Spartacus Books is a collectively run infoshop located on the territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓ilwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.

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This December, the Spartacus Book Club will be discussing "Jonny Appleseed" by Joshua Whitehead (Oji-Cree).

"A tour-de-force debut novel about a Two-Spirit Indigiqueer young man and proud NDN glitter princess who must reckon with his past when he returns home to his reserve.

"You're gonna need a rock and a whole lotta medicine" is a mantra that Jonny Appleseed, a young Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer, repeats to himself in this vivid and utterly compelling debut novel by poet Joshua Whitehead.

Off the reserve and trying to find ways to live and love in the big city, Jonny becomes a cybersex worker who fetishizes himself in order to make a living. Self-ordained as an NDN glitter princess, Jonny has one week before he must return to the "rez"--and his former life--to attend the funeral of his stepfather. The seven days that follow are like a fevered dream: stories of love, trauma, sex, kinship, ambition, and the heartbreaking recollection of his beloved kokum (grandmother). Jonny's life is a series of breakages, appendages, and linkages--and as he goes through the motions of preparing to return home, he learns how to put together the pieces of his life.

Jonny Appleseed is a unique, shattering vision of First Nations life, full of grit, glitter, and dreams."

More info is available at: http://www.arsenalpulp.com/bookinfo.php?index=479

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The Spartacus Book Club meets on the last Monday of every month. Everyone is welcome! We have some regular attendees, and others come for just one book. It's okay to attend even if you haven't read the book or haven't finished it yet.

If you need a copy of the book, we sell them at Spartacus Books and Vancouver Public Library has copies available as well.

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Accessibility information:
- Entrance and interior space are ground floor, no stairs
- Bathroom is not gendered
- Front door: 42″ wide, handle height 39.5″, door swings out to the street
- 1st doorway into back space: 34.75″ wide, no door
- 2nd doorway into further-back back space: 34.5″ wide, no door
- Bathroom door: 29″ wide, handle height 36″, door swings into bathroom
- Space between bathroom door to toilet: 42″
- Space between toilet edge and opposite wall: 35″
- Toilet height: 14″
- Sink height: 31″
- Dimensions of bathroom: 60″x59.5″

Our book club is a scent-reduced space, but we cannot promise that Spartacus is fragrance-free. We request that participants refrain from the following before or during the event: Smoking; Wearing colognes, perfumes or scented oils; and using chemical based laundry detergents or fabric softeners. We ask participants to wear something that has had limited exposure to the items above.

Here are some resources to support this effort:
1. Learning more about fragrance-free: http://www.brownstargirl.org/blog/fragrance-free-femme-of-colour-realness-draft-15
2. Finding fragrance-free products locally: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1go-CMTBAWmVhST8vV_arH3CA2iLwF9c1lkp6ahmj0RY/edit

We have reached out to Douglas College to request student volunteer ASL-English interpreters. If you require ASL interpretation to attend this event, please message Spartacus Books or leave a message on the event page. We will update this description when additional details about interpretation are confirmed.

Additional accessibility information is available on our website: http://spartacusbooks.net/accessibility/.

If you have any questions about the space, please contact us at info@spartacusbooks.net or 604-688-6138.