The cover of the book "Super Castle Fun Park" by Daniel Zomparelli. Stacked text above reads, "Happy book birthday!", along with the book's title and subtitle and the author's name. Below, footer text lists the publisher, Arsenal Pulp Press, and their website, arsenal pulp [dot] com. The background is light red and abstract, with the logo of the publisher (a circle with an off-centre jagged cross cut through) in the top-right. On the book cover, a group of amusement park–goers sit on a Ferris wheel. They are painted to resemble cartoon ghosts. The title, “Super Castle Fun Park,” in a thick yellow font takes up half the cover on the left. The author’s name, “Daniel Zomparelli,” appears at the top of the cover.

Photos of Daniel Zomparelli, photographed by Gabe Liedman.

New! SUPER CASTLE FUN PARK is a wild, beguiling novel about isolation, technology, and raising the dead by Daniel Zomparelli.

🌟 “Unlike any literary voice I've ever read.” —Jenny Slate

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The Booksellers’ List is your cheat sheet to the season’s most anticipated books, as voted on by hundreds of indie booksellers from across Canada. Produced four times a year, the list celebrates the books that will be moving off shelves and right to the top of your #TBR pile. @indiebookstores.ca

Available April 14 at your favourite Canadian indie bookstore: www.indiebookstores.ca/book/9781834...

The logo of The Booksellers' List (from the Canadian Independent Booksellers Association, aka CIBA) at the top, with the cover of "Super Castle Fun Park" with The Booksellers' List Selection seal superimposed on top of it below, next to small text below that reads as follows: "I've been waiting for a novel from Daniel Zomparelli since reading his short stories, poetry, and the queer horror anthology he co-edited, so I could not be more thrilled with this new book 'Super Castle Fun Park'! Daniel's books are weird and funny and bizarre, full of odd characters who defy categorization, but through all the quirkiness, we end up with connection and understanding. Not since Miranda July's 'No One Belongs Here More Than You' have I felt such a strong affinity for the characters of a book and their circumstances. Read this book for all the emotions." Mary-Ann Yazedjian, Book Warehouse and Black Bond Books (BC)

Thumbnail book cover images of the twenty books selected by independent booksellers across Canada for the Spring 2026 edition of The Spring 2026 Booksellers’ List. Above is the logo of The Booksellers’ List, and below is the website IndieBookstores.ca

SUPER CASTLE FUN PARK by Daniel Zomparelli is a Spring 2026 selection for The Booksellers’ List!

Moving seamlessly between quiet melancholy, wry humour, and the supernatural, the novel is a tragicomic, very human story about isolation, ghosts, technology, and our deep, abiding need for connection.

🌟 “A joyous and raucous celebration of community, culture, and resilience, RETURN TO PAUERU GAI is a living history built on powerful stories, shared experiences, and a commitment to social justice, just like the beloved festival it documents.” —Margaret Gallagher, journalist

The cover of the book "Return to Paueru Gai" edited by Emiko Morita. Stacked text above reads, "Happy book birthday!", along with the book's title and subtitle and the author's name. Below, footer text lists the publisher, Arsenal Pulp Press, and their website, arsenal pulp [dot] com. The background is peachy-orange and abstract, with the logo of the publisher (a circle with an off-centre jagged cross cut through) in the top-right. On the book cover is a photo collage of various moments that took place during the Powell Street Festival: taiko drumming, a musician performing on stage, a sumo wrestling match, a tug-of-war game, and participants holding hands while walking in a line. The title and subtitle, “Return to Paueru Gai: Fifty Years of Vancouver’s Powell Street Festival,” appear in the centre. Below the subtitles are the words “Edited by Emiko Morita.” The photos are monochromatic; some are black-and-white while one has an orange-red overlay and another has a blue-green overlay.

