Insomniac Press was a Canadian independent book publisher. Founded in 1992 and based in

London, Ontario London is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city had a population of 422,324 according to the 2021 Canadian census. London is at the confluence of the Thames River (Ontario), Thames River and N ...

, Insomniac began as a publisher of poetry

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s. The company has since evolved into a publisher of a wide variety of fiction, poetry and non-fiction work by emerging Canadian writers. Authors published by Insomniac have included Natalee Caple,

Jon Paul Fiorentino Jon Paul Fiorentino is a Canadian poet, novelist, short story writer, editor, and professor. Fiorentino was born and raised in the Transcona area of Winnipeg, Manitoba. In his book of poems, ''Resume Drowning'', he wrote that because he has res ...

, Jean Rae Baxter, Lynn Crosbie, Stephen Finucan, Sky Gilbert, Lynnette D'anna, Howard Hampton, R. M. Vaughan, Jane Rule, Anne Stone,

Anthony Bidulka Anthony Bidulka (born July 24, 1962) is a Canadian writer of mystery, thriller and suspense novels. Bidulka's books have been nominated for Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Awards, Saskatchewan Book Awards, a ReLit Award, and Lambda Literar ...

and A. F. Moritz. The company has also published a number of books by musicians, including

Matthew Good Matthew Frederick Robert Good (born June 29, 1971) is a Canadian musician. He was the lead singer and songwriter for the Matthew Good Band, one of the most successful alternative rock bands in Canada during the 1990s and early 2000s. Since the ...

Jann Arden Jann Arden (born Jann Arden Anne Richards; March 27, 1962) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, author and actress. She is best known for her signature ballads, " Could I Be Your Girl" and " Insensitive", which is her biggest hit to date, as well ...

Terri Clark Terri Lynn Sauson, known professionally as Terri Clark (born August 5, 1968) is a Canadian country music singer who has had success in both Canada and the United States. Signed to Mercury Records in 1995, she released her self-titled debut that ...

Lillian Allen Lillian Allen (born 5 April 1951) is a Canadians, Canadian dub poetry, dub poet, writer and Juno Award winner. Biography Born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, Spanish Town, Jamaica, she left that country in 1969, first moving to New York City, where ...

, Damhnait Doyle, Michelle Wright and Ra McGuire. In 2004, it published the visual book ''Belong: A TV Journalist's Search For Urban Culture'' by Canadian culture journalist and photographer Jennifer Morton. Insomniac Press was founded by Mike O'Connor, who is still the current publisher. Editorial staff for the press has changed over the last decade but has included several Canadian writers such as Paul Vermeersch, Stephen Cain,

Emily Schultz Emily Schultz (born 1974) is an American fiction writer raised in Canada and now living in Brooklyn, New York. Life and career During an onstage interview with Margaret Atwood, Schultz described how her own family settled in Canada from Michig ...

, and

. In 2021, after 29 years in business, Insomniac Press closed. Insomniac Press published more than 300 books by more than 200 authors. Those books were sold around the world and translated into 20 different languages between them all.

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