Arsenal Pulp Press

12/05/2025

DANDELION by Jamie Chai Yun Liew is the #10 bestselling Canadian book and the #2 bestselling Canadian-published book in indie bookstores for 2025! Thanks to Canada's fantastic indies for your support! ❤

click here for both the 25 top-selling Canadian titles and the 25 top-selling Canadian publishers of 2025 (And a downloadable pdf of both charts, too) https://bit.ly/4pi3woO

11/27/2025

Our holiday sale continues through Black Friday and beyond!

At Arsenal Pulp Press, our loved ones who celebrate the winter holidays (or anything, really!) can pretty much count on receiving a wonderful book (or two or three) under the tree. And you, our community of readers and writers, can count on a festive winter book sale! We continue to turn to text for a sense of joy and community—the act of reading connects us to our literary community near and far.

To encourage your own holiday book-giving (to your loved ones and yourself, because hey, you deserve a literary treat for making it through another year):

🎁 Take 30% OFF + free shipping on all orders of $30 or more on ArsenalPulp.com*

Use coupon code at checkout: FESTIVE30

11/06/2025

New release! EDDY’S SHADOW PUPPETS is a charming picture book that will inspire curious little artists to follow the spark that calls to them. By Karina Zhou, author of KAI’S TEA EGGS!

When Eddy meets his grandfather for the first time, he’s surprised by Yeye’s colourful personality. Without warning, Yeye takes Eddy on an adventure to show him the magical world of shadow puppets, exploring this ancient art form and how it brings joy to people even today.

Eddy lets go of self-doubt as he learns to make his own shadow puppets and then teaches his classmates how to do so, as well. With Yeye’s help, Eddy and his friends begin to appreciate the rich history and power of art.

EDDY’S SHADOW PUPPETS is a heartwarming tale about how we can all be artists, sharing our passion with others.

🌟 “EDDY’S SHADOW PUPPETS is like a magical show on display! With its vibrant watercolours and cheerful grandfather-and-grandson duo, the book leaves me yearning for an encore. Zhou’s artistic talent and message make this a must-read for any child.” —Laura Gao, author of MESSY ROOTS

👉 Out now in Canada & the US. Get your copy from your favourite local bookstore, or order direct from Arsenal Pulp Press: https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/E/Eddy-s-Shadow-Puppets

11/04/2025

🌟 Our annual holiday book sale starts now!

At Arsenal Pulp Press, our loved ones who celebrate the winter holidays (or anything, really!) can pretty much count on receiving a wonderful book (or two or three) under the tree. And you, our community of readers and writers, can count on a festive winter book sale! We continue to turn to text for a sense of joy and community—the act of reading connects us to our literary community near and far.

To encourage your own holiday book-giving (to your loved ones and yourself, because hey, you deserve a literary treat for making it through another year):

🎁 Take 30% OFF + free shipping on all orders of $30 or more on arsenalpulp.com *

Use code: FESTIVE30

*Free shipping to Canada & the US, regular postal rates only. Offer expires on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. PT. If you want your books to arrive by December 25, please place your order by December 7.

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Your favourite award-winning Canadian independent presses are working in challenging industry conditions—ongoing funding austerity, ever-rising operating costs, rapidly changing shipping and distribution realities—to bring beautiful, innovative, high-quality books to bookstores, libraries, and your own TBR pile. It’s vital, now more than ever, to actively and intentionally support Certified Canadian Publishers by purchasing Canadian-published books.

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10/25/2025

Thrilled to have three Governor General's Literary Award finalists this year! Congratulations to By Teresa Wong (ALL OUR ORDINARY STORIES, Non-Fiction), Ruby Smith Diaz (SEARCHING FOR SERAFIM, Non-Fiction) and Lea Taranto (A DROP IN THE OCEAN, Young People's Literature - Text). Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada

Discover Canada's best books - the winners and finalists of the Governor General's Literary Awards (GGBooks)

10/14/2025

The 38th annual flagship Festival takes place from October 20–26 on and beyond! This year’s Festival features a scintillating lineup of over 130 local and international authors, in 85+ events that will spark empathy, action, and transformation.

This year’s Festival program will explore the issues and themes dominating the cultural and political sphere, and open the door to wider understanding. We're thrilled that APP authors Eve Lazarus (Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of the Empress of Ireland Shipwreck) and Gord Hill (The Antifa Comic Book: Revised and Expanded) are among the writers appearing at VWF with urgent and brilliant works of non-fiction!

