CANADIAN
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AHADADA BOOKS
Daniel Sendecki, 3158 Bentworth Drive, Burlington, Ontario,
L7M 1M2, Canada
Tel: 905-617-7754
Email: daniel@sendecki.com
Website: http://www.sendecki.com/ahadada
Ahadada Books is a small press first begun in 1999 publishing titles both
online and in print. The aim of the press is to present new writers and
literature that, to paraphrase Francis Picabia, speak with you and envelope
everything. We present broadsides, limited-run chapbooks, and perfect bound
books of diverse literary forms.
ANVIL PRESS:
Brian Kaufman, 204-A - 175 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC V5T 1W2, Canada.
Phone 604-876-8710
Fax 604-879-2667
Email subter@portal.ca
Website www.anvilpress.com
Anvil Press has been publishing distinctive and original literary titles since 1991, and has sponsored the international Three-Day Novel-Writing Contest since 1992 (acquired from Arsenal Pulp Press). Anvil's mandate to discover, develop, and foster new Canadian literary talent has been forefront in its objectives since the outset, and continues to be so as the press routinely presents the arrival of important Canadian novelists, short story writers, poets, dramatists, and those working in other literary forms that are less easily categorized. Free catalogue of books available upon request.
ARSENAL PULP PRESS:
Brian Lam, 103 - 1014 Homer St. Vancouver, BC, V6B 2W9, Canada.
Phone: 604-687-4233.
Fax 604-669-8250.
Email contact@arsenalpulp.com
Website www.arsenalpulp.com
Publishes literary (fiction, some poetry), native studies, humour, cultural studies and gay studies.
BEACH HOLME PUBLISHING LIMITED:
Michael Carroll, 226 - 2040 West 12th Ave., Vancouver, BC V6J 2G2, Canada.
Phone 604-733-4868.
Fax 604-733-4860.
Email bhp@beachholme.bc.ca
Website www.beachholme.bc.ca
Beach Holme Publishing, formerly Press Porcepic, began in 1971 when it was established with a literary mandate by owners David and Ellen Godfrey in Erin, Ontario. In 1976, the press moved to Victoria, British Columbia, where it continued to publish adult literary fiction and poetry by prominent Canadian writers such as Dorothy Livesay, Robin Skelton, Eli Mandel and James Reaney. Since then the company has showcased the works of Marilyn Bowering, Susan Musgrave, Jane Urquhart, Evelyn Lau and many others. By the mid-1980s, Beach Holme began to build a strong and prospering line of young adult historical fiction, eventually publishing works by Andrea Spalding, Ann Walsh and Julie Lawson. In 1996 the company moved to Vancouver. Today Beach Holme continues to champion Canadian literary talent by both first-time and more established authors.
BROKEN JAW PRESS
Joe Blades, Box 596 Stn A, Frederiction, NB, E3B 5A6, Canada.
Phone 506-454-5127.
Fax 506-454-5127.
Email jblades@nbnet.nb.ca
Website www.brokenjaw.com
Broken Jaw Press is a Fredericton, New Brunswick, “Poets Corner of Canada,” community-based, one-person publishing house for poetry, fiction, drama, self-help, art, biography and history titles, and, since 1987, the semi-annual New Muse of Contempt magazine. Broken Jaw Press was founded and is operated by poet/artist Joe Blades. Since 1985, it has published a rich vein of award-winning, established and new Canadian authors from across Canada and beyond. Its main book imprints are Broken Jaw Press and Maritimes Arts Projects Productions. Its distinct series include Cauldron Books, edited by rob mclennan; Velvet Touch, edited by R.M. Vaughan; and the Your MAPP self-help line.
BUSCHEK BOOKS:
John Buschek, PO Box 74053, 35 Beechwood Ave. Ottawa, ON, K1M 2H9, Canada.
Phone 613-744-2589.
Fax 613-744-2967.
Email buschek.books@sympatico.ca
Website www3.sympatico.ca/buschek.books/home.html
Buschek Books publishes the highest quality poetry, fiction, non-fiction and translations that the publisher likes.
COACH HOUSE BOOKS
Darren Wershler-Henry, 401 Huron St on bpNichol Lane, Toronto, ON, M5S 2G5, Canada.
Phone 416-979-2217.
Fax 416-977-1158.
