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Sep 14, 2023Teaching Race and Identity in the Classroom: A College Teacher’s Reflections on Bones of BelongingTeaching in the summer is a challenge at the best of times. Students are still tired from the last academic...
Sep 12, 2023The Limitless Sky Shortlisted for the 2023 CCBC AwardsDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that The Limitless Sky by Christina Kilbourne has been shortlisted for...
Sep 05, 2023Two Dundurn Press Titles Nominated for the 2023 Heritage Toronto AwardDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that two of our titles have been nominated for the 2023 Heritage...
Aug 17, 2023Is This Book the Truth?It was only when Russell Smith at Dundurn Press asked me to try turning my copious pandemic Facebook posts...
Aug 15, 2023Meet Our Acquisitions TeamDundurn Press is delighted to announce the expansion of its acquisitions team.Megan Beadle is taking...
Aug 14, 2023The Liquor Vicar Wins Inaugural SCWES Book AwardsDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that The Liquor Vicar by Vince R. Ditrich has been named the winner of...
Aug 10, 20235 Ways to Reconnect Back to Your BodyIf you feel disconnected from your body or dysregulated in your nervous system, you aren’t alone....
Jul 20, 2023Two Nominations for the 2023-2024 First Nation Communities READ AwardDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that two of our titles have been shortlisted for the 2023-2024 First...
Jul 06, 2023In Memory of Dundurn Press Founder, Kirk HowardJohn Kirk Howard, C.M., December 3, 1942–June 30, 2023The team at Dundurn Press is saddened to learn...
Jun 29, 2023Writing Without FearAs my debut collection of short stories Suite as Sugar makes its way in the world, a few people have stated...
Jun 23, 2023The Petting Zoos Wins 2023 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer PrizeDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that The Petting Zoos by K.S. Covert has been named the winner of the...
Jun 22, 2023Pros and Cons of Living Off-GridHey reader!It’s me, Josie, the author and protagonist of my soon-to-be international bestseller...
Jun 15, 2023Women in the Wine BusinessWhat would you like to say to women who want to enter the wine business?On my podcast, Unreserved Wine...
Jun 08, 2023Exploring the Ghost Towns of Cottage CountryMy name is Andrew Hind. I’m the proud author of Ghost Towns of Ontario’s Cottage Country. Writing...
Jun 01, 2023Essential Toronto Reading ListAs a child, I spent a great deal of time alone so reading was a welcome escape into the unfamiliar, and I...
May 31, 202310 Thrillers That Will Keep You Up All NightWho needs sleep when you could be reading some of the most chilling thrillers instead? Whether you’re...
May 25, 2023Dundurn PressDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that our BIPOC Amplifier campaign has won the 2023 Internet Advertising...
May 11, 2023Conversations on BelongingAs a GenX woman, I came of age through the stories of other women, all white women. I would read these books,...
May 05, 2023Sisters Of the Wolf Named Winner Of 2023 Saskatchewan Book AwardsDundurn Press is thrilled to announce author Patricia Miller-Schroeder has won the...
May 04, 2023In the City of Pigs Shortlisted for the 2023 Amazon Canada First Novel AwardDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that In the City of Pigs by André Forget has been shortlisted...
May 04, 2023Facts and FibsMany years ago, I was nearing the end of Jeffrey Eugenides Middlesex, thinking how great the book was....
Apr 28, 2023Celebrate #CIBD2023 With Us!Today you can find us going around to visit our favourite local bookstores for #CIBD2023! We asked some of...
Apr 20, 2023Two Dundurn Press Titles Nominated for the 2023 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of ExcellenceDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that two of our titles have been shortlisted for the 2023 Crime Writers...
Apr 20, 2023On Against the Seas: Saving Civilizations from Rising Waters by Mary SoderstromBack when the folks at Dundurn Press began talking about the publication process with me, one of the...
Apr 18, 2023Get Your Spring Reading On! Spring has sprung, and with it comes a brand new season of rejuvenation, growth, and really awesome...
Apr 17, 2023The Petting Zoos Shortlisted for 2023 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer PrizeDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that The Petting Zoos by K.S. Covert has been shortlisted for the 2023...
