Thistledown Press

Thistledown Press Publishing Quality Books Since 1975

Thistledown Press was founded in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in 1975 to publish and promote the writing of both new and established prairie writers. It was one of a number of Canadian publishers who developed publishing programs in the mid-1970s as a response to a proliferation of quality poetry and fiction being written by Canadian writers especially young writers throughout the western provinces of

Canada, Thistledown’s early programs consisted entirely of poetry; however, by the time it had joined the Literary Press Group in the early 1980s, its list had expanded to include fiction and poetry by writers beyond the prairies.

So excited to have Caroline Pignat's THE DISCOVERY OF FINNEGAN WILDE on the list of Red Maple nominees!!
10/16/2025

So excited to have Caroline Pignat's THE DISCOVERY OF FINNEGAN WILDE on the list of Red Maple nominees!!

📣Editors of Saskatoon!📣 There's still one week left to apply to the Assistant Editor position with Thistledown Press!Vis...
10/10/2025

📣Editors of Saskatoon!📣 There's still one week left to apply to the Assistant Editor position with Thistledown Press!

Visit our website to read the full job description and apply: https://thistledownpress.com/2025/09/25/were-hiring-assistant-editor/

📣Come and work with us!📣

Thistledown Press is hiring an assistant editor! This is a seasonal, part-time position starting in November 2025. The ideal candidate will be local to Saskatoon, SK. Deadline to apply is October 17, 2025.

Visit our website for the full job description!
https://thistledownpress.com/2025/09/25/were-hiring-assistant-editor/

Excited to see Lloyd Ratzlaff in USask Alumni's Green & White! Check out his interview below!And learn more about his de...
10/02/2025

Excited to see Lloyd Ratzlaff in USask Alumni's Green & White! Check out his interview below!

And learn more about his debut poetry collection on our website here: https://thistledownpress.com/product/walking-upstream/

graduate Lloyd Ratzlaff, an award-winning nonfiction author, has made his poetry debut with Walking Upstream. Ratzlaff said his book of poems, released this spring by Thistledown Press, focuses on “overcoming a harsh religious background and seeking consolation from the natural world.”

Read more: https://greenandwhite.usask.ca/articles/2025/alumni-book-nook-lloyd-ratzlaff-med79.php

Next week in Saskatoon! Visit The River Volta Reading Series on October 7 for readings from Thistledown author Lloyd Rat...
10/02/2025

Next week in Saskatoon! Visit The River Volta Reading Series on October 7 for readings from Thistledown author Lloyd Ratzlaff!

Learn more about his debut poetry collection, WALKING UPSTREAM, on our website here: https://thistledownpress.com/product/walking-upstream/

We are giving away some of Thistledown Press’s earliest published titles! These rare, out-of-print poetry books were gen...
10/02/2025

We are giving away some of Thistledown Press’s earliest published titles! These rare, out-of-print poetry books were generously offered to us by Glen and Sonia Sorestad for a giveaway to one lucky reader.

This bundle includes THREE poetry chapbooks:

DARK HONEY by Ronald Marken (1976)
OCTOMI by Andrew Suknaski & William Johnson (1976)
INSIDE IS THE SKY by Lorna Uher (Crozier) (1976)

Want to win these books? Visit our website to enter!

https://thistledownpress.com/about/fifty-years-of-thistledown-press-1975-2025/

Deadline to enter is November 15, 2025. Get your name in today!

A huge congratulations to Connie Gault for this incredible achievement!!
09/26/2025

A huge congratulations to Connie Gault for this incredible achievement!!

Huge congratulations to Connie Gault on receiving the 2025 Cheryl and Henry Kloppenburg Award for Literary Excellence!

The award honours a Saskatchewan writer who has written a substantial body of acclaimed literary work and has had a significant impact on writing in Saskatchewan. It carries a prize of $10,000 and a framed limited edition print of a painting by well-known Saskatchewan artist Dorothy Knowles.

Learn more about Connie and the award here: https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/connie-gault-receives-the-2025-cheryl-and-henry-kloppenburg-award-for-literary-excellence

Join us in congratulating Connie! 🎊👏

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📣Come and work with us!📣Thistledown Press is hiring an assistant editor! This is a seasonal, part-time position starting...
09/26/2025

📣Come and work with us!📣

Thistledown Press is hiring an assistant editor! This is a seasonal, part-time position starting in November 2025. The ideal candidate will be local to Saskatoon, SK. Deadline to apply is October 17, 2025.

Visit our website for the full job description!
https://thistledownpress.com/2025/09/25/were-hiring-assistant-editor/

Some great events coming up in B.C. with Thistledown author Elizabeth J. Haynes! Check out the dates and locations below...
09/25/2025

Some great events coming up in B.C. with Thistledown author Elizabeth J. Haynes! Check out the dates and locations below!

Join Marget Macpherson and Elizabeth J. Haynes at one of their various locations for their Fall 2025 BC Book Tour.

Port Alberni: Electric Mermaid Series, Char’s Landing (4815 Argyle Avenue) Sept 24, 6pm
Victoria: Amica on the Gorge (994 Gorge Rd W) Sept 25, 3pm
Vancouver: Spotlight Arts Series, Christ Church Cathedral (690 Burrard Street) Sept 27, 1pm
Sechelt: Sechelt Public Library (5797 Cowrie St) Sept 29, 3pm
West Kelowna: West Kelowna Library (3731 Old Okanagan Hwy) Oct 1, 6pm
Vernon: North Westside Community Library (516 Udell Road) Oct 2, 7pm
Kamloops: Kamloops library (100 - 465 Victoria St) Oct 4, 2pm
Nelson: Nelson Public Library (602 Stanley St) Oct 6, 7pm.

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Unit 222, 220 20th Street W
Saskatoon, SK
S7M0W9

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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