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LITERARY PRESS GROUP 2015 ACADEMIC CATALOGUE {} Welcome Th eLiterary Press Group is a collective of 59 independent Canadian literary presses, all of whom work tirelessly to introduce and support incredibly diverse voices that keep the Canadian literary scene vital, fresh, and interesting. When you choose a course text from an LPG publisher, you’re choosing to support some of the hardest working people in the Canadian publishing industry. Th at’s because, for our members, publishing is a labour of love. Although they each have a unique mandate, our publishers share a commitment to introducing new authors and new ideas to a literary scene that is overrun with the same voices and the same information. Our publishers are the ones saying yes to debut writers, yes to experimental works, yes to diverse authors and writing. Th ey are taking risks and supporting authors who are outside of the mainstream. And when they’re not bringing you something completely new, they are reissuing important literary texts that are out-of-print and/or diffi cult to source. In this catalogue you’ll fi nd 129 potential course texts from 35 of our members, and this is just a sample of what’s available. New poetry and fi ction, drama and theatre history, literary theory and essays on culture—together our members’ books provide you with an unrivalled selection of contemporary Canadian thought and creativity. Keep up with what our members are publishing all the time on our new online platform, All Lit Up. Discover and purchase the best print and e-books our members have to off er. We also have great exclusive behind-the-scenes content on our blog about the books, authors, and publishers whose work is available on our site. For a full listing of our members, see www.lpg.ca/publishers. The Literary Press Group of Canada Connect with us gratefully acknowledges the support of lpgcanada alllitupcanada @LPGCanada @alllitupcanada alllitupcanada @alllitupcanada Contents Meet the Publishers 2 Desk Copy Contact Information 4 Poetry 5 Fiction 16 Drama 28 Memoir & Biography 29 Literary Theory & Criticism 32 Essays & Ideas 35 Canadian History & Culture 37 Indigenous Studies 41 Political Studies 45 Philosophy 45 Art & Traditions 45 Film Studies 46 Media Studies 46 Related Interest 47 Ordering Information 48 Meet the Publishers Anvil Press / Vancouver, BC ARP Books / Winnipeg, MB Banff Centre Press Baraka Books Banff, AB Montreal, QC Established in 1991, Anvil dedicates Publishing dynamic cultural itself to publishing progressive, fiction and non-fiction, with an Housed at the Banff Centre—the Inspired by the cross-cultural word contemporary Canadian literature emphasis on progressive politics, world’s largest arts and creativity ‘baraka’, Baraka is committed to with a distinctly urban twist. ARP has been publishing renowned incubator—the press publishes providing readers with ideas, points Though national in its vision, academics, first-time novelists, innovative work that has been of view, and creative works that Anvil remains dedicated to its community activists, and conceptualized, performed, or might otherwise be overlooked be- East Vancouver roots. established writers since 1996. exhibited at the Centre. cause of cultural or linguistic barriers. www.anvilpress.com www.arpbooks.org www.banffcentre.com/press www.barakabooks.com BookThug Breakwater Books Brick Books Brindle & Glass Toronto, ON St. John’s, NL London, ON Victoria, BC Publishing innovative books of Founded in 1973 to feature the high Brick is the only publishing company Founded in 2001, Brindle & Glass poetry, prose, and creative criticism, quality writing happening in New- in Canada that exclusively publishes publishes a diverse set of books BookThug aims to provide a space foundland, Breakwater now has over poetry. Founded in 1975, the press including national & regional titles, for emerging writers, as well as estab- 300 titles in print and, though more continues to foster interesting, reissues that should still be available; lished writers, who want an opportu- national in reach, is still committed ambitious, and compelling work books for adults and for young nity to publish experimental works. to promoting East Coast literature. by both new and established poets. readers; fiction, drama, and poetry. www.bookthug.ca www.breakwaterbooks.com www.brickbooks.ca www.brindleandglass.com Caitlin Press Chaudiere Books Coach House Books Coteau Books Halfmoon Bay, BC Ottawa, ON Toronto, ON Regina, SK Established in 1977, Caitlin’s man- Founded in 2006, Chaudiere was Located in an actual coach house, the Begun in 1975 to provide an outlet date is to publish writers who reflect created to spotlight literary works press has been active in publishing for Saskatchewan poetry, Coteau