Apr 13, 2023Chelsea Wakelyn Interviews Herself About Her Own BookSo, you wrote a book (What Remains of Elsie Jane), about grief, motherhood, and magical thinking. Can you...
Apr 11, 2023Chapter Excerpt: Lost in Cabbagetown by Terry BurkeTerry Burke has two previously published two memoirs about his time in the military. His latest release, Lost...
Apr 06, 2023The Rule of ThreeThere's an old detective's saying that "one is an occurrence, two is happenstance, but three is...
Apr 03, 2023The Limitless Sky Nominated for the 2023 Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice AwardsDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that The Limitless Sky by Christina Kilbourne has been named a finalist...
Mar 30, 2023Chapter Excerpt: Forbidden Knowledge by Terence H. YoungRead an excerpt of Forbidden Knowledge: A Self-Advocate's Guide to Managing Your Prescription Drugs by...
Mar 28, 2023Forewarned is ForearmedEveryone is biased. That’s because bias is a natural and ever-present element of being human. Bias is...
Mar 24, 2023Sisters of the Wolf Shortlisted for the 2023 Saskatchewan Book AwardsDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that Sisters of the Wolf by Patricia Miller-Schroeder is shortlisted...
Mar 21, 2023Chapter Excerpt: Reasonable Cause to Suspect by Sally LaneThis is a book that I was compelled to write. For the past eight years, my husband, John, and I have been...
Mar 16, 2023From Books to MoviesCan a book be too cinematic, or is that taking the term literally? I ask because a friend lauded my...
Mar 15, 2023Funny Gyal Named Finalist for the 2023 Lambda Literary AwardsDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that Funny Gyal by Angeline Jackson is shortlisted for the 2023 Lambda...
Mar 02, 2023Have Book, Will TravelOne of my goals in writing the Amanda Doucette series is to take readers, and myself, on a vivid trip across...
Feb 23, 2023Chapter Excerpt: The Ghosts That Haunt Me by Steve RyanGet a sneak peek at Steve Ryan's insightful memoir, The Ghosts That Haunt Me, about his time as a...
Feb 18, 2023World Drink Wine Day with Wine Expert Natalie MacLeanToday is a great day for wine lovers — it's World Drink Wine Day! And what goes best with wine?...
Feb 16, 2023WHEN Should Writers Give Their Work Away for Free?Should writers expect to be paid for their work, or is publication its own reward?Many emerging writers see...
Feb 14, 2023Military History: War of 1812The War of 1812 lasted two years and eight months, and there’s so much to learn within this period....
Feb 09, 2023Dennis McConaghy on DecarbonizationMy third book for Dundurn Press, Carbon Change: Canada on the Brink of Decarbonization, tried to make the...
Feb 06, 2023What Libraries Can Do for Aspiring WritersWhen I was a child, I visited the library every Saturday and checked out three books, the maximum number my...
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Jan 05, 20235 Reasons Life Is Better As A Workday WarriorI have always been a dreamer — a dreamer who sometimes has an unrealistic relationship with time. Early...
Dec 20, 2022Wrapping Up the 2022 FIFA World CupThe 2022 World Cup might be over, but the memories and impact of Canada's return to the sporting...
Dec 15, 2022Reclaiming Our Place in HistoryThe role of women in history is sometimes ignored, forgotten, or completely misconstrued. There is an endless...
Dec 08, 2022I'm Dreaming of a Calm ChristmasIf you're separated or divorced with young kids, chances are you're working with a comprehensive...
Dec 05, 2022Robert's Hill Activity BookRobert’s Hill (or The Time I Pooped My Snowsuit) and Other Christmas Stories is the perfect collection...
Dec 01, 2022Mental Health, Drugs, and CreativityI wrote Babble On with the purpose of it being read. I mean, duh, it’s a memoir; but, more than that, I...
Nov 30, 2022In Memory of D. Michael JacksonAll of us at Dundurn Press are saddened to hear of the recent passing of D. Michael Jackson.D. Michael...
Nov 24, 2022The Conservative Party's Dramatic HistoryCanadians can be forgiven for struggling to keep track of who’s leading the Conservative Party of...
