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JLRB Press is a small-run imprint that specializes in poetry, with a strong emphasis on queer, transgender, women's, neurodivergent and emerging voices. jlrbpress.ca
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Hey, poetry lovers! 👋 Catch us at 12:30–5pm at Winter Poetry Fair, organized by @byallmeanswrite.bsky.social ➡️Open Space Victoria, this Saturday, November 15! 📚Listen to Lucía M. Polis and others read poems, get a free sticker, peruse our recent releases, and learn about our upcoming projects! ❄️
WINTER POETRY FAIR; Curated by Kyeren Regehr, The City of Victoria Poetry Laureate; Saturday, November 15th, 12:30pm- 5pm; Refreshments provided by the Writers' Union of Canada; OPEN SPACE: 510 Fort St, 2nd Floor; with an accessible lift; logos: Open Space, Planet Earth Poetry, The Writers' Union of Canada, City of Victoria, Victoria Arts Council
November 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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👋 Hi, folks! The submission period for our _Becoming_ anthology about all things women and womanhood closes Sep. 30 at noon—BUT, in service of upholding equity and empowering voices heard less often, we're going to keep our submissions open until Oct. 10 at noon! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✍️➡️ jlrbpress.ca/becoming-submit
LISTEN UP! ENBIES, TRANNIES & NON-CIS FRIENDS! ON OCT. 10, OUR SUBMISSION PERIOD ENDS! DON'T WAIT! jlrbpress.ca/becoming-submit
September 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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✊📕 Friends! Book lovers! Anarchists! 🗓️ This weekend, JLRB Press will have a booth at the Victoria Anarchist Bookfair (11am-6pm Sep. 20 and 11am-5pm Sep. 21) at the Fernwood NRG (1240 Gladstone Avenue) 📚 Stop by to check out our latest books and more! #poetry #bookfair #canadianpublishing #jlrbpress
Sat Sept 20th, 11AM-6PM; Sun Sept 21st, 11AM-5PM; 20th Annual Victoria Anarchist Bookfair; Free Admission; Free Workshops; Donations Gratefully Accepted; Fernwood Community Centre; 1240 Gladstone Avenue; unceded lək̓ʷəŋən Territory; victoriaanarchistbookfair.ca
September 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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📚 Join us this Saturday at Small Press Fest in Victoria! 📍 We'll have our booth at the Victoria Public Library (Central Branch Courtyard) at 735 Broughton St. 🗺️ Come see what we've been up to! #bookfair #smallpressfest #smallpressfestvictoria #victoriapubliclibrary #canadianpublishing #jlrbpress
printed matter, zines, artist books, comics, independent publishing; SMALL PRESS FEST!; SATURDAY SEPT 13TH 11-4PM; Victoria Public Library, Central Branch Courtyard, 735 Broughton St; OPEN SPACE; GREATER VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY
September 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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🙋‍♀️ Hi, friends! Just a friendly reminder that submissions for _Becoming: An Anthology of What-If Poems about Women and Womanhood_ are still open! 💁‍♀️ jlrbpress.ca/becoming-submit #poetry #poems #anthology #writing #women #womanhood #submissionperiod #callforsubmissions #jlrbpress #canadianpublishing
Send us your poems -> subs close SEP 30; jlrbpress.ca/becoming-submit
September 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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We're proud to announce the release of _Granville: 20th Anniversary Edition, Expanded & Revised_ by Lucía M. Polis, now available from major retailers in softcover. 🎉 Learn more: jlrbpress.ca/granville ✨ We'd also like to give heartfelt thanks to everyone who has attended Lucía's virtual launch! 😌🩷
An image showing a copy of _Granville: 20th Aniversary Edition, Expanded & Revised_ on a red rug and a yellow rug, surrounded by: a typographical ruler, a red pen, a number of scattered brass coins that state "SEX" on one side and "NO CASH VALUE" on the other, papers, and copies of _Cannibals_ by Stanley Cooperman, _The Complete Poems of Anne Sexton_, _The Maximus Poems_ by Charles Olson, and _Kingsway_ by Michael Turner
August 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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On Aug. 30, 2025 join us for a virtual #booklaunch for the 20th Anniversary Edition of _Granville_—Lucía M. Polis will read #poems from her book, tell about the original collection's composition and its later reimagining, and take part in a #qanda. 🛣📚️ REGISTER ➡️ bit.ly/granville-virtual-book-launch
JLRB Press Virtual Book Launch and Author Q&A: _Granville_ by Lucía M. Polis; August 30, 2025; 10am Pacific; REGISTER bit.ly/granville-virtual-book-launch
August 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Chief Editor Lucía M. Polis has re-recorded the talk titled "History, Memory, Trauma: Poetry and Publishing as Mutable Historiography of Self" (sound fixed) from Jul. 14, 2025, given for @eavesdropmagazine.bsky.social's Vancouver Island Artist Summer Talk Series ⏳🧠🩸bit.ly/history-memory-trauma
History, Memory, Trauma: Poetry and Publishing as Mutable Historiography of Self; a screen capture of Lucía M. Polis; Eavesdrop Magazine logo X JLRB Press logo
August 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Hey, #crafty #poetry lovers! 👋 There was a little hiccup with the last #coupletsandcrafts date, but now it's on again! 🙌🩷 Tomorrow, August 5, 2025, join @7gower.bsky.social at 7:00 PM for a #poetry #openmic for #crafters at 709 Douglas Street in Victoria! 🧵🪡 #byocraft 📝🗣️ #byopoem
