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Episode 101: James Hawes, Turret House Press

Recorded on Monday, April 10, 2023 Turret House Films (YouTube channel) Instagram: turrethousepressmtl Turret House Press FaceBook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/5152168791515671 James Hawes : Twitter https://twitter.com/4jayman?lang=en Breakfast with A Heron, Mansfield Press Another Dysfunctional Cancer Poem Anthology edited by Priscila Uppal and Meaghan Strimas As a thank you to the small presses, magazines and artists that supported…

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Episode 100: Christine McNair

Recorded on Friday, March 17, 2023 I speak to Christine McNair: book doctor, writer and dear friend as part of the page-adjacent, extra-literary thread this year. We are celebrating our 100th episode of the Small Machine Talks. She tells us she lives a life of books. We learn about her job as a book conservator…

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Episode 95: Ethel Zine and Micropress

Recorded on Thursday, October 27, 2022 https://www.ethelzine.com/ I speak with Sara Lefsyk, Ethel’s publisher. We Are Hopelessly Small and Modern Birds published by Black Lawrence Press in 2018. We discuss our tea. Sara: cinnamon spice; me – Irish Breakfast. We talk about the press’s beginnings and Sara’s process of sewing and binding the work and…

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Episode 93: above/ground press

http://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…

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Episode 88: Timglaset Editions

Recorded 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…

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Episode 87: Gap Riot Press

The 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…

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Episode 82: Coven Editions

Recorded on Nov 29, 2021 Visit Coven Editions https://www.coveneditions.com/ and buy chapbooks. We discuss the beginnings of Coven Editions, the collaboration between the founders, Emilia Morgan and Stephanie Meloche. We discuss individual chapbooks, broadsides and the online magazine, deathcap. We share our love for handmade chapbooks, paper and all things small press. Emilia and Stephanie…

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Episode 70: The Small Machine Talks with Sacha Archer

Recorded on Sunday, November 15, 2020 Sacha Archer lives in Ontario, Canada with his wife and two daughters. He is the editor of Simulacrum Press. Archer’s latest chapbooks are Lines of Sight (nOIR:Z, 2020) and Houses (no press, 2020). Forthcoming chapbooks include Models (Simulacrum Press) and Framing Poems (Timglaset). His concrete poetry has been exhibited…

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Episode 39 – Small Press doings

The Small Machine Talks Episode 39 with a.m. koza…

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Episode 35 – Ottawa Small Press Book Fair and more

The Small Machine Talks, Episode 35
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