Dundurn Press
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Dundurn Press is one of the largest Canadian-owned book publishing companies of adult fiction and non-fiction.[1] 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.[2] Dundurn Press was established in 1972 by Kirk Howard.[3] In 2009, Dundurn forged a co-publishing partnership with the Ontario Genealogical Society, and in 2011, Dundurn purchased Napoleon & Company and Blue Butterfly Books.[4][5]
In 2013, Dundurn acquired Thomas Allen Publishers, the publishing branch of Thomas Allen & Son Limited.[6] 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.[7][8] 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 as publisher, and Howard became publisher emeritus.[9] Acquiring editor Russell Smith launched a new imprint for literary fiction and memoir called Rare Machines.[10][11]
Kirk Howard died of Parkinson's disease in June 2023.[12]
In February 2024, Fraser changed roles within the firm, and Meghan Macdonald was named publisher.[13]
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