spring of 2006 founder jon paul fiorentino and robert allen country of origin canada headquarters location montreal key people jon paul fiorentino founder & publisher fiction genres contemporary poetry and prose fiction official website http snarebooks.wordpress.com snare books is a canadian independent book publisher . founded in spring of 2006 and located in montreal snare books is a publisher of contemporary poetry and prose fiction . they make a point of publishing canadian authors who specialize in experimental literature . although their main focus is on poetry snare books has more recently expanded to pushing a limited number of experimental novels and short stories . 1 contents 1 history 2 founders 2.1 robert allen 2.2 jon paul fiorentino 3 the robert kroetsch award for innovative poetry 3.1 robert kroetsch 3.2 past winners and judges 4 published works 4.1 2011 titles 4.1.1 hard feelings by sheryda warrener 4.1.2 the lateral by jake kennedy 4.1.3 update . by bill kennedy and darren wershler 4.1.4 three deaths by josip novakovich 4.1.5 poets and killers by helen hajnoczky 4.2 2010 titles 4.3 2009 titles 4.4 2007 titles 4.5 2006 titles 5 references 6 external links history edit snare books launched in the spring of 2006 was founded by robert allen and jon paul fiorentino . 1 with the death of allen in the fall of 2006 2 fiorentino became the owner operator publisher and editor of the company . the reason behind starting this small montreal based literary publishing company was due to the result of a discussion between allen and fiorentino based on canadian literary arts . 1 through their work together on matrix magazine they had developed a fan base consisting of young writers . 3 many of these writers had trouble getting their new innovative and experimental manuscripts published . while other small publishing companies similar to snare books are moving on to publish commercial fiction general fiction and mainstream poetry snare books believes that they are the home for the young innovative poets and writers of canada . 1 after their launch in 2006 some of the first published works they produced included melissa thompson s dreadful paris zoe whittall s the emily valentine poems angela carr s ropewalk and jason christie s canada post . founders edit robert allen edit robert allen born in 1946 died in november 2006 just months after the founding of snare books . he is the author of three novels nine poetry collections and one work of short fiction . allen was a mentor to co founder and owner of snare books joe paul fiorentino . robert allen worked alongside joe paul fiorentino at matrix magazine . 4 jon paul fiorentino edit jon paul fiorentino is currently a concordia university professor in the department of english . he received his undergraduate degree in english literature at the university of winnipeg . he fulfilled his honours and distinction bachelor of arts in english and creative writing as well as his master of arts in english literature and creative writing at concordia university . fiorentino was the head editor and founder of dark leisure magazine 1998 2000 and is the editor in chief of matrix magazine . 5 he has helped edit books for insomniac press conundrum press cyclops press and dc books . he is the author of several poetry books such as indexical elegies 2010 the theory of the loser class 2006 hello serotonin 2004 resume drowning 2002 and transcona fragments 2002 . he is also the writer of the anthologies career suicide contemporary literary humour 2003 asthmatica 2005 as well as post prairie 2005 which included a collaborative work with robert kroetsch . his works stripmalling the theory of the loser class transcona fragments and indexical elegies have been nominated and have received various awards . 5 the robert kroetsch award for innovative poetry edit the robert kroetsch award for innovative poetry founded in 2006 is a not for profit contest with an award given to an emerging canadian poet 2 books or less by snare books once a year . 6 the winner of the robert kroetsch award for innovative poetry receives a contract with snare books the publication of their winning piece and a 500 honorary prize . snare books honours kroetsch by awarding the annual robert kroetsch award for innovative poetry . 7 robert kroetsch edit robert kroetsch born in 1927 is a canadian novelist poet and non fiction writer . 8 he has been called names like the father of canadian postmodernism 8 mr. canadian postmodern and the prairie poet . 8 majority of his works have been received with praise and in 1969 he won canada s governor general s award for the studhorse man . 9 in 2004 he was made an officer of the order of canada . 7 he is also an accomplished poet . both his poetry and critical writings are postmodern in that they subvert tradition fragmented and opened ended . 