FrogHollowPress.com
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Frog Hollow Press Victoria BC
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are as affordable as possible given that our books are hand-printed on hand-made or mould-made papers (most are hand-bound) and given that Frog Hollow Press is not eligible for Canada Council or provincial grants.
Caryl Wyse Peters, Proprietor
Caryl Wyse Peters (from Montreal) moved to Victoria in 1995 and began pursuing an interest in printmaking, bookbinding and letterpress printing, studying under Carol Rae (printmaking), Wes Bates (wood engraving), and Bonnie Thompson Norman of Seattle (basic letterpress printing). In June 2000 she participated in an intensive letterpress course at Barbarian Press under Jan and Crispin Elsted, bought a Vandercook, and in early 2001 founded Frog Hollow Press.
Shane Neilson, Editor, 2005-
Shane Neilson is a young poet from New Brunswick who has a keen sense of Canadian poetry. His writing has been published widely in poetry and medical journals and his book reviews and critical essays have appeared in the Globe and Mail, Books in Canada, and other literary publications. The author of two poetry chapbooks, THE BEATEN-DOWN ELEGIES and SEIZED, and a memoir, CALL ME DOCTOR, to be released by Pottersfield Press in Spring 2006. Trained as an MD at Dartmouth, Shane practices family medicine in Erin, Ontario. He has used his medical background as the basis for his essay in ALDEN NOWLAN & ILLNESS, which was released by Frog Hollow in March 2005, prior to his taking over as Editor of the Press. As Editor, Shane hopes to establish a taste that, through its discriminatory and rigourous sense, attracts this country's best young poets to the Press.
Contact
- Frog Hollow Press
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- Victoria BC
- Canada V8R5S6
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