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Please contact our eMail: [email protected] website: https://www.radici.ca office if you have any questions. review copies Please contact Turnstone Press directly by fax (204) 942-1556 or by email at [email protected] Turnstone Press is represented in Canada by the sales representatives Canadian Manda Group british coluMbia, yukon & northern territories 664 Annette Street Iolanda Millar Toronto, ON M6S 2C8 phone: (604) 662-3511 ext. 246 www.Mandagroup.coM eMail: [email protected] Robert Patterson (British Columbia) sales representatives phone: (604) 662-3511 ext. 247 national, library, ontario and special Markets eMail: [email protected] Carey Low, Nick Smith, Peter Hill-Field, Chris Hickey Joanne Adams, Tim Gain, Nikki Turner, David Farag, sales representative Anthony Iantorno, Ellen Warwick, Emily Patry, Quebec & atlantic provinces Dave Nadalin, Ryan Muscat, Kristina Koski, Jacques Filippi Caitrin Pilkington phone: (855) 626-0922 ext. 244 phone: (416) 516-0911 eMail: [email protected] fax: (416) 516-0917 eMail: [email protected] sales representative sales representative us accounts Manitoba, saskatchewan, alberta Tan Light Jean cichon phone: (416) 483-1321 ext. 4 phone: (403) 202-0922 ext. 245 fax: (416) 483-2510 eMail: [email protected] eMail: [email protected] Contents Forthcoming / 4 Recently Released / 10 Notable Poetry / 16 Notable Fiction / 18 Ravenstone / 20 Recent Backlist / 22 Ordering / 23 4 / FORTHCOMING / FICTION YAMS DO NOT EXIST by Garry Thomas Morse Short-Fiction 9780888016775 / $19.00 Trade Paperback, 5.5” X 8.5” / 200 pages World Rights: Turnstone Press September, 2019 Farinata Feck, a poet of mixed heritage, is a man of many appetites; yet he is most consumed by the search to find his romantic ideal. Yo-yoing between Regina and Winnipeg, Farinata crosses paths with colonial ghosts, cosplay enthusiasts, a Faulknerian gossip, a rogue tree-cop, and a sweet potato activist. With equal parts playfulness and decadence, Garry Thomas Morse renders the Beckettish adventures of the lovelorn libertine with hypnotic surrealism. A dizzying display of literary opulence and allusion, Yams Do Not Exist finds footholds in Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, footnoting a twisting, prairie roadmap to romance, by turns hellish and sublime. Garry Thomas Morse Garry Thomas Morse grew up on the BC coast and now lives in Winnipeg. He has published several collections of poetry, notably Discovery Passages, about his Kwakwaka’wakw Indigenous ancestors, shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award and the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, and Prairie Harbour, also shortlisted for a Governor General’s Award. He has twice been shortlisted for the national Re-Lit Award for fiction, and has served as the Jack McClelland Writer-in-Residence at the University of Toronto and the Carol Shields Writer- in-Residence at the University of Winniepg. Promotional Plans Physical & digital ARCs Launch in author’s home city (Winnipeg) Author tour through Ontario Appearances in literary festivals Advertising and review copies to literary publications Online promotion through blog tour Notes: FORTHCOMING / FICTION / 5 6 / FORTHCOMING / FICTION ALL THAT BELONGS by Dora Dueck Fiction 9780888016812 / $19.00 Trade Paperback, 5.5” X 8.5” / 225 pages World Rights: Turnstone Press September, 2019 Catherine, an archivist, has spent decades committed to conserving the pasts of others, only to find her own resurfacing on the eve of her retirement. Carefully, she mines the failing memories of her aging mother to revive a mysterious Uncle and relive the tragic downfall of her brother. Catherine remembers, and in the process, discovers darker family secrets, long silenced, and their devastating aftermath. Spanning decades between rural Alberta and Winnipeg, All That Belongs is an elegant examination of our own ephemeral histories, the consequences of religious fanaticism, and the startling familial ties—and shame—that bind us. Dora Dueck Dora Dueck is the award-winning author of numerous books, articles, and short stories. Her novel, This Hidden Thing, won the 2010 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award, and was shortlisted for the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction, and What You Get At Home (Turnstone Press, 2012) won the High Plains Award for Short Stories. Dueck’s novella, Mask, was also the winning entry for the 2014 Malahat Review novella contest. Dora grew up in a Mennonite community in Alberta, lived many years in Winnipeg, but currently makes her home in British Columbia. Promotional Plans Physical & digital ARCs Launches in Winnipeg and Victoria Appearances in literary festivals Advertising and review