🐶🐼There's particular delight in print review & MA|DE was lucky enough to experience that this week thanks to reviewer Matt Boylan, writing for @theampersandreview.bsky.social. Boylan has many insightful & laudatory things to say about ZZOO @palimpsestpress.bsky.social, including:

It's a quintessential right of passage for small press poetry books to be reviewed by @robmclennan.bsky.social and we're ever so grateful to him for bringing MA|DE's debut collaborative collection into the fold. Rob calls ZZOO "layered, and sharp” and remarks on its “smart and engaged language."

🪲🐬🦩This Saturday September 13 at 2pm, we'll be reading at the Leamington branch of Essex County Library alongside Daniel Lockhart, Kathryn MacDonald, Carrie Lee Connel & Andreas Connel-Gripp. It’ll be our first time reading in Leamington & ZZOO’s first visit too. Hope to see you at this free event!

Looking forward to this book!

Just in time for Labour Day, the anthology THE BOOK OF JOBS: Poems about Work is out and includes my poem "Word Problems." Sneak peek is in the photo below; the rest of the poem and anthology are available to read for free online: oneartpoetry.com/the-book-of-...

Literally takes less than a minute & important if you care about things like the Canada Council for the Arts!!

What a treat to talk to an interviewer like Hollay Ghadery @hollay.bsky.social of @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social (& elsewhere), who is equal parts enthusiastic & insightful about books. MA|DE had a great time chatting with Hollay about why we tried to treat each poetry reading on our ZZOO tour like...

The Ontario government continues to be embarrassing... www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...

Great (critical) take on AI by Molly Cross-Blanchard in the latest issue of Write from The Writers' Union of Canada.

My review of Samantha Jones' @sjonespoet.bsky.social's wonderful debut poetry collection Attic Rain from @newestpress.bsky.social, which appeared in the Fall 2024 issue of @thismagazine.bsky.social.

I'm late but I had a good reason this time! Anways here's my review of Deepa Rajagopalan's stunning debut short fiction collection Peacocks of Instagram from @houseofanansi.bsky.social, which appeared in the Summer 2024 issue of @thismagazine.bsky.social.

Earlier this week, we had a 15-minute chat scheduled with Jamie Tennant @jtennant.bsky.social for episode 455 of his GET LIT podcast, which quickly turned into a 30-minute interview. We discussed where collaboration begins, how two very serious people manage to make playful work ...

Today on GET LIT: Jade Wallace and Mark Laliberte aka MA|DE. We discuss a bunch of things including their latest, ZZOO. 1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca or anytime on pods and here: tinyurl.com/yc5u7bzj @nycterosea.bsky.social @marklalib.bsky.social @madeprojects.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social

If you happen to be a member of LCP @canadianpoets.bsky.social, you can get 15% off + free shipping on many new and forthcoming Canadian poetry collections, including MA|DE's ZZOO, if you order through @alllitupcanada.bsky.social anytime between now and Saturday August 9! 🐙🐍🦋 alllitup.ca/books/zzoo/

In the fog that consumed the entire month of March (thanks COVID), we totally lost track of this interview, the ACTUAL first written interview MA|DE ever did about 'ZZOO.' Our very belated thanks to the wonderful @alllitupcanada.bsky.social for chatting with us about how MA|DE came together ...

Bet you didn't think I had MORE to say about book blurbs after my last 1,800-word article on them but here I am! Brockton Writers Series @brocktonwriters.bsky.social was kind enough to invite me to speak on the subject at their latest event, and to do a guest blog post about it.

Sarah Marie aka @literalnobody.bsky.social and TMR are among the true angels of the small press lit scene. Thank you to both of them for this interview.

happy non-binary day and week, i edit an online micro mag specifically for non-binary, genderqueer, and two-spirit writers and artists! our next issue is coming out on aug 20, and you can catch up here: www.beestungmag.com you can also follow us on this website at @beestung.bsky.social

It's been a minute (1.5 years) since I've had a poem out in a mag, and what a mag to be back with: @midnightsunmag.bsky.social has published "Villiform," a deconstructed villanelle whose central conceit is about disability as a kind of poetic constraint for living. www.midnightsunmag.ca/villiform/

Congrats to rob & above/ground!

