Tag: Robert Hayman

• As the Gift-Giving Season Approaches…

  Indeed, as the gift-giving season approaches, consider how those you love might love to receive one of our books! What’s that you say? “Shut up about the holidays; it’s too early for all that now,” you say. Well, with online ordering you have to think about shipping and potential delays, and we wouldn’t want anything…

  Dave Reynolds

  November 3, 2014

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  Amanda Tiller, Canadian Literature, criticism, David Reynolds, dystopia, fairy tales, fiction, James De Mille, literary criticism, Myles Reichel, Newfoundland and Labrador, Newfoundland Literature, Nicholas Morine, non-fiction, philosophy, poetry, Robert Hayman, short fiction

• FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Appearance at SFotR8

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Problematic Press Appearances at Sci-Fi on the Rock 8 Problematic Press is pleased to announce that David Reynolds and Myles Reichel will be appearing at Sci-Fi on the Rock 8 at the Holiday Inn throughout the convention, from May 23rd-25th! The writer and illustrator of The True Story of the Three…

  Dave Reynolds

  May 6, 2014

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  90s poetry, A Ninja Story, A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder, action, adventure, Amanda Tiller, books, Can Lit, Canada, Canadian Literature, Canadian sci-fi, Cavern, Cavern: City in the Dark, classics, David Reynolds, dystopia, fiction, George Webbe Dasent, indy, James De Mille, Lit, Myles Reichel, Newfoundland, Nicholas Morine, non-fiction, poetry, Quodlibets, Robert Hayman, Sci Fi on the Rock, SFotR8, St. John’s, superheroes, Superheroes: An Analysis of Popular Culture’s Modern Myths, The True Story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff, The True Story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff: The Troll’s Side of the Story

• Problematic Press Loses Virginity

  Well, last week was certainly a week of firsts for Problematic Press, including David Reynolds‘ first CBC Radio interview and first public reading of fiction! Sexy times, indeed! Let’s begin this recap with CBC’s WAM. The amazing Angela Antle invited Reynolds to the Weekend Arts Magazine to discuss his adaptation of Robert Hayman’s Quodlibets. This…

  Dave Reynolds

  May 25, 2013

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  A Ninja Story, Angela Antle, art, Asuka Lilith, CBC, comic books, comics, Danielle Bailey, David Reynolds, fundraiser, Joanne bennett, Laura Murray, losing virginity, Mike McDonald, Myles Reichel, Newfoundland, ninja, Paula Brake, Problematic Press, Quodlibets, reading, Robert Hayman, short fiction, St. John’s, The Ship, ToShredsYouSay, Weekend Arts Magazine

• National Poetry Month and Robert Hayman’s Quodlibets

  The League of Canadian Poets have celebrated April as National Poetry Month for 15 years now. That doesn’t sound like a very long time, considering Robert Hayman was writing poetry in Newfoundland in the early 1600s. So, in the spirit of celebrating poetry, Problematic Press would like to take you back nearly 400 years in…

  Dave Reynolds

  April 15, 2013

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  David Reynolds, epigrams, excerpt, Guy Fawkes, League of Canadian Poets, National Poetry Month, Newfoundland poetry, poetry, Quodlibets, Robert Hayman, sample, witticisms

• BOOK LAUNCH – Robert Hayman’s Quodlibets

  Problematic Press is pleased to present Robert Hayman’s Quodlibets, Lately Come over from New Britaniola, Old Newfoundland. Hayman’s Quodlibets is a collection of witty, poetic verses that were penned while he served as governor in colonial Harbour Grace, Newfoundland between 1618 and 1628. His is likely the first English poetry penned in North America. And,…

  Dave Reynolds

  April 1, 2013

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  book, book launch, collection, colonial, colonial history, David Reynolds, English, epigrams, Harbour Grace, John Owen, Newfoundland, poems, poetry, Problematic Press, Quodlibets, Rabelais, Robert Hayman, verses, witticisms

• TREATS: Quodlibets Sample and a FREE Short Story

  Cheers, all! I previously promised treats, and now it’s time to deliver! Problematic Press offers eager readers TWO tasty treats for their minds to munch on. *om nom nom* First, let me present you with a sample poem from David Reynolds’ adaptation of Robert Hayman’s Quodlibets, Lately Come over from New Britaniola, Old Newfoundland. Hayman’s…

  Dave Reynolds

  March 1, 2013

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  action, adventure, book, colonial history, colonial literature, David Reynolds, dystopia, epigram, Francis Drake, Late Night Dungeons, Newfoundland, poem, poetry, Problematic Press, Quodlibets, Robert Hayman, Sabaku, short story, Showdown at the Cactus’s Prick, Smashwords, the Deserter

• Upcoming Treats

  Cheers! Thanks so much for all of your interest in this humble venture thus far! I strive to satisfy your expectations, and I’d like to share with you my own expectations for 2013. Expect to see the following titles in the inaugural year of Problematic Press: Quodlibets (1628) by Robert Hayman is quite likely the…

  Dave Reynolds

  January 25, 2013

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  David Reynolds, epigrams, fairytale, James De Mille, Newfoundland, poetry, Problematic Press, Quodlibets, Robert Hayman, The True Story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff: The Troll’s Side of the Story, upcoming releases

• Day 1: It Has Begun

  Welcome, friends! This is a momentous occasion.  Problematic Press has just arrived on the scene with a mission to stimulate your hungry, eager intellects! Problematic Press intends to challenge your fundamental preconceptions of the world through original works of literature as well as important, yet often neglected, texts from the past.  Our first release will…

  Dave Reynolds

  January 24, 2013

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  cartoons, children’s books, colony, comics, David Reynolds, fantasy, fiction, gamebooks, independent publisher, Newfoundland, non-fiction, poetry, Problematic Press, publishing, Quodlibets, Robert Hayman, sci-fi, small business, textbooks