I have been quietly updating individual book pages with reviews and notes as they appear, but haven’t been promoting those reviews here on the main page. Below you’ll find notes on our 2015 books. Thanks to everyone that took the time to read and think about our publications this year. If you said something somewhereContinue reading “2015 Reviews”
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Ottawa Small Press Book Fair & Meet the Presses Indie Literary Market
Come see Apt. 9 Press at the Ottawa Small Press Book Fair tomorrow. Same book fair place, same book fair time as usual: 12:00-5:00pm at the Jack Purcell Community Centre. We’ll have brand new titles from Nelson Ball and Michael e. Casteels, still-fairly-new titles from Marilyn Irwin and Lillian Nećakov, and somewhat-less-new-but-still-exciting titles from Christine McNair , Ben Ladouceur, and the Accord ofContinue reading “Ottawa Small Press Book Fair & Meet the Presses Indie Literary Market”
An Accord of Poets – One-Year Anniversary and Sale
One year ago today, I was excited and lucky to be starting a five-day poetry reading tour with Jesslyn Gagno, Jeff Blackman, Justin Million, and Rachael Simpson. We read in Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Peterborough (and later Kingston). Apt. 9 published its first book with a spine to coincide with the tour, and today, to mark the one year-anniversary, that book is on sale forContinue reading “An Accord of Poets – One-Year Anniversary and Sale”
Forthcoming | Ball and Casteels
Forthcoming from Apt. 9 Press, available November 2015: Small Waterways by Nelson Ball solar-powered light bulb and the lake’s achy tooth by Michael e. Casteels Production is underway.
New Titles | Irwin and Nećakov!
Apt. 9 is proud to make available two new chapbooks: the blue, blue there by Marilyn Irwin and The Lake Contains an Emergency Room by Lillian Nećakov. Books are available online now, will be available at the Ottawa Small Press Book Fair on Saturday June 13, and don’t miss Marilyn reading from her chapbook atContinue reading “New Titles | Irwin and Nećakov!”
Forthcoming: Irwin & Necakov
Available in June, new books from Marilyn Irwin and Lillian Necakov. Printing is now underway. More details to follow.
Apt. 9 Press: A Bibliography (2009-2015)
Apt. 9 has been quiet since our very busy Fall season. Plans are underway for our Spring titles to be released at the Ottawa Small Press Book Fair on June 13, 2015. Full details to follow. The website has received a minor redesign. As Apt. 9’s list grew, things became increasingly unwieldy on the old website. ThisContinue reading “Apt. 9 Press: A Bibliography (2009-2015)”
Meet the Presses | Toronto
Saturday in Toronto. We’re on the road first thing tomorrow morning. Be there!
Dave Currie on CBC’s In Town and Out
On Saturday November 8 (tomorrow morning), Dave Currie will be interviewed on CBC’s In Town and Out shortly after 8:00am. He’ll be speaking about his new Apt. 9 chapbook, Bird Facts, alongside Frances Boyle discussing her forthcoming debut trade collection, Light-carved Passages (BuschekBooks). Good luck, Dave! We’ll be listening! Don’t forget to come out to theContinue reading “Dave Currie on CBC’s In Town and Out”
Upcoming Book Fairs (Ottawa, Toronto)
Apt. 9 will be running tables at two upcoming small press book fairs. The Ottawa Book Fair runs on Saturday November 8, from 12:00-5:00 at Jack Purcell Community Centre. We will have our newest title, Dave Currie’s Bird Facts, as well as copies of Five and a good selection of backlist. We will also haveContinue reading “Upcoming Book Fairs (Ottawa, Toronto)”
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