Snare Books
| Founded | Spring of 2006 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Jon Paul Fiorentino and Robert Allen |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Headquarters location | Montreal, Quebec |
| Key people | Jon Paul Fiorentino Founder & Publisher |
| Fiction genres | Contemporary Poetry and Prose Fiction |
| Official website | http://snarebooks.wordpress.com/ |
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Snare Books was a Canadian independent book publisher. Founded in spring of 2006, and located in Montreal, Quebec, Snare Books is a publisher of contemporary poetry and prose fiction. They make a point of publishing Canadian authors who specialize in experimental literature. Although their main focus is on poetry, Snare Books then expanded to pushing a limited number of experimental novels and short stories. Snare Books became an imprint of Invisible Publishing in 2012.[1]
History[edit]
Snare Books, launched in the spring of 2006, was founded by Robert Allen and Jon Paul Fiorentino. With the death of Allen in the fall of 2006[2] Fiorentino became the owner, operator, publisher, and editor of the company. The reason behind starting this small Montreal based literary publishing company was due to the result of a discussion between Allen and Fiorentino based on Canadian literary arts. Through their work together on Matrix Magazine, they had developed a fan base consisting of young writers.[3]
The Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry[edit]
The Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry, founded in 2006, is awarded to a book-length manuscript produced by an emerging Canadian poet (2 books or less).[4] The winner of the Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry receives a publishing contract for the manuscript and a $500 prize. Snare Books founded the annual Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry. The award was then continued by Invisible Publishing.
Past Winners and Judges[edit]
- 2007 Winner: Natalie Zina Walschots for Thumbscrews, Judge: Darren Wershler
- 2008 Winner: Geoffery Hlibchuk for Variations on Holderlin, Judge: Elizabeth Bachinsky
- 2009 Winner: Sarah Dowling for Security Posture, Judge: Rachel Zolf
- 2010 Winner: Jake Kennedy for The Lateral, Judge: Sina Queyras
- 2011 Winner: Pearl Pirie for Thirsts, Judge: Neil Besner[5]
- 2012 Winner: Laura Broadbent for Oh There You Are I Can’t See You Is It Raining? , Judge: Sachiko Murakami [the final year the prize was administered by Snare Books]
- 2013 Winner: Claire Lacey for Twin Tongues, Judge: Jay MillAr
- 2014 Winner: Jeremy Stewart for Hidden City, Judge: Ken Babstock
- 2015 Winner: Lucas Crawford for Sideshow Concessions, Judge: Karen Solie
- 2016 Winner: Paul Zits for Leap-seconds, Judge: George Elliott Clarke
- 2017 Winner: Shazia Hafiz Ramji for Port of Being, Judge: Wayde Compton
Published works[edit]
2011 Titles[edit]
Hard Feelings by Sheryda Warrener[edit]
Hard Feelings is Warrener’s debut book of poetry. The poems featured in Hard Feelings are about everyday life and the little things that excite humans. If offers her readers a sense of hope and gratitude. Her poems have appeared in many Canadian journals including Event, Grain, Antigonish Review, and The Fiddlehead and the Malahat review. Warrener received an MFA from the University of British Columbia in 2008 as well as a BFA from the University of Victoria in 2001. She is currently a teacher in Sweden.
The Lateral by Jake Kennedy[edit]
Kennedy’s work as a poet and prose writer has appeared in anthologies and literary journals. He is currently teaching in the English Department at Okanagan College. The Lateral won him the 2010 Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry. The Lateral includes a long-poem, a series of prose-poem-ruminations, and ends with a section of vulgar poems.
Update. by Bill Kennedy and Darren Wershler[edit]
Update. is the second book Kennedy and Wershler have created together. Kennedy also runs the media consultancy, Stop 14 Media and is the Artistic Director of the Scream Literary Festival in Toronto. Darren Wershler is a Professor of English at Concordia University and is the co-author of twelve books.
THREE DEATHS by Josip Novakovich[edit]
Novakovich is originally from Croatia but moved to the United States at the age of twenty. Three Deaths is his first Canadian edition of his written work. Novakovich received many awards for his works including the Ingram Merrill Award. Three Deaths includes a personal essay, a short story, as well as a classic tale, all focusing around the theme of death.
Poets and Killers by Helen Hajnoczky[edit]
Hajnoczky’s work has appeared in Filling Station, NOD, Matrix and Speechless magazine. She also has a Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree in English and Creative Writing from the University of Calgary. Poets and Killers encompasses the experimental poetry genre through the use advertising language to tell the biography of a man from the 1940s until his death in 2010.
2010 Titles[edit]
- All our Grandfathers are Ghosts by Pasha Malla
- Jack by Mike Spry
- Variations on Holderlin by Geoffrey Hlibchuk
2009 Titles[edit]
- The Olive and the Dawn by Ian Orti
- The Taste of Penny by Jeff Parker
- Generator by Ian Christopher Goodman
- Thresh by Kim Minkus
- Security Posture by Sarah Dowling
2007 Titles[edit]
- Fake Math by Ryan Fitzpatrick
- Thumbscrews by Natalie Zina Walschots
- The Small blue by Jay Millar
2006 Titles[edit]
- The Emily Valentine Poems by Zoe Whittall
- Dreadful Paris by Melissa A. Thompson
- Rope Walk by Angela Carr
- Canada Post by Jason Christie
References[edit]
- ↑ Afterword (2012-10-15). "Snare Books is dead; long live Snare Books! | National Post". Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ↑ The Link Newspaper. "Jon Paul Fiorentino Plays With Words, Feelings".
- ↑ Lemon Hound Blog. "Small Press Profile: Snare Books (interview)".
- ↑ The Grapevine. "Snare Books' Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry".
- ↑ Robert Mclennan's Blog. "Pearl Pirie wins the 2011 Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry!".
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