Dundurn Press Explained

Founded:1972
Founder:Kirk Howard
Country:Canada
Headquarters:Toronto
Distribution:UTP Distribution (Canada)
Ingram Publisher Services (US)
Lightning Source (UK)[1]
Keypeople:Meghan Macdonald (Publisher), Chris Houston (Operations), Kathryn Lane (Associate Publisher)
Imprints:Dundurn, Rare Machines, Castle Street Mysteries, Hounslow, Simon and Pierre, Boardwalk Books, Sandcastle Books, Natural Heritage, Napoleon and Co., Blue Butterfly, Thomas Allen Publishers
Numemployees:20+[2]

Dundurn Press is one of the largest Canadian-owned book publishing companies of adult fiction and non-fiction.[3] 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.[4] Dundurn Press was established in 1972 by Kirk Howard.[5] In 2009, Dundurn forged a co-publishing partnership with the Ontario Genealogical Society, and in 2011, Dundurn purchased Napoleon & Company and Blue Butterfly Books.[6] [7] In 2013, Dundurn acquired Thomas Allen Publishers, the publishing branch of Thomas Allen & Son Limited.[8] 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.[9] [10] 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.[11] Acquiring editor Russell Smith launched a new imprint for literary fiction and memoir called Rare Machines.[12] [13]

Kirk Howard died of Parkinson's Disease in June of 2023. [14]

In February 2024, Fraser changed roles within the firm, and Meghan Macdonald was named Publisher. [15]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Distributor. Dundurn Press. 2018-01-10.
  2. Web site: Dundurn. Our History. Dundurn website. 19 January 2015.
  3. Web site: Snapshot: Dundurn Press founder and publisher Kirk Howard. Quill & Quire. 13 February 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131015231103/http://www.quillandquire.com/google/article.cfm?article_id=12250. 15 October 2013.
  4. http://www.publishers.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13&Itemid=44&chr=D Association of Canadian Publishers
  5. News: Dundurn Press marks 20th birthday. https://archive.today/20130201092225/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/518432091.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+02,+1993&author=Beverley+Slopen&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Dundurn+Press+marks+20th+birthday&pqatl=google. dead. February 1, 2013. Slopen. Beverley. 20 January 1993. The Toronto Star. E16. 23 November 2011.
  6. Web site: Spencer. Jason. Dundurn establishes J. Patrick Boyer imprint. https://archive.today/20130411164055/http://www.quillandquire.com/google/article.cfm?article_id=11843. dead. 11 April 2013. Quill & Quire. 13 February 2013.
  7. Web site: Site Profile: Dundurn Press. Open Book Ontario. 13 February 2013.
  8. http://publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/58512-dundurn-press-buys-canadian-thomas-allen-publishers.html Dundurn Press Buys Canadian Thomas Allen Publishers
  9. Thomas Allen Publishers
  10. Web site: Quill & Quire, January 19, 2012.
  11. https://quillandquire.com/omni/dundurn-sold-to-group-of-tech-entrepreneur-investors/ Dundurn Sold to Group of Tech Entrepreneurs
  12. Web site: Rare Machines . Dundurn Press.
  13. Web site: "A Distinctive Voice" Editor Russell Smith on Dundurn Press's New Rare Machines Imprint. 2021-10-22. open-book.ca. en.
  14. Web site: Dundurn Press founder Kirk Howard dies. Publisher's Weekly.
  15. Web site: Meghan Macdonald promoted to Publisher. Quill and Quire.

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