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Spring 2011 catalogue available online now

Print version mailing goes out in January; PDF available now

2010.11.18 — New Star's Spring 2011 catalogue is now available for download. It will be going out to booksellers, librarians and those on the New Star's catalogue mailing list next month.

The spring list features Stranger on a Strange Island: From Main Street to Mayne Island, award-winning author Grant Buday's take on trading in city life in Vancouver for the island life on Mayne Island. Read about Buday's chainsaw handling lessons on page 2 of the Spring 2011 catalogue.

Rebel Life: The Life and Times of Robert Gosden, Revolutionary, Mystic, Labour Spy, Second Edition chronicles the life of labour organizer, revolutionary, anarchist and labour spy Robert Gosden. Now in its second edition, Rebel Life includes new information about the titular subject Robert Gosden’s career that has come to light since the first edition was published in 1999. Extensively revised throughout and includes a brand-new chapter.

Third on the docket is Mannequin Rising, the fifth book of poetry from Governor-General Award winner Roy Miki, and first since 2006's There. Read an excerpt on page 6 of the Spring 2011 catalogue.

Finally, Buffet World is Donato Mancini's collection of poems about food, the economy, and the inhumanities and systemic cruelties of life in contemporary capitalism.

Download your copy of New Star's spring 2011 catalogue here. "