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ISBN 978-1-77403-019-6 Harold in the Name of Love (2019) Christopher L. Malone List $21.95 Pages 254 The story of Harold Dancy, a widower still hopelessly in love with his late wife, Nancy, and hopelessly along without her. Desperate to be with her again, Harold goes to extreme lengths to be reunited with her once more, until the night he swears he sees her ghost intervene to save him from death.

With a new lease on life and the help of his friend, former rock star Damon Alton, Harold attempts to move on, believing that Nancy would want him to do so. But does he really know how Nancy felt about him when she was alive? Why do strange things keep occurring when he tries to move on with a new woman, and does Damon know more about Nancy than he’s letting on? What follows it the exploration of a broken marriage, told through the lens of a ghost story.

ISBN 978-1-77403-041-3 Cross Referncing a Book of Summer (2019) Holly Day List $21.95 Pages 69 This work confirms a sense of craft, and a skillful use of language that is, at once, approachable and as expert as our lauded poets of deified repute. Subtle in point of view, these poems show an observer of the ordinary with a keen eye and a sense of wit. Some poems are brief horror stories in a modern-classic vein, others are observations of the horror we have bestowed as humans, but there’s just the observation, a look-at-that sense of the prosaic aspect of a nightmare we can all participate in just by looking.~ Su Zi, author, Lit (Jammin Productions), Tropical Depression (Outlandish Press)

ISBN 978-1-77403-031-8 Paper Chain Graham Mole List $23.95 Pages 233 What would the world be like without wood? How would life as we now know it change? Dick Walton is commissioned with finding a solution to the bug that came down in the space shuttle that crashed in Indonesia and is slowly killing the trees. To add to his problems he is crazy about two women and can’t decide which one he wants to be with for the long haul. Grace is the sultry, high class Washington DC secretary that is also super intelligent. And then there is Lestari, the exotic, and gorgeous daughter of the Indonesian Vice President. The push and pull of the ups and downs of Walton’s sex life and love life coupled with his intense scientific investigation of the rabid nematodes attacking the trees keeps him hopping from continent to continent and bed to bed.

ISBN 978-1-77403-039-4 The Red School Bus (2019) d.n.simmers List $22.00 Pages 76 A book of poetry that allows us to glimpse into the past with reverence and sorrow and to look to the future with hope and peace. This is d. n. simmers second offering of poetry and it is an excellent addition to the Canadian Poetry scene.

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ISBN 978-1-77403-038-7 Long Odds At Best List $22.95 Pages 68 LONG ODDS AT BEST is alive with brilliance imagery, verve, and poetic license. Dive into the deep end of the pool and immerse yourself in the fresh sharp bite of Matthew Jose’s slap in the face, splash dance of evocative, mind expanding poetry. Take a trip through “Shadows of a Genius Mind” and swim in the waves of imagination : “You can grasp at the swirling winds / Stealing the surface peace of the pond water. / But you can’t catch the moths vying for space / Within the shadows of a genius mind. And for that reason nothing is owed.”

ISBN 978-1-774030-025-7 Seasons of a Sojourner (2019) Wil Michael Wrenn List $20.00 Pages 73 Wil Michael Wrenn writes in the moods, shades and emotional maturity of the late, great Rod McKuen. His poetry deals with spirituality and nature, life and love, grief and sorrow. His use of the English language is eloquent yet simplistic, evocative yet retiring and most of all his words weave a gentle pathway strewn with emotion leading into the deep canyons of your mind and the tranquil rivers of your soul. “Melancholy Days” Melancholy days, / wrapped in autumn’s bluish mist, / fill my mind with fading fires of youth; they linger, though I would not have them stay. ~ Wil Michael Wrenn

ISBN 978-1-77403-020-2 We Came From Water (2019) Alan Hill List $22.00 Pages 83 In this, his forth collection of poetry, Alan Hill explores contemporary life from a series of distinct but overlapping angles. He examines the complex nature of love; love for a partner, love for a father, love for a city, with all the contradictions and complexities, passions and ambiguities that love entails. No journey towards meaning is an easy one, and in these very readable and digestible poems, Alan Hill creates a map and helps himself and us all move forward in understanding and respect

ISBN 978-1-77403-010-3 Unlocking the Tin Box (2019) Gwynne Hunt List $24.95 Pages 403 This is the story of the trials and tribulations, the joys and sorrows. the drugs, alcohol and abuse of growing up in Vancouver, BC in the 50s and 60s in a dysfunctional family: Father and mother alcoholics and the father a con man and a carny, but still a caring Dad who somehow made it work and kept the family together and surviving. The narrative is peppered with history and landmarks. A fresh and invigorating read that brings both smiles and tears to the reader. Emotional, evocative, raw yet quite lovely indeed.

