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But the threat of extinction toward the Nigerian giraffe is not. Please visit your local giraffe lair to get a copy of this season’s newsletter, Where Have All the G-Raffs Gone?, and a chance to win an 18×10 glossy of Marky-G, the only overweight Nigerian giraffe left in existence.

Jp King’s We Will Be Fish

We Will Be Fish
written by Jp King
Softcover
102 pages
978-0-9809411-2-8
$14.95 CDN

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We Will Be Fish $14.95

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 [...]

Butcher’s Block by Deanna Fong

Butcher’s Block
written by Deanna Fong
illustrated by Bilyana Ilievska
Softcover
66 pages
978-0-9809411-3-5
$14.95 CDN

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Butcher’s Block $14.95

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 [...]

Pistol ~ Vol. 1, No. 1

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
Writers
David Bradford
Melissa Bull
Jessica Dolan
Gil Filar
Deanna Fong
Elyse Friedman
Sheila Heti
Catherine Kidd
Jp King
Julia [...]

About Us

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.
contact:
pistolpress@gmail.com

Butcher’s Block

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.

animals, sculptures, oddities

Arthur Ganson

Pistol Shrimp

Dave Eggers - 826 Valencia - TED Prize wish - Once Upon a School

Publications / Publishers

House of Anansi
Believer
Calamari Press
Coach House Books
Elimae
Hobart
Matrix Magazine
Mcsweeney’s
Octopus Books
Open City
SleepingFish
Ugly Duckling Presse

Reviews

Pie Safe
Blake Butler

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