book publishing
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company founded in 1954 in
Fredericton
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,
New Brunswick
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as Fiddlehead Poetry Books by Fred Cogswell and a group of students and faculty from the
University of New Brunswick
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associated with ''
The Fiddlehead
''The Fiddlehead'' is a Canadian literary magazine, published four times annually at the University of New Brunswick. It is the oldest Canadian literary magazine which is still in circulation.
History and profile
''The Fiddlehead'' was establ ...
''. After Cogswell retired in 1981, his successor, Peter Thomas, changed the name to Goose Lane Editions. From 1989 to 1997
Douglas Lochhead
Douglas Grant Lochhead (pronounced ''Lock''-heed) FRSC (March 25, 1922 – March 15, 2011) was a Canadian poet, academic librarian, bibliographer and university professor who published more than 30 collections of poetry over five decades, from ...
was president of Goose Lane. It is now headed by publisher and co-owner Susanne Alexander. The
Canada Council for the Arts
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says the publishing company "has evolved to become one of Canada's most exciting showcases of home-grown literary talent."
Publications from Goose Lane Editions include
literary fiction
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,
poetry
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,
biographies
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, works of history, travel literature, outdoor travel guides and serious non-fiction, as well as
fine art
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volumes that it often publishes in association with
museum
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s and galleries.
Authors published by Goose Lane include
Alden Nowlan
Alden Albert Nowlan (; January 25, 1933 – June 27, 1983) was a Canadian poet, novelist, and playwright.
History
Alden Nowlan was born into rural poverty in Stanley, Nova Scotia, adjacent to Mosherville, and close to the small town of Windso ...
,
Richard Kelly Kemick
Richard Kelly Kemick (born 28 December 1989) is a Canadian author, journalist, and poet. Most notably, he has published a book of poetry, a short story collection, and a book of creative nonfiction.
Biography
Kemick was born in Calgary, Albert ...
,
Nancy Bauer
Nancy Bauer, née Nancy Luke (born July 7, 1934) is a Canadian writer and editor who writes for a number of Canadian maritime magazines about people who write, produce crafts and create visual art.
Born in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, the daughter ...
Alan Cumyn
Alan Cumyn (born 8 January 1960) is a Canadian novelist who lives in Ottawa, Ontario.
Biography
Born in Ottawa, Alan Cumyn studied at Royal Roads Military College in 1983, and Queen's University before earning an M.A. in Creative Writing and ...
,
Sheree Fitch
Sheree Lynn Fitch (born 3 December 1956) is a Canadian writer and literacy advocate. Known primarily for her children's books, she has also published poetry and fiction for adults.
Biography
Fitch was born on 3 December 1956 in Ottawa, Ontario ...
, Kerry Clare, Jeffery Donaldson,
Herménégilde Chiasson
Herménégilde Chiasson (born 7 April 1946) is a Canadian poet, playwright and visual artist of Acadian origin. Born in Saint-Simon, New Brunswick, he was the 29th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick between 2003 and 2009. He is also curr ...
, Lynn Davies,
Tammy Armstrong
Tammy Lynn Armstrong (born March 26, 1974) is a Canadian poet and novelist."Tammy Lynn Armstron ...
,
Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer
Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer (born February 6, 1965) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer.
Early life
Kuitenbrouwer was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and later moved to Toronto.
Career
Her debut short story collection, ''Way Up'', was published in ...
,
Catherine Bush
Catherine Bush is a Canadian novelist.
Biography
Born in Toronto and educated at the University of Toronto Schools, she attended Yale University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature.
Her debut novel, ''Minus Time'' ( ...
,
Noah Richler
Noah Richler is a Canadians, Canadian author, journalist, and broadcaster who was raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and London, England. He is the son of Canadian novelist Mordecai Richler.
Richler worked for many years as a radio documentary ...
,
Jacques Poitras
Jacques Andre Poitras (born 1967 or 1968) is a Canadian journalist and author. As New Brunswick's provincial affairs reporter for CBC News, Poitras does reporting work for politics within New Brunswick. Outside of doing reporting work, Poitras h ...
,
Tamai Kobayashi
Tamai Kobayashi (born 1966 in Japan) is a Canadian writer, who won the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT writers in 2014.
Kobayashi was co-editor with Mona Oikawa of ''All Names Spoken'', an anthology of lesbian writing published by Sister Vision Pre ...
Governor General's Award
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The first award was conceived and inaugurated in 1937 by the ...
for English-language fiction,
Joan Thomas
Joan Thomas (born 1949) is a Canadian novelist and book reviewer from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Biography
Thomas grew up in Carberry, Manitoba and later worked as a freelance journalist and book reviewer for ''The Globe and Mail'', the ''Winnipeg Fre ...
Commonwealth Book Prize
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(Canada and Europe), and Marcello Di Cintio, whose book ''Walls: Travels Along the Barricades'' won the 2013 Shaughnessy Cohen Award for Political Writing.
Executive
* Carmelita Thompson O'Neill, Chair of the Board of Directors
* Susanne Alexander, President and Publisher
* Julie Scriver, Vice-President and Creative Director