Red Deer Press
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Red Deer Press is a Canadian book publisher located in Leaside, Ontario. It issues trade titles in children's fiction, literary fiction, science fiction, poetry, drama, belles-lettres, and creative nonfiction.
Red Deer Press was founded in 1975 as a subsidiary of Red Deer College.{{Cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abarts/literary_arts/literary_reddeer_press.htm|title=Literary Arts - Red Deer Press}} In 2005, Red Deer Press was acquired by Toronto-based Fitzhenry & Whiteside.
Red Deer Press' books have received several literary awards over the years. For instance, Caroline Pignat's Greener Grass: The Famine Years won the 2009 Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature.
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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.
External links
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Category:Book publishing companies of Canada
Category:Publishing companies established in 1975