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ISBN 978-1-77403-028-8 Beyond the Scars of the Razor (2019) Gwynne Hunt List $21.95 Pages 107 Kyle Christensson cannot steer away from the raw emotions that tear at his soul. Beyond the Scars of the Razor stirs the waters; balancing the elements of the human heart.

In his poetry, Kyle Christensson has built a spiritual platform for himself, he practices reiki in his spare time and his passion for acting keeps this charismatic soul busy.

There will always be parts of him that are odd, but he makes no apologies for those parts of himself, which makes him such a unique individual that stands out from the rest

ISBN 978-1-927616-95-6 The 13th Cusp (2019) Candice James List $20.00 Pages 84 Critical Mass is a debut poetry book by Roy J. Adams, Professor Emeritus at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario CANADA. Roy’s poetry is real, and yet there are touches of surrealism to be found: love and emotion thriving in a concrete mindscape alive with creative energy that appeals across a paradigm of literary tastes. Adams takes us along the pathways of a life well lived from childhood, through army days to true love and his academic career. It is a nostalgic walk down memory lane with the good, the bad and the ugly littering a far-flung landscape of fulfilled and broken dreams. It serves as both poetry and poetic memoir. This book and this man are ‘the real thing’.

ISBN 978-1-77403-003-6 What Keeps Me Awake (2018) Barry Koester List $20.00 Pages 70 “What Keeps Me Awake” is a brilliant debut offering of poetry by Brian Jerrold Koester. These poems run the gamut of all emotions and both softly and yet roughly whet the reader’s appetite to delve further into one’s own subconscious to discover hidden alcoves where lost sins, secrets and questions are waiting to be answered.

ISBN 978-1-774030-08-0 But This Comes Instead (2018) S.R. Duncan List $20.00 Pages 84 Science fiction icon, Ray Bradbury called his work, "fine poetry".S.R. Duncan is a producer, freelance writer, and poet. He was the long-time owner of Pink Flamingo Works, a small press specializing in literary chapbooks and promotional material for limited budgets. On top of numerous publishing credits and television and radio appearances, he has performed on stages as far-flung as Squamish, Victoria, Portland and Chicago. He was the president of the Edgewise Electrolit Centre - a cutting-edge non-profit society, using pioneering communications technology to widen the audience of Canadian poetry. He has also sat on the board of Vancouver Poetry House. He has produced literary events for Word on the Street and CelticFest Vancouver.

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ISBN 978-1-927616-95-6 The 13th Cusp (2018) Candice James List $20.00 Pages 84 Poems from the “Dark Side” running the gamut from ghostly to horror, the dead and the undead and a tour through a grotesque landscape of ghouls, monster, ghosts, hair raising tales written in both form poetry and free verse. Edgar Alan Poe type poetry in contemporary times. There are a few ballad poems “Peril Keep”;” Sacrosanct Shade” and “Sharma-Lon” also included in the book. Candice James is the Poet Laureate Emerita of New Westminster, BC and this is her 14th book of poetry.

ISBN 978-1-927616-65-9 Shards of Crystal (2018) Fern G. Z. Carr List $23.95 Pages 98 Fen is a Full Member of the League of Canadian Poets and has served as the League's Poet-in-Residence mentoring young writers. A Pushcart Prize nominee, Carr composes and translates poetry in six languages including Mandarin Chinese. She has been published extensively worldwide from Finland to Mauritius. Honours include having been cited as a contributor to the Prakalpana Literary Movement in India as well as having had her work taught at West Virginia University, set to music by a Juno-nominated musician, and featured online in The Globe and Mail. Her poem, “I Am”, was chosen by the Parliamentary Poet Laureate as Poem of the Month for Canada. Carr is thrilled to have one of her poems currently orbiting the planet Mars aboard NASA’S MAVEN spacecraft.

ISBN 978-1-927616-98-7 Lust Unfiltered by Love (2018) Angel Edwards List $20.00 Pages 68 ‘Lust Unfiltered By Love’ is Angel Edwards second book of poetry. A musician by profession, Angel’s musical influence weaves its way into each poem with an intrinsic rhythm that glides the reader both gently and rambunctiously across the dance floor of Angel’s creative mind. There is a vibrant mix of emotion permeating the pages with love, sex, lust, sorrow, hate, loss grief and finally acceptance resulting in fully grasping the lust for living. Imagination is the playground of the mind and lust is the underlying emotion that brings all things to fruition as evidenced in the pages of this vibrant and evocative book

