Ottawa book launch : the book of sentences, (with Stephanie Bolster + Zane Koss, / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/09/otta...

Creatively Yours has launched. There are 6 items available for purchase now. More will be added and the current offerings will expire in December. Expect more wild promo and info to come! amandaearl.substack.com/p/creatively...

new from above/ground press: What's Left, by Ken Norris abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/09/new-...

September issue of Bywords.ca is now live w/ poems by Aline Bee, Ruth Kennedy, Charlene Osborne & Ellie Waisglass bywords.ca

I'm grateful to The Temz Review for inviting me to be a resident reviewer. The latest issue includes two of my reviews for Speech Dries Here on the Tongue and Carol Krause's A Bouquet of Glass. www.thetemzreview.com/issue-thirty...

Thrilled that James K Moran will be reading on September 28 with me and AJ Dolman, his co-pilot and fellow amazing writer

join as a free member and vote on your favourite CanLit Card from volume 1 www.patreon.com/posts/canlit...

report: the above/ground press 32nd anniversary reading/launch/party! / @linarvitvideopoet.bsky.social @mreid.bsky.social ; abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/08/repo...

Wow a fabulous review of We Astronauts. Thanks @pinholepoetry.bsky.social for making it possible & sharing the review by Catherine Walker. miramichireader.ca/2025/08/we-a...

The Factory Reading Series (Ottawa ON), September 28, 2025: Nathanael O'Reilly, Michael Lithgow + Ben Ladouceur, abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...

the ottawa small press book fair, autumn 2025 edition: November 22, 2025 / @ottawasmallpress.bsky.social ; smallpressbookfair.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...

ANNOUNCING: the ottawa small press book fair, autumn 2025 edition: November 22, 2025 / @bookhugpress.bsky.social @arcpoetry.bsky.social @smallpressalmanac.bsky.social @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social ; smallpressbookfair.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...

the ottawa small press book fair, autumn 2025 edition: November 22, 2025 / @ottawasmallpress.bsky.social ; smallpressbookfair.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...

new from above/ground press: Downs, Kelly, Souffrant, Hausner, Gray, Vitkauskas, Chang-Richardson, Sandhu, Brenza, Berlatsky, Touch the Donkey #46 + Verse on the Banks / Poèmes sur le rivage, robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/08/new-...

newly posted: Ken Norris : THE WEATHER & THE WORDS: THE SELECTED LETTERS OF JOHN NEWLOVE, 1963-2003, Edited by J.A. Weingarten / @wlupress.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/08/ken-...

hey everyone! ive had a couple of dozen folk telling me they're going to this event on thursday, but only 5 tickets have sold, which is prompting the venue to talk about cancelling; if you are planning to go, could you please pre-purchase your ticket? thanks! robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...

Buy any of these unique chaps n zines this summer n get a free pack of CanLit trading cards as a bonus

above/ground press author spotlight #6 : Monty Reid , reading as part of the above/ground press 32nd anniversary event on August 7 in Ottawa, / @mreid.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social ; abovegroundpress.substack.com/p/abovegroun...

To all Ottawa-based poets without a full-length book, don't forget about submitting to the 2025 Diana Brebner Prize. Deadline: September 4

Call for Submissions to Arc Poetry's Diana Brebner Prize / @arcpoetry.bsky.social ; smallpressalmanac.blogspot.com/2025/07/call...

VERSeOttawa seeks Festival Manager. Deadline to apply: July 26, 2025 www.verseottawa.ca/static/pdf/F...

SAVE THE DATE(S): ottawa small press fair fall 2025 and 2026 dates now available, / @ottawasmallpress.bsky.social ; smallpressalmanac.blogspot.com/2025/07/save...

Ongoing notes: the ottawa small press book fair (part three : Claudia Souto Cuello (trans. by the author + Stuart Ross, robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/07/ongo...

Spotlight series #111 : Helen Robertson / @helendestroy.bsky.social ; robmclennan.medium.com/spotlight-se...

