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| Founded | 1972 |
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| Founder | Kirk Howard |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Headquarters location | Toronto |
| Distribution | UTP Distribution (Canada) Ingram Publisher Services (US) Lightning Source (UK) [1] |
| Key people | Meghan Macdonald (Publisher) |
| Imprints | Dundurn, Rare Machines, Castle Street Mysteries, Hounslow, Simon and Pierre, Boardwalk Books, Sandcastle Books, Natural Heritage, Napoleon and Co., Blue Butterfly, Thomas Allen Publishers |
| No. of employees | 20+ [2] |
| Official website | www |
Dundurn Press is one of the largest Canadian-owned book publishing companies of adult fiction and non-fiction. [3] The company publishes Canadian literature, history, biography, politics and arts. Dundurn has about 2500 books in print, and averages around fifty new titles each year. [4] Dundurn Press was established in 1972 by Kirk Howard. [5] In 2009, Dundurn forged a co-publishing partnership with the Ontario Genealogical Society, and in 2011, Dundurn purchased Napoleon & Company and Blue Butterfly Books. [6] [7] In 2013, Dundurn acquired Thomas Allen Publishers, the publishing branch of Thomas Allen & Son Limited. [8]
Dundurn Press authors include Lincoln Alexander, Linda McQuaig, Ted Barris, Michael Coren, Xue Yiwei, and Austin Clarke.
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. [9] Acquiring editor Russell Smith launched a new imprint for literary fiction and memoir called Rare Machines. [10] [11]
Kirk Howard died of Parkinson's disease in June 2023. [12]
In February 2024, Fraser changed roles within the firm, and Meghan Macdonald was named publisher. [13]
