{"id":32301,"date":"2025-04-10T03:41:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T08:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/?page_id=32301"},"modified":"2026-03-23T13:15:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:15:32","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/fr\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"32301\" class=\"elementor elementor-32301\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-892cb50 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"892cb50\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12385e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"12385e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"> ABOUT US <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69e026b e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"69e026b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57da4fd elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57da4fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Metonymy Press was launched in August 2014, at a reading event following that year\u2019s Queer Between the Covers book fair, part of the Pervers\/Cit\u00e9 (the underside of Pride) program. Featuring a number of readers who would later be published by Metonymy, this event and its broader context remain at the root of what Metonymy does as a small press. Slow, community-based, and largely DIY, Metonymy Press has published one to four books a year starting in 2015.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fea852a e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fea852a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22155b9 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"22155b9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44168b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44168b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With a plan to publish queer, feminist literary fiction and nonfiction, we have assembled a catalogue that includes these forms and formats as well as poetry, a guidebook, and a children\u2019s picture book. Metonymy\u2019s critically recognized, award-winning catalogue of daring and unconventional genres is, as one author put it, replete with \u201cauthors and books that reframe power and affirm life.\u201d<\/p><p>Metonymy\u2019s choices of authors and genres arise from our commitment to aesthetic and editorial excellence, and we seek work that transgresses boundaries, undermines the status quo, and sustains those on the margins. We put significant thought and resources into acquisitions, design, editorial, and promotion.\u00a0<br \/>Metonymy was founded by old friends Ashley Fortier and Oliver Fugler, who have remained the owner-operators for the first 10 years. The press has no permanent staff, but many important tasks at the press have been done on contract with designers, editors, and artists, as well as an editorial and acquisitions committee from 2021 to 2024.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd726c6 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cd726c6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-209e195 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"209e195\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c778c21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c778c21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/eli-ash-oliver-1024x682.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-35374\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/eli-ash-oliver-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/eli-ash-oliver-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/eli-ash-oliver-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/eli-ash-oliver-1536x1023.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/eli-ash-oliver-18x12.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/eli-ash-oliver-930x620.jpeg 930w, https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/eli-ash-oliver-800x533.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/eli-ash-oliver.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02fe6c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"02fe6c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20250402_142354-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-35376\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20250402_142354-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20250402_142354-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20250402_142354-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20250402_142354-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20250402_142354-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20250402_142354-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20250402_142354-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b551dc e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3b551dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0158aba elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"0158aba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\" style=\"--divider-pattern-url: url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&#039;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&#039; 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Oliver is, more generally, a Montreal-based, trans writer, publisher, and editor. Their work has appeared in\u2028 Lambda Award\u2013winning <em>The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard<\/em>\u00a0(Topside Press, 2012) and\u00a0<em>make\/shift<\/em>\u00a0magazine, among other publications. Oliver released\u00a0<em>Gays in the Workplace<\/em> in 2011, She Is Sitting In the Night: Re-visioning Thea&#8217;s Tarot in 2015, and is one of the editors for Sharp Pink Claws: A Metonymy Press anthology published in 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38a9b56 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"38a9b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df53fc2 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"df53fc2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c732c7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c732c7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/014021130020-679x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-35082\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/014021130020-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/014021130020-scaled-800x1207.jpg 800w, https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/014021130020-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/014021130020-768x1158.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/014021130020-1018x1536.jpg 1018w, https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/014021130020-1358x2048.jpg 1358w, https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/014021130020-scaled.jpg 1697w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2377add e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2377add\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df07baf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df07baf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch is a mixed-Arab writer, and translator, and\u00a0 newest co-publisher at Metonymy Press living in Tio\u2019tia:ke. Their book, <a href=\"https:\/\/metatron.press\/shop\/knot-body\/\"><i>knot body<\/i><\/a>, was published by Metatron Press in 2020. Their second book, <a href=\"https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/fr\/products\/the-good-arabs-el-bechelany-lynch\/\"><i>The Good Arabs<\/i><\/a>, published by Metonymy Press in 2022, was granted the honorary mention for poetry by the Arab American Book Awards, the Khayrallah Prize honorary mention, and won the Grand Prix du Livre de Montr\u00e9al. Their translation of Gabrielle Boulianne-Tremblay\u2019s <i>La fille d\u2019elle-m\u00eame <\/i>from the French, <i>Dandelion Daughter, <\/i>was published in Spring 2023 and was longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award. With co-editor Samia Marshy, they edited <i>El Ghourabaa<\/i>, an anthology of queer and trans writing by Arab and Arabophone writers, published by Metonymy Press in June 2024. In October and November 2024, they were the writer-in-residence at the Arab American National Museum. You can find out more about them on their website, <a href=\"http:\/\/elitareqwrites.com\">elitareqwrites.com<\/a> or you can sign up for their newsletter, <a href=\"https:\/\/softsyrup.substack.com\/\">https:\/\/softsyrup.substack.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9409adb e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9409adb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9616d97 elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"9616d97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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Featuring a number of readers who would later be published by Metonymy, this event and its broader context remain at the root of what Metonymy does as a small press. Slow, community-based, and largely DIY, Metonymy Press has published one to four books a year starting in 2015. With a plan to publish queer, feminist literary fiction and nonfiction, we have assembled a catalogue that includes these forms and formats as well as poetry, a guidebook, and a children\u2019s picture book. Metonymy\u2019s critically recognized, award-winning catalogue of daring and unconventional genres is, as one author put it, replete with \u201cauthors and books that reframe power and affirm life.\u201d Metonymy\u2019s choices of authors and genres arise from our commitment to aesthetic and editorial excellence, and we seek work that transgresses boundaries, undermines the status quo, and sustains those on the margins. We put significant thought and resources into acquisitions, design, editorial, and promotion. Metonymy was founded by old friends Ashley Fortier and Oliver Fugler, who have remained the owner-operators for the first 10 years. The press has no permanent staff, but many important tasks at the press have been done on contract with designers, editors, and artists, as well as an editorial and acquisitions committee from 2021 to 2024. Meet the Team || Meet the team || MEET THE TEAM Oliver Fugler is a founding member of Metonymy Press and is currently a co-publisher. Oliver is, more generally, a Montreal-based, trans writer, publisher, and editor. Their work has appeared in\u2028 Lambda Award\u2013winning The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard\u00a0(Topside Press, 2012) and\u00a0make\/shift\u00a0magazine, among other publications. Oliver released\u00a0Gays in the Workplace in 2011, She Is Sitting In the Night: Re-visioning Thea&#8217;s Tarot in 2015, and is one of the editors for Sharp Pink Claws: A Metonymy Press anthology published in 2025. Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch is a mixed-Arab writer, and translator, and\u00a0 newest co-publisher at Metonymy Press living in Tio\u2019tia:ke. Their book, knot body, was published by Metatron Press in 2020. Their second book, The Good Arabs, published by Metonymy Press in 2022, was granted the honorary mention for poetry by the Arab American Book Awards, the Khayrallah Prize honorary mention, and won the Grand Prix du Livre de Montr\u00e9al. Their translation of Gabrielle Boulianne-Tremblay\u2019s La fille d\u2019elle-m\u00eame from the French, Dandelion Daughter, was published in Spring 2023 and was longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award. With co-editor Samia Marshy, they edited El Ghourabaa, an anthology of queer and trans writing by Arab and Arabophone writers, published by Metonymy Press in June 2024. In October and November 2024, they were the writer-in-residence at the Arab American National Museum. You can find out more about them on their website, elitareqwrites.com or you can sign up for their newsletter, https:\/\/softsyrup.substack.com\/. 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