Goose Lane Editions: Regional heart, national profile

From its original incarnation as Fiddlehead Poetry Books 50 years ago, Goose Lane Editions has evolved to become one of Canada's most exciting showcases of home-grown literary talent.

With a mandate to combine "a regional heart with a national profile," the Fredericton-based publisher crosses all literary genres in bringing readers exceptionally-crafted poetry, stimulating fiction, and provocative and informative non-fiction from Canadian writers.

Publishing books by emerging and established writers, Goose Lane has launched the careers of such critically-acclaimed Canadian authors as Alden Nowlan, Lynn Coady, Rabindranath Maharaj and Alan Cumyn. Among the more than 200 Goose Lane titles currently in print is Douglas Glover's novel Elle, which won the 2003 Governor General's Literary Award for English-language fiction.

In addition to producing art books, many of which are published in partnership with such leading Canadian art galleries and museums as the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Goose Lane has become one of the country's leading purveyors of Canadian literary fiction on audio.

Launched in 1997 as a collaboration between Goose Lane and CBC Radio, Between the Covers Audiobooks gives voice to such classic and contemporary writing from literary stars such as Stephen Leacock, W.O. Mitchell, Jane Urquhart, Richard B. Wright and George Elliott Clarke. From its first release  Timothy Findley's 1995 novel, The Piano Man's Daughter, read by actor Colm Feore  the collection has grown to more than 40 titles.

- Christopher Guly