Congratulations to Henry Doyle, whose poetry collection, No Shelter, has won the 2022 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize (BC Book Prizes). And a further congratulations to the other finalists.

Congratulations to Martin West, whose novel Long Ride Yellow has been selected as the 2018 ReLit Award winner, novel category.

“If there were a literary prize for most fascinating Canadian setting and central character, Long Ride Yellow, Martin West’s first novel, would surely make the short list.”
— The Toronto Star

And to . . .

Michael Blouin, whose novel Skin House has won the 2020 ReLit Award, novel category.

“The book is irreverent and saucy, unexpected and poignant, none of which gives it enough credit.”
— The Miramichi Reader

We were greatly saddened to learn of the passing of one of our poets, Jeff Steudel, on February 2nd. Son, father, husband, teacher, musician, soccer enthusiast, poet, Jeff touched many around him with his warm and generous demeanour. Jeff’s poetry was published in numerous literary journals, won the Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize, and was a finalist for the CBC Literary Awards. It was a great honour to publish his sole poetry collection, Foreign Park, in 2015, and we shared in his joy when it was announced as a Finalist for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize (BC and Yukon Book Prizes). We wish we could have had the opportunity to publish more of Jeff’s fine work.