Anvil Press: Swing in the Hollow

The publishing philosophy at Anvil is: “The discovery, nurturing, and promotion of new and established Canadian literary talent.”

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Scalawags: Rogues, Roustabouts, Wags & Scamps—Ne'er-Do-Wells Through the Ages
Non-Fiction | Jim Christy
Oct 2088 | 224 pp | 6 x 9
ISBN 1895636949
$20 CAN / $20 US

Accelerated Paces: Travels Across Borders and Other Imaginary Boundaries
Non-Fiction | Jim Oaten
Oct 2088 | 176 pp | 5.5 x 8
ISBN 1895636930
$18 CAN / $18 US

What It Feels Like for a Girl
Poetry | Jennica Harper
Sept 2008 | 120 pp | 5.5 x 6
ISBN 1895636965
$15 CAN / $15 US

Suicide Psalms
Poetry | Mari-Lou Rowley
Sept 2008 | 96 pp | 5 x 7
ISBN 1895636922
$15 CAN / $15 US

Tortoise Boy: A Chamber Play
Drama | Charles Tidler
Nov 2008 | 64 pp | 5.25 x 8.25
ISBN 1895636957
$15 CAN / $15 US

Imagining British Columbia: Land, Memory & Place
Non-Fiction | Daniel Francis, Editor
Apr 2008 | 216 pp | 5.5 x 8.25
ISBN 1895636906
18.00 CAN / 18.00 US

The Stone Face
Drama | Sherry MacDonald
Oct 2007 | 80 pp | 5.25 x 8.25
ISBN 1895636876
15.00 CAN / 13.00 US

DAMP: Contemporary Vancouver Media Arts
Art/Photography | Oliver Hockenhull and Alex Mackenzie
Apr 2008 | 144 | 11 x 7.5
ISBN 1895636892
40.00 CAN / 40.00 US

Elysium
Fiction | Pamela Stewart
Apr 2008 | 208 | 5.5 x 8
ISBN 1895636914
18.00 CAN / 18.00 US

Street Stories: 100 Years of Homelessness in Vancouver
Non-Fiction | Michael Barnholden, Nancy Newman, Lindsay Mearns
Nov 2007 | 144 pp | 6 x 8
ISBN 189563685X
20.00 CAN / 16.00 US

Dirtbags
Fiction | Teresa McWhirter
Oct 2007 | 224 pp | 5 x 7.5
ISBN 1895636884
20.00 CAN / 18.00 US

Body Breakdowns: Tales of Illness & Recovery
Non-Fiction | Janis Harper, Editor
Oct 2007 | 168 pp | 5.25 x 7.5
ISBN 1895636868
18.00 CAN / 15.00 US

Tacones: High Heels
Front List | Todd Klinck
Oct 2007 | 128 pp | 5.75 x 7.5
ISBN 1895636841
16.00 CAN / 14.00 US

Poetry

Swing in the Hollow

By Ryan Knighton

Swing In the Hollow is a debut collection that struggles with the service and spoil of lyrical attention. In quirky and precise turns, Knighton’s language teases a sense of phenomena from the rubbish and rubble of atrophied urban experience.

ISBN 1895636345
5 x 9 | 104 pp
13.95 CAN / 9.95 US
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