sheer spite press

haven't had submissions open for a while because i have hit my physical limit in terms of shelf space, but i've got room for some PDFs! apply at sheerspite.ca/digidistro; email lee@sheerspite.ca with questions!

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it tremendously rocks to make something and then it's out in the world in people's homes

La construction d’un monde moins solitaire pourrait-elle commencer par repenser la manière dont nous nous soutenons les un·e·s les autres? Lee Arden nous invite à aller au-delà des solutions individuelles et à nous pencher sur les structures qui façonnent l’amitié, la communauté et la solidarité.

How do we sustain friendships in a world on fire? | Xtra Magazine xtramagazine.com/culture/book...

Today's small act of planting radical seeds: put extra copies of two recent books I loved, by @sheerspite.bsky.social and @simkern.bsky.social, in a little free library! 🔥

10 days left to apply! PLEASE tell your friends — we've received fewer quality applications than previous years, and while that makes our reduced funding easier, I'd rather have MORE great apps and MORE funding! apply & more info: genderpodcast.com/grant donate: genderpodcast.com/donate

Y'all I can't wait!

Ottawa book launch this weekend, I'm looking forward to it! I'll be chatting friendship & community-building with Adrienne Row-Smith, @alexisshotwell.bsky.social, and.... you? 🥺👉🏻👈🏻

UK folks-- you can grab a copy of my book from the wonderful Pen Fight distro, and don't forget to browse their extensive and exquisite catalogues for other cool stuff! 💌

A book reflecting on why friendship is so difficult because of our collective political and social circumstances, and visions of ways our lives and communities could be different through the connections between us. Get a copy: penfightdistro.com/shop/the-pol...

The Politics of Lonely: why is friendship so hard? by Lee from @sheerspite.bsky.social . I had an advance copy of this that on my ebook, but half way through I already loved it so much that I got myself a physical copy to keep too. Which was also a good time to stock some copies in the shop!

Now available Public Collectors: People on Your Block. This is a 100+ question self-assessment guide to help you gauge your awareness of your neighbors and how deeply connected you are to the people that live on your block. Read it with neighbors! $6.00 ($2.00 PDF) from halfletterpress.com.

Let's rock out with our twats out! Today's Zine of the Gay is Siren! QZAPper Bella explores this women's music zine from 1992, bringing light to artists like The Slits, Girls in the Nose, and Camille Rocha. gittings.qzap.org/siren/

NEW from Public Collectors! People on Your Block is a self-assessment guide to help you gauge your awareness of your neighbors and how deeply connected you are to the people that live on your block. Intended for private personal use. $2 PDF now. Print in 2 weeks? halfletterpress.com/people-on-yo...

Remember that trans sex worker I found last week that was interviewed by the Telegram? I found the photos.

So far 23 people have requested my book at their libraries and been entered to win a copy-- you can still enter, I'll draw the winner on Friday :)

$5,000 Fellowship for Biographers! If you're writing a biography about an African American figure or figures, I hope you'll apply for @biographersintl.bsky.social two 2027 $5,000 Frances "Frank" Rollin Fellowship. The deadline is February 1, 2027. Application details are at bit.ly/4dFeEIN

We are unprofitable servants.

Did you know it is 2SLGBTQ History Month? Do you want to help make Canadian queer history more well known? Consider supporting me, your favourite queer and trans Canadian public historian, on Ko-fi! A lot of the research I do is unpaid work, but your support can make it possible! Stories like...

Announcing our 2027 special issue - STORIES OF ACCESSIBLE FUTURES Submissions open in April 2027 to any author who identifies as a disabled person. More info on this sub call is available on our submissions page. See comments...

if you are in montreal (or points beyond) and you have a sick book, you should talk to my buddy Keenan (Le Relieur des Faubourgs) who is a sweetheart and does fantastic work www.lerelieurdesfaubourgs.com

huge news for people who love crosswords but want to buy them from nice trans people instead of genocide-supporting legacy media outlets: Anteater Crosswords Vol. 2 is out now! you can pick up both volumes as PDF zines for a sliding scale of $1-5 CAD. sheerspite.ca/product/ante...

