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  • banner image with blue galaxy background, white border, and text reading "A New CanLit. Nash, Faulkner, and de Groot Launch Assembly Press". Open Book logo top centre, Assembly Press logo bottom centre
    banner image with blue galaxy background, white border, and text reading "A New CanLit. Nash, Faulkner, and de Groot Launch Assembly Press". Open Book logo top centre, Assembly Press logo bottom centre
    June 30, 2023

    "We Don’t Have to Go Along with the Status Quo" Introducing Assembly Press

    This week, poet and publisher Leigh Nash, poet and editor Andrew Faulkner, and veteran literary publicist and communications strategist Debby de Groot announced a new joint venture: a brand new multi-genre ...

  • The Entitled Interview with Stuart Ross
    The Entitled Interview with Stuart Ross
    July 28, 2016

    The Entitled Interview with Stuart Ross

    July 31, 2016 - Poet and short story writer Stuart Ross has been a mainstay of the vibrant CanLit Indie press scene for years, carving out a niche for his witty, playful, and beautifully bizarre books ...

  • Kevin Hardcastle & Soraya Peerbaye Win 2016 Trillium Book Awards
    Kevin Hardcastle & Soraya Peerbaye Win 2016 Trillium Book Awards
    June 23, 2016

    Kevin Hardcastle & Soraya Peerbaye Win 2016 Trillium Book Awards

    Open Book is thrilled to announce that our own Kevin Hardcastle, Open Book Toronto's Assistant Editor, has won the $20,000 2016 Trillium Book Award for his debut short fiction collection, Debris (Biblioasis). ...

  • 2016 Trillium Award Shortlists Feature Strong Indie Press Presence
    2016 Trillium Award Shortlists Feature Strong Indie Press Presence
    May 25, 2016

    2016 Trillium Award Shortlists Feature Strong Indie Press Presence

    Today the Ontario Media Development Corporation announced the nominees for the Trillium Book Award and the Trillium Book Award for Poetry.This year, the lists feature a strong showing from independent ...

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