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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 ...

  • "Canadian Stories in Conversation with the Wider World" Publisher Leigh Nash on Taking Up the Iconic Anansi Mantle
    "Canadian Stories in Conversation with the Wider World" Publisher Leigh Nash on Taking Up the Iconic Anansi Mantle
    March 21, 2022

    "Canadian Stories in Conversation with the Wider World" Publisher Leigh Nash on Taking Up the Iconic Anansi Mantle

    House of Anansi Press is, undoubtedly, a main character in the long and fascinating novel that is Canadian literature. Based in Toronto and founded in 1967 by Dennis Lee and Dave Godfrey during a time ...

  • House of Anansi Press Announces Leigh Nash as New Publisher
    House of Anansi Press Announces Leigh Nash as New Publisher
    March 09, 2022

    House of Anansi Press Announces Leigh Nash as New Publisher

    House of Anansi Press, one of the country's most decorated independent publishers and a major element of the Canadian literary scene both historically and currently, has announced that a new publisher ...

  • (Cook)Book Therapy: County Heirlooms and Pandemic Cooking
    (Cook)Book Therapy: County Heirlooms and Pandemic Cooking
    August 18, 2020

    (Cook)Book Therapy: County Heirlooms and Pandemic Cooking

    “We hope you’ll try making some of these recipes, and we encourage you to find ways to make them your own. And we also hope this book inspires you, wherever you live, to find personal ways to connect ...

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