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Apt. 9 is delighted to announce that Memento Mishka by Jennifer Baker and Dave Currie is now available to order. I worked with Dave previously on Apt. 9 favourite Bird Facts, while Jennifer Baker is the author of excellent chapbooks from Trainwreck Press and above/ground press. I count them both as old friends, as IContinue reading “Now Available | Memento Mishka by Jennifer Baker & Dave Currie”

Romantic Wounds by Artie Gold and George Bowering is now available from Apt. 9 Press. The chapbook is the latest published installment in Bowering’s ongoing project of “poetic exchange” with Gold’s long-lost manuscript, Romantic Words. Previous installments have appeared in Mouse Eggs, and from above/ground press. It is an honour to publish both Bowering andContinue reading “Now Available | Artie Gold & George Bowering”

Apt. 9 is delighted to be able to announce that Pearl Pirie has won the 2022 Nelson Ball Prize for her Apt. 9 chapbook, rain’s small gestures. It was a privilege to work with Pearl on this chapbook in 2021, and I couldn’t be happier to see it recognized with this prize (and for itContinue reading “Pearl Pirie wins the 2022 Nelson Ball Prize”

Jo Ianni’s new chapbook, inside inside inside, is complete and will be available to order shortly. It has been such a pleasure to work with Jo on these poems and this book. I am delighted to say it will be released at an in-person event this coming Saturday, October 22, in Toronto, 3pm at KnifeContinue reading “Available Soon | Jo Ianni”

Marilyn Irwin’s ghost ships is now available from Apt. 9 Press. Apt. 9 had the great privilege of working with Marilyn Irwin back in 2015 on her chapbook the blue, blue there, which went on to be shortlisted for the bpNichol Chapbook Award. It was a pleasure to work with her again, and I amContinue reading “Now Available | Marilyn Irwin”

Robert Hogg’s Apothegms is now available from Apt. 9 Press. I am incredibly proud to have published this book, and to have had the opportunity to work with Bob. I can’t wait for people to read these remarkable poems. Full details here. Review copies are available, please contact us here.

Apt. 9 Press is proud to announce the publication of Pearl Pirie‘s rain’s small gestures, a book of new minimalist lyric work. Full details here. Review copies are available, please contact us here.

New from Apt. 9 Press, and now available for pre-order, is Justin Million’s Ejecta: The Uncollected KEYBOARDS! Poems. Read about the book (and about KEYBOARDS!) here. The book launches in Ottawa at VerseFest on Saturday, March 28, at 1pm in the In/Words and Blue Mondays Showcase. Pre-orders will ship in early April, and further launchesContinue reading “Justin Million | Ejecta: The Uncollected KEYBOARDS! Poems”

Nelson Ball died on Friday August 16, 2019. Apt. 9 had the great privilege of publishing three chapbooks by Nelson, including Small Waterways (winner of the bpNichol Chapbook Award) and most recently, A Letter to Amanda Bernstein and a Checklist of Weed/Flower Press. A Letter to Amanda Bernstein was only published in June, and hasContinue reading “Nelson Ball (1942-2019)”

Apt. 9 Press is proud to announce the publication of Nelson Ball’s A Letter to Amanda Bernstein and a Checklist of Weed/Flower Press, Ball’s third chapbook with Apt. 9. This non-fiction account of Ball’s work as publisher of the legendary Weed/Flower Press is a vital contribution to the ongoing documentation of Ball’s small press work.Continue reading “New: Nelson Ball, “A Letter to Amanda Bernstein and a Checklist of Weed/Flower Press””