Red Deer Press is a Canadian
book publisher
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located in
Leaside
Leaside (/'liːˌsaɪd/) is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located northeast of Downtown Toronto, in the vicinity of Eglinton Avenue East and Bayview Avenue. It is one of the most expensive and exclusive neighbourhoo ...
, Ontario. It issues trade titles in
children's fiction
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,
literary fiction
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, poetry, drama,
belles-lettres
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, and
creative nonfiction
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focusing on the
Canadian Prairies
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.
Red Deer Press was founded in 1975 as a subsidiary of
Red Deer College
Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP), formerly Red Deer College, is a public polytechnic institute of approximately 10,000 students in credit, non-credit and apprenticeship programming located in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. In 2021, Red Deer College was c ...
.
Red Deer Press operates as a
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Fitzhenry & Whiteside is a Canadian book publishing and distribution company, located in Leaside, Ontario. It publishes trade titles in children's and young adult fiction, textbooks, reference, history, biography, photography, sports and poetry ...
subsidiary.
Red Deer Press' books have received several literary awards over the years. For instance,
Caroline Pignat's ''
Greener Grass: The Famine Years'' won the 2009
.
References
Further reading
* Boultbee, Paul G., "Vain Dream to Mainstream: The Growth of Red Deer College Press", ''Papers of The Bibliographical Society of Canada''. 33(1):51-66, 1995.
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Book publishing companies of Canada
Publishing companies established in 1975
Companies based in Ontario
1975 establishments in Alberta