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 šSo 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 Writersā Trust of Canadaās 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 āThe 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 Donāt 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 Childrenās Choice Book AwardDundurn Press is thrilled to announce that Alisha Sevigny’s first book in the Secrets of the Sands...
Apr 15, 2021Itās Time We Redefined āComfortable ClothesāI 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 Triangleās 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 Kidsā 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.
Mar 09, 2019