Figure 1 Publishing

03/07/2025

In honour of International Women’s Day on Saturday, we’re proud to spotlight books that celebrate the lives, contributions, and stories of women we’ve had the privilege of creating books with, from an acclaimed fashion designer to Canada’s first female astronaut to an award-winning mixologist!

Check out our IWD book picks below📚

In celebration of International Women’s Day on Saturday March 8, we’re proud to spotlight books that celebrate the lives, contributions, and stories of women we’ve had the honour of creating books with, from an acclaimed fashion designer to Canada’s first female astronaut to an award-winning...

03/05/2025

We are proud to be the publisher of "Eppich House II: The Story of an Arthur Erickson Masterwork," and love to see Arthur Erickson's story told in new ways.

Check out this new Knowledge Network documentary "Arthur Erickson: Beauty Between the Lines" streaming now!

Documentary🎥 https://knowledge.thankyou4caring.org/emailviewonwebpage.aspx?erid=41941109&trid=10ff586f-3aea-4caa-9844-01034135120a

Book📚
https://www.figure1publishing.com/book/eppich-house-2-2/

Knowledge Network respectfully acknowledges that we work andbroadcast from the unceded traditional territories of the Coast SalishNations of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh),and xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam).

01/29/2025

VICTORIA: Join Chef Dev at Kinu on Tuesday for a special pop-up dinner and book signing📚

This is your chance to:
🍽️ Indulge in exclusive dishes crafted by Chef Devan
✍️ Get your cookbook signed
✨ Meet the chef behind the magic

Feb 4, 6:00 and 8:00pm seatings
Spaces are limited, so secure your spot early by calling Kinu at (778)265-7775

12/12/2024

Author Susan Mertens explores the life and work of Canadian artist Jack Shadbolt, revealing his creative journey through personal journals, letters and poetry, offering insight into his artistic vision and personal struggles (Figure 1 Publishing). Full review in the Winter Issue of BC BookWorld (page 11): https://bcbooklook.com/latest-issue/

12/10/2024

John Scott: Firestorm, is out now📚

Figure 1 is proud to publish this raw, personal and political book, presenting an artist’s searing critique of modernity’s capacity for industrial warfare and the machines that enable it.

Congratulations to our co-publisher, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection and author/curator John O'Brian.

Order a copy today, or plan a visit to the exhibition! https://www.figure1publishing.com/book/john-scott/

12/03/2024

Figure 1 Publishing is saddened to hear of the passing of Canadian conceptual artist Anna Banana (1940–2024) on Friday, November 29th in Sechelt, BC.

We send our heartfelt condolences to her family, friends, and community.

https://www.figure1publishing.com/remembering-b-c-artist-anna-banana/

11/06/2024

Join us at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts for Art Talk: You Don't Know Jack (Shadbolt) to celebrate the launch of "Jack Shadbolt: In His Words"📖

Thursday, November 14 · 7-9pm PST

Lavishly illustrated with images created throughout his long career, the book reveals the raw and unrelenting human compulsion, and the fierce emotion and intelligence, that drove Jack Shadbolt to his Acts of Art.

Books will be available for purchase and can be signed by the author, Susan Mertens!

Join us for the launch of Susan Mertens's new book Jack Shadbolt: In His Words

11/05/2024

Join us at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts next Thursday, November 14th, to celebrate the launch of Jack Shadbolt: In His Words, introduced and edited by Susan M. Mertens📚

Join us for the launch of Susan Mertens's new book Jack Shadbolt: In His Words

11/05/2024

We're delighted to share that A Place Called Cumberland is available now!

From railway disasters and robberies to mycology and mountain biking, twelve authors tell true stories of Cumberland, BC, that highlight the diverse and eclectic history of the vibrant village, in this book co-published with the Cumberland Museum and Archives.

📚Order your copy today📚 https://www.figure1publishing.com/book/a-place-called-cumberland/

11/05/2024

It's pub day📚

Curve! Women Carvers on the Northwest Coast, an eighty-year overview of wood and argillite carving by Indigenous women artists on the Northwest Coast, is available now!

Co-published with the Audain Art Museum, this book features stunning photography and a range of sculptural formats by fourteen Indigenous women carvers to expand the discourse of carving in the region.

Order your copy today: https://www.figure1publishing.com/book/curve/

10/29/2024

Jack Shadbolt: In His Words is available now!

Introduced and edited by Susan M. Mertens, this is an intimately candid memoir about the ambitions, struggles, and achievements of one of Canada’s most prolific and important modernist artists.

It is the memoir Shadbolt never quite got around to writing.

“Who was the man in front of that painting? A pragmatic, middle-class modernist? A West Coast spirit channeler in a line of succession from Emily Carr? Or, my favourite, a tenacious butterfly in human camouflage, trapped in an eternal metamorphosis of emergent forms? He is all those things and more.” —Susan M. Mertens.

https://www.figure1publishing.com/book/jack-shadbolt/

10/28/2024

10/22/2024

We're absolutely thrilled to invite you to the upcoming book launch event for ᴀɴ ᴇɴᴅʟᴇꜱꜱ ᴛʜʀᴇᴀᴅ —a stunning celebration of Haida designer Dorothy Grant's groundbreaking career in fashion.

Join us for an inspiring afternoon at the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art as we celebrate Dorothy’s groundbreaking contributions to Indigenous fashion and culture. You’ll have the opportunity to meet the author in person and purchase your own signed copy of the book!

We're absolutely thrilled to invite you to the upcoming book launch event for ᴀɴ ᴇɴᴅʟᴇꜱꜱ ᴛʜʀᴇᴀᴅ —a stunning celebration of Haida designer Dorothy Grant's groundbreaking career in fashion.

10/22/2024

📚It's pub day📚

We are delighted to see Canadian Photographs by renowned photographer Geoffrey James on bookstore shelves today!

In this unvarnished look at Canada, James directs his gaze to the in-between spaces and forgotten places that resist the idea of a cohesive national identity. With an equable eye, James documents the ephemeral and the monumental: a demolition derby in Quebec, how an inmate at Kingston Penitentiary has decorated his cell, the Dickensian side door of Massey Hall in Toronto.

https://www.figure1publishing.com/book/canadian-photographs/

10/15/2024

“An Endless Thread serves as a long-overdue celebration of [Dorothy Grant Studio] who has long advocated for the intersection of cultural pride, style, and a maintaining of tradition.” —Vogue

Part look-book, part memoir, and part history, this beautifully illustrated monument to a singular designer who helped inspire the growing Indigenous fashion movement is also a powerful demonstration of the enduring resonance and possibilities of Haida art.

Dorothy Grant: An Endless Thread, co-published with Haida Gwaii Museum is available now!

📚https://www.figure1publishing.com/book/dorothy-grant/📚

10/11/2024