A masculine-looking dancer striking a pose in a rainbow dress in a dramatically lit dance studio; background text: HAPPY INTERNATIONAL TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY

Hey, poetry lovers! March 31 is International #TransDayOfVisibility, celebrating #twospirit, #transgender, #bigender, #polygender #nonbinary, & #genderdiverse folks! Who are your favourite trans poets? Many of ours are on this lovely list: vpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/display/79828372/959830087 🏳️‍⚧️📚

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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

Becoming: An Anthology of What-If Poems about Women and Womanhood; photos of six authors performing their poems; bit.ly/becoming-author-readings

☀️🌿 The sun is shining . . . 🎵🐦 The birds are singing . . . and we've got a video of author poetry readings! 💬💬💬 bit.ly/becoming-author-readings 📖 Oh, and don't forget to check out _Becoming: An Anthology of What-If Poems about Women and Womanhood_! jlrbpress.ca/becoming

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Can you believe that Feb. 13 will mark the ✨3rd YEAR✨ of JLRB Press #publishing #poetry; uplifting #queer, #transgender, #women, #neurodivergent, & #emergingvoices; and getting into all *kinds* of trouble?? 😈💖📚 Head over to jlrbpress.ca/books & respond with the book title you'd like to read in 2026!

A bright-pink border of repeating text that says "IN SOLIDARITY FROM CANADA"; white text on black background: "ICE OUT! NATIONWIDE SHUTDOWN! NO WORK. NO SCHOOL. NO SHOPPING. JAN 30, 2026 SIGN ON TO JOIN US: nationalshutdown.org"

Enough! We have watched our U.S. quiblings, sisters, and brothers get arrested, beaten, and murdered by ICE agents. On Jan. 30, 2026, we invite all Canadian poets, authors, and human beings to join the #nationalshutdown in solidarity. Learn more at nationalshutdown.org #iceout #abolishice #stopice

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! 😉

Background: Nuclear explosion; middle layer: Kindle, Nook, & Google Play w/ various country flags; a cover of Becoming: An Anthology of What-If Poems about Women and Womanhood, Edited by Katie Cowger, Terri Gower, & Lucía M. Polis; Green starburst: ALL DRM-FREE POETRY EBOOKS JUST CD $4.99 (USD $3.69); Pink starburst: Poetry? In this economy?! jlrbpress.ca/books

We love making beautiful books, but we won't make you choose between pomes and lunch! We've got autism-fuelled divorce drama jlrbpress.ca/hateful-people, a queer/trans epic jlrbpress.ca/good-man & womanhood galore! jlrbpress.ca/becoming 📚 100% DRM-free CAD $4.99/USD $3.69. What've you got to lose? 💥

Where, where?? We must know, to tell our readers to stay away from the delicious filth! 👀 *cough* 🤤*stares sluttily*

OUT NOW!; a stack of copies of Becoming: An Anthology of What-If Poems about Women and Womanhood; jlrbpress.ca/becoming; 15% of proceeds to Van Isle women's org!; jlrbpress.ca/becoming

Today's the day! 🎉 We're proud to announce the softcover release of _Becoming: An #Anthology of What-If #Poems about #Women and #Womanhood_ 💃 Feat. Katie Cowger, Glitch Dewis, Julie G. Fox, Terri Gower, Kath Healing, Marilyn Letts, Lucía M. Polis, and Nancy Takacs ➡️ Learn more: jlrbpress.ca/becoming

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We stand in solidarity with our American friends, colleagues, and loved ones to condemn the senseless murder of #ReneeGood by ICE—beyond the labels of wife, mother, #lesbian, and #poet, she was a vibrant human being and the extinguishing of a life is the extinguishing of a world #JusticeForReneeGood

Excerpt from the poem "Doilies May Deceive You" by Marilyn Letts from Becoming: An Anthology of What-If Poems about Women and Womanhood

Well, it's 2026 (Happy New Year!! 😃) and we've come out of our hibernation midway through this strange winter with a teaser #poem from _Becoming: An #Anthology of What-If #Poems about #Women and #Womanhood_, out on Jan. 12 🌸 Here's "Doilies May Deceive You" by Marilyn Letts 📚 jlrbpress.ca/becoming

We very much remember the magpies!

