Author Archives: Cameron Anstee

So, have you been out to VERSeFest yet? It’s been exciting to see the vocal, enthusiastic crowds, as well as the sheer variety of readers. Opening night was wonderful, likely covering more ground (stylistically) in the space of a few hours than has ever been covered by a single poetry event in recent memory inContinue reading “VERSeFest, ongoing”

It’s been a busy week, but here we are with some completed projects. First up, The Delicious Fields by Jeremy Hanson-Finger. Jeremy is an former Ottawa resident. He was a fixture in the In/Words community (who published his serial novella If I Make My Bed In Sheol that you can read here) as well asContinue reading “The Delicious Fields & VERSefest”

Apt. 9 is finally making the move into the world of online currency. Sure, we handmake books, and sure, we love that to date we’ve sold each book by hand (or at least by letter), but we decided that it was time to make a smoother online method available to anyone interested. So, here weContinue reading “We’re selling out…”

The seventh installment of the always-excellent rob mclennan edited online .pdf journal ottawater has just gone live today. ottawater is “an anthology focusing on Ottawa poets and poetics, its first issue appeared in January 2005, 150 years after old Bytown became the City of Ottawa.” Very possibly because Apt. 9 performs its work from withinContinue reading “ottawater the seventh & Mr. Ben Ladouceur”

A belated Happy New Year from Apt. 9 Press! We’ve been quietly lining up a list of great new titles, and wanted to share some of that progress. See cover designs below for Jeremy Hanson-Finger, Monty Reid, Claudia Coutu Radmore, and Jim Smith. As dates and launches are organized we’ll let you know. Eyes peeledContinue reading “Happy New Year! Happy New Books!”

I recently had the opportunity to write a piece on William Hawkins for Ottawa’s Guerilla Magazine. The article discusses Bill’s place in Ottawa’s (and Canada’s) literary history, and my own experience of discovering, reading and publishing Bill’s work. As well, two of the poster poems (“King Kong Goes to Rotterdam” and “A Song of Flowers”)Continue reading “Guerilla”

Last week’s book launch reading was an overwhelming success. Those in attendance heard excellent sets from Peter Gibbon and Leigh Nash. Unfortunately, William Hawkins was absent as a result of an injury sustained at the hands of Ottawa’s seasonal freezing rain. Thankfully, Bill is very much on the mend. In his absence, members of theContinue reading “Audio and New Books”

Apt. 9 is thrilled to announce that Leigh Nash will be our third reader on the 25th at Raw Sugar. We will be privileged to play host to the Ottawa release of Leigh’s first trade collection, Goodbye, Ukulele (Mansfield). Leigh was kind enough to publish a chapbook, Landforms, with Apt. 9 in the spring, andContinue reading “25 November 2010 Update: Hawkins, Nash & Gibbon”

Apt. 9 Press is proud to present a night of poetry readings from William Hawkins and Peter Gibbon. Third reader TBA. Thursday 25 November 2010 8:00pm Raw Sugar Cafe (692 Somerset St. W.) No Cover Apt. 9 will launch chapbooks from both and the Wm Hawkins Folio. William Hawkins – Sweet & Sour Nothings PeterContinue reading “25 November 2010: Hawkins & Gibbon”

We wanted to share a pair of things that aren’t explicitly Apt. 9 related, but that do overlap and that we do care about. First, Leigh Nash, who Apt. 9 was lucky enough to publish in the spring (copies still available here), recently saw the publication of her first trade poetry collection. Goodbye, Ukulele comesContinue reading “Leigh Nash, Literary Landscapes, and the Small Press Book Fair aftermath…”