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{"id":7168146473019,"title":"Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology 2024","handle":"griffin-poetry-prize-anthology-2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe prestigious and highly anticipated annual anthology of the best poetry in English from the shortlist of the 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach year, the best books of poetry published in English are honoured with the Griffin Poetry Prize, one of the world’s most prestigious and richest literary awards. Since 2001, this annual prize has tremendously spurred interest in and recognition of poetry, focusing worldwide attention on the formidable talent of poets writing in English and works in translation. Annually, The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology features the work of the extraordinary poets shortlisted for the awards and introduces us to some of the finest poems in their collections.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-11-21T15:28:51-05:00","created_at":"2023-07-27T14:57:46-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult New Releases","Adult Poetry","Edited by Moritz Albert F.","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2024-06-04","The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology"],"price":1899,"price_min":1899,"price_max":2299,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41383070728251,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487013233","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology 2024 - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":2299,"weight":248,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487013233","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":41383071744059,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487013240","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology 2024 - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1899,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487013240","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_e7e2cdc0-625a-49b9-993d-e10c7a917aa1.jpg?v=1727554635"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_e7e2cdc0-625a-49b9-993d-e10c7a917aa1.jpg?v=1727554635","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24827446460475,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_e7e2cdc0-625a-49b9-993d-e10c7a917aa1.jpg?v=1727554635"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_e7e2cdc0-625a-49b9-993d-e10c7a917aa1.jpg?v=1727554635","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe prestigious and highly anticipated annual anthology of the best poetry in English from the shortlist of the 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach year, the best books of poetry published in English are honoured with the Griffin Poetry Prize, one of the world’s most prestigious and richest literary awards. Since 2001, this annual prize has tremendously spurred interest in and recognition of poetry, focusing worldwide attention on the formidable talent of poets writing in English and works in translation. Annually, The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology features the work of the extraordinary poets shortlisted for the awards and introduces us to some of the finest poems in their collections.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology 2024
The prestigious and highly anticipated annual anthology of the best poetry published in English from the shortlist of the 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize.
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Catch Me If I Fall
Twins Ashleigh and Aiden have always promised to protect each other, but after an accident during a school trip, their world begins to unravel.
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The Big Why
A year in the life of famed artist Rockwell Kent, who in 1914 left the bustling streets of New York City for the quaint town of Brigus, Newfoundland.
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All I Ask
All I Ask by the award-winning and highly acclaimed author Eva Crocker is a defining novel of a generation.
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Biology As Ideology
Renowned geneticist R. C. Lewontin argues that science is a social institution and only by admitting its limitations we can appreciate its real value.
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The Breadwinner (movie tie-in edition)
A special movie tie-in edition of The Breadwinner, the first book in the best-selling series. Features a color insert with stills from the movie.
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When I Listen to Silence
When a child is asked to “Please, be quiet!” they sit silent … and their imagination sweeps them away on a breathtaking journey.
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Fern and Horn
Fern and Horn look like two peas in a pod, but they have very different ways of seeing the world in this joyful picture book about creativity.
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When Malaika moves to a cold northern city, there's a lot to get used to, especially Carnival in the wintertime!
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Her novel \u003cem\u003eBoundary\u003c\/em\u003e was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and has been published in seven territories, and the English translation of \u003cem\u003eBack Roads\u003c\/em\u003e was a finalist for Governor General’s Literary Award. She was born in Saint-Sébastien-de-Frontenac and continues to live in the province of Quebec.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","ContributorBio_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJ. C. SUTCLIFFE\u003c\/strong\u003e is a translator, writer, and editor. Her translation of\u003cem\u003e Back Roads\u003c\/em\u003e by Andrée A. Michaud was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award. Her other translations include \u003cem\u003eMama’s Boy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMama’s Boy Behind Bars\u003c\/em\u003e by David Goudreault, \u003cem\u003eDocument 1 \u003c\/em\u003eby François Blais, and \u003cem\u003eWorst Case, We Get Married\u003c\/em\u003e by Sophie Bienvenu. She has written for the \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eNational Post\u003c\/em\u003e, among others. She lives in Peterborough, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Translated by","Contributor_0":"Michaud, Andrée A. (CA)","Contributor_1":"Sutcliffe, J. C. (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn Scotiabank Giller Prize–longlisted author Andrée A. Michaud’s genre-defying, ethereal mystery, a writer encounters her double and must grapple with an undetermined crime — and her own identity.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003eIn the dubious sanctuary of a wintry forest, a writer encounters a woman who she suspects may be her double. So begins a journey of inquiry in which nothing, not even the author’s own identity, is certain. Who is Heather Thorne? Is she a stranger dangerously out of place in the woods, the victim of an accident or of a crime? Who is the author? Is her own name not in fact Heather Thorne?\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003eBrimming with the snowy menace and mystery of the boreal woods, where nothing is ever entirely known, the celebrated and prize-winning Quebec noir novelist Andrée A. Michaud once again defies categorization in an ethereal story that is also a meditation on the very process of literary creation.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781487005801","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781487005801\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"8","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Arachnide Editions","MetaKeywords":"grip lit;domestic thriller;quebecois;doppelganger;haunting;misery;writing about writers;plot twists;dark;identity;francophile;books like girl on the train;In a dark; dark wood;Canlit;Canadian Literature;Quebec author;Routes Secondaires;Bellevue Square;Louise Penny;Ruth Ware;Lisa Jewell;Leila Slimani;gone girl;black spot;translation;metafiction","NumberOfPages":"320","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eACCLAIMED AUTHOR:\u003c\/strong\u003e Michaud has eleven acclaimed novels to her name. She has won many of the most prestigious Canadian awards, including two Governor General’s Literary Awards, the Arthur Ellis Award for Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing, the Prix Ringuet, and France’s Prix SNCF du Polar. She has also been nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. In France, she is a bonafide superstar: she has her own entry in the dictionary. With only one previous work in English translation, Michaud is poised to become a major hit in the English-language world.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGENRE-CROSSING WORK:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBack Roads\u003c\/em\u003e is an exciting metaphysical mystery, appealing to fans of both thrillers and autofiction. Michaud is well-established as a cross-genre writer, having won both the Governor General’s Literary Award and the Arthur Ellis Award for Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing. This novel can have crossover appeal, similar to the previous Arachnide title \u003cem\u003eCaptive\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eINTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS:\u003c\/strong\u003e Andrée Michaud is a well-established name across the French-speaking world, and beyond. She has won the Quais du Polar Prize for Best Crime Novel and the Elle’s Readers’ Prize in France. She is such a famous writer in that country that she has her own entry in the dictionary! Her novel \u003cem\u003eBondrée\u003c\/em\u003e was sold in eight territories across Europe and North America.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Previous_review_q_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEW COPIES:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eBooklist\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"A genre-defying ethereal mystery in which a writer encounters her double and must grapple with an undetermined crime — and her own identity.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Short-listed","PrizeCode_0":"04","PrizeName_0":"Governor General's Literary Award for Translation","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback with flaps","PublicationDate":"2020-03-31","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"A genre-defying ethereal mystery in which a writer encounters her double and must grapple with an undetermined crime — and her own identity.","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
Back Roads
A genre-defying ethereal mystery in which a writer encounters her double and must grapple with an undetermined crime — and her own identity.
