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Listen to an interview between James Piccoli and Canadian Cycling Magazine’s Matthew Pioro here.
James Piccoli’s Tell Me I Can’t reviewed in PezCycling News:
“Tell me I Can’t is a terrific story,” says Leslie Reissner. “There is no easy path for anyone wanting to become a professional cyclist … James Piccoli’s tale shows what can be done by talented self-starters who do what they do for love.”
Davis Gurr’s Unorganized Territory in The British Columbia Review:
Theo Dombrowski writes that Unorganized Territory is a “wickedly unconventional memoir”: “far from imbuing his memories with veils or remoteness and even nostalgia, [Gurr] writes with wonderful freshness and sharpness … [t]his is the stuff, many readers must feel, of which the most enduring memories—and memoirs—are made.”
Antanas Sileika’s The Death of Tony: On Belonging in Two Worlds in The Seaboard Review:
“[The Death of Tony is] a story well told, a chatty reminiscence that charms as it instructs,” says Gordon Phinn. “The feeling is one of friendly converse, like some long-distant but now beloved uncle filling you in on the whispered secrets and mysteries of the extended family and almost forgotten culture.”
A “riveting memoir … recounted in lush and vivid prose.”
Susan Schwartz writes that reading To Linger With You is “to feel transported.”
In conversation with Schwartz, Nebenzahl says she was drawn to “looking at loss through memoir”: “We all have stories. It was the idea that I could see my family through my imagination.”
Stonehewer Books and author Dennis Lee celebrate the launch of Wrestling With Cadence on September 18 in Toronto
Lee—whom Quill & Quire called one of the “finest poets in the English language”—read from his remarkable new collection and reflected on an extraordinary career of writing.
Blue Runaways named as finalist in Next Generation Indie Book Awards
Congratulations to Stonehewer author Jann Everard! The debut author’s short story collection was a finalist alongside books by Judith Dancoff, P.A. Callaro, and more.
Two Stonehewer books named as finalists in Foreword INDIE Awards
We are delighted to share that two of our 2024 titles have been honoured as finalists in Foreword Reviews Magazine’s INDIE Awards. Antanas Sileika’s The Death of Tony was selected as a finalist in the “Multicultural” category, while Mark Abley’s Conversations with a Dead Man was nominated in the category of “Biography.” Many congratulations to our authors and all the other finalists!
The University of Saskatchewan’s Green and White interviews Stonehewer author Mark Abley
The author of Stonehewer’s Conversations with a Dead Man: Indigenous Rights and the Legacy of Duncan Campbell Scott discusses the inspiration, research, and significance of his latest book:
“We need to understand the past if we are to move forward. I believe that reconciliation depends on truth.”
Read the conversation here.
Antanas Sileika in the Toronto Star
Steven Beattie interviews Antanas Sileika, author of Stonehewer Books’ The Death of Tony, for the major Toronto newspaper. Sileika discusses the immigrant literary experience, the differences between North American and Eastern European culture, the process of having his words translated into Lithuanian, and the push from Stonehewer that led him to write his latest book.
Read more from Sileika and Beattie’s conversation here.
Standing Room Only at The Death of Tony book launch!
On March 27, Stonehewer Books celebrated the launch of Antanas Sileika’s The Death of Tony. Sileika entertained the crowd with his storytelling and signed copies of his exciting new memoir.
Eager book lovers stand at the back after the venue runs out of chairs
Antanas Sileika signs a copy of The Death of Tony
George Galt, publisher of Stonehewer Books, introduces the author
Sileika in conversation with award-winning author Joe Kertes
Photos by Jordan Grace
Jann Everard’s Blue Runaways in That Shakespearean Rag:
Steven Beattie writes that if Blue Runaways “is any indication of the calibre of writing we can expect in the future, [Stonehewer Books] promises to be a publisher to watch in the coming months and years.”
Antanas Sileika’s The Death of Tony in Kirkus Reviews:
A thoughtful reading experience
“Intelligent and observant… illuminates the experiences of a little-discussed ethnic group while probing the meanings of real and imagined homelands.”
Read the review here.
Provisionally Yours by Antanas Sileika, author of Stonehewer’s forthcoming The Death of Tony, has been adapted into a feature film. Directed by Ramunas Rudokas, the film premiered in Lithuania on November 24, 2023.
“When I told friends of mine in the business that I was starting a press — a couple of really experienced people — they both said, don’t do it!”