MA|DE

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MA|DE (est. 2018) is a collaborative writing entity, the joint authorship of Mark Laliberte + Jade Wallace —> Debut poetry collection, ZZOO, available to order now (5 covers to choose from!): https://palimpsestpress.ca/books/zzoo-made

Event poster: ☀️📚If you're near Leamington this coming Saturday June 6 between 2 and 4pm in the afternoon, I hope you'll join us at Essex County Library (Leamington branch) for a free poetry reading! I'm very honoured to be featuring alongside D.A. Lockhart for the inaugural event of Parnassus Poetry Series. There'll be an open mic as well, so if you're coming consider bringing some poems! With many thanks to Andreas Connel-Gripp & Souwesto Poetry Review for organizing & hosting.

Jade and Mark stand in front of a wall painted with colourful geometric shapes

Text says: MA|DE's June 2026 Newsletter: Road Trips for Research Purposes, Book Fair Nostalgia & Weird Babies (madecollaboration.substack.com) TWO-HEADED PARROT

Photo is of an abandoned building with a keep out sign

MA|DE's first interview question and answer (available to read in full at the link).

Picture of chapbooks with donkey figurine. MA|DE's bio (available to read at the link.)

“A set of variant covers in a bookstore might be thrilling and mysterious”: An Interview with MA|DE

For the past several years, MA|DE—Mark Laliberte and Jade Wallace—has been carving out a unique space in the literary landscape, embracing collaboration as both a practice and an ethos. Their work is a fusion of poetic experimentation, visual artistry, and deep engagement with the traditions of literary and artistic partnerships in Canada.

In this interview, Mark and Jade take us through the origins of MA|DE and the journey of their full-length poetry collection ZZOO (Palimpsest Press), which included an ambitious approach to their cover design (there are five cool covers of ZZOO to choose from!). With a keen eye on the intersections of poetry, visual art, and literary publishing, MA|DE continues to push the boundaries of what a poetry collab can be.