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Bricolage, the Brick Newsletter, Issue 5
The fifth issue of Bricolage contains a Lethem-based contest, photos from the Brick 88 launch, a limited-time gift offer, a digital edition, more of Michael Ondaatje’s snaps, and an interview with our Featured Brickseller, Mac’s Fireweed Books. Read Bricolage 5 right here.
GALLERY: Brick 88 Launch
Brick welcomed readers, contributors, and fans in from the driving rain on November 29 for the launch of its 88th issue. Guests heard readings and recollections from Eleanor Wachtel, Linda Spalding, Michael Helm, and Laurie D Graham, and were even treated to a surprise appearance from Justin Rutledge. And the ultimate extra-special bonus: we all drank wine in a library.
Head to our web gallery to see who did what when and with whom.
MORE from the archive: Brick 65/66
We said that there was more to come, and why would we lie? Please, don’t answer that. Instead, take a look at Robert Bringhurst’s translation of “The Sealion Hunter,” a poem by Haida storyteller Ghandl. Also, read about Russell Banks’s experience with depression. And watch this space—there’s more to come.
Brick 88 on Digital Newsstand
For those of you waiting patiently for your cherished digital edition of the Winter 2012 issue of Brick, you need wait no longer. The digital edition of Brick 88 is now up on the Magazines Canada and Zinio sites, to be read on your electronic reading gadget of choice. Purchase the newest issue or, better yet, subscribe for a year. Get your very own digital edition today.
From the archive: Brick 65/66
While you’re all anxiously checking your mailboxes for Brick 88, why not tide yourself over with a few choice selections from yesteryear? We’ve just added a couple of past favourites to the site. Read Harold Weber on shrimp étouffée, or Jeffery Eugenides on John Hawkes. There’s even more to come, pending intense negotiations by our crack team of literary lawyers, so watch this space!
Read from Brick 88 online
If you can’t make it to the bookstore to pick up your very own copy of Brick 88, you can always read a few juicy morsels from the issue right now:
Héctor Abad revisits Bertrand Russell
Jeramy Dodds’s lighthouse trip
Grant Buday on the benefits of old books
Valerie Martin in conversation with John Biguenet
A poem by Andrew Jamison
And if you exhaust this plate of goodies and need more Brick in your life, you can always order your own copy of Brick 88 right here.
Brick 88 in Bookstores Now!
Look for Brick 88 at your local bookstore, or subscribe now for to-your-door delivery. The issue features stunning drawings and manuscript pages from Derek Walcott, a special section dedicated to Robert Kroetsch, as well as the latest from Jonathan Lethem, John Ralston Saul, John Berger, Jeramy Dodds, Melora Wolff, David Thomson, Will Aitken, and Alayna Munce, interviews with Valerie Martin and Tony Kushner, poetry by Andrew Jamison, plus a new science column by Lee Smolin. You won't want to miss this bounteous issue. Subscribe or renew now!
Tomas Tranströmer, Nobel Laureate
The 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer. Brick is delighted and applauds the Nobel committee for their choice. Here’s one of his gems, which appeared in Brick 80.
Brickie in Bangladesh
We couldn't ignore the import of this video as we gather content for the next issue. Also, we're blown away by this guy. Watch Bangladeshi Brickie transport bricks.
Robert Kroetsch (June 26, 1927 - June 21, 2011)
Brick mourns the sudden loss of writer and friend Robert Kroetsch, who passed away on June 21, just a few days shy of his 84th birthday. Kroetsch was a contributor to Brick in its earlier days, and Elizabeth Hay wrote a review of his wonderful novel The Man From the Creeks in Brick 82. His work was honest, wide, and energetic, and he was a friend to countless writers at all levels of their careers. He will be sorely missed.
