Calgary-based author of nine books of poetry, five volumes of conceptual fiction, two collections of criticism and over 175 chapbooks, Derek Beaulieu has been praised for having produced some of the most radical and challenging work in contemporary Canadian writing. He has also been active for two decades as a literary publisher with his acclaimed micro-press housepress (1997-2004) and its successor, no press (2005-present), as well as other publishing projects. His talk will focus on this aspect of his literary work - the poet as publisher. Both Derek Beaulieu’s personal archive and that of housepress are housed in the Contemporary Literature Collection in Bennett Library’s Special Collections & Rare Book