Steinmetz, McKay & Starnino

This fall, Geist magazine features an excerpt from Andrew Steinmetz's novel, Eva's Threepenny Theatre, and a review of Don McKay's The Muskwa Assemblage.




While in Iceland for the Reykjavik International Literary Festival, Don McKay answered the question, Why Poetry? Visit the Griffin Trust website to read the entire speech.

Meanwhile, back in Canada, Andrew Steinmetz has been busy jumping on shortlists for the Ottawa Book Awards and the Roger's Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. He's still had time for other pursuits though - Andrew recently set one of Carmine Starnino's poems to music. Visit the Vehicule Press blog to listen to Carmine Starnino's poem 'Shag' from This Way Out adapted and performed by Andrew Steinmetz.

Steinmetz finalist for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize

Gaspereau Press is pleased to announce that Andrew Steinmetz’s novel, Eva’s Threepenny Theatre, is a finalist for the 2009 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. Established in 1997, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize recognizes Canadian writers of exceptional talent for the year’s best novel or short story collection.

The other finalists are Nicole Brossard for Fences in Breathing, translated by Susanne de Lotbiniere-Harwood; Douglas Coupland for Generation A; Alice Munro for her short story collection Too Much Happiness; Annabel Lyon for The Golden Mean. For more information about the award, visit The Writers' Trust.

All of the 2009 finalists will read during the International Festival of Authors in Toronto on October 28, 2009. Tickets for the event can be purchased online through the IFOA website.

The prize winner will be announced at the Writers' Trust Awards on November 24, 2009 at the Isabel Bader Theatre in Toronto.



Photo by Ryan Hunt

Ottawa Book Awards

Gaspereau Press is pleased to announce that Andrew Steinmetz’s novel, Eva’s Threepenny Theatre, is a finalist for the 2009 Ottawa Book Awards. The awards, sponsored by the City of Ottawa, celebrate the top English books published in the previous year. The Prix du livre d’Ottawa recognizes the top French books. Each award has two categories: fiction and non-fiction. The four final winners will be announced on 20 October 2009 at a ceremony at Library and Archives Canada.

To read a recent interview with Andrew Steinmetz, visit rob mclennan's blog.