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Anvil Press
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Independent Vancouver book publisher. anvilpress.com
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🧵 4/5 ... Frontier: A Memoir & A Ghost Story by @ericarstern.bsky.social (@barrelhouse.bsky.social) & So We Blush Less When the Phone Rings by Mark Wagstaff (@anvilpress.bsky.social). See alt-text!

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January 26, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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"No doubt the new book, which sold out its initial print run (it’s expected back in stores in mid-January) will add to the growing legend around the club."
(Preorders also available at Anvil's website!)
New book showcases the rise of Vancouver's The Penthouse marquee
Popularity of strip club's sign has grown beyond anything marquee mastermind Benjamin Jackson could have envisioned. Read more.
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January 6, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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small one a ringette game in Metcalfe, so starting to poke through new poetry titles by Canisia Lubrin & Vera Hadzic, // @anvilpress.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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That Gun in Your Hand: The Strange Saga of Hey Joe' and Popular Music's History of Violence ( (@jasonschneidermedia.com, @anvilpress.bsky.social, 2025)

An absolutely eye-opening and revelatory account of the history and legacy of the great modern murder ballad.

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December 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Thank you STIR for recommending my @anvilpress.bsky.social street photography book Night Moves as gift for arts fans! It's a honor to be included on this stellar lists of authors! #streetphotography
December 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Ladner! You’re invited to a meet & greet and book signing of A SIGN OF THE TIMES at @blackbondbooks.bsky.social on Dec 21 from 12-2 ✨ Get signed copies ahead of the holidays, and meet Benjamin Jackson, Aaron Chapman, and Danny Filippone from the Penthouse — the men behind the book!
December 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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These days, the neon marquee outside the legendary Penthouse Nightclub gets more attention than the nearly 80-year-old establishment itself. Now, it’s the subject of a new book — A Sign of the Times: The Best of the Penthouse Marquee. #NewsRadioBookshelf vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/12/07/b...
Marquee attraction: viral messages from the neon marquee at Vancouver's legendary Penthouse nightclub are collected in a new book
John Ackermann speaks to Ben "The Sign Guy" Jackson, co-author of A Sign of the Times: The Best of the Penthouse Marquee
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December 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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WATCH: Ben Jackson, @theaaronchapman.bsky.social, and Danny Filippone talk about their new book, A Sign of the Times: the Best of the Penthouse Marquee. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social @anvilpress.bsky.social youtu.be/8lOUWZ-khe4?...
NewsRadio Bookshelf: Ben Jackson, Aaron Chapman, and Danny Filippone (A Sign of the Times)
YouTube video by John Ackermann
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December 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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The Christmas gift for all your Barfly friends… and a lilttle humour to go with your city history!
Coming to bookstores everywhere in BC this month- A Sign of The Times: The Best of The Penthouse Marquee—publisher by @anvilpress.bsky.social! #VancouverBC
December 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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I'm launching my first book of poetry, Several Small Animals Enclosed in a Benedictine Monastery, in Ottawa on Tuesday Nov 18th at the Lieutenant's Pump, featuring Jennifer Baker and Stephen Brockwell!!! Join us if you can :)
November 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Vancouver's popular Penthouse Nightclub sign is getting its own book
Vancouver's popular Penthouse Nightclub sign is getting its own book
'Even though the Penthouse sign is owned by the Filippone family, it's actually owned by the people of Vancouver.'
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November 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Congratulations to the CLMP members publishing new books this month! Find novels, poetry collections, memoirs, and more in our latest roundup: www.clmp.org/news/books-l...
Books Launching in November 2025 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
Support independent literary publishers by picking a read from the list below, which features new books forthcoming in November 2025 from CLMP members.   The Disinherited by Terrence Arjoon Ugly…
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November 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Today on GET LIT Jason Schneider talks about That Gun in Your Hand: The Strange Saga of ‘Hey Joe’ and Popular Music’s History of Violence.

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca or on pods or here:
tinyurl.com/5dwu8ht6

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November 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Thank you to @raypadgett.bsky.social and his great site Cover Me for letting me highlight some of the more obscure versions of 'Hey Joe' featured in my book That Gun In Your Hand
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www.covermesongs.com/2025/11/the-...
"Hey Joe" Book Author Shares Five Lesser-Known Versions Worth Hearing - Cover Me
Jason Schneider, author of 'That Gun in Your Hand', takes us beyond Hendrix
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November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Thrilled to see That Gun In Your Hand get some attention in Upstate NY. Thanks to Sal Cataldi for the review in NYS Music!
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nysmusic.com/2025/10/20/t...
The Strange Saga of “Hey Joe” Revealed
From the controversy over its authorship to the many artists who crafted their own unique versions of it, the long and winding history of the song “Hey Joe” unfolds like a great murder mystery. Now it...
nysmusic.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Listen to Jill Yonit Goldberg talk about her book, "After We Drowned," with Margaret Gallagher on North by Northwest, in advance of her Vancouver Writers' Festival appearances.
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October 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Nice shout out for "A Sign of the Times" by Ben Jackson & Aaron Chapman
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24 New B.C. Books for Cozy Fall Reading - BC Living
We've got your fall book recommendations covered, from fiction to poetry to children's to non-fiction by local authors
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October 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Authors Jill Yonit Goldberg (After We Drowned), Holly Brickley (Deep Cuts), and Michael V. Smith (Soundtrack) convene Oct 25 to share music-infused storylines will have you humming along to the rhythm. Moderated by Margaret Gallagher.

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October 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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There are 3 days left until #VWF2025 begins! From Oct 20–26, join us for exceptional books, ideas, and dialogue in 85+ events.

18 events at the Festival have sold out, which means that at least 65 events still have tickets available—for now.
Book your seats ASAP: writersfest.bc.ca/2025-festiva...
October 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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So nice to speak with @jefito.com for Liner Notes about That Gun In Your Hand. Give it a read!
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Liner Notes: Jason Schneider - Harmonic
The author of
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October 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM