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LITERARY PRESS GROUP POETRY + indigenous titles catalogue
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ABOUT
The Literary Press Group of Canada (LPG) is a not-for-profit
association of Canada’s finest literary book publishers, established in 1975. With a
current membership of sixty Canadian-owned-and-operated publishing houses, the
LPG’s mandate is to support the growth of Canadian literary culture.
The LPG helps member publishers sell, distribute, and market their books to
booksellers, libraries, and institutions, as well as directly to readers.
Canadian literary presses publish emerging, innovative, and diverse
creative voices, and often discover Canada’s literary stars.
The Literary Press Group, manages All Lit Up, an online bookstore and blog for
readers of emerging, established, and unabashedly Canadian literature.
CONTACT
Morin Mariampillai, Marketing Manager, Literary Press Group
morin@lpg.ca
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MEET THE PUBLISHERS
CORMORANT BOOKS l Cormorant Books publishes literary fiction, non-fiction and poetry,
as well as books for young people under the imprint DCB
BRINDLE & GLASS | An imprint of TouchWood Editions, Brindle & Glass continues to live up to its
original mandate to showcase the varied, unique, and homegrown literary talents of Western
Canadians. Through literary fiction, memoir, and narrative nonfiction, B&G offers compelling and
relevant stories that represent diverse people and perspectives.
BOOKLAND PRESS| Bookland Press is an independent Canadian publishing house based in
Toronto, Ontario. Their interests range from contemporary poetry to beautifully written
fiction and creative non-fiction. They attract, select, publish, and promote some of the most
exciting and creative Canadian writers of our times.
GORDON HILL PRESS | Gordon Hill Press is a publisher of poetry and stylistically innovative
fiction, non-fiction, and literary criticism (especially concerning poetry). We strive to include a
wide diversity of writers and writing, particularly writers living with disability.
BREAKWATER BOOKS l Breakwater Books was founded in 1973 to showcase the high quality writing and
storytelling that exists in Newfoundland and Labrador. Breakwater publishes high quality literature in all
genres — literary and commercial fiction, non-fiction, plays, poetry, and children’s books, as well as
educational curricula — while continuing to promote culturally significant backlist titles.
REBEL MOUNTAIN PRESS|Founded in 2015, Rebel Mountain Press is a small, independently owned
Canadian book publisher of anthologies, poetry, children’s and young adult literature, memoir, and adult
fiction. Rebel welcomes new and emerging Canadian authors, as well as more established Canadian
writers. The press's goal is to give a voice to Canadian authors who might not otherwise be heard, such as
those from the LGBTQ2+ community, authors of Aboriginal descent, or those from other marginalized
groups.
MAWENZI HOUSE | Mawenzi House (previously TSAR Publications) is dedicated to bringing to the
reading public fresh new writing from Canada and across the world that reflects the diversity of
our rapidly globalizing world, particularly in Canada and the United States.
INANNA PUBLICATIONS | Founded in 1978, Inanna is one of only a very few independent
feminist presses in Canada committed to publishing fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction by
and about women, and complementing this with relevant non-fiction, that bring new, innovative,
and diverse perspectives with the potential to change and enhance women’s lives everywhere.
AT BAY PRESS | At Bay Press is an independent, award-winning publisher established in 2008
that strives to seek out new work by undiscovered authors and artists and bring their work to
light. Their volumes are produced in Canada, some of which are constructed by hand. At Bay is
known for original, thoughtful content as well as exceptionally crafted and well designed titles.
