Books published by Conundrum Press

Indigenous Voices Award winner Cole Pauls returns with a robust collection of stories that celebrate the cultural practices and experiences of Dene and Arctic peoplesGathering Pauls’s comics from magazines, comic festivals and zine making workshops, these comics are his most personal work yet. You’ll learn stories about the author’s family, racism and identity, Yukon history, winter activities, Southern Tutchone language lessons and cultural practices. Have you ever wanted to learn how to Knuckle Hop? or to acknowledge and respect the Indigenous land you’re on? Or how to be an ally to Indigenous people? Well, gather around and hear this Kwändǖr! (Story!)

Highly respected visual artist: BlogTO wrote that Claytor's recent Toronto exhibition had "a cinematic quality..., a fascination with character and stillness that's alive with ambiguity."A classic road trip story in graphic novel format: Explore Canadian landscape and culture through an extremely unique-and personal-lens.Coming-of-(middle)age: Explores issues of alcoholism, recovery, and relationships with sensitivity and nuance.Timely and thoughtful: Addressed the complexity of relationships and support systems-highly relevant topics as we begin to emerge from the pandemic.

.Exciting new voice: Artist Jonathan Dyck offers a fresh new look at rural culture and religious traditionalism through a fictional lens.Tackles universal issues: Members of many religious communities will relate to this highly nuanced examination of a fictional Mennonite community that's grappling with its past while trying to determine the right course for the future.Fans of Sherwood Anderson, rejoice!: The themes and imagery of Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio are brought to life in this stunningly illustrated graphic novel. .Compassionate and thoughtful: Written from a progressive point of view with a compassionate approach that provides important insight into fundamentalist viewpoints.

The Shining meets Sophia Coppola''s Marie Antoinette in this gripping debut from an award-winning talent.The Gift opens on the snow-blanketed grounds of the Alexander Palace in Western Russia where a moth has come to attend the birth of the fourth Romanov princess, Anastasia. She and her siblings grow up in a gilded world, isolated from the society beyond the palace walls despite their dominion over it. After mysteriously receiving a camera on her fifteenth birthday, she begins to document her world, but the gift carries with it a weight she can¿t yet see. A creature moves on the edge of her vision and stalks her dreams. As the revolution unfolds, the confines of Anastasia''s world keep closing in. Something is following her, and it might not be human.

What is the place of the artist in the modern world?

An insider account of the European migrant crisis.

A morally ambiguous fable for the #MeToo movement.

Indigenous protectors use language revitalization to save the Earth from evil pioneers and cyborg sasquatches

When Mel wakes up one morning, she finds herself in endless freefall towards an Earth that is no longer there, surrounded by the junk of human existence. This graphic novel follows Mel as she attempts to survive, find allies, and negotiate the balance between becoming prey or predator.

One of the brightest new talents in Europe creates her first autobiographic work, focusing on taxi rides from four cities: Los Angeles, Paris, Jakarta, and Washington, D.C. Despite the stunning and detailed streetscapes she passes, de Jongh discovers she's more interested in the cab drivers than the view from the backseat.

Set in a generic Fredericton suburb called Skyline Acres, this is the fictional biography of Martin Peters, a teenager with Type 1 diabetes. The story revolves around Martin's relationship with his on-again off-again high school girlfriend, and how, desperate to fit in, he begins neglecting his health. His condition deteriorates until, eventually, he finds himself fighting for his life in the hospital.