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03/30/2026

𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐇
𝐃𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠
𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝟓:𝟑𝟎–𝟕:𝟑𝟎 𝐏𝐌
𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬
𝟓𝟐𝟎 𝐄 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐯𝐞

READ Books is pleased to announce the launch of Manga Matrix a comic/manga artist book by Dan Starling, with contributions from Steffanie Ling, Deanna Li, Wake Cook, Siqi Yang, Tajliya Jamal, Natalia Soto, and Kobie Gingras-Fox. The book is risograph printed by Moniker Press.

Manga Matrix is inspired by the need for new post-colonial and post-patriarchal narratives that break with the conventions of storytelling in popular media and propose a new way to imagine ourselves individually and collectively. The starting point for the work is the narrative story arc of the hero’s journey and its persistent use in popular culture. To overcome this simplistic yet stubborn mythology, Manga Matrix seeks to maintain a state of tension in which conflict doesn’t resolve in an overly simplistic manner, realist conventions don’t suppress artifice, actions do not flow seamlessly, and interruption is the norm. The “conclusion” of the book consists of a series of lithographic prints that begin as representations but progressively become more and more layered with abstract images, obliterating the narrative and eventually becoming saturated with black ink so that the hero’s journey “stops being written”.

03/10/2026

If you are currently a student, faculty or staff member at you, yes you, get a 20% discount!

There are a few items that are excluded, like magazines, but otherwise come on in and take 20% off regularly priced books. READ READ READ!

02/13/2026

We are please to announce a new ECU Press publication— 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘚𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 by available now at READ Books.

Edited by Hong-Kai Wang and Bopha Chhay
with Haytham el-Wardany, Phoebe Giannisi, Gavin Steingo, and Matariki Williams
Texts in English and Mandarin

Co-published by and
Exhibition design by
2025

The artist book 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘚𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 is part of an installation work of Hong-Kai’s work included in the exhibition A Call of All Beings: See you tomorrow, same time, same place that was presented at the Taichung Art Museum from December 13, 2025 – April 12, 2026. The exhibition is jointly curated by the Taichung Art Museum curatorial team, Ling-Chih Chou, Alaina Claire Feldman, and Anca Mihuleţ-Kim. Wang’s work will be featured as part of an exhibition at the Libby Leshgold Gallery in 2026.
This publication takes as its point of departure the moral ballad The Great Battle Between the Fly and the Mosquito to reorient our comprehension of human and other-than-human relations, and practices of listening. While fables and folk tales often end with a clear caution or lesson, The Great Battle Between the Fly and Mosquito is distinct in that its delivery and message remains contingent on the time and the environment of transmission and reception. How do the conditions for listening determine how we comprehend these songs and stories?
This publication includes contributions by writers—Haytham el-Wardany, Phoebe Giannisi, Gavin Steingo, and Matariki Williams. Their writing, thinking, and ways of being in the world offer us different paths of possibility as they shape our attention to, and consciousness of, listening practices in critical and expansive ways.

Image: Hong-Kai Wang, Our Words Don’t Suit Prophecies Anymore, 2025. Photo by ANPIS FOTO. Image courtesy of Taichung Art Museum.

01/27/2026

Don’t forget to pick up a 2026 year of the horse calendar by ! We have still have some in the shop 🐴

12/19/2025

These are the last few days to shop! Have a happy holiday!

12/16/2025

Sale news: it’s extended until this Friday! And NEW books are going out on the floor. See you soon :) :) :)

12/03/2025

The Taipei Art Book Fair was an absolute blast! Thanks for having us!!

11/22/2025

Apologies for the inconvenience!

11/18/2025

BOOK SALE STARTS DEC 4th
The graphic says it all!

10/16/2025

We have a new postcard by Ogheneofegor Obuwoma ft. a still from her work 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘎𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴, & 𝘏𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.

𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘎𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴, & 𝘏𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 is on view until November 17, 2025 on the Urban Screen at Emily Carr University in Wilson Arts Plaza.

Come by and purchase a postcard for $2 and check out ‘s work on the screen!

09/05/2025

𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗳-𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁:
𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱
𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗞𝗶𝘁𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗰𝗸
𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝟭𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝟲𝗽𝗺
𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗯𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆

Join us for the launch of Half-Light: Notes on Violence from the Trans Underworld, with artist-researcher and writer Kitt Peacock. The event will combine a short talk and readings from the book with a drop-in social practice activity from the Centre for Near Life Research.

Half-light collects outcomes from a two year long performance and image-making project through the Centre for Near Life Research.

Kitt Peacock is an artist-researcher from O’odham Jeweḍ (Arizona), currently working on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ nations. Their practice is centred around the creation and maintenance of trans worlds and considers how violent conditions can be redeployed as the very material of trans life. Peacock’s current work with the Centre for Near Life Research forges alliances with non-living relations—contaminated waterways, lethal algae blooms, and sites of harm—in order to discover new strategies of q***r resistance.

They hold an MFA in Visual Art from the University of British Columbia (2024). Their work, which bridges social practice, installation, and artist publishing, has appeared at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin), Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (Los Angeles), the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, and the 2024 Dakar Biennale.

Image: 𝘒𝘪𝘵𝘵 𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘬, 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘧-𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵: 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘝𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 (𝘝𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘳: 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘌𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 + 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴), 2025. 𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘺 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘌𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 + 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴.

09/02/2025

Maureen Gruben: QULLIQ is featured in the INDEX x MOMENTA 2025 reading room at

Opening on Thursday 5 September 5:30PM
From 5 September - 25 October 2025
At the Galerie and Bibliothèque des arts de l’UQAM
1400 Rue Berri J-R120, Montreal

An initiative of Myrabelle Charlebois made possible thanks to Idea Books and the participating publishers.

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