On Thursday, 16 April 2015, at 8 p.m. in St. Thomas’s parish hall, with an enthusiastic audience of 65 people, Margo Swiss launched The Hatching of the Heart (Cascade Books, Wipf and Stock), and John Terpstra launched The House with … Continued
Growing up near the centre of the continent on a chain of lakes in rolling countryside, Lee Johnson developed a love of Nature in all its forms. His intended careers at that time were to become an ornithologist and an … Continued
$5.00 + postage On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of The St. Thomas Poetry Series (1988-2013), a pamphlet of unpublished poems by 15 poets who have … Continued
Jeremy Clarke (born 5 February 1962) is a British-born poet who lives in London. Clarke’s debut collection, Devon Hymns (2010), featured artwork by John Berger and Yves Berger. A limited edition chapbook, Incidents of Travel, and the pamphlet, Common Prayer … Continued
Hannah Main-van der Kamp has published three books in The St. Thomas Poetry Series: With Averted Vision (2000), According to Loon Bay (2004,) and Slow Sunday on the Malaspina Strait (2012). She also appears in both anthologies published by … Continued
$20.00 + postage George Whipple was born in St. John, New Brunswick on May 24, 1927. He was the son of Bert and Mabel (née Maling) Whipple. With his brother Edward, he grew up in Toronto. He died in … Continued
This anthology features contributors from several Christian denominations, including the late Marianne Bluger (to whom the book is dedicated), Fr. Pier Giorgio di Cicco, Susan McCaslin, John Terpstra, Alice Major, Sarah Klassen, Leif Vaage, Meaghan Strimas, David Waltner-Toews, Hannah … Continued
Philip Gardner was born in 1936 in Liverpool, England, and educated at King’s College, Cambridge, and the University of Liverpool. From 1964 until 2001 he taught at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He has published five collections of poetry together … Continued
Marianne Bluger (1945-2005) was born in Ottawa and graduated from McGill. She raised two children as a single parent. For twenty-five years she was administrator of the Canadian Writers’ Foundation. She also co-founded the Tabitha Foundation (to support the … Continued
Hannah Main-van der Kamp was born in the Netherlands and came to Canada as a girl. She worked at a special education teacher and administrator. She now lives near Powell River, British Columbia, with her husband Robert and often leads … Continued