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SMALL PRESS, BIG MOUTH BOOK CLUB

$25.00

Where independent literature gets loud.

Unsolicited Press publishes books that don’t fit inside neat categories: books with teeth, books with tenderness, books that blow holes in the quiet. Now we’re gathering the readers who crave that kind of electricity.

Every month, members receive a handpicked Unsolicited Press title, an invitation to our Big Mouth Author Salon, and access to a community of literary troublemakers who want more from their reading life. If you love books that punch back, books that push boundaries, books that whisper “I dare you,” then this is your club.

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Where independent literature gets loud.

Unsolicited Press publishes books that don’t fit inside neat categories: books with teeth, books with tenderness, books that blow holes in the quiet. Now we’re gathering the readers who crave that kind of electricity.

Every month, members receive a handpicked Unsolicited Press title, an invitation to our Big Mouth Author Salon, and access to a community of literary troublemakers who want more from their reading life. If you love books that punch back, books that push boundaries, books that whisper “I dare you,” then this is your club.

WHAT YOU GET EACH MONTH

One Featured Book
Each month centers a single Unsolicited Press title, with an intentional July double feature, selected for depth, urgency, and conversation value across fiction, poetry, memoir, and experimental work.

Live Author Salon
Every featured author appears live for a moderated 60-minute Zoom salon. These are structured, thoughtful conversations. They are not awkward readings, not AMAs, and not marketing events.

Replays are available for members who cannot attend live.

Reader Kit
Each month includes a downloadable Google Doc reader kit with:

  • Context and framing for the book

  • Discussion and craft questions

  • Content notes and pacing guidance

  • Optional prompts for deeper engagement

You can read everything. Or skim. Or bring one question. All of that counts.

Private Discord Community
Members receive access to a private Discord space with:

  • Monthly discussion threads

  • Author question submission

  • Optional prompts and reflections

  • A low-pressure place to read alongside other serious readers

  • No forced participation. No posting quotas. Listening is allowed.

 

IS OUR BOOK CLUB RIGHT FOR YOU?

Small Press Big Mouth is for readers who:

  • Care about contemporary literature and small presses

  • Want direct access to authors without fan culture or awkwardness

  • Enjoy thoughtful, sometimes difficult books

  • Prefer conversation over consumption

  • Are comfortable with ambiguity and unfinished feelings

This club regularly engages with themes including grief, queerness, illness, climate anxiety, embodiment, power, and survival. It is not curated for comfort, but it is curated with care.

 

THE 2026 TO 2027 LINEUP INCLUDES

Poetry, fiction, memoir, and experimental work by Unsolicited Press authors, including:

  • Mouth by Kerry Donoghue

  • Night Hag by Amy Baskin

  • Dream Pop Origami by Jackson Bliss

  • Cleah’s Bequest by Mari Matthias

  • Kiss & Release by Anthony DiPietro

  • Jen & Gary’s Infinite (Quantum) Entanglements by Nick Gregorio

  • Dave, the Space Pet by Rory AB Forrest

  • The Burntwood Anthology by David Loring Nash

  • Cloistered by Liz Kellebrew

  • Sad Man Happy Hour by Aileen Keown Vaux

  • The Invisible World by Matt Daly

  • Mosaic by Laura Gaddis

  • The Girl in the Pipes by Megan Mary Moore

Books rotate monthly. You are not required to purchase every title.

 

JOINING NOTES

  • This is a reader-supported program

  • Author participation is guaranteed

  • Reader participation is always optional

  • The tone is thoughtful, direct, and respectful

If you are looking for a place to read deeply, talk honestly, and stay with books a little longer, Small Press Big Mouth is for you.