Arsenal Pulp Press

07/02/2024

We're extending our sale! 🌈 Save 30% on LGBTQ2S+ books (with FREE shipping to Canada & the US) until August 6, 2024.*

Use this code at checkout: PRIDE
👉 Shop online: https://arsenalpulp.com/

(*Minimum order $25. Free shipping to Canada & the US, regular postal rates only. Offer expires on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. PT.)

06/21/2024

Huge congratulations to A. Light Zachary, winner tonight of the 2024 Trillium Book Award for Poetry for their debut collection MORE SURE! Ontario Creates

06/18/2024

Sarah Leavitt meets her brand new book SOMETHING, NOT NOTHING at APP HQ! Publishing September 24. "A uniquely gorgeous chronicle. Full box of tissues recommended.” -Kirkus Reviews (starred)

06/13/2024

Join Nisha Patel at the Vancouver launch of A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH at Upstart & Crow Bookstore on Monday, June 24, 7pm! https://upstartandcrow.com/event/an-evening-with-nisha-patel/

06/11/2024

A STARRED review for SOMETHING, NOT NOTHING, the forthcoming graphic memoir by Sarah Leavitt from Kirkus Reviews: "A uniquely gorgeous chronicle. Full box of tissues recommended." ❤

06/11/2024

Greg Kearney's brilliant novel AN EVENING WITH BIRDY O'DAY reviewed in the Winnipeg Free Press: "[Kearney] writes trauma, grief and especially chronic illness not only with levity, but a devastating universality ... Kearney honours the nuances of found family alongside the heartbreaking feat of being a q***r elder still living in his hometown." ❤

06/04/2024

🏳️‍🌈 Happy from Arsenal Pulp Press! Grab some excellent q***r books for your during our annual sale.

Use code ✨ PRIDE ✨ at checkout for 30% off + free shipping on any & all LGBTQ2S+ titles on ArsenalPulp.com. Minimum order $25. Free shipping to Canada & the US, regular postal rates only. Offer expires on Sunday, June 30, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. PT.

👉 Shop online: https://arsenalpulp.com/

05/26/2024

In Vancouver this Wed, May 29, 7pm: Henry Tsang (WHITE RIOT: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver) joins The BC and Yukon Book Prizes finalists Samantha Nock and Brandon Read for an evening of discussion and readings at the Vancouver Public Library (central branch), co-presented by Vancouver Writers Fest!

05/13/2024

Vancouver Writers Fest presents a great evening of short stories on Wed, May 15 featuring Vincent Anioke, author of the brilliant new collection PERFECT LITTLE ANGELS, along with Carleigh Baker and Shashi Bhat! Vancouver Public Library Central Branch, 7 pm.

05/12/2024

Congratulations to Henry Tsang (seen in the red shirt below), whose book WHITE RIOT: THE 1907 ANTI-ASIAN RIOTS IN VANCOUVER won the Dr. Edgar Wickberg Book Prize for the Best Book on Chinese Canadian History from the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of British Columbia!

05/07/2024

Congratulations to A. Light Zachary, whose book MORE SURE is a Trillium Book Award for Poetry finalist! Ontario Creates https://www.ontariocreates.ca/our-sectors/book/trillium-book-award/finalists-2024trillium-book-award

04/27/2024

Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Celebrate and support our amazing community of indie booksellers by buying a book today

Canadian Independent Bookstore Day (CIBD) is the annual day when readers, writers, illustrators, publishers, and others come together to celebrate indie bookstores across Canada. By joining the celebration, you are advocating for independent businesses, supporting a flourishing bookselling community...

04/20/2024

Come celebrate the launch of Greg Kearney’s funny, boisterous, and deeply moving new novel, AN EVENING WITH BIRDY O’DAY, at the Black Eagle bar in . Kearney will be joined in conversation by Sky Gilbert, and books will be available for purchase.

🗓️ Monday, April 22, 2024
7:00–9:00 p.m.

📍 Black Eagle
457 Church St, Toronto, ON

A free event • No RSVP required

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⭐️ “AN EVENING WITH BIRDY O’DAY is like a modern-day Wharton novel crossed with a KIDS IN THE HALL sketch. Like everything Kearney writes, it is biting and hilarious, with characters as tough and smart as they are tragic. Both a satire of celebrity culture and a moving portrait of two gay boys coming of age in 1970s working-class Winnipeg, this ambitious novel is propulsive and electrifying.“ —Zoe Whittall, author of THE FAKE

04/16/2024

New! AN EVENING WITH BIRDY O'DAY by Greg Kearney is a funny, boisterous, and deeply moving novel about aging hairstylist Roland Keener's childhood friendship with Birdy O'Day, whose fevered quest for pop music glory drives them apart.

Roland, who's lived and worked in Winnipeg all his life, is more or less content with the quiet and predictable days he shares with his partner of twenty-five years, Tony. That is, until he hears that Birdy O'Day—washed-up music icon and Roland's childhood best friend and first love—is playing his first concert in Winnipeg since fleeing decades earlier.

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👉 Get your copy of AN EVENING WITH BIRDY O'DAY from your fave local bookstore, or order direct from Arsenal Pulp: https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/A/An-Evening-with-Birdy-O-Day

• ISBN: 978-1-55152-941-7
• Out now in Canada & the US! 🇨🇦🇺🇸

04/15/2024

Vincent Anioke launches his brilliant debut story collection PERFECT LITTLE ANGELS at the Waterloo Public Library (John M. Harper branch) tomorrow night (April 16), 7:00pm! Co-presented by Words Worth Books. See details in the comments.

04/15/2024

🌷 Grab some fresh poetry picks during our annual sale!

