Metonymy Press

04/29/2025

It's been a decade since we published our first book, SHE IS SITTING IN THE NIGHT. A suggestion from a friend led to the book's creation based on Thea's Tarot deck, printed in 1984. We've recently dug up an original copy of this since-reprinted deck. We'll enter you into a lottery to win it with a receipt of purchase of the book! (from April 26-30 inclusive, from metonymypress.com or an indie bookseller, within Canada and the US)

04/22/2025

Thanks to this shout-out from Drew Broussard at LitHub! FYI if you're having trouble finding LITTLE BLUE ENCYCLOPEDIA (FOR VIVIAN) in stores, have no fear - it will be back in stock soon. In the meantime you can always try your local library or our webstore.

Small presses have had a rough year, but as the literary world continues to conglomerate, we at Literary Hub think they’re more important than ever. Which is why, every (work) day in March—wh…

04/11/2025

We love a new direction and new readers for this universally loved story: thanks to translator Momo Nonaka, the Tuttle-Mori Agency, and publisher Shobun-Sha for putting together the Japanese-language version of FIERCE FEMMES AND NOTORIOUS LIARS by Kai Cheng Thom 🔪🌙👠

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03/18/2025

Congratulations to all the finalists for the Publishing Triangle Awards! The 🔥EL GHOURABAA🔥 anthology is up for the Leslie Feinberg Trans and Gender Variant award

The Publishing Triangle, the association of LGBTQ+ people in publishing, today announced forty-one finalists for the 37th annual Publishing Triangle Awards, honoring the best LGBTQ+ books published in 2024. Included in the announcement are finalists

03/10/2025

The Metonymy website is temporarily down :(

Please contact us by dm or email metonymypressATgmail

We will also replace our markers :)

02/22/2025

See you this afternoon 📚

02/18/2025

In a strong statement of solidarity, eleven cultural organizations in Montreal have officially endorsed or reasserted their endorsement of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), highlighting their commitment to the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement.

The organizations supporting this initiative are joining a growing global movement of artists, academics, and cultural workers committed to supporting the Palestinian people in their struggle for liberation and self-determination. These organizations hope that more groups will adopt PACBI across Quebec and Canada.

To date, the following organizations have united their efforts to support or reaffirm their commitments to PACBI: Ada X, articule, Atelier La Coulée, Céline Bureau, Centre Clark, Centre des arts actuels SKOL, Dazibao, Metonymy Press, Oboro, PME-ART, and Vidéographe.

01/15/2025

Hear Grace Kwan read a few poems from their collection THE SACRED HEART MOTEL and talk about their process 🔑
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-43-north-by-northwest/clip/16120487-poet-grace-kwans-sacred-heart-motel

CBC Radio host Margaret Gallagher meets creative people from all around the province. Hear about their passions and inspirations. You'll visit artists and in their studios, musicians and performers backstage, writers at their keyboards and chefs at the cooktop. There's great conversation and a lot o...

01/14/2025

Best Q***r Books of 2024! Thanks to Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian and Autostraddle for including THE SACRED HEART MOTEL and EL GHOURABAA on this excellent list.

There are so many damn good q***r books being published these days.

12/20/2024

Thanks to Briarpatch Magazine and Serena Bhandar for this list ❤️

12/18/2024

For anyone local (Montreal) we’re having a last-minute drop-in book sale at our office this Thursday (10am to 1pm and 4 to 7pm). There will be snacks! And deals! And, c/o you know who, we won’t charge you GST. Gay books make for gayer holidays. Also, solidarity 4ever w CUPW / eff you Canada Post and anti-union governments! Accessibility note: our space is on the second floor but we will gladly meet you at street level with books to peruse.

📍635 Beaumont, near Acadie metro

12/08/2024

Grace Kwan continues their mini book tour this evening in Toronto at Another Story Bookshop. If you wanna learn more about the collection, you can read/watch more about the process behind The Sacred Heart Motel in this Pancouver interview.

Many poets fall in love with their artform in childhood or as teens. Kwan, on the other hand, started writing poetry in grad school at SFU.