NEWEST PRESS l Founded officially in 1979, Edmonton-based NeWest set out to provide better
opportunities for young writers in the prairie region, in a publishing industry that was
traditionally dominated by central Canadian publishing houses.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Fiction
Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer (Cormorant Books)) 5
All the Quiet Places (Brindle & Glass) 6
Electricity Slides (BookLand Press) 7
My Indian (Breakwater Books) 8
POETRY
Occasionally Petty (At Bay Press) 9
Blueberries and Apricots (Mawenzi House)) 10
Night Lunch (Gordon HIll Press) 11
Essential Ingredients (Inanna Publications) 12
NOn-fiction
In Our Own Aboriginal Voice 2: A Collection of Indigenous Authors and 13
Artists in Canada (Rebel Mountain Press)
From Bear Rock Mountain (Brindle & Glass) 14
Memory Serves (NeWest Press) 15
MIDDLE GRADE FICTION DISTRIBUTED BY UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS
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Elvis, Me, and the
Lemonade Stand Summer
LESLIE GENTILE
CORMORANT BOOKS
Winner, 2021 City of Victoria Children's Book Prize
Shortlisted, 2022 Rocky Mountain Book Award
Nominated, 2022 Forest of Reading - Silver Birch Award
It’s the summer of 1978 and most people think Elvis
Presley has been dead for a year. But not eleven-year-
old Truly Bateman – because she knows Elvis is alive
and well and living in the Eagle Shores Trailer Park.
Maybe no one ever thought to look for him on an
Indigenous reserve on Vancouver Island.
It’s a busy summer for Truly. Though her mother is less
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for herself as she can through her lemonade stand...and
to prove that her cool new neighbour is the one and only
King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. And when she can’t find motherly
support in her own home, she finds sanctuary with Andy
El, the Salish woman who runs the trailer park.
Leslie Gentile is a singer/songwriter of Northern Salish,
Tuscarora and Scottish heritage. She performs with her
children in The Leslie Gentile Band, and with one of her
sisters in The Half White Band. Gentile currently lives on
Vancouver Island with her husband. Elvis, Me, and the
Lemonade Stand Summer is her first novel.
Themes: compassion; coming of age; community
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All the Quiet Places
BRIAN THOMAS ISAAC
BRINDLE & GLASS
All the Quiet Places is the story of what can happen
when every adult in a person's life has been affected
by colonialism; it tells of the acute separation from
culture that can occur even at home in a loved familiar
landscape. Its narrative power relies on the unguarded,
unsentimental witness provided by Eddie.
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BRIAN THOMAS ISSAC was born in 1950 on the Okanagan
Indian Reserve, situated in south central British Columbia.
As a teenager he had a short career riding bulls in local
rodeos until common sense steered him away, then went
on to work in the Northern Alberta oil fields and retired as
a bricklayer. Writing is something he has done all of his
life. A lover of sports, Brian has coached minor hockey and
played slow-pitch, and when he’s not spending time with
his three grandchildren you can find him on the golf
course. He lives with his wife in the Salmon River Valley
near Falkland, BC. All the Quiet Places is Brian’s first book.
Themes: Modern and contemporary fiction | Narrative theme: Coming of age | Narrative.
theme: Identity / belonging | British Columbia | Relating to indigenous peoples
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electricity slides
JOHN BRADY MCDONALD
BOOKLAND PRESS
Electricity Slides is an avantgarde experiment into a mind
where everything is at once concrete and intangible, real
and fantasy, where once you believe you understand what’s
going on, you suddenly realize that you don’t.
Electricity Slides is an experimental work, written in the
Dadaist “cut-up” style of the 1950s. Begun as a series of
live performance art monologues, "Electricity Slides"
alternates between a third-person narrative and a first-
person narrative of the nameless protagonist, a troubled
and traumatized figure who speaks in a lyrical,
poem/prose manner, in possession of a stolen, mind-
altering substance through a connection with an equally
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nameless, equally mysterious woman. The reader is
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only slightly, as the characters find themselves faced
with the authoritarian and indoctrinating world of “The
Machine,” where mind manipulation and thought
programming are paramount, while individuality is
punished with death.