copies to literary and poetry publications Online promotion through blog tour MORE FROM DORA DUECK What You Get at Home / 9780888014047 FORTHCOMING / FICTION / 7 8 / FORTHCOMING / FICTION COLD METAL STAIRS by Su Croll Poetry 9780888016850 / $17.00 Trade Paperback, 5.5” X 8.5” / 125 pages World Rights: Turnstone Press October, 2019 Emerging from the expanse of bewildered mourning, Su Croll’s third collection, Cold Metal Stairs, is a timely lament for those who wander deep into the mists of failing memory, and for those who are left behind, waiting. With profound care, Croll breaks open the quiet conversations happening across the nation about dementia by bringing readers to her father’s bedside to witness his final years, months, hours, and the days that follow. Tender and aching, Croll’s verse confronts the imperfect, heart-rending act of remembering the moments, and ghosts, that linger. Su Croll Su Croll’s work has garnered numerous awards and nominations, including the Kalamalka New Writers Competition, Gerald Lampert Award, Stephan G. Stephansson Award as well as the Canadian Authors Association Poetry Award. Cold Metal Stairs is her third work of poetry. She lives and writes in Edmonton. Promotional Plans Physical & digital ARCs Launch in Edmonton Appearances in literary festivals Advertising and review copies to literary and poetry publications Online promotion through blog tour NOTES: FORTHCOMING / POETRY / 9 Fiction / Humourous / Coming of Age / Mennonite 9780888016294 / $21.00 Trade Paperback 5.5” X 8.5” / 240 pages World Rights: Turnstone Press the greatness of this book takes it beyond the category of Men- nonite literature, beyond the regional category of prairie lit- erature, beyond the boundaries of Canadian literature. —Debra Martens THE SALVATION OF YASCH SIEMENS by Armin Wiebe Born “on the wrong side of the double dike” in the mythical Mennonite village of Gutenthal, Yasch Siemens seems destined for a life as a hired hand in love with the wrong girl. But all of that changes when he meets Oata Needarp. Shortlisted for both the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour and the Books in Canada Best First Book Award, The Salvation of Yasch Siemens is an outrageous, comic ride through Canadian literature’s most unforgettable community. Now this enduring Canadian classic is being reissued with a loving preface from the author, Armin Wiebe, and an insightful new essay from Nathan Dueck. Together they rediscover the warmth and wit in the world of Gutenthal, a profound part of Canada’s literary landscape. Notes: 10 / RECENTLY RELEASED BESTIARY by Dennis Cooley Poetry 9780888016690 / $17.00 Trade Paperback, 5.5” X 8.5” / 100 pages World Rights: Turnstone Press Amid hushed and howling moments, the natural bends uncanny while the extraordinary roots into the organic under Cooley’s careful eye. COLD PRESS MOON by Dennis Cooley Poetry 9780888016737 / $17.00 Trade Paperback, 5.5” X 8.5” / 100 pages World Rights: Turnstone Press Romantic and irreverent, playful and profound, these poems work like spells to wake the vital heart. RECENTLY RELEASED / 11 Non-Ficiton / Travel 9780888016652 / $27.50 Trade Paperback, 6” X 9” / 200 pages World Rights: Turnstone Press MONUMENTAL MANITOBA Roadside Attractions and More by Meghan Kjartanson From Flintabbaty Flonatin to Gimli’s mighty Viking, the Glenboro camel to Morden’s monstrous mosasaur, Meghan Kjartanson sets out to follow the stories of Manitoba’s many unique monuments. Featuring over 60 sites of interest, Kjartanson charts an all-ages adventure tracking prairie giants, roadside attractions, and important landmarks, including fire hydrants and golf balls, sturgeons and sunflowers, and, of course, Manitoba’s provincial “bird”—the mosquito. Explore the diverse characters and communities at the centre of Canada with this info-packed guide of hidden gems, fun facts, and larger-than-life legends and get to know Monumental Manitoba. Notes: 12 / RECENTLY RELEASED Travel Memoir 9780888016539 / $21.00 Trade Paperback, 6” X 9” / 280 pages World Rights: Turnstone Press Highly recommended for anyone who has ever dreamed of dropping everything to experience the world beyond our borders with kids in tow. —Grant Lawrence, Adventures in Solitude DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME One Family’s (mis)Adventures Around the World by Daria Salamon and Rob Krause In 2015, Rob Krause and Daria Salamon sold their car, rented out their home, and packed up their two young children to embark on a 12-month journey around the world. In this dual retelling of their ambitious year away from home, Don;t Try This at Home chronicles the hilarious and sensational misadventures of a Canadian family as they travel across 15 different countries in the southern hemisphere.