Anstruther Press Summer Launch: Berkel, Barrick, Neilson, Deng & Harris
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Presenting...
Colossal Wreck - Jenny Berkel
Folk Songs - David Barrick
The Fullness - Maureen Scott Harris
Terminal Velocity - Alex Deng
Asphodel - Shane Neilson
Jenny Berkel is a poet and singer-songwriter from rural Ontario, currently residing in London, Ontario (Treaty 6 territory), where she owns a small bookshop and teaches poetry. She has released three albums, and her debut chapbook, Grease Dogs, was published with Baseline Press. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming inThe Dalhousie Review, Grain, Vallum, Riddle Fence, The /tƐmz/ Review,andThe Literary Review of Canada, amongst others. Jenny’s first full-length poetry collection is forthcoming from Palimpsest Press in 2028.
David Barrick is the author of Nightlight (Palimpsest Press, 2022) as well as the chapbooks Incubation Chamber (Anstruther Press, 2019), Two Dreams: Stratford and The Copyist (The Alfred Gustav Press, 2022), and the forthcoming Hometown Phantasmagoria by way of Bedford Falls (Baseline Press, 2027). He lives near Deshkan Ziibi in London Township (Treaty 6) territory, where he teaches writing at Western University and is managing director of the Antler River Poetry reading series. His second full-length poetry collection, Peripheral Visions, will be published by Palimpsest Press / Anstruther Books in 2028.
Poet and essayist Maureen Scott Harris was born in Prince Rupert, grew up in Winnipeg, and still lives in the watershed of buried Garrison Creek in Toronto / Tkaronto.
Alex Deng is a writer based in Toronto. Find him on Instagram @allexdeng.
Shane Neilson is a poet and physician from New Brunswick. His last book, The Reign (Goose Lane Editions, 2025) was named by CBC as one of the year’s best books of poetry.
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