new from above/ground press: Massey, mclennan, Melançon, Hilder, Bowering/Gold, Stearne, Vogler, Gorin, Drescher, Norris, Donato, Pirie + Touch the Donkey #38

SONGS FROM THE DEMENTIA SUITCASE, Karen Massey $5 ; edgeless : letters, by rob mclennan $5 ; Bridges under the Water, by Jérôme Melançon $5 ; Where there's smoke, by Monty Reid $5 ; {NANCY} [an essay on Nancy Shaw], by Jamie Hilder $5 ; LALIQUE, by George Bowering and Artie Gold $5 ; Bits and Bobs, two stories by Ryan Stearne $5 ; Report from the (Pearl) Pirie Society, Vol. 1 No. 1 $7 ; errand : towards, by Brad Vogler $5 ; Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] #38 $7 ; Simple Location, by Andrew Gorin $5 ; “Almost Alive” by Julia Drescher $5 ; ECHOES, by Ken Norris $5 ; Toothache, by Joseph Donato $5 ;

keep an eye on the above/ground press blog for author interviews, new writing, reviews, upcoming readings and tons of other material; see the previous batch of backlist here,

published in Ottawa by above/ground press
May-August 2023
as part of the above/ground press 30th anniversary
a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy of each

To order, send cheques (add $1 for postage; in US, add $2; outside North America, add $5) to: rob mclennan, 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9. E-transfer or PayPal at at rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com or the PayPal button (above). Scroll down here to see various backlist titles, or click on any of the extensive list of names on the sidebar (many, many things are still in print).

Review copies of any title (while supplies last) also available, upon request.

and don't forget THE ABOVE/GROUND PRESS 30TH ANNIVERSARY READING/LAUNCH/PARTY! Sat, Aug 12, 2023 : Clocktower Brew Pub, Glebe; celebrating THIRTY YEARS of continuous activity (and nearly thirteen hundred publications)

Forthcoming chapbooks by Colin Dardis, Sophia Magliocca, Russell Carisse, Micah Ballard, Cary Fagan, Jennifer Baker, Amanda Deutch, Kevin Stebner, Kyla Houbolt, Gary Barwin, Adriana Oniță, Noah Berlatsky, Heather Cadsby, Blunt Research Group, Phil Hall + Steven Ross Smith, Zane Koss, Peter Myers, Gil McElroy, Ben Robinson, Miranda Mellis, MLA Chernoff, Terri Witek, Geoffrey Olsen, Pete Smith, Robert van Vliet, Marita Dachsel, Grant Wilkins and Angela Caporaso (among others, most likely). And there’s totally still time to subscribe for 2023, by the way (backdating to January 1st, obviously).