Can you believe that Feb. 13 will mark the ✨3rd YEAR✨ of JLRB Press #publishing #poetry; uplifting #queer, #transgender, #women, #neurodivergent, & #emergingvoices; and getting into all *kinds* of trouble?? 😈💖📚 Head over to jlrbpress.ca/books & respond with the book title you'd like to read in 2026!

Enough! We have watched our U.S. quiblings, sisters, and brothers get arrested, beaten, and murdered by ICE agents. On Jan. 30, 2026, we invite all Canadian poets, authors, and human beings to join the #nationalshutdown in solidarity. Learn more at nationalshutdown.org #iceout #abolishice #stopice

👋 Hi, friends! What're all y'all doin' at 10am Pacific on Jan. 31, 2026?? 🤔 If *we* were betting women, we'd guess you're attending the #jlrbpress virtual #booklaunch for _Becoming: An Anthology of What-If Poems about Women and Womanhood_, right? ➡️ bit.ly/becoming-virtual-book-launch We knew it! 😉

We love making beautiful books, but we won't make you choose between pomes and lunch! We've got autism-fuelled divorce drama jlrbpress.ca/hateful-people, a queer/trans epic jlrbpress.ca/good-man & womanhood galore! jlrbpress.ca/becoming 📚 100% DRM-free CAD $4.99/USD $3.69. What've you got to lose? 💥

Today's the day! 🎉 We're proud to announce the softcover release of _Becoming: An #Anthology of What-If #Poems about #Women and #Womanhood_ 💃 Feat. Katie Cowger, Glitch Dewis, Julie G. Fox, Terri Gower, Kath Healing, Marilyn Letts, Lucía M. Polis, and Nancy Takacs ➡️ Learn more: jlrbpress.ca/becoming

We stand in solidarity with our American friends, colleagues, and loved ones to condemn the senseless murder of #ReneeGood by ICE—beyond the labels of wife, mother, #lesbian, and #poet, she was a vibrant human being and the extinguishing of a life is the extinguishing of a world #JusticeForReneeGood

Well, it's 2026 (Happy New Year!! 😃) and we've come out of our hibernation midway through this strange winter with a teaser #poem from _Becoming: An #Anthology of What-If #Poems about #Women and #Womanhood_, out on Jan. 12 🌸 Here's "Doilies May Deceive You" by Marilyn Letts 📚 jlrbpress.ca/becoming

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! ❄️

👋 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

✊📕 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

Books for Breath is now collecting donations for our November book sale. We accept gently used books. The money raised will go towards the Pulmonary Hypertension Association of Canada www.phacanada.ca.

Get your poems and crafts readying for a cozy night of crafting and poetry! This is a bring your own craft event.

🙋‍♀️ 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

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

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

My poem was in the poetry pause newsletter today!