ISBN 978-1-927616-77-2 Of Women and Men (2018) Barry Plamondon List $20.00 Pages 85 Barry has done a wonderful job of portraying the ups, downs and in-betweens of the love between a man and a a woman. Loss, mystery, dreams and yes, even a touch of fantasy are laced throughout his poetry. My journey through “Of Women and Men” has been a delightful experience. I recommend this book to all who appreciate the beauty of love. A very good read indeed. ~ Deborah L. Kelly, author of ‘Heartworks’; ‘Cry of Humanity’; ‘Through My Eyes’

ISBN 978-1-927616-88-8 Musing on the Cricket Game of Life – part 1 ½ (2018) James E. Roethlein List $23.95 Pages 113 The well crafted poetry of James Roethlien reflects his passion for language and offers readers a taste of a unique style in which traditional meets contemporary in new and inspiring ways. This book touches on the spiritual while remaining steadfast in reality.

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ISBN 978-1-927616-93-2 Haiku For You (2018) Barry Plamondon List $20.00 Pages 60 Yet another dimension to prolific writer Barry Plamondon’s poetic offerings. If you like Haiku, then this is the book for you.

ISBN 978-1-927616-74-1 Disaster Response Route List $20.00 Pages 83 (2018) Donna Ross In a lyrical celebration of inner strength, this poet speaks from the emotional core: If you held her heart/in your hand/you would feel the industrial/ strength/of it...though it's not always about the beating centre (a million pieces of/sun on her toes). In her third book of verse Donna Ross has created a chorus of praise to the life pulse of humanity. Disaster Response Route wends through songs of love and loss, the perils of feeling, and renewal through the redemption of creativity. Through it all, a celebration of the irrepressible: ...to hold your words/tight in my hand/making my fist a heart. ~ Dennis E Bolen -Black Liquor (Caitlin Press, 2013)

ISBN 978-1774030-13-4 7 Fold (2018) Barry Plamondon List $20.00 Pages 76

Barry started writing poetry during his recovery and continues to this day. He is a member pf the Holy Wow Poets in Maple Ridge and his hobbies include gardening, nature, music, hockey and history. Barry is the author of 7 books of poetry and he has recently been accepted into the Thompson Rivers University general arts program.

ISBN 978-1-927616-87-1 In Praise of Bombast (2018) Craig Wilson Ruttle List $23.95 Pages 133 “In Praise of Bombast - New & Selected Poems” is a fresh new poetry book in a league of its own! Self and non-self coalesce, dance and journey into darkness on their separate ways, opening doors to inner realms of consciousness, ultimately connecting us to the joy of simply breathing and the wonderment of dreams.

I ISBN 978-1-927616-91-8 Food Truck Elements of Shadowed Lights (2018) d.n. simmers List $21.95 Pages 76 d.n.simmers is an online special editor with Fine Lines. He is a member of the Downtown East Side Writing Collective; and a member of three State poetry Societies and in the Rockford Writers Guild. He’s also been published in The California Quarterly, Poets Touchstone, Common Ground Review, Poetry Salzburg Review and Tears in the Fence (UK); also riverbabble; Dreamland; Capilano Review and he is currently working on his next book.

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ISBN 978-1-927616-80-2 Rainforest In Russet Cynthia Sharp (2018) List $20.00 Pages 60 This is Cynthia Sharp’s debut book of poetry. It is filled with brilliant imagery and tender moments etched against the mystic backdrop of nature and universal spirituality. The poems move with an intrinsic motion of their own as waves over a parched desert. There is a masterful eloquence at work here that relaxes the reader while at the same time urges the turning of the pages. Sharp has honed her creative senses into a fine feathered brush to paint the beautiful word pictures that come alive on the pages of this debut book. Sharp leaves us sated… yet wanting more. ~ Candice James, Poet Laureate Emerita, New Westminster, BC CANADA ISBN 978-1-927616-68-0

Tales in the Dreams Garden (2018) Angel Edwards List $20.00 Pages 64 This is a book by a musician. There is a lyricism and sense of harmony in the flow of the words that almost has you singing along, beating out a rhythm on your knees, reaching for a hand to hold, reaching for a guitar. Angel has created a land of dreams, a place of melody and beauty. In this place, whatever the hardship that has been faced, the pain bravely endured, there is always the summer, the warm nights, the stars and the ocean.

Join Angel as she takes you through the forest of yourself to the ocean’s edge. There, she will leave you alone but knowing that with her words to guide you, you will always be able to find a way to get back home again -~ Alan Hill, Poet Laureate, New Westminster, BC

ISBN 978-1-927616-67-3 The Narrow Road to the Far West (2018) Alan Hill List $20.00 Pages 60 Be prepared to be taken off the beaten track, or to see that often used track in new ways, ways that will educate, inform and entertain. In the Eighteenth-Century, William Blake saw heaven in a wild flower, paradise in a grain of sand. The author invites you to find heaven in the street where you live, the parks where you play, from a bus window, a view from a bridge in rush hour traffic, or wherever you choose it to be. It is time to rediscover where you live.

