Guernica Editions

"Realistic or not, Choosing Eleonore still grips and satisfies, and in a way we are Marianne as we read. Her delusion, in fact, makes her uneasily relatable, an everywoman. This is at least partly to do with Gratton’s spare, tender and utterly convincing style, and Ian Thomas Shaw’s lucid translation. As for the rest, some human mysteries can only be experienced, not explained." Follow the link to read the full review.

https://www.ottawareviewofbooks.com/single-post/choosing-eleonore-by-andrée-a-gratton

"While this voice and format will appeal to younger readers, the universal themes of a search for identity and a need to belong will resonate with anyone who never quite felt understood or that they belonged. Moreover, the novel will also draw in legions of Toronto Maple Leaf diehard fans, Canadian history buffs and lovers of off-beat immigrant stories. In essence, this is an adult fiction/YA crossover." Follow the link to read the full review.

https://www.ottawareviewofbooks.com/single-post/letters-from-johnny-by-wayne-ng

Author Dane Swan discusses his vision for the "Changing the Face of Canadian Literature" (Guernica Editions), the selection process of the 30 authors, the themes that permeated the project, and some insight into his life as a writer and Jamaican and Bermudian heritage with hosts Hugh Reilly and Ivy Reiss on CaribVisionTV's The 600 Club on Bell Fibe from ThatChannel.com studios in Toronto. Join the Guernica Launch on March 24, 2021 for "Changing the Face of Canadian Literature" at 8:30pm on Zoom. Find the event on their FB page @GuernicaEd Order the anthology online at: http://www.GuernicaEditions.com​ Dane Swan is the editor of "Changing the Face of Canadian Literature;" an anthology of poetry, fiction and non-fiction written by diverse contributors from across Canada. Launched last Fall 2020 for the first time, and launching again on March 24, 2021 (due to Covid), "Changing the Face of Canadian Literature" was featured on CBC Books' "The best Canadian non-fiction of 2020" list. Born in Bermuda, and based in Toronto, Mr. Swan is a past finalist for the Trillium Book Award for poetry, and is the author of 3 poetry collections and 2 books of fiction. He is the co-founder, co-editor and a podcast producer at www.wearestillcool.com. Visit Dane Swan's website: http://daneswan-writer.blogspot.com/​

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"Although he despaired of metaphor, Kafka was innately strong at it, and could not avoid it. Translator Mark Harman has argued that metaphor in Kafka carries his deepest personal obsessions—in an intricate web of interconnections. The connection, via metaphor, between the story above and others in the Kafka canon is readily apparent. Horse is a recurring emblem. The word horse is embedded in the name Karl Rossmann, the Kafka cipher in his first novel, Amerika. “Ross,” meaning horse, is thus Karl “Horseman.” And horsepower in Amerika alludes to desire, travel, and freedom: Karl Rossmann, naïve teen, leaves his homeland under scandalous circumstances, travels across the ocean to seek freedom and fortune in the new world. Horses and horsepower in “A Country Doctor,” the title story of the collection, Der Landarzt, joins riding / travel to erotic drive—suppressed, misplaced, and defeated. In “The New Advocate” (“Der neue Advokat”), the short opening story in the same collection, the character of Dr. Bucephalus—Alexander the Great’s valiant war steed, now proud of his human accomplishments as a lawyer—is a transposition of Kafka’s workplace self." Follow the the link to read the full essay.

https://thesepia.org/blog/6brced5lcr1uccb1vznqtkujy9um6l

"Few are the poets who succeed in changing our perception of reality with their pansophy. Marc Di Saverio is one such poet. In his epic Crito di Volta, he has penned a work of unparalleled intellectual depth and poetic intensity, spanning the gamut of literature, philosophy, theology and science. Praised for its authentic poetic voice, Crito di Volta defies tradition, all the while encompassing it." Follow the link to read the full rave review.

https://arcpoetry.ca/2021/02/25/crito-di-volta-marc-di-saverio/

Shira Nayman is the author of, most recently, YA novel River, and Carolyne Van Der Meer is the author, most recently, of poetry collection Heart of Goodness. “I think my mother knew what she was doing. I suppose I can call her a true literary mother! But we also choose mothers as we read and write. The ones we relate to and recognize when we read novels and poems; the ones we resurrect, pay tribute to, and create when we write.” Follow the link for the full interview.

http://puritan-magazine.com/literary-mothers-interview/