Poetry. Deluxe redesign of a seminal book by Canada's former Parliamentary Poet Laureate. On the occasion of the press's 40th anniversary, Brick Books is proud to present the second of six new editions of classic books from our back catalogue. This new edition of THE GREY ISLANDS features a foreword by scholar Adrian Fowler and a detailed and insightful look back at the book and the time of its inception by Steffler himself. Featuring a new cover and design by the renowned typographer Robert Bringhurst. THE GREY ISLANDS is the story of one man's pilgrimage to a remote island of Newfoundland's northern peninsula. Using a broad range of styles, THE GREY ISLANDS delivers the bite of raw experience and embraces existence at the edge in all its terror and beauty.