2020
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Moss Covered Claws Reading
On November 19th, we hosted an informal reading to celebrate the Moss Covered Claws Kickstarter campaign. Along with author Jonah Barrett, we were joined by Daniel Wolfert, Cecilia Frank, Logan Fenner, and Alissa Tu to share not only speculative fiction, but creative nonfiction and musical theater, as well! Thank you to everyone who attended. Watch the event…
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Poetry, Motherhood & Activism with Shin Yu Pai
We lucked out earlier this fall when we snagged a podcast interview with the multi-talented Seattle artist Shin Yu Pai! We hopped onto Zoom late one evening in September to chat with Shin Yu about poetry, motherhood, the artistic process, and publishing and activism during pandemic times. We also chatted about Shin Yu’s newly released, hybrid…
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BCP Fall Reading
For those who couldn’t make it to our Fall Reading, never fear: we recorded the full event! You can now enjoy it at your convenience! Our reading lineup was made up of authors whose non-fiction writing graced our pages (and screens) earlier this summer. The lineup included Yousef Allouzi, Gina Hietpas, Tamiko Nimura, and Samuel…
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NEW Call for Submissions
Hello, readers and writers! We wanted to share some BIG news! Blue Cactus Press is now accepting submissions from Women of Color (gender non-conforming and women identifying individuals of Color included) for an anthology of non-fiction creative writing highlighting and uplifting the voices of Women of Color (WoC) in the greater Tacoma area. The anthology…
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Gift Cards Are a Go!
Hello readers and writers! We’ve been making small (but fun) changes to the website this month and are now able to offer digital gift cards! Seems like small potato stuff, we know, but for us it’s a big leap forward in creating a more full experience for our patrons. So, we thought we’d tell you…
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“Community Partnerships” Launch
We thought we’d take a few minutes to bring you up to speed, dear readers, about who and what we’ve been up to all year! As you already know, we’ve been working on crafting books all year (duh), but not just our own! We’ve also been working with self-published authors to help them publish and…
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Poetry as Activism
Sure, the media hype surrounding national and local protests for social justice has died down, but the issues are still present, the protests continue, and our conversations about our roles as artists and community members in this collective struggle continue to deepen. As part two of a collaboration with Write253, a youth literary arts non-profit…
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Watch the Book Launch: Terrain by Gina Hietpas
Did you miss the official launch of Gina Hietpas’ debut poetry book, Terrain,on September 10th? Don’t worry if you did, we recorded the event so those who didn’t get a chance to join us could tune-in later! Watch the video below to hear Gina read from Terrain, and to hear a short Q&A with the…
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Poetry as a Tool for Self-Healing
Everything is a mess nowadays (we’re looking at you, COVID-19, rampant and continued racism against BIPOC , the unsettling state of local and national economy, zealous over-policing, etc.) and it can feel incredibly overwhelming to just get out of bed some mornings and trudge through the day. For some of us, though, poetry and art…
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¡Book Giveaway!
We’re crazy about our newest chapbooks, The Bedouin | There Are No False Alarms, by Yousef Allouzi and Samuel Snoek-Brown, respectively, and we think you will be, too, once you get your hands on them! To celebrate these beautifully crafted, memoir chapbooks and the hard work the authors put into writing them, we’re offering a…