Dundurn Press

{{Short description|Canadian publishing company}}

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| founded = 1972

| founder = Kirk Howard

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| country = Canada

| headquarters = Toronto

| distribution = UTP Distribution (Canada)
Ingram Publisher Services (US)
Lightning Source (UK){{Cite web| title = Distributor| work = Dundurn Press| access-date = 2018-01-10| url = https://www.dundurn.com/distributor}}

| keypeople = Meghan Macdonald (Publisher), Chris Houston (Operations), Kathryn Lane (Associate Publisher)

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| imprints = Dundurn, Rare Machines, Castle Street Mysteries, Hounslow, Simon and Pierre, Boardwalk Books, Sandcastle Books, Natural Heritage, Napoleon and Co., Blue Butterfly, Thomas Allen Publishers

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| numemployees = 20+{{cite web|author1=Dundurn|title=Our History|url=http://dundurn.com/history|website=Dundurn website|access-date=19 January 2015}}

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| url = {{URL|http://www.dundurn.com}}

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Dundurn Press is one of the largest Canadian-owned book publishing companies of adult fiction and non-fiction.{{cite web|title=Snapshot: Dundurn Press founder and publisher Kirk Howard|url=http://www.quillandquire.com/google/article.cfm?article_id=12250|work=Quill & Quire|access-date=13 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015231103/http://www.quillandquire.com/google/article.cfm?article_id=12250|archive-date=15 October 2013}} The company publishes Canadian literature, history, biography, politics and arts. Dundurn has about 2500 books in print, and averages around one hundred new titles each year.[http://www.publishers.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13&Itemid=44&chr=D Association of Canadian Publishers] Dundurn Press was established in 1972 by Kirk Howard.{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/518432091.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+02%2C+1993&author=Beverley+Slopen&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Dundurn+Press+marks+20th+birthday&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201092225/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/518432091.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+02,+1993&author=Beverley+Slopen&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Dundurn+Press+marks+20th+birthday&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 1, 2013|title=Dundurn Press marks 20th birthday|last=Slopen|first=Beverley|date=20 January 1993|work=The Toronto Star|pages=E16|access-date=23 November 2011}} In 2009, Dundurn forged a co-publishing partnership with the Ontario Genealogical Society, and in 2011, Dundurn purchased Napoleon & Company and Blue Butterfly Books.{{cite web|last=Spencer|first=Jason|title=Dundurn establishes J. Patrick Boyer imprint|url=http://www.quillandquire.com/google/article.cfm?article_id=11843|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411164055/http://www.quillandquire.com/google/article.cfm?article_id=11843|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 April 2013|work=Quill & Quire|access-date=13 February 2013}}{{cite web|title=Site Profile: Dundurn Press|url=http://www.openbookontario.com/landmarks/dundurn_press|publisher=Open Book Ontario|access-date=13 February 2013}} In 2013, Dundurn acquired Thomas Allen Publishers, the publishing branch of Thomas Allen & Son Limited.[http://publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/58512-dundurn-press-buys-canadian-thomas-allen-publishers.html Dundurn Press Buys Canadian Thomas Allen Publishers] Thomas Allen & Son Limited is a Canadian book distributor, and remains Canada's oldest family-owned and operated distributor, having been in continuous operation for over 90 years.[http://www.shelfari.com/thomasallenpublishers Thomas Allen Publishers]{{cite web|url=http://www.quillandquire.com/google/article.cfm?article_id=12128|title=Quill & Quire, January 19, 2012}} Dundurn Press authors include Lincoln Alexander, Linda McQuaig, Ted Barris, Michael Coren, Xue Yiwei, and Austin Clarke.

In January 2019, Howard sold Dundurn Press to a consortium of Canadian technology investors. They hired Kwame Scott Fraser as Publisher, and Howard became Publisher Emeritus.[https://quillandquire.com/omni/dundurn-sold-to-group-of-tech-entrepreneur-investors/ Dundurn Sold to Group of Tech Entrepreneurs] Acquiring editor Russell Smith launched a new imprint for literary fiction and memoir called Rare Machines.{{Cite web |title=Rare Machines |url=https://www.dundurn.com/about/rare-machines |website=Dundurn Press}}{{Cite web|title="A Distinctive Voice" Editor Russell Smith on Dundurn Press's New Rare Machines Imprint|url=http://open-book.ca/News/A-Distinctive-Voice-Editor-Russell-Smith-on-Dundurn-Press-s-New-Rare-Machines-Imprint|access-date=2021-10-22|website=open-book.ca|language=en}}

Kirk Howard died of Parkinson's Disease in June of 2023. {{Cite web |title=Dundurn Press founder Kirk Howard dies|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/international-book-news/article/92713-dundurn-press-founder-kirk-howard-dies-at-80.html |website=Publisher's Weekly}}

In February 2024, Fraser changed roles within the firm, and Meghan Macdonald was named Publisher. {{Cite web |title=Meghan Macdonald promoted to Publisher|url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/meghan-macdonald-named-publisher-of-dundurn-press/ |website=Quill and Quire}}