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Assembly Press @pressassembly.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"When the writer is working in the mode of creative nonfiction, where fidelity to truth is paramount, and tools of literary craft, as much as rhetorical training, are available, well, all the better. Strangeness and fact are each other’s familiars, after all." www.writersdigest.com/certain-smal...

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Certain Small Things and Haunting Oddities: How I Craft Essays

Author Erin Wunker explains how she crafts essays by focusing on small, everyday, and weird things like a literary magpie.

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Assembly Press @pressassembly.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

📣 All the Waking Hours is here! 📣  Happy pub day to Erin Wunker and this artful and tender read about what it really takes to care for others. assemblypress.ca/shop/all-the...

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

"You're Out of Excuses" -- an entreaty to publish in small press forms ... excerpted from DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY, new from @pressassembly.bsky.social : assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... #poetry #instpoetry #poetrycommunity #doitwrong

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Assembly Press @pressassembly.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

📣 Fall 2026 📣 We’ve got a perfect pair of books lined up for fall: essays by Erin Wunker and poetry by Dani Spinosa! Read all about ‘em over on our website - you can preorder there now, or do so via your favourite independent bookstore.

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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 13/06/2026

🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2026 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Bisexual Poetry: The Garbage Poems by Anna Swanson, illustrated by April White! @annajswan.bsky.social 🎉🎉 #Lammys2026 #LammyAwards

Winner graphic displaying the book cover of The Garbage Poems by Anna Swanson, illustrated by April White!

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Peter Counter, Nightmare Host @peterbcounter.com · 08/06/2026

My wonderful and talented wife, @emmadawn.com, was interviewed by the Kingstonist in their profile on the Mending Ways exhibition. Her sound piece, 'It's 6pm in Kingston,' can be experienced until July 17 at the Tett Centre. Check it out! www.kingstonist.com/news/free-ki...

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Free Kingston art exhibition 'Mending Ways' explores different aspects of healing

(Kingston, Ontario) Cultivate Arts Commons is inviting the Kingston community to their gallery to view their free Annual Juried Exhibition 'Mending Ways'.

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Assembly Press @pressassembly.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

📣 Happy pub day to the effervescent ride that is Mom Camp! 📣 Now available for your reading pleasure from your local bookstore or library branch. “Deeply strange, well observed, and often laugh-out-loud funny.”—Gabrielle Drolet, author of Look Ma, No Hands

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Assembly Press @pressassembly.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

We’re giving away a copy of MOM CAMP by Veronique Darwin and a MOM CAMP hat! To enter, sign up for our mailing list before Sunday May 3 at 11:59 at assemblypress.ca/subscribe The winner will be notified by email on on Monday May 4, so make sure the email address you use is legit, please!

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Assembly Press @pressassembly.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

📣Do It Wrong is here! 📣 Happy pub day to @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social and Do It Wrong: How to Be a Poet in the Twenty-First Century, a radically liberating collection of essays, ideas and approaches to writing and teaching poetry! Available now from your fav local bookstore or library

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Derek Beaulieu's new collection publishes on April 7. Read an excerpt here: bit.ly/4v79agQ

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Assembly Press @pressassembly.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Happy Opening Day* to all who celebrate! ⚾️🏟️🎉 Good planning is always having a copy of Field Work by @utilityofboredom.bsky.social within reach in case of a rain delay. Grab a copy from your favourite bookseller!

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Andrew Faulkner @ahfaulkner.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

See y'all at Derek's Toronto launch in a couple weeks!

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

TORONTO!: Come by FLYING BOOKS (784 College) on APRIL 10th at 6:30pm for the launch of DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY! flyingbooks.ca/events/48336... (check out @pressassembly.bsky.social & the book: assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w...)

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Will jump into the discourse to say that, while I am an absolute nut for old baseball -- 19th century, deadball, '20s, polyester era, all of it -- if every baseball team in 2026 carried itself the way Team USA has comported itself during this WBC, I wouldn't watch baseball.

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Assembly Press @pressassembly.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

📣 Coming May 2026 📣 Mom Camp by Véronique Darwin Available for preorder through bookstores and libraries and direct from our site: assemblypress.ca/shop/mom-camp

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Assembly Press @pressassembly.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

📣 Coming April 2026 📣 Do It Wrong by @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social is a radically liberating collection of essays, ideas, and approaches to writing and teaching poetry. Preorder your copy now from us, your fav book shop, or request it from your library! 📚 assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w...

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Assembly Press @pressassembly.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Happy North American pub day to @dani-netherclift.bsky.social and the long and gorgeous essay that is Vessel! “Lyrical and allusive, Vessel is a memoir about a personal tragedy and a moving meditation on what remains of the dead.”—starred review, Foreword Reviews assemblypress.ca/shop/vessel

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Andrew Faulkner @ahfaulkner.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I really love this one, it's so so good.

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

2026 is the 10th anniversary of my 1st book of baseball essays, The Utility of Boredom. I'm writing a preface to an anniversary edition that @invisibooks.bsky.social will publish in '26 and I’m struck by some parallels between this moment and 2015. 🧵1/

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Laura Brady @laurab7.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Need to fill the next few days before the World Series starts? How about some baseball books from Canadian writers? 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member... #WorldSeries #CanLit

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Books to Read at the World Series · Lists · 49th Shelf

Okay, Blue Jays! Let's play ball.