An image of a book cover that states: "Becoming: An Anthology of What-If Poems About Women and Womanhood; Edited by Katie Cowger, Terri Gower, & Lucía M. Polis​, ​with poems from Katie Cowger, Glitch Dewis, Julie G. Fox, Terri Gower, Kath Healing, Marilyn Letts, Lucía M. Polis, and Nancy Takacs"

💃 Hey, friends! 🗓️ On January 12, 2026, we're going to release our brand-new #anthology of speculative #poems about #women and #womanhood! 👩 Congrats to the authors and the editors—@redcandyisbest.bsky.social, @7gower.bsky.social, and Lucía—for their hard work! 📚 Learn more at jlrbpress.ca/becoming

Left: a stack of books that says "BOOK LOVERS, NEW BOOKS, SIGNED COPIES, BOOKS FOR ALL AGES, AND MORE!, MERCHANDISE, DOOR PRIZES, Sponsored by TAKE 5"; Right: "1st annual Ladysmith WINTER BOOK FEST, Sat. Nov. 22, 10am-4pm, Eagles Hall, 921 1st Ave. ; Meet 20 Local authors & writers

❄️ Is it winter already? 🤔 Not yet! But it *is* the First Annual Ladysmith Winter Book Fest, organized by Jackie Sharp 📚Check out our booth at the Fraternal Order of Eagles Hall (921 1st Ave) in Ladysmith, this coming Saturday, November 22 ✨ Stop by for a free sticker and peruse our books and merch!

LISTEN UP! ENBIES, TRANNIES & NON-CIS FRIENDS! ON OCT. 10, OUR SUBMISSION PERIOD ENDS! DON'T WAIT! jlrbpress.ca/becoming-submit

👋 Hi, folks! The submission period for our _Becoming_ anthology about all things women and womanhood closes Sep. 30 at noon—BUT, in service of upholding equity and empowering voices heard less often, we're going to keep our submissions open until Oct. 10 at noon! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✍️➡️ jlrbpress.ca/becoming-submit

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

Get your poems and crafts readying for a cozy night of crafting and poetry!

This is a bring your own craft event.

The Internet has ruined us. For the briefest of moments, we thought that the orange and yellow rectangles were Loss . . .

Books for Breath is now collecting donations for our November book sale. We accept gently used books.

The money raised will go towards the Pulmonary Hypertension Association of Canada www.phacanada.ca.

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

An image showing a copy of _Granville: 20th Aniversary Edition, Expanded & Revised_ on a red rug and a yellow rug, surrounded by: a typographical ruler, a red pen, a number of scattered brass coins that state "SEX" on one side and "NO CASH VALUE" on the other, papers, and copies of _Cannibals_ by Stanley Cooperman, _The Complete Poems of Anne Sexton_, _The Maximus Poems_ by Charles Olson, and _Kingsway_ by Michael Turner

We're proud to announce the release of _Granville: 20th Anniversary Edition, Expanded & Revised_ by Lucía M. Polis, now available from major retailers in softcover. 🎉 Learn more: jlrbpress.ca/granville ✨ We'd also like to give heartfelt thanks to everyone who has attended Lucía's virtual launch! 😌🩷

Congrats!! 👏👏

Thanks for the shout-out! 🍋🩷

JLRB Press Virtual Book Launch and Author Q&A: _Granville_ by Lucía M. Polis; August 30, 2025; 10am Pacific; REGISTER bit.ly/granville-virtual-book-launch

On Aug. 30, 2025 join us for a virtual #booklaunch for the 20th Anniversary Edition of _Granville_—Lucía M. Polis will read #poems from her book, tell about the original collection's composition and its later reimagining, and take part in a #qanda. 🛣📚️ REGISTER ➡️ bit.ly/granville-virtual-book-launch

The pleasure is all mine. 🐻

History, Memory, Trauma: Poetry and Publishing as Mutable Historiography of Self; a screen capture of Lucía M. Polis; Eavesdrop Magazine logo X JLRB Press logo

Chief Editor Lucía M. Polis has re-recorded the talk titled "History, Memory, Trauma: Poetry and Publishing as Mutable Historiography of Self" (sound fixed) from Jul. 14, 2025, given for @eavesdropmagazine.bsky.social's Vancouver Island Artist Summer Talk Series ⏳🧠🩸bit.ly/history-memory-trauma

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

Overwhelmed by publishing options? Can you tell apart self-publishing from independent presses, traditional presses, hybrid presses, and vanity presses? Katie Cowger, Associate Editor at JLRB Press has you sorted with "What I Learned from Self-Publishing with a Vanity Press" https://jlrbpress.ca/what-i-learned

Overwhelmed by publishing options? 🤷‍♀️ Can you tell apart self-publishing from independent presses, traditional presses, hybrid presses, and vanity presses? Check out "What I Learned from Self-Publishing with a Vanity Press" by Associate Editor @redcandyisbest.bsky.social ➡️ jlrbpress.ca/what-i-learned

JLRB Press ¶ Littera scripta fugit ¶ Alternative August Arrangements JLRB is a small-run imprint that specializes in poetry, with a strong emphasis on queer and neurodivergent voices and emerging writing.

Despite the best-laid plans of mice and women, we've made the difficult decision to cancel our August Calgary plans jlrbpress.ca/2025-07-17 🐁❤️👩 The open submission period for women/womanhood anthology still opens Aug. 1 jlrbpress.ca/becoming ♀️✍️ Granville will launch Aug. 30 jlrbpress.ca/granville 🛣️📚