Red Deer Press
Encyclopedia
Red Deer Press is a Canadian
book publishing company located in Markham, Ontario
. It publishes 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. As of 2005, Red Deer Press operates as a Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Company.
Red Deer books have won several awards over the years, including the 2009 Governor General's Award for Children's literature (text) for Caroline Pignat
's Greener Grass: The Famine Years
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
book publishing company located in Markham, Ontario
Markham, Ontario
Markham is a town in the Regional Municipality of York, located within the Greater Toronto Area of Southern Ontario, Canada. The population was 261,573 at the 2006 Canadian census...
. It publishes trade titles in children's fiction, literary fiction, poetry, drama, belles-lettres
Belles-lettres
Belles-lettres or belles lettres is a term that is used to describe a category of writing. A writer of belles-lettres is a belletrist. However, the boundaries of that category vary in different usages....
, and creative nonfiction focusing on the Canadian prairies.
Red Deer Press was founded in 1975 as a subsidiary of Red Deer College. As of 2005, Red Deer Press operates as a Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Fitzhenry & Whiteside is a Canadian book publishing company, located in Markham, Ontario. It publishes trade titles in children's and young adult fiction, textbooks, reference, history, biography, photography, sports and poetry....
Company.
Red Deer books have won several awards over the years, including the 2009 Governor General's Award for Children's literature (text) for Caroline Pignat
Caroline Pignat
Caroline Pignat is an Irish Canadian author and English teacher.Pignat a graduate of Ottawa University. Her work has been published in magazines, including Highlights for Children, Clubhouse and Clubhouse Jr., Storyteller, Guideposts, Guideposts for Kids, Living Faith for Kids, Capital Parent, The...
's Greener Grass: The Famine Years
Greener Grass: The Famine Years
Greener Grass, published in 2009, is the second novel of Canadian author Caroline Pignat. The story revolves around a 14-year-old girl, Kit Byrne, living during the Great Famine of 1847 in Ireland. The Byrne family faces imminent eviction when their landlord, Lord Fraser, wants to repossess their...
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