Nov 17, 2022Writing With Integrity: Finding Your Voice and the Words You Believe In. When I was asked to write this blog post my first thought was, blogs are not my thing. So, what will I say?...
Nov 10, 2022S.M. Freedman On Writing Psychological Trauma with Care and EmpathyHow do we break free from the ingrained lessons and damage done in childhood? This is a question I love to...
Nov 07, 2022In Memory of A.J. DiamondAll of us at Dundurn Press are saddened to hear of the recent passing of renowned architect A.J. Diamond.A...
Oct 27, 2022Reading and Writing With StudentsMy favourite part of publishing is being invited to read to students. On the other end of the scale is...
Oct 13, 2022Chapter Excerpt: The Burden of Exile by Aaron BerhaneAaron Berhane (1969–2021) was an Eritrean Canadian journalist. Co-founder and former editor-in-chief of...
Oct 12, 2022Persephone's Children Named Finalist for the 2022 Governor General’s Literary AwardsDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that Persephone’s Children by Rowan McCandless is a finalist for...
Oct 07, 2022The Writing Process: True Crime EditionSometimes finding a topic is due to serendipity. That’s what happened with my latest book, Deadly...
Oct 05, 2022Nicknames, Easter Eggs, and the JoyI’ve always been one to recount tales using descriptive character nicknames. I always did it with my...
Sep 29, 2022A Conversation With Shawn SkeirShawn Skeir made the cover artwork that you see on the beautiful twentieth anniversary edition of The...
Sep 22, 2022Memories of Dundurn Press Part SixWe're celebrating 50 years of publishing this year! We asked our authors to share some of their favourite...
Sep 22, 2022Memories of Dundurn Press Part 5We're celebrating 50 years of publishing this year! We asked our authors to share some of their favourite...
Sep 22, 2022Memories of Dundurn Press Part FourWe're celebrating 50 years of publishing this year! We asked our authors to share some of their favourite...
Sep 22, 2022Memories of Dundurn Press Part ThreeWe're celebrating 50 years of publishing this year! We asked our authors to share some of their favourite...
Sep 21, 2022Nothing Will Be Different Named Finalist for the 2022 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for NonfictionDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that Nothing Will Be Different by Tara McGowan-Ross is a finalist for...
Sep 20, 2022The Perfect Medicine Named Finalist for the 2022 Ottawa Book AwardsDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that The Perfect Medicine by Brodie Ramin is a finalist for the 2022...
Sep 15, 2022Memories of Dundurn Press Part TwoWe're celebrating 50 years of publishing this year! We asked our authors to share some of their favourite...
Sep 15, 2022Memories of Dundurn Press Part OneWe're celebrating 50 years of publishing this year! We asked our authors to share some of their favourite...
Sep 13, 2022A Resilient Crown Chapter ExcerptThe Resilient Crown edited by D. Michael Jackson and Christopher McCreery marks the milestone Queen...
Sep 06, 2022In the City of Pigs Longlisted for the 2022 Scotiabank Giller PrizeDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that In the City of Pigs by André Forget has been longlisted for...
Aug 30, 2022The Castleton Massacre On Tour!How do you pack 97 warm bodies into a small library in Eastern Ontario AND still make sense as you offer a...
Aug 25, 2022The Link Between Literacy and EducationI know, without a doubt, that each of us has something of value to contribute in helping to make the world a...
Aug 11, 2022Behind the Scenes With Art Director Laura BoyleBabble On by Andrew Brobyn is a memoir about someone who is deeply conflicted and mired at the...
Jul 21, 20225 Questions With Sara FlemingtonDebut novelist Sara Flemington's minimalist writing style brings a female-driven, Huckleberry Finn...
Jul 07, 2022Music and the CityLong before I wanted to be a writer, I wanted to be a musician. I think this is because I found music less...
Jun 30, 2022Four Tips to Teach An Old or Young Dog New Writing TricksAs a mature canine with a writing career spanning more than 35 years, I’m always looking for ways to...
Jun 23, 2022Consciousness, Autonomy, and PersonhoodPut simply, and as far as I could see during my time observing them, transhumanists/post-humanists are...
