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House of Anansi Press was founded in 1967 by writers Dennis Lee and David Godfrey. Anansi started as a small press with a mandate to publish only Canadian writers, and quickly gained attention for publishing significant authors such as Margaret Atwood, Matt Cohen, Michael Ondaatje, and Erin Mouré, as well as George Grant and Northrop Frye. French-Canadian works in translation have always been an important part of the list, and prominent Anansi authors in translation include Roch Carrier, Anne Hébert, Lise Bissonnette, and Marie-Claire Blais. more on Anansis history The company specializes in finding and developing Canadas great new writers of literary fiction, poetry, and nonfiction and in maintaining a culturally significant backlist that has accumulated since the house was founded 40 years ago. House of Anansi Press was purchased in June 2002 from Stoddart Publishing by Scott Griffin, founder of the prestigious Griffin Poetry Prize.

 

Address: House of Anansi Press, 110 Spadina Ave., Suite 801, Toronto, ON, M5V 2K4
Telephone: 416-363-4343
Fax: 416-363-1017
Website: http://www.anansi.ca/