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Allan Briesmaster

 

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Membership level
Life
First name
Allan
Last name
Briesmaster
Country
Canada
 

ABOUT

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Biography
Allan is an editor, publisher, and literary consultant specializing in poetry and non-fiction. He lives in Thornhill, Ontario (just north of Toronto) with his wife Holly, a visual artist with whom he has collaborated several times on books which include her collages and pen-and-ink drawings.

In 1986-90 Allan led Phoenix, Toronto's longest-running poetry workshop. He was one of the chief organizers of the weekly Art Bar Poetry Reading Series from 1991 until 2002: playing a central role as it grew into the largest series of its kind in Canada. As an editor, working with several literary presses, Allan has been instrumental in the production of more than 250 literary titles since 1998. From 2000 to 2008, he was the main literary editor for Seraphim Editions. His final project with Seraphim was to co-edit the 256-page anthology Crossing Lines: Poets Who Came to Canada in the Vietnam War Era. Allan started his own micro press, Aeolus House, in 2003. In 2006, he and three fellow writers founded Quattro Books. He retired from Quattro in 2017 and continues publishing limited-edition books and chapbooks with Aeolus House. He has read his poetry, led workshops and given talks on poetry, editing and publishing in venues across Canada as well as online.
 

PUBLICATIONS AND RECOGNITION

Books and other publications
Selected Publications
Weighted Light (watershedBooks, 1998) ISBN 1-894205-00-6
Unleaving (Hidden Brook Press, 2001) ISBN 1-894553-29-2
Phantelles (Aeolus House, 2003) ISBN 0-9732411-0-1
Urban-Pastoral (LyricalMyrical, 2004) ISBN 0-9734901-4-4
Galactic Music (LyricalMyrical, 2005) ISBN 0-9737696-6-1
The Other Seasons (Hidden Brook Press, 2006) ISBN 1-894553-69-1
Interstellar (Quattro Books, 2007) ISBN: 978-0-9782806-0-4
Temple of Fire (LyricalMyrical, 2008) ISBN 978-1-897275-51-1
Confluences (Seraphim Editions, 2009) ISBN 978-0-9808879-6-0
Against the Flight of Spring (Quattro Books, 2013) ISBN 978-1-927443-38-5
Twenty-Eight Sonnets (LyricalMyrical, 2014) ISBN 978-1-897275-90-0
River Neither (Aeolus House, 2015) ISBN 978-1-987972-03-3
Pod and Berry (Aeolus House, 2017) ISBN 978-1-987872-10-1
The Long Bond: Selected and New Poems (Guernica Editions, 2019) ISBN 978-1-77183-466-7
Windfor (Ekstasis Editions, 2021) ISBN 978-1-77171-434-1

Selected Anthologies
Mix Six (Mekler & Deahl, 1996) ISBN 1-896367-06-2
Understatement (Seraphim Editions, 1996) ISBN 0-9699639-3-9
The Edges of Time (Seraphim Editions, 1999) ISBN 0-9699639-5-5
Renaissance Conspiracy (Micro Prose, 2004) ISBN 0-9734609-2-X
Renaissance Reloaded (Aeolus House, 2006) ISBN 0-9732411-4-4
Opus III: A Conspiracy in XV Variations (Aeolus House, 2008) ISBN: 978-0-9732411-9-8
Earth to the Moon (Hidden Brook Press, 2009) ISBN 978-0-897475-28-7
Cry Uncle: An Avuncular Anthology (Aeolus House, 2013) ISBN 978-0-987154-7-7

Books in Print
The Other Seasons, Poetry (Hidden Brook Press, 2006) ISBN 1-894553-69-1, $15.95
Interstellar, Poetry (Quattro Books, 2007) ISBN: 978-0-9782806-0-4, $16.95
Confluences, Poetry (Seraphim Editions, 2009) ISBN 978-0-9808879-6-0, $16.95
Against the Flight of Spring, Poetry (Quattro Books, 2013) ISBN 978-1-927443-38-5, $14.95
River Neither, Poetry (Aeolus House, 2015) ISBN 978-1-987972-03-3, $15.00
Pod and Berry, Poetry (Aeolus House, 2017) ISBN 978-1-987872-10-1, $10.00
The Long Bond: Selected and New Poems (Guernica Editions, 2019) ISBN 978-1-77183-466-7, $25.00
Windfor (Ekstasis Editions, 2021) ISBN 978-1-77171-434-1, $23.95
Awards and other achievements
Allan received the League’s Colleen Thibaudeau Award in 2014 for his volunteer work. He was awarded Life Membership in the League in 2017.
Poetic forms and styles
  • Print poetry
Other writing expertise
  • Creative non-fiction
 

BOOK THIS POET TODAY

Contact poet directly
Allan Briesmaster 7811 Yonge St., Apt. 512, Thornhill, ON, L3T 4S3 Canada. (905) 771-5784.
abriesmaster@outlook.com
I am open to being contacted about readings and panels but not to unpaid consultations or unsolicited manuscript submissions.
International bookings
I am interested in opportunities to travel and read my work in the UK and Europe.
Editorial services
  • Poetry manuscript evaluation
  • Poetry manuscript editing
  • Individual poem editing
Editorial services: detail
I will consider offering editorial suggestions on work-in-progress by fellow poets, whether they are emerging or well advanced in their art. My fees are modest and open to negotiation.