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YOLO, Dodo

Odourless Press is tickled to announce its spring 2014 (Series 3) poets: Laura Clarke, Kayla Czaga, Emma Healey and E. Martin Nolan!

They’ll each be bringing a chapbook to the table; no pamphlets or broadsides this time. Individual title listings and launch details will be posted here in May.

A lot’s been going on with past Odourless poets/titles since the last update, so just to mention a few big things:

The National Post’s three most anticipated poetry books of 2014 are all written by past Odourless poets! Click here and scroll down to find out who. You can still order their Odourless stuff before their new books hit the shelves.

The Odourless Press fall launch was written up (like in a good way) in The Town Crier, which identified Odourless among "a very exciting trend in Canadian literature." Thanks to Tracy Kyncl for thoughtfully writing up each poet’s set, especially that of Phoebe Wang, who, by the way, is leading an Artscape workshop on micropublishing.

One of the first ever Odourless poets, Ben Ladouceur, has been busy lately, being included in The Best Canadian Poetry 2013, getting nominated for the Pushcart Prize, winning PRISM International’s Earle Birney Poetry Prize, writing this web series, and publishing this blasphemous poem in The Walrus. And if you’re around New York on March 7, catch Ben reading with none other than Anne Carson (among others) at NYU.

If this were a wildlife preservation charity bachelor(ette) auction, Odourless poets would net enough to resurrect the dodo. But this isn’t an auction, our poets are spoken for and dodos were useless, so put your pants back on for the time being.

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Life Savings by Mat Laporte Published November 2013 in an edition of 50 copies 5.5"X8.5" $7

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Occasional Emergencies by Phoebe Wang Published November 2013 in an edition of 50 copies 5.5"x8.5" $7

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Long Winter Farm by Jeramy Dodds Published November 2013 in an edition of 50 copies C-fold pamphlet, 5"x5" (5"x15" open) $3

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Looting the Museum by Stevie Howell Published November 2013 in an edition of 50 copies C-fold pamphlet, 11"X5.6 (11"x17" open) $3

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Fall Launch! RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/524720954284271/

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New Odourless Shit

Plenty of neat shit going on related to the press lately:

Our spring launch on May 29 at The Ossington was a hit. Booze and books were sold in excess of expectations. All sorts of connections were made—I anticipate the launch of the first batch of Odourless babies next February. The Town Crier's Jessica Bebenek kindly reported on the event.

The following week, Odourless poet Suzannah Showler was included in the summer reading issue of The Walrus as one of "the six best Canadian writers you've never heard of." Her brilliant poem "You and Your Rich Inner Life" is included in the issue, which you can pick up at newsstands nationwide. Copies of her chapbook, Sucks To Be You and Other True Taunts, are still available. Congrats, Zani! Poet Michael Dennis reviewed Sucks To Be You on his blog, calling it "the bee's knees." Read that review (and many others) here. Last week, I, Odourless publisher Bardia Sinaee, was interviewed by rob mclennan as part of his titillating 12 or 20 small press questions series. You can read that interview here.

Have a sneak peek at one of our upcoming fall chapbooks, Life Savings by Mat Laporte, by reading his recent poems in Brooklyn Rail. I can't wait to bring you this new chapbook by one of Canada's sweatiest writers.

I'll be heading to Ottawa tomorrow to sell Odourless chapbooks and broadsides at Ottawa's Small Press Book Fair. The event is on Saturday June 15 from 12-5PM in room 203 of the Jack Purcell Community Centre (at 320 Jack Purcell Lane off Elgin Street).

Also in Ottawa, Odourless poet Jeff Blackman is launching his chapbook, So Long As The People are People, with (friend of the show) Apt. 9 Press on Monday June 17 at Raw Sugar Cafe. Also launching chapbooks that night are Stephen Brockwell and Christine McNair. As per Jeff's request, I'll be there with spanks on.

I'm still grappling with the buttfuckery of Paypal's merchant services, but by July the Odourless chapbooks will be available to purchase directly from this website. In the meantime you can email me at [email protected] to order chapbooks.

Our friends at Dragnet Magazine, one of Canada's premier online journals, have been kind enough to host an ad for Odourless Press. You can read every issue of Dragnet on their website, and follow their tumblr blog to find out when their next big party is (they've been throwing wicked parties and launches for a while now—Dragnet party babies are already working their way through the public school system).

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Chapbook Cloudpeople by Matthew Walsh ISBN 978-0-9919614-1-2 Hand-sewn, laid finish cover 35pp, $8 IN STOCK Published May 2013 in an edition of 50 copies Re-printed June 2013 in an edition of 25 copies Launched May 29 at The Ossington Available for online purchase in July

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Chapbook Sucks To Be You and Other True Taunts by Suzannah Showler ISBN 978-0-9919614-0-5 Hand-sewn, 8pp $5 IN STOCK Published May 2013 in an edition of 50 copies Re-printed June 2013 in an edition of 50 copies Reviewed by Michael Dennis

Launched May 29 at The Ossington

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Join Odourless Press for the launch of our delectable and affordable spring chapbooks and broadsides. RSVP on Facebook.

Wednesday May 29, 8PM @ The Ossington (61 Ossington Ave) in Toronto.

Chapbooks: Sucks To Be You and Other True Taunts by Suzannah Showler 8pp, $5 Cloudpeople by Matthew Walsh 32pp, $8 Broadsides: "Song of the Seventh Son of the Seventh Son" by Ben Ladouceur $2 "Hashtag Apocalypse" by Mat Laporte $2 Save money by buying all four items for only $15! Ben and Mat will read short sets between Suzannah and Matthew's extended readings.

Admission is free. Buy some poetry, get it signed and stick around for moar dranks after the readings.

Featured reader bios: Suzannah Showler is the poetry editor for Dragnet Magazine. Her writing has appeared places, including The Walrus, Hazlitt, The Puritan, and Joyland. She was the winner of the 2012 Matrix LitPop Award for Poetry, and is a finalist for the 2013 Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers. Matthew Walsh is a writer of poetry and short fiction. He attended York University and graduated with an English and Creative Writing Honors Double Major. In the fall he is attending UBC for their Creative Writing MFA Program. His work has been featured in Bywords Quarterly Journal, Zaum, Soliloquies, and almost Qwerty. His poem "Alternative Scenarios for a Missing Fighter Pilot" placed second in Polar Expression's Publishing Poetry contest, and his poem "For Maurice Sendak" received an honorable mention for the Judith Gewurtz Memorial Prize. His long poem "Cloud Grape" also won York University's President's Prize for Poetry.

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Broadside "Song of the Seventh Son of the Seventh Son" by Ben Ladouceur Published May 2013 in a limited edition of 50 copies Linen cardstock, 10" x 7.5" $2

SOLD OUT

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Broadside “Hashtag Apocalypse” by Mat Laporte Published May 2013 in a limited edition of 50 copies Linen cardstock, 10.5” x 4” $2

SOLD OUT

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Spring Update

So here's the new website. Below are a couple of spring prototypes. The one on the right is going into print. The one on the left was dropped after the author struck me in a dispute over a comma. Publications + details + subscription info coming in May.