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Assembly Press @pressassembly.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Nothing like a Monday morning hard launch: Assembly Press and Brick Books are delighted to share the news that we are merging operations. More details on our website!

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

I'm so excited to annouce that Do It Wrong: How to Be a Poet In the Twenty-First Century is now available for preorder from @pressassembly.bsky.social assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w...

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king's co-op bookstore @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

this week during prime day sales take a moment and think about what you need, how quickly you need it, and where you might be able to get it in your community! It’s surprisingly easy to boycott the crummiest company on earth and there’s no shortage of great reasons to try start trying

a box that says New! Amazon sucks. Stuff you don’t need…fast! 24,000,000 giant size pkgs.

three of these boxes on a step! they say New! Amazon sucks. Stuff you don’t need…fast! 24,000,000 giant size pkgs.

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Paul Vermeersch @paulvermeersch.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

SAVE THE DATE! I'd love it if you could join me to celebrate the launch of NMLCT: poems Wed, Sept 24, 2025 at The Piston 937 Bloor Street West, from 7 to 10pm [festivities included] Sincerely, Paul Vermeersch

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Transit Books @transitbooks.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

We remain as committed as ever to promoting voices and perspectives that represent all facets of the human experience, in one's country, in one's language, and in one's body. If you're able to support our work with a donation, now is a critical time. www.transitbooks.org/donate

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Transit Books @transitbooks.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Along with many other nonprofit arts organizations, we learned last night that our grant from the National Endowment for the Arts—$40,000 toward the publication of our books in 2025—has been terminated. While this news was not unexpected, its message was chilling.

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Yes, this. My book is called Field Work: On Baseball and Making a Living. It's about how a game some of us love for fun is also a job. And about a doctor who was really good at striking out Babe Ruth. Thank you for your time, you may now resume doomscrolling. assemblypress.ca/shop/field-w...

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Hub Pruett, LHP, St. Louis Browns, 1922 (Photo by Charles M. Conlon). Pruett's story fascinated me, and pursuing it led me to write Field Work: On Baseball and Making a Living (April 15, @pressassembly.bsky.social).

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Mark Medley @markmedley.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

A new Maggie Helwig book is a good thing, though wish she didn’t have to write this. A vital, righteous voice.

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Nathan Whitlock @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

The founding of Assembly Press, her ongoing love for her debut collection, and how the world of books has changed in the quarter-century since its publication - my conversation with author and publisher @nashls.bsky.social thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...

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Eric Schmaltz @eschmaltzzz.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

I taught in CW&P as a PT instructor for years. My time there wasn't perfect (read: exploitation of sessionals), I'm saddened that management is cutting the program. The students were great, and the faculty I met were more than welcoming. CW&P has great potential: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

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I’m Sheridan’s writer in residence. Here’s what the college will lose when it suspends a writing program

The loss of Sheridan College's creative writing and publishing program will have devastating consequences for Canadian literature.

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king's co-op bookstore @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

i read One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This and it’s incredibly powerful & should be read by everyone. In the interest of making the words of @omarelakkad available to as many people as possible, we’re taking pre-orders at 40% off at kingsbookstore.ca/oneday

One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad

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Andrew Faulkner @ahfaulkner.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Rob should win the Governor General's Award for Book Science for so clearly articulating the correct owned-to-read ratio.

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Shelf Life Books @shelflifebooks.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

We've made a few starterpacks for others who are interested in indie bookstores and publishers! Find them both on our page 💙📚

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Assembly Press @pressassembly.bsky.social · 15/02/2024

📣 Introducing the class of fall 2024 📣 Our first list is broadly representative of the kinds of books we want to bring into the world with Assembly, with a novel, short stories, essays, poetry, a deck of writing prompts, and writing craft book. There's something for everyone!

A graphic showing Publishers Marketplace announcements for the first list of titles by Assembly Press, set for publication in fall 24. Book titles include The Lodgers by Holly Pester; Scandal in the Alphorn Factory: New and Selected Short Fiction, 1984-2024 by Gary Barwin; Relative to Wind: On Sailing, Craft, and Community by Phoebe Wang; Inherent by Kevin Stebner; Story is a State of Mind: Writing and the Art of Creative Curiosity & Story is a State of Mind: 50 prompts to inspire your daily writing practice by Sarah Selecky.

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Assembly Press @pressassembly.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

Heads up: our first round of open submissions closes at 11:59pm ET on December 18! Learn more about Assembly and what we're looking for here: assemblypress.ca/submissions And stay tuned for news on our next submission period in early 2024.

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Peter Counter, Nightmare Host @peterbcounter.com · 10/11/2023

HOW TO RESTORE A TIMELINE: ON VIOLENCE AND MEMORY has been out for one glorious month. Thank you everyone who helped me celebrate my second book with your thoughtful reviews, enthusiastic congratulations, participation in events, and spreading the word. You're all diamonds!

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Andrew Faulkner @ahfaulkner.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

In a smart and hyper-quotable article, don’t sleep on this little nugget: “the recent rise of the blockbuster model means that the Big Five relegate many of even their own books to obscurity too.” lareviewofbooks.org/article/read...

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Los Angeles Review of Books

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