Our Fall 2026 season balances critique with optimism. It features discussions of neoliberalism and ongoing colonialism; it equally describes the joy of being in relation with family, friendship, and communities who fight hard for a better world. We won’t lie: Fernwood workers and the writers, freelancers, designers, printers, booksellers we work with have all been affected, directly or indirectly, by the horrors imperialism continues to inflict. Like so many have observed, it is hard to keep going as if our capacities for this work are not dwindled daily by increasing surveillance, austerity, and ensuing violence and illness. It’s rough out there, and as dismal as it seems we are heartened by finding continuity in these related struggles. Maybe the robots are new, but the fascists are not. Our connections are not. They help us show up.