Continuing from the previous slide, a screenshot of the book's table of contents page with a small photo of Emiko Morita, photographed by Henry Tsang, overlaid in the bottom-right corner, with a small caption below with her name and her editor title. The table of contents reads as follows: Contents 9 Foreword: Honouring Powell Street Festival, a Place of Shared Culture, History, and Resilience by Mary Point 15 Introduction: Nurturing Our Collective Memory and Living Culture by Emiko Morita 33 When the Exuberance of a Cultural Celebration Spills into Social Contestation by Julia Aoki 55 Spirit of the Issei: Coming of Age by members of the Tonari Gumi History Project 71 A Soulful Contribution to the Social and Cultural Fabric of Vancouver by Charlie Smith 83 Powell Grounds: Getting Organized and Sticking Out in Postwar Paueru Gai by Angela May 103 Powell Street Festival as a Community Inheritance Rooted in Ethics of Care by Izumi Sakamoto, Momo Ando, and Ai Yamamoto 117 Festival Posters 125 Chronology: The Evolution of Our Work and Community 173 Afterword: A Living Legacy by Emiko Morita 174 Appendix A: Glossary 175 Appendix B: Historical Timeline of Japanese Canadians in British Columbia 179 Appendix C: Festival Teams and Participants 201 Acknowledgments 203 Contributors 206 Index

A page from the book RETURN TO PAUERU GAI featuring a photograph with the caption, "Onibana Taiko's Noriko Kim Kobayashi in foreground with guest Teiya Kasahara on the Street Stage. Kayla Isomura, 2022."

RETURN TO PAUERU GAI, edited by Emiko Morita, celebrates the remarkable fifty-year history of Vancouver’s #PowellStreetFestival and the proud Japanese Canadian community behind it.

Out now in Canada (USA May 5, 2026).

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The cover of the book "The Way Disabled People Love Each Other" by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha. Stacked text above reads, "Happy book birthday!", along with the book's title and subtitle and the author's name. Below, footer text lists the publisher, Arsenal Pulp Press, and their website, arsenal pulp [dot] com. The background is light red and abstract, with the logo of the publisher (a circle with an off-centre jagged cross cut through) in the top-right. On the book cover, the silhouettes of two people face each other. Laid over their faces and in the background are various flowers. The title, “The Way Disabled People Love Each Other,” takes up the top third of the cover. At the bottom is the word “Poems” and the author’s name, “Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha.” The cover is illustrated in an abstract style with an overall colour cast of red, pink, and purple.

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, photographed by MUYRICCO [dot] net.

New! THE WAY DISABLED PEOPLE LOVE EACH OTHER by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (@thellpsx.bsky.social) is a fierce crip reckoning with all the ways disabled people love each other, in all our complexity.

👉 Out now in Canada and the US: arsenalpulp.com/Books/T/The-...

The cover of the book "Staying Power: On Queerness, Inheritances, and the Families We Choose" by Zena Sharman. Stacked text above reads, "Happy book birthday!", along with the book's title and subtitle and the author's name. Below, footer text lists the publisher, Arsenal Pulp Press, and their website, arsenal pulp [dot] com. The background is lilac-coloured and abstract, with the logo of the publisher (a circle with an off-centre jagged cross cut through) in the top-right. On the book cover, taking up the top half is the book title, “Staying Power,” and the subtitle, “On Queerness, Inheritances, and the Families We Choose,” against a black background. In the bottom half is a block of four textured panels depicting bruises in varying shades of pinks, reds, and purples. The author’s name, “Zena Sharman,” appears in the bottom right corner of the block. The cover is illustrated in an abstract painted style.

Zena Sharman, photographed by Jamie-Leigh Gonzales.

New! STAYING POWER by Zena Sharman is a remarkably frank memoir about interdependence, grieving, and parenting as a queer femme that doesn’t leave out the messy or the erotic.

👉 Out now in Canada & the US: arsenalpulp.com/Books/S/Stay...

The cover of the book "Eddy’s Shadow Puppets" by Karina Zhou, with stacked text above reading, "Happy book birthday!", along with the book title and author's name. Below, footer text lists the publisher, Arsenal Pulp Press, and their website, arsenal pulp dot com. On the book cover, a smiling child spreads out his arms, with one hand holding a paintbrush. Various vivid colours swirl from the paintbrush around him. Floating along the swirls is an elderly man, a puppy, and a Chinese shadow puppet. In the centre is the book title, “Eddy’s Shadow Puppets.” In the bottom right corner is the author’s name, “Karina Zhou.” The cover is illustrated in a friendly, vibrant style with an overall colour cast of blue, green, yellow, orange, pink, and purple.

Karina Zhou, photographed by Trisha Le.

