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Discover the Publishers Behind Your Next Indie Book

Have you ever wondered about who made that book in your hands or the one on your screen? All books are not created equal.Get to know the people behind your books—#ReadUp on our fiercely independent, creative literary presses below.Find new releases here on All Lit Up. Stay connected to discover your next indie book. 

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Books published by Canadian independent literary publishers are a labour of love. They begin with scouting talent—finding amazing Canadian writers. Soon, they’ll be introduced to readers everywhere. But before that happens, their stories go through editorial development, design, production, and marketing before hitting the bookstore and library. It takes years and enormous passion to produce a good book. 
And now, more than ever, we want our purchases to support local businesses, not internet giants or foreign conglomerates. LPG member publishers—the makers of the books available on All Lit Up—are small presses operating across Canada, in our communities. They’re Canadian-owned and –controlled companies that support local economies and causes. They’re makers, creators, and artisans, connecting readers with essential books.
Get to know the people behind the books you enjoy. #ReadUp on our fiercely independent, creative literary presses—discover and celebrate their amazingly diverse, edgy, and inventive books.British ColumbiaAnvil PressArsenal Pulp PressBrindle & Glass PublishingCaitlin PressMother Tongue PublishingNightwood EditionsNow or Never PublishingRebel Mountain PressRonsdale PressTalonbooksTheytus BooksAlbertaBayeux ArtsFreehand BooksNeWest PressStonehouse PublishingSaskatchewanRadiant PressThistledown PressManitobaARP BooksAt Bay PressJ. Gordon Shillingford PublishingSignature EditionsTurnstone PressOntarioBetween the LinesBiblioasisBlue Moon PublishersBook*hug PressBookLand PressBrick BooksCoach House BooksECW PressFlamingo RampantGuernica EditionsInanna PublicationsInsomniac PressInvisible PublishingKegedonce PressLatitude 46 PublishingMansfield PressMawenzi House Palimpsest PressPlaywrights Canada PressQuattro BooksPorcupine’s QuillWolsak & WynnQuebecBaraka BooksDC BooksLinda Leith PublishingMetonymy PressPow Pow PressVéhicule PressNewfoundland and LabradorBreakwater BooksPedlar PressRunning the Goat New BrunswickGoose Lane EditionsNova ScotiaConundrum PressGaspereau PressRoseway Publishing
Read up on the books from Canadian Independent Literary Publishers.

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