Press Gang

Press Gang was a feminist printing and publishing collective active in Vancouver between the early 1970s and 2002. By 1974, it had become a women-only, feminist, and anti-capitalist print shop. It primarily published books by Canadian women authors and artists, in genres that included fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and art.

More about Press Gang

Press Gang was a feminist printing and publishing collective active in Vancouver between the early 1970s and 2002. It primarily published books by Canadian women authors and artists, including fiction, non-fiction, poetry and art.

The original Press Gang was set up by a small collective of men and women in 1970 but by 1974, it had become a women-only, feminist and anti-capitalist printshop.  By 1989 two separate collectives had been set up, Press Gang Printers Ltd. and Press Gang Publishers Feminist Cooperative. Press Gang Printers ended operations in 1993; Press Gang Publishers continued until 2002 when it closed after thirty years as an independent feminist publisher.

Archival Materials

Documents
An Account to Settle: The Story of the United Bank Workers (SORWUC)

  • Year created:

    1979

  • Author(s):

    Bank Book Collective, including , Jackie Ainsworth, Sheree Butt, Charlotte Johnson, Helen Potrebenko, Denise Poupard, Jean Rands, Linda Read, Ulryke Weissgerber, Dodie Zerr

  • Region:

    British Columbia

  • Language:

    English
Cuz There Ain’t No Daycare (Or Almost None She Said) – A Book About Daycare in B.C.

  • Year created:

    1973

  • Author(s):

    Marcy Cohen, Nancy Duggan, Carol Sayre, Barbara Todd, Nikki Wright

  • Region:

    British Columbia

  • Language:

    English
The Women’s Press – 1981-82 Catalogue

  • Year created:

    1981

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English

Periodicals

Makara

Makara – Vol. 2, No. 3 – 1977

  • Year created:

    1977

  • Publisher:

    Pacific Women's Graphic Arts Co-operative Association

  • Author(s):

    Jean Kamins, Barbara Kahan, Barbara Raphael, Mary Schendlinger, Gwen Hauser, Penny Kemp, Bonnie Kreps, Pat Smith, Frances Rooney, Daphne Marlatt, Claire Culhane, Jocelan Tracey, M. Errat

  • Language:

    English
Makara – Vol. 1, No. 1 – December 1975

  • Year created:

    1975

  • Publisher:

    Pacific Women's Graphic Arts Co-operative Association

  • Author(s):

    Suzanne Fournier, Nora D. Randall, Josie Cook, Elizabeth Rupert, Marian Llewelyn, Marion Fuller, Jeannine Mitchell, Midori Oba, Colette French, Beth Rogers

  • Language:

    English
Makara – Vol. 1, No. 2 – February/March 1976

  • Year created:

    1976

  • Publisher:

    Pacific Women's Graphic Arts Co-operative Association

  • Author(s):

    Wendy Barrett, Tom Sandborn, Carolyn Bell, Siobhan, Margo Dunn, Terry Hoffman, Lynn Phipps, Eve Jonson, Pat Smith, Karen Muntean, Jeannine Mitchell, Saeko Usukawa, Helen Potrebenko

  • Language:

    English
Makara – Vol. 1, No. 3 – April/May 1976

  • Year created:

    1976

  • Publisher:

    Pacific Women's Graphic Arts Co-operative Association

  • Author(s):

    Jeannine Mitchell, Colette French, Saeko Usukawa, E. Sands, Barb Holdack, Marion R. Smith, Rose Marie Larsson, Annie Lee, Margo Dunn, Cynthia Flood

  • Language:

    English

Posters

Poster for the book An Account to Settle, published in 1979 by Press Gang Publishers in Vancouver. It is the story of the United Bank Workers of SORWUC (Service, Office, and Retail Workers Union of Canada) and their unionizing drive.
An Account to Settle: The Story of the United Bank Workers (SORWUC)

  • Year created:

    1979

  • Region:

    British Columbia

  • Language:

    English
Be Aware this is a Feminist Press

  • Year created:

    --

  • Region:

    British Columbia

  • Language:

    English
Building Bridges in 88

  • Year created:

    1988

  • Region:

    British Columbia

  • Language:

    English
December 6, 1989

  • Year created:

    1990

  • Visual Artist:

    Mary Hackney

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

  • Language:

    English
Do You Care About What Happens to Kids?

  • Year created:

    --

  • Region:

    British Columbia

  • Language:

    English
Feminists Examine the Right

  • Year created:

    1985

  • Region:

    British Columbia

  • Language:

    English
I intend to keep fighting as a lesbian – Susan Saxe

  • Year created:

    --

  • Region:

    British Columbia

  • Language:

    English
International Women’s Day, March 8

  • Year created:

    --

  • Visual Artist:

    Wendy L. Davis and Norma Dvorsky

  • Region:

    British Columbia

  • Language:

    English
I’m Not Mad I’m Angry

  • Year created:

    --

  • Region:

    British Columbia

  • Language:

    English
Kinesis: news about women that’s not in the dailies

  • Year created:

    1985

  • Visual Artist:

    S. Stewart

  • Region:

    British Columbia

  • Language:

    English
Kootenay ’74 A Status of Women Conference

  • Year created:

    1974

  • Region:

    British Columbia

  • Language:

    English
Learn from the Past, Work for the Future

  • Year created:

    1992

  • Visual Artist:

    Clarence Mills

  • Region:

    British Columbia

  • Language:

    English
Press Gang Benefit: An Evening’s Entertainment for Women!

  • Year created:

    1976

  • Region:

    British Columbia

  • Language:

    English
Undated poster for Press Gang's "At Home" benefit, offering a Friday night to oneself at home for the price of $2.99.
Press Gang Benefit: Stay Home!

  • Year created:

    --

  • Region:

    British Columbia

  • Language:

    English
Poster for Stepping out of Line: A Workshop Manual and Resource Guide on Lesbianism/Feminism by Nym Hughes, Yvonne Johnson and Yvette Perreault and published by Press Gang Publishers (Vancouver) in 1984.
Stepping Out of Line: Workshop Manual and Resource Guide on Lesbianism/Feminism

  • Year created:

    1984

  • Visual Artist:

    Nym Hughes, Yvonne Johnson and Yvette Perreault

  • Region:

    British Columbia

  • Language:

    English
Vancouver Women’s Video & Film Festival

  • Year created:

    --

  • Visual Artist:

    beckwoman

  • Region:

    British Columbia

  • Language:

    English
womankind presents an evening of disco music

  • Year created:

    --

  • Region:

    British Columbia

  • Language:

    English
Women in Focus is Looking for Videotapes by Women

  • Year created:

    --

  • Region:

    British Columbia

  • Language:

    English
Women Speak Out

  • Year created:

    1984

  • Region:

    British Columbia

  • Language:

    English
Women Take Back the Future

  • Year created:

    1985

  • Visual Artist:

    Nola Johnston

  • Region:

    British Columbia

  • Language:

    English
Women Working

  • Year created:

    1972

  • Region:

    British Columbia

  • Language:

    English
Women’s Centre

  • Year created:

    --

  • Region:

    British Columbia

  • Language:

    English
Women’s Liberation Alliance

  • Year created:

    --

  • Region:

    British Columbia

  • Language:

    English