Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Dream Catcher 21 Launches on May 7, 2008 at Bryan Prince, Bookseller

Dream Catcher 21 is a terrific Spring issue of an international journal with a growing reputation for excellence and diversity.


This issue celebrates the Canadian poet David Haskins and the American-Croatian poet, translator, and critic Mario Susko. Dream Catcher 21 will be launched at Bryan Prince, Bookseller in West Hamilton on the evening of Wednesday May 7th. Mario Susko, Paul Sutherland and other poets will be on hand to read from their poetry.


The new issue also contains:

  • fresh translations of the famous 20th c. Austrian poet, Ingeborg Bachmann
  • an new story by the young Canadian-Welsh writer Tyler Keevil,
  • 'Fishhook' and 'Out of my League' by Carol Topolski whose novel Monster Love has just been long-listed for the Orange Prize in the UK.
  • the fine studied poetry of Jan FitzGerald, from New Zealand
  • the newly discovered Henry Marsh, freshly evoked images of the Scottish Isles, and three masterful poems by the prize winning poet, Patrick Carrington from America
  • new work by Yahia Lababidi from the Middle East,
  • some of the latest writing by Gail Denby from South Africa
  • a tale of the fabulous sexual aspirations of a 10 year old in modern Khajuraho, in the story "The Feast", by Sonya Singh from India.
  • Joy Armstrong's depictions of the dangers of stealing too much in the Cuban hotel trade and much, much more.


The issue also contains a great long poem by the prize winning UK poet, Sue Wood who portrays the drama around the excavation of the Anglo Saxon ship burial in the 1930s at Sutton Hoo, in south east England, by the eccentric landowner Mrs Pretty.


Issue 21 is rounded off with a moving exploration of four contemporary Canadian poets by Chris Pannell. Dream Catcher is published in the U.K. and editor Paul Sutherland will be on hand to discuss the journal, read selections, and answer questions. The issue is diverse, full of wonderful poems and stories: a magazine that’s both informed and engaging.