Octopus Books is a small independent poetry press that began in 2006. It publishes anywhere from 0-? books a year.


OCTO publishes 8 poets at a time, 1 small poem from each poet.

Past Issues:

OCTO 1 : Cynthia Arrieu-King, Brandon Shimoda, Eric Baus, Emily Kendal Frey, Marisol Limon Martinez, Laura Eve Engel, Bill Carty, and Du Fu (tr Wong May), Illustrations by Dennis Schmickle.

“Colors and Squares” by Issa Xu Edwards