Donovan Street Press Inc.

10/08/2025

Yes, believe it or not it's that time of year already! I will be there! Hope you will too.

10/06/2025

Cape Breton speculative fiction writer Sherry Ramsey joins Mark A. Rayner and me to talk about her work and a painting called The Traveler by an unknown artist that has long inspired her. Episode 5 of our podcast Re-Creative, originally posted April 12, 2023.

Season 1 Episode 5 Originally presented April 12 2023

10/02/2025

Working hard getting this ready!

Our fall and winter workshop sessions began with Brian Henry in September, and now on October 26, we welcome Joe Mahoney of Donovan Street Press Inc., to share with us his Indie Publishing Primer, on October 26, from 1 pm to 3 pm, via Zoom. Register here: https://wfnb.ca/event-6348872

Workshop Description: Joe will walk participants through the initial conception of their book through to its final publication and beyond. He'll discuss every stage of the indie publication process from manuscript prep to editing, covers, formatting, distribution, and marketing. He'll do this using real world examples from his experience with his own books and Donovan Street Press.

This two-hour session is designed for those new to indie publishing who would like to know how to achieve creative satisfaction by publishing their own books successfully and, perhaps most importantly, without losing their shirts.

About Joe:
oe Mahoney is an author/publisher/broadcaster, recently retired from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, where, for over more than three decades, he worked in several roles including recording engineer, producer, and several operational management roles.

He currently runs Donovan Street Press Inc., an indie press based in Riverview, New Brunswick.

Joe is the author of the SF novel A Time and a Place, the memoir Adventures in the Radio Trade, and the short story collection Other Times and Places, all available from Donovan Street Press Inc.

He's written and produced several radio shows on science fiction for CBC Radio, and has worked as a story editor on multiple radio, television and film projects including CBC Radio's Steve the First and Steve the Second, both seasons of Canadia: 2056, Canadian author and filmmaker Susan Rodger's feature film Still the Water, and more. Joe is co-host of the podcast Re-Creative with Mark A. Rayner, a podcast about art and creativity.

09/30/2025

I'm pleased to announce that I'll be at the Shediac Christmas Book Extravaganza on November 13th from 6 to 9 PM. A great chance to connect with fellow book people from the area and kick the holiday season off on a literary note. Looking forward to it!

09/25/2025

The latest crazy marketing scams, book clubs, The Druid and the Dragon, The Cold Equations Stage Adaptation, our latest release Cherry Whip and... okay, that's about it. But surely that’s enough, isn’t it?

Marketing Scams, Book Clubs, The Druid and the Dragon, The Cold Equations, Cherry Whip and... okay, that's about it

07/23/2025

I loved reading to the kids.

Surely one of the greatest pleasures of being a parent.

(It's free to subscribe to my Substack, by the way...)

With apologies to Dr. Suess

07/17/2025

It’s one thousand years in the future. The Earth is a distant memory. And the Doucettes have seen better days.

It’s certainly not every day your space station is blown to bits beneath you in the opening volley of a senseless war. In the aftermath of this attack on their home, the Doucette family find themselves careening from one fantastic space adventure to another as their lives are upended in ways they can barely comprehend.

Hostile aliens, rebellious robots, murderous despots and more all stand in the Doucettes’ path as they try against all odds to reunite as a family while doing their best to help Akkadia win the war. Will they succeed?

Read the exciting space adventure Captain’s Away! to find out!

Completely free to read on Substack.

https://mahoneyj.substack.com/p/captains-away

A Strange Dimensions Book

07/16/2025

Dog Eared Books in Oromocto, NB, now carries several Donovan Street Press titles (along with a few books by my sister, Susan Rodgers). I imagine they will be displayed in the "Local Author" section, pictured below, though they did also take copies of "Hope of the Wasteland" from DSP author Matt Watts, who is based in Ontario.

I didn't get to meet Emily Arsenault, the owner, but had a great chat with the manager, Cody. It's a lovely bookstore. I bought a copy of The Curious Case of the Dog in the Night-Time and an illustrated edition of Jack Finney's Time and Again while I was there. If you're ever in the Oromocto area be sure to drop by!



https://www.dogearedbooks.ca/

07/09/2025

I’m delighted to announce that Donovan Street Press has signed local author Paul Burns from right here in Riverview, New Brunswick, to publish his Middle Grade novel The Druid and the Dragon in 2026. Welcome aboard Paul!

The Druid and the Dragon

06/23/2025

Pitch the Publisher. Pithy. Alliterative. But what is it exactly? A publisher out there named Pitch? Meet Pitch! The Publisher. Or what authors might like to do to publishers after said publisher has rejected their manuscripts: Pitch that publisher right into the sea!

All of the above, maybe! But the “Pitch the Publisher” I write about in my newsletter today is prospective authors “pitching” to a panel of publishers in front of a live audience. Free to read on Substack!

https://mahoneyj.substack.com/p/pitch-the-publisher

Right into the sea

06/13/2025

Donovan Street Press has just started using Bookmanager North American Bookstores.

So far I think it's pretty cool! A great way to make Donovan Street Press books available to indie bookstores and to potential readers.

We'll figure out this publishing business yet! :-)😎

Here's our first official Bookmanager catalog. You won't be able to see it unless you're logged into Bookmanager, but that's okay. I wanted to show it off anyway! And who knows... maybe some of you CAN log into Bookmanager... and run an indie bookstore... 🙂

Bookmanager - Bookmanager has everything you need to run your bookstore. For 30 years, we've been providing booksellers & vendors in North America with outstanding service.

06/02/2025

All Donovan Street Press Inc. books are available from Canadian stores. Including our own online store!

https://www.donovanstreetpress.com/store

Or, if you prefer, you can order DSP Inc. books from any indie bookstore in Canada or Chapters/Indigo. Either online or by simply asking them to order our books.

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