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Submitted by nathanielgmoore on September 2, 2010 - 4:16pm.

Canada’s Next Top Poet

New Season Begins This Fall Everywhere!

By Nathaniel G. Moore

Having consumed a fair share of wine this summer, I began to notice the words used to describe the taste of the grapes began a surreal journey into my psyche and started sounding like poetry promo copy. Appropriation, you’ve done it again! So if you’re still struggling to describe your fall poetry titles you’re in luck. Here’s a list of words you can add to your copy, mixing it up with tired old ones like “daring debut” or “fresh new voice” or “startling arrival” or “experimental” or “innovative.”

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Submitted by Elene on September 1, 2010 - 10:20pm.

RELIT AWARDS 2010 SHORTLISTS

The shortlists for Canada's ReLit Awards have been posted. The ReLit Awards highlight Canadian literature that has been published by independent publishing companies. The awards have been divided into three categories: Poetry, Short Fiction and Novel. See the shortlist nominees below.

2010 ReList Shortlists

NOVEL
Away From Everywhere, Chad Pelley (Breakwater)
Wrong Bar, Nathaniel G. Moore (Tightrope)
Overqualified, Joey Comeau (ECW)
The Beautiful Children, Michael Kenyon (Thistledown)
Holding Still For As Long As Possible, Zoe Whittall (Anansi)
The Plight House, Jason Hrivnak (Pedlar)

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Submitted by Open Book Toronto Guest on September 1, 2010 - 4:08pm.

Agent’s Corner: Do.It.Yourself Editing: Preparing the perfect manuscript for submission

Literary Agent Samantha Haywood discusses the importance of a well-edited manuscript. Writers, readers, Samantha would love to answer your questions. Please post them in the 'Post a comment' section at the bottom of the article.

By Samantha Haywood

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Submitted by clelia on September 1, 2010 - 8:17am.

September Book Giveaway: One Bloody Thing After Another by WIR Joey Comeau

One Bloody Thing After Another

Joey Comeau is Open Book's September 2010 Writer in Residence. Visit his WIR page to read his blog and his interview with Open Book and to check out his reading and website recommendations. You can send your questions and comments for Joey to writer [at] openbooktoronto [dot] com or post them directly to his blog.

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Submitted by clelia on September 1, 2010 - 8:00am.

Ten Questions with Joey Comeau

August 31, 2010

Open Book: Toronto:

Tell us about your latest book.

Joey Comeau:

One Bloody Thing After Another is a zombie novel where your mom is the first person who turns, and what are you supposed to do? You can't kill your mother, even if she's a monster now. You keep her downstairs, you protect her, and now your only problem is what do you feed her?

It's a novel filled with bloodied headless ghosts, and vomiting ghosts, and unexpected first loves and adorable but powerfully stupid dogs. It is fun and horrible and sad, and maybe you will like it.

Anyway that's the "short synopsis" I wrote for it.

OBT:

What was your first publication and where was it published?

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Submitted by Open Book Toronto Guest on September 1, 2010 - 4:08pm.

Agent’s Corner: Do.It.Yourself Editing: Preparing the perfect manuscript for submission

Literary Agent Samantha Haywood discusses the importance of a well-edited manuscript. Writers, readers, Samantha would love to answer your questions. Please post them in the 'Post a comment' section at the bottom of the article.

By Samantha Haywood

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Submitted by clelia on August 12, 2010 - 3:36pm.

Mapping Literary Ontario: Four New Bookmark Sites

A few months ago, we reported on Ontario: Read it Here, a new initiative produced by three Ontario-based organizations, Open Book: Ontario, Project Bookmark Canada and the Creative Book Publishing Program at Humber College. Over the next two years, Ontario: Read It Here will install eight permanent exhibits of literature on the exact geographic sites where literary scenes take place.

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Submitted by clelia on August 24, 2010 - 9:36am.

Jon Paul Fiorentino's Indexical Elegies

Jon Paul Fiorentino's new poetry collection, Indexical Elegies (Coach House Books), "a whip-smart poetic investigation of anxiety in all its many manifestations," will be in bookstores this fall.

The trailer for Indexical Elegies was created by Jon Paul Fiorentino. Music ("Taps Reversed") by John K. Samson and Christine Fellows

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Joey Comeau is the author of Overqualified and Lockpick Pornography. With photographer Emily Horne, he creates the comic A Softer World. One Bloody Thing After Another is his latest book.

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