Catch activist, artist, and author GORD HILL on Tuesday, October 21 6:00pm with Kate Beaton at "Pen and Ink: Illustrated Resistance"
Gord Hill has met the moment with a revised and expanded version of The Antifa Comic Book, addressing the alarming rise of far-right aggression in various countries—as well as the mobilization against it.
https://writersfest.bc.ca/festival-event-2025/10

Don't miss historian, author, and true crime podcaster EVE LAZARUS on Friday, October 24 at 1:00pm in conversation with Mark Kershaw about her latest BC Bestseller: Beneath Dark Waters--an epic and absorbing chronicle of the RMS Empress of Ireland, which sank in 1914 en route from Quebec City to Liverpool, England. A must-attend event for history buffs!
https://writersfest.bc.ca/festival-event-2025/54

🎟️ Tickets on sale now! Grab yours before they sell out!

10/14/2025

Now available in Canada and the US! ISAAC is a kaleidoscopic, intimate coming-of-age novel of modern q***r life by Curtis Garner.

Set in London across a single, life-altering summer, Garner’s debut novel is a q***r story for our digital age, offering new perspectives on desire and intimacy, adolescent obsession, and dangerous first love.

Isaac is an inexperienced gay youth whose first s*xual encounter via a dating app is disappointing, yet thrillingly addictive. He spends his final months before university escaping into a dizzying new world of casual s*x, but his world changes when he meets twenty-eight-year-old Harrison at a party.

Isaac is immediately drawn to this handsome, charismatic artist, but as they grow closer, his sense of self becomes increasingly hazy. As Harrison becomes more demanding, Isaac tries everything to prove his worthiness, but he soon realizes that he must confront his toxic ideas about love, s*x, and men, as well as himself.

Written with verve and confidence, ISAAC brilliantly captures the capriciousness of youth and the vagaries of q***r desire.

🌟 “So vivid and real, it brought a thousand memories rushing back.” —Russell T Davies, creator of Q***R FOLK and IT’S A SIN

🌟 “A raw, deep, and tender tale that will transport you back to your own experiences of young love—the anxieties, the challenges, and the triumphs. I loved meeting Isaac and you will too.” —Mohsin Zaidi, author of A DUTIFUL BOY

👉 Get your copy from your favourite local bookstore, or order direct from Arsenal Pulp Press: https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/I/Isaac

10/08/2025

Out now! Q***RS AT THE TABLE is an anthology of essays, comics, and recipes that reveals the dynamic and transformative relationship between q***rness and food, edited by Megan J. Elias and Alex D. Ketchum.

Food has long played an important role in q***r culture. Le***an- and q***r women-run feminist restaurants, cafes, and coffeehouses have been safe spaces for q***r and trans folk where gender norms can be challenged and where female authority is legitimized. During the AIDS epidemic, gay men and their allies centred food as an expression of collective care for those who needed it most. And q***r and trans folk have asserted themselves in a restaurant culture largely controlled by white cisgender men.

Q***RS AT THE TABLE celebrates the various intersections between q***rs and food. In its essays, comics, and recipes, the book shows how this shared culture fosters connections, defies norms, honours legacies, and creates community. Taylor Hartson and Tristian Lee write about a q***r farming community in which q***rness is part of a broad network of living things to be enjoyed and shared; Danielle Kydd writes about food security issues as faced by LGBTQ2S+ folk; and Blue Delliquanti’s comic on urban foraging in Minneapolis demonstrates the role of a q***r friend group in a local ecosystem.

In full colour throughout, Q***RS AT THE TABLE is a diverse and enriching anthology that reveals the myriad nurturing ways that q***rness informs food production and restaurant culture and how food empowers, transforms, and unites q***r and trans folk.

🌟 “Alex D. Ketchum and Megan J. Elias have corralled some of our most vibrant voices to deliver a sparkling ode to the q***r experience and food’s place in it. Q***RS AT THE TABLE will delight, surprise, and move you.” —Mayukh Sen, author of TASTE MAKERS

👉 Out now in Canada & the US. Get your copy from your favourite local bookstore, or order direct from Arsenal Pulp Press: https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/Q/Queers-at-the-Table