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An independent academic press in Canada
Ideas that question.
Books that endure.
APF Press publishes rigorous work that confronts inequity, advances critical perspectives, and makes room for voices too often overlooked.
Academic rigourCritical inquiryUnder-represented voices
Current catalogue33 published titles
01 · Scholarly independence02 · Community relevance03 · Thoughtful disagreement
Why APF Press
A / 01We publish people who ask difficult questions—and invite readers to be curious, committed, and courageous in challenging inequity.
Our authors are academics, activists, artists, and professional practitioners. What connects them is work that matters beyond a single discipline.
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Scholarship for a changing world.
Independent thinking across social justice, law, economics, health, and human rights.
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What guides us
Publishing is a form
of participation.
We treat editorial work as a public responsibility: to widen debate, protect complexity, and make serious ideas accessible.
Critical inquiry
Scholarship that challenges orthodoxies and creates room for thoughtful disagreement.
Under-represented voices
Authors and perspectives too often overlooked by mainstream publishing channels.
Community relevance
Work rooted in lived realities, human rights, racialized communities, and social justice.
For authors
A thoughtful route from idea to reader.
We welcome proposals that bring intellectual rigour to urgent questions and overlooked perspectives.
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Begin with the idea
Send a concise proposal, intended readership, and a short author biography.
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Enter careful review
We consider scholarly contribution, clarity, community relevance, and editorial fit.
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Build the book together
Selected projects move through collaborative editing, production, and publication.
Start a conversation
Your work can move the conversation.
Tell our editorial team about the book you believe needs to exist.