Biblioasis is a Canadian independent bookstore and publishing company, based in Windsor,
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, November 6, 2015. the company began publishing books in 2004 with its first titles being poetry collections by Salvatore Ala and Goran Simić. The company has gone on to become one of Canada's most prestigious small press publishing houses; in 2015 alone, the company's titles included
Anakana Schofield
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's ''Martin John'' and Samuel Archibald's ''Arvida'', both of which were shortlisted
Giller Prize
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finalists;
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's ''Confidence'', which was a longlisted Giller Prize nominee and a shortlisted
Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
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finalist; and Robyn Sarah's ''My Shoes Are Killing Me'', which won the
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Booker Prize
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, the book saw heavy demand. Wells stated that ''Ducks'' was Biblioasis's fastest-selling title to-date. That same year, Biblioasis published
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RBC Taylor Prize
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for literary non-fiction.
Other writers published by Biblioasis have included Kathy Page,
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Stephen Henighan
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, Alexandra Oliver, Kris Bertin and Chris Turner.
Bibloasis publishes the magazine '' Canadian Notes & Queries'', currently edited by Emily Donaldson. One distinguishing characteristic of Biblioasis has been Dan Wells's delegation of the selection of parts of its list to volunteer editors, most notably John Metcalf (Canadian fiction), who in 2014 was awarded the Libris Award as Editor of the Year, largely for his work with Biblioasis. Other contributing editors include
Stephen Henighan
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(international translations), Natalie Hamilton (English and Irish fiction) and, in the company's early years, Zachariah Wells (poetry). Biblioasis also publishes the annual anthologies ''Best Canadian Stories'', ''Best Canadian Essays'' and ''Best Canadian Poetry''.