COACH HOUSE PRESS PERIODICALS
Whereas many small presses evolved from the publication of a magazine to book production, The Coach House Press also acted as the publisher of a series of avant-garde literary periodicals. Coach House magazines mirrored the avant-garde sensibility of the press and in terms ofsign and format, reflected the ingenuity of the press’s operators and artists. Represented in the exhibition is a full sampling of the periodical titles published by Coach House.
IS (pronounced eyes). Nos. 4 and 5.
Editor: Victor Coleman. (20 issues appeared between 1966 and 1979.)
IS (which appropriated a Louis Zukofsky book title for its name) was never produced in the same format twice, which allowed the editor a complete range ofsign experimentation.
The Ant's Forefoot. No 1. Fall 1967.
Editor: David Rosenberg. (11 issues, 1967-1971)
The unusual format of The Ant’s Forefoot was a thorn in the side of many librarians but it provided a solid, consistent outlet for a group of writers.
Courtesy of David McKnight.
Snore Comix. Nos. 1 and 3. Toronto: Coach House Press, [196-?].
Various editors including Jerry Ofo and A.A. Bronson.
Coach House always responded to the needs of its constituents, in this case writers who cared to dabble in the medium of the cartoon or comic strip.
Open Letter. 2nd Ser., No1, 1972.
Editor: Frank Davey.
Open Letter was started as a mimeographed newsletter while Davey did graduate work on Vancouver Island. The second series came about when Davey moved east and was encouraged to revive the magazine in printed format.
Coach House Writing Supplement. No 2. [1969]
Image Nation. Vol. 1, no 11, June 1969.
Victor Coleman, ed. 1-8; Fletcher Starbuck, ed 9-12; David Hlynsky, ed. 13-last.
Image Nation was initially the Rochdale College newsletter, produced bi-weekly. The magazine evolved into one of the more important photography periodicals of the seventies.
The Story So Far 3. Toronto: Coach House Press, 1974.
Edited by David Young. Various editions.
Since the emphasis in the first decade at The Coach House Press had been poetry, photography, design, and the production of ephemera, The Story So Far series was first suggested by George Bowering as a way to serve the growing number of Coach House Press writers who wrote short fiction.
“The Goose and Duck.” Toronto Island Community News. Sunday, August 15, 1971.
A number of Coach House employees either lived or hung out on the Toronto Islands where the remnants of a much larger community were fighting to save their homes. The paper, which was produced irregularly but often, was arguably instrumental in saving the community.
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