Chaudiere Books

Episode 89 – The Blasted Tree

recorded 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…

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Episode 78: Season 6 Opener with Lisa Richter

The Small Machine Talks, Season 6 – Season Opener Episode 78 – Lisa Richter Recorded on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 11 a.m. Lisa Richter http://www.lisarichter.org/ Nautilus and Bone (Frontenac House, 2020) Closer to Where We Began (Tightrope Books, 2017): out of print, please contact the author for a copy. I had the pleasure of speaking…

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The Small Machine Talks to Pearl Pirie, Episode 71

Pearl Pirie is a queer concussed writer living in rural Quebec. Her poetry collection, the pet radish, shrunken (Book*hug, 2015) won the Archibald Lampman Award. Her manuscript Thirsts won the Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry and was published in 2011. Her first trade collection was been shed bore (Chaudiere Books, 2010). Her poems have…

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The Small Machine Talks Episode 57 Trees, Rain, Bicycles, Gardens, Wandering, Spring!

I open the episode with a reading of an excerpt from Samuel Beckett, Watt (Olympia Press, 1953). Good morning and welcome to the Small Machine Talks Episdoe 57. I’m alone again, recording the episode solo due to Covid-19’s physical distancing requirement. At this time, I find myself seeking out some of my favourite poems about…

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Episode 35 – Ottawa Small Press Book Fair and more

The Small Machine Talks, Episode 35
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Episode 18 – 1 year anniversary/small press fair special

recorded Monday, June 26. in which a.m. kozak and…

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