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Metatron Press (est. 2014) is a literary publisher that specializes in publishing edgy and spirited contemporary writing by new and rising authors.

METATRON PRESS (est 2014) is an award-winning literary publisher that specializes in publishing contemporary books by debut authors. We focus on publishing edgy and provocative books that don’t necessarily fit into pre-existing literary canons or traditions, carving out new ones in the process. Brave and emotionally resonant, the work we publish both challenges and informs a new direction and style of contemporary writing and publishing.

06/26/2025

Our fourth and final 2026 title announcement arrives like a spell in the throat ✶

⟡ THE GOAT’S TONGUE by Peace Akintade-Oluwagbeye .ole.peace

THE GOAT’S TONGUE is the second collection by Peace Akintade-Oluwagbeye — a Nigerian-Canadian poet, playwright, and performer whose work flows from ancestral memory, Black futurism, and the sonic power of language. Based in Saskatchewan, she currently serves as the province’s 11th Poet Laureate.

Blending Yoruba oral traditions with speculative lyric and embodied ritual, these poems move through histories both personal and planetary—unearthing voice, lineage, and the mythic pulse of survival. A book of return. Of refusal. Of resurrection through language.

This book was the recent winner of The International Metatron Poetry Prize, chosen by guest judge ✨

Coming Fall 2026!

This new season of books marks a quiet shift—a liberating exhale of expansion after time spent reflecting, listening, and reimagining what’s possible. We’re honoured to share these works with you next year, and grateful to the .council for supporting our next chapter through their Literary Publishing Projects program.

Stay tuned for pre-orders and cover reveals later this year ✷
 Each book will arrive in rhythm with the moon 🌑🌕

06/19/2025

✶ new in our Digi Pub space ✶
A YEAR IN INFINITE DARKNESS
by Nirris Nagendrarajah

100 cinematic flashes across the mind’s eye—
part poem, part critique, part memory in freefall.
a meditation on sound, perspective, desire + the image unraveling.

read it now → link in bio

06/16/2025

Our third of four 2026 titles holds space for the in-between ✶

⟡ LATERAL SWAY
by Hannah Karpinski

LATERAL SWAY is the debut collection by Hannah Karpinski —a le***an Canadian poet exploring intimacy, memory, and the quiet force of friendship. Born in Toronto, shaped in Montreal, and currently based in Berlin, her writing traces the soft architectures of q***r life across borders.

Through poems, fragments, and annotated footnotes, LATERAL SWAY asks how we carry each other when identity is always shifting—when language doesn’t quite hold, but we speak anyway.

A book about longing. About not having the words. About saying it anyway.

Coming Spring May 2026...
More soon!

06/11/2025

✶ NEW DIGI PUB #018✶
A mixtape of myth + memory, 00:00 – AN ALBUM IN VERSE by Kwaku Darko-Mensah Jnr. (aka Kae Sun ) spirals through grief, god + groove. Diasporic, post-human, holy. A riot becomes a prayer. A heart becomes a portal. Everything is now.
✦ Kwaku is a Ghanaian-born, Montreal-based poet + musician exploring belonging, cultural memory + spiritual circuitry. He holds an MFA from UBC + is the author of Flood Season (Flipped Eye , 2021).
✶ Read now in our Digi Pub space ✶ link in bio

06/10/2025

✶ COMING MAY 16, 2026 ✶

We are excited to announce our second of four new 2026 books:
Wavering Futures
by Kawai Shen

Wavering Futures is a glitching love letter to a collapsing world. Blending fiction, theory, and speculative memoir, it maps the soft ruins of climate crisis, fascism, and desire. Through fragments of survival, care, and connection, it embraces uncertainty as a radical site for reimagining how we live, love, and resist.

Pre-order + cover reveal coming later this year.

✶

Kawai Shen is a writer based in Toronto. Her fiction was shortlisted for the 6th edition of The Metatron Prize for Rising Authors and was selected for the Best Canadian Stories 2025 anthology. She has also published work in .co Hotline, and more.