709 Douglas Street (Victoria); Couplets & Crafts; August 5, 2025; 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM; BYO CRAFT, BYO POEM; free admission, a poetry mic for crafters
August 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Meet our latest cohort of #editors! 👩🏻👩🏼🧔🏻‍♀️ They simply can't wait to read your poems for _Becoming: An Anthology of What-If Poems about Women and Womanhood_ from August 1! ♀️🏃🏻‍♀️👧🏻🏋🏻‍♀️👠⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🩷 jlrbpress.ca/becoming-submit! ✍️📨📕✨ #poetry #poems #anthology #writing #women #womanhood #jlrbpress #canadianpublishing
Hey, poets! On Aug. 1, send us your poems for Becoming: An Anthology of What-If Poems about Women and Womanhood; jlrbpress.ca/becoming-submit; Editor headshots for Katie Cowger, Terri Gower, and Lucía M. Polis
July 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Overwhelmed by publishing options? 🤷‍♀️ Can you tell apart self-publishing from independent presses, traditional presses, hybrid presses, and vanity presses? Check out "What I Learned from Self-Publishing with a Vanity Press" by Associate Editor @redcandyisbest.bsky.social ➡️ jlrbpress.ca/what-i-learned
Overwhelmed by publishing options? Can you tell apart self-publishing from independent presses, traditional presses, hybrid presses, and vanity presses? Katie Cowger, Associate Editor at JLRB Press has you sorted with "What I Learned from Self-Publishing with a Vanity Press" https://jlrbpress.ca/what-i-learned
July 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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It's that time of year again! 🌈 We'd like to wish one and all a SAFE AND #HAPPYPRIDE! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Here's what we're up to: Catch Lucía's reading, grab a free sticker, see new books & merch, and chat with our editors about upcoming #poetry projects 📚 For more summer hijinks, see jlrbpress.ca/events #jlrbpress
HAPPY PRIDE!! from JLRB Press Catch us at the following Pride events this year: JUN. 3, 5pm Lucía M. Polis reads a poem at the Pride Flag Raising, Nanaimo City Hall JUN. 8, 12pm Booth at Nanaimo Pride Festival, Maffeo Sutton Park JUL. 3, 6:30pm Booth & Lucía M. Polis performs poems at Pride in the Word, Victoria Conference Centre JUL. 6, 11am Booth at the Victoria Pride Festival, MacDonald Park
June 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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One rainy evening, on May 17, 2025, Lucía M. Polis launched _The Love of a Good Man: The Queer Epic Poem_ at @russellbooks.bsky.social ❤️👍👨 Recording by Planet Earth Poetry youtu.be/00wZarWyN-U?t=963 ☔📚🎤 ty @jesbattis.bsky.social for the photo #queerpoetry #transpoetry #canadianpublishing #jlrbpress
Lucía M. Polis reads from _The Love of a Good Man_ at Planet Earth poetry at Russell Books Victoria; photo credit @jesbattis.bsky.social
May 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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More events! 🎤💬 Tomorrow, May 16, join us at Planet Earth Poetry (7:30pm at @russellbooks.bsky.social in Victoria) for the relaunch of _The Love of a Good Man: The Queer Epic Poem_ under Lucía M. Polis's true name! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️📚 Learn more: jlrbpress.ca/good-man-epic-poem #queerpoetry #transpoetry #jlrbpress
Planet Earth Poetry; Friday, May 16; 7:30pm Russell Books; hosted by Nancy Issenman; The Love of a Good Man; The Queer Epic Poem by Lucía M. Polis
May 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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So here's something cool to look forward to: JLRB Press will have a booth at the #nanaimopridefestival! Come find us on June 8 at Maffeo Sutton Park, check out our new books, chat with our editors, and learn about the upcoming open submission period for our women's anthology! #pride #poetry 📚 🏳️‍🌈 🎉
Official vendor; see you at the Nanaimo Pride Festival; June 8; Made Sutton Park; 12pm-5pm
May 15, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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On May 2, 2025, @tomdoerksen.bsky.social launched his debut collection _Through the Cities and the Woods_ at Planet Earth Poetry at Russell Books Victoria. 🏙️🌲 Here are some photos of Tom—congrats on a successful launch and a compelling reading! 📚 #ecopoetry #booklaunch #canadianpublishing #jlrbpress
Four photos of Thomas Doerksen reading at the launch for his debut poetry collection, _Through the Cities and the Woods, from JLRB Press
May 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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👋🙂 Hello poetry lovers! We're proud to announce the book launch for @tomdoerksen.bsky.social's debut poetry collection _Through the Cities and the Woods_! 📚 Join us on May 2, 7pm at Planet Earth Poetry at Russell Books, Victoria to meet the author and listen to a reading from his debut collection! 💬
An image showing the author photo of Tom Doerksen (Author photograph by Carisa Keates Copyright © 2024) and the cover of his book, Through the Cities and the Woods (Copyright © 2025 JLRB Press). Additional text states: Join us on Friday, May 2 at Russell Books in Victoria; meet the author and listen to a reading from his debut collection!
