Pownal Street Press is honoured to announce the June 2026 publication of Dandelion Rebellion.
Dandelion Rebellion is a call for radical empathy. A Wild voice underscoring that we are part of the world on which we wander and must redefine how we interface with the environments around us. We are the land. Resistance is now survival against Flower Famine. There is no separation between inner liberation and collective action. Each poem is a small act of resistance, inviting readers to feel, to witness, and to act alongside the land that sustains us.
Dandelion Rebellion: Poetry
ISBN: 9781998129829
$29.95 CAD | Paperback
Release Date: June 23, 2026
the world only wants to eat your heart,
—J.M Platts-Fanning
but the wild ~ the wild will devour you whole
“We are proud to present this title by naturalist and poetess, Jennifer Platts-Fanning,” says Editorial Director, Mo Duffy. “From mourning-cloak wings to neuro awakenings born in the forest, this collection reminds us that ‘trees do not wait for permission to grow.’ Platts-Fanning’s words ache with the heart wrenching truths of a forest gone on living, long after our footprints have left.”
About the Author
J.M. Platts-Fanning is an award-winning neurodivergent writer from Prince Edward Island, where the woodlands meet the wave-tousled coast. Winner of multiple PEI Writers’ Guild Island Literary Awards, her poetry appears in The Dalhousie Review, White Wall Review, and other journals. Her restless, empathetic voice explores memory, nature, and belonging. A playwright and forest steward, she volunteers with PEI Ground Search and Rescue, living by the motto: “That Others May Live.”
Pownal Street Press is PEI’s newest publishing house. Women-owned and women-led, friendly, warm and professional: We exist to give rise to brave stories, and to be a light for community and connection. With distribution through Raincoast Books (Canada) and Orca Books (US), Pownal Street Press’ titles have national reach but local heart. For more information about the Press and its books, please visit: www.pownalstreetpress.com.