Effective today, our print books will be distributed worldwide (excluding Canada) by Publishers Group West (PGW), one of the leading distributors for independent publishers.

PGW will handle distribution of Thornapple Press titles to booksellers, libraries and other retail partners in the United States and internationally outside of Canada. In Canada, our books will continue to be distributed through our existing Canadian partners, Ampersand Inc. and University of Toronto Press. Our ebooks and audiobooks continue to be distributed worldwide by eBound Canada.

This partnership significantly expands the reach and infrastructure behind Thornapple Press titles. PGW’s network serves thousands of bookstores and libraries around the world, allowing our books to be more easily discovered, ordered and stocked in markets beyond Canada.

Booksellers may order our books now through Ingram, or direct from PGW.

Thornapple Press is an independent publisher based in British Columbia, producing thoughtful, carefully crafted books on love, sexuality, relationships and relationship ethics. This new partnership helps ensure those books can reach the widest possible audience.

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An exploration of the messy but liberating process of defining and decentering inner narratives of shame, fear and regret for one’s own queer identity, this is both an honest account of personal experiences and a toolset for dismantling inflammatory inner frameworks. 

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To join the program you must:

• Be 18+
• Live in Canada or the United States (sorry international readers—we hope to be able to add you in the future)
• Have at least 1,000 followers on one of your social media platforms

Those who are selected to join the program will receive a confirmation email with the full conditions and next steps.

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In times of resistance, we need more than outrage—we need practical support, connection and mutual aid. Love Rebels is a pragmatic resource for anyone feeling frustrated about how to take action and for seasoned organizers navigating burnout. It offers practical strategies for people on the front lines, suggests alternative forms of protest, and includes grounding exercises for when it all feels too much. Whether you’re protesting ICE, raising awareness about the genocide in Gaza, resisting Russian occupation of Ukraine or standing up to other abuse of power and influence, this title can help.

Books can’t fix everything, but they can help us clarify our thoughts and figure out how to strengthen our communities to make effective change.

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Through practical exercises and accessible explanations, readers are guided to shift from a state of self-critique to one of self-support—transforming the Shame Triangle to a love triangle.

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Stryker shares her experience as an activist, street medic and relationship educator to help others pursue the important work while maintaining healthy relationships. In what is both a call to action and a candid memoir, she is open about what she has learned and her perceived limitations. Recognizing that it can feel overwhelming to know how to effectively make change, she encourages readers to consider how they can best advocate for causes they believe in, presenting different types of activism and urging readers to honestly examine their own hesitations. 

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All approved publishers have demonstrated success producing files in accordance with eBOUND Digital Certification’s standard, meeting the EPUB Accessibility 1.1 specification and WCAG 2.2 AA. In addition to meeting accessibility standards, publishers have enhanced metadata for discoverability and their accessible titles live on vendor sites.

All frontlist and forthcoming titles meet the specifications and we are in the process of auditing our backlist to ensure that all of our epubs meet the same accessibility standards.

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The winning title is a practical and insightful consideration of what it means to be sexual as a trans, queer person, providing Nillin’s affirming direction based on over a decade of their own personal and professional experience as an educator, advocate, support worker and award-winning sex blogger. It is the Saskatoon, SK-based author’s first book.

Publisher of Thornapple Press Eve Rickert says, “At a time when the dialogue around trans rights and queer visibility is heightened, How Do I Sexy? is a valuable resource. We are thrilled that it has received this recognition from Foreword Reviews.”

Foreword Reviews, a book review journal focusing on independently published books, announced the winners of its INDIES Book of the Year Awards on June 5, 2025. These awards celebrate the outstanding books published in 2024 by small, independent and university presses.

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The Tom Fairley Award is presented annually to an exceptional editor who played an important role in the success of a project completed in English or French. The 2025 award recognizes an outstanding editor on a project published in the 2024 calendar year.

The award will be presented during Editors Canada’s online awards ceremony in spring 2025. The winner will receive the $2,000 grand prize and, in recognition of their outstanding editorial performance, the finalists will also receive cash awards of $500 each.

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How Do I Sexy?, by Mx. Nillin Lore, is a finalist in the LGBTQ+ category; More Than Two, Second Edition, by Eve Rickert and Andrea Zanin, is a finalist in Family & Relationships and Say More, by Kitty Stryker, is a finalist in Juvenile Nonfiction.

Winners in each genre, along with Editor’s Choice Prize winners and Foreword’s Indie Publisher of the Year, will be announced in June.

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A graduate of Emily Carr University and the University of Victoria, Jeff is a seasoned designer who has worked with us for over a decade. In his new role, Jeff will continue to do hands-on book design, but will also oversee all of our brands, including the upcoming publisher Canadian Science Books. He will also establish and oversee our company sustainability practices, represent us with clients and at events and supervise other designers.

We’re excited to produce more beautiful books and continue to grow as an independent Canadian publisher with Jeff leading our creative vision.

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Publishing with a purpose

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Order your copy today!

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Polyamorous psychotherapist Jessica Fern and restorative justice facilitator David Cooley share the insights they have gained through thousands of hours working with clients in consensually nonmonogamous relationships. Using a grounded theory approach, they explore the underlying challenges that nonmonogamous individuals and partners can experience after their first steps, offering practical strategies for transforming them into opportunities for new levels of clarity and intimacy. Get your copy now!

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It’s been over nine years since I co-authored the book More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory and co-founded Thorntree Press to publish it. Back then, I wasn’t expecting the book to sell over 150,000 copies, and I definitely wasn’t expecting Thorntree Press to go on to publish dozens of books, including such groundbreaking titles as Love’s Not Color Blind, Polysecure and The Monster Under the Bed.

I’m proud of the work we’ve done as Thorntree—proud of our books, or our authors, and of our team. And now it’s time for some changes, and growth.

In early 2021, full ownership of Thorntree passed to me. With that, I was free to reimagine where I wanted to take the company. Today I am happy to introduce you to Thornapple Press, an independent Canadian publisher of thoughtful books on love, sexuality and relational ethics. We have a new name, a new look, and a new editorial direction.

We got our start publishing books on consensual nonmonogamy, and that will still be an important part of our list. But we’ve greatly expanded our remit to include all kinds of books that challenge the way people think about love (all kinds of love!) and pleasure. We’re also turning our focus to acquiring new books by Canadian authors, while maintaining ongoing connections with many of the authors whose work created the foundation of our press.

Our books aren’t just about improving people’s personal lives. The ways we relate to one another in our most intimate relationships are both deeply informed by the social, political and economic systems we’re embedded in and, in turn, reinforce those systems. To reimagine our future, we have to reimagine our relationships to one another. And to heal our world, we have to learn to love each other (and ourselves) better.

It’s been two years since we published our last book, Polysecure. I’m thrilled that we have new books like Better Halves, In It Together, The Polysecure Workbook and The Pegging Book to start us off on our new direction, and just as excited about the many incredible books (and other projects) we have in the pipe. I’m especially grateful to the team that’s stuck with me through this transition, and to the talented authors who have trusted me with their work.

I can’t wait for what’s next.

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These trademarks will protect Thorntree Press’s rights in the More Than Two series and in future original books published as part of the More Than Two series.

* “Classes” are the way the U.S. Trademark office divides up different goods and services. Trademark rights are issued in the Class of goods and services in which applicants apply.

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