Several Anstruther titles graced year end lists for 2018.
JM Francheteau’s Heart & Mouth & Deed & Life, Fawn Parker’s Weak Spot, John Nyman’s Slogan, Substance, Dream, and Lily Wang’s Everyone In Your Dream Is You made Khashayar Mohammadi’s Top 10, while Paola Ferrante’s True Confessions of Buffalo Bill was a Knife | Fork | Book 2018 pick.
Our thanks to both Khashayar and Kirby!
Klara du Plessis nominated for the bpNichol Chapbook Award
Klara du Plessis's Wax Lyrical, published by Anstruther Press in 2015, has been nominated for the bpNichol Chapbook Award. This years prize ($4000) was adjudicated by Alice Burdick and Hoa Nguyen, and the winner will be announced at the annual Meet the Presses Indie Literary Market on November 19, 2016.
To check out the formal announcement and the other finalists, head over to Open Book Toronto. Congrats to all!
Brooke Carter's Poco Loco Featured in Tri-City News
Brooke Carter's Poco Loco, one of Anstruther's Spring 2016 chapbooks, was recently featured in a Tri-City News article on the lasting impact of the Pickton murders. Check out the article, titled "Healing Garden sought for Pickton victims", for quotes from Ms. Carter and insight into her work.
Poco Loco is available for order now.
Allison LaSorda's Playdate Reviewed in Medium
Bardia Sinaee praises Allison LaSorda for her "use of rhyme and dry humour, her deft transitions and repurposed stock phrases ("mind blowing", "rubs off", "shoot blanks")… [and] her timing" in Playdate.
Read the full review at Medium.
Jess Taylor's Never Stop Reviewed in (parenthetical)
Jess Taylor's chapbook with Anstruther Press, Never Stop, has been reviewed in issue of five of (parenthetical) by William Kemp:
"A weird break-neck exploration of neuroses and being scared and friendship...Taylor writes with a charming and off-beat brevity"
Read the full review here.
