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The Perimeter Dog: "cheeky, irrepressible, and often startling"

According to Andreas Schroeder, "Julie Vandervoort's intriguing essays are exactly what serious readers always hope for: cheeky, irrepressible, often startling for their unexpected insights, and always... more

Vortex video now on YouTube

A video produced by Giannis Stratis, the artist who painted the cover Manolis' Vortex, is now available for viewing on YouTube... more

Lust, Murder, & Money: Scott Whitaker Reviews Friedland's Latest Novel

Robert N. Friedland's The Second Wedding of Doctor Geneva Song, erotically charges through Canadian Chinese social-scapes, leaving broken hearts, bodies and wisps of wickedness behind.... more

Manolis' "Colors" featured in the Unrorean

For over a decade the Unrorean has been home to newer poets as well as the most recognized poets in the small press. It is a poetry magazine based in Maine.... more

Review: The Circle

This is actually the second time recently that I've read a fiction novel written by someone I'd only known as a poet, and this departure for Manolis proves that a poet's eye may add detail a novelist... more

"Skyheart" by Candice James

"Skyheart", a poem by Candice James, poet laureate of New Westminster, is featured in The Arts and Entertainment Magazine (Dec 2011, Issue #31)... more

Libros releases e-books on Kindle and Smashwords

Libros is now releasing e-books on the Amazon Kindle platform and Smashwords.com. Links to the Kindle editions can be found on each book page.... more

Libros is in "high gear" this holiday season

What better time of year to buy books? They make great presents for otherwise hard to buy for people, or a treat for yourself to help get you through the dark days of winter.... more

Yannis Ritsos – Poems makes it to Top 2011 Reads

Yannis Ritsos – Poems, translated by Manolis, makes it to the Top 2011 Reads of The Black Sheep Dances blog... more

Shirley Camia on CBC Radio One

Shirley Camia, author of Calliope, is on the air again, this time with CBC Radio One (Toronto) on the "Fresh Air" morning show... more