New! #RunsInTheBlood by Matthew J. Trafford is a dark and funny short story collection that reveals poignant truths about queer chosen family. “This book and these characters feel like a revelation.” —Brian Francis, author of FRUIT 👉 Out now in Canada & the US: arsenalpulp.com/Books/R/Runs...

Call for Submissions: @arsenalpulp.bsky.social's BIPOC mentorship program. An opportunity for emerging BIPOC writers to work with Lindsey Wong! arsenalpulp.com/News/2025/CA...

Thanks to everyone who came to today's event! More events at: www.queerfoodconference.com/p/additional... @arsenalpulp.bsky.social @mcgillarts.bsky.social

Out now! #BeaverHillsForever by Conor Kerr is an irreverent and playful novella of Métis voices that reflects the complexities of contemporary prairie life. Out now in Canada & the US. 👉 Read more: arsenalpulp.com/Books/B/Beav...

New! #Crohnic by Jason Purcell (@jasonvpurcell.bsky.social) is a poetic meditation on what it means to live a medicated life, looking toward sites of nature where life and death exist side by side. Out now in Canada & the US. 👉 Read more: arsenalpulp.com/Books/C/Croh...

We're looking ahead to fall: crunching leaves, spiced coffees, and the six books on our 2025 Fall Preview list, chosen by ALU staff and ready to be added to your TBR: alllitup.ca/the-all-lit-...

"Queers at the Table" edited by #McGillArts Professor Alex D. Ketchum and Megan J. Elias, is featured on CBC Books' 45 Canadian Nonfiction Books to Read this fall! @aketchum22.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/books/45-can...

Candid and deeply personal—Post-Man by Alex Manley explores masculinity, neurodivergence, and identity from a non-binary lens. From hockey culture to gender norms, this essay collection is a must-read for every reader discussing manhood in today. Coming Sept. 30 from @arsenalpulp.bsky.social!

New! #OfFloatingIsles is an immersive journey into author Kawika Guillermo’s lifelong attachment to #videogames, revealing how they shape us, shatter us, and give us the courage to start again. 👉 Out now in Canada & the US. Read more: arsenalpulp.com/Books/O/Of-F...

Indigenous author and illustrator Gord Hill is back with a timely and expanded edition of The Antifa Comic Book (@arsenalpulp.bsky.social) and we sat down to chat! Check out our conversation: 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/08... #CanLit #DiverseCanLit #Comics

From refreshing novels on love and life, to short stories full of dark humour and strange tales, these BC books definitely deserve a spot in your bag on your next trip to the beach. @arsenalpulp.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social @harbourpublishing.bsky.social @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social

A delightfully unexpected book haul from @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, including three early pre-orders! 🥳 They’re shooting right up to the top of my TBR. 😁 #reading #bookhaul 🏳️‍🌈📚💙

With fascism in our midst, Indigenous artist Gord Hill revises and expands his brilliant graphic history of fascism and anti-fascist movements, #TheAntifaComicBook. 👉 Out now in Canada (USA September 2, 2025). Read more: arsenalpulp.com/Books/T/The-...

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

We <3 queer books so much that we're extending our #Pride sale! 🌈 Until Aug 15: Get 30% off + free shipping on any & all LGBTQ2S+ titles (with a minimum order of $30 or more).* Use code: PRIDE 👉 Shop now: arsenalpulp.com

We <3 queer books! Our annual #PrideMonth sale is on now. 🌈 👉 Get 30% off + free shipping on any & all LGBTQ2S+ titles (with a min. order of $30 or more).* Use code: PRIDE Shop now: arsenalpulp.com

🌊 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. 👉 Out now in Canada & the US: arsenalpulp.com/Books/A/A-Dr...

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. 👉 Out now in Canada & the US! Read more: arsenalpulp.com/Books/T/This...

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. 👉 arsenalpulp.com/Books/B/Bene...

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. 👉 Read more: arsenalpulp.com/Books/T/The-...

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

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. 👉 Read the interview: arsenalpulp.com/News/2025/An...

🐺 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...

🪷 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). 👉 Read more & shop local (🇨🇦): www.indiebookstores.ca/book/9781551...

🐚🫧 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...

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). 👉 Read more: arsenalpulp.com/Books/S/Sear...

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. 👉 Read more: arsenalpulp.com/News/2025/Ja...