Small publishing events for the rest of us
Join the conversation! Stenen Press was founded in 2020—a year of great change and isolation—with a mission to publish literature that rethinks artistic, cultural, political, geographic, and literary borders. The Press operates from the belief that has never been more important for voices in languages other than English to be seen, heard, and read globally, …
Sensational debut author Melanie McGee Bianchi discusses her forthcoming short story collection: The Ballad of Cherrystoke and other stories. To be released in Summer 2022 by Blackwater Press. We are rather excited about this one! ‘Bianchi writes with graciousness for the reader: it feels like she’s invited you on her porch to tell you these …
Josephine Quarterly is celebrating ten years of publishing new and established voices. Since its founding in Atlanta in 2012, the journal has published work that pushes past expectations of what poetry is and what it can do. In celebration of this special anniversary, Josephine Quarterly contributors from the past ten years will read from their …
We are pleased to host a reading this year during Smol Fair 2022. This event is about the small moments. How even a single line of poetry or prose can change your world. Or even a small trinket you possess, or a gesture you gave/received. This event is free and open to the public with …
Join these SMOLFair publishers as they discuss the origins and missions of their organizations, the state of independent publishing, and answer audience questions. Virtual, over Zoom. •Kristine Langley Mahler, Publisher and Director of Split/Lip Press •Erin Elizabeth Smith, Founder and Executive Director of Sundress Publications •Alana Wilcox, Editorial Director of Coach House Books Register in …
In the competitive job market, employers look for people with experience. Literary agents and publishers are no different, and the experience they are looking for is called a “platform.” This platform, however, is not just the list of your publications; it’s the sum of your total footprint in the publishing world. This panel will help …
I'll be reading from my new novella in verse, Protectress (Unsolicited Press, 2022), and offering a drawing for a signed copy and some fun swag for attendees! Protectress places the mythical gorgons in the modern world, where Athena, pumped up by all of the people who blame women for being raped, who slut-shame women who …
Everyone and their mother wants to publish a book. Commercial publishers continue to be notoriously difficult to access, let alone publish with, and thus self-publishing options have experienced a period of immense growth, even gaining the respect of industry professionals. But there is a middle way: publishing with a small, independent press. What is a …
Listen to the phenomenal Christian Livermore discuss and read from her forthcoming novel: The Very Special Dead. To be released in October 2022 by Blackwater Press. For those who enjoy the stranger side of life! "Lyrical, poignant and perfectly grounded in the day-to-day lives of a beautifully evoked New England fishing town, The Very Special …
Join us for a reading with Susana H. Case, Aaron Caycedo-Kimura, and Liz Marlow as they read from their award winning chapbooks that speak to different histories of living and surviving in the face of racial or ethnic hate. Susana H. Case's Scottish Cafe contains poems, combining history and mathematics exquisitely, based upon the experiences …
Authors Tiffany Cates, Colin Rafferty, and Jesse DeLong will read from their works published in Spring of 2021 to those folks who might have missed them the first time around. Cates's M-theory is a novel of mystery and introspection, asking what we can truly know about others or even ourselves; Rafferty's Execute the Office: Essays …
The 3rd Thing is an independent publisher of necessary alternatives. Three 3rd Thing writers will hold an hour of virtual space to share a selection of work from titles both recently published and forthcoming. Peer through a gap in the settlement fence with interdisciplinary visual artist and poet of the Listuguj Mi’gmaq First Nation, Summer …