Jun 17, 2022The Life and Deaths of Frankie D. Named Finalist for the 2022 High Plains Book AwardDundurn Press is thrilled to announce author Colleen Nelson has been nominated for the 2022 High Plains Book...
Jun 16, 20223 Unexpected Parenting Lessons from the Dads of Dad BodWhile writing Dad Bod (my book of essays about what dads from pop culture reveal about contemporary...
Jun 09, 2022Persephone's Children Named Winner of the Manitoba Book AwardsDundurn Press is thrilled to announce author Rowan McCandless has won the 2022 Manitoba Book Awards for the...
Jun 06, 2022Ernest Hemingway Met His Match in Mary Welsh Mary Welsh was a Camel smoking, gin-drinking journalist in wartime London. She was a first-class reporter who...
Jun 01, 2022The Futile Sport of Silencing DiversityWhen I was younger, I wanted to write a book, though not for particularly great reasons. It seemed everyone...
May 30, 2022Ambiguous EndingsI wrote The Petting Zoos because I suck at endings.One afternoon at work I got an idea for a short story...
May 26, 2022The Beatle Bandit by Nate Hendley Winner of 2022 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of ExcellenceDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that The Beatle Bandit by Nate Hendley has won the 2022 Crime Writers...
May 26, 2022Why I Write Biographies about Forgotten WomenWriting a biography means immersing oneself completely in another person’s life. It took me over ten...
May 19, 20227 Feminist Fiction Books You Can Read Right NowYour pile of books waiting to be read is missing some amazing feminist fiction stories. We’ve compiled...
May 16, 2022I, Gloria Grahame Nominated for 2022 ReLit AwardsDundurn Press is thrilled to announce author Sky Gilbert has been nominated for the 2022 ReLit Awards in the...
May 12, 2022Reclaiming Our HistoryThe title of my upcoming book, An Unrecognized Contribution, could apply to women in western...
May 06, 2022Persephone's Children Shortlisted for Two Manitoba Book AwardsDundurn Press is thrilled to announce author Rowan McCandless has been nominated for two Manitoba Book Awards...
May 05, 2022The Story Behind the StoryI’ve learned a lot over the last twenty years being a writer. Too many lessons to list. But one of the...
Apr 28, 2022The Incarnations of Gone But Still HereGone but Still Here went through many incarnations before finally being published.The first draft was...
Apr 28, 2022Home of the Floating Lily Shortlisted for the 2021 Danuta Gleed Literary AwardsDundurn Press is thrilled to announce author Silmy Abdullah has been nominated for The Writers’ Union...
Apr 21, 2022Three Dundurn Press Titles Nominated for the 2022 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of ExcellenceDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that three authors have been shortlisted for the 2022 Crime Writers of...
Apr 20, 2022Reconciliation on Ojibway-Anishinabe Terms and Other ThemesWriting Di-bayn-di-zi-win (To Own Ourselves): Embodying Ojibway-Anishinabe Ways with Jerry has been a honor...
Apr 19, 2022Clocks Don't Bring TomorrowDi-bayn-di-zi-win (To Own Ourselves): Embodying Ojibway-Anishinabe Ways was an interesting project from...
Apr 07, 2022Preface Reveal: With Faith & Goodwill Second EditionWith Faith & Goodwill edited by Arthur Milnes, Maryscott Greenwood, and Scott Reid, celebrates...
Apr 01, 2022Two Dundurn Press Titles Nominated for the 2022 Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice AwardsDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that The Life and Deaths of Frankie D. by Colleen Nelson and...
Mar 31, 2022Past Prime Ministers of Canada The Lost Prime Ministers is a glimpse at the four men who were Canada’s leaders in the years between...
Mar 28, 2022In Memory of Fraser SutherlandToday, March 28th, marks the death of beloved Canadian author and critic, Fraser Sutherland, one year...
Mar 28, 2022Coming This Fall: The Voyageurs by Joshua KlokeTracing Canadian men’s soccer’s emergence from global obscurity to an international powerhouse...
Mar 24, 2022All the Nice ThingsHave you ever noticed how everything we do brings suffering to the world? What a depressing thought. But red...
