December First Press
Small press publishing books for thoughtful makers. Operating as an imprint of Creative Artifacts HQ since 2025, we publish poetry, reference, and creative tools—each title reflecting nine years of commitment to intentional design and lasting value.
Souls on Fire: Fragments from the Early Hours is our debut poetry collection by R. Ellis. Compressed observations written in the early hours, capturing contemporary experience through unexpected angles.
Press & Publications

FEATURED IN
ETSY Made in Canada Ottawa Fall Lookbook
Encircled: an Ethical Gift Guide 2018
PRESS
A to Z of Craft: B is for Binding, One of a Kind Online Shop: One of A Kind Blog, 2019
Handbound – From a hobby to a livelihood, Brome County News, September 11, 2018
PUBLICATIONS & ARCHIVES
A One of a Kind experience, Association Quebecoise des Relieurs et Artists du Livre (AQRAL), Quarterly newsletter, June 2018
Crisis of Narrative, exhibition catalogue, Artexte archives and EAHR, 2017
Islamic geometric tile design, Jerusalem Art History Journal: An Undergraduate e-Journal, Fall 2013
POETICAL WORKS: Souls on Fire: Poems, Fragments, Constraints & Observations by R. Ellis