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A colourful papercut number 8 superimposed with "HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY"
From all of us at JLRB Press, we wish a happy, productive, & joyful #InternationalWomensDay to all! 💃🩷 Since we're a #poetry press . . . let's talk favourite #womenpoets! ✍️We've been enjoying Christina Rossetti lately. How about you? #iwd #womenspoetry #poetrybywomen #feminism #transwomen #jlrbpress
JLRB Press Virtual Book Launch and Author Q&A: Becoming: An Anthology of What-If Poems about Women and Womanhood; Jan. 31, 2026, 10am Pacific; REGISTER -> bit.ly/becoming-virtual-book-launch; also, an image of the book's cover
👋 Hi, friends! What're all y'all doin' at 10am Pacific on Jan. 31, 2026?? 🤔 If *we* were betting women, we'd guess you're attending the #jlrbpress virtual #booklaunch for _Becoming: An Anthology of What-If Poems about Women and Womanhood_, right? ➡️ bit.ly/becoming-virtual-book-launch We knew it! 😉
Sat Sept 20th, 11AM-6PM; Sun Sept 21st, 11AM-5PM; 20th Annual Victoria Anarchist Bookfair; Free Admission; Free Workshops; Donations Gratefully Accepted; Fernwood Community Centre; 1240 Gladstone Avenue; unceded lək̓ʷəŋən Territory; victoriaanarchistbookfair.ca
✊📕 Friends! Book lovers! Anarchists! 🗓️ This weekend, JLRB Press will have a booth at the Victoria Anarchist Bookfair (11am-6pm Sep. 20 and 11am-5pm Sep. 21) at the Fernwood NRG (1240 Gladstone Avenue) 📚 Stop by to check out our latest books and more! #poetry #bookfair #canadianpublishing #jlrbpress
printed matter, zines, artist books, comics, independent publishing; SMALL PRESS FEST!; SATURDAY SEPT 13TH 11-4PM; Victoria Public Library, Central Branch Courtyard, 735 Broughton St; OPEN SPACE; GREATER VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY
📚 Join us this Saturday at Small Press Fest in Victoria! 📍 We'll have our booth at the Victoria Public Library (Central Branch Courtyard) at 735 Broughton St. 🗺️ Come see what we've been up to! #bookfair #smallpressfest #smallpressfestvictoria #victoriapubliclibrary #canadianpublishing #jlrbpress
Send us your poems -> subs close SEP 30; jlrbpress.ca/becoming-submit
🙋♀️ Hi, friends! Just a friendly reminder that submissions for _Becoming: An Anthology of What-If Poems about Women and Womanhood_ are still open! 💁♀️ jlrbpress.ca/becoming-submit #poetry #poems #anthology #writing #women #womanhood #submissionperiod #callforsubmissions #jlrbpress #canadianpublishing
Hey, poets! On Aug. 1, send us your poems for Becoming: An Anthology of What-If Poems about Women and Womanhood; jlrbpress.ca/becoming-submit; Editor headshots for Katie Cowger, Terri Gower, and Lucía M. Polis
Meet our latest cohort of #editors! 👩🏻👩🏼🧔🏻♀️ They simply can't wait to read your poems for _Becoming: An Anthology of What-If Poems about Women and Womanhood_ from August 1! ♀️🏃🏻♀️👧🏻🏋🏻♀️👠⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🩷 jlrbpress.ca/becoming-submit! ✍️📨📕✨ #poetry #poems #anthology #writing #women #womanhood #jlrbpress #canadianpublishing
HAPPY PRIDE!! from JLRB Press Catch us at the following Pride events this year: JUN. 3, 5pm Lucía M. Polis reads a poem at the Pride Flag Raising, Nanaimo City Hall JUN. 8, 12pm Booth at Nanaimo Pride Festival, Maffeo Sutton Park JUL. 3, 6:30pm Booth & Lucía M. Polis performs poems at Pride in the Word, Victoria Conference Centre JUL. 6, 11am Booth at the Victoria Pride Festival, MacDonald Park
It's that time of year again! 🌈 We'd like to wish one and all a SAFE AND #HAPPYPRIDE! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Here's what we're up to: Catch Lucía's reading, grab a free sticker, see new books & merch, and chat with our editors about upcoming #poetry projects 📚 For more summer hijinks, see jlrbpress.ca/events #jlrbpress
Lucía M. Polis reads from _The Love of a Good Man_ at Planet Earth poetry at Russell Books Victoria; photo credit @jesbattis.bsky.social
One rainy evening, on May 17, 2025, Lucía M. Polis launched _The Love of a Good Man: The Queer Epic Poem_ at @russellbooks.bsky.social ❤️👍👨 Recording by Planet Earth Poetry youtu.be/00wZarWyN-U?t=963 ☔📚🎤 ty @jesbattis.bsky.social for the photo #queerpoetry #transpoetry #canadianpublishing #jlrbpress
Planet Earth Poetry; Friday, May 16; 7:30pm Russell Books; hosted by Nancy Issenman; The Love of a Good Man; The Queer Epic Poem by Lucía M. Polis
More events! 🎤💬 Tomorrow, May 16, join us at Planet Earth Poetry (7:30pm at @russellbooks.bsky.social in Victoria) for the relaunch of _The Love of a Good Man: The Queer Epic Poem_ under Lucía M. Polis's true name! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️📚 Learn more: jlrbpress.ca/good-man-epic-poem #queerpoetry #transpoetry #jlrbpress
Four photos of Thomas Doerksen reading at the launch for his debut poetry collection, _Through the Cities and the Woods, from JLRB Press
On May 2, 2025, @tomdoerksen.bsky.social launched his debut collection _Through the Cities and the Woods_ at Planet Earth Poetry at Russell Books Victoria. 🏙️🌲 Here are some photos of Tom—congrats on a successful launch and a compelling reading! 📚 #ecopoetry #booklaunch #canadianpublishing #jlrbpress
