SGB Productions, the corporate entity that rules Tamarack with a velvet glove, has just launched a completely new venture. We've published a book of poetry. Written by Ottawa author Jamie MacKinnon, and illustrated with linocut prints by his daughter Genevieve MacKinnon, Just Like Blood brings a marvellous new voice to the world of Canadian literature.

Reprinted below is a selection from the book.

Each and every peach of a day
The centrepiece of each and every peach of a day
	the heart of every iridescent moment
		the core of all my sundry promises
(and the seed of all regret ) is this stone of my remembered self
	my sunny disposition my perfect yearning my smooth-skinned raucous gaiety
This gathered time this recollected time
	is now
		the germ of each and every peach of a day

About the poet:
Jamie MacKinnon lives in Ottawa. He has written essays, radio comedy, political and business commentary, and two books on beer. Just like blood is his first book of poetry.

About the artist:
Genevieve MacKinnon, Jamie MacKinnon's daughter, studied arts at McGill University in Montreal. She started prinmaking in 1997.

Ask for it at your favourite independent bookstore, or order it direct by e-mail from pmsinc@interlog.com

As with all of our products, we'll sell it to you for $17, but we'd rather you support your local independent bookstore. Ask them to order it for you.

Stores that are carrying it at the moment include:

Frog Hollow Books
Park Lane Mall
5657 Spring Garden Rd
Halifax NS B3J 3R4
902-429-3318

The Bookshelf
41 Quebec St.
Guelph ON
519-821-3311

The Miller's Tale
Almonte ON

Collected Works
1242 Wellington St
Ottawa ON
613-722-1265