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Check out this recent interview from Creative BC with Brian Lam @arsenalpulp.bsky.social!
"We strive to publish work by writers who seek to challenge the status quo." buff.ly/M93QJn9
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20.05.2025 18:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The cover of the book "A Drop in the Ocean" by Léa Taranto, with stacked text above reading, "Happy book birthday!", along with the book title and author's name. Below, footer text lists the publisher, Arsenal Pulp Press, and their website, arsenal pulp dot com. On the book cover, a large ocean wave rises up in the shape of a drop of water, with the side profile of a young woman’s face peering out from the wave. Her hair is intertwined with the wave. In the background is a handwritten diary page. Written in the bottom half of the cover is the book title, “A Drop in the Ocean.” In the top left corner is the author’s name, “Lea Taranto.” The cover is drawn in a semi-realistic style with thin inked lines and an overall colour cast of purple, blue, and white.
Léa Taranto, photographed by Maria Koehn.
🌊 New! #ADropInTheOcean by Léa Taranto is an engaging YA novel about a girl in treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder that combats the dehumanizing stigma around mental illness.
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The cover of the book "This Book Is a Knife" by L.E. Fox, with stacked text above reading, "Happy book birthday!", along with the book title and author's name. On the left of the cover is the author’s name, “L.E. Fox,” and below the name is the subtitle, “Radical Working-Class Strategies in the Age of Climate Change.” On the right is the book title, “This Book Is a Knife,” which stretches out at an angle away from the author’s name and subtitle. Below the title is a wave of water split in half by a sharp point of the “N” in the book title. The cover is illustrated in a hand-drawn style. The waves are primarily teal and the background is peach.
New! #ThisBookIsAKnife by L.E. Fox is an incendiary anti-capitalist response to #climatechange rooted in hope for the future. Fierce and unapologetic, this book is a tool or a weapon, depending on how you use it.
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BENEATH DARK WATERS by @evelazarus.bsky.social is out now in Canada & the US.
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The cover of the book "Beneath Dark Waters" by Eve Lazarus, with stacked text above reading, "Happy book birthday!", along with the book title and author's name. Below, footer text lists the publisher, Arsenal Pulp Press, and their website, arsenal pulp dot com. Taking up the top half of the cover is the book title, “Beneath Dark Waters,” against a grey background. A collage of handwritten letters made to resemble a turquoise ocean takes up the bottom half. Passing through the centre of the ocean is a black and white photo of the Empress of Ireland, a large ship. At the bottom, laid over the ocean, is the subtitle, “The Legacy of the Empress of Ireland Shipwreck,” and the author’s name, “Eve Lazarus.”
Eve Lazarus, photographed by Rebecca Blissett.
New from reporter & author Eve Lazarus, #BeneathDarkWaters is an epic chronicle of the #EmpressOfIreland shipwreck, which claimed the lives of more passengers than the Titanic & stands as the worst maritime disaster during peacetime in Canadian history.
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THE DISSIDENT CLUB by @tahasiddiqui.bsky.social & Hubert Maury, translated by David Homel, is out now in Canada & the US (UK & Europe May 2025).
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The cover of the book "The Dissident Club" by Taha Siddiqui & Hubert Maury, translated by David Homel, with stacked text above reading, "Happy book birthday!", along with the book title and authors' names. Below, footer text lists the publisher, Arsenal Pulp Press, and their website, arsenal pulp dot com. On the cover, a man and woman walk in the middle of a road holding tickets and pushing a trolley piled high with luggage. A young child sits on top of the luggage. The couple look cautiously at the military soldiers in the foreground, who are holding rifles. In the background is an airport with a Pakistan flag. A plane flies overhead. There are birds and clouds in the sky. Written in the centre of the sky is the book title, “The Dissident Club,” the subtitle, “Chronicle of a Pakistani Journalist in Exile,” and the author’s name, “Taha Siddiqui,” and the illustrator’s name, “Hubert Maury.” The cover is drawn in an expressive comic style with inked lines.
An excerpted page from the graphic memoir "The Dissident Club" by Taha Siddiqui & Hubert Maury, translated by David Homel. In the comic panels, a man escapes from a car filled with armed gunman, running away alongside nearby honking cars while one of the men shouts, "Shoot, for God's sake! Shoot!"
Another excerpted page from the graphic memoir "The Dissident Club" by Taha Siddiqui & Hubert Maury, translated by David Homel. Continuing from the last page, these comic panels feature a man sitting at a table with a cup and saucer in front of him. As he takes a sip from the cup, the man says, "The man running for his life… Hunting by unknown predators… Is me… Taha Siddiqui. Slurp, I'm Pakistani… and a journalist. If you have the time, I'll tell you all about it… My story."
New! #TheDissidentClub by Taha Siddiqui & Hubert Maury is an urgent & compelling graphic memoir about a Pakistani investigative journalist at odds with his fundamentalist family & the Pakistani military that attempts to kidnap him.
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Check out our conversation with Sarah Leavitt, author of Something, Not Nothing: A Story of Grief and Love @arsenalpulp.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/04... #CanLit
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(Amber Dawn @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social)
(jaye simpson @jayesimpson.bsky.social)
Photos of Amber Dawn (self-portrait) and jaye simpson (photo by Jesse RAY Photography) and thumbnail images of their new books, "Buzzkill Clamshell" and "a body more tolerable." Text reads: "Interview with Amber Dawn & jaye simpson. In celebration of poetry month, we spoke with poets Amber Dawn (Buzzkill Clamshell) and jaye simpson (a body more tolerable) about launching their books together with a series of in-person events in Vancouver, New York, Toronto, and Montreal called the Fates Spring Poetry Tour."
