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The Revelator posted a lovely little review of Mahaila Smith's SEED BEETLE: "Easily one of my favorite books of the year. (I enjoyed the electronic review copy so much I bought it in hard copy.)"

https://therevelator.org/environmental-poetry-reviews/

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My poem 'We Who Fly' is now up on the Nebula Science Fiction Magazine site. Clickety click and scroll down a wee bit to find it

https://nebulascifymagazine.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_15.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawMDf21leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHujORhxX3_Dq-dAKHj95jnrkC-oQTev0xmiY067dqpoiZwvyclFMBv8AtVkU_aem_dXIb1go9CicSQK6MJbcmFw

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Coming up at 6pm on June 27 at L’Eugélionne the Feminist Bookstore: Seed Beetle + Fire Cider Rain Poetry reading! Come to 1426 Beaudry, in Montréal for a beautiful and thought-provoking evening with poets Mahaila Smith and Rhiannon Ng Cheng Hin.

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Heads up, poetry lovers! Another great poetry event is coming up in a week. The Factory Reading Series, with Mahaila Smith, James K. Moran, Pearl Pirie, Manahil Bandukwala, and MA|DE will be on June 20 7pm at Anina's Cafe, 280 Joffre-Bélanger Way, in Ottawa. Mark your calendars!

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Today we're sending this little beetle out into the world. May it burrow into your hearts, in a nice way.

Congratulations to Mahaila Smith for this beautiful, innovative and tender collection of narrative science fiction poetry!

Now available everywhere!

https://www.stelliform.press/index.php/product/seed-beetle-by-mahaila-smith/

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Mahaila Smith's SEED BEETLE, a science fiction narrative poetry collection, is featured on the Netgalley homepage today! It's always exciting when a small press gets such prominent placement. if you haven't downloaded your review copy, SEED BEETLE is on Netgalley till the end of the month!

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Thank you Myna Chang for this lovely little interview with Mahaila Smith about their upcoming poetry collection SEED BEETLE! "The sweep of the story feels epic, almost mythical. Each poem brings another grain of understanding, building a complex world."

https://mynachang.com/2025/04/04/author-interview-mahaila-smith/

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Day 2 of our author reveals is here! You definitely don’t want to miss these amazing stories.

Issue 9 coming soon; stay tuned.

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We're excited to share another beautiful cover by Julia Louise Pereira, for Stelliform's first poetry collection, Seed Beetle by Mahaila Smith. Over the next few weeks we'll launch pre-orders and reveal some of this book's gorgeous interior illustrations, including an adorable flip-book animation 🪲

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