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.

Ashley Yang-Thompsons’ new book: Still Worm is now available

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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FINALISTS for BATEAU’S BOOM CONTEST 24/25 *

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

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