Congratulations to J.R. Carpenter, whose book Words the Dog Knows recently won the 2008 Expozine Alternative Press Award for Best Book. Her novel has also been excerpted in Geist and Utne Reader. Congratulations to Chandra Mayor for being nominated for a 2008 Lambda Award in the Lesbian Fiction category for her book of stories All the Pretty Girls. The winners will be announced May 28. Congratulations to Dave Lapp for being nominated for a Doug Wright Award in theBest Book category. Come see if he won at this year’s TCAF on May 8. Conundrum Press will be at TCAF in all our glory, selling books and hosting signings on Saturday May 8 and Sunday May 9, at the Toronto Reference Library at 789 Yonge St. We will be launching Ian Sullivan Cant’s Papercut Heart and Michael J. Hind’s The Undertaking as well. Below is the schedule of signings. Hope to see you there Toronto! Conundrum Press TCAF Signing schedule: SAT MAY 9 noon-1 Howard Chackowicz 1-2 Jillian Tamaki 2-3 Shary Boyle 3-4 Emily Holton, Kerry Byrne 4-5 Michael Hind, Ian Sullivan Cant SUN May 10 noon-1 Dave Lapp (DWA Nominee for Drop-In) 1-2 Michael Hind, Kerry Byrne 2-3 Ian Sullivan Cant 3-4 Howard Chackowicz Speaking of launches. The Undertaking and Papercut Heart will have their Montreal launches at the Drawn and Quarterly bookstore, 211 Bernard, on Wednesday May 13 at 7pm. Astute readers will note that Shary Boyle will be signing on Saturday at TCAF. Her book of drawings Witness My Shame is BACK IN PRINT so order it today. This summer conundrum press will storm the moats and invade Sackville, New Brunswick. As part of this year’s Sappyfest (July 27 - August 2) we will host the book launch of Lesley Johnson’s children’s book The Banana Story of Agony, feature Catherine Kidd, Emily Holton, and J.R. Carpenter in the Writer’s Block event, and take part in a one day zine fair! Also a screening of contemporary Canadian films, videos and animations will be organized and selected by Elisabeth Belliveau at the 5th annual Ok.Quoi?! Arts Festival sponsored by Struts.   Conundrum Press likes to read books written for girls! Read Stacey May Fowles’s article in the latest Broken Pencil magazine and find out why “Conundrum has somehow managed to curate what could be considered the finest roster of female writers in Canada, without intentionally being a ‘women's press.’” Then check out the books by these talented wordsmiths who happen to be girls: Maya Merrick, J.R. Carpenter, and Emily Holton.
Last updated: September 2008