Canadian
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literary
publisher
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founded in 1966. It focuses mainly on Canadian
fiction
Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying character (arts), individuals, events, or setting (narrative), places that are imagination, imaginary or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent ...
—particularly short stories—and
poetry
Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...
, but also publishes
criticism
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,
history
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,
biography
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and
autobiography
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Oberon has published early work by Canadian writers such as
David Adams Richards
David Adams Richards (born 17 October 1950) is a Canadian writer and member of the Senate of Canada, Canadian Senate.Wayne Johnston,
Peter Behrens
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bpNichol
Barrie Phillip Nichol (30 September 1944 – 25 September 1988), known as bpNichol, was a Canadian poet, writer, sound poet, editor, creative writing teacher at York University in Toronto and grOnk/Ganglia Press publisher. His body of work ...
, George Bowering and W.P. Kinsella. Two short-story anthologies, ''Best Canadian Stories'' and ''Coming Attractions'', feature the work of established and new Canadian writers. Oberon’s national restaurant guide, ''Where to Eat in Canada'', published annually since 1971, has sold more than 150,000 copies.
The ''Best Canadian Stories'' anthology, now in its fortieth edition, has been edited by David Helwig, John Metcalf, Clark Blaise, Leon Rooke and Douglas Glover, and features the best stories of the preceding year. ''Coming Attractions'', which introduces previously unpublished writers, has appeared annually since 1980. Writers published in ''Coming Attractions'' include Rohinton Mistry, Frances Itani, Lisa Moore,
Dennis Bock
Dennis Bock (born August 28, 1964) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer, lecturer at the University of Toronto, travel writer and book reviewer. His novel ''Going Home Again'' was published in Canada by HarperCollins and in the US by Alfr ...
Caroline Adderson
Caroline Adderson (born September 9, 1963) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. She has published four novels, two short story collections and two books for young readers.
Biography
Adderson was born on September 9, 1963, in Edmonton, ...
and Rebecca Rosenblum.
Oberon published eight new titles in 2010, and now has 664 titles in print in 1216 editions. Many of Oberon’s books are
typeset
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in the company’s own printshop, using traditional hot-metal techniques. The books are printed on
acid-free paper
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on a sheet-fed
offset printing
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press.
Michael Macklem, the founder and president of Oberon, was awarded the
Order of Canada
The Order of Canada () is a Canadian state order, national order and the second-highest Award, honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit.
To coincide with the Canadian Centennial, ce ...