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founded July 1993 : CELEBRATING TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AND OVER 850 PUBLICATIONS! Ottawa-based poetry chapbook + broadside publisher; publisher of The Peter F. Yacht Club (a writer's group magazine) + Touch the Donkey (a small poetry magazine); edited/published by rob mclennan

Sunday, June 11, 2017

Gary Barwin wins the Stephen Leacock Medal for Canadian Humour!

above/ground press author Gary Barwin has won the 2017 Stephen Leacock Medal for Canadian Humour for his novel Yiddish for Pirates (Random House Canada, 2016). Congratulations, Gary! You can see the full text of his acceptance speech here. And there are still a couple of copies of his above/ground press title, Seedpod, Microfiche (2013) kicking around, in case anyone is interested.
Posted by rob mclennan at 1:30 PM
Labels: Gary Barwin, Stephen Leacock Medal

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NOW AVAILABLE! above/ground press: 2018 subscriptions

NOW AVAILABLE! above/ground press: 2018 subscriptions

upcoming events and appearances!

The Factory Reading Series: Aaron Tucker, Brecken Hancock, Christine McNair + rob mclennan, April 29, 2018 (Ottawa ON);

above/ground press at Kanada Koncrete, Loud Mouths: Anstee, Atkins, Beaulieu, Betts, Davey, Earl, Spinosa, etc, May 5, 2018 (Ottawa ON);

Anna Gurton-Wachter reads with MC Hyland at The Poetry Project, May 7, 2018 (New York NY);

rob mclennan + Tanis MacDonald at The TREE Reading Series, June 12, 2018 (Ottawa ON);

THE ABOVE/GROUND PRESS 25TH ANNIVERSARY READING/LAUNCH/PARTY, at Vimy Brewing Company, August 25, 2018 (Ottawa ON); (details tba)

above/ground press 25th anniversary essays

above/ground press 25th anniversary essays

recent above/ground chapbooks

recent above/ground chapbooks

The Factory Reading Series (founded January 1993,

The Factory Reading Series (founded January 1993,
recent and forthcoming titles from Beth Ayer, Lisa Rawn, Ian Dreiblatt, Jenna Jarvis, Jamie Townsend, Lea Graham, Cole Swensen, Jason Christie, Allison Cardon, Melissa Eleftherion, Uxío Novoneyra (trans. Erín Moure), Travis Sharp, Stuart Kinmond / Phil Hall, Natalee Caple, Jon Boisvert, Lise Downe, Dennis Cooley, Michael Martin Shea, Jennifer Stella, Miguel E. Ortiz Rodríguez, Gregory Betts + Arnold McBay, Aaron Tucker, Dani Spinosa, Andrew Wessels, Marthe Reed, Kate Siklosi, Edward Smallfield, Sean Braune, Amish Trivedi, Sara Renee Marshall, The Peter F. Yacht Club #26, Steve McCaffery, Gary Barwin and Tom Prime, Gary Barwin and Alice Burdick, rob mclennan, Stephanie Gray, Alice Notley, Stan Rogal, Rachel Mindell, Eleni Zisimatos, Adrienne Gruber, Andrew Cantrell, kevin martins mcpherson eckhoff, Anna Gurton-Wachter, Valerie Coulton, Matthew Johnstone, Alyssa Bridgman, Natalee Caple, N.W. Lea, Elizabeth Robinson, Geoffrey Nilson, Eric Schmaltz, Joe Blades, Sacha Archer, natalie hanna, Katy Lederer, Amanda Earl, Kristina Drake, Stephanie Bolster, Adele Graf, Buck Downs, Sarah Dowling, nathan dueck, Sarah Cook, Jessica Smith, Ian Whistle, Faizal Deen, The Peter F. Yacht Club #25, Marilyn Irwin, Lisa Robertson, Jordan Abel, Stephen Collis, Sandra Moussempès (trans. Eléna Rivera), Sarah Fox, Brenda Iijima, Jake Syersak, Helen Hajnoczky, Derek Beaulieu, Kyle Flemmer, philip miletic, Geoffrey Young, Jason Christie, Carrie Hunter, Sarah Swan, John Barton, Carrie Olivia Adams, Julia Polyck-O'Neill, Dana Claxton, Andrew McEwan, Michael Turner, George Bowering, Pearl Pirie, Christian Bök, Neil Flowers, Lesley Yalen, Braydon Beaulieu, Pete Smith, Bronwen Tate, lary timewell, Renée Sarojini Saklikar, The Peter F. Yacht Club #24, Sarah Mangold, Yuri Izdryk (trans. Roman Ivashkiv and Erín Moure), Sean Braune, Kristjana Gunnars, Robert Hogg, Sarah Burgoyne, rob's fall 2015 poetry workshop participants, Katie L. Price, Roland Prevost, ryan fitzpatrick, Ashley-Elizabeth Best, Hugh Thomas, Nicole Markotić, Elizabeth Robinson, Amish Trivedi, damian lopes, Jamie Bradley, Jennifer Kronovet, Gil McElroy, derek beaulieu, Karen Massey, Kemeny Babineau, Gregory Betts, Jennifer Baker, Stephen Brockwell, Kate Schapira, Megan Kaminski, Andy Weaver, Susanne Dyckman, Emily Ursuliak, Eric Baus, Rachel Moritz, Janice Tokar, Sharon Harris, Noah Eli Gordon, Ben Ladouceur, Dennis Tourbin, Sarah Rosenthal, Camille Martin, Hailey Higdon, Rae Armantrout, Marthe Reed, Marcus McCann, Monty Reid, Gary Barwin, Christine McNair and rob mclennan, Rosmarie Waldrop, Aaron Tucker, Jill Stengel, Wanda O'Connor, Two Dutch Poets: Hélène Gelèns and Erik Lindner, Kaia Sand, Amy Dennis, Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Abby Paige, Stephen Cain, Brecken Hancock, Shannon Maguire, Mark Cochrane, Deborah Poe, Kevin McPherson Eckhoff, Cameron Anstee, Rob Manery, Robert Hogg, George Elliott Clarke, Jay MillAr, Kathryn MacLeod, Fenn Stewart, j/j hastain, Phil Hall + Andrew Burke, Deanna Young, Barry McKinnon, Michael Blouin + Elizabeth Rainer, Ken Norris, Eric Folsom, Dennis Cooley, Paige Ackerson-Kiely, Robert Kroetsch, Chris Turnbull and dozens upon dozens of others...

