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Red Deer Press

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Red Deer Press
Parent companyFitzhenry & Whiteside
Founded1975
Country of origin Canada
Headquarters locationLeaside, Ontario
Publication typesBooks
Official websitewww.reddeerpress.com

Red Deer Press is a Canadian book publisher located in Leaside, Ontario. It issues trade titles in children's fiction, literary fiction, poetry, drama, belles-lettres, and creative nonfiction focusing on the Canadian Prairies.

Red Deer Press was founded in 1975 as a subsidiary of Red Deer College.[1] As of 2005, Red Deer Press operates as a Fitzhenry & Whiteside subsidiary.[citation needed]

Red Deer Press' books have received several literary awards over the years. For instance, Caroline Pignat's Greener Grass: The Famine Years won the 2009 Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature.

References

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  1. ^ "Literary Arts - Red Deer Press".

Further reading

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  • Boultbee, Paul G., "Vain Dream to Mainstream: The Growth of Red Deer College Press", Papers of The Bibliographical Society of Canada. 33(1):51-66, 1995.
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