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Red Man Laughing Interviews Author Leanne Simpson

2012-05-11T17:03:52+00:00

“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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Interview with Todd Gordon

2012-04-15T00:01:12+00:00

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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Capital and Power a lecture by Dr. Todd Gordon.

2012-04-14T23:58:58+00:00

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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ARP Releases First eBook

2012-04-04T13:31:32+00:00

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.

The Listener Nominated for Book of the Year

2012-04-02T20:59:48+00:00

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!

49th Shelf Blog Post by ARP Author Rohan Quinby

2012-03-08T15:30:10+00:00

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.”

What are immigrants supposed to think?

2012-02-08T18:36:31+00:00

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. :-)

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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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.

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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.