Reposted by a square houseVancouver Island Regional Library @vilibrary.bsky.social · 17/09/2026📣 Writers and artists on Vancouver Island, Haida Gwaii, Bella Coola and the Gulf Islands! Submit short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction or art for Sea & Cedar’s 2027 issue by Sept. 30, 2026: virl.bc.ca/read-watch-listen/audien… 032
Reposted by a square houseottawa small press book fair @ottawasmallpress.bsky.social · 14/09/2026don't forget: this fall's ottawa small press book fair (32 years!) is Nov 14, 2026! with our usual pre-fair reading at Anina's Cafe on Nov 13 / @arcpoetry.bsky.social @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @meetthepresses.bsky.social smallpressbookfair.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-...smallpressbookfair.blogspot.comthe ottawa small press book fair, autumn 2026 edition: November 14, 2026span-o (the small press action network - ottawa) presents: the ottawa small press book fair autumn 2026 : will be held on Satur... 016
Reposted by a square housethe lakeshore undead @thecorlew.bsky.social · 18/09/2026friendly reminder that if you’re worried about cultural decline you can just pick up a book published by a small press and feel way better 26929
a square house @asquarehouse.bsky.social · 19/09/2026we’ll be in #victoria next weekend for SMALL PRESS FEST, 11-4 pm on saturday september 26!! we’ll have chapbooks for sale thru both the press & the distro. stop by if you’re in vic, we’d love to see you! 011
Reposted by a square houseThese Days @thesedayszine.bsky.social · 13/09/2026new issue feat. real art about ai, including new writing from Gwen Aube, Justin Million & Ether Vincent, Lil Drew's drawings, and a comic by @nickyflowers.com www.etsy.com/ca/listing/4... 076
a square house @asquarehouse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026two amazing readings from Cynthia DeConinckSmith & Bailey Bellosillo last nite at GRUB STREET! 011
Reposted by a square houseAmanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Ottawa, the Real Surreal Poetry Crawl September 12 at 1:30 pm. Book Bazaar, 417 Bank Web: tinyurl.com/ottawatherealsurreal Email: amanda@amandaearl.com a free event sponsored by the League of Canadian Poets w/ Bandukwala, Chang-Richardson, Earl, mclennan to celebrate the LCP's 60th anniversary.tinyurl.comOttawa, the real surreal: a poetry crawlOttawa, the real surreal: a poetry crawl Saturday, September 12, 2026 1:30 to 3:30pm with Manahil Bandukwala, Ellen Chang-Richardson, Amanda Earl & rob mclennan. a League of Canadian Poets 60 events... 011
a square house @asquarehouse.bsky.social · 12/09/2026tonite! poetry in nanaimo! good times guaranteed, door prizes possible (for open mic readers). 6pm at the vault! 000
a square house @asquarehouse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026the next GRUB STREET reading series is coming up this saturday september 12 at the vault nanaimo! readings followed by an open mic. see you there, 6-8 PM 001
Reposted by a square houseThese Days @thesedayszine.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Give our regards to Lee -- a little something extra is a great read. "I couldn't tell you the first thing about me if you asked." 111
a square house @asquarehouse.bsky.social · 04/04/2026amazing turnout last night at the vault in nanaimo! shout out to featured readers Masha Zhaksybek + Lee Groen, and big big thanks to everyone who signed up to read at the open mic! see you at the next GRUB STREET reading series 🐛 054
Reposted by a square housea square house @asquarehouse.bsky.social · 07/03/2026the next GRUB STREET reading series is coming up april 3rd at the vault #nanaimo! open mic following featured readers Lee Groen + Masha Zhaksybek. + chapbooks and zines available for purchase, door prizes for open mic readers. bring your notebook! 024
a square house @asquarehouse.bsky.social · 28/03/2026NEW from the press! we’re excited to launch Lee Groen’s debut chapbook, A Little Something Extra, as part of the next GRUB STREET reading series friday april 3, 6-8 pm @ the vault nanaimo 1103
a square house @asquarehouse.bsky.social · 07/03/2026the next GRUB STREET reading series is coming up april 3rd at the vault #nanaimo! open mic following featured readers Lee Groen + Masha Zhaksybek. + chapbooks and zines available for purchase, door prizes for open mic readers. bring your notebook! 024
