Figure 1 Publishing
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Figure 1 Publishing
@figure1publishing.bsky.social
We're new here, but not to publishing beautiful books👋

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👋 We're hiring! 💼

Do you have experience with book publicity, social media, event management, and author support?

Apply to be our MANAGER OF AUTHOR RELATIONS and COMMUNITY OUTREACH: www.figure1publishing.com/manager-of-a...
We're hiring! Apply to be our Manager of Author Relations and Community Outreach • Figure 1 Publishing
Figure 1, a leading Canadian publisher of illustrated books, is seeking an experienced, full-time Manager of Author Relations and Community Outreach. This is a newly created role that is critical to t...
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July 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
It's National National Indigenous History Month!

We believe storytelling is one of the most powerful ways to build understanding, preserve knowledge, and celebrate culture.

Here are our top book picks from our Indigenous Arts + Culture section this year📚

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Rooted in Story: Indigenous History Month Reads • Figure 1 Publishing
This month is National Indigenous History Month, and Saturday, June 21 marks National Indigenous Peoples Day—a day to celebrate the traditions, cultures, and contributions of First Nations, Inuit and ...
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June 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
🏳️‍🌈Happy Pride Month🏳️‍🌈

We're bringing back this Q&A with authors Dr. Craig Jennex and Dr. Nisha Eswaran, who reflected on the process of writing 'Out North: An Archive of Queer Activism and Kinship in Canada' (co-published with The ArQuives)

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Author Q&A: Out North • Figure 1 Publishing
Figure 1: How would you describe the process of writing Out North? Dr. Craig Jennex: This was a huge project, mainly because the collection at The ArQuives: Canada’s LGBTQ2+ Archives, is so vast. We h...
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June 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The Place of Objects is available now!

John David Lawrence has amassed an idiosyncratic personal collection that includes ceramics, Indigenous art, jewelry, folk art, photography, and plant life, revealing the diverse talents in and around BC’s art scene.

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May 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Figure 1 is proud to share that Space for Birds: Patterns and Parallels of Beauty and Flight by Dr. Roberta L. Bondar has won the Next Generation Indie Book Award in the Science, Nature, and Environment category!📚

Congratulations Dr. Bondar!

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Space for Birds wins Next Generation Indie Book Award • Figure 1 Publishing
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May 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Montreal, you're invited!

Join us in celebrating the Charles Gagnon exhibition opening and book launch this Saturday at the Galeries Bellemare Lambert📚

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April 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Happy #Earth Day! Are you tuned into The Wetland Project slow radio broadcast?

Check out the print component of the project, a book that immerses you in the sonic phenomena produced by this small patch of Earth through colour and sound:

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April 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
It's a Heather's Pick!📚

Delighted to see Space for Birds by Roberta Bondar, the first female Canadian astronaut and an accomplished professional nature and landscape photographer, added to the list of Heather's Picks at Indigo!

Grab your copy today:
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April 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Today's the day! Worlds on Paper by Emily Laurent Henderson is out now📚

This groundbreaking publication presents never-before-published drawings from artists in Kinngait, and we're proud to have co-published with @mcmichaelgallery.bsky.social

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April 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Charles Gagnon: The Colour of Time, the Sound of Space, is out now!

Order your copy of this intimate perspective on one of Canada’s top 20th century artists, who was once described as “abstraction’s poet-philosopher,” or stop by an indie bookstore📚

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April 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Delighted to share that To See What He Saw has won the Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize🎉

“The impressive scholarship, beautiful design and splendid photography on display in this book are a testament to the authors’ intensely lived research”

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To See What He Saw awarded Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize • Figure 1 Publishing
We are delighted to share that Stanley Munn and Patricia Cucman have won the Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia, administered by the UBC Library and the Pacif...
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March 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
In honour of International Women’s Day on Sat, we’re spotlighting books that celebrate the stories of women we’ve had the privilege of creating books with, from a fashion designer to an astronaut to a mixologist!

Check out our IWD book picks below📚

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Book Picks: International Women's Day • Figure 1 Publishing
Curve! Women Carvers on the Northwest Coast Curated by Dana Claxton and Curtis Collins Curve! features stunning photography of wood and argillite carvings by fourteen Indigenous women artists on the N...
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March 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We are proud to be the publisher of "Eppich House II: The Story of an Arthur Erickson Masterwork," and love to see Arthur Erickson's story told in new ways.

Check out this new @knowledge.ca documentary "Arthur Erickson: Beauty Between the Lines"

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Book📚 loom.ly/aLuEXJE
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March 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Reposted by Figure 1 Publishing
My review of photographer Geoffrey James' new book from @figure1publishing.bsky.social , "Canadian Photographs," is now up on the @photoeditorial.bsky.social blog.

Have a read and let me know what you think!

#canada #canadian #photography
Canadian Photographs — A new book by Geoffrey James
Alan Bulley speaks to Geoffrey James about his beautifully produced new book, Canadian Photographs.
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February 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM