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Patrick M. Pilarski is the co-editor of DailyHaiku, an international journal of contemporary English-language haiku, and poetry editor for its new sister publication DailyHaiga. His first full-length collection, Huge Blue, was released in 2009 by Leaf Press, and he is the author of two chapbooks, most recently Contemplating Vows, written with Nicole Pakan. Patrick's writing has appeared in journals and anthologies across North America, Europe, Australia, and Japan, and on CBC Radio One as part of the CBC Poetry Face-off. He has served as Vice President of the League of Canadian Poets, and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Alberta. Read More → |
It's official...
6 November 2008
The dotted line has been signed. The little haiku gnomes working behind the scenes here at pilarski.ca are thrilled to announce that Patrick M. Pilarski's first full-length poetry collection, Huge Blue, will be published by the amazing and inspirational Leaf Press in the fall of 2009.
"I'm positively thrilled," said Pilarski, drinking oolong tea in his eighth-floor Edmonton apartment. "Leaf Press was my first choice as a home for Huge Blue. I can't think of another publisher I would rather have presenting the collection—it seems like such a great fit. Leaf Press has published some amazing books and chapbooks, and I'm honoured to be joining their catalogue."
A full-length collection of poetic travel sketches, Huge Blue explores the Canadian west and the relationship humans have with the natural world. Its presentation of selected short-form poetry—haiku, tanka, haibun, senryu, and quatrains—makes Huge Blue a direct and accessible poetic tour guide to Canada's stunning and evocative western landscape.
Background:
Leaf Press is an independent poetry publisher based out of Lantzville, British Columbia, with a history of producing beautifully designed and award winning books and chapbooks by new and established Canadian authors.
Poems from Huge Blue have previously appeared or are forthcoming in journals such as Acorn, Asahi Haikuist Network, bottle rockets, Chrysanthemum, contemporary haibun online, DailyHaiku, Frogpond, Haiku Canada Review, Lynx, The Mainichi Daily New, Modern English Tanka, Modern Haiku, Ribbons, Roadrunner Haiku Journal, Shamrock, Simply Haiku, White Lotus, Wisteria, and several anthologies.