Reposted by a square houseThese Days @thesedayszine.bsky.social · 07/03/2026When AI can generate this, I give up. Until then G-d keep the brave men et al maintaining Discordiadiscordiareview.comA “no loads refused” publishing orgyHere's how indie publishing really works and what one city's extreme lit mag craze can tell us about the scene as a whole 031
a square house @asquarehouse.bsky.social · 28/02/2026big things on the way from yr favourite nanaimo chapbook makers! 023
Reposted by a square houserob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 11/02/2026the schedule for the sixteenth annual edition of VERSeFest : Ottawa's International Poetry Festival is now online! / @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...robmclennan.blogspot.comthe schedule for the sixteenth annual edition of VERSeFest : Ottawa's International Poetry Festival is now online!March 24-30, 2026: readings and performances in English and French (and Polish!) by Marie-Célie Agnant, Olivia Tapiero, Sanita Fejzic, Melis... 0179
a square house @asquarehouse.bsky.social · 11/02/2026a grizzled vet maneuver right here, folks. ya love to see it 🫡 132
a square house @asquarehouse.bsky.social · 05/02/2026as a zine distro & small press, we love this theme. send them yr work! 120
Reposted by a square houseJerf Blerkman @jeffblackman.bsky.social · 03/02/2026discordiareview.comMoney is a living thing, with G-d given wisdom"O life how it dies and grows on trees," says Jeff Blackman. 022
Reposted by a square houseThese Days @thesedayszine.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Buy this before i buy them all 022
a square house @asquarehouse.bsky.social · 31/01/2026new from the press: cartoon yrself - dalton derkson our first publication is dalton derkson's umpteenth chapbook. "cartoon yrself" is a riff on dennis lee's "riffs" (1993) & in the short collection dalton wrestles with the rarest of poetry's muses: loss, longing & language. info: asquarehouse.ca 023
a square house @asquarehouse.bsky.social · 16/01/2026see you tonight at the vault! Elke Sorensen + Taylor Fleming 6-8 PM - open mic - $5 or PWYC 011
Reposted by a square housethediscourse.ca @thediscourse.ca · 16/01/2026These events listings are from The Hub Nanaimo, your weekly insider guide to the best of community arts and culture. thediscourse.ca/nanaimo/even...thediscourse.caEvents in Nanaimo for the week of Jan. 15 to 21, 2026 – The Discourse.These events listings are from The Hub Nanaimo, your weekly insider guide to the best of community arts and culture. 002
a square house @asquarehouse.bsky.social · 14/01/2026big thanks to lauryn @chly.ca for this awesome write-up! get acquainted w/ a square house & get ready for the inaugural GRUB STREET here: 012
a square house @asquarehouse.bsky.social · 12/01/2026v excited to feature Elke Sorensen & Taylor Fleming this friday at the vault for the first GRUB STREET reading series! details: asquarehouse.ca/grub-street/ 011
Reposted by a square houseLit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 08/01/2026“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...” A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today. lithub.com/renee-nicole...lithub.comRenee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s… 5751112410
a square house @asquarehouse.bsky.social · 09/01/2026our first ever reading series GRUB STREET is happening one week from today at the vault!! featuring Elke Sorensen & Taylor Fleming, + poetry open mic (with door prizes) to follow. hope we see you there! 013
a square house @asquarehouse.bsky.social · 19/12/2025the secret to being a small poetry press is that... 001
Reposted by a square houseAmanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Dear current & former Ottawa students, residents & workers, I warmly invite you to send poems to Bywords.ca for our January 2026 issue. The deadline is December 15, 2025 & all the details are on Bywords.ca under Guidelines, but you can ask me questions at any time: amanda@bywords.ca. Happy December! 022
Reposted by a square houserob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 21/11/2025THIS WEEKEND! CELEBRATING THIRTY-ONE YEARS OF THE OTTAWA SMALL PRESS BOOK FAIR! TOMORROW: smallpressbookfair.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-... TONIGHT! The Factory Reading Series pre-small press book fair reading, Stuart Ross, Liam Burke + Amanda Earl, smallpressalmanac.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-... 01611
Reposted by a square housejesslyn delia @jlyndelia.bsky.social · 09/11/2025dalton & i started a little poetry press + distro! we’re hosting our first reading series and open mic in january (details to come) 🐒 follow us! bsky.app/profile/asqu... 054
