House of Anansi Press
House of Anansi Press is a Canadian publishing company, founded in 1967 by writers Dennis Lee and Dave Godfrey. The company specializes in finding and developing new Canadian writers of literary fiction, poetry, and non-fiction.
House of Anansi Press
- Name
- House of Anansi Press
- Founded
- 1967
- Founder
- Dave Godfrey · Dennis Lee
- Headquarters
- Toronto
- Activity
- publishing
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House of Anansi Press is a Canadian publishing company, founded in 1967 by writers Dennis Lee and Dave Godfrey. The company specializes in finding and developing new Canadian writers of literary fiction, poetry, and non-fiction.
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• Name — House of Anansi Press • Founded — 1967 • Founder — Dennis Lee and Dave Godfrey • Country — Canada • Headquarters — Toronto • Distribution — University of Toronto Press Distribution in Canada, Publishers Group West in the United States • Keypeople — Semareh Al-Hillal (President) Leigh Nash (Publisher) • Imprints — The Massey Lectures, Spiderline, Anansi Poetry, A List, Arachnide, Astoria, Anansi International, Groundwood Books • Url — http: www.houseofanansi.com
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Anansi started as a small press with only one full-time employee, writer George Fetherling. It quickly gained attention for publishing significant authors such as Margaret Atwood, Matt Cohen, Michael Ondaatje, Marian Engel, Erín Moure, Paulette Jiles, George Grant and Northrop Frye. The company also published many translations of French language works by authors such as Roch Carrier, Anne Hébert, Lise Bissonnette and Marie-Claire Blais. Anansi publishes the transcripts for many of the Massey Lectures. House of Anansi Press was purchased in 1989 by General Publishing, parent of Stoddart Publishing. In June 2002 it was acquired by Scott Griffin, founder of the Griffin Poetry Prize.
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- Compte rendu / Review of book: Technology & Justice George Grant Toronto: House of Anansi Press Limited, 1986. 138 p, Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses, 1988
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1988
- English-Speaking Justice George Grant Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 1985. Pp. xii + 108, Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses, 1986
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1986
- Neo-Feudalism: The Canadian DilemmaGerard S. Vano Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 1981, pp. 152, Canadian Journal of Political Science, 1982
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1982
- Radical Tories: The Conservative Tradition in CanadaCharles Taylor Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 1982. Pp. 232. $19.95, Dialogue, 1984
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1984
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- “House of Anansi Press”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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• Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature, Margaret Atwood (1972)
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- 1.- Anansi publishes very good books.
- 2.Contact Us -.
- 3.House of Anansi Press Announces New Publisher. 9 March 2022.
- 4.Massey Lectures. House of Anansi Press.
- 5.Afterword. A Publisher's Year: A quest for Survival - National Post. 27 January 2012.
- 6.Poetry (Chapbooks + Special Editions). House of Anansi Press.
- 7.Anansi’s A List honours classic Canadian works The Chronicle-Journal.
- 8.Arachnide Editions. House of Anansi Press.
- 9.Afterword. A Publisher's Year: Mastering the perilous trade - National Post. 25 January 2013.
- 10.House of Anansi. The Canadian Encyclopedia.
- 11.Welcome to House of Anansi. House of Anansi Press.
- 12.Search results for Massey Lectures
- 13.Sandra Martin. Fall of the house of Stoddart. The Globe and Mail. 2002-08-31.
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English-Speaking Justice George Grant Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 1985. Pp. xii + 108, Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses, 1986Crossref registry
Institutional witnessscholarly publication
Neo-Feudalism: The Canadian DilemmaGerard S. Vano Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 1981, pp. 152, Canadian Journal of Political Science, 1982Crossref registry
Institutional witnessscholarly publication
Radical Tories: The Conservative Tradition in CanadaCharles Taylor Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 1982. Pp. 232. $19.95, Dialogue, 1984Crossref registry
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