It's been a great year for the press, and I owe so much of our continued success to subscriber support. In 2021, I was able to do more color printing than ever before, several publications sold out in a matter of days, and we even put out our first two full-length books: Without Form by Ben Robinson and Barcode Poetry by yours truly. The stability provided by subscribers has allowed me to take more risks and keep trying new things. Thank you for making this possible!!!
And now it's time for The Blasted Tree's annual subscription drive! Subscriptions have formed the backbone of The Blasted Tree's publishing model for the last few years, and have become especially important through the pandemic. Sadly, COVID-19 continues to present challenges for small press publishers as we refrain from markets and in-person events, conventionally the best places to sell chapbooks. Moreover, without face-to-face interaction, it can sometimes feel like publishing into the abyss. Luckily, subscriptions change all that! When the going gets tough, subscriber support has made it that much easier to press on. And so I've endeavoured to line up a full slate of exciting publications for the next several months, including:
Daydreaming Melancholia by Danni Storm, a chapbook of typewritten visual poetry
Old Sea by Ryan Sterne, a statistics-based rewrite of The Old Man and the Sea
crease by Samuel Haecker, a foldable origami poetry leaflet
And many more! In fact, too many to list here!
I ask that you please consider subscribing to receive all of our forthcoming print publications over the next 12 months. I've got so many irons in the fire, and I can't wait to share them all with you! Sign up at www.theblastedtree.com/store/subscription! If you live in Calgary and are willing to pickup locally, I encourage you to sign up for the "Local Pickup" option, save yourself some cash on shipping :) For everyone else, there are tiered shipping options depending on where you live, as in previous years.
Thanks for supporting my publishing efforts, and here's to a poetry-filled 2022!
Cheers,
Kyle Flemmer, Editor in Chief