Turnstone Press was founded in 1976 in Winnipeg to publish chapbooks by Manitoba poets. It is located in Western Canada

Western Canada

Western Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces and commonly as the West, is a region of Canada that includes the four provinces west of the province of Ontario.- Provinces :...

. Turnstone Press publishes only Canadian authors or landed immigrants. Fifty percent of their content published each year is either written by Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

 writers or contains content about Manitoba. Since its debut, Turnstone has grown to include fiction

Fiction

Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical,...

, literary criticism

Literary criticism

Literary criticism is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often informed by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of its methods and goals...

 and literary non-fiction

Non-fiction

Non-fiction is the form of any narrative, account, or other communicative work whose assertions and descriptions are understood to be fact...

. In 1998 Turnstone expanded their business with Ravenstone imprint which specializes primarily in literary and experimental mystery and noir fiction.

To this day, they continue to publish new Canadian authors. Since their foundation they have began the careers of many Canadian authors which include Di Brandt

Di Brandt

Di Brandt is an award-winning Canadian poet and literary critic. Despite the similarity of their names, she should not be confused with poet Dionne Brand.-Biography:...

, John Gould

John Gould

John Gould was an English ornithologist and bird artist. The Gould League in Australia was named after him. His identification of the birds now nicknamed "Darwin's finches" played a role in the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection...

, Lawrence Hill

Lawrence Hill

Lawrence Hill is an award-winning Canadian novelist and memoirist. He is best known for the 2001 memoir Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada and the 2007 novel The Book of Negroes....

, Sylvia Legris

Sylvia Legris

Sylvia Legris is a Canadian poet.Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, she now lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She has published three volumes of poetry, the third of which, Nerve Squall, won the 2006 Griffin Poetry Prize and Pat Lowther Award....

, Margaret Sweatman

Margaret Sweatman

Margaret Sweatman is a Canadian writer.Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sweatman was educated at the University of Winnipeg, Concordia University and Simon Fraser University....

, Michael Van Rooy and Armin Wiebe

Armin Wiebe

Armin Wiebe is a Canadian novelist of Mennonite descent born in Altona, Manitoba.Wiebe has written numerous humorous novels about Mennonites including The Salvation of Yasch Siemens, "Murder in Gutenthal", and "The Second Coming of Yeeat Shpanst". In 1984, he was shortlisted for the Stephen...

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Awards

Several books and authors under Turnstone Press have been nominated for literary awards and have been recognized for their literary efforts, including the Governor General's Literary Awards, the Commonwealth Writer's Prize, the Giller Prize, the Stephen Leacock Prize

Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour

The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour is an annual literary award presented to the best work of humorous literature in English by a Canadian writer. The award is a tribute to well-known Canadian humorist Stephen Leacock , and is accompanied by a cash prize of $15,000...

, the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Lambda Literary Awards, the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize

Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize

The Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize is a Canadian literary award presented by Rogers Communications and the Writers' Trust of Canada after an annual juried competition between publishers who submit entries....

, the ReLit Awards, and other regional awards.

Bird on a Wire

Turnstone Press provides many resources on their website, such as book reviews, resource articles, upcoming events, and recent news.

“Canadian small publishing is an incredibly dynamic and exciting business, frought with incredible highs and frustrating lows. Turnstone’s Bird on a Wire is part blog, part rant, and part resource. It’s our place on the web to share our thoughts and experiences while working in Canadian publishing.”

To view Turnstone's Bird on a Wire, visit: http://www.turnstonepress.com/bird-on-a-wire/

External links

• http://turnstonepress.com
• http://www.bookpublishers.mb.ca/index.php/member-publishers/active-members/turnstone-press/
• http://www.ravenstonebooks.com/about.html