Type Books, a much-loved independent bookstore in Toronto since 2006, has been The Scream's official bookseller for the last four years. Like us, Type is a strong supporter of poetry, the small presses, and challenging and unusual literary work in all genres. You can visit them at their flagship store at 883 Queen St West, or at their newest location at 427 Spadina Road in Forest Hill Village.

Coach House Printing and their literary arm Coach House Books have been the Scream's best friend since, well, forever. Coach House does most of our printing, and CH Books has supplied our stage with a bevy of incredible authors. Their site is well worth checking out, especially their impressive catalogue of online books.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, TWB is currently closed for the transition to new ownership.We expect to be ready to open again in mid June 2010. They apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your continued support and patience in this process. You can donate at their website

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Insomniac Press is a general trade publisher that specializes in fiction and poetry. Many of our Alumni have published with Insomniac over the years, and we published our very own Carnival (a collection of Alumni writing from the early years of the festival) with them in 1996.

This Ain’t the Rosedale Library opened its Queen Street East doors in 1979, and was at its Church/Wellesley location from 1986, until 2008. It is presently located in Kensington Market right next to i deal coffee on Nassau Street near Bellevue Avenue.

One of Toronto’s original indie bookstores, specializing in books on music, poetry (New York school, langpo, beat, surrealist, symbolist etc.), modern classics, obscure and hard to find fiction, beat literature, modern art books, small press literature, politics, cultural studies and a whole lot more.

The good people of Mercury Press have been pushing fine and innovative Canadian literature since 1978. Mercury is also the new owners of Toronto’s Word, The Literary Calendar , the premiere source for info t-dot litscene. Do explore the offerings on their site. You’ll be glad you did.

Celebrating its 22nd anniversary in 2009, The Beguiling has set a new standard in Canada for comix and graphic novel retail. Showcasing the largest selection of alternative, underground and avant-garde graphic story telling in North America, The Beguiling has a worldwide reputation for excellence. The Beguiling also acts as the art dealer for some of the industry’s finest alternative comics creators, and is the primary sponsor of the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, held every two years in downtown Toronto. Visit them online at http://beguiling.com.

Geist is a magazine of ideas and culture made in Canada with a strong literary focus and a sense of humour. The Geist tone is intelligent, plain-talking, inclusive and offbeat. Each issue reflects a convergence of fiction, non-fiction, photography, comix, reviews, little-known facts of interest, poetry, cartography and the legendary Geist crossword puzzle. At the heart of our enterprise is the imaginary country that some of us inhabit from time to time, and which often has something to do with Canada.

Anansi started as a small press with a mandate to publish only Canadian writers, and quickly gained attention for publishing significant authors such as Margaret Atwood, Matt Cohen, Michael Ondaatje, and Erin Mouré, as well as George Grant and Northrop Frye.
French-Canadian works in translation have always been an important part of the list, and prominent Anansi authors in translation include Roch Carrier, Anne Hébert, Lise Bissonnette, and Marie-Claire Blais. The company specializes in finding and developing Canada's great new writers of literary fiction, poetry, and nonfiction and in maintaining a culturally significant backlist that has accumulated since the house was founded 40 years ago.

Publishers Weekly recently recognized ECW Press as one of the fastest growing and most diversified independent publishers in North America. Now in its 25th year, ECW Press has published close to 1000 books that are distributed throughout the English-speaking world and translated into dozens of languages, with a list that includes some of the most exciting new fiction and poetry in Canada. Entertainment. Culture. Writing. ECW Press.