McNally Robinson Booksellers, where I'll be launching the book next week, is doing both a Twitter and Facebook giveaway.
Here are the details, rife with hastags:
@mcnallyrobinson: Tell us your fav poem by a Cdn writer, tag it #StowawaysMRB, and u can win Ariel Gordon's new #poetry colln STOWAWAYS!
There's also a Goodreads giveaways, details of which can be found here.
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UPDATE: McNally Robinson's Facebook/Twitter contest is finished.
I thought I'd share the entries, just in case you're looking for poem suggestions by Canadian writer.
Marika Prokosh: "My favourite Canadian poem is An Acolyte Reads The Cloud of Unknowing by Karen Solie."
Gord Bruyere: "Regarding Ariel Gordon's request for a favourite poem by a Canadian writer, mine is The Cold Green Element by Irving Layton."
Angeline Janel Schellenberg: "Sarah Klassen's debut Journey to Yalta made me want to become a poet, so I pick its first, devastating poem Small deaths as my favourite by a Canadian."
Erin J-W: "My favourite poem by a Canadian author is Saint And by bpnichol."
And here are the Twitter entries:
Kevin Spenst (@kevinspenst): "Favourite poem of today is Shouting by Tim Lilburn. 'Hiddenness appears in everything' in the blood of this bird of a tweet."
Marcus Closen (@marcusaleksandr): "A Fine Grammar of Bones by Meira Cook."
Irish Literary Times (@IrishLitTimes): "THE HICOCK GIRLS IN THE FRONT PEW ADDRESS THE PLATYPUS Patricia Young."
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/variation-on-the-word-sleep/ … Variation on the Word Sleep by Margaret Atwood.
library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/bolster/poem3.htm … Portrait of Alice With Elvis by Stephanie Bolster.
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/macewen/poem1.htm … Let Me Make This Perfectly Clear by Gwendolyn MacEwen.
Jennifer Burgess (@JenBurgess1): "Dark Pines Under Water by Gwendolyn MacEwen."
Ninian Poetree (@ninianpoetree): "Onions by Lorna Crozier."
MJ Perrun (@MetisMJP): "Favourite Canadian poem: Selkirk Avenue by Katherena Vermette."
Sandy Wellbergen (@MsWelbergen): "Does Bird on The Wire by Leonard Cohen count? Technically it's a song, but it's lovely."
Leslie McDonald (@DitchPigJetsFan): "By an Autumn Fire by Lucy Maud Montgomery."
Sandy Wellbergen (@MsWelbergen): "Does Bird on The Wire by Leonard Cohen count? Technically it's a song, but it's lovely."
Leslie McDonald (@DitchPigJetsFan): "By an Autumn Fire by Lucy Maud Montgomery."
3 comments:
Congratulations on the new book, Ariel. Love the cover, for starters.
Thanks, Gerry. I really appreciate that...
Hope the launch of Stowaways is grand - wish I could join you tonight! I'm glad I bought a copy yesterday, because I'm sure you're going to sell out!
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