

Joshua Whitehead is a two-spirit, Oji-nêhiyaw member of Peguis First Nation, currently pursuing his PhD. Her next major role will be in Taika Waititi’s new FX series Reservation Dogs. Her feature film as a co-writer, This Place, is set to be released in 2021. She can be seen in the film Rhymes for Young Ghouls and the television shows The Order on Netflix , Cardinal on CTV and American Gods on Amazon Prime Video/STARZ. The book is championed by Devery Jacobs, a Mohawk actor and filmmaker from Kahnawà:ke Mohawk territory. It was also longlisted for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Jonny Appleseed won the Lambda Literary Award for gay fiction and was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction and the Amazon Canada First Novel Award. But he must reckon with his past when he returns home to attend his stepfather’s funeral. Jonny Appleseedis a novel by Joshua Whitehead about a two-spirit Indigiqueer young man who leaves the reserve and becomes a cybersex worker in the big city to make ends meet. Arsenal Pulp Press is interested in literature that engages and challenges readers, and which asks probing questions about the world around us. Arsenal Pulp Press is a book publisher in Vancouver, Canada with over 400 titles currently in print, which include literary fiction, nonfiction and poetry books on social issues gender studies LGBTQ2S+ and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and persons of colour) literature graphic novels and non-fiction children’s and young adult literature regional history cookbooks alternative crafts and books in translation. This year’s runner-up was “Butter Honey Pig Bread” by Francesca Ekwuyasi, also published by Arsenal Pulp Press, was defended by chef and TV host Roger Mooking.
