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  • Author Interview: Kellie Richardson

    We can’t keep Kellie Richardson’s book cover under wraps any longer! It’s too good to keep to ourselves, and the story behind it – and behind Kellie’s creative work in collage – is worth sharing. So, let us introduce you to The Art of Naming My Pain, a collection of prose, poetry and collage by…

  • ¡Cover Reveal! for Low Static Rage

    Yes, we did take a month off to recharge, but now we’re back with a vengeance, Tacoma, and we’re ready to reveal the cover art for Michael Haeflinger’s debut poetry collection, Low Static Rage. This stellar cover art is from a painting by Michael Bolsinga, a painter living in Portland, Oregon. It’s titled “Polar Vortex,”…

  • We Come up for Air

    Over the last few months, the folks behind Blue Cactus Press (including myself, the publisher, our authors, intern and new conspirators) have kept our heads down and our hands deep in the weeds of publishing work. Today we’re coming up for air, and we’ve got big news to share with you, our much-loved community. Read…

  • Hello, Carlisle!

    Goodbye snow, hello spring! Well, almost spring. As we await blue skies and warmer weather, we’re also saying hello to a new addition to the Blue Cactus Press team: Carlisle Huntington. Please join us in welcoming Carlisle to the literary fold as a much-appreciated publishing intern! Carlisle is a student at University of Puget Sound,…

  • Live-Recording ft. José Olivarez & Britteney Black Rose Kapri

    This March, the Prickly Pear Podcast welcomed poetry giants  José Olivarez and Britteney Black Rose Kapri to Tacoma for a live podcast recording! José and Britteney joined our podcast host, Christina Butcher, and local poet Michael Haeflinger, for a chat about poetry, art and identity at King’s Books on March 20th. The live-recording was sponsored…

  • ¡The 2019 Lineup!

    Before 2019 gets any further underway, Blue Cactus Press has a big announcement to make! In celebration of two fantastic years of publishing under our belt, we’re announcing our 2019 lineup of authors! Please join us in welcoming three phenomenal local artists, poets, and writers to the Blue Cactus Press family:

  • Find Our Books in Seattle

    We’re UBER EXCITED to announce our expanded distribution into the Seattle book market! You can now find Blue Cactus Press books at Open Books and Third Place Books. More specifically, you’ll find: Still Clutching Maps by Christina Butcher at Open Books: A Poem Emporium There Is No Other Way to Worship Them by Samuel Snoek-Brown at…

  • The Prickly Pear Podcast

    It’s official! Blue Cactus Press now has a podcast, aptly titled The Prickly Pear Podcast. Each episode will feature interviews with creative people at the crossroads of artistic media. Lucky for us, Tacoma-based DJ JCDelaC created music exclusively for The Prickly Pear Podcast!

  • FREE Book for HONEST Review

    Blue Cactus Press is putting out an official “Call for Readers” for Samuel Snoek-Brown’s forthcoming short story collection, There Is No Other Way to Worship Them! We’re looking for 20 readers who’re not only eager to delve into the collection, but willing to exchange an HONEST review of the book for a FREE copy, too. If…

  • We Made the (Paper) Cut!

    BCP is always grateful for a nod of approval from fellow movers and shakers in Tacoma, and this month, in particular, we’re happy to report making it into Move To Tacoma’s newest article, “10 Ways to Get Involved in Tacoma’s Writing Community“ Read the article above to learn more about stellar literary organizations in T-Town,…