JOHN MCDONALD is a Neyhiyaw/Metis multidisciplinary artist and author
from Treaty Six Territory in Northern Saskatchewan. A sixth-generation direct
descendant of Nehiyawak Chief Mistawasis, John is one of the founding
members of the P.A. Lowbrow art movement and is the Vice President of the
Indigenous Peoples Artists Collective. John has studied at the prestigious
University of Cambridge in England where, in July 2000, he made
international headlines by symbolically 'discovering' and 'claiming' England
for the First Peoples of the Americas. John is also an acclaimed public
speaker, who has presented in venues across the globe. John has been
honoured with several grants from the Saskatchewan Arts Board.
Themes: Relating to indigenous peoples
HISTORICAL FICTION DISTRIBUTED BY UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS
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My Indian
SAQAMAW MI’SEL JOE &
SHEILA O’NEILL
BREAKWATER BOOKS
In 1822, William Epps Cormack sought the expertise of a
guide who could lead him across Newfoundland in
search of the last remaining Beothuk camps on the
island. In his journals, Cormack refers to his guide only
as “My Indian.” Now, almost two hundred years later,
Mi’sel Joe and Sheila O’Neill reclaim the story of
Sylvester Joe, the Mi’kmaw guide engaged by Cormack.
In a remarkable feat of historical fiction, My Indian
follows Sylvester Joe from his birth (in what is now
known as Miawpukek First Nation) and early life in his
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Cormack. But will Sylvester Joe lead Cormack to the 5.25 X 8" | 176 PAGES |
Beothuk, or will he protect the Beothuk and lead his
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colonial explorer away? In rewriting the narrative of
Cormack’s journey from the perspective of his Mi’kmaw
guide, My Indian reclaims Sylvester Joe’s identity.
SAQAMAW MI'SEL JOE, LL. D, CM, is the author of Muinji’j Becomes a Man and An
Aboriginal Chief’s Journey. He has been the District Traditional Chief of Miawpukek First
Nation since 1983, appointed by the late Grand Chief Donald Marshall. Mi’sel Joe is
considered the Spiritual Chief of the Mi’kmaq of Newfoundland and Labrador.
SHEILA O'NEILL, B.A., B.Ed., is from Kippens, NL, and is a member of Qalipu Mi’kmaq First
Nation. Sheila is a Drum Carrier and carries many teachings passed down by respected
Elders. As a founding member and past president of the Newfoundland Aboriginal
Women’s Network (NAWN), she has been part of a grassroots movement of empowerment
of Indigenous women within the island portion of Newfoundland and Labrador. She lives
in St. John’s.
Themes: People & places, Canada, Indigenous, Indigenous history, young readers, teenage fiction
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Occasionally Petty
MICHELLE LIETZ
AT BAY PRESS
Like lyrics from a rock and roll album, this debut
collection of poetry unfolds page-by-page to reveal
a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.
Michelle Lietz grew up listening to the songs of
Tom Petty. When the news of his passing was
announced, the poet felt a piece of her past break
away. Her beautiful poetry takes lyrics from Petty’s
songs to launch her exploration on themes of
nostalgia, adolescence, and the poet’s mixed Yaqui, AVAILABLE APRIL 21,2022
European and Middle Eastern identity. $24.95 | 8 X 8"
125 PAGES
9781988168593
MICHELLE LIETZ is an American Indigenous writer
of mixed Yaqui, European and Middle Eastern
descent. She is currently pursuing a PhD in
Indigenous Literature at the University of Manitoba
in Winnipeg (Treaty 1 land) and lives in Ypsilanti,
Michigan (occupied Anishinaabeg land). Her poems
have previously been published in Prairie Fire's
NDNcity issue.
