{{Short description|Canadian publishing company}} {{Infobox company | name = Gaspereau Press | founders = Andrew Steeves<br>Gary Dunfield | foundation = {{start date and age|1997}} | owner = Keagan Hawthorne (acquisition pending) | industry = Publishing | homepage = [http://www.gaspereau.com/ www.gaspereau.com] }} '''Gaspereau Press''' is a Canadian publishing company founded in Nova Scotia in 1997 by Andrew Steeves and Gary Dunfield. In 2025, it was announced that Keagan Hawthorne would acquire the company and transfer its operations to Sackville, New Brunswick.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alcuinsociety.com/news/gaspereau-press-to-change-the-ownership|title=Gaspereau Press to Change Ownership|work=Alcuin Society|access-date=2026-02-05|language=en}}</ref>
Its philosophy emphasizes "making books that reinstate the importance of the book as a physical object", prioritizing the design and the manufacturing quality of its titles. The firm attracted attention in 2010 when one of its titles, Johanna Skibsrud's novel ''The Sentimentalists'', won the Scotiabank Giller Prize.<ref name=unavailable>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/books/authors-angst-grows-over-unavailability-of-giller-winner/article1794186/ "Author's angst grows over unavailability of Giller winner"]. ''The Globe and Mail'', November 11, 2010.</ref>
Rejected by several major publishers before Gaspereau, the book had originally been released in a limited run of just 800 copies. However, the award win pushed demand for the book well beyond the 1,000 copies per week that the company's printing press could produce at maximum capacity, resulting in the book being unavailable in stores for almost two weeks after the Giller announcement.<ref name=unavailable />
Meanwhile, Gaspereau Press announced that it had sold the novel's trade paperback rights to Douglas & McIntyre, while it will continue to print a smaller run of the novel's original edition for book collectors.<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/article/890770--deal-clears-way-for-skibsrud-s-giller-novel-to-ship-this-week "Deal clears way for Skibsrud’s Giller novel to ship this week"]. ''Toronto Star'', November 15, 2010.</ref>
==See also== * Literature of Nova Scotia
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==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.gaspereau.com/}}
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