Email mail@chbooks.com
Website www.chbooks.com
Coach House Books publishes Canadian poetry, experimental fiction, artist books and drama. Preserving the best of the small press tradition, we produce finely designed and crafted books in limited editions with the author integrally involved in the process. Simultaneously, we are redefining the concept of publishing by offering all our texts online.
CORMORANT BOOKS
INCORPORATED
Publisher: Marc Côté. Associate Publisher: Sue Stewart, 895 Don Mills Road, 400—2 Park Centre, Toronto, ON M3C 1W3, Canada.
Phone 416-445-3333 ext #370.
Fax 416-445-5991.
Email mcote@stoddartpub.com
Website: www.cormorantbooks.com
Cormorant's mandate remains a commitment to publish the best new work in the area of literary fiction for the adult market from the Canadian mainstream and the ethnic minorities, and to focus on first books and on Canadian translations of Canadian-authored titles. Included in that mandate is the publication of one creative non-fiction title per year. Because of a rumour heard decades ago, that cormorants were voiceless birds, the press has been giving that bird a voice. In operation since 1986, incorporated in 1991, Cormorant Books formed an affiliation with Stoddart Publishing Company Limited, a large, Toronto-based company, that has allowed the small literary press to flourish with continuing editorial control.
CREATIVE BOOK
PUBLISHING:
Angela Pitcher, PO Box 8660, 36 Austin St, St. John's, Newfoundland, A1B 3T7, Canada.
phone 709-722-8500.
fax 709-722-2228.
email nl.books@transcontinental.ca
Angela Pitcher/ General Manager: angela.pitcher@transcontinental.ca
Dwayne Lafitte/ Publisher: dwayne.lafitte@transcontinental.ca
web site www.nfbooks.com
Publishes under three imprints: Creative Publishers (biographies, pictorials, cookbooks and historical titles including military, marine and community histories), Killick Press (literary titles including poetry, drama, fiction and creative non-fiction), Tuckamore Books (children's books and young adult literature).
CYCLOPS PRESS:
Box 2775, Winnipeg, Mb, R3C 4B4,
Canada.
Fax 1.204.453.3330
E-mail: mail@cyclopspress.com
Web-site: www.cyclopspress.com
Cyclops press is an independent, artist-run, media publishing project. it was co-founded in 1998 by clive holden (co-editor) and alissa york (associate editor). in fall, 2000, steve bates (co-editor) joined cyclops press. steve is also the coordinator of send + receive: a festival of sound cyclops press' first works, including poetry & fiction cds, an experimental film soundtrack cd and a multimedia book, are available in bookstores and some music stores, and for direct purchase anywhere through cyclops shop in the future cyclops press will publish more fiction (written & spoken, often with graphic elements), poetry (audio, performed, graphic, animated), experimental film, video & audio, avant garde, electronic & new music, visual art and sound art, presented in a wide variety of old & new media cyclops press' early titles have featured the writers and poets al purdy, catherine hunter, terrance cox, patrick lane, ricardo sternberg, lorna crozier, clive holden, & sean virgo.
ECRITS DES FORGES:
1497 Laviolette,
Trois-Rivieres, QC, G9A 5G4, Canada.
Email: ecrits.desforges@tr.cgocable.ca
Established: 1971. Publishes three French language magazines: Estuaire, Arcade, and Exit Also publishes chapbooks
ECW PRESS:
Jack David, 200 - 2120 Queen St. East Toronto, ON, M4E 1E2, Canada.
Phone 416-694-3348.
Fax 416-698-9906.
Email: info@ecwpress.com
Website www.ecwpress.com/home.htm
Since 1974, ECW has been committed to Canadian writing,
writers and culture. From its offices in Toronto and Montreal, it first
achieved acclaim as the publisher of hundreds of critical works, each devoted
to the work of a deserving Canadian author. More recently, its growing list of
best-selling commercial titles — biographies, travel guides and pop culture
works — and critically acclaimed works of poetry and fiction, have redefined
ECW's position in the world of Canadian and international publishing. What's
remained constant, however, is its dedication to its writers and their readers:
both, it believes, deserve the best possible book. E-mail defunct. Sept 03
EDGE SCIENCE
FICTION AND FANTASY PUBLISHING:
Box 1714, Calgary, AB, T2P 2L7, Canada.
Email: publisher@hadespublications.com
Website: www.edgewebsite.com
EKSTASIS EDITONS :
Richard Olafson, PO Box 8474, Main Post Office, Victoria, BC, V8W 3S1, Canada.
