Arbeiter Ring Publishing http://arbeiterring.com News and updates from Arbeiter Ring Publishing en info@arbeiterring.com Copyright 2013 2013-03-14T19:08:41+00:00 Bedtime Stories Receives Award Nomination http://arpbooks.org/news/entry/bedtime-stories-receives-award-nomination/ arp_news_415 Congratulations to authors Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, and designer Lisa Friesen. Their book, Bedtime Stories for the Edge of the World has been shortlisted for the Manitoba Book Awards’ Manuela Dias Book Design of the Year. The awards will be presented at the Manitoba Book Awards gala on Sunday, April 28, at the West End Cultural Centre. Doors open at 7:15 p.m., with the ceremony beginning at 8:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

]]> News 2013-03-14T19:08:41+00:00 Naomi Klein Interviews Leanne Simpson http://arpbooks.org/news/entry/naomi-klein-interviews-leanne-simpson/ arp_news_410 Naomi Klein speaks with writer, spoken-word artist, and indigenous academic Leanne Betasamosake Simpson about “extractivism,” why it’s important to talk about memories of the land, and what’s next for Idle No More. Visit Yes! magazine online to read the full interview.

]]> Interview 2013-03-06T16:56:26+00:00 Simpson and Samson on Escape Velocity Radio http://arpbooks.org/news/entry/simpson-and-samson-on-escape-velocity-radio/ arp_news_408 Listen to a discussion about the Idle No More First Nations movemen, the Canadian Artists Statement of Solidarity, and Indigenous resistance and resurgence with John K. Samsonauthor, storyteller, and academic Leanne Betasamosake Simpson on episode 7 of Escape Velocity Radio.

]]> Audio, Interview 2013-02-04T13:50:02+00:00 Dempsey and Millan in Prairie Dog Magazine http://arpbooks.org/news/entry/dempsey-and-millan-in-prairie-dog-magazine/ arp_news_406 Prairie Dog Magazine in Regina talks to Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan about their new book and their presentation Bedtime Story for the Edge of the World at Queer City Cinema’s festival of queer performance. An Unsleepy Reading: Dempsey and Millan have stories for you

]]> Interview, Review 2013-01-14T23:45:11+00:00 Mud and Water Interviews Shawna Dempsey http://arpbooks.org/news/entry/mud-and-water-interviews-shawna-dempsey/ arp_news_403 Karen Mackintosh from CKUW’s Mud and Water interviews ARP author Shawna Dempsey about her new book with co-author Lorri Millan.

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]]> Audio, Interview 2012-12-05T14:39:10+00:00 Red River Radio Interview with Shawna Dempsey http://arpbooks.org/news/entry/red-river-radio-interview-with-shawna-dempsey/ arp_news_402 Heartbeat on Red River Radio interviews artist and author Shawna Dempsey. Listen online. Interview starts at 21:45.

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]]> Audio, Interview 2012-11-12T18:26:49+00:00 LPG Releases New Strategic Plan, Announces Sales Partnership with Canadian Manda Group http://arpbooks.org/news/entry/lpg-releases-new-strategic-plan-announces-sales-partnership-with-canadian-m/ arp_news_398 The Literary Press Group of Canada (LPG), of which ARP is a member, has released a new strategic plan. A blueprint for the reinvention of the 37 year-old organization, the document proposes innovative new measures to strengthen Canadian literary publishers, promote Canadian-authored literary books, and embrace the diversity of the organization’s more than sixty members. The three-year plan will reinvent several of the LPG’s existing programs and enter some entirely new areas of business.

The most immediate change will be in the way the LPG provides sales representation to its members. Beginning January 1, 2013, the Canadian Manda Group will assume sales duties for the LPG. Working in partnership with the LPG’s marketing staff, Manda will represent a new collective of publishers to the Canadian trade. The LPG’s distribution arm, LitDistCo, will continue its current relationship with Fraser Direct.

You can read the entire announcement on the LPG blog site.

]]> News 2012-10-18T15:54:37+00:00 “Whose War Was It, Anyway?” A Roundtable Discussion on the War of 1812 http://arpbooks.org/news/entry/whose-war-was-it-anyway-a-roundtable-discussion-on-the-war-of-1812/ arp_news_379 ARP author and editor Esyllt Jones participated in a roundtable titled “Whose War Was It, Anyway?” Organized by the Active History Canadian Historical Association (CHA) Committee and supported by The History Education Network/Histoire et Éducation en Réseau (THEN/HiER) and the CHA, the event brought together a handful of historians to discuss not only various perspectives on the War of 1812, but also the meanings that lie behind the most recent moment of commemoration. You can listen to a podcast of the discussion below and read more about it here.

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]]> Audio 2012-06-26T18:49:40+00:00 LPG Statement on End to Canada Book Fund Support http://arpbooks.org/news/entry/lpg-statement-on-end-to-canada-book-fund-support/ arp_news_378 In a body blow to Canada’s independent literary publishers, on Monday, June 4, 2012, the Literary Press Group (LPG) of Canada received word that the Department of Canadian Heritage (DCH) has ended its financial support of the LPG’s activities for the fiscal year that began on April 1, 2012. As a result, the LPG will be obliged to shut down its sales force, an essential operation that brings hundreds of new Canadian-authored books from 47 Canadian-owned publishers to bookstores and libraries every year. Without the LPG, authors and publishers lose their access to their readers, and Canadian readers lose easy and affordable access to Canada’s literary culture.

