Vicki Ziegler Silent Book Club Recorded on Thursday, September 29, 2022 I speak to Vicki Ziegler, organizer of a silent book club in Toronto and #todayspoem on Instagram and Twitter. We start with a conversation about tea. World of Tea. I show my mug, “Write Like a Motherfucker” from Rumpus.net. We discuss our love of…
Read Morehttp://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/ Guest Poetry Journal Touch the Donkey Periodicities Tuesday Poem, Dusie the book of smaller by rob mclennan rob mclennan i talk to rob mclennan about the press, how it has changed since he began it in 1993. we talk about why chapbooks are good forms of publication. We discuss the subscription service. rob addresses…
Read Morehttps://hesterglock.net/ https://www.instagram.com/hesterglock/ Paul Hawkins Each What Studio Recorded on August 2, 2022 Paul and I discuss his background as poet, publisher, visual artist, member of bands, protestor, squatter, refuse collector, office worker, builder, labourer, recovering drug addict, person with borderline personality disorder, survivor and how these different experiences molded him and Hesterglock Press. https://hesterglock.net/Sarer-ScotthorneI ask…
Read MoreRecorded on Thursday, June 23, 2022 In this episode of our ongoing series of talks with publishers of small presses, I speak with Kirby of Knife Fork Book about their poetic origins, both the press and the bookstore in Toronto, their publications and plans, including the inaugural FERTILE 2022, a festival of new and inventive…
Read Morehttps://www.brokensleepbooks.com/ I speak with Aaron Kent, the publisher of UK’s Broken Sleep Books, in our ongoing conversation with small presses. Aaron talks about the name of the press and also its tag line: lay out your unrest. which comes from J. H. Prynne’s Smaller Than the Radius of the Planet, the White Stones (Grosseteste Press,…
Read Morerecorded on Thursday, April 21 http://www.theblastedtree.com/ https://theblastedtree.bandcamp.com/ I speak with Kyle Flemmer of the Blasted Tree about the inspiration for the press, its beginnings in 2014, how it works, who he has published, and what’s in store for the future. We talked about falling in love with chapbooks. I suggest Kyle could be a superhero…
Read MoreRecorded on Monday, March 28, 2022. https://www.timglaset.com/ I spoke to Joakim Norling, the publisher of Timglaset Editions of Sweden. We learn about the evolution of the press from its beginnings as a fanzine to a publisher of books and other visual poetry publications from broadsides to chapbooks. Joakim discusses the relationship between his early love…
Read MoreThe Small Machine Talks Episode 87: Gap Riot Press recorded on Thursday, February 24, 2022, https://www.gapriotpress.com/ Season 7 Launch Party Podcast Interviews Dani Spinosa Leavings by Kate Siklosi (Timglaset Editions) We talk about the origins of the press, Dani and Kate’s friendship, the joys of making chapbooks, friendships, gaps in teeth, collaborating with authors, anarchy…
Read MoreRecorded on January 22, 2022 nina jane drystek Ellen Chang-Richardson Riverbed Reading Series Fundraiser I speak with nina jane drystek and Ellen Chang-Richardson of the Riverbed Reading Series. I catch up with them about how they are doing now and their current creative work. There are some great scoops about forthcoming publications. Coven Editions Gap…
Read MoreThe Small Talks Episode 85: Forthcoming from AngelHousePress Recorded on January 3, 2022 Happy new year, dear listeners. I thought I’d start 2022 with a conversation with the fallen angel of AngelHousePress, in other words, with me about what I’m cooking up for the year’s activities. And since I’m the only one talking, it’s not…
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