House of Anansi Press

House of Anansi Press
Founded 1967 [1]
Founder Dennis Lee and Dave Godfrey[2]
Country of origin Canada[3]
Headquarters location Toronto[4]
Distribution University of Toronto Press Distribution in Canada, Publishers Group West in the United States [5]
Key people Sarah MacLachlan (President and Publisher) [6]
Imprints The Massey Lectures,[7] Spiderline,[8] Anansi Poetry,[9] A List,[10] Arachnide,[11] Astoria,[12] Anansi International[13]
Official website www.houseofanansi.com [14]

House of Anansi Press is a Canadian publishing company, founded in 1967 by writers Dennis Lee and Dave Godfrey. The company specializes in finding and developing new Canadian writers of literary fiction, poetry, and non-fiction.

History

Anansi started as a small press with only one full-time employee, writer George Fetherling. It quickly gained attention for publishing significant authors such as Margaret Atwood, Matt Cohen, Michael Ondaatje, Marian Engel, Erin Mouré, Paulette Jiles, George Grant and Northrop Frye. The company also published many translations of French language works by authors such as Roch Carrier, Anne Hébert, Lise Bissonnette and Marie-Claire Blais.

Anansi publishes the transcripts for many of the Massey Lectures.

House of Anansi Press was purchased in 1989 by Stoddart Publishing. In June 2002 it was acquired by Scott Griffin, founder of the Griffin Poetry Prize.

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References

  1. ↑ http://site.houseofanansi.com/
  2. ↑ http://site.houseofanansi.com/
  3. ↑ http://site.houseofanansi.com/
  4. ↑ http://site.houseofanansi.com/
  5. ↑ http://site.houseofanansi.com/contact-us/
  6. ↑ http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/anansis-sarah-maclachlan-among-publishers-chosen-for-inaugural-scottish-fellowship-program/
  7. ↑ http://houseofanansi.com/collections/imprint-massey-lectures
  8. ↑ http://news.nationalpost.com/afterword/a-publishers-year-a-quest-for-survival
  9. ↑ http://houseofanansi.com/collections/imprint-poetry
  10. ↑ http://cj1.chroniclejournal.com/content/news/local/2012/10/28/anansi%E2%80%99s-list-honours-classic-canadian-works
  11. ↑ http://houseofanansi.com/collections/imprint-arachnide-editions
  12. ↑ http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/books/a-publishers-year-mastering-the-perilous-trade
  13. ↑ http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/house-of-anansi/
  14. ↑ http://www.houseofanansi.com/

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