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Sixteen Rivers Press is a shared-work, nonprofit poetry collective dedicated to providing an alternative publishing avenue for Northern California poets. Founded in 1999 by seven writers, the press is named for the sixteen rivers that flow into San Francisco Bay.
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News and Events
Tiller North Named Finalist for the 2016 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award for Poetry
Sixteen Rivers is pleased to announce that Tiller North by Rosa Lane has been named as a finalist for the 2016 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award for Poetry. Tiller North is one among 20 other finalists including works from such publishers as Alice James Books,...
Fall Fundraiser with W. S. Di Piero and Ellen Bass
SIXTEEN RIVERS PRESS INVITES YOU TO OUR FALL FUNDRAISER & GARDEN PARTY Join us at a private home in Berkeley at 3:00 P.M. on Saturday, October 8, 2016, for an afternoon of wine, hors d'oeuvres, and readings by two acclaimed poets: ELLEN BASS AND W. S. DI PIERO...
Sixteen Rivers Welcomes Beth Spencer
Sixteen Rivers is delighted to welcome Beth Spencer, whose poetry collection will be published in 2018. Beth brings with her years of editorial and design expertise, having run Bear Star Press since 1996, editing, designing and publishing books by poets from the...
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