"To chance the ducks" is a nineteenth-century idiom that means to do something regardless of the risks or potential for disaster.
Windsor's Biblioasis press has grown from a 1-person operation into "the first truly great new Canadian press of the 21st century" according to The Globe and Mail. In this podcast, you'll hear highlights of the celebratory evening if 15 years of chancing the ducks, including readings from Biblioasis authors:
Taras Grescoe Possess the Air
Pauline Holdstock Here I Am!
Stéphane Larue The Dishwasher
Catherine Leroux Madame Victoria
Martha Wilson Nosy White Woman
For more on the history of the press, check out last week's podcast, or this article
https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/windsor-publishing-house-biblioasis-celebrates-15-years-of-books-and-chancing-the-ducks?fbclid=IwAR1R9Kpx5_PLo-Q8fpSQoa5vlOHnIaChS-lzQG5pxXhVAE0WJA9lkJJ6k-E