New! EDDY’S SHADOW PUPPETS is a charming picture book that will inspire curious little artists to follow the spark that calls to them. By Karina Zhou, author of KAI’S TEA EGGS! 🎨

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The cover of the book "Isaac" by Curtis Garner, with stacked text above reading, "Happy book birthday!", along with the book title and author's name. Below, footer text lists the publisher, Arsenal Pulp Press, and their website, arsenal pulp dot com. On the book cover is a photograph close-up of two white men interlocked in an embrace. Their bare torsos and limbs take up most of the frame. Laid on top of the photograph is the book title, “Isaac,” which takes up the top half of the cover. Below the title are the words, “A Novel,” and the author’s name, “Curtis Garner.”

Curtis Garner, photographed by Adam Dixon.

Now available in Canada & the US! Curtis Garner’s debut novel, ISAAC, is a kaleidoscopic, intimate coming-of-age novel of modern queer life.

🌟 “So vivid and real, it brought a thousand memories rushing back.” —Russell T Davies, creator of QUEER FOLK and IT’S A SIN

👉 arsenalpulp.com/Books/I/Isaac

Flavours behind uplifting Queer Food culture With a concept as diverse as Queer Food, different personalities within the food world find ways to interlock the two ideas.

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A Seriously Fun Conversation about Queer Food, with Dr. Alex Ketchum and Megan Joanna Elias We went deep into the concept of queer food in a recent conversation with the co-editors of 'Queers at the Table: An Illustrated Guide to Queer Food with Recipes' (October 7th, 2025, Arsenal Pulp Pres...

new interview with Scout

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The book cover for Queers at the Table: An Illustrated Guide to Queer Food (with Recipes) edited by Alex D. Ketchum and Megan J. Elias. The illustration shows a colourful group of people sharing food around a table, passing dishes, pouring drinks, and eating together.

QUEERS AT THE TABLE (@arsenalpulp.bsky.social) is a full-colour anthology of essays, comics, and illustrated recipes celebrating how food connects queer lives and stories.

Co-editors Alex D. Ketchum & Megan J. Elias and designer Jazmin Welch share how it came together: alllitup.ca/beautiful-bo...

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The cover of the book "Queers at the Table: An Illustrated Guide to Queer Food (with Recipes)," edited by Alex D. Ketchum and Megan J. Elias, with stacked text above reading, "Happy book birthday!", along with the book title, subtitle, and author's name. Below, footer text lists the publisher, Arsenal Pulp Press, and their website, arsenal pulp dot com. — On the book cover is an illustration of a diverse group of people sharing a friendly meal at a table. They are placed around the frame of the cover. In the centre is the book title, “Queers at the Table,” the subtitle, “An Illustrated Guide to Queer Food (with Recipes),” and the words, “Edited by Alex D. Ketchum and Megan J. Elias.” The cover is illustrated in a dynamic cartoon style with inked lines. Each person is presented in a single tone including pink, blue, green, yellow, and purple.

Part of the table of contents from the book "Queers at the Table" edited for social media, listing different sections of the book and its pieces along with their authors/contributors as follows: — Introduction by Alex D. Ketchum & Megan J. Elias. — We're Here, We're Queer: Forerunners and History • "Gen and Lou: Queer Food Ghosts" by John Birdsall • "The Cart-Sisters" by Rani Som • "Knead the Self, Cook the World: Audre Lorde's 'Uses of the Erotic' as Cookbook" by Diana Farin • "Positive Snowball" by Jon Macy — We Are Everywhere: Community • "Festival Cuisine" by Bonnie J. Morris • "Multicultural Kitchen" by Mihael B. Peralta • "A Movable Feast: Twentieth-Century Trans Feminine Subcultural Get-Togethers" by Aino Pihlak • "Breaking Bread" by Tara Madison Avery • "Nourishing Connections: An Essay on Bringing People Together Through Food Memories" by Ericka Mabrie, Jackson Tucker & Iñaki Zárate • "Feeding Intimacy" by bailey macabre — We Take Care of Each Other: Health and Care • "HIV/AIDS and Nourishing Well-Being: Sharing Recipes (and Jokes) to Feel Better" by Isabel Marie Barbosa, Elena Kalodner-Martin & Jo Michael Rezes • "Peanut Butter Cocktail" by Dave Davenport • "Nourishing Well-Being: Food Spaces as Pathways to Resilience Building and Transformation" by Danielle Rousseau • "Attempting to Eat for Two" by Ashley R. Guillory • "Queer and Hungry" by Danielle Kydd • "Tea 4 Two: A Comic About Grief" by Leah Spears — We Belong to the Land: Ecology, Seeds, and Farming • "To the Fields, Into the Soil!" by Taylor Hartson & Tristian Lee • "Minneapolis, 2020-21" by Blue Delliquanti • "Non-Binary Botany: Cultivating Pollinator Community" by Chris Keeve & K Greene • "Farm/Sanctuary" by Nicole J. Georges