Themes: Music, identity, coming of age, indigenous
POETRY ORDER FROM CANADIAN MANDA GROUP 10 blueberries and apricots NATASHA KANAPÉ FONTAINE TRANSLATED BY HOWARD SCOTT MAWENZI HOUSE "In this, her third volume of poetry, this Aboriginal writer from Quebec again confronts the loss of her landscape and language. "On my left hip a face I walk I walk upright like a shadow a people on my hip a boatload of fruit AVAILABLE NOW | $19.95 and the dream inside 5 X 7.5" | 72 PAGES | women and children first" 9781988449326 A cry rises in me and transfigures me. The world waits for woman to come back as she was born: woman standing, woman powerful, woman resurgent. A call rises in me and I've decided to say yes to my birth." NATASHA KANAPÉ FONTAINE, born in 1991, is a slam poet, visual artist and indigenous rights activist. Innu of Pessamit community of the North Shore, she spent most of her life in urban areas, as did many other Aboriginal youth of her generation. The original French title, from which this current title is translated into English, earned her the prize for poetry of the Society of Francophone Writers of America, 2013. With an enduring commitment to the Idle No More movement, Natasha Kanapé Fontaine is part of the new generation of a people rising from the ashes, and who intends to take the place she deserves. She lives in Montreal. Themes: Indigenous rights, the environment, community, language
POETRY DISTRIBUTED BY UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS 11 Night Lunch MIKE CHAULK GORDON HILL PRESS Night Lunch is a shapeshifting sonnet sequence set in the cold waters off the North Coast of Labrador. Reflecting Chaulk’s own experience, the speaker—a young deckhand on a freight and passenger ferry servicing isolated communities—endures long irregular work hours, weather, icebergs, and loneliness, all the while navigating the taut intersections of race, labour, class, and masculinity. That Chaulk has Inuit family in and from Labrador makes this debut poetic journey a cultural coming-home for the young deckhand, as chronicled in supple, powerful verse. MIKE CHAULK lives in Guelph, Ontario, where he drives AVAILABLE NOW | $20 trucks full of beer for a living. His work has appeared or 6 X 8.9" | 88 PAGES | is forthcoming in Best Canadian Poetry 2018, The Malahat 9781928171942 Review, Arc Poetry Magazine, The Puritan, PRISM: international, and filling Station, among other places. In 2015, Chaulk co-founded & collective, an experimental poetry collective in Guelph, with whom he published two group chapbooks (& 1: works by & collective, self- published, and & 2: this happened to one of us, Publication Studio Guelph). He has worked as a seaman in Labrador, Sweden, and Wales, and previously lived in Montreal for five years where he punched time as the Associate Poetry Editor of The Incongruous Quarterly as well as the Editor-in-Chief of The Void Magazine at Concordia University. He now spends a good deal of time walking his dog in the woods. Themes: Labour, Indigeneity, Labrador
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Essential Ingredients
CAROL ROSE GOLDENEAGLE
INANNA PUBLICATIONS
Parenthood is a journey with no roadmap, and it is the
children who most often steer the ship. There are times
in a parent’s life when they ask, “Why am I doing this?
It’s so hard…” That is, until the moment of magic happen
—and they always do.
In Essential Ingredients, Carol Rose GoldenEagle recalls
when Creator’s blessings have truly been bestowed in a
parent’s shared life with their children. These poems AVAILABLE NOW | $18.95
examine hardship and struggle, the triumph of spirit and 6 X 7.5" | 100 PAGES |
joy, and serve as a reminder to all parents that
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childhood is fleeting.
CAROL ROSE GOLDENEAGLE (previously Carol Daniels) is
the author of the novel Bearskin Diary, winner of the
Aboriginal Literature Award for 2017 and finalist for
three Saskatchewan Book Awards in 2016. Her first book
of poetry, Hiraeth, was shortlisted for a Saskatchewan
Book Award in 2019. GoldenEagle is an Aboriginal artist,
multi-disciplined in the areas of writing, storytelling,
singing, drumming and visual art, and currently lives in
Regina, SK.
Themes: Indigenous author, lone parents, parenting, mothering, family historyNON-FICTION: ANTHOLOGY ORDER FROM CANADIAN MANDA GROUP
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In Our Own Aboriginal
Voice 2: A collection of
Indigenous authors and
artists in Canada
MICHAEL CALVERT, EDS.
