• More reviews of Buying Cigarettes for the Dog! [more]

• Freehand Books named Publisher of the Year at the 2009 Alberta Book Publishing Awards!! [more]

• Joan Crate and Jesse Ferguson wax lyrical about all things poetry in the National Post. [more]

Events

• June 24.09. It’s the Calgary launch of Buying Cigarettes for the Dog, complete with jugglers, food, and music. Seriously. [more]

• June 25.09. Stuart Ross reads from Buying Cigarettes for the Dog at Sunworks in Red Deer. [more]

• June 27.09. We’re having an afternoon soiree to celebrate the Edmonton launch of Buying Cigarettes for the Dog at Audrey’s Books in Edmonton. [more]

FREEHAND CONTEST #3 now on!

"To have great poets, there must be great audiences." - Walt Whitman

Take a cue from Walt and help keep the good art alive this winter. The first three verse-lovin' savants to correctly identify each poet and poem quoted by Paul in Good to a Fault will win a copy of Marina Endicott's debut novel, Open Arms. (hint: Marina helps you out in the Acknowledgements section...)

email entries to: sivany@broadviewpress.com with "Freehand Contest" in the subject line.

Good luck!