September has arrived, and that means a whole new season of great books from Coach House Press. You'll want to mark you calendars for October 24 now, so you don't miss the Coach House Fall Launch at Revival in Toronto, and then brace yourself for the flurry of Coach House happenings throughout the next few months.

In preparation of a full and exciting fall season, we're having a party! All are welcome at the Coach House Open House, and we hope to see some of you enjoying yourselves as we cap off the summer at Coach House HQ. There's a truckload of other Coach House news and events for September, as well. Please read below for information about the latest award wins, events and reviews.

You're Invited to the Coach House Open House

On September 7, Coach House Press throws open its doors and its kegs once again for a Coach House Open House. And you're all invited!

Ever wondered what a printing press looks like? Want to learn how to fold a signature (that's sixteen pages)? And to nod off in the Magical Sleeper Chair, where many a poetic derrière has ensconced itself? We invite you to wander through the making of a book, then retire to the courtyard for a beer, a snack and an elbow-rubbing with a veritable who's who of CanLit. And all Coach House books will be available for 25% off.

We hope you'll join us for a beer, a tour, a snack and a book from 5:00 – 10:00 p.m. at the Coach House, at 401 Huron Street (rear) on bpNichol Lane.

The many of you who live nowhere near Toronto and cannot join us in celebration: we feel your collective pain. To that effect, the 25% off Open House Sale will be offered on all Coach House internet book sales between Tuesday, September 5th and Tuesday, September 12th. Order any book online from Coach House Books and receive 25% off. It's the next best thing to being at the open house.

Goodness Wins the Best of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

The Edinburgh production of Michael Redhill's play Goodness has been awarded the Best of Edinburgh at this year's fringe festival. As part of the award, Goodness will receive a theatrical run at Performance Space 122 in Manhattan from March 1 to 11. Goodness won the honour over 1,867 shows at 261 sites throughout Edinburgh at this year's fringe festival. Congratulations to Michael Redhill and the cast and crew.

September Events A-Plenty

Residents of Hamilton will want to attend this fall's inaugural edition of LitLive, featuring Stan Rogal, Derek Beaulieu, Sherri-D Wilson, Steven Laird, Tim Conley, and Margaret Christakos, author of Sooner. LitLive takes place Sunday, September 3, 7:30 p.m. at The King Paisley Pub (1019 King Street West)

Mark your calendars for September 10, the date of this year's Eden Mills Writers' Festival. Take a day trip to the idyllic Ontario hamlet of Eden Mills, sit on the cool grass, and enjoy readings by some of Canada's greatest writers: Margaret Atwood, David Bergen, Jane Urquhart, Charlotte Gill, and Coach House's personal favourite, Nicole Brossard. The Coach House gang will be there supporting Nicole Brossard with a book table full of astonishing literary bargains. For more information on the Eden Mills Writers Festival, visit www.edenmillswritersfestival.ca.

It's not exactly a Sudbury Saturday night, but on a Sudbury Friday night –September 15 at 7:30 – Margaret Christakos reads at Laurentian University in the Brenda Wallace Reading Room. The event is presented by the Laurentian University Department of English and funded by the Canada Council.

THIN AIR: The Winnipeg International Festival of Words descends on Winnipeg September 17 through 24, and new Coach House author Andrée A. Michaud will be part of the festivities. Michaud will be reading from the forthcoming The River of Dead Trees, a translation of her acclaimed Le Pendu de Trempes. Events featuring Andrée A. Michaud occur on September 21, 22, and 23, so visit the Coach House events site, or www.winnipegwords.com for details.

Nathalie Stephens launches her new book Touch To Affliction at Links Hall in Chicago on Saturday, September 23 at 4:30 p.m with Dan Beachy-Quick, who will also be launching his new book, Mulberry (Tupelo Press). The event is hosted by Stephen Motika, and readings will be followed by a discussion and book signing. Links Hall is located at 956 Newport.

Then, Sunday, September 24 brings The Word on the Street celebrations across Canada.

Readers and writers take over the Calgary Farmers' Market (Crowchild and Flanders) for The Word on the Street Calgary. Coach House author Chris Ewart will read from Miss Lamp at 3:00 p.m. in the Vero Energy Tent.

On Coach House's home turf, The Word on the Street Toronto happens at Queens' Park (College and University). Jon Paul Fiorentino (The Theory of the Loser Class) and angela rawlings (Wide slumber for lepidopterists) will read at the street festival, as will representatives from Coach House's two titles nominated for the City of Toronto Book Awards, The City Man and uTOpia. At 11:30 a.m., uTOpia editors Alana Wilcox and Jason McBride discuss their much-lauded book. The discussion is followed by readings from uTOpia contributors Edward Keenan, Dale Duncan, Lorraine Johnson, Bert Archer and Darren O'Donnell at 12:00 noon. Then author Howard Akler reads from his literary noir novel, The City Man, at 1:00 p.m. The winner of the Toronto Book Award is announced later in the day. With two titles in the running, we don't know who to cheer for! See www.thewordonthestreet.ca for more information.

On Thursday, September 28, Nathalie Stephens launches Touch To Affliction in Edmonton at the wonderful Audrey's Books (10702 Jasper Avenue). Stephens will be reading from and signing her text on ruins culled from the genres of poetry, fiction and philosophy, beginning at 7:30 p.m.

In Toronto on September 28, angela rawlings will read Wide slumber for lepidopterists at the Ryerson's Live Poets Reading Series. Watch the Coach House website for more details. Brooklyn, New York's Pete's Candy Store hosts Pete's Big Poetry on September 29, featuring Todd Colby and Brian Joseph Davis. Davis will read from his collection, Portable Altamont. Pete's Candy Store can be found at 709 Lorimer Street, and online at www.petescandystore.com.

Get ready to pull an all-nighter – poetry style! On the evening of September 30, Toronto plays host to Night Bulb: A Performance Poetry All-Nighter, part of the Toronto Nuit Blanche celebrations and presented by the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, Coach House Books, and Margaret Christakos. In and around Coach House, poetry performances will be happening from dusk to the break of dawn, with readings, a haiku emergency room, mystery lectures, a poetic back-alley brawl and even some early-morning bird-watching. Coach House readers include Sherwin Tija (The World is a Heartbreaker) and angela rawlings (Wide slumber for lepidopterists). The night is jam-packed with too many great activities to list, so visit www.chbooks.com for the night's schedule.

You can also find more information with the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies.

Recently Reviewed

'The most important thing to say about this work is simply how sensational it is. Robertson is a veteran poet whose writing displays a lifetime's aggregate attention to craftsmanship and detail in language. Blessed also with the penetrating intelligence of a genuine philosophical thinker, she sublimates everyday things into ideas of beautiful complexity.' – Ottawa Xpress

'I can say [Social Acupuncture] is a book that anyone involved with theatre or activism should read, maybe even anyone who identifies as left of centre. He’s asking the right questions, and positing interesting answers.' – The Dominion

''Miss Lamp is the strangest book I've come across in a while. Quirky, sweet, inventive and grotesque ... Ewart has a poet's eye for detail, turns a pretty phrase and gives a good chuckle. This is a unique offering by a clever, skiller writer.' – Broken Pencil

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