Lee Arden
Author & publisher
About:
Lee Arden is white, trans, an anarchist, a Quaker, and is originally from Algonquin land in the Ottawa Valley, now calling Montreal/Tiohtià :ke/Mooniyang home.Lee founded and runs Sheer Spite Press, a small press and zine distro producing and distributing beautiful, affordable, political books and zines, with a focus on personal narratives.Their first traditionally published book is The Politics of Lonely: Why Is Friendship So Hard? (September 2026, Fernwood Publishing). They are also the author of many zines, including PALS: The Radical Possibilities of Friendship, and Surprisingly OK: What Healing Trauma Feels Like.
The Politics of Lonely: Why Is Friendship So Hard?
Forthcoming fall 2026 from Fernwood Publishing."Friendship is hard because everything is hard. This book examines social structures to demonstrate how people mend an unravelling social fabric."