Dear Friends,

Imagine a city learning how to love, find its true heart, awaken its own soul through the leadership of a poet! This is exactly what is happening in Toronto, Canada, and it is an inspiration for all our towns and communities. Toronto’s Poet Laureate, Pier Giorgio DiCicco, has captivated the spirit of his city’s citizens with his beautiful notions and words. Creative City is the name of a ten-year visionary strategy, which, in DiCicco’s language, aims to “restore intimacy, curiosity, trust, and play into the happenstance encounter of citizens, in an era when the happenstance and the unpredictable are a threat.”

I too am captivated by DiCicco’s wisdom as it mirrors the thrust of New Village Press and the passions of our authors to create their beloved communities. How else can we build the cities of our dreams, if not first by engaging our imaginations with each other and sharing what we find most precious. (more…)

Hello!

Welcome to the New Village Commons! We’re excited to offer an online community spot to share timely tidbits and regular feature articles in between producing our books. We are inviting our authors to contribute news and views, and we extend the invitation to you, our readers, as well. Here are some of the Commons highlights.

Besides this blog, we are launching a monthly magazine - New Village Online. To start the Year 2008 on the right note, the theme of our premiere issue is “Peace: Another World is Possible.” (more…)