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rob mclennan

founded July 1993 : Ottawa-based poetry chapbook, journal + broadside publisher; edited/published/folded/stapled/enveloped + carried around in bags by rob mclennan,

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Latest Issues

above/ground press authors on two shortlists: bpNichol chapbook award + Prix Expozine Awards,

above/ground press has titles on two different shortlists!

announced last night: Lillian Nećakov’s The World is Beautiful (2025) and Gwen Aube’s pulp necrosis (2025) are up for the 2026 bpNichol chapbook award! (a prize that celebrates fo...

5 days ago
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new from above/ground press:

Silent the Decadent Terror, Michelle Lynn Dyrness $6 : Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] : fifty-first issue, with new poems by Stan Rogal, Michael Betancourt, Noah Sparrow, Phil Hall, madelaine caritas longman, fahima ife, Helen Ha...

6 days ago
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The Factory Reading Series pre-ottawa small press book fair reading, November 13, 2026:

span-o (the small press action network - ottawa) presents:

The Factory Reading Series
the pre-small press book fair reading

featuring readings by:

Kimberly Quiogue Andrews (Ottawa ON)
Lisa Fishman (Canada/US)
James K. Moran (...

8 days ago
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Lisa Fishman, Jason Heroux + Renée Sarojini Saklikar read online at H of a Night 2026:

Three above/ground press authors read as part of Meet the Presses’ H of a Night 2026 - Celebrating 40 Years of the bpNichol Chapbook Award! Catch it online here, this coming Monday, 2 Nov, 6:30pm - 8:30pm EST: forthcoming author Lisa Fishma...

9 days ago
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All the world's above/ground, / And all the poets merely players,

Did you catch my report on participating in the Fisher Small and Fine Press Fair at the University of Toronto back in September? That was pretty cool. I’m unable to get into Toronto further this fall for the Meet the Presses Indie Lit Marke...

14 days ago
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    Ottawa-born/based poet, fiction writer, critic, editor, publisher, book fair organizer. Canada's sweetheart. The author of nearly fifty trade books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction. http://robmclennanauthor.blogspot.com/

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