That little letterpress publisher in your mind

Bateau Press publishes chapbooks and an annual magazine, churning out the highest quality, well-designed, environmentally minded package of literature known to man. As of 2016, Bateau is housed within the human ecologically sound superstructure of College of the Atlantic.

We publish a hand sewn letterpress chapbook from our annual contest & a book from our new Instruction Manual series.

Bateau Press is a 501c3. Click here to make a tax deductible donation.

Stella Corso’s chapbook, the people were lovely, but i was not, is the winner of Bateau’s 24/25 BOOM Chapbook Competition. There were many amazing manuscripts to choose from. Thank you to everyone who entered. Look for the people were lovely, but i was not in the spring of 2025. big love, Bateau

(((more about who is that is STELLA CORSO on her site)))

FINALISTS for BATEAU’S BOOM CONTEST 24/25

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EG Cunningham: Track Record

Stella Corso: the people were lovely, but I was not

Julie Benesh: Now Playing: Poems

Roxanne Ward: Editor, Unedited

James D'Agostino: Dissipatriot

Alex Tretbar: According to the Plat Thereof

Ryan Collins: A Preserved Darkness

Seth Copeland: Backcountry Shadows

Ilan Mochari: Playthings

John Jodzio: Guns and Gold

Joe Milazzo: Public Domain

Christopher Brean Murray: The Fugitive Lands

Hunting the Bugs

2.22.24

Preorder now available! Hunting the Bugs by Jack Gaiour!!

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latest news:

1.29.24

Coming soon from Bateau Press: The Pedagogical Philosophy of Ash Yang-Thompson

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11.7.23

Bateau is happy to announce out latest BOOM chapbook winner: hunting the bugs by Jack Giaour.

We had a tough time picking a winner with so much good writing that challenged and delighted us. Congratulations to the finalists and to Jack on kicking our collective asses. hunting the bugs will be out March 1, 2024.

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