Can’t make it to #AWP2020? Support small presses by shopping online using the hashtag #virtualbookfair – we’ve collected a list to get you started. Invisible isn’t at AWP (erring on the side of caution, supporting good public health policy, etc.), but all our books are $15, no discount code required. SPD Books – All books […]
So, we posted yesterday about having our shit together and finally having new books ready for AWP. Because there’s a coronavirus/public health emergency in San Antonio, we decided we’d rather err on the side of caution (and good public health policy). So Invisible Publishing is NOT at AWP this year. AWP is still happening, and […]
One Good Question is a series in which two authors ask each other a single question. In this installment, Andrew Forbes and Seyward Goodhand talk about literary neighbourhoods, eating artichokes with Doris Lessing, and do their best to squeeze in more questions. Andrew Forbes: Genre tags are, of course, problematic. At best they’re reductive, and at […]
Our authors have reading resolutions—lots of them. From finally finishing a certain book to reading more diversely and drinking more Champagne, here are Invisible authors’ reading goals for 2020: Anna Leventhal, author of Sweet Affliction: My 2020 resolution is to read more nonfiction, which I recently realized I don’t do nearly enough of (my 2019 […]
Photo credits: Orville Peck by Samuel Engelking & Haviah Might by Yung Yemi by Del Cowie, Invisible’s intrepid Bibliophonic editor Here it is: the second annual Bibliophonic compilation of Canadian music writing. Expanding from last year’s 33 to a Top 40, this year’s list includes pieces about emerging and established musicians, long form pieces about […]
If, in the near future, you were to purchase a copy of The Utility of Boredom, and if, let’s say, you or someone you know already owned a copy of same, purchased at some point between now and back in April of 2016, when the book was initially published, and if you were to open […]
Good news, Bibliophonic fans! It’s not a new book (yet), but this December we’re releasing an updated edition of our perennial bestseller NoMeansNo: Going Nowhere, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the band’s seminal album Wrong. There’s a whole extra chapter by Mark Black that, in our humble opinion, really brings the book full circle […]
We’re marking down all our books, from Nov 29 to Dec 31, to $12. Why? We’re celebrating December. December is the twelfth month. Twelve is a nice even number. There are twelve days of Christmas, hours on a clock face, members in a jury. And we’re too lazy to set up a Black Friday sale […]
I first met Amanda at AWP in Portland, when we both sat on a panel organized by outgoing Invisiblog guest editor slash all-around all-star Shazia Hafiz Ramji. Amanda is super smart and I know she’ll bring a keen sense of style to the posts she curates here over the next few months. Welcome aboard, Amanda! […]
Every couple years the stars align (or cross…) and the Brooklyn Book Festival and Word on the Street Toronto fall on the same September Sunday. This year, on Sunday Sept 22, you’ll find us in two places at once: Word on the Street Toronto Harbourfront Centre10am – 5pmBooth #215Andrew Forbes is reading at WOTS this […]