Tyler Hellard was interviewed for The Athletic about his award-nominated hockey novel, Searching for Terry Punchout. Read the interview here (with subscription). We’ve included a short excerpt below. Grab your own copy of Searching for Terry Punchout this weekend, during our Flash Sale! We’re selling the book from our website for just $10 (and the… Continue Reading Flash Sale: Searching for Terry Punchout
Hey! How are you keeping? We support you doing whatever you need in order to rest, repair and renew during this trying time. It’s National Poetry Month, and we’re amazed by the projects and performances some of Invisible’s poets (and friends of) are undertaking to support their books. Below are just a few! The first… Continue Reading Controller B & Typewriter Funk
Hi reader, How are you doing in these strange times? Where I live, it’s week three of a declared state of emergency, in the middle of this global pandemic (COVID-19). Wherever you are, I hope you’re doing okay, and finding ways to keep your spirit up and your heart full and your body moving. Music’s… Continue Reading “Keep singing, keep playing, keep dancing. Keep writing.”
Writing this book, I looked to literatures of the past like The Epic of Gilgamesh. It emerges a mere 6,000 years ago, when humans formed city-states and organized themselves in terms of property relations. What I discovered is that even back then, the writer of the epic is concerned with our desire to dominate and… Continue Reading “The problems of Gilgamesh are the problems of our species.”
Years later, he would reach out for her hand as she walked, oblivious, past where he was standing on the train paused at Lionel-Groulx. By then she will have drawn the nectar from every memory, dried the fallen petals with constant thought—the slightly ridiculous sway of his hips to jazz, the kisses in her creased… Continue Reading Montreal as the Fifth Character in Bindu Suresh’s 26 Knots
What do we love most about our Invisible reading guides? They’re conversation starters written by the authors themselves — to you, the reader! We have fresh guides from Eric Schmaltz (Surfaces), Cameron Anstee (Book of Annotations), and Susannah M. Smith (The Fairy Tale Museum). Go here and click on the cover image of your choice… Continue Reading New reading guides available!
“Bees look soft to touch but they sting like sons of bitches.” February 14 only, receive 14% off your purchase of Glory, by Gillian Wigmore! “When faced with a choice between a life as a mother, where all the tomorrows look just like yesterday, Renee chooses her new friend Glory, plunging the reader into a… Continue Reading Valentine’s Day Sale!