ARP Books was founded in 1996 in downtown Winnipeg, Manitob,a Canada. Our mandate is to publish a dynamic combination of cultural, fiction, and non-fiction titles with an emphasis on progressive political analysis of contemporary issues, while encouraging innovative new writing.We have published an eclectic and engaging list, from Any Given Power, a book of short stories by Giller Prize nominated author Alissa York, to a tragic tale of spin doctoring in the highly acclaimed graphic novel The Listener by David Lester, and our best-selling book on the politics of language, Grammar Matters, by Jila Ghomeshi.
Founded in a Winnipeg pub in 1976 to publish chapbooks by Manitoba poets, Turnstone Press has become one of the most highly regarded book publishers in western Canad,a publishing not only poetry but also fiction, literary criticism and non-fiction. In 1998 Turnstone Press launched Ravenstone Books, an imprint dedicated to mysteries, thrillers, and noir fiction. Turnstone Press is committed to our literary and cultural role in Manitoba and Canada and our mandate reflects this. We publish only Canadian authors or landed immigrants, we strive to publish a significant number of new writers, to publish in a variety of genres, and to publish 50 per cent Manitoba writers and/or books with Manitoba content.
Please join the Manitoba Writers' Guild in welcoming our Disability Project Writer-in-Residence, Kate Grisim, on Thursday, May 15 from 11 am -3 pm at the MWG Office. Light refreshments will be served. Everyone is welcome!As the MWG Disability Project's first Writer-in-residence, Kate Grisim will be in the Manitoba Writers' Guild offices 30 hours a week, working with interested writers who would like some general editing, commenting, or critiquing of their original work. Kate's area of specialty is writing about experiences of marginalization, but all writers are welcome to visit her and discuss their work.For more information, please email kendra@mbwriter.mb.ca or writerinresidence@mbwriter.mb.ca204-944-8013 or visit www.mbwriter.mb.caMWG welcomes Kate Grisim – Writer-in ResidenceThe MWG is proud to announce its Disability Project Writer-in-Residence, Kate Grisim.As the MWG Disability Project's first Writer-in-residence, Kate Grisim will be in the Manitoba Writers' Guild offices 30 hours a week, working with interested writers who would like some general editing, commenting, or critiquing of their original work.