ISBN 978-1-927616-72-7 The Sculpture of This Day (2018) Ibrahim Honjo List $20.00 Pages 84 Ibrahim Honjo is an award winning poet-writer, sculptor, painter, photographer, and property manager who writes in his native language and in English. His work has appeared in many magazines, newspapers, and on radio stations in Yugoslavia where he worked as an economist and journalist. He was also a book editor; newspaper editor; marketing director; Ibrahim is the author of 25 published books and his poems have also been published in anthologies, magazines and some of his poems have been translated into: Italian, Spanish, Korean, Slovenian, Bahsa, Mongolian and German.

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ISBN 978-1-927616-76-5 somewhere still in wind the tree is bending (2018) Bob MacKenzie List $20.00 Pages 78 “somewhere still in wind the tree is bending” is a collection of poems by a poet who observes the world through a photographic lens, telling stories that are scenes with moody undertones. Shaped by film noir and set to the beat of blues, Bob MacKenzie's landscapes are filled with remote figures and portraits of apparitions. This poet writes with jazz in mind, and of that which perseveres, as the title suggests. His words reflect on relationships, to others, to self. As he writes: “A mind is a large empty room, In which two persons meet”. ~ Kathleen Reichelt writer and co-director of the 1000 Islands Film & Stage Artist Residency

ISBN 978-1-771710-71-8 Merging Dimensions List $23.95 Pages 116 (2015) Candice James, Poet Laureate, New Westminster, BC Merging Dimensions is a surrealistic offering of poetry crossing boundaries invisible and visible with brilliant and vivid imagery flowing throughout. It is a subliminial mix of raw bones and sparkling diamonds reflecting the many facets of mind, matter and spirit. The reader is taken on an ethereal ride through sliding and merging dimensions of soul. It is a journey within a journey encompassing love and passion; grief and despair; delight and joy; “heartbreak and heartache; tension and excitement, and splashes of deja-vu.

ISBN 978-1-771712-25-5 The Water Poems List $20.00 Pages 103 (2017) Candice James, Poet Laureate Emerita, New Westminster, BC “One of B.C.’s indefatiguable poets and literary spark-plugs, Candice James is prolific, exuberant, and writes grownup poetry that’s seen its share of dust and joy out on the road. A poet with the long view her work is nature observant, freighted with tenderness and shaped by traditional form as well as metrical invention. There’s no artifice here: what you see is what you get—James is a poet of direct experience and recollected emotion. Old love, the blessedness of rain, things broken too long to be

fixed, or the blue stillness of eternity—all are netted by her unquenchable zeal for poetry. From her opening epigraph from Laotzu through images of a Captain Morgan kind of night that only long years in Canada can truly understand, the music of what happens is present here in every

bittersweet refrain.” ~ Trevor Carolan

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978-1-927616-53-6 Ping Pong, Parkinson’s and the Art of Staying in the Game (2017) Joseph Synn Kune Loh (aka Synn Kune Loh) List $27.95 Pages 272 This amazing book takes the reader on a memorable journey of 100 days through the author’s own Parkinson’s Disease while every day visiting his wife, who has advanced Huntington’s Disease, living in a care home. It includes memories of China and his younger years, and his current day hobby of playing ping pong to relieve stress and to help keep his motor skills from deteriorating.

This is an amazing, one of a kind book by an amazing human being who quietly states “I want to live.” ~ Candice James, Poet Laureate Emerita, New Westminster, BC

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ISBN 978-1-927616-52-9 Wayfaring Wounded Wondrously (2017) Hélène Levasseur List $23.95 Pages 103 “In the 15 years that I have known Hélène, as her primary care medical provider, I have encountered a unique individual who has dealt with her significant medical challenges with grace, optimism and good humour. Her faith has guided her through the many obstacles that she has faced and she has created a body of work which is remarkable given her circumstances.“ Merrick Tosefsky, Family Physician, Vancouver, B.C.

ISBN 978-1-927616-22-2 Confessions of an Inadvertently Gentrifying Soul (2016) Bill Engleson List $23.95 Pages 197 "Bill Engleson has written a very funny book filled with stories rooted in truth, and leavened with affection. The island, the people, and all that unfolds in between will keep you chuckling as you hang on for the ride. It makes me long to return to Denman." ~ Terry Fallis, two time winner of the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, “The Best Laid Plans” 2008; “No Relation” 2015.

