ARP Books was founded in 1996 in downtown Winnipeg, Manitob,a Canada. Our mandate is to publish a dynamic combination of cultural, fiction, and non-fiction titles with an emphasis on progressive political analysis of contemporary issues, while encouraging innovative new writing.We have published an eclectic and engaging list, from Any Given Power, a book of short stories by Giller Prize nominated author Alissa York, to a tragic tale of spin doctoring in the highly acclaimed graphic novel The Listener by David Lester, and our best-selling book on the politics of language, Grammar Matters, by Jila Ghomeshi. more... See more text