Thomas Allen & Son Limited
Dundurn Press is one of the largest Canadian-owned book publishing companies of adult fiction and non-fiction. The company publishes Canadian literature, history, biography, politics and arts. Dundurn has about 2500 books in print, and averages around fifty new titles each year.
Thomas Allen & Son Limited
- Founded
- 1916
- Headquarters
- Canada
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Dundurn Press is one of the largest Canadian-owned book publishing companies of adult fiction and non-fiction. The company publishes Canadian literature, history, biography, politics and arts. Dundurn has about 2500 books in print, and averages around fifty new titles each year.
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Dundurn Press was established in 1972 by Kirk Howard. In 2009, Dundurn forged a co-publishing partnership with the Ontario Genealogical Society, and in 2011, Dundurn purchased Napoleon & Company and Blue Butterfly Books. In 2013, Dundurn acquired Thomas Allen Publishers, the publishing branch of Thomas Allen & Son Limited. 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. Acquiring editor Russell Smith launched a new imprint for literary fiction and memoir called Rare Machines. Kirk Howard died of Parkinson's disease in June 2023. In February 2024, Fraser changed roles within the firm, and Meghan Macdonald was named publisher.
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• Founded — 1972 • Founder — Kirk Howard • Country — Canada • Headquarters — Toronto • Distribution — UTP Distribution (Canada) Ingram Publisher Services (US) Lightning Source (UK) • Keypeople — Meghan Macdonald (Publisher) • 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 • Numemployees — 20+ • Url — http: www.dundurn.com
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The following is established of the heading itself. Institutional cataloguing adds that thomas Allen & Son Limited is recorded from 1916. It is also recorded that thomas Allen & Son Limited is associated with Canada.
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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Solitude, written originally by J. It is also recorded that aphorisms and reflections on men, morals and things. Translated from Mss. Of J. A little girl attending her first sermon. Mezzotint by T.O. Barlow, 1865, after J. Solitude, written originally by J.
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- 1.Distributor. Dundurn Press.
- 2.Our History. Dundurn website.
- 3.Snapshot: Dundurn Press founder and publisher Kirk Howard. Quill & Quire.
- 4.Association of Canadian Publishers
- 5.Slopen, Beverley. Dundurn Press marks 20th birthday. The Toronto Star. E16. 20 January 1993.
- 6.Spencer, Jason. Dundurn establishes J. Patrick Boyer imprint. Quill & Quire.
- 7.Open Book Ontario. Site Profile: Dundurn Press.
- 8.Dundurn Press Buys Canadian Thomas Allen Publishers
- 9.Dundurn Sold to Group of Tech Entrepreneurs
- 10.Rare Machines. Dundurn Press.
- 11."A Distinctive Voice" Editor Russell Smith on Dundurn Press's New Rare Machines Imprint. open-book.ca.
- 12.Dundurn Press founder Kirk Howard dies. Publishers Weekly.
- 13.Meghan Macdonald promoted to Publisher. Quill and Quire.
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