Submissions for Quartet 2021 are now open!

We will be accepting submissions for next year’s Quartet titles from now until April 30, 2020. Click the link below to read the submission guidelines.

Quartet 2021 Submission Guidelines

Coming Soon

A Brush With Depth: The Art of Rick Sealock

By Rick Sealock and Christina VesterProduction details are not yet finalized, so the above information may change. Rick Sealock has been creating wild and wacky illustrations for clients as varied as Rolling Stone, Texas Monthly, The Washington Post, Natural Health...
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Recent Releases

A Love Letter to Emily C

By Sheri-D Wilson A Love Letter to Emily C explores the life, times and milestones of Canadian icon and artist Emily Carr.  Humorous and moving, this play is a dialogue between Carr and her monkey Woo, as Carr unravels her life. Fall in love with the making of...
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This Was Our Valley

By Shirlee Smith Matheson and Earl K. Pollon This Was Our Valley was a phenomenal success when first released in 1989, winning the Alberta Culture Nonfiction prize as well as the Silver medal for the Roderick-Haig Brown BC Books award. This Was Our Valley brought to...
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Common Brown House Moths

By Laura Zacharin In Common Brown House Moths, poems step back from the hurry, blur and ordinariness to take a closer look at the the hazards of daily life . From her work as a doctor and  everyday family life, first time author, Laura Zacharin considers themes of...
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Waterline Immersion

By Conrad Scott Diversely interwoven with threads from the Norse creation myth, to colonial Contact with North America, to personal stories about his grandparents, Conrad Scott's Waterline Immersion asks the fundamental question of what it means to understand a place....
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Baddie One Shoe

By Natalie Meisner You know that voice in your head that cuts through it? Does the ill-advised thing in the name of hard won fun? The friend who finishes the bottle with you that needs finishing, stays till closing, holds your hair out of the way if needed? The Tough...
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Against Forgetting

By Keith Garebian A delve into the personal history of a man affected by the Armenian genocide and the ways he makes Canada home. The poetic lines and strong emotional tug of the book outline the long lasting effects of trauma and what it means to remake a home....
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Pressure Cooker Love Bomb

By Sharanpal Ruprai Poems masquerading as recipes, poems masquerading as survival guides, poems simmered in love, Pressure Cooker Love Bomb is a humorous collection of poems. Ruprai’s second collection is infused with intense sexuality, racial tensions, and questions...
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Rooster, Dog, Crow

By Jim Nason   In a world where upside-down politics dovetails with the carnivalesque, a love triangle unfolds between a belligerent Rooster, a happy-go-lucky meth-addicted Dog, and a gender-fluid Crow.  Nason’s sixth poetry collection goes to the extremes of the...
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Ruba’iyat for the Time of Apricots

A poem by Basma Kavanagh   This book length poem comprises three major interwoven threads: Ahli, an auto/biographical thread about my Lebanese heritage; Astura, a grim tale linking climate change and the oppression of women, and Ana, a reflection on identity,...
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Night Flying

By Laurie Fuhr   These poems capture the ways of the great Canadian military brat, vanishing points, flights, and gothic perceptions. Shortlisted for the Robert Kroetsch award for experimental poetry, these poems contain the rhythm of a musician and the eye of a...
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News

Basma Kavanagh is on the shortlist for the Atlantic Book Awards

The Atlantic Book Awards Society has shortlisted Basma Kavanagh's latest book, Ruba'iyat for the Time of Apricots, for this year's J.M. Abraham Poetry Award. Basma will be reading on Tuesday, June 4 at the Kentville Library, in Kentville.  The awards Gala will be held...
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Bob Stallworthy is awarded the Golden Pen Award

The Alberta Writers Guild has awarded Bob the 2019 Golden Pen Award, a lifetime achievement award that he richly deserves. Bob has been a great friend to Frontenac House. We have been proud to publish three of his books of poetry; From a Call Box, Optics, and Things...
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Rooster, Dog, Crow is on the 2019 Raymond Souster Award Longlist

Congratulations to Jim Nason for landing on this prestigious shortlist! http://poets.ca/2019/04/01/2019-book-awards-longlist-announcement/
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Quartet 2021 Call For Submissions

The call for submissions for Quartet 2021 is now open, and will close on April 30, 2020. Once this call closes, all manuscripts will be reviewed by our acquisitions editors and a short-list will be produced. This list will be further evaluated and the final titles...
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Jim Nason interviewed on Rob McClennan’s blog

Visit Rob's blog to read the interview with Jim Nason, author of Rooster, Dog, Crow, which is launching in Calgary on November 26 at the new Public Library. https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2018/11/12-or-20-second-series-questions-with_3.html
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Awards

Basma Kavanagh is on the shortlist for the Atlantic Book Awards

The Atlantic Book Awards Society has shortlisted Basma Kavanagh's latest book, Ruba'iyat for the Time of Apricots, for this year's J.M. Abraham Poetry Award. Basma will be reading on Tuesday, June 4 at the Kentville Library, in Kentville.  The awards Gala will be held...
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Bob Stallworthy is awarded the Golden Pen Award

The Alberta Writers Guild has awarded Bob the 2019 Golden Pen Award, a lifetime achievement award that he richly deserves. Bob has been a great friend to Frontenac House. We have been proud to publish three of his books of poetry; From a Call Box, Optics, and Things...
Read More

Rooster, Dog, Crow is on the 2019 Raymond Souster Award Longlist

Congratulations to Jim Nason for landing on this prestigious shortlist! http://poets.ca/2019/04/01/2019-book-awards-longlist-announcement/
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Billy-Ray Belcourt wins the 2018 Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize

2018 Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize Winner Announced!  
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Billy-Ray Belcourt is shortlisted for the Griffin Award!

Billy-Ray's accolades just keep coming. 2018 Griffin Awards shortlist
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