New Directions in Publishing & Translation: a conversation with Stenen Press

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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, …

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Melanie McGee Bianchi & The Ballad of Cherrystoke

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 10th Anniversary Reading

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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 …

a fixation on the small: a Smol Fair reading

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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 …

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SMOLFair Publishers Roundtable

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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 …

Platform Building 101

Topic: SMOL Time: Mar 21, 2022 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82384257766?pwd=UitZQUY2YVVOVXZ1RHZGL2xlUWU1Zz09 Meeting ID: 823 8425 7766 Passcode: 878689 , United States

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 …

PROTECTRESS reading with author Kendra Preston Leonard

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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 …

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Say Yes to the Small Press

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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 …

Rain Mountain Press Giveaways

Today through March 26 Rain Mountain Press – thrilled to be part of SMOL!!! – will be offering RMP Book Giveaways by poetry and fiction authors Michele Madigan Somerville, Rob …

Sale on Milk & Cake Titles

All books 30%, or buy the Dead of Winter anthology and T-shirt bundle for $40--that's $20 off.

Christian Livermore & The Very Special Dead

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 …

Poets Facing History: Slapering Hol Press Reading

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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 …

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