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Rhonda Douglas’ How to Love a Lonely Man was reviewed by rob mclennan at his blog: “There are some deep hopes, bad fortune and ill-fated choices within the lines of these poems, and hers is a narrator that wishes for something that even she knows is not nearly enough. It’s as though her narrator existsContinue reading “Reviews”

Apt. 9 will be hitting the road in November to set our books up on a table at the Meet the Presses Indie Literary Market. We made this trip a few years ago and it was a wonderful time. If you’re in or near Toronto on Saturday November 16, you’ll want to swing by theContinue reading “Meet the Presses | Toronto, November 16”

We’re getting closer to the launch (Friday at 7pm!), and some further bits of press are starting to appear. Apt. 9 was profiled at Apt. 613 (a publication whose name we think highly of). Thanks to Alejandro Bustos for including us in his ongoing profiles of Ottawa’s literary scene. Spencer Gordon was interviewed by PearlContinue reading “Launch Build-Up”

Hey, the new books are finished and ready! As our launch gets closer, there are a number of related readings and events on the schedule: Monday October 7 | Rhonda Douglas is reading at the Ottawa Public Library along with Monty Reid, Chris Jennings, Deanna Young, David Groulx and rob mclennan. 7pm at the MainContinue reading “Build-up to the October 18 Launch”

***Note: The time has been moved forward 1 hour–the reading will begin at 7pm sharp.*** The details have been sorted for our Fall launch, and we couldn’t be more excited. Rhonda, Spencer, and jesslyn will be reading from their new chapbooks on Friday October 18 at 7pm at the always-wonderful Raw Sugar Cafe. We hopeContinue reading “October Launch and Recent Press”

Apt. 9 recently launched our above/ground press interview chapbook at the 20th anniversary party of rob mclennan’s tireless press. It was a great celebration of rob’s accomplishment over twenty years and Apt. 9 was thrilled to play a small part in the festivities. See Pearl Pirie’s photos of the reading here. As Apt. 9 beginsContinue reading “Fall Books”

This month, Apt. 9 Press is thrilled to be publishing an extended interview with rob mclennan: I simply began: above/ground press at 20. rob’s above/ground press is celebrating its twentieth anniversary in August 2013. For any small press activity, this would be a stunning accomplishment. In Ottawa, a city that hasn’t always been as activeContinue reading “I simply began: above/ground press at 20 [an interview with rob mclennan]”

Christine McNair’s Apt. 9 Press chapbook, pleasantries and other misdemeanours, has garnered some attention recently. Related to the chapbook launch at Raw Sugar in June, Christine was profiled at Open Book: Ontario. The chapbook made it onto Pearl Pirie’s ongoing 95 Books project, with Pearl admitting a “soft-spot” for the sequence “the problem of orchids.”Continue reading “Christine McNair”

Pearl Pirie had some nice things to say in her ongoing 2013 reading notes about recent Apt. 9 chapbooks from Jeff Blackman and Stephen Brockwell. On Jeff Blackman’s So Long As The People are People: Rather like a tight rope walker in the park ho makes it look easy. Then you see other people getContinue reading “Pearl Pirie | Reading Notes”

Another report on the Ottawa Small Press Book Fair, this time from Jared Davidson at Jam Jar Words: And while local publications like to bring their best, there’s hardly a spirit of competition at the fair. It’s common to see sellers exchanging books and swapping stories. The atmosphere is friendly—a genuine vibe of community isContinue reading “More on the Small Press Book Fair”