Turnstone Press

Turnstone Press Turnstone Press, located in the heart of the Exchange District in Winnipeg, publishes poetry, fictio

Founded in a Winnipeg pub in 1976 to publish chapbooks by Manitoba poets, Turnstone Press has become one of the most highly regarded book publishers in western Canada, publishing not only poetry but also fiction, literary criticism and non-fiction. In 1998 Turnstone Press launched Ravenstone Books, an imprint dedicated to mysteries, thrillers, and noir fiction. Turnstone Press is committed to our

literary and cultural role in Manitoba and Canada and our mandate reflects this. We publish only Canadian authors or landed immigrants, we strive to publish a significant number of new writers, to publish in a variety of genres, and to publish 50 per cent Manitoba writers and/or books with Manitoba content. At Turnstone Press we pride ourselves on taking chances with new writers and we've had our share of successes doing so. Turnstone Press has launched the careers of many Canadian writers, including, Di Brandt, John Gould, Lawerence Hill, Sylvia Legris, Margaret Sweatman, Armin Wiebe. Our books and authors have won or been nominated for Governor General's Literary Awards, the Commonwealth Writer's Prize, The Giller Prize, the Leacock Prize, IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, The Lambda Awards, The Rogers Trust Prize, The Relit Awards, and numerous regional awards. Despite the risk inherent in publishing new Canadian literary writing, Turnstone Press remains committed to pursuing and promoting new, thought-provoking authors and books. Canadian writing has never been more exciting, and Turnstone Press is proud to have been a part of its history and keenly looks forward to the future.

09/10/2026
09/01/2026

September is a busy month for our authors. Our next Festival and Conference feature sees Sean Minogue at the Mississauga Literary Festival! You can meet and greet with Sean from noon to 4:00 pm or join in the writing workshop he is leading at 10:30 a.m.!

For more information about the Mississauga Literary Festival and their full schedule please visit the following coordinates:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/mississauga-literary-festival-tickets-1993545198353?aff=oddtdtcreator





Tuesday, and the first day of a new month! Perfect day to share poetry by Shirley Camia (MERCY, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MOTH...
09/01/2026

Tuesday, and the first day of a new month! Perfect day to share poetry by Shirley Camia (MERCY, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MOTHS) up on today's Poetry Pause by the The League of Canadian Poets!

Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets' daily poetry dispatch. Read "Observation" by Shirley Camia.

Our next Festival and Conference feature sees Kim Fahner & THE POLLINATION FIELD head out to the St. Lawrence Writer Fes...
08/31/2026

Our next Festival and Conference feature sees Kim Fahner & THE POLLINATION FIELD head out to the St. Lawrence Writer Festival on September 12! Kim will be reading with Margo LaPierre, Armand Garnett Ruffo, and Carolyne Van Der Meer as part of " I Heard the Poets Say ..." panel moderated by Lois Lorimer.

To learn more about this powerhouse poetry panel and other programming part of the St. Lawrence Writers Festival please visit the following coordinates:

https://www.stlawrencewritersfestival.ca/





08/31/2026

New week, and it's almost time to get back to routines, Friends. In the meantime, we'll be dropping a few podcast links here and there to catch you up on all the good conversations our authors have been having about their books!

As you start your week, Friends, might we suggest popping over to Winnipeg's Classic 107 to join David Jón Fuller in conversation with host Nolan Kehler? You can watch / listen about VENUE 13 at the following coordinates:

or watch / listen at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kisopoC9_rI&t=476s






08/11/2026

Our next Festival and Conference feature is Don Miasek who will be at When Words Collide in Calgary this weekend! Don has a busy weekend ahead with several panels on his schedule including “Survival Skills in Dystopian Fiction,” “Cinematic Storytelling: Does Hollywood Flair work in Speculative Fiction,” and “Hard Science Fiction Shouldn’t Be Hard.”
For more information about when you can catch Don this weekend, and for more information about When Words Collide, please visit the following coordinates:

https://www.whenwordscollide.org/






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