New author signed: Jeremy Le Page

After some very genuine conversations and an incredible story of how I came to know this writer, Jeremy Le Page has signed a contract so that Lost Telegram Press can release his full-length book of poetry later this year.

Although we haven’t landed on a title yet, Le Page‘s poetry continues the stark imagery that his two short books of prose displayed in the late ’90s. To understand what I mean, please read my review of his book Orianna in an earlier blog post. There is also a YouTube interview with Le Page on the homepage of this site that discusses the novel and his writing.

The incredible story of how I came to know Jeremy is in part due to the reliance and importance that I place on older forms of communication. When I found his novella in a used book store, I wrote a postcard, addressed to the P. O. Box on the publication information page of the book. I didn’t write much as I figured that he would no longer be located at that address that went back to 1999. It turns out that someone in his family did receive it but it was so mangled that they could hardly read it. But whatever I had written on it was enough for Jeremy to be able to contact me. That was the start of this new story.

Le Page was born in 1974 in Dundas, Ontario. In 1998 he self-published his first book, All Who Walk Lightly, a collection of short prose written while he was in his early twenties and living in London, Ont. The following year, he published Orianna, a novella. This was followed by Le Page studying print journalism for two years at Durham College in Oshawa, while freelance writing for local newspapers and painting regularly. After graduation, he worked as a reporter in the Durham Region for two years, eventually leaving his job and operating a small art gallery in Port Perry, Ontario, with his wife, Erin, focused on Canadian and indigenous art. During this time Le Page continued his visual art career and freelanced for several publications. After almost eight years, in 2012, Le Page’s decided to close their gallery and focus on raising their two children. During this time Jeremy painted voraciously and created his first full manuscript of poetry. He currently resides with his family in Whitby, Ontario.