Red Deer Press
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. Founded in 1973 by Red Deer College (RDC) English and creative writing instructor Dr.
Red Deer Press
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- Red Deer Press
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- 1975
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- Markham
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Gary Botting as a vehicle for aspiring poets in the college's fledgling creative writing program, but it quickly expanded to publishing non-fiction titles and children's books. Initially subsidized by Red Deer College, 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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• Name — Red Deer Press • Parent — Fitzhenry & Whiteside • Predecessor — Red Deer College Press • Founded — 1973 • Founder — Gary Botting • Headquarters — Leaside, Ontario • Publications — Books • Website — https: www.reddeerpress.com/
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- 1.Lorne Daniel, The Hunting Hand and Other Poems (Red Deer: Red Deer College Press, 1973); Marion R. Smith, The Rubbing Rock and other Poems (Red Deer: RDC Press, 1973).
- 2.Gary Botting, Lydia Bubber, Jean Dawe and Sven Thorhallsen, Computer-Assisted Instruction of English As a Second Language (Red Deer: RDC Press, 1973; Tihemme Gagnon, ed., "Introduction" to Streaking! The Collected Poems of Gary Botting (Houston: Strategic, 2016), pp. xxvii-xxxii, 300.
- 3.Leanne Jones, The Book About Nothing (Red Deer: RDC Press, 1976).
- 4.Literary Arts - Red Deer Press.
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- 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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