Arbeiter Ring Publishing

Frequency Squared Interview With David Lester

2012-01-19T15:28:01+00:00

Read an interview with ARP author David Lester by Frequency Squared.

GirlTalk Interview with Fiona Joy Green

2011-12-20T18:05:37+00:00

Fiona Green discusses her book Practicing Feminist Mothering on GirlTalk with Marlo.

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Listen to internet radio with GirlTalk with Marlo on Blog Talk Radio

Follow ARP on Twitter

2011-12-11T16:36:14+00:00

ARP is now on Twitter. Follow us at twitter.com/arpbooks.

Promotional Video from John K. Samson

2011-11-29T16:41:22+00:00

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.

David Lester Interviewed by Bill Baker for The Morton Report

2011-09-06T17:00:57+00:00

David Lester is multi-talented creator whose work fuses the personal and political, the aesthetic and the mundane, even as it entertains and challenges. However, recently Lester entered new artistic territory with the release of The Listener, his first OGN (original graphic novel). Lester took a few moments from his work to talk about the roots and offshoots of The Listener, how his various projects often morph and cross disciplines, and reveal the secret source of his creative powers among other topics, in this exclusive interview for TMR.

You can read the full interview here.

David Lester on CBC Radio

2011-08-22T16:41:01+00:00

David Lester, author of The Listener, on CBC’s North by Northwest with guest host and interviewer Paulo Pietropaolo. You can listen here.

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David Lester in The Globe and Mail

2011-07-28T13:50:38+00:00

Read an article about author David Lester and his graphic novel, The Listener, in the Globe and Mail.

Nine boxes of books arrived in the afternoon. David Lester hauled each heavy box up the stairs to his third-floor apartment in eastside Vancouver.

And there they sat. Hour after hour. He could not bring himself to open a single carton. The boxes contained copies of his graphic novel fresh off the presses.

“I waited many hours,” he said. “I could not bear the thought of it looking badly.”

The books were the result of a project started years earlier, a laborious process involving thousands of sketches and detailed final drawings in stark black and white, rendered in pencil and pen ink, watercolour and acrylic paint. After a long, intimate relationship with each drawing, the work had been sent off to the printers.

Too much ink and the images would be blobs. Too little and the book would be a washout. (click link above to read more)

The Listener - What is it about?

2011-05-26T16:47:53+00:00

David Lester discusses the plot of his new graphic novel.

The Listener - Who is the listener?

2011-05-26T16:46:57+00:00

David Lester discusses who the listener is in his new graphic novel.

The Listener - What’s the history behind the story?

2011-05-26T16:45:04+00:00

David Lester discusses the history behind his new graphic novel.

The Listener - The process

2011-05-26T16:41:08+00:00

David Lester discusses the process behind the creation of his new graphic novel.

The Listener - Why is this book important?

2011-05-26T16:40:46+00:00

David Lester discusses the importance of his new graphic novel.

The Listener - What are your plans for the book?

2011-05-26T16:35:47+00:00

David Lester discusses his plans for his new graphic novel.

Spoken word artist Kaie Kellough on language, poetry & power

2011-04-20T12:02:49+00:00

To celebrate National Poetry Month, Art Threat TV presents a profile of Kaie Kellough, one of Montreal’s finest spoken word artists. Kaie’s range and dynamism as a performer and poet have garnered him attention and admirers across the country and internationally.

Kaie Kellough April 2011 from Art Threat on Vimeo.

Manitoba Book Award Nomination

2011-03-17T13:22:09+00:00

We’re pleased to announce that Maple Leaf Rag by Kaie Kellough, with design by Relish Design, has been nominated for the Manuela Dias Book Design of the Year award. The awards will be handed out at the Manitoba Book Awards on April 17 at the Centre culturel franco-manitobain.

Winnipeg Free Press Review of Grammar Matters

2011-02-28T21:44:10+00:00

Click here to read a glowing review of Jila Ghomeshi’s Grammar Matters in the Winnipeg Free Press .

Recording of Imperialist Canada Launch on Redeye

2011-02-13T17:43:05+00:00

Redeye recorded Todd Gordon at the launch of his new book Imperialist Canada. Gordon interweaves histories of indigenous dispossession in Canada with the actions of Canadian capital overseas. Drawing on examples from Colombia, the Congo, Sudan, Haiti and elsewhere, Imperialist Canada argues for greater critical attention to Canada’s role in the global order.

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Interview with Kaie Kellough

2011-02-03T19:13:14+00:00

Click here to read an interview with Kaie Kellough, author of Maple Leaf Rag, at Black Coffee Poet.

Interview with Todd Gordon

2011-01-27T20:10:38+00:00

Click here to read an interview with Todd Gordon, author of Imperialist Canada on the blog On Journeying with those in Exile.

CBC Weekend Morning Show Interview with Jila Ghomeshi

2011-01-27T05:14:27+00:00

Is it ever okay to say “ain’t”? A new book about the English language sparked many calls to our listener line. Jila Ghomeshi, Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Manitoba, spoke with Kerän Sanders about her new book Grammar Matters. Click here to listen to the interview.