Meet the Presses

Announcing the bpNichol Chapbook Award 2011 Winner

Leigh — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:58:38 +0000

Claudia Coutu Radmore

for

Accidentals

Published by Apt. 9 Press

Honourable Mentions:
Kevin McPherson Eckhoff, Game Show Reversed (BookThug)

Toronto Poetry Vendors, Vol 2, No 1 (authors: Laurie D Graham, Sachiko Murakami, Aisha Sasha John, Linda Besner, Mathew Henderson, Nathaniel G Moore, Adam Seelig, Moez Surani, Souvankham Thammavongsa, Matthew Tierney)

Special mention for excellence in production: JackPine Press

The judges for this year’s competition were Maggie Helwig and Bill Kennedy.

View more information on the bpNichol Chapbook Award here.

Meet the Presses Screaming Chapbook Market

Leigh — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:26:14 +0000

Some of us believe the chapbook is the natural and friendly form for publishing poetry, fiction, and non-fiction.
Come join us and check out this stubborn resister of eBooks and spines!
A Scream Unfestival event.

AngelHousePress • Apt. 9 Press • BookThug • The Emergency Response Unit • Gesture Press • Horse of Operation • Imago Press • Junction Books • Laurel Reed Books • Proper Tales Press • Red Iron • Serif of Nottingham • Sunnyoutside • Talking Pictures • Toronto Poetry Vendors • Twoffish Press • Underwhich Editions • AND MORE!

Saturday, July 9, noon till 5 pm
Clinton’s Tavern, 693 Bloor West
FREE ADMISSION!

Presented by the Meet the Presses Collective
meetthepresses@gmail.com

The Last Vispo Anthology

Leigh — Mon, 31 May 2010 01:04:24 +0000

Another excellent reason to swing by next weekend’s market:

Meet the Presses’ Toronto Indie Literary Market

proudly presents a digital display of

The Last Vispo Anthology

edited by Crag Hill and Nico Vassilakis

Saturday, June 5, 2010 | 12-5 | Clinton’s Tavern,

693 Bloor Street West, Toronto

The Last Vispo anthology is a 300-page book of visual poetry featuring well over 125 different seasoned and emerging writer/artists from around the world and covers the decade between 1998 and 2008.

Mark your calendars: the 2nd Indie Literary Market is coming!

Leigh — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:00:56 +0000

The Meet the Presses Indie Literary Market gives the public an opportunity to meet dozens of Canadian literary presses and directly purchase publications that may not be readily available (or available at all!) in bookstores. So far, participating publishers and magazines include:

Anvil Press
BookThug
Brick Books
Carousel
Coach House Books
Ferno House
Gesture Press/Battered Press
HARDSCRABBLE
Imago
Insomniac
Learn/Yeats
Lowlife Publishing
Mansfield Press
Mercury Press
Pedlar Press
Peter O’Toole
Porcupine’s Quill
Proper Tales Press
Rampike
Red Iron
Room 3o2 Books
serif of nottingham editions
sub-Terrain
The Emergency Response Unit
Toronto Poetry Vendors
Underwhich Editions
Wolsak & Wynn

This is Toronto’s only all-literary indie-publisher showcase! You’ll find cutting-edge fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction from some of the most exciting, challenging publishers in Canada.

Saturday, June 5, 2010
12-5
Clinton’s Tavern, 693 Bloor Street West

Admission is free. Clinton’s has a great selection of food and drink for purchase.

Three Cheers for Small Press!

Leigh — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:10:02 +0000

The Meet the Presses INDIE LITERARY MARKET on November 29 was a blast.

Thanks so much to all the participating publishers:

BookThug
Coach House Books
Cormorant Books
ECW Press
Exile Editions
Existere
Gesture Press
Insomniac Press/4 a.m.
learn/yeats & co
Mansfield Press
One Hour Empire
Pedlar Press
Playwrights Canada Press
Proper Tales Press/Peter O’Toole
Rampike
serif of nottingham editions
The Emergency Response Unit
The Expert Press
The Mercury Press
The Porcupine’s Quill
The Puritan
Twoffish Press
Um, Yeah Press
Underwhich Editions
White Wall Review
Wolsak & Wynn

and especially to all the enthusiastic members of the public who turned out for this event. Thanks, too, for emptying your pockets in the name of indie Can-lit!

Click here to view photos from the Indie Literary Market.

Stay tuned in the new year for more events devised and put on by the Meet the Presses collective.

If you’d like to join our email list, just drop us a note at meetthepresses@gmail.com.

Looking forward to seeing you …

Leigh — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:36:28 +0000

today, Nov. 29, at the Indie Literary Market, Toronto’s only all-literary indie-publisher showcase! You’ll find cutting-edge fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction from some of the most exciting, challenging publishers in Canada.

Admission is free. Clinton’s has a great selection of food and drink for purchase.

Date: Saturday, November 29
Time: 12pm to 5pm
Location: Clinton’s tavern (back room), 693 Bloor St. W

Participating presses and magazines include:

BookThug
Coach House Books
Cormorant Books
ECW Press
Exile Editions
Existere
Gesture Press
Insomniac Press/4 a.m.
learn/yeats & co
Mansfield Press
Mercury Press
One Hour Empire
Pedlar Press
Peter O’Toole
Playwrights Canada
Proper Tales Press
Rampike
serif of nottingham editions
The Emergency Response Unit
The Puritan
Twaddle
Twoffish Press
Um, Yeah Press
Underwhich Editions
White Wall Review
Wolsak & Wynn

Come meet dozens of local literary presses and directly purchase publications that may not be readily available (or available at all!) in bookstores. Get started on your holiday shopping!

Indie Literary Market – One Week Away

Leigh — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:38:45 +0000

Meet the Presses Indie Literary Market

Leigh — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:19:28 +0000

Meet the Presses Indie Literary Market

Come meet dozens of Toronto’s best literary publishers of fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction! Literary books, chapbooks, broadsides and recordings for sale – including lots of stuff you’ll never find in stores!

Saturday, November 29
noon – 5 pm

Clinton’s Tavern (rear room)
693 Bloor St. W
Just one block east of Christie Subway Station

Free admission! Cash bar! Great food!

For more info, click here.

Leigh — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:02:52 +0000

Meet the Presses is a new, all-volunteer collective devoted to promoting micro, small and independent literary presses within the Greater Toronto Area. This new collective has come together in the spirit of the original Meet the Presses event begun in Toronto in the mid-80s by Nicholas Power and Stuart Ross.

Members of the new Meet the Presses organize a variety of curated public events that interest them, and all the events focus on independent publishers of fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction.

Meet the Presses’ flagship event is a literary market focused on sales of literary books, chapbooks, magazines, and recordings. Meet the Presses Indie Literary Market is a curated event – that is, the participating publishers are chosen by the Meet the Presses collective. The Indie Literary Market gives the public an opportunity to meet local literary presses and directly purchase publications that may not be readily available (or available at all!) in bookstores and other commercial outlets.

This new incarnation of Meet the Presses – an unfunded and non-profit collective – was founded by five former coordinators of the Toronto Small Press Book Fair and four local writers and small pressers.

The collective consists of Gary Barwin, Paul Dutton, Maria Erskine, Ally Fleming, Beth Follett, Maggie Helwig, Leigh Nash, Nicholas Power, and Stuart Ross.