Continued from the previous slide, the table of contents from "Queers at the Table" continues as follows below, alongside stacked photos of the book's editors, Megan J. Elias (photographed by Petra Johnson) and Alex D. Ketchum (photographed by Pierre Faniel). — Come to the Table!: Recipes • "Homemade Chico's Tacos" by Joshua I. Lopez, with Hugo Loera & Julia C. Lopez • "Paella a la Anabelle Ardid" by Marie-Louise Friedland •" Maple Oat Scones" by Jennifer Park • "Chocolate Banana Nut Bread" by Vanessa Parish • "Sweet Potato Cake" by Kareem "Mr. Bake" Queeman • "Kween/Quing Bread" by Corrine DaCosta • "Earl Grey Lavender Menace Layer Cake" by Lauren McGowan • "Bisteck with Tallarín Verde" by Pri Aguilar • "Cilantro and Cashew Pesto Pizza" by Tobi Abdul • "Brined, Spiced, and Roasted Cauliflower" by Salima Dhalla — Acknowledgements — About the Contributors — Index

Out now in Canada & the US! #QueersAtTheTable is an anthology of essays, comics, and recipes that reveals the dynamic and transformative relationship between queerness and food, edited by Megan J. Elias and Alex D. Ketchum.

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A quote from my forthcoming book, Post-Man (my name and the title are bottom left). At the top, dark text on turquoise-ish background: "As a child, my faith led, before long, to philosophical inquiry. I remember grappling with the idea that it was impossible not to sin, probably around the age of ten or eleven. What if I was really, really dedicated, though?" In white below it to the right, the name of the essay: EGO SVM LVX MVNDI with a portion of the cover design featuring a bobby pin, bottom right

A quote from my forthcoming book, Post-Man (my name and the title are bottom left). At the top, dark text on turquoise-ish background: "I felt like a bad gay. How bound up in shame and otherness I was, that Pride itself felt alienating. And yet Halloween, in many ways its vibe apogee, I was equally repelled by, a spinning magnet caught between two forms of queerness I could not manage to hack." In white below it to the right, the name of the essay: Hallowed Out, with a portion of the cover design featuring a bobby pin, bottom right

A quote from my forthcoming book, Post-Man (my name and the title are bottom left). At the top, dark text on turquoise-ish background: "To have a body, to be alive, is to be subject to capitalism. It touches us before we even come out, a probing finger, a bias that shapes an argument, a framework that demarcates what is and isn’t possible. Casualties of the conditions in which their mothers lived." In white below it to the right, the name of the essay: The Lead Essay, with a portion of the cover design featuring a bobby pin, bottom right

A quote from my forthcoming book, Post-Man (my name and the title are bottom left). At the top, dark text on turquoise-ish background: "The truth is, there has always been homoerotic desire in hockey, the way there is any time enough men gather together, like a sort of queer holy spirit. Whenever two or more gather in my name, I am there. It may not have been spoken aloud, acted on, or acknowledged, but it was there, the way queerness has always been, uninvited yet irrepressible.." In white below it to the right, the name of the essay: Behind the Masc, with a portion of the cover design featuring a bobby pin, bottom right

made some pullquote graphics for the book, like all the Cool Authors do

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The cover of the book "Post-Man: Essays on Being a Neurodivergent Non-Binary Person" by Alex Manley, with stacked text above reading, "Happy book birthday!", along with the book title, subtitle, and author's name. Below, footer text lists the publisher, Arsenal Pulp Press, and their website, arsenal pulp dot com. On the centre of the book cover in large bold letters is the book title, “Post-Man.” A bobby pin rests on top of the title. Below the title is the subtitle, “Essays on Being a Neurodivergent Non-Binary Person.” The subtitle is in black except for the words “Neurodivergent” and “Non-Binary,” which are in shades of dark teal, appearing to fade into the background. At the bottom is the author’s name, “Alex Manley.” The background is a teal colour with faint impressions of flowers.

