Tightrope Books Blog

Tweet out for Tightrope from Atwood

We were thrilled to be mentioned recently on Maragret Atwood’s (@MargaretAtwood) twitter feed. In particular, we loved the new word she invented for us! Tweeted Atwood Tightrope “offers the urban and the subvervan –oops, subversive”. We might just have to do something with “subvervan” one of these days!

Great Onion Man Review from Western News

Another fantastic review for Kathryn Mockler’s Onion Man! Western News describes the poetry collection as “stark southwestern Ontario realism in its necessarily rawest form.” Read the review here. Onion Man is a sparse and intense series of linked poems told from the point of view of an eighteen-year-old girl working for the summer [...]

More Praise for How to Get a Girl Pregnant

Pickle Me This has reviewed How to Get a Girl Pregnant, Karleen Pendleton Jiménez’s memoir of her attempts to fulfill her dreams of motherhood as a butch Chicana lesbian. Jiménez is praised for how “she makes herself as vulnerable in her narrative as she did in the experiences she writes of.”

The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2011 reviewed on Toronto Quarterly

Toronto Quarterly calls The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2011 “impressive” and an “eclectic and diverse collection of Canadian poetry.” Read the full article on the Toronto Quarterly blog.

Submission Call Reminder – Poets Love Letters!

Attention Poets! Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and Tightrope Books is creating an new exciting anthology to be edited by Jeanette Lynes and David Eso. The book’s working title is Love Letters: from the Lives of Canadian Poets. The editors are assembling the first anthology of love letters by Canadian poets, known and unknown. The [...]

Heather J Wood’s Novel ROLL WITH IT “Recommended” by Resource Links Magazine!

Resource Links Magazine reviewed and recommended Heather J Wood’s Roll With It, in its October 2011 issue. The inaugural book in Tightrope’s YA “Jumprope” imprint, Roll With It depicts the journey of figure skater turned roller derby girl Neddy Slater. The magazine noted: “Heather Wood has drawn a nicely rounded character in Neddy. Her inner turmoil [...]

Last Minute Gift Ideas

Still need a gift for the poetry lover in the family? Why not the 2011 edition of Best Canadian Poetry? The fourth edition in this ongoing series, Best Canadian Poetry 2011 features fifty poems from across Canada by such distinguished poets as Christian Bök, Dionne Brand, and Tightrope’s own Daniel Scott Tysdal. Edited by Molly [...]

Last Minute Gift Ideas

Still looking for that perfect gift for the non-fiction lover on your list? Why not the latest edition of Best Canadian Essays? It features essays from all over Canada on a variety of topics including post-partum depression, an appreciation of the opera singer Maria Callas, wage slavery, elephants, and the war in Afghanistan. It’s available [...]

Christmas Is Coming

Christmas is just around the corner, and what better gift to give that tattoo enthusiast on your list than Prick: Confessions of a Tattoo Artist by Ashley Little. Edward Brown called it “…a beautifully disturbing tale revealing the morally mangled soul of a young man.” You can read his full review here: Tattooing the Heart of [...]

Tightrope’s David Clink to Host Annual Dead Poets’ Night

David Clink, author of two collections of poetry by Tightrope Books, (Eating Fruit out of Season & Monster, will be organizing/hosting the ninth annual Dead Poets Society Night on Tuesday, December 13 at the Art Bar. Readings start at 8:00 pm. The Art Bar series takes place at Pauper’s Pub (2nd floor), 539 Bloor St. W., Toronto (1 [...]