Phone 250-361-9941.
Fax 250-385-3378.
Email ekstasis@islandnet.com
Website www.ekstasiseditons.com
Ekstasis Editions has been publishing fine books of poetry, fiction, metaphysics and criticism since 1982. Based on Vancouver Island, the press affirms the influence of a Pacific Coast literature, but also publishes writers from all parts of Canada, and is concerned with international literary traditions. The Ekstasis catalogue contains established Canadian writers, as well as new and emerging voices in poetry and fiction. Ekstasis also regularly publishes Québecois and Franco-Canadian literature in translation, including the works of Robert Lalonde. In 1999, Ekstasis released the first in its line of drama and theatre books; and in 2000, under the Cherubim books imprint, a line of books for children has been inaugurated.
GOOSE LANE
EDITONS:
Susanne Alexander, 469 King St.,Frederiction, NS, E3B 1E5, Canada.
Phone 506-450-4251.
Fax 506-459-4991.
Email lboone@nbnet.nb.ca
Website: http://gooselane.com
Established: 1957.Goose Lane Editions is one of the oldest literary publishers in Canada. It strives to publish Canadian books of high literary merit and cultural significance, regardless of the genre. It has a national audience for its books and publishes the best of contemporary writing, by authors from a great diversity of backgrounds. Its specialties include poetry and literary fiction (in print and audio formats), art, biography, folklore, history and travel. Although it is located in New Brunswick, it sees itself as authors and booksellers see it — as a press firmly rooted in the Atlantic region, that publishes important work by Canadian writers in all parts of the country. No submissions considered from outside Canada
GUERNICA EDITIONS
Antonio D’Alfonso, PO Box 117, Toronto, ON, M5S 2S6, Canada.
Tel: 416-658-9888.
Fax: 416-657-8885.
Email: guernicaeditions@cs.com
Website: www.guernicaeditions.com
HOUSE OF ANANSI PRESS LTD.(An imprint of Stoddart Publishing Company Ltd.)
Martha Sharpe, 34 Lesmill Rd. Toronto, ON M3B 2T6, Canada.
Phone 416-445-3333.
Fax 416-445-5967.
Email info@anansi.ca
Website www.anansi.ca
House of Anansi Press is a literary publisher with a mandate to publish the highest quality Canadian fiction, non-fiction and poetry it can. Anansi has a reputation for finding the newest and bravest Canadian fiction and poetry writers, and for publishing important works in social and cultural thought and literary criticism. French-Canadian fiction and poetry in translation is also a crucial aspect of our list. In recent years, Anansi has succeeded in changing its image from that of a small press to a respected literary imprint. Its successful and acclaimed books by writers such as John Ralston Saul, Marie-Claire Blais, Dennis Lee, Steven Heighton, Jean Vanier, and Anne Hébert — to name only a few — have repositioned the press alongside other leading trade and literary houses, and have attracted the interest and attention of top Canadian writers, the media, and the literary community.
INSOMNIAC PRESS :
Mike O'Connor, Suite 403 192 Spadina, Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5T 2C2, Canada.
Phone 416-504-6270.
Fax 416-504-9313.
Email: mike@insomniacpress.com
Website: www.insomniacpress.com
INSOMNIAC PRESS is a general trade publisher that publishes non-fiction, fiction and poetry. Our list includes twenty books per year, and we are celebrating our 10th anniversary in 2002. Insomniac's list includes books in a variety of areas such as: personal finance, inspirational, health, humour, native studies, black studies, gay and lesbian studies, mystery, true crime, and graphic novels, among many others. We are well known for our groundbreaking gritty and genre-bending fiction and poetry. Our authors are often first-time authors, and our books have been nominated for a number of awards. Insomniac books are distributed to the trade in Canada by PGW Canada, and to the Canadian academic market by Fernwood Books; to the trade in the United States by Strauss Consultants; and to the trade in Australia by John Reed Book Distribution.
J. GORDON
SHILLINGFORD PUBLISHING :
Gordon Shillingford, P.O. Box 86, 905 Corydon Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3M 3S3, Canada.
Phone 204-779-6967.
Fax 204-779-6970.
