 2011, 8pm, with Pearl Pirie and Shannon Maguire.

Saturday, November 19, 2011, 2 - 4 p.m.

Launch of Yusuf and the Lotus Flower

Multi-Faith Centre, 569 Spadina Avenue

Main Activity Hall, 2nd Floor,Toronto

Free Admission; Wheelchair Accessible; Light Refreshments and Cake; Reading by Doyali Farah Islam; Book Buying; Book Signing (Cash only)

Saturday, November 5, 2011, noon - 5 pm

Saturday, October 22, 2011, 5 pm:

Arc Poetry Magazine presents poets Nina Berkhout, Terry Ann Carter, and Paul Tyler (finalists for the 2011 Archibald Lampman Award for Poetry) together with Jenny Haysom (winner of the 2011 Diana Brebner Prize) at Collected Works, 1242 Wellington Street West, Ottawa

Sunday, October 16, 2011, 2 pm : Henry Beissel celebrates the launch of his collection of poetry Seasons of Blood. The event takes place at mother tongue books, 1067 Bank Street, Ottawa, Ontario.