This is a project for Writing 12, I have chosen to research the publisher: Coach House Books. I will be giving information on the history of Coach House Books, what books they publish and the submission process.
Coach House Books was first "started" so to say in 1965. I say this because in 1965, Stan Bevington started printing copies of the new Canadian maple leaf flag rather than books. Not too much later he decided to rent an old coach house and bought a Challenge Gordon platen press and with his colleague, Dennis Reid, printed the poetry of Wayne Clifford. Onwards, Coach House Books continued to print books as well as publish them, which they still do today for many of Canada's literary presses and the University of Toronto.
PUBLISHING INFO:
- Coach House Books receives several hundred submissions each year and only roughly ten are accepted.
- They Publish only Canadian authors because of the grant funding from the federal and provincial government.
- Coach House Books publishes innovative Literary Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Poetry.
- They accept if not encourage submissions from members of diverse communities such as indigenous writers, writers of a different race, writers from the LGBTQ+ community as well as writers from different marginalized groups.
- On the other hand, they make it very clear that they do not publish Children's books, Cookbooks, Fantasy, Historical Romances, Memoirs, Mysteries, Science Fiction, or Self-Help Books.
STEPS FOR SENDING IN SUBMISSIONS:
FICTION - Send an introductory letter to describe your work, compare your work to two or more current Coach House Books titles, show how your work would fit in with the list of books that Coach House Books have published as well as make a literary CV that lists your previous publications and experience in this field along with the complete manuscript.
DRAMA - create an introductory letter that lists your previous and upcoming productions with the complete manuscript.
NON-FICTION - include a quick proposal, outline and your literary CV
POETRY - Poetry will not be accepted until further notice
- Submissions must be sent electronically. do not send more than one manuscript as hundreds are sent in each year.
A FEW AWARD-WINNING BOOKS:
- Twenty-One Cardinals by Jocelyne Saucier
- Asbestos Heights by David McGimpsey
- Fifteen Dogs by Andre Alexis
- Broom Broom by Brecken Hancock
- MxT by Sina Queyras
- Fault Lines by Nicolas Billon
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