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Come in and browse. You'll find a number of features we offer as enhancements to our growing literary community. Most importantly, though, you'll find high quality books by Your northeastern Scriveners.

Spring 2008 New Releases

Ramasseur, a remarkable first novel
by Richard deMeulles

At point of death an unnamed man grasps and attempts to make sense of lightning-bright shards of memory—of a house with 5 foster children and a foster mother “as strong as a man,” each of them with a history that together form a series of tales shading off into myth in the shadow of Shabaqua mountain, where the witch created time... 

“Ramasseur is a brilliant novel...”—Veronica Ross

Ramasseur is part of the Literary Press Group’s Fiery First Fiction national promotion. Check out the blog here!

Arcadia Borealis: Childhood and Youth in Northern Ontario
by George Case

Fall 2007 Recent Releases

Angels, Stars, and Trees: Tales of Christmas Magic, by John Forrest.

In the tradition of O. Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi,” the seven stories in this collection capture that special time of the year when people become larger than themselves, when the atmosphere crackles with anticipation, when miracles do happen. Set in 1950s through 1970s Canada, the stories all in one way or another evoke nostalgic reminiscences of home and family.

Charlie Smith Reads: The Best of the Birch Lake Road.

In response to repeated reader-requests, Charlie Smith—“the Bard of the North Shore”—reads 20 of his crowd-pleasing best poems from his first two books, plus five new beauties. A cross between Robert Service’s tall tales, Grey Owl’s attention to nature, Ian Tyson’s cowboy poetry, and Fred Eaglesmith’s acerbic wit, Charlie’s poetry is as authentic as the land he farms northeast of Massey Ontario.

Remembering Medusa Remembering, poems by Monique Chénier.

From behind the familiar depiction of Medusa—the snake-haired Gorgon whose gaze can turn you to stone—another story is emerging, of an ancient injustice, of the head dominating the body, of modern knowledge overcoming ageless wisdom. On facing pages, in alternating classical Sapphic fragments and contemporary prose poetry, Medusa “re-members” herself and ushers us into a story long forgotten.    

Check our Forthcoming page for details about what's coming in fall 2008.

YSP May be Looking for you!

At Your Scrivener Press we're always interested in high quality manuscripts that fit our list. If you think you might have one, by all means let us know. Find out how on our Submissions page.

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Your Scrivener Press acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council. 

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Your Scrivener Press is a member of the Literary Press Group of Canada, and of the Association of Canadian Publishers.