ISBN 978-1-927616-65-9 Man and Nature (2018) Barry Plamondon List $18.00 Pages 76 Barry Plamondon’s third collection of poetry is yet a deeper look into man’s connection with all aspects of nature, earth, sky and water . His poems plumb the depths of human consciousness as it relates to the wonderful world of nature. It is a beautiful read indeed written by a man who has suffered a stroke and is wheelchair bound, but is still able to look out his window at his garden and feel his connection with nature ~ Candice James, Poet Laureate New Westminster, BC 2010-2016 I ISBN 978-1-927616-23-9 ’m No Hero (2016) Lozan Yomalky List $18.00 Pages 73 Lozan Yamolky’s vibrant love of life spills in a bittersweet array of language and imagery onto the pages of “I’m No Hero”. She writes with a great depth of understanding regarding the human condition and the fragility of the human spirit; its despair; its resilience; and above all its indestructible quest for freedom and respect. This is an honest and heartfelt glimpse into the joys and travails of refugees everywhere. ~ Candice James, Poet Laureate Emerita, New Westminster, BC

ISBN 978-1-927616-19-2 Wild Tourist (2016) Celeste Snowber List $18.00 Pages 70 Entering the world of Celeste’s Snowber’s “Instructions to a Wild Tourist from the Divine Feminine” is a pressing of the ear to the “rumblings of your own soul.” Each lyric invites a quantum leap to the place where tourism becomes homecoming and you find yourself touching the body of the earth where it touches the body of the cosmos. In these poems hear how “the body sings/the body cries and whispers/ with a wash of wonder.” ~ Susan McCaslin, author of The Disarmed Heart (St. Thomas Poetry Series) and Into the Mystic: My Years with Olga (Inanna)

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ISBN 978-1-927616-18-5 Short Shots (2016) Candice James List $18.00 Pages 91 This is the 8th book of poetry by Candice James, Poet Laureate of the City of New Westminster, BC. It is a collection of both surreal free verse sprinkled with a few rhyming poems resulting in an exquisite seasoning for a mystical journey through the mind of a prolific poet. Ms. James lives and breathes poetry and is the epitome of a living poem.

ISBN 978-1-927616-1-23 Heartworks (2016) Deborah L. Kelly List $18.00 Pages 67 Deborah Kelly is one of those rare human beings who has a foot-hold both in this world and in the dimension of spirit. Her spiritual pulse beats gently throughout this collection of poems which are a tender salve for the soul. ~ Candice James, 2 term Poet Laureate, New Westminster, BC

ISBN 978-1-927616-24-6 Crackers and Crumbs (2016) Barry Plamondon List $18.00 Pages 89 Barry Plamondon’s innate ability to tap into the core of nature is brought to the forefront with vivid imagery permeating both description and mood in his poetry. The poems move from serenity to sorrow and from anticipation to acceptance. Plamondon finds that fine balance between reality and otherworldliness with an eloquent grace and ease. There is a sweet, sweet sadness that quietly ebbs and flows through the pages. ~ Candice James, Poet Laureate New Westminster, BC 2010-2016

ISBN 978-1-927616-51-2 Counting Waves (2017) Lozan Yomalky List $18.00 Pages 76 Lozan Yamolky paints a river of emotion, page after page in her deeply moving poetry. “Counting Waves” displays her great compassion for others and the earth; she has captured both the joy and devastation of society and self. ~ Deborah L. Kelly ~ 4th Place Winner, Rabindranath Tagore International Poetry Competition

ISBN 978-1-927616-40-6 City of Dreams (the New Westminster Poems) (2017) Candice James List $20.00 Pages 100 This book of poetry contains commissioned poems, historical poems, event poems, and general poems about the City of New Westminster written by Candice during her 2 terms as Poet Laureate 2010-2016. Candice has published 13 books of poetry with five different publishing houses and she is also a professional musician, singer-songwriter and visual artist.

Her work can be seen on her website www.candicejames.com

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ISBN 978-1-927616-50-5 Cry of Humanity (2017) Deborah L. Kelly List $18.00 Pages 92 Kelly really comes to grips with the evil and hypocrisy in our world. She is a poet who is not afraid to tackle the big issues and tell us how it is. No self-indulgent, navel-gazing here; just hard-hitting poetry hat is full of compassion, insight and sincerity. This is rare in modern poetry In her latest book Deborah L. and Deborah should be applauded and supported for what she has set out to achieve. ~ Alan Hill Poet Laureate, City of New Westminster

ISBN 978-1-927616-49-9 Run Between the Raindrops (2017) Barry Plamondon List $18.00 Pages 63 Barry Plamondon keeps the magic alive, speaking to us through his unique verse and rhyme. He leads us on a path of nostalgic memories while guiding us into a world of dreamy days and starry nights, reminding us to seek the simple everyday joys of life, reminding us to always "Run Between The Raindrops" and to keep on keeping on. ~ Janet Kvammen, Vice President RCLAS

ISBN 978-1-927616-12-3 bone hide hair (2014) Donna Ross-Thengs List $18.00 Pages 73 This is a fine second offering from BC Poet Donna Ross-Thengs, touching on love, grief, memories, and the everyday struggles of living and loving. There is a deep weave of emotion prevalent as the reader weaves their way through the depths and shallows of the shoreline Donna lays out for our minds to walk along.

