Canadian Voices - Press Release

Just wanted to offer an update on Canadian Voices, Volume Two, the anothology of poetry and prose in which I will be featured in less than a month. I just recieved the official Bookland Press press release. The PDF is a whole lot fancier but I can't quite figure out how to post that so here's all the info, including all 90-something authors, page count, retail price, and more. The book lauch is September 20th, from 6:30 to 9:30 pm at the Supermarket Art Bar in downtown Toronto. Hope you'll check it out.


MEDIA RELEASE

Canadian Voices is a powerful
and moving collection of prose
and poetry, which stretches
across the boundaries of age,
skin color, language, ethnicity,
and religion to give voice to
the lives and experiences of
ordinary Canadians. This
vibrant, varied sampler of the
Canadian literary scene
captures timely personal and
cultural challenges, and
ultimately shares subtle
insight and compassion
written by a wide spectrum of
stylistically and culturally
diverse authors.
Canadian Voices is more than
simply an anthology — it is a
celebration of wonderful
writing by some of today's
finest emerging Canadian
writers. This book is an ambitious,
lasting, and meaningful
work of literature that will not
soon fade away. It is an exceptional
reading experience to be
enjoyed and savoured.


CanadianVoices, Volume Two
An Anthology of Prose and Poetry by Emerging Canadian Writers

PARTICIPATING AUTHORS

PROSE

Valerie Albemarle
Dahn Batchelor
Sharon Bernas
Mayank Bhatt
Jessica Borges
Alison E. Bruce
Mary A. Bryant
Silene Bumbaca
Altug Cakmakci
Jack Caulfield
Shaheena Choudhury
Christina Clapperton
L. J. Clark
Dayle Cleveland
Cassandra Cronenberg Hunter
Juliet Davy
Susan Desveaux
Heather Dick
Sally Dillon
Michael Robert Dyet
Fran Edelstein
Jude Paul Fernandes
Frances Frommer
Marilyn Garshowitz
Jefferson Guzman
John R. Hewson
Steven Jacklin
Manny Johal
Fatmatta Kanu
Donna Kirk
Enxhi Kondi
Mary Ellen Koroscil
Karen Lam
Peter Lisinski
John Maar
Victoria E. MacDonald
David Mandel
Maria Pia Marchelletta
Louis Massey
Corinne Cast McCorkle
Cassie McDaniel
Braz Menezes
Michelle Monteiro
Yoko Morgenstern
Diksha Pal Narayan
Peta-Gaye Nash
Gord Pannell
Brandon Pitts
Waheed Rabbani
Elana Rae
Elizabeth Carina Ramos
Anu Rao
Larry Rodness
Philomena Saldanha
Mel Sarnese
Suzanne Schmidt
Steven H. Stern
Phyllis Diller Stewart
Urve Tamberg
R. G. Thompson
Linda Torney
David Tucker
Edwin Vasan
Herb Ware
Joyce Wayne
Saniya Zahid
Karol Zelazny
Zohra Zoberi


POETRY

John Ambury
Elizabeth Barnes
Kathleen Burke
Maurus Cappa
Dolores B. Carfagnini
Jasmine D’Costa
Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews
Emily Dunn
Iddie Fourka
Mary Craig Gardner
Zita Hinson
Jasmine Jackman
David Kimel
Ashley Maniw
Jatin Naik
Deena Kara Shaffer
Sheila Tucker
Sarah Zahid


BOOKLAND PRESS, TORONTO
BOOKLAND PRESS
6021 YONGE STREET, SUITE 1010, TORONTO, ON M2M 3W2
TEL: (800) 535-1774, WWW.BOOKLANDPRESS.COM
EMAIL: BOOKS@BOOKLANDPRESS.COM
ISBN: 978-0-9784395-8-3, BookLand Press, 360 pages, $25.95

Canadian Voices, Volume 2 - Update

Hi all.

A while back I posted about being published. Now, it's nothing big, I'm not going to be on Oprah or anything...I don't think... It's only a small little story I entered way back in February called "The Red Maple Leaf." It's about a young boy pondering the significance of Canada's most prolific symbol, (no, not #99), on the day of his mother's funeral, a soldier killed in Afghanastan. For the past few months I've been corresponding with the publisher, Bookland Press in Toronto, over minor details and now, I've been given a look at the cover, so I thought I'd post it up here and see what y'all think.

Ok, not really. I just wanted to post something, to be honest. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't welcome comment. Hell yeah, I would.

Be seeing ya.

D.A.

Guess what? I'm getting published!

Yes it's true, though it may not be entirely what you think.
A month or so back I submitted a short story to Canadian Voices Volume Two, an anthology of short stories, novel excerpts and poetry. You can find it in the archive section of this very blog, if it strikes your fancy.
Anyway, I just recieved word that my story, "The Red Maple Leaf," has been accepted and will be published sometime this summer. The publisher is a small, independent company called Bookland Press. www.booklandpress.com. They're based here in Toronto.
It's small, but definitely gratifying, considering I wasn't too sure about the story to begin with. This is the first time I'll be seeing my words in print, even if it is barely 2000 of them. Gotta say, I'm looking forward to it.
The hope is, I can build on this albeit small inroad of progress by leveraging it into new relationships with like-minded writers, editors, agents and publishers. I do have a few novels burning a hole in my hard drive, after all.

I'll continue to blog about my first experience into the terrifying world of publishing as it unfolds. Hope all you fellow aspirers out there will find it informative, and maybe even a little inspriring.

Cheers,

D.A.

Canadian Voices

I know it's been a while but I've been kinda busy working on a new short story. It's called, The Red Maple Leaf, and its written from the point of view of a little boy who lost his mother in Afghanistan. I've been working on it for some time now, trying to get it ready for an anthology book called Canadian Voices, Volume Two. The book is being put out by Bookland Press, a Canadian publisher who had tremendous success a couple years back with Canadian Voices, Volume One. Both books are designed to showcase up-and-coming Canadian writers with a diverse selection of short stories, poetry and novel excerpts. I urge you to check it out.

http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Canadian-Voices-Volume-One-Anthology-Canadian-Anthology/9780978439552-item.html

Anyway, I got my story in late last night. It turned out pretty well, (I hope). Either way, it was a blast to write, a real challenge and if, for whatever reason, it doesn't quite work for this publisher, I'll be sure to shop it around someplace else. (And post it up here, of course).

Don't panic.
Regular blogging should be getting back to normal now.

Coming soon:

The long-awaited Chapter Twelve of my momumental horror-epic, An Axis Oblique, (only two more to go, people). Plus, a new exciting installment of Simpsons Roundup!, and 'What Am I reading?'

See you soon.

D.A.