As described by the Globe and Mail, The ReLit awards are “the country’s pre-eminent literary prize recognizing independent presses.” This is a a well-regarded award, and Breakwater is thrilled to have three titles nominated this year!
Nicole Lundrigan’s The Seary Line and Glen Carter’s Angels of Maradona have been nominated for the fiction award, and Boyd Chubbs’ Feral Domicile for the poetry award.
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Archive for August, 2009
Three, THREE! Breakwater Titles Just Made This Year’s ReLit Award Longlist
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Angels of Maradona, Boyd Chubbs, Breakwater Books, Feral Domicile, Glen Carter, Nicole Lundrigan, ReLit awards, The Seary Line on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Great New Review of BY THE RIVERS OF BROOKLYN from the Chronicle Herald.
Posted in Uncategorized on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Morgan-Cole has an easy, confident writing style that takes you quickly into the story … and her ability to show her characters’ small victories and large defeats with equal ease makes you trust her, and want to find out what happens to the people she has created.”
- Sharon Hunt, the Chronicle Herald
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“A Beautiful Collaboration Between Two Wonderful Newfoundland Artists.” The Chronicle Herald Raves About WHERE GENESIS BEGINS
Posted in Uncategorized on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Some books stay with you and you will return to them again and again. Where Genesis Begins is one of those finds. This beautiful volume — with lovely art reproductions — is a seamless collaboration. The clarity of Dawe’s poems, particularly his poems about women, is very affecting, evoking as only fine poetry can, strong and lasting images. The [...]
Annamarie Beckel’s “Latest and Greatest.”
Posted in Uncategorized on August 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Breakwater has gotten some very positive feedback this month from book clubs about Beckel’s novel Silence of Stone, her “latest and greatest … it was unanimous that the book was [her] best and of great skill.” It seems to have even inspired a group field trip to Marguerite’s Island, the prominent setting of the book. Nothing pleases us [...]
