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📚poetry press + distro
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as a zine distro & small press, we love this theme. send them yr work!
It's happening: submissions for issue 48 are officially open. Submit now — tinyurl.com/scrivener48.
February 5, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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Money is a living thing, with G-d given wisdom
"O life how it dies and grows on trees," says Jeff Blackman.
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February 3, 2026 at 4:24 AM
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Buy this before i buy them all
new from the press:
cartoon yrself - dalton derkson

our first publication is dalton derkson's umpteenth chapbook. "cartoon yrself" is a riff on dennis lee's "riffs" (1993) & in the short collection dalton wrestles with the rarest of poetry's muses: loss, longing & language.

info: asquarehouse.ca
January 31, 2026 at 11:30 PM
new from the press:
cartoon yrself - dalton derkson

our first publication is dalton derkson's umpteenth chapbook. "cartoon yrself" is a riff on dennis lee's "riffs" (1993) & in the short collection dalton wrestles with the rarest of poetry's muses: loss, longing & language.

info: asquarehouse.ca
January 31, 2026 at 9:59 PM
see you tonight at the vault!

Elke Sorensen + Taylor Fleming
6-8 PM - open mic - $5 or PWYC
our first ever reading series GRUB STREET is happening one week from today at the vault!!

featuring Elke Sorensen & Taylor Fleming, + poetry open mic (with door prizes) to follow. hope we see you there!
January 16, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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These events listings are from The Hub Nanaimo, your weekly insider guide to the best of community arts and culture.

thediscourse.ca/nanaimo/even...
Events in Nanaimo for the week of Jan. 15 to 21, 2026 – The Discourse.
These events listings are from The Hub Nanaimo, your weekly insider guide to the best of community arts and culture.
thediscourse.ca
January 16, 2026 at 6:15 AM
big thanks to lauryn @chly.ca for this awesome write-up!

get acquainted w/ a square house & get ready for the inaugural GRUB STREET here:
Local poetry press creating space for indie, alternative and local writers.

Listen—or read more—at www.chly.ca/news in #Nanaimo.

Broadcasting on the Salish Sea.
Local poetry press creating space for indie, alternative and local writers
Getting published can be a dream come true for many writers and poets....
www.chly.ca
January 14, 2026 at 1:36 AM
v excited to feature Elke Sorensen & Taylor Fleming this friday at the vault for the first GRUB STREET reading series!

details: asquarehouse.ca/grub-street/
January 12, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”

A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.

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Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
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January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
our first ever reading series GRUB STREET is happening one week from today at the vault!!

featuring Elke Sorensen & Taylor Fleming, + poetry open mic (with door prizes) to follow. hope we see you there!
January 9, 2026 at 11:38 PM
the secret to being a small poetry press is that...
anyone can release a book of poetry, they can't stop you, poets have no regulating body
December 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Dear current & former Ottawa students, residents & workers, I warmly invite you to send poems to Bywords.ca for our January 2026 issue. The deadline is December 15, 2025 & all the details are on Bywords.ca under Guidelines, but you can ask me questions at any time: [email protected]. Happy December!
December 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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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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November 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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dalton & i started a little poetry press + distro! we’re hosting our first reading series and open mic in january (details to come) 🐒

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November 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM