news from sheer spite press

  • Photos of a white hand holding up "Journey of a Speechless Man", "Our Fantasies", "Nine Zines on Grief", and "in the graine"

    spring 2025 zine lineup!

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    We have a really thrilling spring lineup of new publications for you: I’ll talk more about each of these below, but I wanted to first let you know that from May 9 to June 19, the store will be closed for mail orders, although you’ll still be able to buy digital zines. (this is because…

  • A light-skinned hand holds up a copy of a zine, Joseph Kapita Anyangya's Journey of a Speechless Man, against a brick wall. The cover is risograph-printed with the text in blue surrounded by red ornamental designs.

    New release: Journey of a Speechless Man

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    I’m so excited to share Sheer Spite Press’ newest release with you! Journey of a Speechless Man, Joseph Kapita Anyangya What would the speechless man say, if you ask him? In Sheer Spite Press’ second original publication, Joseph Kapita Anyangya unrolls a story that begins when he leaves the Democratic Republic of the Congo at…

  • A green banner with a gold fringe hangs overtop of a rose-print tablecloth. The banner reads "Sheer Spite Press", with images of a chain whose middle link is a heart.

    LOOK at my cool new banner!

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    LOOK AT MY BEAUTIFUL BANNER! This is how you’ll be able to find me at future events: I embroidered it at the library makerspace, bought the fabric and thread from a very cute quilting store in my neighbourhood, the fringe from a ribbon store I’m obsessed with, and got fringe colour consultation help from two…

  • valentine season

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    Unpopular opinion but Valentine’s Day is my favourite holiday. I’m currently working through a stack of about 100 valentines to send to friends all over the world. While there is no need for you to get on this level, you, too, can send weird mail to people you love. I’m here to help. Silly pink…

  • sheer spite press: the first year

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    I consider the moment of Sheer Spite Press’ birth (or… conception??) to have been on September 6, 2023. I had been looking into arts grants, and realizing how differently self-published works are treated in comparison to work that’s put out via a press. I was frustrated about this: I love self-publishing, and I think that…

  • An Encyclopedia of Radical Helping

    an incredibly beautiful book that i cannot send you

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    I am extremely excited to share that I’m helping my friends at Thick Press distribute their incredibly beautiful book, An Encyclopedia of Radical Helping: LOOK AT IT!!!! It’s the size of a phone book! From “abundance” to “zinemaking,” An Encyclopedia of Radical Helping invites the reader to wander through a collection of interconnected entries on helping and…