Email JGShill@attcanada.ca
J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing presently includes five separate imprints: Scirocco Drama, The Muses' Company, J. Gordon Shillingford, Watson & Dwyer, and Griffin Books. These imprints collectively issue an average of fifteen titles per year. Owner Gordon Shillingford began his career as a founding co-owner of the drama press Blizzard Publishing in Winnipeg, remaining until 1992, when he sold the press to his partner. Shillingford moved west in 1993 and started Scirocco Drama in Victoria, continuing to publish some of the best drama. In 1995, Shillingford bought The Muses' Company, the Quebec poetry press that had been operational since 1980. In 1996, Shillingford acquired Watson & Dwyer Publishing, a respected Canadian social history press in Winnipeg. In 1998 the company began publishing general trade titles as J. Gordon Shillingford, and in 2000, commenced a line of children's books under the imprint, Griffin Books.
THE MERCURY PRESS :
Beverley Daurio, Box 672, Station P, Toronto, ON, M5S 2Y4, Canada.
Email contact@themercurypress.ca
Website www.themercurypress.com
The Mercury Press is an editor-driven, independent, 100%
Canadian-owned trade publisher, specializing in the finest in cutting edge
fiction, poetry, and cultural non-fiction. The press' national list encompasses
Canadian writing from coast to coast, and is aimed at an adult readership from
a broad range of communities. Mercury books have won and been shortlisted for
many awards for both design and content, and are widely critically praised.
Authors from across the country have appeared in our books and anthologies,
including Margaret Atwood, Milton Acorn, Leon Rooke, Di Brandt, France Theoret,
Steve McCaffery, Roy Miki, bpNichol, Richard Truhlar, Patrick Roscoe, Gerry
Shikatani, Susan Swan, Jane Urquhart, and many others. The Mercury Press is
dedicated to the publication and dissemination of innovative Canadian
literature from many genres, which we believe rivals anything being written in
English in the world today.
NEWEST PRESS:
Amber Rider, 201 - 8540 109th St., Edmonton, AB, T6G 1E6, Canada.
Phone 780-432-9427.
Fax 780-433-3179.
Email: info@newestpress.com
Website www.newestpress.com
In 1980, NeWest Press's first book appeared, signalling the beginning of an important Western publishing venture. Since then, NeWest has built an enviable reputation as a publisher of fiction, drama, criticism, non-fiction and poetry.
NEW SOCIETY PUBLISHERS :
Judith Plant, P.O. Box 189, Gabriola Island, BC, V0R 1X0, Canada.
Phone 250-247-9737.
Fax 250-247-7471.
Email: info@newsociety.com
Website: www.newsociety.com
New Society Publishers' mission is to publish books that
contribute in fundamental ways to building an ecologically sustainable and just
society, and to do so with the least possible impact on the environment, in a
manner that models that vision.
NEW STAR BOOKS LTD. :
Rolf Maurer, 107 - 3477 Commercial St. Vancouver, BC, V5N 4E8, Canada.
Phone 604-738-9429.
Fax 604-738-9332.
Email info@NewStarBooks.com no e-mail submissions.
Website: www.NewStarBooks.com
Publishers of general trade, with particular emphasis on politics and social issues, history, women's issues, labour history, left-wing studies, fiction, British Columbia history, geography, anthropology and fiction.
OOLICHAN BOOKS:
Ron Smith, PO Box 10, Lantzville, BC, V0R 2H0, Canada.
Phone 250-390-4839.
Fax 250-390-4839.
Email oolichan@island.net
Website www.oolichan.com
Oolichan Books, founded in 1974, is situated in Lantzville, a small seaside village on Vancouver Island. The press's name is taken from the small fish that was so necessary for nutrition and light in First Nations cultures. The candlefish was also a valuable commodity on the trade routes, where stories and news were broadcast in the oral tradition. Oolichan publishes literary fiction, poetry and literary non-fiction.
PASSION AMONG THE CACTI PRESS
Lenny Everson , 782 Stirling Avenue South, Kitchener, Ontario, N2M 3K3, Canada.
Tel: 519-579-2442
Email: everson@golden.net
Website: http://home.golden.net/~everson/ and http://www.patcp.netfirms.com/
PENUMBRA PRESS:
Jack Flood, 1225 Potter Dr. PO Box 940, Manotick, ON, K4M 1C9, Canada.
Phone 613-692-5590.
Fax 613-692-5589.
Email john@penumbrapress.com
Founded in 1979, Penumbra Press is a small fine-art and literary publishing house specializing in northern and aboriginal titles, including poetry, children's literature, mythology and legends, art books and portfolios. Its newest venture is in the genre of memoirs and biographies, both personal and historical. Several Penumbra Press titles have won literary or design awards, and the press has itself won the prestigious George Wittenborn Award of Excellence for publishing in the visual arts, bestowed by the Art Libraries Society of North America.
PLAYWRIGHTS CANADA PRESS:
Angela Rebeiro, 54 Woseley St. 2nd Floor, Toronto, ON, M5T 1A5, Canada.
Phone 416-703-0201.
Fax 416-703-0059.
Email info@puc.ca
Website www.puc.ca
Playwrights Canada Press (PLCN) is Canada's oldest and largest exclusive publisher of drama. With more than a hundred titles in print, representing a wide variety of individual plays and playwrights, as well as monologue books, educational titles and collections, it is the comprehensive source for Canadian drama. Playwrights Canada Press is the Canadian distributor for Theatre Communications Group publications, as well as Nick Hern books and Aurora Metro Publications — three lists, from the United States and England respectively, of theatre titles.
THE PORCUPINE'S QUILL:
Tim Inkster, 68 Main St. Erin, ON, N0B 1T0, Canada.
Phone 519-833-9158.
Fax 519-833-9845.
Email pql@sentex.net
Website www.sentex.net/~pql
“Imagine a small publisher that not only cares about good writing, but also goes to immense lengths to make that writing accessible in permanent, beautiful form. Imagine a small publisher dedicated both to discovering new, young writers and to reprinting the best Canadian literature from the past. ...You're imagining The Porcupine's Quill.”
RED DEER PRESS:
Dennis Johnson, MacKimmie Library Tower, MLT 813, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada.
Phone 403-220-4334
Fax 403-210-8191
Email: rdp@ucalgary.ca
Website: http://www.reddeerpress.com/
RONSDALE PRESS:
Ronald B. Hatch, 3350 West 21st Ave. Vancouver, BC, V6S 1G7, Canada.
Phone 604-738-4688
Fax 604-731-4548
Email ronsdale@shaw.ca
Website www.ronsdalepress.com
Ronsdale Press is a literary publishing house based in Vancouver, and dedicated to publishing books from across Canada — books that give Canadians new insights into themselves and their country. Ronsdale publishes fiction, poetry, regional history, biography and autobiography, books of ideas about Canada, as well as young adult fiction. In general, the press looks for thoughtful works which reveal that the author has read deeply in contemporary and earlier literature and is working to create a text with innovative combinations of form and content. Only hyper-real art considered for cover illustrations.
SHUFFALOFF PRESS:
Michael Boughn, 260 Plymouth Ave., Buffalo, NY 14213, USA. or 11 Conrad Ave., Toronto ON M6G 3G4, Canada.
E-mail: mboughn@chass.utoronto.ca
SIGNATURE EDITIONS:
Karen Haughian, PO Box 206, RPO Corydon, Winnipeg, MB, R3M 3S7, Canada.
Phone 204-779-7803
Fax 204-779-6970
Email signature@allstream.net
Website www.signature-editions.com
A literary press publishing fiction, non-fiction, drama and
poetry.
TALONBOOKS LTD:
Karl Siegler, P.O. Box 2076, Vancouver, BC, V6B 3S3, Canada.
Phone 604-444-4889
Fax 604-444-4119
E-mail talon@pinc.com No e-mail submissions.
Website www.talonbooks.com
Talonbooks Ltd., founded in Vancouver in 1967, publishes authors of international stature, writing in the literary genres of poetry, fiction and drama, as well as non-fiction books in the fields of ethnography and environmental and social issues. Its authors' books continue to make a difference to the world we live in. They have contributed to the establishment of protected wilderness areas and the redress of social injustices; they have given a public voice to First Nations peoples; and they have been recipients of many prestigious national and international awards for arts and letters. Browse Talonbooks' website for descriptions of some 250 titles in print, and ordering information from its distributors in Canada, the USA, and the UK.
THEYTUS BOOKS LTD:
Greg Young-Ing, Green Mountain Rd. Lot 45, Site 50, Comp. 8 RR 2, Penticton, BC, V2A 6J7, Canada.
