Phinder Dulai reads the poem Ten Anonymous Journeys from his book dream/arteries.

Phinder Dulai is the Vancouver-based author of dream/arteries (Fall 2014 from Talonbooks) and two previous books of poetry: Ragas from the Periphery (Arsenal Pulp Press, 1995) and Basmati Brown (Nightwood Editions, 2000). His most recent work has been published in Canadian Literature and Cue Books Anthology. Earlier work appeared in Ankur, Matrix, Memewar Magazine, Rungh, the Capilano Review, Canadian Ethnic Studies, Toronto South Asian Review, subTerrain, and West Coast LINE. Dulai is a co-founder of the Surrey-based interdisciplinary contemporary arts group The South of Fraser Inter Arts Collective (SOFIA/c).

Phinder Dulai Reading Ten Anonymous Journeys

Talonbooks launched five new books on April 26, 2016 at Pyatt Hall in Vancouver, BC. Here's the full audio from the launch!

Brief words from Talonbooks owner/publisher Kevin Williams, and then emcee Stephen Collis introduces each reader and their new books: 

• Carl Peters is introduced at minute 4:45 and then reads from Studies in Description.
• Clint Burnham is introduced at minute 13:40 and then reads from Pound @ Guantánamo.
• Jordan Abel is introduced at minute 23:10 and then reads from Injun.
• Weyman Chan is introduced at minute 38:19 and then reads from Human Tissue.
• bill bissett is introduced at minute 54:35 and then reads from th book.

Great night!

Spring 2016 Poetry Launch (Vancouver)

David W. McFadden, winner of the 2013 Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize, was interviewed in 2004 about his book GREAT LAKES SUITE (Talonbooks, 1997) at Book Expo Canada by Joe Blades, publisher of Broken Jaw Press and poet. The original recording can be found on the triple CD set “Storming the Stage: 32 Author Interviews,” which was put out by the Literary Press Group of Canada in 2004. Talonbooks republishes this interview with permission from Joe Blades and the Literary Press Group of Canada.

David W. McFadden interviewed by Joe Blades (2004)



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