Mar 22, 2022The Rebellious Tide Named Finalist for 2022 Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ FictionDundurn Press is thrilled to announce author Eddy Boudel Tan's The Rebellious Tide is a finalist for the...
Mar 21, 2022Bringing a Popular Series BackWhen I published the tenth Inspector Green novel, None So Blind, in 2014, I thought ten was a nice round...
Mar 18, 2022Two White Queens and the One-Eyed Jack Finalist for 2021 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year AwardDundurn Press is pleased to announce Two White Queens and the One-Eyed Jack by Heidi von Palleske has...
Mar 17, 2022Where the Wondrous Things Are: Choosing the Settings of the Creature X SeriesThe mountains of Oregon, a lake on the coast of Newfoundland, and an island in the South Pacific. Three...
Mar 10, 2022A Non-Inspirational Inspirational MemoirMuch has been made of the image of the doughnut on the cover of The Running-Shaped Hole. So why is there a...
Mar 03, 2022Why Historical Fiction is the Genre Everyone Needs to Be Reading Right Now“Historical fiction” is a bit of a misnomer. For those unfamiliar with its captivating grip on...
Feb 22, 2022Robots and the Truckers ConvoyThe trucker protests in Ottawa and elsewhere in Canada had more to do with robots (technology) than vaccine...
Feb 03, 2022Where Do Raindrops Go?When people ask me where I get my ideas for young-adult novels, I have to laugh. Ideas rain on me in daily...
Jan 27, 2022How to Defeat Debt and Turbocharge Your SavingsAre you wondering how to survive and thrive in today's reality? We know, it's tough, and with so many...
Jan 19, 2022Starr Sign Nominated for 2022 Edgar Allan Poe AwardDundurn Press is delighted to announce that Starr Sign by C.S. O'Cinneide has been nominated...
Jan 13, 2022Black Voices for Black History MonthWith Black History Month coming up, you’re likely wondering what books to add to your TBR (to be read)...
Jan 06, 2022The Uniqueness of Human SufferingLife can be hard. Harder for some than others, but not just because life doles out hardship inequitably. Some...
Dec 17, 2021Boy by Brent van Staalduinen Winner of the Kerry Schooley AwardDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that our author, Brent van Staalduinen has won the Kerry Schooley Book...
Dec 09, 2021A Great Story and a Great StorytellerJoin Jeremey John tonight, December 9th, at 7PM ET at Indigo's Instagram page for some live, storytime...
Dec 02, 2021Why Do People Love True Crime? An Explanation, of SortsWhy do people love reading true crime?There are many reasons, and not just because the public has an...
Nov 26, 2021Scandalous Old HollywoodI certainly don’t set out to be controversial. But I’ve always loved Gloria Grahame’s...
Nov 23, 2021Christianity & The Rebel ChristBeing an author is strange, ambiguous, unformed. Especially for me, in that writing books has always been...
Nov 19, 2021Two Dundurn Press Titles Named Finalists for the Hamilton Literary AwardsDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that Boy by Brent van Staalduinen has been nominated for the Hamilton...
Nov 18, 2021On Epistolary NovelsIf I had to guess, I’d say the epistolary novel—a story written as though it were a collection of...
Nov 11, 2021How to Survive Your TwentiesTara McGowan-Ross’s definitive guide to surviving your twenties.1. Don’t die.Arguably the...
Nov 04, 2021Square Peg“Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen....
Nov 01, 2021Dundurn Press Gift Guide 🎁So you don’t know what books to gift for the holidays — that’s okay, usually we...
Oct 28, 2021Making Memories At Massey HallAsk Canadian artists what venue they most aspire to headline and the unanimous reply is Massey Hall. The...
Oct 21, 2021Hunger, Laughter, and Thinking Too Much: A Yume ListicleGreetings, Dundurn readers! By now, you know Yume is about a woman teaching English in Japan whose life turns...
Oct 19, 2021Spotify Playlist: Music to Accompany The Liquor VicarThe protagonist in The Liquor Vicar is Tony Vicar, a dreamer and failed musician who is getting older,...
