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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 fifty 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]

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]

References

  1. ^ “Distributor”. Dundurn Press. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
  2. ^ Dundurn. “Our History”. Dundurn website. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  3. ^ “Snapshot: Dundurn Press founder and publisher Kirk Howard”. Quill & Quire. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  4. ^ Association of Canadian Publishers
  5. ^ Slopen, Beverley (20 January 1993). “Dundurn Press marks 20th birthday”. The Toronto Star. pp. E16. Retrieved 23 November 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ^ Spencer, Jason. “Dundurn establishes J. Patrick Boyer imprint”. Quill & Quire. Retrieved 13 February 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ^ “Site Profile: Dundurn Press”. Open Book Ontario. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  8. ^ Dundurn Press Buys Canadian Thomas Allen Publishers
  9. ^ Dundurn Sold to Group of Tech Entrepreneurs
  10. ^ “Rare Machines”. Dundurn Press.
  11. ^ ““A Distinctive Voice” Editor Russell Smith on Dundurn Press’s New Rare Machines Imprint”. open-book.ca. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
  12. ^ “Dundurn Press founder Kirk Howard dies”. Publishers Weekly.
  13. ^ “Meghan Macdonald promoted to Publisher”. Quill and Quire.