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Metonymy Press
@metonymypress.bsky.social
Small queer press based in Tio’tià:ke. We publish literary works by emerging writers — books that reframe power and affirm life. We really want to keep gay book lovers satisfied. https://linktr.ee/metonymypress
jiaqing wilson-yang is one of 11 Metonymy authors featured in Sharp Pink Claws, our new two-volume collection, out next month. Pre-order your copies today! gogetfunding.com/metonymy-pre...
November 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
And a few more!
June 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A few pics from last weekend’s overwhelmingly beautiful anniversary cabaret. Thanks, all ❤️
June 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Been at this a decade now and it seems like a good moment to celebrate. Much gratitude to Suoni for hosting us. Come thru if you’re in MTL in June. #gaybooklovers4eva #smallpress #QTpublishing #10years
April 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Joining with several other cultural orgs in Quebec to reassert our firm commitment to @pacbi.bsky.social #bdsmovement #freepalestine #pacbi
February 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Poet Grace Kwan appears on CBC Radio’s North by Northwest to discuss their debut collection #TheSacredHeartMotel: from world-building via Pinterest mood boards to the life-saving power of poetry in a mental health crisis to migrants’ feelings of impermanence and more

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January 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
For anyone local (Montreal) we’re having a last-minute drop-in book sale at our office this Thursday. There will be snacks! And deals! And, c/o you know who, we won’t charge you GST. Gay books make for gay holidays. Also, solidarity 4ever w CUPW / eff you Canada Post and anti-union governments!
December 17, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Tkaronto, coming at you w a launch of Grace Kwan’s debut poetry collection, The Sacred Heart Motel. Feat special guest & local writer/translator Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi. Swing by @anotherstoryto.bsky.social for some Sunday book browsing and stick around for a sweet event. metonymypress.com/events
December 2, 2024 at 6:13 PM
November 29, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Come on down to The Sacred Heart Motel next Friday, December 6 in MTL.
November 28, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Grace Kwan’s “sure-footed, arrestingly wise” debut poetry collection, The Sacred Heart Motel, launches Dec 6 in Montreal and Dec 8 in Toronto. metonymypress.com/events
November 25, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Find our table on the stage at Expozine in Montreal. Today only!
November 23, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Toronto! Grace Kwan will launch their debut poetry collection, The Sacred Heart Motel, at @anotherstoryto.bsky.social on Sunday, December 8 at 6pm. We’re very excited that Khashayar “Kess” Kohammadi will also be doing a reading. Stop by! #poetry #booklaunch #debutpoetry #TheSacredHeartMotel
November 21, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Metonymy alum Valérie Bah is launching their new novel - Subterrane (Esplanade Books) - this Friday night in Montreal! 👏👏👏
November 20, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Also btw we won’t be shipping out your web orders in “Canada” so long as CUPW is on strike. Solidarity w the posties. Thx for understanding!
November 20, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Montreal launch for The Sacred Heart Motel by Grace Kwan is coming up! In the BC-based poet’s debut, they are ruthless and nimble, guiding us through the recesses of body and roadside space. Dec 6, 7pm at Co-op Agenda. Also feat. special guests Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch & Carlos A. Pittella.
November 20, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Love it or hate it, Montreal’s Expozine is certainly always an EXPERIENCE. We’ll be shoulder the shoulder with hundreds of other zine and small press folks this Saturday, as we were one decade ago, for the very first time. expozine.ca
November 18, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Read Palestine Week is coming up: Nov 29-Dec 5. Check out publishersforpalestine.org for all the details. #ReadPalestine #ReadPalestineWeek
November 18, 2024 at 5:58 PM