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We Will Be Fish
written by Jp King
Softcover
102 pages
978-0-9809411-2-8
$14.95 CDN
Jp King’s We Will Be Fish follows the travels of Leopold Canary as he searches for his missing wife through the tattered remnants of our own cities, at times operating as an appliance designer, rogue doctor, or collector of miscellaneous curios. Spanning a decade, this highly inventive collection of narrative poems reveals the life of an obsessive, emotionally hesitant recluse, nostalgic for a future that will not come to pass.
Heavy in illustration and wild in energy and effort, King’s work is fresh and irreverent…. seems effortless, magical, and full of whimsy…. A mighty debut.”
– Broken Pencil
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Jp King has picked apples, planted trees, hitchhiked through Canada, and dwelled for a short time in India. His work has previously appeared in Carousel, Les Fleurs Du Mal, Smyles & Fish Pocket Edition, and Four Minutes to Midnight. His art installations and sculptures have appeared at the Whippersnapper Gallery in Toronto, Art Mur, and The Red Bird in Montreal. He is currently working on a novel entitled Tortoise Stampede.
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Butcher’s Block
written by Deanna Fong
illustrated by Bilyana Ilievska
Softcover
66 pages
978-0-9809411-3-5
$14.95 CDN
Deanna Fong’s Butcher’s Block reflects on one’s emotional connection to fixed locales. Using the age-old conflation of food and sex as a vehicle, this collection of poetry negotiates consumption with wry language and poetic deftness, remembering the trail of people left behind when one balances a domestic and nomadic way of life.
Each piece writhes with a subdued yet visible brand of intensity…. deft and beautiful…”
– Northern Poetry Review
Deanna Fong’s new poetry collection is a masterful melange for the senses… coy and quick …. [an] ambitious, creative and ultimately satisfying mix of literary flavours.”
– Ricepaper Magazine
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Deanna Fong was born in Edmonton, Alberta, in a hospital next to a field that would one day become West Edmonton Mall. She has also lived in Campbell River, Comox Valley, Victoria and Phoenix, but currently resides in Montreal. Her future plans may include a YA novel, recreating J.K. Huysmans’ all-black dinner, and Turducken.
Bilyana Ilievska is an illustrator and writer. Her previous works have appeared in Soliloquies Anthology, Vice Magazine, and The Warrior. She currently resides in Montreal, where she lives in a big house with a bunch of her buds.
Pistol Anthology ~ Vol. 1, No. 1
Softcover
224 pages
978-0-9809411-0-4
$14.95 CDN
Pistol is sold out!
Pistol is a caliber supply of poesy, prosaic compositions, deviceful accuracies, pictorial arts, & other such contrivances. Comprised of sixteen authors and five artists, Pistol is pretty awesome-o.
I feel energy holding [this] book.”
– Blake Butler
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PistolPress is a publishing room run out of Toronto and Montreal, with an abundant supply of marginalized animals who won’t be missed, but will be books.
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Deanna Fong’s Butcher’s Block remembers
the trail of people one leaves behind
as they balance a domestic and nomadic life
negotiating consumption
with rich and captivating language.
Arthur Ganson
Pistol Shrimp
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