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5 Mar 2025
To our valued community: Figure 1 will no longer be active on X, as the site's algorithm and management no longer align with our values.
We are shifting focus to Blue Sky, and we look forward to seeing you there (@ figure1publishing.bsky.socia…) and on Instagram (@ figure1publishing)
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29 Jan 2025
VICTORIA: Join Chef Dev at Kinu on Tuesday for a special pop-up dinner and book signing📚
Feb 4, 6:00 and 8:00pm seatings
Spaces are limited, so secure your spot early by calling Kinu at (778)265-7775
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29 Jan 2025
This is your chance to:
🍽️ Indulge in exclusive dishes crafted by Chef Devan
✍️ Get your cookbook signed
✨ Meet the chef behind the magic
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10 Dec 2024
John Scott: Firestorm, is out now📚
Pick up a copy of this raw, personal and political book, presenting an artist’s searing critique of modernity’s capacity for industrial warfare and the machines that enable it, or check out the @mcacgallery exhibition!
figure1publishing.com/book/j…
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6 Nov 2024
Join us at the @ShadboltCentre for Art Talk: You Don't Know Jack (Shadbolt) to celebrate the launch of "Jack Shadbolt: In His Words"📖
Thursday, Nov 14 · 7-9pm PST
Books will be available for purchase and can be signed by the author, Susan Mertens!
eventbrite.ca/e/art-talk-you…
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5 Nov 2024
Join us at the @ShadboltCentre next Thursday, November 14th, to celebrate the launch of Jack Shadbolt: In His Words, introduced and edited by Susan M. Mertens 📚
eventbrite.ca/e/art-talk-you…
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5 Nov 2024
A Place Called Cumberland is available now!📚
From railway disasters and robberies to mycology and mountain biking, twelve authors tell true stories of Cumberland, BC, that highlight the diverse and eclectic history of the vibrant village.
Congratulations @cumberlandroots!
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5 Nov 2024
It's pub day📚
Curve! Women Carvers on the Northwest Coast, an eighty-year overview of wood and argillite carving by Indigenous women artists on the Northwest Coast, is available now!
Order your copy today: figure1publishing.com/book/c… @raincoastbooks
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5 Nov 2024
Co-published with the @AudainArtMuseum, this book features stunning photography and a range of sculptural formats by fourteen Indigenous women carvers to expand the discourse of carving in the region.
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29 Oct 2024
Jack Shadbolt: In His Words is available now!
Introduced and edited by Susan M. Mertens, this is an intimately candid memoir—the memoir Shadbolt never quite got around to writing.
figure1publishing.com/book/j…
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29 Oct 2024
“Who was the man in front of that painting? A pragmatic, middle-class modernist? A West Coast spirit channeler in a line of succession from Emily Carr? Or, my favourite, a tenacious butterfly in human camouflage, trapped in an eternal metamorphosis of emergent forms?" —SM
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29 Oct 2024
Join us in celebrating the book's launch at the @ShadboltCentre on November 14th!
eventbrite.ca/e/art-talk-you…
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22 Oct 2024
We're absolutely thrilled to invite you to the upcoming book launch event for ᴀɴ ᴇɴᴅʟᴇꜱꜱ ᴛʜʀᴇᴀᴅ —a stunning celebration of Haida designer Dorothy Grant's groundbreaking career in fashion at the @billreidgallery Saturday, Oct 26 from 1-3PM
billreidgallery.ca/blogs/pub…
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22 Oct 2024
Join us for an inspiring afternoon at the @billreidgallery as we celebrate Dorothy’s groundbreaking contributions to Indigenous fashion and culture. You’ll have the opportunity to meet the author in person and purchase your own signed copy of the book!
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22 Oct 2024
We are delighted to see Canadian Photographs by renowned photographer Geoffrey James on bookstore shelves today!
A subversive look at the liminal locations and transitional moments that make up the Canadian unconscious and the Not-So-True North.
figure1publishing.com/book/c…
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22 Oct 2024
With an equable eye, James documents the ephemeral and the monumental: a demolition derby in Quebec, how an inmate at Kingston Penitentiary has decorated his cell, the Dickensian side door of Massey Hall in Toronto.
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15 Oct 2024
“An Endless Thread serves as a long-overdue celebration of Dorothy Grant, who has long advocated for the intersection of cultural pride, style, and a maintaining of tradition.” —@chrisjallaire (@voguemagazine)
vogue.com/article/a-new-book… @dorothygrant @HaidaMuseum
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15 Oct 2024
Dorothy Grant: An Endless Thread by @dorothygrant is available now📚
This beautifully illustrated monument to a designer who helped inspire the growing Indigenous fashion movement is a powerful demonstration of the enduring resonance of Haida art.
figure1publishing.com/book/d…
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30 Sep 2024
We are honoured to learn from and collaborate with the Indigenous creatives we have published books with over the years.
Our office is closed to honour the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, but here are some ways you can mark the day:
figure1publishing.com/honour…
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