Hey friends! I'll be chatting about "The Good & Bad of Book Blurbs" and doing a Q & A at the hybrid Brockton Writers Series event on Wednesday July 9 at 6:30pm. You can attend by going to Glad Day Bookshop OR by simply following along online: www.youtube.com/@brocktonwri...

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TONIGHT IN HAMILTON! Last stop on our June tour!

Today we're tabling at the Ottawa Small Press Book Fair: @ottawasmallpress.bsky.social Come on out 12-5pm!

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The Factory Reading Series the pre-small press book fair reading featuring readings by: @pearlpoet.bsky.social (QC) MA|DE ( @originobscure.bsky.social / @nycterosea.bsky.social ) (Windsor ON) + @manahil.bsky.social (Ottawa ON) James K. Moran (Ottawa ON) + @mahaila.bsky.social (Ottawa ON) 1/2

HAMILTON READER SPOTLIGHT: Liz Worth @lizworth.bsky.social Jade says: "I remember seeing Liz read from her debut poetry collection Amphetamine Heart when I lived in St. Catharines 10+ years ago & was just starting to publish & perform. Feels very cool that Liz will be joining us for this launch!"

HAMILTON READER SPOTLIGHT: Jim Johnstone Hard to overstate what a great poet Jim is, and how much he has done for poetry, including for our poetry (did you know he edited ZZOO?!), so we're very honoured that he'll be reading at our Hamilton launch!

KINGSTON READER SPOTLIGHT: Wanda Praamsma We're very lucky to be joined by Wanda for our Kingston launch! Bio: Wanda Praamsma is a poet and writer living in Kingston, Ontario. Her works include a thin line between (Book*hug, 2014) and aversions // nothing special (chapbook, above/ground, 2022).

Had great fun reading & reviewing this book!

NEW: In their poem “Villiform,” Jade Wallace (@nycterosea.bsky.social) playfully refigures disability as poetic constraint. www.midnightsunmag.ca/villiform/

PETERBOROUGH READER SPOTLIGHT: Elisha Rubacha @elishamay.bsky.social We're honoured that local legend Elisha will be a reader at our Peterborough ZZOO launch!

PETERBOROUGH READER SPOTLIGHT: Murgatroyd Monaghan We're stoked that Murgatroyd is going to be travelling to Peterborough for this event! And we might get to hear more about her e-book, white spaces where we learn to breathe, forthcoming from @offtopicpublishing.bsky.social! 👀

PETERBOROUGH READER SPOTLIGHT: Chris Hutchinson @unfamiliarweather.bsky.social Though Chris was a surprise last-minute addition to the Peterborough ZZOO launch, we're so glad he'll be joining us! He'll be there to promote his latest poetry collection, Lost Signal, from @palimpsestpress.bsky.social.

Already excited (and anxious) for this!!

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Me and @madeprojects.bsky.social hanging out, talking about poems and publishing

Stoked to be doing this!

A good read!

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WINDSOR FRIENDS! Today, Friday May 9, @farahghafoor.bsky.social will be coming to Windsor to launch her debut poetry collection Shadow Price, which was published this year by @houseofanansi.bsky.social! Hope to see you at Biblioasis Bookshop at 6pm!

This past weekend MA|DE finally had the opportunity to launch ZZOO in Windsor at the always supportive Biblioasis Bookshop as part of their Canadian Independent Bookstore Day celebrations. A big cheer for everyone who came out to support us; it was a packed house. We truly felt the hometown love! 🙂

Today (Monday April 28) is the last day to vote in the Canadian federal election! Polls will be open for 12 hours and vary by riding. You can vote as long as you bring acceptable ID and you do not need a voter card. Find your local polling station and other voting info here: elections.ca/home.aspx

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