Authors & Headliners

Agatha Press (est. 2024) is a one-person (Matthew Stepanic), one-dog (Agatha) press for very good reads. They publish poems, essays, short stories, and a few surprises in small runs of chapbooks and broadsides.

You can visit their website or check them out on Instagram @agatha_press!

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The Person:

Matthew Stepanic (he/she/they) is a queer writer who lives and works on Treaty 6 territory in Edmonton. They edit and design chapbooks for Agatha Press. They are a co-author of Project Compass (Monto Books, 2017) and the author of Relying on that Body (Glass Buffalo, 2018). Their work has appeared or is forthcoming in Queer Little Nightmares (Arsenal Pulp, 2022), Plenitude, FreeFall, and others. They host VERS/E, a queer poetry open mic that runs the first Wednesday of the month at Felice Café from September to April.

The Dog:

Agatha is a French Bulldog-mix adopted in 2023 and born in 2019 (estimated). She enjoys fetch, peanut butter, and cuddles. She hates sudden noises, late bedtimes, and being ignored. Agatha cannot read.