The DCH funding represented approximately one third of the LPG’s operating budget and was its single largest revenue source. While the LPG’s finances are otherwise strong, a loss of this size means that the LPG will not be able to continue operation in its current form. The LPG is committed to selling publishers’ fall 2012 titles, but it will have to lay off all field sales representatives as of August 31, 2012 and most head-office staff will be released on November 30, 2012. Beyond November 2012, the LPG will look to establish an agenting relationship with another sales force for publishers who wish to be a part of a new collective….

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]]> News 2012-06-07T23:11:25+00:00 Red Man Laughing Interviews Author Leanne Simpson http://arpbooks.org/news/entry/red-man-laughing-interviews-author-leanne-simpson/ arp_news_375 “In this episode of Red Man Laughing we talk with author, scholar and artist – Leanne Simpson. Leanne is the author of the incredible “Dancing On Our Turtles Back” and having read the book (going on 12 times now, seriously), I decided that I NEEDED to have Leanne on the podcast to share her empowering and enlightening message. Her book changed my life and I not only wanted to thank her, but I wanted to dig a bit deeper in terms of decolinization and where that journey must start – with us, as individuals.”

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]]> Audio, Interview 2012-05-11T19:03:52+00:00 Interview with Todd Gordon http://arpbooks.org/news/entry/interview-with-todd-gordon2/ arp_news_370 Author Todd Gordon discusses capitalism, imperialism, colonialism and the left in an interview on From the Margins on CDKU 88.1 FM in Halifax.

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]]> Audio, Interview 2012-04-15T02:01:12+00:00 Capital and Power a lecture by Dr. Todd Gordon. http://arpbooks.org/news/entry/capital-and-power-a-lecture-by-dr.-todd-gordon/ arp_news_369 Listen online to a recording of a lecture delivered by ARP author Todd Gordon on March 29, 2012, at Dalhousie University.

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]]> Audio 2012-04-15T01:58:58+00:00 ARP Releases First eBook http://arpbooks.org/news/entry/arp-releases-first-ebook/ arp_news_367 ARP has released a digital version of Leanne Simpson’s Dancing on Our Turtle’s Back. The book will be available from Apple, Kobo, Sony, Barnes and Noble, and will be made available to libraries through OverDrive in the coming months. We’re excited to enter the ebook market and welcome feedback on our digital titles as they are released. You can get a sample of the epub from most retailers, and we hope to make the book available for purchase on our website and Facebook page in the coming weeks.

]]> News 2012-04-04T15:31:32+00:00 The Listener Nominated for Book of the Year http://arpbooks.org/news/entry/the-listener-nominated-for-book-of-the-year/ arp_news_366 David Lester’s graphic novel The Listener has been nominated for ForeWord Reviews’ Book Of The Year Award in the graphic novel category. Congratulations, David!

]]> News 2012-04-02T22:59:48+00:00 49th Shelf Blog Post by ARP Author Rohan Quinby http://arpbooks.org/news/entry/49th-shelf-blog-post-by-arp-author-rohan-quinby/ arp_news_355 Rohan Quinby, author of Time and the Suburbs, has a blog post on The 49th Shelf titled “Littler boxes: Rohan Quinby on printing the city, & the impact of new technologies on urban planning & design.”

]]> News 2012-03-08T17:30:10+00:00 What are immigrants supposed to think? http://arpbooks.org/news/entry/what-are-immigrants-supposed-to-think/ arp_news_353 Read an article about People’s Citizenship Guidein the Winnipeg Free Press by Mia Rabson here in which Candice Malcolm, Jason Kenney’s press secretary, calls the book a “catalogue of mouldy leftist myths.” Mission accomplished. :-)

]]> News 2012-02-08T20:36:31+00:00 Frequency Squared Interview With David Lester http://arpbooks.org/news/entry/frequency-squared-interview-with-david-lester/ arp_news_351 Read an interview with ARP author David Lester by Frequency Squared.

]]> Interview 2012-01-19T17:28:01+00:00 GirlTalk Interview with Fiona Joy Green http://arpbooks.org/news/entry/interview-with-fiona-green/ arp_news_341 Fiona Green discusses her book Practicing Feminist Mothering on GirlTalk with Marlo.

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]]> Audio 2011-12-20T20:05:37+00:00 Follow ARP on Twitter http://arpbooks.org/news/entry/follow-arp-on-twitter/ arp_news_340 ARP is now on Twitter. Follow us at twitter.com/arpbooks.

]]> News 2011-12-11T18:36:14+00:00 Promotional Video from John K. Samson http://arpbooks.org/news/entry/promotional-video-from-john-k.-samson/ arp_news_337 A promotional video for the new solo album from John K. Samson from The Weakerthans. ARP will also be releasing a collection of John’s lyrics and poetry in January 2012.

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