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540: 593: 158:, politics and arts. Dundurn has about 2500 books in print, and averages around one hundred new titles each year. Dundurn Press was established in 1972 by Kirk Howard. In 2009, Dundurn forged a co-publishing partnership with the Ontario Genealogical Society, and in 2011, Dundurn purchased Napoleon & Company and Blue Butterfly Books. In 2013, Dundurn acquired Thomas Allen Publishers, the publishing branch of 27: 312: 320: 193:
In January 2019, Howard sold Dundurn Press to a consortium of Canadian technology investors. They hired Kwame Scott Fraser as Publisher, and Howard became Publisher Emeritus. Acquiring editor
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Dundurn, Rare Machines, Castle Street Mysteries, Hounslow, Simon and Pierre, Boardwalk Books, Sandcastle Books, Natural Heritage, Napoleon and Co., Blue Butterfly, Thomas Allen Publishers
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In February 2024, Fraser changed roles within the firm, and Meghan Macdonald was named Publisher.
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Meghan Macdonald (Publisher), Chris Houston (Operations), Kathryn Lane (Associate Publisher)
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launched a new imprint for literary fiction and memoir called Rare Machines.
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of adult fiction and non-fiction. The company publishes Canadian
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Kirk Howard died of Parkinson's Disease in June of 2023.
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Dundurn Press Buys Canadian Thomas Allen Publishers
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Kirk Howard
Canada
Toronto
UTP Distribution
Ingram Publisher Services
Lightning Source
Imprints
www.dundurn.com
book publishing companies
literature
history
biography
Thomas Allen & Son Limited
book distributor
Lincoln Alexander
Linda McQuaig
Ted Barris
Michael Coren
Xue Yiwei
Austin Clarke
Russell Smith
"Distributor"
"Our History"
"Snapshot: Dundurn Press founder and publisher Kirk Howard"
the original
Association of Canadian Publishers
"Dundurn Press marks 20th birthday"
the original
"Dundurn establishes J. Patrick Boyer imprint"

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