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2025 - reflection 1
December 11, 2025
Hello everyone, We’re almost at the end of the year and I feel like it’s a good time to send some reflections out. I want to spread this over two emails...
A long list
November 30, 2025
Hello everyone, The week before last, I sat down and tried to write one of these, and it didn’t really work out. I found the writing a bit awkward and...
Trying something new
November 5, 2025
Hello everyone, I sort of had a bit of a desire to do something new the other day, so I decided to put on a projection night. For a few years, I’ve admired...
The Slow Season starts
October 29, 2025
Hello everyone, We’re almost in November which, looking at my schedule, is going to be a slow season. I have no book fairs, no events and nothing public...
Book Fair Report - some light money analysis
October 22, 2025
Hello everyone, Over September-October, Tall Poppy Press was present at three book fairs. I wanted to provide a bit of an overview and some thoughts on how...
Heading back, looking forward
October 11, 2025
Hello everyone, As I’m writing this, on a Saturday, I’m staring down the barrel of 8 or 9 or 10 weeks of full time + work. I think it’s important to clarify...
Sleep, Rest, Finishing
October 3, 2025
Hello everyone, The last two weeks I have been on holidays from the substitute teaching work that I do, and my god it’s been nice. Over Term 3 I became...
A little bit of joy
September 15, 2025
Hello everyone, It’s been a bit longer than usual since I wrote one of these. I’ve been burning the candle at both ends and didn’t really have the energy to...
Looking forward - perhaps a slow down
September 1, 2025
Hello everyone, While it’s the first of September in a lot of ways it feels like the year is sort of locked in. I have the book fairs we’re participating in...
A bit of momentum
August 25, 2025
Hello everyone, I want to share a nice small win that is happening almost organically: more people are reaching out to ask me for mentoring and 1-on-1...
New Merch! Big Steps!
August 5, 2025
This week we finally have some new merch from Tall Poppy Press! Previously, I had made one t shirt which didn’t sell too well, and it was a good learning...
What's on for August
July 31, 2025
Hello everyone, Rather than write a long diatribe about the ups and downs of being a substitute teacher (and it has SUCKED this week), I wanted to focus on...
In the trenches
July 24, 2025
Hello everyone, This week and next I’m working every day at a High School on the lower end of the socio-economic ladder. About an hour out of the city, it’s...
The France Report - Paris and Arles
July 13, 2025
Hello all, Over the last two weeks I’ve had two events. First, I launched Tace Steven’s We Were Just Little Boys in Paris with the World Monument Fund....
Half way through the year - how are we doing?
June 24, 2025
Hello everyone, As promised I want to share a meaty-ish reflection ahead of taking a few weeks off and I want to focus on the large question of ‘how is...
A few small updates ahead of a big reflection
June 16, 2025
Hello everyone, I wanted to share a couple of small updates this week. In the next newsletter I’ll be sharing a half year update with some progress against...
It's here - the new book!
June 10, 2025
I have been wanting to write this email for AGES: Tall Poppy #12, our second book of 2025 is here. We Were Just Little Boys is a book by Tace Stevens/Tall...
The ocean in between the waves
June 2, 2025
Hello everyone, Today I’m writing to you from an all-boys school where I’m working full time this week and next. Over June there’s both an opportunity and a...
To show, or not to show?
May 28, 2025
Hello everyone, This week I want to focus on my own art work - rather than the work I’m doing as a publisher/educator. As most of you know, I’ve been making...
The Big Book Fair report + next steps
May 21, 2025
Hello everyone! I’ve just returned from the USA and I am buzzing - a combination of good sleep on the plane, a good coffee at home and getting a bunch of...
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