Goose Lane Editions is a Canadian

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company founded in 1954 in

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as Fiddlehead Poetry Books by Fred Cogswell and a group of students and faculty from the

University of New Brunswick The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is a public university with two primary campuses in Fredericton and Saint John, New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick. It is the oldest English-language university in Canada, and among the oldest public un ...

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 establish ...

''. After Cogswell retired in 1981, his successor, Peter Thomas, changed the name to Goose Lane Editions. From 1989 to 1997 Douglas Lochhead was president of Goose Lane. It is now headed by publisher and co-owner Susanne Alexander. The

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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

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poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek '' poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings ...

, biographies, works of history, travel literature, outdoor travel guides and serious non-fiction, as well as

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volumes that it often publishes in association with

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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 Windsor, ...

, Nancy Bauer, Herb Curtis, Reg Balch, Lynn Coady, Alan Cumyn,

Sheree Fitch Sheree Fitch (born 3 December 1956) is a Canadian author and literacy advocate. Known primarily for her children's books, she has also published poetry and fiction for adults. Biography Sheree Fitch was born on 3 December 1956 in Ottawa, Ontar ...

, Kerry Clare, Jeffery Donaldson, Herménégilde Chiasson, Lynn Davies, Tammy Armstrong, Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer, Catherine Bush,

Noah Richler Noah Richler is a 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 producer for ...

, Jacques Poitras, Tamai Kobayashi, Douglas Glover whose novel ''Elle'' won the 2003

Governor General's Award The Governor General's Awards are a collection of annual awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, recognizing distinction in numerous academic, artistic, and social fields. The first award was conceived and inaugurated in 1937 by the ...

for English-language fiction, Joan Thomas whose novel ''

Reading by Lightning ''Reading by Lightning'' is the debut novel by Joan Thomas, published in 2008 by Goose Lane Editions. The novel's central character is Lily Piper, a young woman who was raised in a strict Christian fundamentalist upbringing on the Canadian Prai ...

'' won the 2009 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book (Canada and the Caribbean), Riel Nason whose novel ''The Town That Drowned'' won the 2012

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(Canada and Europe), and

Marcello Di Cintio Marcello Di Cintio is a Canadian writer who has published several books, and many articles and essays in newspapers and magazines across North America and in the United Kingdom. In addition, he has worked as Writer-in-Residence at the University ...

, 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

References

External links

Goose Lane Editions official website
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