ISBN 978-1-927616-17-8 Royal City Poets 5 (2015) Anthology Various Artists List $18.00 Pages 111 Poetic offerings from Andrew Parkin; d n simmers; Lilija Valis; Celeste Snowber; Bernice Lever; Alan Hill; Alan Girling; Sho Wiley; Janet Kvammen; Cynthia Sharp; Susan McCaslin; Chuck Puchmayr; Dominic DiCarlo and Valerie Parks

ISBN 978-1-927616-10-9 Royal City Poets 4 (2014) Anthology Various Artists List $18.00 Pages 140 Poetic offerings from Trevor Carolan; Calvin Wharton; Dennis Bolen; Candice James; Bonnie Nish; Celeste Snowber; Fran Bourassa; Alan Hill; Kyle McKillop; Lara Varesi; Cynthia Sharp; Aidan Chafe; d n simmers; susan McCaslin; Bernice Lever; Pam Bentley and Eileen Clyde

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ISBN 978-1-927616-1-23 Through My Eyes (2015) Deborah L. Kelly List $18.00 Pages 69 Deborah Kelly’s first book is elegant and full of compassion. She is able to transport the reader to holy and sacred places with just a metaphor or quick brush stroke of memory. Her beautiful use of language captures the divine and is truly an inspiring book that will satisfy the thirsty heart ~ Jude Neale

ISBN 978-1-927616-11-6 Ekphrasticism “Painted Words” (2013) Candice James, Don Portelance List $34.95 Pages 178 This offering from Portelance and James features 82 full colour paintings and 82 poems accompanying the paintings. In this marriage of visual art and literary art, Candice James, Poet Laureate of New Westminster, BC CANADA has poeticized the inspiration created in her soul by the paintings of professional artist and art instructor Don Portelance.

ISBN 978-1-927616-01-7 Shorelines – A Book of Villanelles (2013) Candice James and various artist paintings List $20.00 Pages 98 This book contains 41 villanelles and features 44 full colour paintings by 7 painters: Candice James, Don Portelance, Emily Cuthbertson, Rex Howard, Doreen Bruce, Janet Kvammen, Valerie BarronMcRae and includes full artist profiles. It mixes artwork of professional artists and emerging artists including a grade 9 student on the Autism Spectrum. Eclectic form poetry paired with inspirational artwork.

ISBN 978-1-927616-04-8The Broken Word (2013) Alan Hill List $18.00 Pages 71 In his second collection of poetry, Alan Hill again displays his unique talent with vivid imagery, deep sympathy, and well-crafted creativity as he exposes the raw edge of his emotion and humanity in a series of poems dealing with growing up with a schizophrenic sibling and the effect of mental illness within the family unit. Elegant, textured and transformative with startling and intense images .

ISBN 978-1-927616-13-0 A Silence of Echoes (2014) Candice James List $18.00 Pages 94 This is the 8th book of poetry by Candice James, Poet Laureate of the City of New Westminster, BC. It is a collection of both surreal free verse sprinkled with a few rhyming poems resulting in an exquisite seasoning for a mystical journey through the mind of a prolific poet. Ms. James lives and breathes poetry and is the epitome of a living poem.

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ISBN 978-1-927616-10-9 Royal City Poets 3 (2013 ) Anthology Various Artists List $18.00 Pages 129 A diverse and thoroughly entertaining offering of poetry from 40 poets both established and emerging writers who have performed on stage on the literary scene in the Royal City. Featured poets in the book are Dennis E. Bolen, Bernice Lever, Jude Neale, Candice James, Sylvia Taylor, and Manolis.

ISBN 978-0-9868097-1-2 Pathways (2011) Valerie Parks List $18.00 Pages 83 This debut book by the talented Canadian poet Valerie Parks. Valerie's poetry is a cross between Rod McKuen and Leonard Cohen. Valerie has been published in a number of periodicals, anthologies and magazines. This book is filled with realistic poetry tinged with deep emotion and nostalgia lending it a very unique insight into the fragile human condition. This is most certainly an enjoyable read and offers something for everybody.

