Canadian Literature & Poetry
in English
Book & Publishing History
Small, Private & Literary Presses
Experiment: Printing the Canadian Imagination. Highlights from the
David McKnight Canadian Little Magazine and Small Press Collection
An exhibition catalogue featuring over one hundred highlights of
a large and extraordinary collection of Canadian little magazines and Canadian small press and
micro-press imprints assembled by David McKnight, a librarian and collector who donated the
collection to the University of Alberta Libraries in 2012. It now forms part of the Bruce
Peel Special Collections.
Z 1369 .U55
2018
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Books without Bosses: Forty Years of Reading Between the Lines
A history of a small publishing company founded in November
1977 as a cooperative venture of Dumont Press Graphix and the Development Education Centre.
Between the Lines publishes nonfiction books on Black,
Indigenous, and racialized communities, migrants, women, LGTBQ+, and working-class people.
Z 483 .B48
C53 2017
Stacks
Pressing Matters: 50 Years in Publishing
A history of Black Moss Press and its role in the development
of local and national culture in Canada.
Z 483 .B53
M49 2019
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Academic Publishing
Journal of Scholarly Publishing, “Special Section on
the Future of University Press in Canada”
An issue devoted to the current scholarly publishing landscape
in Canada, including articles on open access and its impact on academic libraries, the
development and changes of the Wilfred Laurier and Concordia University Presses, copyright,
academic publishing in Indigenous studies, and other topics.
The University as Publisher
Published to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the University
of Toronto Press, Harman (1909–1988), a long-serving associate editor (and later
associate director at the U of T Press), examines the history of the publisher and scholarly
publishing in Canada.
On the Edge, at the Centre: A Life in History
Hallowell recounts his career as a distinguished acqusitions
editor, the history of the University of Toronto Press, and analyzes the role of book editors
in scholarly publishing.
“‘A Press with Such Traditions’: Oxford University
Press of Canada”
Examines the changes in the publishing program of the Oxford
University Press (which established a Canadian branch in Toronto on August 10, 1904) in the
context of Canadian history and literature. Panofsky also analyzes the activities of the OUP’s managers, S.B. Gundy, W.H. Clarke, C.C. Johnson, William Toy, Lorne Wilkinson, and Richard Teleky.
Children’s Books
Picturing Canada: A History of Canadian Children’s
Illustrated Books and Publishing
Examines illustrated children’s books from geographical,
historical, and cultural perspectives on the Canadian national identity, published between
the 1890s to 2005.
The authors also study the institutions and the professionals
involved in the Canadian book writing, publishing, and reading, including authors,
publishers, illustrators, editors, librarians, booksellers, and critics.
Z 483 .E46
2010
Stacks
Canadian Children’s Book News
A quarterly magazine publishing book reviews, author and
illustrator interviews, profiles of publishers and bookstores, and news about children’s
education and reading.
reviewed & updated 24 November 2021 | compiled by Agatha Barc, MI