“I write because memory is a form of survival. I write to plant humanity in people’s heart. And I write because Gaza, despite everything, is still my home--rooted in me as deeply as I am rooted in it.” Huda Skaik, author of the zine Planted Genocide in My Mind www.coastallinespress.com/get-your-copy

@chrisqzap.bsky.social and I noted that this week is the 25th anniversary of Queeruption 3, which took place in SF/East Bay Oct 4-8, 2001. We were part of the org collective, and out of our experiences and connections, QZAP was born in Nov 2003. Here are some flyers from Q3:

would you like to read my book The Politics of Lonely for $0? consider requesting it at your library! to sweeten the deal, if you comment below & let me know you've requested it at your library i will enter you to win a copy of the book for keeps, plus each of my four (four???) zines on friendship.

huge news for people who love crosswords but want to buy them from nice trans people instead of genocide-supporting legacy media outlets: Anteater Crosswords Vol. 2 is out now! you can pick up both volumes as PDF zines for a sliding scale of $1-5 CAD. sheerspite.ca/product/ante...

The third issue of Gendertrash From Hell, a zine produced by and for transsexual and transgender people. For more information about this item, please visit the DTA via the link in our bio. Image courtesy of The Arquives. #TransHistory #TransIsBeautiful #DTA #TransWOC

just picked up my pre-order of The Politics of Lonely by @sheerspite.bsky.social from my local bookstore! support small presses and local retail and radical writers and above all the reimagination of a better world

The 12th(!) Gender Reveal grant cycle is now open for applications! As always, these funds are for organizing / community projects led by trans people of color. We are particularly interested in funding existing projects that materially support trans folks, queer people of color, immigrants, etc.

did you know it is so fun to be on Gender Reveal podcast & that @tuck.bsky.social personally mails guests stickers? it is quite hard to get press for a book in this bedraggled media environment & i am even more than usually grateful for queer & trans media 💜 🔊 gender.libsyn.com/bonus-lee-ar...

OTTAWA: i'll be doing two launch events for The Politics of Lonely, both on Saturday, October 24: ✨ signing at @octopusbooks.ca ✨ launch/reading/convo with @alexisshotwell.bsky.social and Adrienne Row-Smith at The Grove (location changed for capacity reasons!) sheerspite.ca/blog/2026/08...

Zine makers and self-publishers: If you still haven't seen it I made this spreadsheet everyone can use to share their results and experiences at fairs and zine fests so other publishers can manage expectations and learn from you. Add your stats and reflections! www.tinyurl.com/artbookfairsales

Hey Diskette Fans! This is your first notice that we're putting together a fundraiser anthology for a new Riso. Sign up here for launch info. More details to come in the coming weeks, this is gonna be a good one. diskettepress.com/pages/belove...

honestly crying about this. been a long time since i've read good political news. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

my favorite thing i've made this year that's available anywhere is this zine i wrote to get more queers interested in archery! in fact i just published it today after spending a month and some working on it hbbisenieks.itch.io/a-tgirls-gui...

Hello, it is Monday now so perhaps people are thinking about work. Please consider sharing this job posting with smart Canadians who know about queer and trans issues and culture. Social video experience a must; journalism experience a huge asset. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...

shoutout to infinite mac, without which this would not have been possible www.them.us/story/early-...

It's a zine reading in bed morning. 😌

if you would like a take on why our relationships are suffering and we struggle with loneliness when we could be reaching for solidarity and interdependence, that is not written by a vile TERF i have one of those lol bookshop.org/p/books/the-politics-of-lonely-why-is-friendship-so-hard-lee-arden/

how i answer that question in the book is that a lot of forces (austerity, white supremacy, the housing crisis, etc) are making our lives a struggle materially, while ALSO giving us "you don't owe anyone anything" brainworms right while we need each other most.