Devour Christmas letter and Call for Submissions

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Hidden Brook Press &

Devour: Art and Lit Canada

See call for Canadian submissions at end of letter

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!!!

2018 From

Kim

and

Tai

Dear Family and Friends, poets, writers and non-writers alike: 2018 has been a busy busy time for Kim and me but the year is ending a bit more calmly than it started. The year swung into gear with making a life style change with me taking on a part-time job as Maintenance Manager for our downtown Toronto church. Three half-time days; Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, turned into a few more hours than I expected. This with travel time to and from work and to and from Presqu’ile the new job ate into a lot of time that I was used to spending on Hidden Brook Press. All year I was in frantic catchup mode trying to stay on top of publishing contracts that I already had lined up.

This new job was coupled with us buying a condo in the east end of Toronto – 1.5 hours from Presqu’ile. We sold our rental house in Brighton and traded it in for a two bedroom condo with great facilities and two parking spots. Let us know when you would like to come for a swim, a soak in in the hot tub or sauna, or have a game of squash or pool. Our niece Krista Deverson is a realtor and was immensely patient with us as we trudged her to over 20 condos before we found one that had the facilities that we liked. 5 Greystone Walk Drive is our ½ time home now. We are so happy with our new condo.

The 2018 summer was busy for us. We ramped up our B&B business in Presqu’ile by signing on to AirB&B. We always had B&B guests for the past ten or fifteen years but this past summer we were swamped for all three seasons. Thank heavens the winter is a slow time of year. Come and visit anytime. We don’t charge family and friends.

Kim was teaching private classes – creative writing – to a small group of dedicated students. Those classes will resume in the new year sometime and have her joyfully busy teaching again. Her new book of poetry “Where the Heart Lies” shared with three other authors was released this year and was launched in Toronto at the “2018 CCLA Art and Lit Fest”. Kim hopes to finish, in 2019, a book that she was contracted to write about an art school that ran for 20 years in north eastern Ontario. She is always busy with one writing project or another.

Hidden Brook Press has been very busy this year. I started a new series of poetry books called “The John B. Lee Signature Series”, all of which are edited by one of Canada’s

best poets, friend, John B. Lee. We launched the first three books this past summer and are working on the next three for a spring launch. I published two more books as part of the “North Shore Series”. We will launch them in 2019 sometime. In total I published about eight books this year. Not bad for a one-man band.

One of those was the CCLA anthology “The Dream, The Glory and The Strife” which was a big success, also launched with Kim’s book at the CCLA Art and Lit Fest. We were both published in that book.

I was honoured to be included, with one of my poems and two of my photographs, in “Tamaracks: Canadian Poetry for the 21st Century” published by Lummox Press form California, USA.

I am mega pleased that they also used my photograph on the cover of the “Lummox” periodical .

And then to top it all off of my work was included in “Beyond Forgetting: Celebrating 100 years of Al Purdy”.

And then the icing to top it all is my book of poems published with John B. Lee was released this past year by a publisher in India. If you brush up on your Hindi you can read the poems in both English and Hindi.

I almost forgot to tell you that we have published the second issue

of our Canadian culture magazine, “Devour: Art and Lit Canada�. It is on line at: https://issuu.com/richardgrove1/docs/devour_-_issue_002_-_high_res. It is more than a poetry or literary magazine. I am sure you will find something interesting. In fact see the article written by our realtor niece, Krista.

Daughters, Rebecca and Sarah and our grandsons, Lionel and Nico respectively, are thriving. Lionel loves the pool at the condo. Mother, at the age of 90, is doing very well. She is still mobile enough that we take her out for dinner when we visit. She loves getting out. She is always cheerful, happy and content.

