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, a collective of Ottawa small and micro press literary publishers : https://smallpressalmanac.blogspot.com/

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@robmclennan.bsky.social is always doing the most for all of us & everyone in poetry should be thankful every day! & should buy a few above/ground chapbooks to show it!!

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Yeah I really dont feel like asking you to buy zines

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above/ground press: 2026 subscriptions now available! The race to the half-century continues! And with more than FOURTEEN HUNDRED TITLES produced to date over nearly thirty-two years, there’s be...

above/ground press soon-titles by Frances Cannon, David Gaffney, Jill Stengel, Buck Downs + Salem Paige; have you thought of subscribing for 2026? our thirty-third year! / @frankyfrancescannon.com @salempaige.bsky.social @jillstengel.bsky.social ;
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Heads up: "Save the date! The second Object//Project Art Book Fair presented by @possibleworldsshop will return May 8-9, 2026 at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre @cu_cdcc

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Process of Chapbooks: for Farr’s – Pearl Pirie

Making a chapbook. The process:
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After All This Hurt by Mahaila Smith, chapbook cover Cover art is
Postmen of the Wilderness
by Arthur Heming, first
published in his
Drama of the Forests
(1921).

After All This Hurt by Mahaila Smith, chapbook cover Cover art is Postmen of the Wilderness by Arthur Heming, first published in his Drama of the Forests (1921).

Bywords.ca will be at the ottawa small press book fair on Saturday, November 22, 2025 at the Tom Brown Arena between noon and five pm. Come by and pick up a chapbook and talk poetry with me.

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this weekend in Ottawa! the ottawa small press book fair! friday night reading + saturday fair,

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THIS WEEKEND! CELEBRATING THIRTY-ONE YEARS OF THE OTTAWA SMALL PRESS BOOK FAIR!

TOMORROW:
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TONIGHT! The Factory Reading Series pre-small press book fair reading, Stuart Ross, Liam Burke + Amanda Earl,
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this weekend in Ottawa! the ottawa small press book fair! friday night reading + saturday fair,

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the ottawa small press fair is this weekend!
, with pre-fair reading on Friday; Amanda Earl launching her new above/ground press chapbook,
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new from above/ground press: BAD TEMPOR, by Jimmy T Cahill BAD TEMPOR Jimmy T Cahill $6 III: erratic time-keeping, a few hard blowsΒ  destroy the timing Almost immediately This should result in comple...

new from above/ground press: BAD TEMPOR, by Jimmy T Cahill / @jimmytcahill.bsky.social @theampersandreview.bsky.social ;
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the ottawa small press book fair, autumn 2025 edition: November 22, 2025 span-o (the small press action network - ottawa) presents: Β Β Β  Β the ottawa Β Β Β  small press Β Β Β  book fair autumn 2025 : will be held on Satur...

less than two weeks for the 31st anniversary edition of the ottawa small press book fair! and catch the pre-fair reading at Anina's Cafe the night prior! readers to announce soon,
smallpressbookfair.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...

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the ottawa small press book fair, autumn 2025 edition: November 22, 2025 span-o (the small press action network - ottawa) presents: Β Β Β  Β the ottawa Β Β Β  small press Β Β Β  book fair autumn 2025 : will be held on Satur...

less than two weeks for the 31st anniversary edition of the ottawa small press book fair! and catch the pre-fair reading at Anina's Cafe the night prior! readers to announce soon,
smallpressbookfair.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...

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This is on Saturday! Only five days away.
Tell your #Ottawa friends to check out my new novel, Performance Reviews. (I'll still be selling my debut, Hate Story, as well.)
#books #booksworthreading #novels #smallpress #smallpressbookfair #authors #novels #novelists #bookfair #satire #humour #humor

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Ottawa Small Press Fair in one week, featuring new @triptyc.bsky.social comics, CanLit Cards and a lot of zines and chapbooks

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The Factory Reading Series pre-small press book fair reading, November 21: Stuart Ross, Liam Burke + Amanda Earl, span-o (the small press action network - ottawa) presents The Factory Reading Series the pre-small press book fair reading featuring reading...

