Metatron Press is an independent literary publisher based in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal, dedicated to emerging and boundary-pushing voices in poetry, fiction, and hybrid forms.

Founded in 2014, Metatron has become a trusted gateway for writers breaking new ground — queer writers, trans and nonbinary writers, writers of colour, experimental practitioners, and anyone working at the edges of contemporary language. Over the past decade, Metatron has published 50+ books, launched 70+ events, and nurtured authors who have gone on to win major awards, transform genres, and shape the future of Canadian literature.

Our catalogue spans intimate lyric, avant-garde poetics, sharp cultural criticism, and experimental prose that embraces both sincerity and revolt. Across early debut chapbooks, first books, and genre-defiant hybrid projects, we champion work that is emotionally honest, culturally urgent, and formally inventive.

Metatron is more than a publisher — it is an ecosystem.

We cultivate space for artists at all stages of their careers through print books, digital publishing initiatives (including Digi Pubs, Glyphöria, and ÖMËGÄ), live readings, workshops, and cross-disciplinary collaborations. Our work emphasizes care, access, and community-building: creating platforms for writers historically excluded from mainstream publishing, and keeping the future of literary culture porous, playful, and alive.

As a woman-owned, artist-run press, we remain committed to:
✶ supporting marginalized and underrepresented writers
✶ offering alternatives to traditional literary gatekeeping
✶ publishing work that takes risks — aesthetically, politically, spiritually
✶ building a sustainable, interconnected literary community
✶ keeping print culture vital in an increasingly digital world

Metatron’s books are tender, unruly, critical, ecstatic, strange, and deeply human. Each one is a portal into a new way of seeing.

We believe literature is not only something to read — it is something to feel, to witness, to gather around, and to build a future with.

Welcome to Metatron Press. A small press for big shifts.