06/06/2025

✶ COMING APRIL 17, 2026 ✶

It's time to announce what we've been quietly putting together for our next batch of publications. We’re thrilled to announce the first of four titles in our 2026 publishing season:

all the time
by Xiaoxuan Huang
A poetics of q***r longing and silence as punctuation.

Fragmented love letters. Philosophical breathwork.

The emotional geometry of not-quite-saying.

In all the time, Huang asks:
If language can’t contain desire, should we still try?

For readers who live at the threshold of speech and feeling.

Pre-order + cover reveal coming later this year!
✶

05/30/2025

We’re thrilled to announce that the winner of The International Metatron Poetry Prize is...
Peace Akintade-Oluwagbeye .ole.peace for her groundbreaking manuscript The Goat’s Tongue 🐐

Selected by guest judge Precious Okoyomon, The Goat’s Tongue is an interdisciplinary poetry collection that traces the story of a girl, a goat, and an owl navigating vulnerability, memory, and belonging. Written in both English and a poetic symbol-based language developed through performance, this book expands what poetry can be—both formally and spiritually.

Peace is an award-winning poet, playwright, and performer, and currently serves as the 11th Poet Laureate of Saskatchewan. Her work blends Yoruba oral traditions with contemporary poetics, creating new pathways for language, embodiment, and voice. You can read more about Peace and her book in the link in our bio 🔗

We are honoured to publish The Goat’s Tongue as part of our forthcoming 2026 catalog. Welcome to the Metatron family, Peace 💗

05/23/2025

Ok bbs here's the deal! We have to move our stock into smaller pastures and our storage capabilities are squeeeeeezed! We need your help cleansing some stock and are offering 40% off all merch + books until June 1! Use code 'CLEANSE' at checkout 🫟💗🌷 Merci beaucoup! 🫟🐚🪽

05/01/2025

That’s a wrap on this year’s Metatron Prize features!

Our final spotlight is FULL BLEED by — a vivid, heat-soaked meditation on illness, memory, and the blur of performance.

We’ve spent the last few weeks sharing work from eight brilliant finalists. You can now explore the full collection on our site — each one offering a unique and urgent vision of what poetry can be right now.

The winner, chosen by , will be announced later this month.
Stay tuned.
🔗 Link in bio

04/23/2025

Just published: Reflections of Light on Water by 🌊
A finalist for this year’s International Metatron Poetry Prize.

Howey’s work traces moments of intimacy, illness, family, and care—with a softness that resists clarity and a voice that listens closely to the unsaid. It’s a quiet and luminous text, alive with questions and held silences.

We’re currently featuring the 8 shortlisted writers, each reshaping the contours of contemporary poetry in distinct and surprising ways. One will be selected by to join our catalogue next month.

Explore the latest profiles and excerpts via our website.
🌀 Link in bio

04/18/2025

This week our spotlight turns to another brilliant finalist of The International Metatron Poetry Prize…

🔎 Now featuring: Thinking In Public by 🔍

We’re continuing our celebration of the 8 shortlisted writers—sharing exclusive excerpts, interviews, and glimmers of the future of poetry. One of these voices will be selected by to publish their debut book with us next year.

Dive into the first half of the features now on our site & keep watch as the revelations unfold…

🔗 Link in bio

02/28/2025

We are simply stoked to announce ‘The Finalists’ for the seventh edition of The International Metatron Poetry Prize!

Of these 8 manuscripts, only one will be crowned the winner by guest judge and have their debut published with us in 2026.

In the meantime, please join us in congratulating these poets for making it to our coveted shortlist!

Stay tuned for our special Metatron Prize feature coming soon!

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Metatron Press (2014) is a literary publisher that specializes in publishing edgy and spirited contemporary writing by new and rising authors in colourful and unique paperback editions. Devoted to publishing new perspectives that reflect the experiences and sensibilities of our time (now), we seek out brave and emotionally-resonant work that challenges and informs a new direction and style of contemporary writing and publishing. We are primarily based in Montréal on unceded Kanien'kehá:ka territory.

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