In a couple of weeks we are heading for a couple of weeks in Cuba. While we are there Kim and I both have writing and editing projects to do but what a wonderful way to get paid while sipping a pina colada while sitting under a palm tree. If you are on FaceBook you can find more at: https://www.facebook.com/richard.grove.9678?fref=nf&__tn__=%2Cdm*F-R&eid=ARAfLs1c-PPpfe7tszEXOt6hxEj-fnzxBCiizt4InDedqaI16ZJPEJfJMLGGbu9rBNckTgxsv0CcQ2R

Call for Poems and Photographs Call for Poems and Photographs for Devour: Art and Lit Canada for the section “Quintessentially Canadian” for the section “Open Mic Canada” for the section “Canada Under 25” The mission of Devour: Art and Lit Canada is to promote Canadian culture by bringing world-wide readers some of the best Canadian literature, art and photography.

See Devour: Art & Lit Canada at: https://issuu.com/richardgrove1/docs/devour_-_issue_002_-_high_res Cut and paste the url or go to

www.issuu.com

and type in the full mag name.

Published Summer and Winter

Are you a Canadian living in or out of Canada?

Send your work to one of our 3 lit editors.

(See submission details below) “Open Mic Canada” – April Bulmer – aprilbulmer.poems@gmail.com “Canada Under 25” – Bradley McIlwain – bradleymcilwain@gmail.com “Quintessentially Canadian” – Bruce Kauffman – bruce.kauffman@hotmail.com

“Canada Under 25” is looking for Canadian poets under the age of 25. There is no theme.

See the submission specifications below.

“Open Mic Canada” has no theme or age restriction. See the submission specifications below.

“Quintessentially Canadian” will include photographs and poems that quintessentially describe Canada. The poems and photographs do not have to have the word Canada in them or a Canadian flag. They don't have to have a Canada goose, northern lights or a beaver though they might be high contenders if they do. They don't have to have a child's face painted with a Canadian flag even though we hope to receive one. The photographs and poems should describe your proud view of Canada. Send photographs or poems or both. See the submission specifications below.

In the Subject Line: Please include – “Submission for Devour: Art and Lit Canada." in the subject line of your submission. Let the editor know in the body of the email if your submission is for “Canada Under 25”, “Quintessentially Canadian” or for the “Open Mic Canada” section. The editor will email you about your submission. They generally will pick one poem maximum for each section.

Attachment: Send your poems and photographs as attachments only.

Send Both: One can send photographs or poems or both but never send the same poems to different editors.

Deadlines: There are two deadlines annually – May 15 and November 15 for the summer and winter issues.

Poems: Length: The length of a poem should be no longer than 36 lines long, each line no longer than 50 character / spaces long.

Haiku or other short poems are also welcome.

Number of poems: 3 poems max for each submission.

Each poem should be sent in a separate ms word file as an attachment.

Add to each poem: At the top of every poem submission (one poem per file) you need to include your name, email address, city and province where you live. (do not include full address) We will publish your city and province with your name above the title of your poem.

File name: Include your name and poem title in the file name.

– eg: JaneDow-WaterFalls.docx. This helps us keep your poems together in the file folder.

Previously Un-Published: We are accepting previously unpublished work only.

Copyright: Authors and Photographers retain copyright of their work. Submitting your work gives permission to Devour: Art and Lit Canada for one time use. If you publish that poem or photograph again please give credit to Devour as first time publisher.

Future Book: We are already thinking about publishing a book with submissions for all three sections that don’t make it into the mag. The editors will keep your extra poems for possible use in that future book.

Photographs: Photographs: should be 300 dpi about 5 - 8 inches.

Number of photographs: 3 pics max.

Photograph file Name: The file name for your photographs should include your name and image title in the file name.

– eg. JoeSmith–Sunset.jpg Other info: such as your full name and province should be included in the body of the email.

Send Photographs to: DevourArtAndLitCanada@gmail.com

We are also looking for art, lit, photography, music, movie, and book reviews.

Send us an email if you have any ideas. DevourArtAndLitCanada@gmail.com We are looking forward to seeing your work in the pages of Devour.

Please pass the word far and wide.

Editor-in-chief, Richard M. Grove DevourArtAndLitCanada@gmail.com

The first issue of Devour is on line at: www.issuu.com

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