rob mclennan – The Small Machine Talks

Episode 101: James Hawes, Turret House Press

April 11, 2023 eleanor Comments Off

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…

The Small Machine Talks · Episode 101 - James Hawes, Turret House Press

Episode 95: Ethel Zine and Micropress

October 30, 2022 eleanor Comments Off

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…

The Small Machine Talks · Episode 95: Ethel Zine and Micropress

Episode 93: above/ground press

August 27, 2022 eleanor Comments Off

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…

The Small Machine Talks · Episode 93 - above/ground press

Episode 92, Season 7 Opener with Paul Hawkins of Hesterglock Press

August 6, 2022 eleanor Comments Off

https://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…

The Small Machine Talks · Episode 92, Season 7 opener with Paul Hawkins, Hesterglock Press

Episode 87: Gap Riot Press

March 5, 2022 eleanor Comments Off

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…

The Small Machine Talks · 87 - Gap Riot Press

Episode 79: Jennifer Mulligan, filmmaker

September 3, 2021 eleanor Comments Off

The Small Machine Talksc Episode 79 with Jennifer Mulligan Recorded on Thursday, August 26, 2021 Jennifer Mulligan Digital Arts Resource Centre (formerly SAW Video) Digi60, Ottawa’s Professional Development Festival for New & Emerging Filmmakers I chat with local filmmaker Jennifer Mulligan about her start in film, the various roles she’s had. We discuss the importance…

The Small Machine Talks · Episode 79: Jennifer Mulligan, filmmaker

Episode 77: Dominik Parisien

June 30, 2021 eleanor Comments Off

The Small Machine Talks, Episode 77 with Dominik Parisien Recorded on Thursday, June 24 Side Effects May Include Strangers (McGill-Queens University Press, 2020) We, Old Young Ones (Frog Hollow Press, 2019) We discuss our friendship, which began in 2008/2009 through U of Ottawa’s Cafe Nostalgica reading series, the New Stalgica run by Sean Moreland. Dominik…

The Small Machine Talks · 77 Dominik Parisien

Episode 59: Cohost Zoom Reunion

May 30, 2020 eleanor Comments Off

The Small Machine Talks Episode 59 Writing and Reading During Covid-19 etc with a.m. kozak and Amanda Earl recorded via Zoom on Sunday, May 24, 2020 Profile by Jamie MacPherson: https://apt613.ca/tour-de-blogosphere-the-small-machine-talks-an-ottawa-poetry-podcast/ 1. INTRODUCTION – HOW HAS COVID-19 AFFECTED US, OUR WRITING ETC? how has COVID changed your reading/writing habits? Amanda: I’ve been trying to save…

The Small Machine Talks · Episode 59: Co-Host Zoom Reunion

Episode 55: Interview with Dessa Bayrock, Post Ghost Press

February 24, 2020 eleanor Comments Off

Recorded on February 23, 2020 Aaron asks about the design and format of PGP microchapbooks and zines. Dessa talks about keeping them small for mailing, poetry socks, sticker broadsides. Amanda mentions Warren Dean Fulton’s photo booth poetry project through Pooka Press. Dessa Bayrock lives in Ottawa with two cats and a variety of succulents, one…

Episode 53- Interview with Ellen Chang-Richardson

December 11, 2019 eleanor Comments Off

Episode 53: The Small Machine Talks with a.m. kozak and Amanda Earl Interview with Ellen Chang-Richardson Recorded on Sunday, December 8, 2019, 2pm Ellen Chang-Richardson is an emerging poet, writer and copyeditor based in Ottawa & Toronto. Recipient of the 2019 Vallum Award for Poetry, her work has appeared or is forthcoming in publications such…