Oct 18, 2021Two Dundurn Press Titles Nominated for the 2022 Forest of Reading AwardsDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that Nothing but Life by Brent van Staalduinen has been nominated for...
Oct 14, 2021Excerpt: Modest Hopes by Don Loucks and Leslie ValpyModest Hopes by Don Loucks and Leslie Valpy celebrates Toronto’s built heritage of row...
Oct 12, 2021What Hockey Means for CanadiansThe start of each new NHL season always brings promise and excitement. No matter how your team finished at...
Oct 08, 202116 Best Books for HalloweenIt’s the season of thrills and chills, and our spooky lineup is here! If you love the fall atmosphere...
Oct 07, 2021Reading Group Guide: The Son of the HouseNot only is it the best time of year, it’s also National Reading Group Month! We love a good book chat,...
Oct 05, 2021The Son of the House Shortlisted for the 2021 Scotiabank Giller PrizeWe’re so excited to see The Son of the House by Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia as a finalist for the 2021...
Oct 01, 2021The Stories We LiveI’ve always been interested in stories – how they shape our lives, and how our lives are...
Sep 30, 2021How To Write Literary FictionThe title to this essay begs the question, “What is literary fiction?”If a story is beautifully...
Sep 16, 2021Take the Prehistoric Quiz Inspired by Sisters of the Wolf by Patricia Miller-SchroederShinoni and Keena lived 40,000 years ago in an area we now call France and Spain in an era called the Upper...
Sep 15, 2021The Age of Fentanyl Named Finalist for the 2021 Ottawa Book AwardsDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that Brodie Ramin’s The Age of Fentanyl has been shortlisted for...
Sep 08, 2021The Son of the House Longlisted for the 2021 Scotiabank Giller PrizeDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that The Son of the House by Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia has been...
Sep 02, 2021Running and Writing: Better than a Root Beer FloatLet’s go on a journey together. Let’s explore the premise that running and writing belong...
Aug 27, 2021The Son of the House Named Finalist for The Nigeria Prize for LiteratureDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that The Son of the House by Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia has been...
Aug 26, 2021The Fear of Feelings“But how did that make you feel?"As a recovering drug addict who’s spent four months in a...
Aug 25, 2021Chapter Reveal: The Devil's Choir by Martin MichaudThe Devil's Choir by Martin Michaud (translated by Arthur Holden) is an intricate, intense mystery from...
Aug 19, 2021I Want You to Feel YoungI’m often asked what my books are about, and I’ve never found that easy to answer. How do I...
Aug 16, 2021Four Nominations for the 2021 Heritage Toronto AwardsDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that Michael Snow by James King, The Flyer Vault by Daniel Tate and Rob...
Aug 12, 2021Living With the People We Pretend to Be“We are who we pretend to be, but no one can pretend forever.”If I could condense everything I...
Aug 06, 2021Book + Beer Pairings for International Beer DayOn International Beer Day, we asked some of our staff what their preferred beer is to drink with their...
Aug 05, 2021The Monsters in Our WatersCanada has more lakes than any other country on Earth. Given our surplus of fresh water, and that we have...
Jul 30, 2021International Friendship DaySince today is International Day of Friendship, we wanted to highlight some of our favourite bookish...
Jul 22, 2021Serious BusinessCrime isn’t funny. Generally, folks get hurt and the overall results don’t make the world a...
Jul 17, 2021World Emoji DayToday is World Emoji Day, and what better way to celebrate than with a roundup of our latest reads and an...
Jul 15, 2021Public, Private, SecretA friend once told me that we all have three lives: our public life, our private life and our secret life....
Jul 08, 2021Where Is Home?I’ve been a migrant for long as I can remember. I left Bangladesh, my birth country, at the age of one...
Jul 07, 2021The Lost Scroll of the Physician Shortlisted for Two AwardsDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that Alisha Sevigny’s first book in the Secrets of the Sands...
Jun 22, 2021My Pandemic StyleIn celebration of InkWell Workshops’ fourth volume in their anthology series, Brilliance Is the...
Jun 22, 2021The Don by Lorna Poplak Shortlisted for the Speaker's Book AwardDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that The Don by Lorna Poplak has been shortlisted for the 2021...