ISBN 978-0-9916851-1-0 Between Earth and Sky (2012) Anthology Various International Poets List $18.00 Pages 80 This 3rd International anthology features 27 Canadian and international poets from United States, United Kingdom, India, and France. Poetry, the universal language, comes through many voices into a harmony of one voice that permeates the pages. Some of the featured poets are: Alan Hill; Candice James; Ben Nuttall-Smith; Vincent Aurileus; Strider Marcus Jones; Kim Clark; John Reynolds; Sharon Frye; Sidney Bending; Margaret Rutley and more.

ISBN 978-0-968097-9-8 The Upstairs Country (2012) Alan Hill List $18.00 Pages 94 The backstreets of Paris, Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, bus journeys in Australia and Hill’s home county of Gloucestershire all feature in The Upstairs Country. Along the way we meet an array of people, both real and imagined, from Hill’s life, but most importantly we meet the author himself: the traveler now settled into Vancouver, BC daily life, in awe of the young family around him. The poet finds a rich seam where past and present intersect and leaves us with images that will long linger in the mind.

ISBN 978-0-9868097-8-1 Bridges and Clouds (2012) Candice James List $18.00 Pages 106 A little bit of everything poetic is offered the reader in this collection which has five themes and sections: Nature Poems; Love Poems; India Poems; Form Poems; and, The Best of the Rest. James’ use of brilliant imagery is a concurrent weave throughout the book. It moves from the real and now to the eclectic and mystic in smooth transition.

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ISBN 978-0-9868097-7-4 Mind Paintings (2011) Anthology Various International Poets List $18.00 Pages 98 This 2nd International anthology features Canadian and international poets from the United States, United Kingdom, India, and France. Poetry is the universal language that comes through many voices into a harmony of one voice that permeates the pages. Featuring 30 poets including: Donna Allard; Shelley Haggard; Carol Knepper; Steve Locke; Barbara Phillips; Laurel Smyth; Mary Duffy; Danica Green; Candice James; Bernice Lever; Samarendra Patra; Mohana Das; Kate Irwin; Stacey Rucker and more.

ISBN 978-0-9868097-6-7 Royal City Poets 1 (2011) Anthology Various Poets List $18.00 Pages 71 A diverse and thoroughly entertaining offering of poetry from 20 poets both established and emerging writers who reside in New Westminster and have performed on stage on the literary scene in the Royal City. Featured poets in the book are Don Benson (Poet Laureate Emeritus), Janet Kvammen, Candice James (Poet Laureate) Ariadne Sawyer and Kathleen Katon-Tonnesen.

ISBN 978-0-9868097-5-0 Wisdom of a Thousand Fools (2011) Valerie Parks List $18.00 Pages 80 Valerie Parks’ second poetry book touches on passion, loss, temptations, self, pride, guilt, desperation, inspiration, obsession, artifice, disappointments, illusions and contentment. She handles all these human conditions and emotions with empathy and compassion but still calls a space a spade when it is warranted. She speaks loudly in a quiet voice and walks softly carrying a big stick.

ISBN 978-0-9868097-0-5 Inner Heart – A Journey (2010) Candice James List $15.00 Pages 100 A collection of love poems runs the gamut from “head over heels” infatuation to the depths of despair and heartbreak. Vivid imagery and evocative phrasings tug at the heart strings. This is the 2nd collection of poetry by Candice James, Poet Laureate of New Westminster after a 30 year absence from the poetry scene to pursue a musical career. Her 1st poetry book “A Spilt In The Water” published by Fiddlehead Poetry Books 1979.

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ISBN 978-1-926763-3-16 Purple Haze List $20.00 Pages 104 (2014) Candice James, Poet Laureate, New Westminster, BC Purple Haze purports to describe "nondescript days" but that's just a poetic haze that subtly brings the reader to this poetry's real clarity, which is its ability to pose questions.

These poems situate the "I/You" of the lyric's spoken voice in a passionate, sometimes erotic, interrogation of imagination and feeling that is looking for answers. The echo is palpable while Candice James sings "'Scuze me" while I write these poems. ~ Fred Wah, Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate 2011-2013; Appointed The Order of Canada 2013

ISBN 978-1-926763-2-24 Midnight Embers – a book of sonnets (2012) Candice James, Poet Laureate, New Westminster, BC List $20.00 Pages 117 Candice James is a poet with many facets to her poetry. In this book she takes us on a journey through the agonies and ecstasies of love and then with the flow of her pen leads us seamlessly to the darker underside of the human psyche. In Midnight Embers, Candice burns the essence of love’s sweet perfume onto our souls to reveal its burnt offerings. Each sonnet is a true masterpiece of form. I found parts of myself deep within her words as she writes from that place in the heart we have all visited on those long lonely nights. ~ Janet Kvammen, Vice President RCLAS

ISBN 978-0-9916851-0-3 Royal City Poets 2 (2012) Anthology Various Poets List: $18.00 Pages 66 This second collection of the Royal City Poets features 19 poets including: Candice James, Bernice Lever, Alan Hill, Janet Kvammen, Ben Nuttall-Smith, Valerie Parks, Donna Ross, Laura Schultz, Sylvia Taylor, and Eva Waldauf.