The Factory Reading Series pre-small press book fair reading, November 21: Stuart Ross, Liam Burke + Amanda Earl, / @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @ottawasmallpress.bsky.social @meetthepresses.bsky.social ;
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pre-small press book fair reading, November 21: Stuart Ross, Liam Burke + Amanda Earl, Event in Ottawa by Rob McLennan on Friday, November 21 2025

if you're in Ottawa and want to attend the ottawa small press book fair pre-fair reading on Nov 21, come hear me read with fellow honourable features: Liam Burke and Stuart Ross. It's gonna be great! and then come to the fair the next day! www.facebook.com/events/13388...

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Making a chapbook by Tamsyn Farr for the Ottawa small press fair. The office is relatively small and paper cutter relatively large and yet…

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This was a really good event, supported by a hardworking team of volunteers. Anyone know if Wordsmyth press is even on this site?

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Things in my Chest volume 2 Later in October we will be releasing Things in my Chest volume 2! 13 poets shedding light on their personal darkness and transformations. ...

Things in my Chest volume 2
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rob mclennan : Heliotropia, by Manahil Bandukwala Heliotropia , Manahil Bandukwala Brick Books, 2024 Β  Season of Sunflowers I love the sunflowers when they are taller than me and when they...

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : rob mclennan : Heliotropia, by Manahil Bandukwala / @manahil.bsky.social ;
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Emily Austin, Gay Girl Prayers Lot’s unnamed daughters had an unnamed mother. She was turned to salt for looking backwards. At nighttime, before the girls slept, they mu...

Emily Austin, Gay Girl Prayers
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Things in my Chest volume 2 Later in October we will be releasing Things in my Chest volume 2! 13 poets shedding light on their personal darkness and transformations. ...

Things in my Chest volume 2
smallpressalmanac.blogspot.com/2025/10/thin...

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the ottawa small press book fair, autumn 2025 edition: November 22, 2025 span-o (the small press action network - ottawa) presents: Β Β Β  Β the ottawa Β Β Β  small press Β Β Β  book fair autumn 2025 : will be held on Satur...

don't forget the fall edition of the ottawa small press book fair Nov 22nd! + pre-fair reading the night prior at Anita's Cafe in Vanier, / @arcpoetry.bsky.social @amandaearl.bsky.social @thesedayszine.bsky.social @ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social ; smallpressbookfair.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...

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fwd : HallowZine, Ottawa Zine Fair, October 12, 2025; Sunday, October 12th from 10-2 at the Glebe Community Centre Masks are recommended and costumes are encouraged! "Swing by the fair from 10 A...

fwd : HallowZine, Ottawa Zine Fair, October 12, 2025;
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No mail? Get yer zines, chaps, and CanLit trading cards at the glorious Glebe Community Centre in just 2 weeks today!

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The Factory Reading Series, September 28, 2025: O'Reilly, Lithgow + Ladouceur, The Factory Reading Series Presents: readings by: Nathanael O'Reilly (Texas) Michael Lithgow (Ottawa) + Ben Ladouceur (Ottawa) lovingly host...

this Sunday, The Factory Reading Series! Ben Ladouceur launches a new chapbook, Irish-Australian poet Nathanael O'Reilly comes north + Michael Lithgow returns to Ottawa after 5+ years in Alberta! / @bookhugpress.bsky.social @cormorantbooks.bsky.social
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S*BSTACK ALERT: Trace, (above/ground press, 2013)
, offering the text of an out-of-print chapbook,
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TEXT on side: AngelHousePress.com. Horizontal: Sunday, September 28, 2025.
Image: photos of Amanda Earl, James K. Moran and AJ Dolman. TEXT: The Lieutenant’s Pump, 361 Elgin, The Gallery. Doors: 1:30PM. 2PM. Logos: The Writers Union of Canada. Amanda Earl: whimsy, exploration, connection. Canada Council for the Arts

TEXT on side: AngelHousePress.com. Horizontal: Sunday, September 28, 2025. Image: photos of Amanda Earl, James K. Moran and AJ Dolman. TEXT: The Lieutenant’s Pump, 361 Elgin, The Gallery. Doors: 1:30PM. 2PM. Logos: The Writers Union of Canada. Amanda Earl: whimsy, exploration, connection. Canada Council for the Arts

this Sunday!

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above/ground press: 2026 subscriptions now available!
, anticipating the press' thirty-third year of activity, / @neonpajamas.bsky.social @russellcarisse.bsky.social @kevinspenst.bsky.social @frankyfrancescannon.com ;
abovegroundpress.substack.com/p/abovegroun...

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