May 1, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Today we're proud to announce the release of the poetry collection _Through the Cities and the Woods_ by
@tomdoerksen.bsky.social, now available worldwide in softcover. 🏙🌲️📚 Learn more—and get a taste of one of Tom's poems! jlrbpress.ca/cities-woods #poetry #publishing #canadianpublishing #jlrbpress
The cover of _Through the Cities and the Woods_ poetry collection by Thomas Doerksen; the blurb states, "A book with peculiar, beautiful inner workings and a deliberate sparseness that overflows with love. —Karen Houle"
April 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Congrats to @kjuliastamm.bsky.social & @literaturegeek.bsky.social for winning some #swag in the JLRB Press 2nd Anniversary Drawing: #poetry #books _We Were Hateful People_ by Lucía M. Polis and _Holes: An Anthology of Poems about Depths, Darkness, and Desire_; T-shirts; stickers—and more! 📚👕😊🎉
Two T-shirts, copies of We Were Hateful People by Lucía M. Polis and Holes: An Anthology of Poems about Depths, Darkness and Desire, And stickers; top text: Congrats to Julia & Amanda!; bottom text: JLRB Press 2nd Anniversary Drawing
March 6, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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As promised, our Chief Editor Lucía M. Polis has re-recorded and posted her never-published 2024 CreativeMornings/Victoria talk, now titled "Poetry and Trust, Redux: How Institutions Stifle Creators and Their Creations and What You Can Do About It" 🏢🛑✍️🩷 bit.ly/poetry-and-t...
A screen capture of Lucía M. Polis wearing a red dress in a room with yellow walls; overlaid text: Poetry & Trust redux
March 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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JLRB Press prides itself on being self-sufficient. But, in 2024, our founder Lucía M. Polis gave a talk on Trust to @creativemornings.bsky.social Victoria, sponsored by the Victoria Arts Council. 220 days later, the talk remains unpublished. Here's what happened next: jlrbpress.ca/poets-vs-govts 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊
An image advertising an unrealized talk that states: Creative Mornings Victoria, Trust, 26 July, 11am-12pm, [a profile photograph of Lucía M. Polis], with guest speaker Lucía M. Polis, This event will be held in person at NeighbourSpace 709 Douglas Street; Image credit: Victoria Arts Council
March 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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💖 Authors: Thank you for all the poetry! 💖 Readers: Thank you for attending events & buying our books & merch from shop.jlrbpress.ca 🎂🎂 To celebrate, we’re giving away 2 gift packs (book, T-shirt, & sticker!) To enter: Follow us on Bluesky, tag a friend in a comment, and get them to follow us too! 📚
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February 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Friends, b/c of recent policy changes & actions by Zuck/Meta and Elon/X, meant to dehumanize & degrade the dignity of women, people of colour, & queer/trans humans, we will be leaving Instagram, Threads, Facebook, FB Messenger, Meta Business Suite, & X at end of Jan. Join us on these alt platforms.
Dear poetry lovers, in light of recent policy changes and political actions by Mark Zuckerberg of Meta Platforms, Inc., and Elon Musk of X Corp., meant to dehumanize and degrade the dignity of women, people of colour, and queer and transgender humans, we consider it to be untenable and morally insupportable to continue to use Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Meta Business Suite, or X to promote our projects, authors, and books. There is no room for hate. We will be leaving these platforms permanently at the end of January 2025. We hope you join us on these alternative platforms: jlrbpress.ca/subscribe | bsky.app/profile/jlrbpress.ca | linkedin.com/company/jlrb-press/ 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
January 11, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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Whew! It’s been one busy year—December is our month of rest! 🫖☃️📚 We’d like to thank everyone who has attended our events, read our books, and watched us grow this year! #happyholidays and a #happynewyear in 2025! 💝 #poetry adventures await! 😃

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A border of colourful string lights; a blue background with white snow; beige letering with a black shadow that says "HAPPY HOLIDAYS"; under it, "from JLRB Press," with "JLRB Press" in pink; below this, a stack of colourful books with a mug of tea on top
November 30, 2024 at 8:00 PM
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Lastly, just two more photos of Lucía M. Polis reading from _The Love of a Good Man_ (3/3)
Lucía M. Polis reads from The Love of a Good Man Lucía M. Polis reads from The Love of a Good Man
November 27, 2024 at 8:10 PM