now the concerns, culture and history of often-overlooked Ottawa-based new and established Canadian voices publishes works of fiction, poetry, of the “middle north” of BC, which writers. They publish collections by since the 1960s. Recent books include drama, and young adult fiction. They lies between the southern, heavily new and established poets, as well Maidenhead by Tamara Faith Berger, still publish many prairie authors as populated areas and the far north. as anthologies of poetry and prose. and Stroll by Shawn Micallef. well as many first-time writers. www.caitlin-press.com www.chaudierebooks.com www.chbooks.com coteaubooks.com Creative Book Publishing ECW Press Freehand Books Goose Lane Editions St. John’s, NL Toronto, ON Calgary, AB Fredericton, NB Founded in 1983, Creative’s Publishers Weekly recognized ECW Freehand Books was established As Canada’s oldest independent original purpose was to serve the as one of the most diversified inde- in 2007 as the literary imprint of publisher, Goose Lane Editions Newfoundland reading public. pendent publishers in North America, the academic publisher Broadview successfully combines a regional Twenty-five years later, it has publishing poetry, fiction, as well as Press with a very simple mandate: to heart with a national profile to published more than 200 works books on music, film and television, publish excellent Canadian literature. introduce readers to the best estab- of literary and cultural excellence. politics, and sports. lished as well as emerging authors. www.creativebookpublishing.ca www.ecwpress.com www.freehand-books.com www.gooselane.com 2 Literary Press Group / Congress 2015 Meet the Publishers Guernica Editions Inanna Publications Invisible Publishing Mawenzi House Toronto, ON Toronto, ON Halifax, NS Toronto, ON Established in 1978, Guernica has Founded in 1978, Inanna is one of Committed to working with writers Mawenzi House (formerly TSAR) published over five hundred titles only a very few independent feminist who might not ordinarily be published is dedicated to publishing fresh new from authors worldwide. These titles presses in Canada committed to and distributed commercially, Invis- multi-cultural writing from Canada include poetry, novels, short story publishing fiction, poetry, and ible works exclusively with emerging and across the world that reflects the collections, cultural essays, and the- creative non-fiction by and about and under published authors to pro- diversity of our rapidly globalizing atre as well as works in translation. women from diverse perspectives. duce entertaining, affordable books. world, particularly in Canada/US. www.guernicaeditions.com www.inanna.ca www.invisiblepublishing.com www.mawenzihouse.com New Star Books Nightwood Editions Oolichan Books Palimpsest Press Vancouver, BC Gibsons, BC Fernie, BC Kingsville, ON New Star Books is a product of the Nightwood strives to publish new Founded in 1974, Oolichan Books Palimpsest is committed to social ferment of the Sixties. Its roots poetry and fiction that foster a com- is a literary press, publishing poetry, discovering and fostering new are a literary supplement that ran in munity of writers and readers, provid- fiction and non-fiction titles includ- talent, supporting established writers, Vancouver’s one-time underground ing a forum for thought, discussion, ing literary criticism, memoirs, and ensuring their trade books are newspaper, the Georgia Straight but and interaction while reflecting the and books on regional history, well-distributed and kept in print. it became New Star in 1974. diversity our country is known for. First Nations, and policy issues. www.newstarbooks.com nightwoodeditions.com www.oolichan.com www.palimpsestpress.ca Pedlar Press The Porcupine’s Quill Quattro Books Ronsdale Press St. John’s, NL Erin, ON Toronto, ON Vancouver, BC Pedlar publishes writers who are Founded in 1974, The Porcupine’s We aim to fulfill the vision that Ronsdale publishes in a wide variety struggling with questions about what Quill’s mandate has always been to Canada is extremely diverse and the of genres, including poetry, fiction, it means to be human and about the publish contemporary Canadian literature it produces, regardless of its and young adult fiction. Of particu- function of the individual in society, literature. They strive to discover style, or the context that informs it, lar interest are its non-fiction titles, and whose texts embody these ques- talented new writers and keep excep- should be accessible to all. including biography, history, and tions in startlingly fresh ways. tional Canadian literature in print. social ideas. www.pedlarpress.com www.procupinesquill.ca www.quattrobooks.ca www.ronsdalepress.com Thistledown Press Turnstone Press Véhicule Press Wolsak & Wynn Saskatoon,