@ahfaulkner.bsky.social
Owner/operator @pressassembly.bsky.social. Bookmaker. Poet. Editor.
I'm so excited to annouce that Do It Wrong: How to Be a Poet In the Twenty-First Century is now available for preorder from @pressassembly.bsky.social assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w...
18.09.2025 02:20 — 👍 37 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 1
a box that says New! Amazon sucks. Stuff you don’t need…fast! 24,000,000 giant size pkgs.
three of these boxes on a step! they say New! Amazon sucks. Stuff you don’t need…fast! 24,000,000 giant size pkgs.
three of these boxes on a step! they say New! Amazon sucks. Stuff you don’t need…fast! 24,000,000 giant size pkgs.
one of these boxes in front of a door
this week during prime day sales take a moment and think about what you need, how quickly you need it, and where you might be able to get it in your community! It’s surprisingly easy to boycott the crummiest company on earth and there’s no shortage of great reasons to try start trying
07.07.2025 18:35 — 👍 63 🔁 24 💬 2 📌 2
SAVE THE DATE!
I'd love it if you could join me
to celebrate the launch of
NMLCT: poems
Wed, Sept 24, 2025
at The Piston
937 Bloor Street West,
from 7 to 10pm
[festivities included]
Sincerely, Paul Vermeersch
We remain as committed as ever to promoting voices and perspectives that represent all facets of the human experience, in one's country, in one's language, and in one's body. If you're able to support our work with a donation, now is a critical time.
www.transitbooks.org/donate
Along with many other nonprofit arts organizations, we learned last night that our grant from the National Endowment for the Arts—$40,000 toward the publication of our books in 2025—has been terminated. While this news was not unexpected, its message was chilling.
03.05.2025 16:26 — 👍 162 🔁 69 💬 5 📌 16Yes, this. My book is called Field Work: On Baseball and Making a Living. It's about how a game some of us love for fun is also a job. And about a doctor who was really good at striking out Babe Ruth.
Thank you for your time, you may now resume doomscrolling.
assemblypress.ca/shop/field-w...
Hub Pruett, LHP, St. Louis Browns, 1922 (Photo by Charles M. Conlon). Pruett's story fascinated me, and pursuing it led me to write Field Work: On Baseball and Making a Living (April 15, @pressassembly.bsky.social).
28.01.2025 16:41 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A new Maggie Helwig book is a good thing, though wish she didn’t have to write this. A vital, righteous voice.
16.01.2025 17:27 — 👍 28 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 1
The founding of Assembly Press, her ongoing love for her debut collection, and how the world of books has changed in the quarter-century since its publication - my conversation with author and publisher @nashls.bsky.social
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
I taught in CW&P as a PT instructor for years. My time there wasn't perfect (read: exploitation of sessionals), I'm saddened that management is cutting the program. The students were great, and the faculty I met were more than welcoming. CW&P has great potential: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
02.12.2024 14:32 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
i read One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This and it’s incredibly powerful & should be read by everyone. In the interest of making the words of @omarelakkad available to as many people as possible, we’re taking pre-orders at 40% off at kingsbookstore.ca/oneday
18.11.2024 19:07 — 👍 86 🔁 32 💬 7 📌 6Is this a one-sentence outline for a Peter Counter book or
16.11.2024 17:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Rob should win the Governor General's Award for Book Science for so clearly articulating the correct owned-to-read ratio.
15.11.2024 01:04 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We've made a few starterpacks for others who are interested in indie bookstores and publishers! Find them both on our page 💙📚
14.11.2024 17:18 — 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 2I say this all the time.
12.11.2024 21:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This one is great!
12.11.2024 20:09 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
A graphic showing Publishers Marketplace announcements for the first list of titles by Assembly Press, set for publication in fall 24. Book titles include The Lodgers by Holly Pester; Scandal in the Alphorn Factory: New and Selected Short Fiction, 1984-2024 by Gary Barwin; Relative to Wind: On Sailing, Craft, and Community by Phoebe Wang; Inherent by Kevin Stebner; Story is a State of Mind: Writing and the Art of Creative Curiosity & Story is a State of Mind: 50 prompts to inspire your daily writing practice by Sarah Selecky.
📣 Introducing the class of fall 2024 📣
Our first list is broadly representative of the kinds of books we want to bring into the world with Assembly, with a novel, short stories, essays, poetry, a deck of writing prompts, and writing craft book. There's something for everyone!
Message reads Reminder: submissions close December 18 against a crumpled paper background. Image includes black Assembly Press megaphone logo and social media handle @pressassembly.
Heads up: our first round of open submissions closes at 11:59pm ET on December 18! Learn more about Assembly and what we're looking for here: assemblypress.ca/submissions
And stay tuned for news on our next submission period in early 2024.
The book HOW TO RESTORE A TIMELINE.
HOW TO RESTORE A TIMELINE: ON VIOLENCE AND MEMORY has been out for one glorious month. Thank you everyone who helped me celebrate my second book with your thoughtful reviews, enthusiastic congratulations, participation in events, and spreading the word. You're all diamonds!
10.11.2023 14:02 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1In a smart and hyper-quotable article, don’t sleep on this little nugget: “the recent rise of the blockbuster model means that the Big Five relegate many of even their own books to obscurity too.”
lareviewofbooks.org/article/read...
