[Interview] Antonio D'Alfonso Interviewed for the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation

Guernica publisher Antonio D'Alfonso is interviewed by Swiss radio on emigration, bilingualism and culture.

Italian link: http://bit.ly/1T82YX

English link: http://bit.ly/ZfmqB

Antonio D'Alfonso founded Guernica Editions in 1978, and has edited over 450 hundred books by authors from around the world. He is presently a writer in residence at McGill University (French language and literature department).

To order books from Guernica Editions:

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Canada: University of Toronto Press Distribution (800-565-9523)
USA: Independent Publishers Group (800-888-4741)
Europe: Gazelle Book Services (0-152-46-87-65)

[Readings] Antonio D'Alfonso, Hélène Rioux and Nadine Ltaif at The Yellow Door

Guernica authors Antonio D'Alfonso, Hélène Rioux and Nadine Ltaif will be reading from their works at the Yellow Door Poetry and Prose Reading (yellowdoor.org) on Thursday, October 15, 2009.

Hélène Rioux will be reading from her collection Intimate Dialogues (English translation to be read by Jonathan Kaplansky). Nadine Ltaif will be reading from her book, Changing Shores (English translation to be read by Christine Tipper). Antonio D'Alfonso is the founder and publisher of Guernica Editions, and has written over thirty books.

The Yellow Door
3625 Aylmer [map]
Montreal, PQ

Other featured writers include Mark Paterson, H. Nigel Thomas, Lesley Pasquin, Brian Campbell and Milton Dawes.

Doors open at 7:00pm, with readings beginning at 7:30. Admission (at the door) is $5.00.

Intimate Dialogues and Changing Shores are available from Guernica Editions, as well as from:

Order Online: Amazon.com
Canada: University of Toronto Press Distribution (800-565-9523)
USA: Independent Publishers Group (800-888-4741)
Europe: Gazelle Book Services (0-152-46-87-65)

[Article] Tandem Covers the OAC Decision

Isabella Gagliardi, writing in Tandem, interviews Antonio D'Alfonso, Julie Roorda and Karen Shenfeld about the Ontario Arts Council's decision to withhold funding this year from Guernica Editions.

“This is about how we live in a society where culture is not funded enough,” Antonio D’Alfonso says, discussing the OAC's current grant criteria.

“Personally I feel that this is part of a larger trend," adds Guernica author Julie Roorda. "It seems to me that the kind of simplistic business model is being inappropriately applied not just across the arts but to education and health care as well. That model works for some businesses, but I think it’s very damaging to apply it to these other institutions like the arts that are based on values that are different from commercial values, which are just about making money."

"[At Guernica] there has always been a gap between commercial writing and literary writing," says Karen Shenfeld, reacting to the a"serious concerns about... impact and viability" expressed by the OAC. "I believe that alone should bespeak of Guernica’s viability."

The full article is available at http://www.tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=9355

[Interview] Ten Questions with Antonio D'Alfonso

Guernica publisher Antonio D'Alfonso is interviewed this week on Open Book. "For some reason I am writing a lot these days," says D'Alfonso, "as if, to quote René Char, I were late on my own life."

You can read the full interview on Open Book.

More information on Antonio D'Alfonso is available on his official website.

[Readings] Jean-Marc Desgent and Carole David at the Yellow Door

Guernica authors Jean-Marc Desgent and Carole David will be reading from their works at the Yellow Door Poetry and Prose Reading (yellowdoor.org) on Thursday, September 24, 2009.

Jean-Marc Desgent is the author of Twentieth Centuries (translated by Daniel Sloate and read by Antonio D'Alfonso). Carole David is the author of The Place Where Your Soul Dwells (translated by Nora Alleyn), Unholy Stories (translated by Nora Alleyn) and Impala (translated by Daniel Sloate).

The Yellow Door
3625 Aylmer [map]
Montreal, PQ
Thursday, September 24, 2009

Other featured writers include David Homel, Moe Clark, Jon Paul Fiorentino, Barry Webster and Claude Lalumière.

Doors open at 6:30pm, with readings beginning at 7:00. Admission (at the door) is $5.00.

To order any of Jean-Marc Desgent's or Carole David's Guernica titles, please contact:

Order Online: Amazon.com
Canada: University of Toronto Press Distribution (800-565-9523)
USA: Independent Publishers Group (800-888-4741)
Europe: Gazelle Book Services (0-152-46-87-65)