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poet, fiction writer, publisher, critic, papa, etc.
out now: the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press)
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hey! it’s the ottawa small press book fair! right now at Tom Brown Arena! until 5pm! hooray!
November 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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hey! it’s the ottawa small press book fair! right now at Tom Brown Arena! until 5pm! hooray!
November 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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hey! the ottawa small press book fair is today! noon to 5pm! might we see you?
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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:      the ottawa     small press     book fair autumn 2025 : will be held on Satur...
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November 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Ongoing notes: TIFA Small Press Market/Meet the Presses’ Indie Lit Market (part four, : Neil Surkan + Beverley Daurio, / @knifeforkbook.bsky.social @neilsurkan.bsky.social @meetthepresses.bsky.social ;
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Ongoing notes: TIFA Small Press Market/Meet the Presses’ Indie Lit Market (part four, : Neil Surkan + Beverley Daurio,
Again, this blended sequence. [ see my first post on such here ; see my second post here ; see my third post here ]. Might we see you later ...
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November 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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the pre-fair reading for this fall’s ottawa small press book fair! Amanda Earl, Liam Burke and Stuart Ross! all in anticipation for tomorrow’s fair at Tom Brown Arena! // @amandaearl.bsky.social @liamburke.bsky.social @ottawasmallpress.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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having dropped middle daughter at her school dance, I’m early to the reading, so attempting the measure of Natalie Shapero’s latest, // @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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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.
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).
November 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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THIS WEEKEND! CELEBRATING THIRTY-ONE YEARS OF THE OTTAWA SMALL PRESS BOOK FAIR!

TOMORROW:
smallpressbookfair.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...

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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The Factory Reading Series pre-small press book fair reading, November 21: Stuart Ross, Liam Burke + Amanda Earl, /
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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...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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ottawa small press book fair fall edition 2025 pre fair reading
Time and Place: November 21 at 7:00 pm. Anina's Cafe, 280 Joffre-Bélanger Way
Web: smallpressalmanac.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-factory-reading-series-pre-small.html
Liam Burke, Amanda Earl and Stuart Ross
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...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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How many times do we have to prove that giving money to poor people improves their lives
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An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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I have upwards of 12 banker boxes of books more than will fit on shelves. Will I buy more books at the fair anyway? You guess.
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THIS WEEKEND! CELEBRATING THIRTY-ONE YEARS OF THE OTTAWA SMALL PRESS BOOK FAIR!

TOMORROW:
smallpressbookfair.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...

TONIGHT! The Factory Reading Series pre-small press book fair reading, Stuart Ross, Liam Burke + Amanda Earl,
smallpressalmanac.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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The Factory Reading Series pre-small press book fair reading, November 21: Stuart Ross, Liam Burke + Amanda Earl, /
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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...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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THIS WEEKEND! CELEBRATING THIRTY-ONE YEARS OF THE OTTAWA SMALL PRESS BOOK FAIR!

TOMORROW:
smallpressbookfair.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...

TONIGHT! The Factory Reading Series pre-small press book fair reading, Stuart Ross, Liam Burke + Amanda Earl,
smallpressalmanac.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
November 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Canadian Poets Series #15 : Oana Avasilichioaei / @talonbooks.bsky.social ;
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Canadian Poets Series #15 : Oana Avasilichioaei
Oana Avasilichioaei interweaves sound, poetry, performance, and translation to expand and trouble ideas of language, histories, polyphonic ...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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this weekend in Ottawa! the ottawa small press book fair! friday night reading + saturday fair,
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Gordon Phinn reviews above/ground press chapbooks Premieres Posies by Eudore Evanturel, translated by Jamie Sharpe (2025) and Penn Kemp’s Lives of Dead Poets (2025) at The Seaboard Reader
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Gordon Phinn reviews Premieres Posies by Eudore Evanturel, translated by Jamie Sharpe (2025) and Penn Kemp’s Lives of Dead Poets (2025) at The Seaboard Reader
Gordon Phinn provides a first review of Premieres Posies by Eudore Evanturel , translated by Jamie Sharpe (2025) and a new review of Penn...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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new from above/ground press: BAD TEMPOR, by Jimmy T Cahill / @jimmytcahill.bsky.social @theampersandreview.bsky.social ;
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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 blows  destroy the timing Almost immediately This should result in comple...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Canadian Poets Series #15 : Oana Avasilichioaei / @talonbooks.bsky.social ;
peripetyandortronies.blogspot.com/2025/11/cana...
Canadian Poets Series #15 : Oana Avasilichioaei
Oana Avasilichioaei interweaves sound, poetry, performance, and translation to expand and trouble ideas of language, histories, polyphonic ...
peripetyandortronies.blogspot.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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happy birthday, Rose!
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happy birthday, Rose!
someone is twelve today. she got us up before 7am to open her presents, of which she was muchly pleased. we picked up her first record playe...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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in line to get winter tires on car, so what better time than this to open Kevin Killian’s posthumous collected poems? I do miss hearing from that guy,
November 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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new from above/ground press: BAD TEMPOR, by Jimmy T Cahill / @jimmytcahill.bsky.social @theampersandreview.bsky.social ;
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/11/new-...
new from above/ground press: BAD TEMPOR, by Jimmy T Cahill
BAD TEMPOR Jimmy T Cahill $6 III: erratic time-keeping, a few hard blows  destroy the timing Almost immediately This should result in comple...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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🚨 I have a new chapbook out in the world! 🚨

The Man is a sequence of 24 micro poems, all beginning with ‘The Man’. I also provided the doodles for the cover. I have 50 copies & they’re all pay-what-you-want (+ $4 for shipping) so DM me if you want a copy! 📚❤️
November 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Gordon Phinn reviews above/ground press chapbooks Premieres Posies by Eudore Evanturel, translated by Jamie Sharpe (2025) and Penn Kemp’s Lives of Dead Poets (2025) at The Seaboard Reader
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/11/gord...
Gordon Phinn reviews Premieres Posies by Eudore Evanturel, translated by Jamie Sharpe (2025) and Penn Kemp’s Lives of Dead Poets (2025) at The Seaboard Reader
Gordon Phinn provides a first review of Premieres Posies by Eudore Evanturel , translated by Jamie Sharpe (2025) and a new review of Penn...
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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happy birthday, Rose!
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happy birthday, Rose!
someone is twelve today. she got us up before 7am to open her presents, of which she was muchly pleased. we picked up her first record playe...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM