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Come in and browse. You'll find a number of features we offer as enhancements to our growing literary community. Most importantly, though, you'll find high quality books by Northeastern Ontario writers.

 

 

Fall 2011 New Releases

The Bottle Collector

Captain Quad

The Bottle Collector, by Tom Managhan

"The Bottle Collector is incisive, tender, smart and surprisingly comic…”—Joan Barfoot, author of Luck.

 

 

 

 

Captain Quad, by Sean Costello

The greenstick snap of a shattered spine transforms a loving young man into a malign and vengeful force.







Spring 2011 Recent Releases

 

Come On Over! Northeastern Ontario A to Z by Dieter K. Buse and Graeme S. Mount

A unique, single-volume, 7x10", 202-page historical and cultural compendium which will interest residents and visitors alike.

 

The Camera and the Cobra and other stories by Roger Nash

 Roger Nash a fiction writer? Who knew? Well, since winning a PEN/O. Henry prize in 2009 the secret is out. And now we have 22 marvellous tales, including the prize-winner: "The Camera and the Cobra."

 

There are many ways to die while travelling in Peru by Alanna F. Bondar 

Innovative, self-reflexive narrative poetry finds Northern Ontario marrying the wilds of the Peruvian Andes and Amazon.

Check our Forthcoming page for details about what's coming in spring 2012.

Scrivener Press may be looking for you!

At Scrivener Press we're always interested in high quality manuscripts that fit our list. If you think you might have one, by all means let us know. Find out how on our Submissions page.

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Scrivener Press acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund for our publishing activities.

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Scrivener Press is a member of the Literary Press Group of Canada, and of the Association of Canadian Publishers. We are distributed by LitDistCo.

This Just In...

Roger Nash's The Camera and the Cobra has just been well reviewed in the Globe and Mail. Read Jim Bartley's review here.

Welling, by Margaret Christakos, and The Stonehaven Poems, by R. D. Patrick, have both been long-listed for the ReLit Award for Poetry!

We have a WINNER!

Anishnaabe World: A Guide for Building Bridges Between Canada and First Nations, by Roger Spielmann, has won the Ontario Library Services--North, Louise de Kiriline Lawrence Award for non-fiction. Congratulations Roger!

Welling, by Margaret Christakos, has been named one of the Globe's Top 100 books for 2010, one of only three poetry titles on the list! Congratulations Margaret!

Recent Reviews...

... of Welling

...of Swampy Jo

...of Regreen

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