Arsenal Pulp Press
Arsenal Pulp Press is a Canadian independent book publishing company, based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The company publishes a broad range of titles in both fiction and non-fiction, focusing primarily on underrepresented genres such as underground literature, LGBT literature, multiracial literature, graphic novels, visual arts, progressive and activist non-fiction and works in translation, and is noted for founding the annual Three-Day Novel Contest.
Founded | 1971 |
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Country of origin | Canada |
Headquarters location | Vancouver, British Columbia |
Distribution | University of Toronto Press Distribution (Canada) Consortium (US) Turnaround Publisher Services (Europe) New South Books (Australasia)[1] |
Publication types | books |
Official website | www |
History
Established in 1971,[2] Scriveners' Pulp Press Limited was one of several ventures in alternative arts and literature of the early 1970s. In addition to fiction, poetry and drama titles the Press issued a twice-monthly literary magazine, Three-Cent Pulp, from 1972 to 1978, which introduced a loyal readership to new writing and graphics from around the world.[3] In 1977 Pulp held its first 3-Day Novel Contest,[4] a literary marathon held over the Labour Day weekend during which registered contestants attempted to write a novel in three days. Pulp Press sponsored the event until 1991.
In the fall of 2011 Arsenal Pulp Press celebrated its 40th anniversary.[5]
Writers
Authors who have been published by Arsenal Pulp include:
- Angie Abdou
- Will Aitken
- Richard Amory
- Merida Anderson
- Allan Antliff
- Aaron Ash
- Mette Bach
- Tanya Barnard
- John Barton
- S. Bear Bergman
- Marusya Bociurkiw
- Dennis E. Bolen
- Michael Bronski
- Carellin Brooks
- Clint Burnham
- Nick Burns
- Dreena Burton
- Patrick Califia
- Anna Camilleri
- David Campion
- Claudia Casper
- Aaron Chapman
- David L. Chapman
- David Chariandy
- Kevin Chong
- John Robert Colombo
- Nick Comilla
- Wayde Compton
- Daniel Allen Cox
- Ivan Coyote
- Brad Cran
- François Cusset
- Amber Dawn
- Kelli Deeth
- Tamas Dobozy
- Kristyn Dunnion
- Larry Duplechan
- Tess Fragoulis
- D.M. Fraser
- Jon Furberg
- Daniel Gawthrop
- Andrew George, Jr.
- Hiromi Goto
- William Gibson
- Jonathan Goldberg
- Gabriella Goliger
- Betsy Greer
- Brett Josef Grubisic
- Celia Haig-Brown
- Matthew Hays
- Lucas Hildebrand
- Gord Hill
- David Homel
- Nalo Hopkinson
- Sean Horlor
- Brian Howell
- Robert Hunter
- George K. Ilsley
- Joey Keithley
- Carla Kelly
- Jonathan Kemp
- Kevin Killian
- Tamai Kobayashi
- Sarah Kramer
- Natasha Kyssa
- Richard Labonté
- Dany Laferrière
- Larissa Lai
- Betty Lambert
- Catherine Lang
- Hadrien Laroche
- Mark Leiren-Young
- Ashley Little
- Dorothy Livesay
- Michael Lowenthal
- Judy MacDonald
- Nicole Markotic
- Jul Maroh
- Ashok Mathur
- Suzette Mayr
- Barbara-jo McIntosh
- Brendan McLeod
- Bridget Moran
- Téa Mutonji
- Hasan Namir
- Michael Nava
- Billeh Nickerson
- Fraser Nixon
- David Nandi Odhiambo
- Stephen Osborne
- Allan Peterkin
- Casey Plett
- Leanne Prain
- John Preston
- Shaun Proulx
- Darlene Quaife
- Andy Quan
- Raziel Reid
- J. Jill Robinson
- Patrick Roscoe
- Michael Rowe
- Marina Roy
- Jane Rule
- Lani Russwurm
- Lawrence Schimel
- Sarah Schulman
- Zena Sharman
- Sandra Shields
- Vivek Shraya
- Jean Smith
- Rae Spoon
- jae steele
- Shawn Syms
- Kai Cheng Thom
- Louis-Georges Tin
- Aren X. Tulchinsky
- Michael Turner
- Sylvia Tyson
- Arielle Twist
- John Vigna
- Tom Walmsley
- David Watmough
- Thomas Waugh
- Barry Webster
- Joshua Whitehead
- Sheri-D Wilson
- Cathleen With
- David H.T. Wong
- Jim Wong-Chu
- Christine Wunnicke
- Greg Youmans
- Daniel Zomparelli
The company has also published art books by or on the work of Stan Douglas,[6] Peter Flinsch,[7] Attila Richard Lukacs,[8] and Ralf König.[9]
References
- Ordering Info
- http://www.insidevancouver.ca/2017/01/24/small-independent-arsenal-pulp-press-publishes-the-big-voices-of-communities/
- http://rbscarchives.library.ubc.ca/index.php/arsenal-pulp-press-fonds
- https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/would-be-writers-hide-away-for-three-day-novel-contest/article20413272/
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-03-21. Retrieved 2017-03-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- https://vancouversun.com/news/staff-blogs/stan-douglas-talking-about-abbott-cordova
- https://www.dailyxtra.com/book-peter-flinsch-the-body-in-question-14765
- https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/08/03/polaroids-by-attila-richard-lukacs-and-michael-morris/
- http://www.ralf-koenig.de/biographyinenglish.html