🐶🐼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."

Please join us. #hamont

🪲🐬🦩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!

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...

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 ...

Great to chat with you, Jamie!

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 ...

We're proud to present our very first WRITTEN interview about ZZOO! Sarah Marie @literalnobody.bsky.social, for The Miramichi Reader , asked us a range of surprising questions, covering topics from ZZOO's emotional landscapes to practical matters like touring a small press poetry collection.

The last stop on the June leg of our 'ZZOO' tour was Hamilton, where Hamilton Public Library graciously welcomed us for the third year in row (!). We were joined by poetry greats Jim Johnstone (who also edited ZZOO) & Liz Worth @lizworth.bsky.social.

Whoa! Big news!

Days 3 and 4 of the June leg of our 'ZZOO' tour were spent in Ottawa: first at the Ottawa Small Press Book Fair's very well attended pre-reading on Friday evening as part of Factory Reading Series ft. MA|DE, Mahaila Smith @mahaila.bsky.social, Manahil Bandukwala @manahil.bsky.social...

MA|DE's second stop on the June leg of our 'ZZOO' tour was at Novel Idea Bookstore in Kingston, where we read alongside Wanda Praamsma and Jason Heroux, and got to catch up with old friends like Michael e. Casteels.

WE SURVIVED THE JUNE LEG OF THE 'ZZOO' TOUR! MA|DE's full week of events began with a fun evening in Peterborough at Take Cover Books, where we got to read alongside Chris Hutchinson @unfamiliarweather.bsky.social & Elisha Rubacha @elishamay.bsky.social & see some old friends & meet some new ones.

TONIGHT IN HAMILTON! Last stop on our June tour!

Canadian libraries too!

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

TONIGHT IN OTTAWA!

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

TONIGHT IN PETERBOROUGH!

Looking forward to reading with @madeprojects.bsky.social and Jim Johnstone at the Hamilton Public Library on June 23! Come check it out. #hamont

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).

KINGSTON READER SPOTLIGHT: Jason Heroux We're honoured to have Jason, former poet laureate for the city of all people, joining us at our launch in Kingston! Bio: Jason Heroux was the Poet Laureate for the City of Kingston from 2019 to 2022. He is the author of four books of poetry:

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.

come hear poetry, Ottawa.

Looking forward to this!

ZZOO TOUR June 18-23 PETERBOROUGH / KINGSTON / OTTAWA / HAMILTON Join MA|DE on a week of touring! If you're in town, come help celebrate our debut full-length collaborative poetry collection ZZOO, "a bestiary for the modern world," out earlier this year with @palimpsestpress.bsky.social.

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

MA|DE's latest exciting news is that we are going to serve as a single, collaborative judge, alongside Kevin Spenst, for the great bpNichol Chapbook Award, administered by Meet the Presses! If you published a chapbook in English in Canada in 2024, SEND IT IN SO WE CAN READ IT!

Looking forward to this one!!

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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! 🙂

Our free-to-attend hometown launch in Windsor for ZZOO is finally happening this week on Saturday April 26 at 7pm Biblioasis Bookshop (1520 Wyandotte St E)! We'll be joined by special guests Anne Baldo, Louis Cabri & Nicole Markotic.

This past weekend we went on the second leg of our ZZOO tour: next stop, St. Catharines, ON at Niagara Artists Centre (NAC), graciously hosted by Phylum Reading Series (run by Cam & Gabe of Phylum Press; be sure to check out their future offerings if you're around Niagara!)

This past weekend we went on the second leg of our ZZOO tour: first stop London, ON at Jenny Berkel's lovely new Little Wren Books space (cleverly collocated with a flower shop)!

It's going to be MA|DE's first time (as a collaborative) at the ottawa small press book fair and we're so stoked!! Hope to see you there?!

Two of our favs! Page Fright & The Miramichi Reader.

April is NATIONAL POETRY MONTH & to celebrate, we've got 3 book launches in different Ontario cities scheduled for our debut collaborative poetry collection, ZZOO (Palimpsest Press). Second is a ST. CATHARINES reading on Sunday April 13 at 7pm at the Niagara Artists Centre, hosted by Phylum Press!

April is NATIONAL POETRY MONTH & to celebrate, we've got 3 book launches scheduled for our debut collaborative poetry collection ZZOO (@palimpsestpress.bsky.social)! First up is a LONDON, ON reading on Sat April 12 @ 4pm @ the beautiful LITTLE WREN BOOKS (an amazing hybrid flower shop/bookstore)!

Always a pleasure to chat with Andrew French for their poetry podcast Page Fright! In MA|DE's first appearance on the podcast, we talked with Andrew about ZZOO, the challenges of collaboration, what Mark and Jade have learned from each other, balancing a thousand different projects at once...

Thank you to All Lit Up for including our debut poetry collection ZZOO from @palimpsestpress.bsky.social on this list!

Thank you to 49th Shelf for including our debut poetry collection ZZOO from @palimpsestpress.bsky.social on this list!

We weren't sure what to expect from a launch in Guelph, ON; Jade had never launched there and Mark hadn't launched there for several years. But Guelph well exceeded our non-expectations. ANAF was packed, and the mix of local and visiting readers, including...