Phone 250-493-7181
Fax 250-493-5302
Email theytusbooks@vip.net
Website www.schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/enowkin/they-e.html
In 1980, Theytus Books established itself as the first publisher in Canada to be under Aboriginal ownership and control. The company was incorporated as a “limited company” by the Province of British Columbia Ministry of Consumer and Corporate Affairs Registrar of Companies on January 21, 1981 in Victoria. Theytus, based in Penticton, British Columbia, is an active member in good standing with the Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia, the Association of Canadian Publishers and the Literary Press Group. After 20 years of operation, the company has published over 90 titles and continues to carry out its mandate of producing quality literature presented from an Aboriginal perspective.
THISTLEDOWN PRESS LTD:
Glen Sorestad, 633 Main St. Saskatoon, SK, S7H 0J8, Canada.
phone 306-244-1722
fax 306-244-1762
Jackie Forrie: (Publishing and Production Manager): tdpress@thistledown.sk.ca
Delores Reimer : (Promotions and Retail Sales Manager) edit@thistledown.sk.ca
Denis Dube: (Educational Sales Manager) edsales@thistledown.sk.ca
Kathy Painchaud: (In- House Sales,) marketing@thistledown.sk.ca
web site www.thistledown.sk.ca
A literary press specializing in poetry, fiction, non-fiction and young adult fiction by Canadian authors.
TURNSTONE PRESS:
Manuela Dias, 607 - 100 Arthur St., Winnipeg, MB R3B 1H3, Canada.
Phone 204-947-1555
Fax 204-942-1555
Email: editor@turnstonepress.com
Website www.turnstonepress.com
Established: 1976. 12 publications per year. A small literary publisher located in the middle of the Canadian prairies, Turnstone Press is one of the most highly regarded literary presses in Western Canada. Conceived in 1975 in a Winnipeg pub, Turnstone Press was originally created to publish poets. And it still does, although it has grown and changed a great deal over the past 25 years. It not only publishes poetry, but also fiction, literary criticism and non-fiction. As part of its ongoing growth it recently launched its new imprint — Ravenstone — of literary mystery titles. Canadian writing has never been more exciting, and Turnstone Press is proud to help bring it to the world.
VÉHICULE PRESS:
Simon Dardick, Nancy Marrelli, C.P. 125, Succ. Place du Parc, Montreal, QC H2W 2M9, Canada.
Phone 514-844-6073
Fax 514-844-7543
Email vp@vehiculepress.com
Website www.vehiculepress.com
Véhicule Press publishes poetry, fiction, translations, and social history. Since 1973 it has published writing of quality by Canadian authors, with a commitment to publishing first-time authors — a third of its list. Poetry, social history, and a visual arts background have shaped Véhicule Press. It believes it is important to understand culture within the context of social history. This explains its commitment to publishing poetry and fiction and books that seek to document and explain society to Canadians, and to those beyond our borders.
WOLSAK & WYNN PUBLISHERS:
Maria Jacobs, PO Box 316, Don Mills Post Office, Toronto, ON M3C 2S7, Canada.
Phone 416-222-4690
Fax 416-736-5731
email wolsakwynn@hotmail.com
Wolsak And Wynn Publishes poetry only. Since its founding in 1983, its objective has been to promote the work of excellent, contemporary Canadian poets. Its list includes both emerging and active mid-career authors, and represents perspectives from every region of the country. The authors it has published display widely divergent styles and approaches to writing. It favours no one style over any other, aiming instead for diversity in voice and technique. Wolsak and Wynn is founded on the belief that poetry is an essential component of literature, in Canada as elsewhere in the world. The company is small, but its belief in the genre, and its enthusiasm for widening the audience for poetry are boundless.
XYZ ÉDITEUR / XYZ PUBLISHING:
André Vanasse & Rhonda Bailey, 1781, rue Saint-Hubert, Montréal, QC H2L 3Z1, Canada.
Phone 514 525 2170
Fax 514 525 7537
Email xyzed@mlink.net (André Vanasse)
Email xyzed@telus.net (Rhonda Bailey),
Website www.xyzedit.com
Editorial: XYZ Publishing, the English-language program of XYZ éditeur of Montreal, produces eight books per year in “The Quest Library,” a series of Canadian biographies for older teens and adults. Award-winning writers across the country write for the series, and the subjects of “The Quest Library” are outstanding Canadians whose lives have made a difference to Canada and to the world. XYZ éditeur's parallel series of 24 Canadian biographies in French, “Les grandes figures,” is excellent material for high-school French-immersion classes. XYZ Publishing also has begun to publish novels, and intends to become a leading publisher of fiction in English.
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