Over the next few weeks, we will be reposting the poems from our 2025 Poem of the Year Contest shortlist. To start, we're pleased to announce this year's Honourable Mention, Saemah Mushtaq's "eh·luh·jee for the ded," a poem that is "haunting, direct, with a sonic, rhythmic pulse": buff.ly/FeLqJdG

If updates be the food of love, play on. , Christine and I read in Dublin this weekend, yes? you should come to that, / @poetryireland.bsky.social ; robmclennan.substack.com/p/if-updates...

Touch the Donkey supplement #281 : six questions for Larkin Maureen Higgins touchthedonkey.blogspot.com/2025/07/ttd-...

AND DON'T FORGET THE ABOVE/GROUND PRESS POSTAL INCREASE SALE! ENDS TOMORROW! (although we're travelling for another week, so maybe we extend until July 15th? abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-...

today is the thirty-second anniversary of above/ground press, abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/07/toda...

Ongoing notes: the ottawa small press book fair (part one: Bardia Sinaee + George Bowering, / @thesedayszine.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/06/ongo...

new from above/ground press: The Oh Oh, by Beatriz Hausner , launching in Ottawa on August 7th as part of the above/ground press 32nd anniversary event at RedBird! abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/06/new-...

S*BSTACK ALERT: the green notebook, , reading Bobbie Louise Hawkins, Christine McNair, Bill Knott, Gary Barwin + Jay MillAr, / @garybarwin.bsky.social @christinemcnair.bsky.social ; robmclennan.substack.com/p/the-green-...

Reading

We're making a @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social mailing list! If YOU want to get the word about VERSeOttawa shows, workshops, and events plus poetry news, writing prompts, and other goodies, you can sign up by using the qr code in the image OR by following this link: verse-ottawa.kit.com/4aab0fd909

Currently working on reviews of some of the items I picked up at our most recent ottawa small press book fair; so much small press goodness! / @thesedayszine.bsky.social @pinholepoetry.bsky.social @razovsky.bsky.social

Two read already. Spookiness achieved by stephanieanneauthor.ca And second worthwhile book of haiku I’ve read from Carole Martignacco

completed another editing/poetry manuscript evaluation today, which suggests i might be open to a further one; query, if such intrigues, robmclennanauthor.blogspot.com/2017/04/work...

oh, you are missing the coolest sound poetry performance by nina jane, jwcurry and Chris Johnson at the ottawa small press book fair right now,

Most publishers & most crowd ever in the 31st year at Tom Brown arena this afternoon.

This reprint was a big hit. DM if you're interested

in which i express my gratitude to Invisible Publishing, rob mclennan & a host of other folk who make this fair such a welcome and enriching experience for this girl bookslinger. it was great fun! see you in November! amandaearl.substack.com/p/report-fro...

Report from the NCC River House, Current Conversations: Poetry by the River, June 18, 2025 amandaearl.substack.com/p/report-fro...

Jordan just told his friends the chap's out and I've sold 15 copies since noon. So if you were on the fence... proof Jordan's good people... and supplies are limited

Flinch by Bardia Sinaee, now available via horsebrokepress.etsy.com

the ottawa small press book fair, spring 2025 edition: June 21, 2025 / @bookhugpress.bsky.social @arcpoetry.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social @carletonfass.bsky.social @mahaila.bsky.social @ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...

This Saturday afternoon Ottawa book centre will be the Tom Brown arena. I’ll be tabling for something like the 15th year. Publishers, magazines, handmade thingees and thinkers. Come for the chat, go away with shiny lovely things.

Just 7 days to the OTTAWA SMALL PRESS BOOK FAIR in beautiful Mechanicsburg

The Factory Reading Series the pre-small press book fair reading featuring readings by: Pearl Pirie (QC) MA|DE (Mark Laliberte/Jade Wallace) (Windsor ON) Manahil Bandukwala (Ottawa ON) + James K Moran (Ottawa ON) + Mahaila Smith (Ottawa ON)

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