News & Information

The Holding was published in hardcover in Canada by McClelland & Stewart in April 2004. The paperback was published in the spring of 2005.


W.W. Norton released The Holding in the United States this fall to enthusiastic reviews. Sue Halpren wrote in the New York Times: "Simonds is a careful, evocative writer, able to tease out colors from an overcast sky, to find depth in shadows." The following week, The Holding was selected an Editor's Choice book.


btb Verlag will publish The Holding in Germany in the spring of 2006. This summer, btb published an anthology of short fiction titled Seventeen Women Undress a Man, which includes a story by Merilyn Simonds called "Miss You Already." The story will be published in English in the November issue of Walrus Magazine.

Merilyn Simonds and her garden are featured in the "BackTalk" section of the August, 2005 issue of Gardening Life Magazine.