Bluesprint

Edited by Wayde Compton
Categories: Cultural Studies, Canada, Anthologies, Poetry, British Columbia, History, BIPOC, Black Literature

In the spring and summer of 1858, 600 blacks moved from San Francisco to the colonies that would eventually become British Columbia. The move was in part initiated by an invitation penned by the governor ...

The Short, Happy Life of Harry Kumar

By Ashok Mathur
Categories: Fiction, BIPOC, Asian Literature

Ashok Mathur's debut novel, Once Upon an Elephant, was a hilarious murder mystery steeped in Hindu mythology and starring elephant-headed Hindu deity Ganesh.
The Short, Happy Life of Harry Kumar continues ...

Flesh Wounds and Purple Flowers

By Francisco Ibanez-Carrasco
Categories: Fiction, LGBTQ+, Gay Literature, BIPOC, Latin American Literature

An extravagant, tragicomic novel, Flesh Wounds & Purple Flowers takes us into the world of Latino machos and cha-cha divas of Santiago's gay underground, full of dreamers and schemers looking for salvation ...

Swallowing Clouds

Edited by Andy Quan & Jim Wong-Chu
Categories: BIPOC, Asian Literature, Poetry, Anthologies

Work by writers of Chinese-Canadian heritage have achieved international success: this includes books by Wayson Choy, SKY Lee, and Denise Chong, as well as the acclaimed anthology of Chinese-Canadian ...

49th Parallel Psalm

By Wayde Compton
Categories: Poetry, British Columbia, BIPOC, Black Literature

Wayde Compton's first poetry book: a stunning set of poems documenting the migration of Blacks to Canada, specifically when the first Black settlers-facing an increasingly hostile racist government-left ...

Once Upon an Elephant

By Ashok Mathur
Categories: Fiction, BIPOC, Asian Literature

Once Upon an Elephant is a contemporary tale of Hindu deity Ganesh and what happens when worlds, cultures, and stories collide.
A whimsical, contemporary retelling of the creation story of Ganesh--the ...

and a body to remember with

By Carmen Rodriguez
Categories: BIPOC, Latin American Literature, Fiction, Women's Literature

and a body to remember with effectively combines elements of our Pulp past and Arsenal Pulp present. This is a collection of stories about rebellion and activism, while at the same time stories about ...

The Yellow Pear

By Gu Xiong
Categories: Visual Arts, BIPOC, Asian Literature

The Yellow Pear is a brave and moving document, using words and art, of what it means to be Canadian.
Co-published with the Burnaby Art Gallery, this is a collection of deeply moving narratives (in both ...

Ragas From the Periphery

By Phinder Dulai
Categories: Poetry, BIPOC, Asian Literature

A raga is a melodic composition in Indian classical music that imparts certain emotions. Ragas From the Periphery is a collection that uses language as its instrument.
Phinder Dulai is first and foremost ...

A Little Rebellion

By Bridget Moran
Categories: British Columbia, Biography & Memoir, Canada, BIPOC, Indigenous Literature, Social Issues, History

In 1964, social worker Bridget Moran attracted widespread attention and the wrath of the BC government with her open letter to Premier W. A.C. Bennett, charging the welfare department with gross neglect ...