news from sheer spite press
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how (and why) should I preorder an author’s book?
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As someone presently in the weird liminal phase of having a book that is announced and up for preorder, but not out for another 2 months, I have been thinking a lot about preorders! If you have a lot of authors in your life or follow our newsletters and social media, you have probably seen…
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2SLGBTQIA+ “QC” history zines: Meet the project advisors!
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I’m thrilled to introduce the five project advisors who will be selecting projects for the series of four bilingual zines on 2SLGBTQIA+ history in so-called Quebec. They bring an abundance of experience across many types of artistic practice and I can’t wait to work with them. Je suis ravie de vous présenter les cinq conseiller.ere.s…
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Call for submissions: 2SLGBTQ+ history in “Quebec” // Appel à contributions : L’histoire 2SLGBTQ+ dans “Québec”
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cliquez ici pour passer à la version française Sheer Spite will be publishing series of four zines on 2SLGBTQ+ history in the region colonially known as the province of Quebec, each by a different author, and selected via an open call for submissions. This project is made possible by a Trellis microgrant from the English-Language…
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On writing The Politics of Lonely: Why Is Friendship So Hard?
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I have some pretty big Sheer-Spite-adjacent news: I (Lee, who runs Sheer Spite) have a book coming out, and I’m not publishing it myself??? The book is called The Politics of Lonely: Why Is Friendship So Hard? and it is now up for preorder, publishing September 10, 2026. Where can I buy The Politics of…
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new book: Trying Unfathomably Hard to Live: Notes on the First Year of a Stroke, by Alyssa Favreau
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In the quiet days over the turning of the year, a new book was born! While biking to work one summer morning, Alyssa Favreau gets in an accident, has a stroke, and suffers severe brain damage. After losing consciousness, she spends the next month floating between wakefulness and surreal dreams. As she emerges back into…
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running an in-person zine distro
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Sheer Spite isn’t my first time running a zine-selling operation: from about 2012 to 2016, I ran a couple of zine racks in person in Ottawa, where I was living. I got started running a distro when I went to Dépanneur Le Pickup in Montreal, when I was living in Ottawa. It’s a little corner…