Thistledown Press

Thistledown Press Acquisition

Thistledown Press, Saskatchewan’s longest-running literary publisher, has been acquired by JoAnn McCaig, CEO of Shelf Life Books and owner of Free Hand Books, in an independent sale from Al Forrie, one of Thistledown’s founding members. Saskatoon poet and editor Elizabeth Philips has been hired as Thistledown’s Managing Editor. Established in 1975 by Saskatoon poet Glen […]

Saskatchewan Book Awards Honours Saskatchewan Publishers

Regina, SK, 23 June 2020 SaskBooks congratulates Thistledown Press, U of R Press, and Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing for their wins at the Saskatchewan Book Awards. The 27th Saskatchewan Book Awards ceremony was hosted online on June 18th, 2020. Three members of SaskBooks were honoured, for a total of six awards. When We Had Sled […]

SaskBooks’ head office is located in Regina, on Treaty 4 land, the home of the Cree, Ojibwe, Saulteaux, Dakota, Nakota, Lakota, and the homeland of the Métis Nation. We respect and honour the Treaties that were made on all territories, and we are committed to moving forward in partnership with Indigenous Nations in the spirit of reconciliation and collaboration.

Saskatchewan Publishers Group is a recipient of a Google Ad Grants award. The Google Ad Grants programme supports registered non-profit organisations that share Google’s philosophy of community service to help the world in areas such as science and technology, education, global public health, the environment, youth advocacy and the arts. Google Ad Grants is an in-kind advertising programme that awards free online advertising to non-profits via Google AdWords.

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