Photo of Alex Manley.

New this week! POST-MAN by Alex Manley is a collection of intimate confessionals on contemporary masculinity and neurodivergence from a non-binary perspective.

Available Sep 30, 2025, in Canada & the US.

👉 Read more: arsenalpulp.com/Books/P/Post...

A photo of Jason Purcell with an inset photo of their book Crohnic. They are light-skin-toned person with dark brown hair parted to the side, brown eyes, and facial hair. They are wearing a white shirt and looking into the camera.

"The more-than-human world that I looked at every day was simply enacting its own rhythm, and I was able to listen in."

Jason Purcell reflects on writing CROHNIC (@arsenalpulp.bsky.social) & explores how illness, treatment & nature intertwine in cycles of pain & renewal. alllitup.ca/under-the-co...

NewsRadio Bookshelf: Bill Arnott (A Perfect Day for a Walk by the Water) YouTube video by John Ackermann

WATCH: Author Bill Arnott talks about his book, A Perfect Day for a Walk by the Water: Exploring Vancouver's Shores. #NewsRadioBookshelf #vancouverbc @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social @arsenalpulp.bsky.social youtu.be/yPGfK5ASLOk?...

Two if by sea: Vancouver author returns with a second Perfect Day for a Walk book, looking at the city's waterways John Ackermann speaks to Bill Arnott, author of A Perfect Day for a Walk by the Water: Exploring Vancouver's Shores.

Today is publication day for A Perfect Day for a Walk by the Water: Exploring Vancouver’s Shores by @billarnott.bsky.social. Read my #NewsRadioBookshelf review here: @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social @arsenalpulp.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/09/21/b...

The cover of the book "A Perfect Day for a Walk by the Water: Exploring Vancouver’s Shores" by Bill Arnott, with stacked text above reading, "Happy book birthday!", along with the book title and author's name. Below, footer text lists the publisher, Arsenal Pulp Press, and their website, arsenal pulp dot com. On the top half of the cover is the book title, “A Perfect Day for a Walk by the Water.” Two birds fly from the top right corner of the title, and a trail of footprints run behind the title. Below the title is an illustration of sailboats, cargo ships, and a SeaBus travelling through a body of water under the Lions Gate Bridge. In the background are mountains. Beside the bridge is the English Bay Inukshuk. Below the colour block–style illustration is the subtitle, “Exploring Vancouver’s Shores,” the author’s name, “Bill Arnott,” and the words, “Author of A Perfect Day for a Walk.”

Bill Arnott, photographed by Debbie Skoda.

New! #APerfectDayForAWalkByTheWater is a personable, informative guide to #Vancouver by way of its waterways and coastlines, by BC-bestselling author Bill Arnott.

Out now in Canada (USA May 5, 2026).

👉 Read more: arsenalpulp.com/Books/A/A-Pe...

Bill Arnott is the author of 11 books, including A Perfect Day for a Walk and A Perfect Day for a Walk by the Water. He recommends Ruby Smith Díaz's non-fiction book Searching for Serafim.

With: @arsenalpulp.bsky.social #Booksky

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The cover of the book "Runs in the Blood" by Matthew J. Trafford, with stacked text above reading, "Happy book birthday!", along with the book title and author's name. Below, footer text lists the publisher, Arsenal Pulp Press, and their website, arsenal pulp dot com. On the book cover, an illustrated centaur and a large owl gaze at each other. The book title, “Runs in the Blood,” appears in large Gothic type over the image. At the bottom is the word “Stories” and the author’s name, “Matthew J. Trafford.” The cover is illustrated in an ancient Roman style with an overall colour cast of pink, teal, and cream.

Matthew J. Trafford, photographed by Thomas Trafford.

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 for emerging BIPOC writers in Canada: an opportunity to work with Lindsay Wong Arsenal Pulp Press is a book publisher in Vancouver, Canada with over 300 titles currently in print, which include literary fiction and nonfiction; cultural and gender studies; LGBT and multicultural ...

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...