REBEL MOUNTAIN PRESS
Helping to further the growth of Indigenous literature
with stories, poetry, and artwork from Indigenous
authors and artists across Canada.
"There is medicine in these stories, stories that could only
be told by those who lived to tell. Some still seek
restitution, long for healing, and to bring home the bones
of their ancestors." - Jonina Kirton, Author AVAILABLE NOW | $18.95 |
6 X 9" | 147 PAGES |
9780994730299
Editor MICHAEL CALVERT'S publishing credits include
the anthology, In Our Own Aboriginal Voice volumes
one and two, and Portal literary magazine. He is the
editor of Kiskajeyi- I AM READY. A graduate of VIU's
Creative Writing and Journalism program and SFU's
Masters of Publishing, Michael lives in Nanaimo, B.C.
and teaches at Vancouver Island University.
Themes: Indigenous short stories, poetry, and artwork. Reconciliation, resilience,
residential schools, restitution, and more.NON-FICTION - MEMOIR DISTRIBUTED BY HERITAGE GROUP
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from bear rock mountain
ANTOINE MOUNTAIN
BRINDLE & GLASS PUBLISHING
In this poetic, poignant memoir, Dene artist and social
activist Antoine Mountain paints an unforgettable picture
of his journey from residential school to art school—and his
path to healing.
In 1949, Antoine Mountain was born on the land near
Radelie Koe, Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories. At
the tender age of seven, he was stolen away from his
home and sent to a residential school—run by the Roman
Catholic Church in collusion with the Government of
Canada—three hundred kilometres away. Over the next
twelve years, the three residential schools Mountain was
forced to attend systematically worked to erase his
language and culture, the very roots of his identity.
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him, he had a disturbing and painful revelation of the 5.5 X 8.5" | 416 PAGES |
bitter depths of colonialism and its legacy of cultural 9781927366806
genocide. Canada has its own holocaust, Mountain
argues. As a celebrated artist and social activist today,
Mountain shares this moving, personal story of healing
and the reclamation of his Dene identity.
ANTOINE MOUNTAIN has received many awards for his art,
community activism, and athletic achievement—including
the NWT Premier's Award, the Queen's Jubilee
Commemorative Medal, the Tom Longboat Award—and was
recently inducted in the NWT Sport Hall of Fame. Mountain
is currently completing a PhD in Indigenous Studies at Trent
University in Peterborough, Ontario but will always call
Radelie Koe (Fort Good Hope), Northwest Territories home.
Find out more at amountainarts.com.
Themes: Indigenous identity, residential schools, Memoirs, Racism and racial discrimination,
Indigenous people: governance and politics, Northwest Territories, Indigenous artNON-FICTION - ORATORIES ORDER FROM CANADIAN MANDA GROUP 15 MEMORY SERVES LEE MARACLE NEWEST PRESS Memory Serves gathers together the oratories award- winning author Lee Maracle has delivered and performed over a twenty-year period. Revised for publication, the lectures hold the features and style of oratory intrinsic to the Salish people in general and the Sto: lo in particular. From her Coast Salish perspective and with great eloquence, Maracle shares her knowledge of Sto: lo history, memory, philosophy, law, spirituality, feminism and the colonial condition of her people. Powerful and inspiring, Memory Serves is an extremely timely book, not only because it is the first collection of oratories by one of the most important Indigenous authors in Canada, but also because it offers all Canadians, in Maracle's own words, "another way to be, AVAILABLE NOW | $24.95 to think, to know," a way that holds the promise of a 6 X 9" | 272 PAGES | "journey toward a common consciousness." 9781926455440 Poet, author, and teacher LEE MARACLE was an award- winning and critically acclaimed Indigenous Canadian writer and academic of the Stó:lo nation. She passed away in 2021. Themes: Writer As Critic series, Indigenous; Stó:lo; Essays; Oratories; Environment; Gender
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