Turnstone Press

Turnstone Press is a Canadian literary publisher founded in 1976 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Initially Turnstone published chapbooks by Manitoba poets, and today fifty percent of their content published each year is either written by Manitoba writers or contains content about Manitoba. Since its debut, Turnstone has grown to include fiction, literary criticism and literary non-fiction. In 1998 Turnstone expanded their business with the Ravenstone imprint which specializes primarily in literary and experimental mystery and noir fiction.

Turnstone continues to publish new Canadian authors, having started the careers of many notable authors including David Bergen, Sandra Birdsell, Di Brandt, Patrick Friesen, John Gould, Lawrence Hill, Robert Kroetsch, Sylvia Legris, Margaret Sweatman, Miriam Toews, and Armin Wiebe.

Awards

Several books and authors under Turnstone Press have been nominated for literary awards and have been recognized for their literary efforts, including the Governor General's Literary Awards, the Commonwealth Writer's Prize, the Giller Prize, the Stephen Leacock Prize, the International Dublin Literary Award, the Lambda Literary Awards, the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the ReLit Awards, and other regional awards.

Bird on a Wire

Turnstone Press provides many resources on their website, such as book reviews, resource articles, upcoming events, and recent news.

“Canadian small publishing is an incredibly dynamic and exciting business, frought [sic] with incredible highs and frustrating lows. Turnstone’s Bird on a Wire is part blog, part rant, and part resource. It’s our place on the web to share our thoughts and experiences while working in Canadian publishing.”[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Bird on a Wire". Turnstonepress.com. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
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