Use the promo code POETRY25 at checkout to receive 25% off + free shipping on all poetry titles for the entire month of April,* including…

• (⭐ New!) A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH by Nisha Patel
• MORE SURE by A. Light Zachary
• SWOLLENING by Jason Purcell
• BEAST AT EVERY THRESHOLD by Natalie Wee
• IRON GODDESS OF MERCY by Larissa Lai
• HUSTLING VERSE edited by Amber Dawn & Justin Ducharme

… and many more!

👉 Shop now: https://arsenalpulp.com/Categories/Poetry

*Offer valid until Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. PT. Free shipping to Canada & USA, regular postal rates only.

04/14/2024

This Thursday in : Another Story Bookshop presents "Canada ReReads" featuring finalist SHUT UP YOU'RE PRETTY. Join defender Kudakwashe Rutendo, author Téa Mutonji and VS. Books editor Vivek Shraya for a lively conversation!

04/11/2024

Congratulations to this year's BC and Yukon Book Prize finalists, including our own Henry Tsang (WHITE RIOT, Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Prize) and Hazel Jane Plante (ANY OTHER CITY, Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize)! The BC and Yukon Book Prizes

We are excited to announce the finalists for the 2024 BC and Yukon Book Prizes. This year's shortlists represent some of the spectacular work being created in the province and territory. These titles also highlight the amazing books being published in our region. Congratulations to all the titles shortlisted, and we look forward to celebrating these books and their authors, illustrators and publishers in the year ahead.

To find out more about all these titles visit our website here: https://bcyukonbookprizes.com/winners-finalists/

04/10/2024

Congratulations to A. Light Zachary, whose poetry book MORE SURE is longlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award by The League of Canadian Poets!

04/09/2024

New release! PERFECT LITTLE ANGELS is the beautifully imagined short story collection of Vincent Anioke.

This stunning debut collection, set largely in Nigeria, explores themes of masculinity and repressed desires through the lens of (un)conditional love, with questions abound: What happens when we fall short of society's—and our own—expectations? When our personal desires conflict with the duties we are bound to? The characters in PERFECT LITTLE ANGELS confront these dilemmas and more in these tenderly written stories.

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👉 Get your copy of PERFECT LITTLE ANGELS from your fave local bookstore, or order direct from Arsenal Pulp: https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/P/Perfect-Little-Angels

• ISBN: 978-1-55152-943-1
• 🇨🇦 Out now in Canada! (🇺🇸 USA May 7, 2024)

04/09/2024

Tomorrow (Apr 10) in : Larissa Lai presents her latest novel THE LOST CENTURY in conversation with Rita Wong, at the Vancouver Public Library's central branch, 7pm!

04/02/2024

New poetry collection! A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH is a stunning poetic investigation of the worthiness of disabled life as told through author Nisha Patel's evaluation of her own medical records over the course of a decade.

Living with treatment-resistant diabetes, bipolar disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and complex chronic pain, Nisha Patel reveals how her multiple disabilities intertwine with her day-to-day life, even when care and treatments are not available. As she works through bouts of illness, neglect, and care, Patel reveals how poetry provides her a way to resist the sway of medical hegemony and instead offer complex accounts of pain, sickness, and anger, but also love.

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📖 Get your copy of A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH from your favourite local bookstore, or order direct from Arsenal Pulp: https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/A/A-Fate-Worse-Than-Death

• ISBN: 978-1-55152-945-5
• Out now in 🇨🇦 Canada and the 🇺🇸 USA (also available as an ebook)

03/27/2024

Congratulations to Mx. Sly, author of TRANSLAND: CONSENT, KINK & PLEASURE, a Lambda Literary Award finalist in the category of Transgender Nonfiction!

03/26/2024

New release! 👛 OMA'S BAG is a gentle and loving book that helps children navigate an diagnosis in their family, written by Michelle Wang (It Must Be Books) and illustrated by Sam Nunez.

The five Lim children—Jessica, Jocelyn, Jeffrey, Jacob, and Kenzie—are thrilled when their parents tell them that Oma and Opa, their beloved grandparents, are coming to town for a visit. But this time, things seem different—grandmother Oma's cooking doesn't taste the same, and she's started asking the same questions over and over, even while talking about specific moments from her past. Then things around the house begin to go missing: keys, eyeglasses, the TV remote. When the items turn up in the oversized shopping bag that Oma carries around with her, the family comes to the sad realization that she's in the early stages of Alzheimer's. But the journey from the past to new shared experiences reminds the family that Oma is still Oma. And as Jeffrey watches his cherished grandmother dance about the house, he reassures his grandfather, "She's still here."

Accompanied by joyful illustrations, OMA'S BAG is a tender and touching book to help children navigate an Alzheimer's diagnosis in their family and learn how to fully embrace their loved ones in new and unexpected ways.

Ages 3 to 8.

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👉 Grab your copy of OMA'S BAG from your fave local bookstore or order direct from Arsenal Pulp Press: https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/O/Oma-s-Bag

• 🇨🇦 Out now in Canada | 🇺🇸 USA: April 2, 2024
• ISBN: 978-1-55152-947-9
• Also available as an

03/22/2024

A rare treat in : the Vancouver Public Library (Central Branch) presents Larissa Lai reading from her latest novel THE LOST CENTURY and in conversation with Rita Wong on April 10, 7:00 pm, Montalbano Family Theatre, Level 8. Book sales by Iron Dog Books.

03/16/2024

Toronto - Another Story Bookshop presents a celebration of Téa Mutonji's SHUT UP YOU'RE PRETTY, which recently finished as runner-up in this year's Canada Reads. Join Téa, the book's formidable champion Kudakwashe Rutendo, and VS. Books editor Vivek Shraya for an evening of conversation!