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Welcome to the Coach House Coffee Room, or at least a virtual version of it. The coffee room is the epicentre of the Coach House community, where our authors, editors, designers, friends and passers-by hang out. It also doubles as our browsing library, a repository of books, pictures and general Coach House arcana.

This section of the site serves the same purpose. Herein you'll find everything Coach House, from articles and reviews to audio and video clips to our deep archives. You'll also have a chance to get to know other Coach House types through our author blogs and discussion forums. Feel free to hang out and look around.

Coach House Books wins Premier's Award for Excellence in the Arts!

Submitted by evan on Tue, 2008-06-24 09:04.

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The 2008 Premier’s Award for Excellence in the Arts were announced at a ceremony in Toronto last night, and Coach House Books is beyond thrilled to announce that we’ve won the Premier’s Award for Excellence in the Arts in the category of arts organization!

Our jaws are still wide open in shock and amazement. We were shortlisted with some of the country's finest institutions -- the Guelph Jazz Festival, Hot Docs, the Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People, the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation and Réseau Ontario -- groups that do incredible work and that Coach House Books greatly admires.

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Coach House on the ReLit shortlist!

Submitted by evan on Fri, 2008-07-04 13:11.

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On Friday, July 4th, the shortlist for the ReLit Awards were announced, and we are delighted to report that two Coach House titles have been shortlisted -- one in the category of poetry and one in the category of novel.

Congratulations to David McGimpsey (Sitcom, shortlisted in the poetry category) and Andrew Wedderburn (The Milk Chicken Bomb, shortlisted in the novel category)!

Premier's Award for Excellence in the Arts Video

Submitted by evan on Thu, 2008-06-26 13:44.

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Description:

At the Premier's Award for Excellence in the Arts awards ceremony, short films of all the nominated artists and organizations were screened. Check out the link to see the film on Coach House Books, hosted by the Ontario Ministry of Culture website.

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Sean Dixon's first UK review

Submitted by evan on Wed, 2008-06-25 13:06.

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Excerpt:

'It's the novel that everyone will be talking about in a few weeks' time ... Voted one of the 15 best books in Canada in 2007, it's taken a year and a name change (it used to be called The Girls Who Saw Everything) for this to cross the pond. But it will take a lot longer for readers to forget.'

Reviewer: Lauren Paxman

Publication: London Lite

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NOW hails Maggie Helwig

Submitted by evan on Thu, 2008-06-19 14:37.

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'If there's any justice in the world, Girls Fall Down will be a shoo-in for the Toronto Book Award and Coach House will make sure it gets on the Giller jury's reading list. Read it now.'

Reviewer: Susan G. Cole

Publication: NOW

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RM Vaughan interviewed by Eye Weekly

Submitted by evan on Thu, 2008-06-19 14:29.

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RM Vaughan (Troubled) was interviewed in Eye Weekly, about the genesis of his poetry collection, and what makes a 'gay' book:

http://www.eyeweekly.com/article/31098

RM Vaughan
By Damian Rogers
June 18, 2008

When I meet poet, playwright, journalist and video artist RM Vaughan at a park in Kensington to talk about his new book, Troubled (Coach House, 80 pages, $16.95), he immediately gives me a present: a white pin with 'PLEASE STOP TALKING ABOUT RICHARD FLORIDA' printed in microscopic type on it. 'That’s the YA version,' he cracks, digging out another pin with a larger font and handing it to me. 'This one’s the seniors' version.'

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Coach House titles on the ReLit long list

Submitted by evan on Tue, 2008-06-17 10:42.

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This past weekend, the long list for the ReLit Awards was announced. The ReLits are Canada's pre-eminent awards for independent literary presses.

Among the titles longlisted are Coach House titles The Milk Chicken Bomb by Andrew Wedderburn and Pulpy and Midge by Jessica Westhead in the novel category, and David McGimpsey's Sitcom in the poetry category.

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Montreal Gazette praises 'stellar' Girls Fall Down

Submitted by evan on Sat, 2008-06-14 10:22.

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'Though the narrative is propelled by the search for the missing man, Girls Fall Down is a tale of paranoia and mob mentality rendered in faultless and precise prose. Set under the shadow of modern terrorism, with echoes of SARS and prescient rumblings of avian flu, the novel offers a realistic vision of Torontonians under pressure, ripples of panic barely breaking the surface of subdued Canadian politeness.'

Reviewer: Saleema Nawaz

Publication: The Montreal Gazette

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Globe and Mail reviews Blert and Troubled

Submitted by evan on Sat, 2008-06-14 10:00.

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'Scott has taken his so-called impediment and from it crafted a poetry that is physically beautiful, conceptually rich, and relevant to the world outside the book that contains it.'

'Good lord, what a gorgeous and courageous book! ... [Vaughan} wields the tools of his poetry so well. The language is rich, involving, and evocative. The poems crackle with emotional and ethical efficacy.'

Reviewer: Paul Vermeersch

Publication: Globe and Mail

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Rachel Zolf wins Trillium Book Award for Poetry

Submitted by evan on Fri, 2008-06-13 16:48.

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Rachel Zolf, author of Human Resources, has won the Trillium Book Award for Poetry. The winners of the 2008 Trillium Book Awards were announced by Ontario Minster of Culture Aileen Carroll at a luncheon hosted by the Ontario Media Development Corporation on Thursday, June 12. Congratulations, Rachel!

The news of Rachel's win has spread far and wide, even hitting popular gay and lesbian newsblogs, like afterellen.com and www.pinknews.co.uk.

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