Jun 10, 202110 Books Your Dad Wants for Father's DayCelebrate Father’s Day for all the father figures in your life with the gift of a book. From the sports...
Jun 09, 2021Stowaway by Pam Withers Winner of Chocolate Lily AwardDundurn Press is excited to announce that Stowaway by Pam Withers has won the Chocolate Lily...
Jun 09, 2021The Jigsaw Puzzle King by Gina McMurchy-Barber Nominated for the Rocky Mountain Book AwardsDundurn Press is thrilled to share that Gina McMurchy-Barber’s novel, The Jigsaw Puzzle King, has been...
Jun 08, 2021Dangerous Readers and Safe Allegories: Social Justice in FantasyIn 1974, Ursula Le Guin published an essay entitled “Why are Americans Afraid of Dragons?” In the...
Jun 07, 2021Newsletter Giveaway: The Doomsday Book of Fairy Tales by Emily BrewesWant to win a copy of THE DOOMSDAY BOOK OF FAIRY TALES by Emily Brewes?All you have to do to enter is 1)...
Jun 04, 2021Remembering Aaron BerhaneOn May 2, 2021, Dundurn Press heard the worst thing that a publisher can hear: one of our authors had died,...
Jun 03, 2021On downers, pronouns and a swiftly burning planetY’ever have a nightmare you couldn’t forget? Not a set of events, nor many details, but the very...
Jun 02, 2021First Chapter Reveal: I, Gloria Grahame by Sky GilbertMeet Denton Moulton — a shy, effeminate male professor — lives inside his head, where he is...
May 20, 2021The Idea of Fiction vs Non-Fiction Is An IllusionIt’s thought to be a little unusual for a writer to work in both fiction and non-fiction. Agents argue...
May 19, 2021The Jigsaw Puzzle King wins the 2021 Silver Birch Fiction AwardDundurn Press is thrilled to congratulate our author Gina McMurchy-Barber on winning the 2021 Silver Birch...
May 13, 2021Writing What I FearThere was an alley behind my childhood home where stray cats bred like gremlins. Over the years, many chose...
May 12, 2021Newsletter Giveaway: The Son of the House by Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia Want to win a copy of THE SON OF THE HOUSE by Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia? All you...
May 11, 2021Seven Named a Finalist for the Trillium Book AwardDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that Seven by Farzana Doctor has been selected as a finalist for the...
May 07, 2021A Strange Kind of Comfort Shortlisted for the 2021 Manitoba Book AwardDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that A Strange Kind of Comfort by Gaylene Dutchyshen has been...
May 06, 2021Five Easy Ways to Save on Your Wedding DayThe New Wedding Book by Michele Bilodeau and Karen Cleveland will help you plan your wedding without the...
May 06, 2021Three Dundurn Press Titles Shortlisted for the Seventh Annual Kobo Emerging Writer PrizeDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that True Patriots by Russell Fralich, Night Call by Brenden Carlson,...
May 05, 2021Eddy Boudel Tan named one of the Writers’ Trust of Canada’s 2021 Rising StarsDundurn Press is excited to announce that our author Eddy Boudel Tan has been named one of the Writers’...
Apr 29, 2021Wrapping Mummies and Ancient Egypt into ‘The Life and Deaths of Frankie D.'One of my favourite topics in Grade 8 social studies is Ancient Egypt. I loved learning about it when I was a...
Apr 28, 2021Chapter Reveal: The Son of the House by Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-OnuobiaThe Son of the House by Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia is a debut novel set against four decades of...
Apr 27, 2021The Gamer's Guide to Getting the Girl Shortlisted for the 2021 Saskatchewan Book AwardDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that Kristine Scarrow’s YA novel, The Gamer’s Guide to...
Apr 27, 2021True Patriots Shortlisted for the 2021 Crime Writers of Canada Best Crime First NovelDundurn Press is excited to announce that True Patriots by Russell Fralich has been nominated for the Crime...
Apr 22, 2021Why You Don’t Have to Have it Figured Out in Your TwentiesMany people have this preconceived idea of how life is supposed to go. We’re supposed to decide what we...