Photo of jaye simpson and Amber Dawn together. Text reads: "The Fates Spring Poetry Tour. jaye simpson + Amber Dawn. Vancouver, April 10th, 7 P M, Emily Carr University of Art and Design. New York City, April 27th, 3 P M matinee reading, Bureau of General Services Queer Division. Toronto, April 30th, 7 P M, It's OK Studios. Montreal, May 1st, 7 P M, Librairie Pulp Books."
Check out our interview with poets Amber Dawn & jaye simpson about launching their fiery new poetry collections, #BuzzkillClamshell & #abodymoretolerable, together with a series of in-person events in Vancouver, NYC, Toronto & Montreal.
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The cover of the book "a body more tolerable" by jaye simpson, with stacked text above reading, "Happy book birthday!", along with the book title and author's name. Below, footer text lists the publisher, Arsenal Pulp Press, and their website, arsenal pulp dot com. On the book cover, two wolves are locked in an aggressive embrace, each one biting down on the other’s shoulder. Above them is the book title, “a body more tolerable,” in a cursive font. In the bottom right corner is the word “poems” and the author’s name, “jaye simpson.” The cover is illustrated in a dynamic style with an overall colour cast of purple, orange, and burgundy.
jaye simpson, photographed by Jesse RAY Photography
🐺 New! The ferocious & vulnerable poems of #abodymoretolerable, the latest collection by @jayesimpson.bsky.social, are about redefining acts of creation, destruction, deconstruction & recreation, from a singular Indigiqueer POV.
👉 Out now in Canada (USA April 15, 2025): tinyurl.com/abodymoretol...
The cover of the book "i cut my tongue on a broken country" by Kyo Lee, with stacked text above reading, "Happy book birthday!", along with the book title and author's name. Below, footer text lists the publisher, Arsenal Pulp Press, and their website, arsenal pulp dot com. On the book cover, the face of a Korean girl is embraced by blossoming lotus flowers. Her face and hair are made up of the plant stems. The girl’s eyes are closed, and she has a peaceful expression. Behind her is a dark green backdrop that resembles a painted wall. In the top left corner is the book title, “i cut my tongue on a broken country,” and in the top right corner is the word, “Poems,” and the author’s name, “Kyo Lee.” The cover is illustrated in a hand-painted style with an overall colour cast of green and pink.
Photograph of Kyo Lee
🪷 New! #ICutMyTongueOnABrokenCountry, the debut poetry collection of Kyo Lee, is about reconciling with oneself and learning to love, through a youthful, queer diasporic Korean lens. Out now in Canada (USA April 8, 2025).
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The cover of the book "Buzzkill Clamshell" by Amber Dawn, with stacked text above reading, "Happy book birthday!", along with the book title and author's name. Below, footer text lists the publisher, Arsenal Pulp Press, and their website, arsenal pulp dot com. At the top of the book cover is the book title, “Buzzkill Clamshell,” and the author’s name, “Amber Dawn.” At the bottom is a large pink clamshell opened to reveal three pearls in its centre. On the left are two plants, one with wavy multi-branched stems ending in round buds, and the other with three stems ending in yellow bell-shaped flowers that dip over the book title. In the bottom left corner, beneath the plants, is the word “Poems.” The cover is illustrated in a hand-painted semi-realistic style by Rebecca Chaperon.
Amber Dawn, self-portrait.
🐚🫧 New! #BuzzkillClamshell, the latest poetry collection by Amber Dawn (@amberdawnwrites.bsky.social), flaunts the chronically pained body as a source of lewd feminine power.
👉 Out now in Canada (USA April 1, 2025). Read more: arsenalpulp.com/Books/B/Buzz...
The cover of the book "Searching for Serafim" by Ruby Smith Díaz, with stacked text above reading, "Happy book birthday!", along with the book title and author's name. Below, footer text lists the publisher, Arsenal Pulp Press, and their website, arsenal pulp dot com. On the left of the book cover is a colourized photo of Serafim, an Afrolatino man dressed in a navy suit and a navy fedora with a pipe in his mouth. He is standing in a grassy yard. On the right is a realistic illustration of a flowering Aganisia orchid with mangoes over a historical map of Trinidad. The illustration has a ripped edge dividing the cover down the middle. Running vertically along the right edge is the book title, “Searching for Serafim,” and the subtitle, “The Life and Legacy of Serafim ‘Joe’ Fortes.” Running horizontally in the bottom right corner is the author’s name, “Ruby Smith Diaz.”
Ruby Smith Díaz, photographed by Hayf Photography
New release! #SearchingForSerafim by Ruby Smith Díaz is a layered exploration of the life and legacy of Serafim "Joe" Fortes, a trailblazing Black lifeguard, who became a cultural icon in a racist society.
Out now in Canada (USA May 6, 2025).
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Jamie Chai Yun Liew, photographed by Kenya-Jade Pinto, and the cover of her book “Dandelion,” with a Canada Reads 2025 selection seal on it. Text reads: “Congratulations to Jamie Chai Yun Liew. ‘Dandelion,’ a Canada Reads 2025 finalist! Arsenal Pulp Press. arsenal pulp [dot] com”
Canada Reads 2025 champions, including Säid M'Dhoma, champion of "Dandelion" by Jamie Chai Yun Liew, posing with their respective books. Photo courtesy of CBC. Text reads: “Canada Reads, March 17-20, 2025”
Congrats to Jamie Chai Yun Liew (@jcyliew.bsky.social), whose debut novel, #Dandelion, has been shortlisted for #CanadaReads 2025! 🌼
Tune in March 17–20, 2025, to see pastry chef Saïd M’Dahoma, aka "The Pastry Nerd," champion the book.
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