Beautiful books with big stories, in a unique new format.
Dundurn Press has proudly published award-winning and bestselling works of Canadian literature for over 50 years and we are excited to announce the forthcoming release of four titles in smaller, stand-out formats slated for publication in February 2026!
Night Terminus by Ellis Scott
Lokum by Selin Kahramanoğlu
Oyster by Marianne Ackerman
A Footnote to Freedom by Lance B. Dixon
Similar to previous Dundurn titles including, Like Animals by Eve Lemieux translated by Cayman Rock, Of Vengeance by JD Kurtness translated by Pablo Strauss, and the Governor General’s Literary Award – and Carol Shields Prize–nominee Naniki by Oonya Kempadoo, these beautifully designed books measuring 5 x 7 inches will be compact, convenient, and easy for readers to carry with them everyday.
These books showcase some of the most beautiful, powerful, and unique authors Dundurn Press and Rare Machines have to offer, and we’re excited to share them with you. These are books you’ll want to treasure.
At once an odyssey through time and a love story to the narrator’s found family, this haunting, lyrical novel in five parts explores questions of grief, statelessness, and memory and is a meditation on survival in the age of AIDS.
Lokum by Selin Kahramanoğlu
This debut novel guides readers through the beauty of Turkish culture and celebrates how storytelling can provide us with the support to restore strength to our burdened spirit. Named after the Turkish delight candy, this sweet novel reminds us to lean on the power of our community to uplift and reorient us in times of difficulty.
Oyster by Marianne Ackerman
A bestselling writer can’t get unblocked until she reconnects with her ambitious niece at a funeral in this heartfelt satire full of family drama for readers of Where’d You Go, Bernadette?
Through intimate conversations with his father, Dixon grapples with the effects of racism across three generations. He also brings to light the painful irony of the Black battalion’s struggle: that these men had to fight their own country to fight for the freedom of others in a distant land. This is the tale of his grandfather’s redemption and the legacy he leaves behind.