Tuesday, August 28, 2007

A Literary "Mind Meld" of Universal Proportions

Publishers Brian Hades and Gwen Gades announced today that three publishing imprints, EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, Tesseract Books and Dragon Moon Press, have merged to form Canada's largest genre publisher of Science Fiction and Fantasy.

In a recent presentation at Calgary's annual convention of Science Fiction and Fantasy fans, Brian Hades, publisher of EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, and Gwen Gades, publisher of Dragon Moon Press expressed their delight with the merger:

"We are both committed to producing quality books which feature today's best Science Fiction and Fantasy authors. We know readers will find a wonderful variety of both short fiction and novel length books to choose from ... including works by some of the world's finest writers."

About Dragon Moon Press

Since the first printing of "Daughter of Dragons" in 1997, Dragon Moon Press has established itself as a leading Canadian publishing house whose dedication to first time authors and writers of literary excellence earned the company a place in the hearts of readers around the globe. The company has produced a number of books over the years, including the very popular "Complete Guide" series, which includes three guide books on writing Fantasy and a soon-to-be-released guide book about writing Science Fiction.

About EDGE Science Fiction Publishing and Tesseracts Books

Since its award winning publication of Marie Jakober's "The Black Chalice" in 2002, life has been on high speed for this Calgary publishing company. It quickly gained recognition from readers and writers alike for its critical selection of engaging speculative fiction. EDGE's authors come from Canada, the USA, New Zealand and Australia. EDGE authors have garnered world wide recognition by winning a number of awards - including the Canadian Aurora Award, the Australian Aurealis Award and the ForeWord Magazine Award (USA).

About Tesseract Books

In 2003, EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy acquired Tesseract Books - the publisher of the highly respected and extremely popular "Tesseracts" anthology of Canadian short speculative fiction.

About the Tesseract Anthology Series

Since its inception 22 years ago, the Tesseracts anthology has featured 344 short works and more than 200 Canadian authors, editors and translators -- including such well known writers as Margaret Atwood, Robert J. Sawyer, Spider Robinson, and William Gibson, to name a few.

New Merger Creates Canada's Largest Genre Specific Publishing Company

With the merger of EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publications, Tesseract Books and Dragon Moon Press, this triumvirate publishing house now has more than 90 titles in print, making it Canada's largest genre specific publisher. A new book catalog will be available in September.

Cheers

Janice Shoults, Marketing Director
(www.edgewebsite.com)
Box 1714, Calgary, AB, T2P 2L7, Canada
403-254-0160 (voice) / 403-254-0456 (fax)
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Imprints:
EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
www.edgewebsite.com
Tesseract Books
www.edgewebsite.com
Dragon Moon Press
www.dragonmoonpress.com

1 Comments:

Blogger Cheryl Tardif said...

This is indeed awesome news!! A good friend of mine and fellow writer attended the convention and told me about this news. Canada needs more publishing companies, especially in genre fiction.

I don't suppose you'll be branching into suspense thrillers...? :)

I will have to get busy and write something that fits your guidelines!

Cheryl Kaye Tardif
author of Whale Song, The River and Divine Intervention
www.whalesongbook.com

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