Dundurn Group

Dundurn Group

Founded	1972
Founder	Kirk Howard
Country of origin	Canada
Headquarters location	Toronto
Imprints	Dundurn, Castle Street Mysteries, Hounslow, Simon and Pierre, Boardwalk Books, Sandcastle Books, Natural Heritage, Napoleon and Co., Blue Butterfly
Official website	www.dundurn.com

Dundurn is a Canadian book publishing company, focusing on works of Canadian literature, history, biography, politics and arts. it was founded in 1972 by Kirk Howard.^[1] Dundurn has over 2500 titles in print and currently publishes over 100 new titles a year. ^[2]

Dundurn’s editorial mandate is to publish quality Canadian books in a wide variety of genres for domestic and international markets.

Imprints

Since 1972, Dundurn's publishing programme expanded to include six imprints:

Dundurn - publishes serious non-fiction in the areas of history, biography and reference.
Castle Street Mysteries - publishes only books in the mystery genre. Two titles under this imprint, Body Blows by Marc Strange (2010) and Find Me Again by Sylvia Maultash Warsh (2003) have won Edgar Allan Poe Awards.
Hounslow - publishes popular non-fiction, paranormal, trivia, and how-to books.
Simon and Pierre - publishes literary fiction, drama, and books about the theatre.
Boardwalk Books and Sandcastle Books - publish junior and teen novels and biographies.

Notes

^ Slopen, Beverley (20 January, 1993). "Dundurn Press marks 20th birthday". The Toronto Star: pp. E.16. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/518432091.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+02%2C+1993&author=Beverley+Slopen&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Dundurn+Press+marks+20th+birthday&pqatl=google. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
^ Association of Canadian Publishers

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