Apr 21, 2021The Age of Fentanyl Shortlisted for the 2020 Donner PrizeDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that Brodie Ramin’s The Age of Fentanyl is shortlisted for the...
Apr 19, 2021The Lost Scroll of the Physician Shortlisted for the 2021-22 Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book AwardDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that Alisha Sevigny’s first book in the Secrets of the Sands...
Apr 15, 2021It’s Time We Redefined “Comfortable Clothes”I haven’t been outside today and don’t plan to until I walk the dog this evening. I don’t...
Apr 13, 2021Two Dundurn Press Nominations for the Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice Award Dundurn Press is excited to announce that two of our titles are on the Saskatchewan Young Readers’...
Apr 08, 2021Working During and After COVIDCanada, A Working History is the culmination of many years of thinking about the development and meaning of...
Apr 05, 2021After Elias Finalist for Publishing Triangle’s Edmund White Debut Fiction AwardDundurn Press is excited to announce that After Elias has been nominated for the Publishing Triangle’s...
Mar 29, 2021Women in the MobIn Starr Sign, my latest novel in the Candace Starr Crime Series, Candace infiltrates her estranged Detroit...
Mar 25, 2021Acting and Writing: Painting with wordsIt was never about fame, attention or notoriety. It was always about the word and the images that words can...
Mar 19, 2021How I Learned To Write A Trilogy By Raiding My Kids’ BookshelvesI had written a few books before I sat down to write the Jack Palace series, but I had never written a...
Feb 25, 2021The Inside Story of Drone ChaseDrone Chase sprang out above all from place: the Great Bear Rainforest, which, according to their website,...
Feb 18, 2021Settings; Not Just an AfterthoughtAs one of the pillars of a good story, setting deserves as much attention as character and plot, but is...
Feb 16, 2021Dundurn Press Unveils New Branding and Mission In our 49th year, we are excited to announce that Dundurn Press has rebranded and revitalized its mandate....
Feb 12, 20215 Questions with Brent van StaalduinenAward-winning short story writer and author of two novels for adults, Brent van Staalduinen brings us a...
Feb 11, 2021Evergreen Award Nominations for Two Dundurn Press Titles!Dundurn Press is excited to announce that two of its books have been nominated for the Ontario Library...
Feb 09, 2021A Brief History of Toronto ValentinesToronto's association with Valentine's Day stretches back nearly two hundred and fifty years, to a...
Feb 04, 2021Where the Buck Stopped: The Governor of the Don JailWhen the spanking new Toronto Jail, that grand “palace for prisoners,” opened its doors on the...
Jan 28, 2021The Making of Victor LessardWithout Blood was published in French in 2010. Obviously, this book was all about the birth of Victor...
Jan 15, 2021Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia Wins the SpriNG Women Authors PrizeWe are thrilled to congratulate our author Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia who is the inaugural winner of...
Jan 07, 2021The Road to RanoeI first stumbled across rumours of a woman accompanying Wolseley’s expedition to Red River in an...
Nov 05, 2020Technology to Writing and the Process In BetweenThe longest two weeks of my life were the two weeks before the release of my debut novel, Night Call....
Oct 27, 2020Five Things You May Not Have Known About Craig Russell and Drag in TorontoWhile Craig Russell liked to be called a female impressionist, we can comfortably say he was a drag queen....
Oct 09, 2020After the Apocalypse: Queer and Trans FuturesI’m kind of over dystopian stories.There, I finally said it. I read 1984 and Brave New World and The...
Mar 09, 2019Writing is Brave - Rick Prashaw on Soar, Adam, SoarAdam, my late son, the boy who started life as Rebecca, inspired Soar, Adam, Soar – his fierce yet...
Mar 08, 2017Why Do People Love Mysteries?by Sheila Dalton, author of The Girl in the BoxOf course, any answer to this is speculation only. We want...
Jun 26, 2016First Loves and Other Stories What struck me at this year's Lambda Awards was the diversity of the award headings, spanning twenty-six...
Sep 18, 2014How Do You Know If Your House is Haunted?Paranormal Investigator Richard Palmisano, author of Meeting Place of the Dead, outlines some major signs that your house may in fact be haunted and what you can do about it.