Red Deer Press is a Canadian book publishing company located in
Leaside, Ontario
Leaside (/'liːˌsaɪd/) is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located northeast of Downtown Toronto, in the vicinity of Eglinton Avenue East and Bayview Avenue. The area takes its name from William Lea and the Lea family, who set ...
. It publishes
trade titles in children's fiction, literary fiction, poetry, drama,
belles-lettres, and creative nonfiction focusing on the Canadian prairies.
Red Deer Press was founded in 1975 as a subsidiary of
Red Deer College
Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP), formerly Red Deer College, is a public comprehensive polytechnic institute of approximately 7,500 students in credit programs and 10,000 in non-credit programming located in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. In 2021, Red D ...
.
Red Deer Press operates as a
Fitzhenry & Whiteside Company.
Red Deer books have won several awards over the years, including the 2009
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 Children's literature (text) for
Caroline Pignat's
Greener Grass: The Famine Years.
References
Further reading
* Boultbee, Paul G., "Vain Dream to Mainstream: The Growth of Red Deer College Press", ''Papers of The Bibliographical Society of Canada''. 33(1):51-66, 1995.
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Book publishing companies of Canada
Publishing companies established in 1975
Companies based in Ontario
1975 establishments in Alberta