10 kroetsch s work has been important in canadian literary advancements . 11 past winners and judges edit 2007 winner natalie zina walschots for thumbscrews judge darren wershler 2008 winner geoffery hlibchuk for variations on holderlin judge elizabeth bachinsky 2009 winner sarah dowling for security posture judge rachel zolf 2010 winner jake kennedy for the lateral judge sina queyras 2011 winner pearl pirie for thirsts judge neil besner 12 published works edit 2011 titles edit hard feelings by sheryda warrener edit hard feelings is warrener s debut book of poetry . the poems featured in hard feelings are about everyday life and the little things that excite humans . if offers her readers a sense of hope and gratitude . her poems have appeared in many canadian journals including event grain antigonish review and the fiddlehead and the malahat review . warrener received an mfa from the university of british columbia in 2008 as well as a bfa from the university of victoria in 2001 . she is currently a teacher in sweden . 13 the lateral by jake kennedy edit kennedy s work as a poet and prose writer has appeared in anthologies and literary journals . he is currently teaching in the english department at okanagan college . the lateral won him the 2010 robert kroetsch award for innovative poetry . the lateral includes a long poem a series of prose poem ruminations and ends with a section of vulgar poems . 14 update . by bill kennedy and darren wershler edit update . is the second book kennedy and wershler have created together . kennedy also runs the media consultancy stop 14 media and is the artistic director of the scream literary festival in toronto . darren wershler is a professor of english at concordia university and is the co author of twelve books . 15 three deaths by josip novakovich edit novakovich is originally from croatia but moved to the united states at the age of twenty . three deaths is his first canadian edition of his written work . novakovich received many awards for his works including the ingram merrill award . three deaths includes a personal essay a short story as well as a classic tale all focusing around the theme of death . 16 poets and killers by helen hajnoczky edit hajnoczky s work has appeared in filling station nod matrix and speechless magazine . she also has a bachelor of arts honours degree in english and creative writing from the university of calgary . poets and killers encompasses the experimental poetry genre through the use advertising language to tell the biography of a man from the 1940s until his death in 2010 . 17 2010 titles edit all our grandfathers are ghosts by pasha malla jack by mike spry variations on holderlin by geoffrey hlibchuk 2009 titles edit the olive and the dawn by ian orti the taste of penny by jeff parker generator by ian christopher goodman thresh by kim minkus security posture by sarah dowling 2007 titles edit fake math by ryan fitzpatrick thumbscrews by natalie zina walschots the small blue by jay millar 2006 titles edit the emily valentine poems by zoe whittal dreadful paris by melisssa a. thompson rope walk by angela carr canada post by jason christie 18 references edit a b c d 1 about snare books official website the link newspaper . jon paul fiorentino plays with words feelings . lemon hound blog . small press profile snare books interview . jon paul fiorentino s official blog . robert allen . a b 2 jon paul fiorentino s official website the grapevine . snare books robert kroetsch award for innovative poetry . a b 3 kroetsch award snare books official website . a b c 4 robert kroetsch award history pesbo poetry journal january magazine . january interview robert kroetsch by j. kingston pierce . athabasca university . robert kroetsch . snare books official blog . the robert kroetsch award for innovative poetry . robert mclennan s blog . pearl pirie wins the 2011 robert kroetsch award for innovative poetry . snare books official website . hard feelings by sheryda warrener . snare books official website . the lateral by jake kennedy . snare books official website . update . by bill kennedy and darren wershler . snare books official website . three deaths by josip novakovich . snare books official website . poets and killers by helen hajnoczky . snare books official website . books . external links edit snare books publishing website robert kroetsch award information jon paul fiorentino s website snare book s facebook page snare book s blog jon paul fiorentino s blog robert kroetsch retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title snare books publishing & oldid 674873113 categories book publishing companies of canadacompanies based in montrealpublishing companies established in 2006 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload 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