news from sheer spite press

  • 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…

  • A hand holds a sheaf of gorgeous multicoloured linoprint bookmarks, which say "Sheer Spite" with an abstract-patterned background.

    spooky october news

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    Hello! It’s October. Almost November, even. We are in COZY SEASON (at least in the part of the world I live in), and I think it’s time to make soup and maybe read a zine? In Sheer Spite news, I’ve rejigged the website a bit. The site is all built by me, someone with no…