Don Gutteridge

"Trawling for Truths" by prolific Canadian poet Don Gutteridge is a humble collection that earns its title, provoking deep self-reflection. Inviting readers on a vulnerable, spiritual, and nostalgic exploration, these short and tightly edited verses run the gamut of subject matter, from religious faith and youthful folly to painful seasons of grief and longing. Gutteridge has no lack of vivid imagery or literary flourishes in his work, and manages to achieve a delicate balance of playful, heartfelt, and relatable. These poems should be enjoyed in pieces, a few poems at a time, allowing readers to savour these seemingly simple verses while the poet's message and meaning properly soak in. Another poetic gem from Gutteridge, a solemn, powerful, and wide-spanning collection.

This fine title: In The Rarefied Regions of the Heart by Don Gutteridge is one of this Canadian author's finest poetry books well worth adding to your collection of Canadian poetry books.

Ploughing the Home Ground: Essays in Canadian Literature and Poetics by Don Gutteridge, Education professor emeritus is a collection of his essays on Canadian Literature and Poetics including an essay by Kevin Spence entitled "Home Ground: Don Gutteridge's Literary Novels". This is a must read for anyone studying CanLit.

The memories of the poet's childhood loom large in these image-rich poems. Lilacs in Lavender Light is filled with wonderfully rhythmic poems: the green Eden of grandfather's grass, the lilac hedge hugging the grounds, the May foaming of spiria. Boyhood friendships and the dawning of sexuality are touchingly recalled. Later poems deal lovingly with the loss of his wife of fifty-seven years and his life as an aging grandfather. Shot through with a wry nostalgia and a keen eye for remembered detail, this collection will leave a lasting impression on the reader.Lilacs in Lavender Light, is filled with lush, light-brushed imagery caught in the perfect prism of the poet's memory and his profound recollections of what others might let fade. This collection will waken your memories.

Point Taken Collected Poems 2014 - 2020 is 600 pages of world class poetry by Don Gutteridge. Gutteridge is one of Canada's finest poets. You will never find a better collection of poetry. We are proud to add him to the list of the best of the best.

Lily Fairchild is born in southern Ontario in 1840 and leads a life of constant struggle against the historical forces of her time: the coming of the railroads, the discovery of oil, the Riel Rebellions, the Great War and the influenza pandemic that followe. Three marriages and two children complicate her life and against all the odds she struggle and survives, always deciding on love whenever she can.

Don Gutteridge has been writing great books for decades. Now with 60 titles this book, Out of the Blue, poems selected by James Spence really makes him shine. Selected poems from 1983 to 2011 will show you why he is considered one of Canada's very best. Don't miss this milestone book.

Poems by Don Gutteridge, one of Canada best living poets and novelists with sixty plus titles and many awards. His most resent Hidden Brook Press books are: Home Ground, The Star-Brushed Horizon, Inking the World, with a 500 page poetry book to follow.

Don Gutteridge, in his book, The Star-Brushed Horizon, looks at his boyhood days, in the village of Point Edward, Ontario, with a sardonic and sentimental perspective. The pleasures and pains of growing up are detailed in sharp, poignant lyrics that readers will be able to relate to. The middle section of the book contains poems about his family, his friends and the joys of being a grandfather. This supremely well written volume concludes with two sections devoted to the loss of his wife, Anne, of fifty-seven years. This concluding section is tender, touching and clear-eyed in the face of monumental grief.In, The Star-Brushed Horizon, Don Gutteridge looks at his boyhood days, in the village of Point Edward, Ontario, with a wry and nostalgic eye. Further on in the book there are poems about his family and friends, including those whom he has lost.The poems in The Star-Brushed Horizon are a nostalgic look at the poet's childhood, its pleasures and its sorrows.

Reading Don Gutteridge's collection of poetry, Home Ground, will instill a sense of wonder and presence with his well-hewn memories of Point Edward. Don's delight in crafting his poems, in making his images sing, spills over onto the page. The reader can't help but be affected on many levels. Home Ground reveals the bright tapestry that is the author's memories, his adventures as a child, his companions and family. If it is correct to say that a great poem aspires to include the mind, the body, the heart, the soul and the spirit in one surround, then one can affirm that this collection of poems, Home Ground, has indeed realized this truism. Don Gutteridge, a Canadian voice through and through, is a poet to be reckoned with. Home Ground, is considered to be one of the best of Don Gutteridge's almost 60 books. Gutteridge has a divine gift; he crafts visions with an elegant ease, splashing colors on canvas of the mind's eye. Home Ground recreates the past so vividly it argues for the concept of time standing still. Don Gutteridge is a master of his craft. He won the 1972 UWO President's Medal for the best periodical poem of that year. "Death At Quebec." His poetry collection Coppermine was short-listed for the 1973 Governor General's Literary Award. Now with this new collection of poems, Home Ground, he is destined to leave a permanent mark on the Canadian poetry scene. Don Gutteridge is arguably one of Canada's finest poets.

The fourth novel in the action-packed Marc Edwards mystery series, set during the rebellions of 1830s Upper Canada. Autumn 1837: the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada are on the eve of open revolt. Lieutenant Marc Edwards has been sent with a force of British soldiers to subdue the increasingly hostile French rebels. But as the smoke from the battle clears and political pressures build, Marc begins to question whether the sacrifices he has made in the name of Crown and country have been worth the cost. On his return trip to Toronto, Marc is accompanied by a group of seemingly innocent civilians. But as tensions in the provinces escalate and personal grievances within the group arise, it becomes clear that not everyone Marc is traveling with is who he appears to be. Soon, mysterious death threats are issued and Marc finds himself the target of an unknown assassin. And when a member of the group is found murdered in the woods, Marc realizes that he may have more than one killer to worry about.

This is the third novel in the action-packed Marc Edwards mysteries, set during the rebellions of 1830s Upper Canada. A follow-up to Turncoat and Solemn Vows.