IN THE NEWS! THE HOLLOW BEAST The Hollow Beast by Christophe Bernard, translated by Lazer Lederhendler (Apr 2, 2024) was featured in Words Without Borders‘ April Watchlist! The article was posted online on April 29, and can be read here. Tobias Carroll writes, “The Hollow Beast is a sprawling story of generational feuds and old hostilities […]
Biblioasis is now open for submissions of poetry manuscripts and will remain open until Friday, May 31st, or until we reach two hundred submissions—whichever comes first! Poetry submission guidelines: We can only consider unpublished work. Individual poems in the manuscript may have appeared in journals or anthologies, but the collection as a whole must not have […]
IN THE NEWS! YOUR ABSENCE IS DARKNESS Your Absence Is Darkness by Jon Kalman Stefánsson, translated by Philip Roughton (Mar 5, 2024), has been reviewed in the Financial Times! The review was published online on April 24, and is available to read in full here. Reviewer Boyd Tonkin writes, “Roughton’s radiant English versions of Stefánsson’s […]
We’re pleased to share that this morning, The Writers’ Union of Canada announced the shortlist for the 2023 Danuta Gleed Literary Award, which includes Cocktail by Lisa Alward (Sep 12, 2023)! Check out the full shortlist announcement here. About Cocktail, the jury praised: “Lisa Alward’s Cocktail is skilful in its ability to capture the nuance and […]
IN THE NEWS! WORK TO BE DONE Work to Be Done by Bruce Whiteman (Mar 12, 2024) was reviewed in the Literary Review of Canada! The review was published online on April 15, and will appear in the May print issue. Read the full review here. Reviewer Keith Garebian writes, “Divided into five parts, Work to […]
We’re thrilled to share that this morning, the shortlist for the 2024 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize was announced, which included Dreaming Home by Lucian Childs in the Literary Fiction category! You can view the full shortlist here. With the tenth annual Emerging Writer Prize, Rakuten Kobo endeavours to raise the profiles of debut authors by […]
IN THE NEWS! SORRY ABOUT THE FIRE Sorry About the Fire by Colleen Coco Collins (Apr 23, 2024) was reviewed in the Toronto Star. The review was published on April 5, 2024, and you can read the full article here. Wanda Praamsma writes: “The poems in this slim volume, the first from artist and songwriter […]
IN THE NEWS! YOUR ABSENCE IS DARKNESS Your Absence Is Darkness by Jón Kalman Stefánsson, translated by Philip Roughton (March 5, 2024) has been reviewed in The Washington Post. The review was published online on March 16, 2024. You can read the full review here. Michael Barron writes: “I couldn’t put it down.” Your Absence […]
Poets, get your collections ready! Biblioasis will be opening for submissions of poetry manuscripts on Wednesday, May 1st, and will remain open until Friday, May 31st, or we reach two hundred submissions—whichever comes first. Updated poetry submission guidelines: We can only consider unpublished work. Individual poems in the manuscript may have appeared in journals or […]
IN THE NEWS! YOUR ABSENCE IS DARKNESS Your Absence Is Darkness by Jón Kalman Stefánsson, translated by Philip Roughton (Mar 5, 2024) received an outstanding review from Daniel Mason in the New York Times. The review was published online on March 3, 2024 and in print on March 10, 2024. You can read the full […]
