Opaat Press

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Poetry micropress based in Kjipuktuk (Halifax, Nova Scotia) run by Annick MacAskill.

The Unephemeral Ephemeral

Report on the Opaat Press Second Anniversary Poetry Bash

367 Days Later: Reflecting on a Year of Opaat Press

A Wrap on Season One

Opaat Press Titles

SEASON TEN

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SEASON NINE

May you by Jessica Joy Hiemstra (pamphlet, June 2026 – out of print)
Confessions by Drew Lavigne (pamphlet, June 2026 – out of print)
White Whale by Geordie Miller (pamphlet, June 2026 – out of print)
Dropping Grandad off at the bridge by Freddy Hyun Smith (pamphlet, June 2026 – out of print)
The Things I Found at the End of the World by Arielle Twist (pamphlet, June 2026 – out of print)

SEASON EIGHT

Neveralready by A. Light Zachary (pamphlet, September 2025 – out of print)
whale watching by Ambrose Albert (pamphlet, September 2025 – out of print)
Stark, raving by Andreae Callanan (pamphlet, September 2025 – out of print)
Seagulls at the University by Anna Quon (pamphlet, September 2025 – out of print)
Brick Boy Blues by Nicholas Selig (pamphlet, September 2025 – out of print)

SEASON SEVEN

Body Town by Alice Burdick (pamphlet, June 2025 – out of print)
Bosky Homily by Colleen Coco Collins (pamphlet, June 2025 – out of print)
Wendy Says by Johanna Gibson (pamphlet, June 2025 – out of print)
Life Cycle by Allison LaSorda (pamphlet, June 2025 – out of print)
Search Party by Ian LeTourneau (pamphlet, June 2025 – out of print)

SEASON SIX

On looking at elf-ears by Clare Goulet (pamphlet, March 2025 – out of print)
Unpassing by Asha Jeffers (pamphlet, March 2025 – out of print)
Jacqueline by Lisa McCabe (pamphlet, March 2025 – out of print)
Unseasonable by Bren Simmers (pamphlet, March 2025 – out of print)
Blessing for the Matzah by Anna Swanson (pamphlet, March 2025 – out of print)

SEASON FIVE

Charity by Sylvia D. Hamilton (pamphlet, December 2024 – out of print)
Cut Piece by Sadie McCarney (pamphlet, December 2024 – out of print)
Birch by Matt Robinson (pamphlet, December 2024 – out of print)
Finding the Love You Need by Triny Finlay (pamphlet, December 2024 – out of print)
Erratics of the Middle Passage by Laurelyn Whitt (pamphlet, December 2024 – out of print)

SEASON FOUR

Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! (1931) by Jimmy T. Cahill (pamphlet, August 2024 – out of print)
Passage by Katie Fewster-Yan (pamphlet, August 2024 – out of print)
Grandpa Lavender’s Favourite Flower by Cory Lavender (pamphlet, August 2024 – out of print)
Tired, Saturday by Fawn Parker (pamphlet, August 2024 – out of print)
Going There by Margo Wheaton (pamphlet, August 2024 – out of print)

SEASON THREE

pillow talk by Rebecca Salazar (pamphlet, June 2024 – out of print)
Sappho 16 (pamphlet, June 2024 – out of print)
Strange Brotherhood by Luke Hathaway (pamphlet, June 2024 – out of print)
All This Is by Chris Bailey (pamphlet, June 2024 – out of print)
Leaf by M. Travis Lane (pamphlet, June 2024 – out of print)

SEASON TWO

Where We Are & Where We’re Going by Samantha Sternberg (pamphlet, March 2024 – out of print)
Sestina at 48 by Alison Smith (pamphlet, February 2024 – out of print)
When the bough breaks you don’t say a word by Ben Gallagher (pamphlet, February 2024 – out of print)
The Swimming Jewel by Tiffany Morris (pamphlet, February 2024 – out of print)

SEASON ONE

Nobody by Anna Quon (pamphlet, January 2024 – out of print)
Memorializing Meagher Park on Your Way Home by Sue Goyette (pamphlet, January 2024 – out of print)
Care by Jaime Forsythe (pamphlet, January 2024 – out of print)
If You Need Me, I’ll Be in Summerville by Nolan Natasha (pamphlet, December 2023 – out of print)
Palindrome by Nanci Lee (pamphlet, December 2023 – out of print)

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