ISBN 978-0-9868097-2-9 Sudden Thunder Anthology – Various International Poets (2011) List $18.00 Pages 132 This 1st Silver Bow International anthology features Canadian and international poets from the United States, United Kingdom, India, Greece, Belgium, and France. Featuring 31 poets including: John Beaton; David Fraser; Kevan Cameron; Keith Inman; Harvey Jenkins; Robert Martens; Janet Naidu; Patricial Smekal; Michael Sullivan – Poet Laureate Plymouth England; Candice James – Poet Laureate New Westminster, BC; Steve Vernon Richard Doiron and more.

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ISBN 0-920110-59-2 A Split in the Water – Candice James (1979)) List $25.95 Pages 100 Candice James Poet Laureate Emerita New Westminster, BC’s debut poetry book in 1979; an offering of surreal poetry and vibrant imagery. A well crafted first book of poetry with excellent use of the English language. The original 1st edition was published by Fiddlehead Poetry Books in 1979 and a second edition has been published by Silver Bow Publishing 2018 – A collector’s item indeed.

ISBN 978-93-92770-14-4 Colors of India – Candice James (2014)) List $23.95 Pages 100 A collection of poems on the extraordinary diversity of India in matters of land and language, culture and courtesy, songs and sages, myths and myriad fables. The power packed words of each poem genuinely paint the secets of magical India’s music and manners, singers and cities, bards and brooks.

All poems brilliantely portray the different shades of India from a Canadian perspective. 2016

ISBN 978-1-927616-03-1 Postcards Ben Nuttall-Smith (2013) List $18.00 These poems are mesmeric. Their mosaic images guide us through spheres and atmospheres of the past and present. Serene and wild, historical and political, we roam their landscapes like Hardy, sail their oceans like Hemingway, talk people, politics, religion and poverty like Joyce and Yeats. From Ireland, Europe, South America this book enlightens, challenges perceptions and soars in the senses.

ISBN 978-1-927616-02-4 A Moment In Eternity – Ben Nuttall-Smith (2013) List $18.00 Pages 100 A delicious blend of emotions stirred in a mix of people, places and musings. Ben tugs at our heartstrings in “Footpath To The Sea” and prods at our minds in “Nolite Timere”. Throughout Ben paints vibrant images with his words in a gentle way that enfolds an underlying urgency. Just to change the pace up once in awhile Ben treats us to his own special humour and whimsy evidenced in “The Cat and the Cathedral”

ISBN 978-0-9868097-3-6 Arise and Shine – Laura Schultz (2011) List $25.00 Pages 63 Laura Schultz has a unique, rare depth in her poetry that reaches past the boundaries of self. She wields her paintbrush of colourful words creating a vivid tapestry of beautiful emotion. She guides the reader down the hidden pathways of her heart, leading into the canyons of her soul bringing the reader face to face with their own psyche. This book is illustrated with 14 original paintings by Ruth SchultzRudof and 5 photographs by Anton Mueller.

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Title Paper Chain Cross Referencing A Book of Summer The Red School Bus Unlocking the Tin Box We Came From Water Beyond the Scars of the Razor Harold in the Name of Love Long Odds At Best Seasons of a Sojourner Critical Mass But This Comes Instead What Keeps Me Awake Musing on the Cricket Game of Life – part 1 ½ 7 Fold Of Women and Men The 13th Cusp Food Truck Elements of Shadowed Lights Disaster Response Route Haiku For You Lust Unfiltered by Love Shards of Crystal In Praise of Bombast Rainforest in Russet somewhere still in wind the tree is bending Tales from the Dreams Garden The Sculpture of This Day The Narrow Road to the Far West Ping Pong, Parkinson’s and the Art of Staying in the Game Man and Nature Wayfaring Wounded Wondrously Counting Waves Run Between the Raindrops Cry of Humanity Crackers and Crumbs Confessions of an Inadvertently Gentrifying Soul I'm No Hero Wild Tourist Short Shots - a coffee table poetry book Heartworks Royal City Poets 5 Anthology 2015 Through My Eyes Merging Dimensions Royal City Poets 4 Anthology 2014 A Silence of Echoes Bone Hide Hair Purple Haze

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