The publishing philosophy at Anvil is: "The discovery, nurturing, and promotion of new and established Canadian literary talent."

New and Noteworthy

Fresh from the Forge

Recent Releases include:

Salvatore Difalco’s Black Rabbit and Other Stories adds to our collection of provocative gritty fiction with its stories of urban dystopias and examinations of violence and brutality.

Clint Burnham’s poetry riffs on the morphing of language in Rental Van, demonstrating how language is the “nurse and oxygen tent of epistemology,” while beneath the slapstick exterior of many of Stuart Ross’s poems in I Cut My Finger lurk dark threats and even darker pleasures.

The beautifully illustrated art book, Transitions of a Still Life: The Ceramic Works of Tam Irving, with text by Carol E. Mayer, examines the works of ceramic artist Tam Irving as a unique cultural activity, while At Home with History: The Untold Secrets of Heritage Homes, by Eve Lazarus vividly brings to life the social histories of selected heritage homes in Greater Vancouver.