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Frontenac house
Frontenac House is an independent publishing house located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 2000 by Rose and David Scollard, 50 titles in print are from this literary press.
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Poetry
Frontenac’s initial area of interest was poetry, which began with the “Quartet 2001 of four poetry books.” Each year since then the company has published a set of four Quartet poetry titles. The house has been recognized for its contribution to Alberta publishing, winning Alberta Publisher of the Year in 2006, and also for its role as an important Canadian poetry publisher. In 2010, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the series, Frontenac will be publishing a group of 10 books, which will be named, appropriately, Dektet 2010. Manuscripts, which were solicited from across Canada, were evaluated by an arm's-length jury of three outstanding Canadian poets (bill bissett, George Elliott Clarke, and Alice Major).
Diversity
Frontenac has deliberately pursued diversity among its writers in subject matter, writing technique, gender orientation, and social and political attitudes. Geographically, the company has published a relatively high number of Alberta-based poets, but has also produced books by writers living in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and as far afield as San Francisco and Paris. Attention is given to developing new and previously unpublished writers, although writers who had already received high levels of recognition for their work have also been included on the list.
Titles
In recent years, Frontenac House has expanded their mandate beyond poetry to publish art books, aviation history, and political satire. Some of the titles published by Frontenac House include:
Authors
Frontenac has published authors including Leslie Greentree, Shirlee Smith Matheson, and founder of the Calgary International Spoken Word Festival, Sheri-D Wilson.
Executive
The principals of Frontenac House are Rose Scollard, whose publishing background includes roles as editor at Ryerson Press and McClelland & Stewart West; and David Scollard, who was a sales rep and editor at Ryerson, Managing Editor at McClelland & Stewart, and Editorial Director at McClelland & Stewart West. All Frontenac books are designed by Neil Petrunia, who is an instructor of design technology at Alberta College of Art and Design, as well as being the principal at Epix Design Inc.