# Turnstone Press

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{{Infobox publisher
| name         = Turnstone Press
| founded      = 1976 
| founders     = [David Arnason](/source/David_Arnason), John Beaver, [Dennis Cooley](/source/Dennis_Cooley), [Robert Enright](/source/Robert_Enright), Daniel Lenoski, [Wayne Tefs](/source/Wayne_Tefs)
| country      = [Canada](/source/Canada)
| headquarters = Winnipeg, Manitoba
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| keypeople    = Jamis Paulson,<ref>{{cite web|title=Winnipeg creative writer Wayne Tefs dies|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-creative-writer-wayne-tefs-dies-1.2768191|publisher=CBC|accessdate=February 25, 2020}}</ref> Sharon Caseburg
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| imprints     = Ravenstone
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| url          = {{URL|http://www.turnstonepress.com}} 
}}{{Short description|Canadian literary publisher}}
'''Turnstone Press''' is a Canadian literary publisher founded in 1976 in [Winnipeg](/source/Winnipeg), [Manitoba](/source/Manitoba), the oldest in Manitoba and among the most respected independent publishers in Canada.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=In House:Turnstone Press |url=http://www.lpg.ca/house-turnstone-press |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422154531/http://www.lpg.ca/house-turnstone-press |archive-date=2017-04-22 |accessdate=February 25, 2020 |publisher=Literary Press Group of Canada}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Acts of Concealment|article=A History of Turnstone Press|author=David Arnason|date=1992}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=Manitoba and Beyond|publisher=Center for Mennonite Writing Journal|accessdate=February 25, 2020|url=https://mennonitewriting.org/community/news/call-papers-mennonites-writing-manitoba-and-beyond/}}</ref>

Turnstone was founded in 1976 by academics [David Arnason](/source/David_Arnason), John Beaver, [Dennis Cooley](/source/Dennis_Cooley), [Robert Enright](/source/Robert_Enright), Daniel Lenoski, and [Wayne Tefs](/source/Wayne_Tefs).<ref>{{cite web|title=Turnstone Press: Archives and Special Collections |url=http://www.umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archives/collections/complete_holdings/ead/html/turnstone.shtml|publisher=University of Manitoba |accessdate=4 January 2018}}</ref> Initially the company rented space at the [University of Manitoba](/source/University_of_Manitoba) and published [chapbook](/source/chapbook)s by Manitoba poets. Turnstone was incorporated in 1983 and since that time, under editors Wayne Tefs, [Joan Thomas](/source/Joan_Thomas) and others, has grown to become one of the most highly regarded and award-winning independent publishers in Western Canada.<ref name=":0" /> Turnstone moved to a space in the [Exchange District](/source/Exchange_District) of Winnipeg and added [fiction](/source/fiction), [literary criticism](/source/literary_criticism) and literary [non-fiction](/source/non-fiction) titles. In 1998 Turnstone added the Ravenstone imprint which specializes in literary and experimental mystery and [noir fiction](/source/noir_fiction).<ref name=":2">{{cite web |title=About Turnstone Press |url=https://www.turnstonepress.com/about-turnstone-press.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228033651/https://www.turnstonepress.com/about-turnstone-press.html |archive-date=2017-02-28 |accessdate=February 25, 2020}}</ref>

Turnstone is known for publishing Canadian authors, particularly from Manitoba and the [Canadian prairies](/source/Canadian_prairies).<ref name=":0" /> Authors associated with Turnstone include [Bertram Brooker](/source/Bertram_Brooker), [Miriam Waddington](/source/Miriam_Waddington), [John Gould](/source/John_Gould_(Canadian_writer)), [Lawrence Hill](/source/Lawrence_Hill), [Robert Kroetsch](/source/Robert_Kroetsch), [Sylvia Legris](/source/Sylvia_Legris), [Margaret Sweatman](/source/Margaret_Sweatman), [Sally Ito](/source/Sally_Ito) and others. Turnstone has published important works in [Icelandic](/source/Icelandic_Canadians) Canadian literature by [David Arnason](/source/David_Arnason), [W. D. Valgardson](/source/W._D._Valgardson), and [Kristjanna Gunnars](/source/Kristjanna_Gunnars) and [Indigenous](/source/Indigenous_peoples_of_Canada) Canadian literature by [Marvin Francis](/source/Marvin_Francis), [Wayne Arthurson](/source/Wayne_Arthurson), [Garry Thomas Morse](/source/Garry_Thomas_Morse) and others. Since the 1980s, Turnstone has also been a major publisher of [Mennonite literature](/source/Mennonite_literature), publishing works by [David Bergen](/source/David_Bergen), [Sandra Birdsell](/source/Sandra_Birdsell), [Di Brandt](/source/Di_Brandt), [Dora Dueck](/source/Dora_Dueck), [Patrick Friesen](/source/Patrick_Friesen), [Miriam Toews](/source/Miriam_Toews), [Andrew Unger](/source/Andrew_Unger), and [Armin Wiebe](/source/Armin_Wiebe), among others.<ref>{{cite book|publisher=Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal|title=Finding creative identities:Mennonite writers in Winnipeg|date=2000|author=Leo Driedger}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

Turnstone Press books and authors have won or been nominated for numerous literary awards including the [Governor General's Literary Awards](/source/Governor_General's_Literary_Awards), the [Commonwealth Writer's Prize](/source/Commonwealth_Writer's_Prize), the [Giller Prize](/source/Giller_Prize), the [Stephen Leacock Prize](/source/Stephen_Leacock_Memorial_Medal_for_Humour), the [International Dublin Literary Award](/source/International_Dublin_Literary_Award), the [Lambda Literary Awards](/source/Lambda_Literary_Awards), the [Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize](/source/Rogers_Writers'_Trust_Fiction_Prize), the [ReLit Awards](/source/ReLit_Awards), and other regional awards.<ref name=":2" />

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://turnstonepress.com}}
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Category:Book publishing companies of Canada
Category:Publishing companies established in 1976
Category:Companies based in Winnipeg
Category:Literary publishing companies
Category:1976 establishments in Manitoba
Category:Publishing companies based in Manitoba

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