Part of the joy of running Literary North is being able to realize many of our bookish dreams. One of these long-standing dreams was to create our own hand-made chapbooks. The Little Dipper series is the realization of that dream.

To make these books, we work with each author to edit and design a book that makes us all excited. We gleefully get our hands dirty in the Dartmouth College Book Arts Workshop, letterpress-printing the covers ourselves and then hand-stitching the books with Irish linen thread that matches the cover’s ink color. Little Dippers are for sale at live events and by contacting us via email. We also provide a free, digital download version to make the books accessible to all.

Thank you to everyone who has helped us make Little Dippers a reality, particularly Sarah Smith, Deborah Howe, and Bob Metzler of the Dartmouth College Book Arts Workshop, who are wonderfully enthusiastic and patient teachers; and to Jane Steger-Lewis, who knows how to wield InDesign and can draw a sperm whale like nobody’s business.

On Tuesday, Elizabeth
by Mary Kane

Little Dipper Edition III • July 18, 2020 • $8 (plus shipping)
(SOLD OUT)

On Tuesday, Elizabeth is a collection of tiny, beautiful stories about small moments that are larger than they appear, interior worlds, and the permeable membrane between ourselves and the universe around us.

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>>Watch Mary read "Beech Tree," from On Tuesday, Elizabeth

>>Read our interview with Mary

Free digital download

Make your own chapbook in four easy steps!

1. Download the PDF. | 2. Print it double-sided on 8.5 x 11 paper. | 3. Fold the printed copy in half. | 4. Secure it with two or three staples.

A Space Filled With Moving
by Ben Cosgrove

Little Dipper Edition II • December 6, 2019 • $8 (plus shipping)
(SOLD OUT)

A Space Filled with Moving is an essay about landscape, place, movement, and the tug between wanting to claim a space of your own and creating a place by staying in motion.

Printed in two limited editions of 25, with letterpress-printed covers, hand-stitched with Irish linen thread. One edition is signed and numbered by the author.

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>>Read Molly Papows’ excellent interview with Ben about his essay, his travels, and so much more in Junction Magazine.

Free digital download

Make your own chapbook in four easy steps!

1. Download the PDF. | 2. Print it double-sided on 8.5 x 11 paper. | 3. Fold the printed copy in half. | 4. Secure it with two or three staples.

Half-Fabulous Whales
by Rena J. Mosteirin

Little Dipper Edition I • August 3, 2019 • $8 (SOLD OUT)

Half-Fabulous Whales is an erasure poem that takes the“Cetology” chapter of Herman Melville’s great American novel Moby-Dick as source material.

Printed in a limited edition of 25 copies, letterpress-printed covers, hand-stitched with Irish linen thread. Signed and numbered by the author.