The Year of Broken Glass (40 page)

For reading the manuscript early on, and for your thoughts and support: Alison, Katherine, and Nancy Denham; River Rohlicek; David Drury. To Theresa Kishkan, for the same, and all the careful red ink along with it.
 
And to Liz Marshall, for the late read, and for all your invaluable insights and encouragement.

To Bob Doleman, for helping me see the centre clearly.

To Silas White for everything: early and late edits, interest, advice, and all the work bringing the book into print.

To everyone at Harbour/Nightwood for all your diligence and enthusiasm.

To Carleton Wilson for the cover, and to Adam Lewis Schroeder and Angie Abdou for the kind words which grace its back.

To Vicki Ziegler and Peter Taylor, for your time and effort.

To Alexandra, Joni, and David, for being fuel and fodder for Anna's passion and fury, and for all your good work in the world.

To John Pass and Theresa Kishkan, for the encouragement and advice over the years.

To John and Nancy, for all your faith and support.

And finally to Amy. For all the invaluable, essential reading and editing from the first draft to the last. For the life we share which makes this writing possible. For the ballast and the buoyancy, the strong and steady mooring.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Joe Denham is the author of two poetry collections,
Flux
(2003) and
Windstorm
(2009), and one novel,
The Year of Broken Glass
(2011). His work has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies including
Open Field: 30 Contemporary Canadian Poets, The New Canon: An Anthology of Canadian Poetry and Breathing Fire 2: Canada's New Poets
. He lives with his wife and two children in Halfmoon Bay, BC, and works as a commercial fisherman throughout coastal British Columbia.