Update: May 5, 2008

compiled by Nathaniel G. Moore

Chandra Mayor has a new book of fiction ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS. Check out all the latest from Conumdrum.

2. A PUNCHY PLATEAU LAUNCH

On Sunday, June 1st, 2008, 8pm at The Main Hall (5390, boul. St. Laurent) Punchy Writers/DC Books, Matrix Magazine/Pilot Reading Series, Writers Read at Concordia, Insomniac Press/Seretonin Books present Stuart Ross, DEAD CARS IN MANAGUA (DC Books/Punchy Writers) Arjun Basu, SQUISHY (DC Books/Punchy Writers) Sara Steinberg, WE COULD BE LIKE THAT COUPLE (Insomniac Press/Serotonin Books) plus David McFadden WHY ARE YOU SO SAD? (Insomniac Press/4 A.M. Books) as well as musical guests Puggy Hammer.

3. PISTOL PRESS

This upstart Montreal press publishes its first anthology, Pistol. Writing by Sheila Heti, David McGimpsey, Elyse Friedman, Catherine Kidd and more, plus visual artists. [In Seinfeld voice] Who are these people? Intrigue and guffaws all over this one…

4. MATRIX MAGAZINE and PILOT READING SERIES

On June 12 at Main Hall, (3590 boul. St. Laurent) the city gets a glimpse at the future. It’s the SNARE BOOKS fall preview reading with Pasha Malla All our grandfathers are ghosts and Mike Spry JACK with special guests Ryan Knighton and Tony Robinson-Smith and music from Billy Fong Parade.

Also in June you can see the latest issue of Matrix (No. 80) hitting the shelves with the Gallows Humour dossier. The issue will include an interview (Heather O’Neill), fiction (Chandra Mayor) and poetry (Jordan Scott.) 

5. 2008 ROBERT KROETSCH AWARD FOR INNOVATIVE POETRY

Snare Books has announced the winner of the award and it is Geoffrey Hlibchuk. Snare will publish Hlibchuk's Variations on Hölderlin in the fall.