Dundurn Press
Founded1972
FounderKirk Howard
Country of originCanada
Headquarters locationToronto
DistributionUTP Distribution (Canada)
Ingram Publisher Services (US)
Lightning Source (UK)[1]
ImprintsDundurn, Castle Street Mysteries, Hounslow, Simon and Pierre, Boardwalk Books, Sandcastle Books, Natural Heritage, Napoleon and Co., Blue Butterfly, Thomas Allen Publishers
No. of employees20+[2]
Official websitewww.dundurn.com

Dundurn Press is one of the largest Canadian-owned book publishing companies of adult and children's fiction and non-fiction.[3] The company publishes Canadian literature, history, biography, politics and arts. Dundurn has about 2500 books in print, and averages around one hundred new titles each year.[4] Dundurn Press was established in 1972 by Kirk Howard.[5] In 2009, Dundurn forged a co-publishing partnership with the Ontario Genealogical Society, and in 2011, Dundurn purchased Napoleon & Company and Blue Butterfly Books.[6][7] In 2013, Dundurn acquired Thomas Allen Publishers, the publishing branch of Thomas Allen & Son Limited.[8] Thomas Allen & Son Limited is a Canadian book distributor, and remains Canada's oldest family-owned and operated distributor, having been in continuous operation for over 90 years.[9][10] Dundurn Press authors include Lincoln Alexander, Linda McQuaig, Ted Barris, Michael Coren, Xue Yiwei, and Austin Clarke.

In January 2019, Howard sold Dundurn Press to a consortium of Canadian technology investors. They hired Kwame Scott Fraser, who became the second publisher in the history of Dundurn Press, and Howard became Publisher Emeritus.[11] Fraser hired acquiring editors Julie Mannell and Russell Smith, and launched a new imprint for literary fiction and memoir called Rare Machines.[12][13]

References

  1. ↑ "Distributor". Dundurn Press. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
  2. ↑ Dundurn. "Our History". Dundurn website. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Snapshot: Dundurn Press founder and publisher Kirk Howard". Quill & Quire. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  4. ↑ Association of Canadian Publishers
  5. ↑ Slopen, Beverley (20 January 1993). "Dundurn Press marks 20th birthday". The Toronto Star. pp. E16. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  6. ↑ Spencer, Jason. "Dundurn establishes J. Patrick Boyer imprint". Quill & Quire. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  7. ↑ "Site Profile: Dundurn Press". Open Book Ontario. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  8. ↑ Dundurn Press Buys Canadian Thomas Allen Publishers
  9. ↑ Thomas Allen Publishers
  10. ↑ "Quill & Quire, January 19, 2012".
  11. ↑ Dundurn Sold to Group of Tech Entrepreneurs
  12. ↑ "Rare Machines". Dundurn Press.
  13. ↑ ""A Distinctive Voice" Editor Russell Smith on Dundurn Press's New Rare Machines Imprint". open-book.ca. Retrieved 2021-10-22.


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