The cover of _Through the Cities and the Woods_ poetry collection by Thomas Doerksen; the blurb states, "A book with peculiar, beautiful inner workings and a deliberate sparseness that overflows with love. —Karen Houle"
Today we're proud to announce the release of the poetry collection _Through the Cities and the Woods_ by
@tomdoerksen.bsky.social, now available worldwide in softcover. 🏙🌲️📚 Learn more—and get a taste of one of Tom's poems! jlrbpress.ca/cities-woods #poetry #publishing #canadianpublishing #jlrbpress
A border of colourful string lights; a blue background with white snow; beige letering with a black shadow that says "HAPPY HOLIDAYS"; under it, "from JLRB Press," with "JLRB Press" in pink; below this, a stack of colourful books with a mug of tea on top
Whew! It’s been one busy year—December is our month of rest! 🫖☃️📚 We’d like to thank everyone who has attended our events, read our books, and watched us grow this year! #happyholidays and a #happynewyear in 2025! 💝 #poetry adventures await! 😃
#canadianpublishing #jlrbpress
Associate Editor James Chumsa at the JLRB Press booth
Open mic performers with event MC James Chumsa
Featured poet Katherine DeCoste reads their poems from Holes
Featured poet, Associate Editor James Chumsa reading his poems from Holes
Greetings, friends! As 2024 winds down, we wanted to showcase some of the awesome events we were part of this past year in a fun throwback montage ✍️🪄📚 We've been real busy, which means you get some exclusive never-before-seen photos! (1/3)
#throwbackthursday #poetry #canadianpublishing #jlrbpress
An editorial board comprised of an anthropomorphic lynx, bear, fox, and cat are reviewing poetry submissions in a library; there are stacks of papers, an open laptop, a bowl of strawberries, and papers on the desk in front of the editors; there are bookshelves in the background; three speech bubbles above the animals state, “You’re safe with us!”
We might not always agree on poetics, but we have something to say about current politics: We will defend your right to exist, whether you're a fellow queer or neurodivergent, a trans or an enby person, or a person of colour. ❤️🫱🏼🫲🏿
#noroomforhate #poetryispower #canadianpublishing #jlrbpress
Scansion Workshop! presented by Lucía M. Polis—watch on YouTube
✒️ On Oct. 12, JLRB Press Chief Editor Lucía M. Polis hosted a virtual poetry workshop on scansion, metre, and rhythm. Check out the full recorded workshop on YouTube: youtu.be/AcZtH35LeCQ 📽️ #poetry #editing #rhythm #jlrbpress #canadianpublishing
Lucía M. Polis, wearing a low-cut yellow dress with flowers, a pearl necklace, a pendant, and a yellow bow in her hair, in a yellow room, with diplomas hanging on the wall behind her
On June 22, Chief Editor Lucía M. Polis held a virtual #poetry #workshop on #selfediting for #readability, #lineation, #rhythm, and #sound. 📑✍️🥁🎵 We had a great turnout—watch the entire recording at youtu.be/rxbBE_mI4jU 🌈🦄💅 #queer #queerpoetry #queerpoet #lgbt #lgbtqia #jlrbpress
JLRB Press Virtual Workshop and Q&A with Lucía M. Polis: Self-Editing for Readability, Lineation, Rhythm, and Sound June 22, 10am-11:30am Zoom (Registration Required) Do you have poems that don't sound quite right? Do your submitted poems sometimes get rejected without a good explanation? Join Lucía M. Polis (nom de plume Michael G. Khmelnitsky), Chief Editor at JLRB Press, for an interactive workshop and Q&A about the often-overlooked process of self-editing, complete with tips for improving overall readability, harnessing lineation, and bringing out the best of a poem's rhythm and sound. Free admission Register
Who's up honing their #poetic craft? 👀 Kidding aside, on Jun. 22, 10am Pacific our very own Lucía M. Polis is going to host a free virtual #writingworkshop on #selfediting, #readability, #lineation, #rhythm, and #sound. 👨🏫✍️📖 Register here: bit.ly/3wRyVIR #canadianpublishing #jlrbpress
JLRB Press Presents: Holes – Poetry open mic & readings from anthology authors; The Vault, free admission, Jun. 28, 7 PM
James S. Chumsa, Event host & Nanaimo's own "propaganda poet"; Katherine DeCoste, Award-winning queer writer from Victoria; Lucía M. Polis, Unstoppable ex-Soviet engine of verse; open mic sign-ups 7 PM, featured readings 8 PM
Join us on June 28 at The Vault Cafe for a #poetry #openmic and readings from the _Holes_ anthology, featuring James S. Chumsa, Katherine DeCoste and Lucía M. Polis 🎤📓🕳️ Admission is free; open mic sign-up starts at 7 PM 🌈 #booklaunch #queer #neurodivergent #pride #canadianpoetry #jlrbpress
Colourful books whose spines spell out HAPPY PRIDE 2024 🩷
We've released some pretty ✨ #queer ✨ stuff lately—and we can't wait to publish some more! 🌈📚😘 From all of us at #jlrbpress, we wish you a safe and happy #pridemonth! #happypride!! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🎉 #queerpoetry #lgbtpoetry #gay #lgbt #lgbtqia #pride #pride2024 #happypride2024 #canadianpoetry #canadianpublishing
