Saskatoon-based chapbook publisher JackPine Press is seeking writer-artist collaborations that challenge the conventional notions of literary book publishing in the genres of poetry, essay, short fiction, graphic/art books and children’s literature. Proposals will be accepted from both emerging and established writers and artists from June 1 through August 15, 2009. www.jackpinepress.com Â
Mark Webber, creator of the very impressive linocut below, is asking that very question as he searches for someone who can print his roughly 6′ x 5′ typographically exquisite linocut map of Paris.  Check out this blogpost with more details and photos of Webber’s project.
The list of nominees for the 2009 Man Booker Prize has been announced with one of my favourite authors, J.M. Coetzee, getting the nod again.  As one commentor on the CBC article noted rather succinctly, “There’s no better ‘recommended reading list’ anywhere than the list of finalists for the Man Booker.”
We called in a ringer this weekend to make sure preparations were well on their way for our booth-space at Anticipation. My cousin Tim helped me all Saturday sorting Sci-fi, bagging and pricing vintage paperbacks and cleaning up and making suggestions for our Young Adult section which was in desperate need of attention. Thanks for all [...]
Just a quick post to show off some of the nicer books that we’ve added to our fine press and illustrated editions sections. The first is a beautiful edition of The Idylls of the King by Tennyson illustrated by Eleanor Brickdale.   The second is In Powder and Crinoline, one of the famous Kay Neilsen illustrated books.  While the [...]
A fun page filled with various photos of books being used for both artistic and industrious purposes. Some very cool and creative works. Here is a couple images from the website.
This year, to focus on our main niches, we decided to try a few new book shows in more specialized venues. The first was back in June when Bytown Bookshop sponsored and had a table at the CBBAG – Ottawa Valley Chapter Book Arts Fair. The fair was a resounding success and really helped our [...]
Yesterday saw the Ottawa Press Gang hold it’s first Wayzbrunch at the Arrow & Loon in Ottawa. We had a great turn out with over a dozen Press Gang members showing up to swap shop talk over plates of bacon & eggs and steaming cups of coffee.  Although France & I had to sneak out a bit early to go [...]
In an attempt to broaden our electronic horizons a bit, we’ve started up a Twitter account (see little blue bullet at the top of the page) which we will use to post news tidbit, interesting links, book sales alerts, and other such short tidbits rather than constantly clog the site with short time sensitive posts.  Bytown Bookshop [...]
First and foremost, my apologies to those who frequent(ed) the site for bearing with me over the past couple months while the site was down.  WordPress, the software we use to manage our site, kind of blew up on me out of the blue while trying to update to the newest version (an upgrade I [...]