Black Stars in a White Night Sky
Black Stars in a White Night Sky, Lawson’s second book of poetry for children, includes fractonyms, concretes, as well as short lyrics and poems that don’t rhyme. Lawson stretches the boundaries of what is normally thought of as “children’s poetry,” but not at the expense of the book’s entertainment value or clarity. The poems are writt …
Gentle Fictions
An agent provocateur possessed of almost monstrous talent, Sherwin Tjia has been navigating the edges of Canadian poetry for some time, enthralling and agitating readers with his bizarre and beautiful chapbooks and concept-driven poetry.Gentle Fictions represents Tjia's exploration of both the essence and limits of poetry. Here, the traditional and …
Man in the Moon-Fixer's Mask, The
Destined to be a bedtime read-out-loud favourite, this highly accessible but unusual book of wordplay fun for children brings back to life the long lost oddball spirit of the best of Ogden Nash and Hillaire Belloc. It brims over with a love of language - teasing the tongue without twisting it."I liked these poemsAnd you will, tooSo buy this bookAnd …
Serial Villain
A hypnotist uses his powers for evil instead of good. A time-traveller goes back in time to kill Hitler as a baby. In this parodic, faux-noir collection, the award-winning and multi-talented Sherwin Tjia concocts B-movie narratives filled with serial killers, mafia soldiers, bodyguards, cops and kidnappers encountering betrayal, femme fatales, and …
World is a Heartbreaker, The
The World Is a Heartbreaker inaugurates a new subgenre: imposter poetry. This collection is a set of 1600 pseudohaikus, bite-sized chunks of poetic goodness shotgunned at the distracted masses. What's a pseudohaiku? It's the poetry of pure indulgence, a three-liner without the constraint, the pretension or the 5 syllable form. The subject matter? R …
You Are a Cat in the Zombie Apocalypse
You are Holden Catfield. You’re a cat! It’s a pretty peaceful life. But one day the man in the family you live with comes home feeling quite sick, passing out in the living room. When he awakes, he isn’t the same. He tries to bite everyone! The only people in the house when he changes are you, the girl, and her girlfriend. Quickly you’re al …
You are a Cat!
Inspired by the gamebook fad of the late 80s — You Are a Cat! is both a parody and homage, focusing on a dysfunctional family, but told through the eyes of their cat. Fully a third of the book is lavishly illustrated from the feline first-person floor perspective. The different choices you make affect people and events! Even something as seemingl …