1701 Press

24/02/2023

It is with sadness that we note the passing of our friend, author Tony Vavlas. In 2015, 1701 Press had the good fortune to publish Tony's book, You Can't Feed Butter to a Cat.

Tony described the book as a collection of humorous phone calls between his father and him, but the book was no mere collection of transcribed phone calls.

Tony may have started by writing down phone conversations he had with his dad, but what he presented to 1701 Press was carefully crafted. He captured all these nuances in the way people from Campbell/Youngstown talk to each other, the way fathers and sons sometimes talk to each other. There was a real Oscar and Felix quality to their relationship. It was funny and it had a lot of heart and humanity, undeniably. Tony even created a bunch of amusing gestural typographic flourishes to indicate certain actions that were taking place, and I refined and used some of them in the book, which, yes, I was honored to publish.

The book is called You Can't Feed Butter to a Cat because in one conversation Tony's dad calls him and asks how much butter is safe to feed his cat.

Tony was a good writer, and an adept humorist, and gone too soon.

26/09/2020

30/11/2019

Here's CBS This Morning's coverage of Christmas Con--the Christmas TV movie fan convention--our author Joanna Wilson attended and spoke at the Writers Panel. Watch the video: https://youtu.be/JfOs6vWzA7Q

Thanksgiving marks the unofficial kick-off of the holiday movie season, but for die-hard fans, it started even earlier. Lifetime and Hallmark began premierin...

06/04/2019

Up from the murky depths, a large bubble rises to the surface & explodes, releasing issue #5 of is this up into the world.

Issue #5 contains a short story by Seth Borgen that traces the end of the road of a hard-living writer and the two younger writers trying to decipher his life, traveling in his footsteps. Flip the book over and read seven prose poems by Heidi Howell that will leave you whispering their lines into your dreams. In other words: good stuff.

You want one? Click on "Store" in the menu on the left of this page & poke around, or just follow this weird URL here: http://www.1701press.com/shop #!/is-this-up-5-March-2019/p/135586998/category=0

08/11/2018

Issue No. 4 of is this up has entered our airspace and contains almost no textured vegetable protein!

This one features prose poems by Syrian-Australian poet Minney Richani and US poet Laton Carter. Richani traces the intersections of memory, family, culture, change and loss in six stunning prose poems. Carter conjures worlds adjacent to our own in which vague cities sprout in the space where two shadows merge. Find out more & get a copy: http://www.1701press.com/shop #!/is-this-up-4-August-2018/p/122743042/category=0

04/08/2018

1701 Press is peddling books & copies of ‘is this up’ Literary Cleveland’s Inkubator Book & Resource Fair today at Cleveland Public Library. Come say hi & I will read you 1 weird tweet that I’ve written.

18/07/2018

Hey whaddya know! Issue #2 of is this up is here. It's real. It exists! This issue features work by M. Lopes da Silva and Dana Jerman.

What's it like, getting accepted to Magic High School? It ain't Hogwarts, assuredly. First day: report to Violet H.'s lung, get ready for flying class, try to fit in and maybe meet someone special. And what happens when you follow your best friend into the rising heat of a languid summer afternoon that's stuck in an infinite loop? These are scenes from the fever dreams that M. Lopes da Silva and Dana Jerman have crafted for you in is this up #2. Find out more and buy a copy, okay? It's over here: http://www.1701press.com/shop #!/is-this-up-issue-2-June-2018/p/111025691/

23/05/2018

1701 Press author Joanna Wilson is turning her research resource into a Halloween dress. Check out the video:

See what's next!

06/03/2018

A woman's hands seem to produce an endless succession of wooden coins from nowhere. A man might be a man or a crocodile detective as he moves through an increasingly fragmented landscape.

These are scenes from the wild journeys that Laura Arciniega and Ben Slotky will lead you on in the first issue of is this up. Pre-order issue #1, coming in April 2018: http://www.1701press.com/shop #!/is-this-up-pre-order-issue-1-April-2018/p/100968012/category=0

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22/02/2018

Here he is, captured in the wild, local weirdo reads poems in the debut issue of 'is this up'

'is this up' is a monthly literary magazine that publishes work by 2 authors, back to back, forwards and backwards. Short stories, prose poems, and, maybe, if everyone is really quiet, some b/w comics. Find out about 'is this up' — issue #1 comes to us from the ether in April 2018 & features prose poems by Laura Arciniega & Ben Slotky: http://www.1701press.com/shop #!/is-this-up-pre-order-issue-1-April-2018/p/100968012/category=0

Thanks to Theresa Göttl Brightman and Steve Brightman for hosting the Latitudes Poetry Night--Workshop! and letting me introduce 'is this up' to everyone who came out, and to Compass Coffee for being a great space for poets and writers! Go to next month's reading: March 21! And thanks to Joanna Wilson for capturing this image & for coming out to support poets and writers.

22/07/2017

Happy Birthday to author Tony Vavlas! Have you read his first book, You Can't Feed Butter to a Cat yet? Get a copy without leaving Facebook by clicking the Store tab on the menu, or get one from Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/yadh6mk7

Look for a new book of hilarious & touching conversations between Tony and his Dad in November 2017!

14/07/2017

Super Excited to be going to The Book Club of Detroit 1st annual Detroit Festival of Books! FREE! We're bringing 1701 Press author Joanna Wilson to sign her books, plus we'll have our other title, You Can't Feed Butter to a Cat & a specially curated used book sale of pop culture, media, music and cool stuff. It's this Sunday, 10 - 4 pm at Eastern Market Corporation.

11/07/2017

1701 Press is coming to Detroit on Sunday, July 16th. We'll be set up at the Detroit Festival of Books--with book author Joanna Wilson signing books. Will we see you there? More info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1331258120254171/

12/12/2016

What are YOU reading this holiday season? Author-signed books are available for purchase at our website: http://1701Press.com

21/11/2016

Catch Joanna Wilson on Ed South's super-cool podcast "What's Your Favorite Movie?" talking about Triple Dog Dare, as well as Miracle on 34th Street, Scrooged and The Homecoming: A Christmas Story.

18/11/2016

Hey Akron--have you purchased your tickets yet to the screening of A CHRISTMAS STORY at the The Nightlight Cinema--on Sunday, Nov. 27th? There are 2 screenings: 1pm and again at 4:30pm. Join the movie trivia game with me down in front of the Christmas Story themed window displays on Main Street (next to lock 3) for fun and prizes. You can also get a copy of my new book TRIPLE DOG DARE on that day. Here's more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/675207185970254/

16/11/2016

What's YOUR favorite Christmas movie? I join podcast host Ed South to discuss my favorites as well as my new book Triple Dog Dare. Give it a listen on iTunes or here at Spreaker: http://www.spreaker.com/user/edsouth/17-joanna-wilson-author-of-the-triple-do

06/11/2016

Nothing like a cup of joe and a good book!

"Lovely, glorious, beautiful Christmas" is on its way. Get your copy of "TRIPLE DOG DARE: Watching--& Surviving--the 24-Hour Marathon of A Christmas Story" today: http://1701Press.com