Happy spring from the editors of Scrub Jay Press!

It’s a slow Fresno morning and I’m listening to the great Gil Scott-Heron, “Small Talk at 125th and Lenox” from the early ’70s. The poet says the revolution will not be televised, and we learn over and over again that that’s the truth.

Reminding myself to keep reading, keep gathering, keep building.

—Jefferson Beavers

Save the date for Wild Blue volume 3 launch

Mark your calendar for 2 PM on Saturday, April 25 for the launch of Wild Blue volume 3, the latest new publication of Scrub Jay Press.

The zine launch will include readings, a visual art display, and snacks, and it will take place at Judging by the Cover bookstore, 1029 F Street in Fresno’s Chinatown. The event will be hosted by Wild Blue editor Marisa Mata.

We are pleased to reveal the cover (above) and share the lineup of contributors!

• Alice Daniel

• Angelina Leaños

• Beth Linder Carr

• John Moses

• Leslie Kay Quintana

• Katrina Riggs

• Tracy Stuntz

• Kimberly Vargas Agnese

• Lisa M. C. Weston

Zines cost $10 and will be for sale exclusively at Judging by the Cover on release day, in honor of their Indie Bookstore Day celebration. (Check out the details for their “bookstore spirit week” passport, good at a half-dozen local indie shops the week of April 20.) Come out and support!

Wild Blue volume 3 will be for sale on the Scrub Jay Press website beginning April 27.

San Joaquin Valley Bookfest coming May 2

The third annual San Joauquin Valley Bookfest is scheduled from 8:30 AM to 5 PM on Saturday, May 2 at Fresno City College. A wide variety of writers across genres, styles, and languages will be represented, including a keynote by novelist and Central Valley native Manuel Muñoz.

Scrub Jay Press writers will be featured on the panel “Voices from Wild Blue” at 10 AM on Stage Two (Old Administration Building, room 271). Readers will be Jefferson Beavers, David R. Carrasco-Gomez, Angelina Leaños, and Alice Daniel.

Admission to the SJV Bookfest is free, but pre-registration for a ticket is required. Copies of Wild Blue volume 3 will be for sale at the bookfest’s pop-up store.

Scrub Jay Press featured in Fresnoland

NEW: You can read about the Scrub Jay Press origin story and learn more about our forthcoming Fresno writers anthology in a new feature story by journalist Julianna Morano on Fresnoland:

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