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believe your own press
A new
small press started and closed
by poets
Myna Wallin and David
Clink
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Myna Wallin reading at the launch of Vulnerable Positions, at
the Art Bar Poetry Series (Victory Cafe), Feb 13, 2002.
Photo by Greg King - ©2002 |
Note: believe your own press does not accept
unsolicited manuscripts. In fact, the press will not be publishing any
more titles.
This press was created in December, 2001.
The press closed down in June 2007.
We will still be in operation for the next year or two, selling copies of
books through the Internet, and it will have a presence at the next few Toronto Small
Press Fairs (which occurs in May and November every year).
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Previous
Launches:
Our Spring 2007 launch (our 5th anniversary, and our last launch) was on
Sunday, May 6th, 2007, at the Victory Cafe, where we launched four new poetry
chapbooks, Resident Alien by Teresa Dunat Banks, Snapshots
by Carolyn Clink, One Dozen by David Clink, and It's No Secret
You'll Feel Better by Nashira Dernesch. We had musical guests Fern
Lindzon and George Koller. Bobby Hsu also accompanied Fern and George.
Our Fall 2005 launch was on
Sunday, October 3, 2005, at the
Victory Cafe, where we launched four new poetry chapbooks, Radio City by
Bobby Hsu, The Beautiful Darkness by Ron Newberry-Evans, The
Human Cannonball by Halli Villegas, and, Warning Signs by Myna
Wallin.
Our Fall 2004 launch was on
Sunday, October 2, 2004, at the
Victory Cafe, where we launched four new poetry chapbooks, Visitations by
Clara Blackwood, Brick and Bone by Alex Boyd, Shapeshifter by
David Clink, and, Midnight Grocery by Dani Couture.
Our Spring 2003 launch was on
Sunday, March 16, 2003, at the
Victory Cafe, where we launched three new poetry chapbooks, Larger than
Still Life by
Joel Giroux, Vacancies by Chris Jennings, and The Old
Abandonment by
Myna Wallin. We celebrated the second printing of Under the
Dragon's Tail by Clara Blackwood.
On Sunday, October 6th, 2002, 8 p.m. (at the Victory Cafe) believe your own
press launched three poetry chapbooks, David Clink's Come-on from the
Horse on Seventh Avenue, edited by Herb Kauderer); Clara Blackwood's
Under the Dragon's Tail -
edited by David Clink; and Henry Mak's Melodramas, edited by Myna
Wallin.
believe your own press launched Myna Wallin's
first poetry collection February 13, 2002 at the Art Bar,
Vulnerable Positions, edited by Ray
Hsu, and launched David Clink's second poetry collection March 20, 2002 at the
Art Bar,
The Surly Blondes
of Earth - edited by Sandra Kasturi.
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The embossed emblem for believe your own press
found in the back of each chapbook we produce
Press logo designed by: Gabriel Bourgeois |
The title of the press was inspired by a poem titled "Stealing Words"
by monica s.
kuebler
Art Consultant for believe your own press: Clara Blackwood.
believe your own press uses Junction
Books for the design of its chapbooks. |
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