small press book fairs we love

  • ottawa small press book fair (with links to other book fairs in Canada)

above/ground press "poem" broadsides

above/ground press "poem" broadsides

reviews of our titles!

reviews of our titles!

author interviews,

author interviews,

The Peter F. Yacht Club; occasional writer's group journal + annual Xmas party/reading/regatta!

The Peter F. Yacht Club; occasional writer's group journal + annual Xmas party/reading/regatta!

ottawater: Ottawa's annual poetry pdf journal

ottawater: Ottawa's annual poetry pdf journal

Touch the Donkey

Touch the Donkey
a small poetry magazine,
to contact editor/publisher rob mclennan, email rob_mclennan (at) hotmail (dot) com; or write, c/o 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON Canada K1H 7M9

above/ground press rarities and backlist! (an ongoing list of items long out-of-print,

above/ground press rarities and backlist! (an ongoing list of items long out-of-print,

Ground Rules: the best of the second decade of above/ground press 2003-2013 (Chaudiere Books)

Ground Rules: the best of the second decade of above/ground press 2003-2013 (Chaudiere Books)

Groundswell: the best of above/ground press, 1993-2003 (Broken Jaw Press)

Groundswell: the best of above/ground press, 1993-2003 (Broken Jaw Press)

above/ground press

  • In which I answer some questions on above/ground press for Entropy, as part of their small press feature, December 2016
  • "How to keep a small chapbook press alive for twenty-three years (a primer, at Open Book, October 2016
  • List of micro-publishers in Canada : Brick Books' Celebreation of Canadian Poetry, December 2015
  • "Six Questions For..." rob mclennan on above/ground press, October 2013
  • Pearl Pirie's report on the 20th anniversary reading / launch / party, August 2013
  • 'I am a child of above/ground," by Marcus McCann, August 2013
  • Marthe Reed resonds to Alejandro Butros on the 20th anniversary of above/ground press, nous-zot press, August 2013
  • On small press publishing and above/ground press in particular by Gary Barwin, serif of nottingblog, August 2013
  • Celebrating 20 years of poetry with above/ground press by Alejandro Bustos, Apartment 613, August 2013
  • I simply began: above/ground press at 20 [an interview with rob mclennan], Apt. 9 Press, August 2013
  • Q & A: 20 Years of above/ground press: an interview with rob mclennan by Alison Lang, Broken Pencil blog, January 2013
  • ten questions for rob mclennan on above/ground press by derek beaulieu, March 2011
  • above/ground press at nineteen,
  • the peter f yacht club (a write-up + bibliography);
  • above/ground press: at sixteen
  • above/ground press: the angry teen years (fifteen)
  • above/ground press: ALBERTA SERIES (2007-8), online pdf chapbooks
  • above/ground press: what happens at fourteen
  • Alberta dispatch: interviews and writing from Edmonton by rob mclennan
  • interview with rob mclennan by Didi Menendez, Men of the World Wide Poetry World
  • interview with rob mclennan by Rusty Morrison on writing, reviewing, blogging and above/ground press
  • Ottawa X-Press article on small/micro press

editor/publisher rob mclennan's other web stuff

  • Chaudiere Books
  • Chaudiere Books blog
  • Poetics.ca (with Stephen Brockwell)
  • alberta writing
  • ottawa poetry newsletter
  • ottawater (ottawa poetry pdf annual journal)
  • rob mclennan's main blog
  • seventeen seconds: a journal of poetry and poetics

other chapbook publishers

  • (m)Other Tongue Press, Saltspring Island BC
  • AngelHousePress, Ottawa ON
  • Apt. 9 Press, Ottawa ON
  • Baseline Press, London ON
  • Believe Your Own Press, Toronto ON
  • BookThug, Toronto ON
  • bywords, Ottawa ON
  • Ferno House, Toronto ON
  • Friday Circle (University of Ottawa), Ottawa ON
  • Frog Hollow Press, Victoria BC
  • greenboathouse books, Vernon BC
  • Jackpine Press, Saskatoon SK
  • Laurel Reed Books, Mt. Pleasant ON
  • Leaf Press, Lantzville BC
  • Lipstick Press, Gabriola Island BC
  • LyricalMyrical, Toronto ON
  • Mercutio Press, Montreal QC
  • NO PRESS, Calgary AB
  • Nomados Literary Publishers, Vancouver BC
  • PigeonBike, London ON
  • Pooka Press, Vancouver BC
  • Proper Tales Press, Toronto ON
  • red nettle press, Edmonton AB
  • Rubicon Press, Edmonton AB
  • Running the Goat, Books & Broadsheets, St. John's NFLD
  • Simulacrum Press, Burlington ON
  • The Alfred Gustav Press, North Vancouver BC
  • The Blasted Tree, Calgary AB
  • The Emergency Response Unit, Toronto ON
  • Wrinkle Press, Windsor ON

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