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Brick Books

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Brick Books is the only publishing company in Canada that exclusively publishes poetry. Founded in 1975 in London, Ontario by Stan Dragland and Don McKay, the press continues its dedication to fostering interesting, ambitious, and compelling work by both new and established poets, and continues its commitment to deeply engaged editing.

Brick Books has published well-known Canadian writers like Michael Ondaatje, Anne Carson, and Dennis Lee as well as many emerging writers such as Karen Solie, Adam Dickinson, and Julie Bruck. Brick Books publishes work by authors who live from Lasqueti Island, British Columbia to St. John’s, Newfoundland.

Our latest releases

Trailer Park Shakes

Trailer Park Shakes

By Justene Dion-Glowa

Wet Dream

Wet Dream

By Erin Robinsong

MONUMENT

MONUMENT

By Manahil Bandukwala

Blood

Blood

By Tyler Pennock

Bear Bones & Feathers

Bear Bones & Feathers

By Louise B. Halfe

Horrible Dance

Horrible Dance

By Avery Lake

Hsin

Hsin

By Nanci Lee

Orion Sweeping

Orion Sweeping

By Anne Marie Todkill

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A Broken Bowl

A Broken Bowl

By Patrick Friesen

A knife so sharp its edge cannot be seen

A knife so sharp its edge cannot be seen

By Erin Noteboom

A Page from the Wonders of Life on Earth

A Page from the Wonders of Life on Earth

By Stephanie Bolster

A Possible Landscape

A Possible Landscape

By Maureen Harris

A Really Good Brown Girl

A Really Good Brown Girl

By Marilyn Dumont
Introduction by Lee Maracle

A Season of Mourning

A Season of Mourning

By Frances Itani

A Sudden Sky

A Sudden Sky

By Ulrikka S. Gernes
Translated by Patrick Friesen

A Sudden Sky

A Sudden Sky

By Ulrikka S. Gernes

A Walker in the City

A Walker in the City

By Meira Cook

Abraham

Abraham

By Colin Browne

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  • RT @thisisannick: Your body flirts with you like a stranger. #TodaysPoem is "Last Song" by Nanci Lee @BrickBooks https://t.co/kp9gb23yiaBy BrickBooks – at 16:33 on 20 Mar
  • RT @alllitupcanada: Today on the blog for our Women Asking Women series Manahil Bandukwala and Carol Harvey Steski interview another on the…By BrickBooks – at 16:32 on 20 Mar
  • RT @riverbedreads: Next Thursday we'll be at #VERSeFEST with a very special lineup! Come hear #poetry from @MollyECB and Chantal Neveu as w…By BrickBooks – at 16:32 on 20 Mar
  • RT @OpenBookON: Amy Ching-Yan Lam @amyclam tells us about what it was like to move from making art to writing poetry in her spectacular deb…By BrickBooks – at 16:32 on 20 Mar
  • RT @erinbowbooks: May thanks to @cbcbooks for including my poetry collection here! For those who don't know my secret identity, I'm the on…By BrickBooks – at 13:50 on 20 Mar
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