Boularderie Island Press is located in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

Trade Publication Submission Guidelines:

• We are not entertaining unsolicited manuscripts for consideration as trade publications until early 2024.
• Our trade publications focus on titles that will appeal to readers and booksellers in Atlantic Canada, specifically Nova Scotia.
• We only publish Canadian writers – mostly from Nova Scotia.
• We do not publish the following as trade publications: speculative fiction; romance; fiction anthologies; poetry; collections of short stories; family histories; self-help books; cookbooks; picture books for children.

Co-Publication Submission Guidelines:

• Our co-publications focus on titles that will appeal to readers and booksellers in Atlantic Canada, specifically Nova Scotia.
• We only publish Canadian writers – mostly from Nova Scotia.
• We do not publish the following as co-publications: speculative fiction; romance; fiction anthologies; poetry; collections of short stories; family histories; self-help books; picture books for children.
• We do encourage the following as potential co-publications:
  • • Non-fiction books with a focus on the history, preservation and celebration of culture and heritage; nature and ecology
    • Novels
    • 2SLGBTQIA themed books
• Generally we only consider completed manuscripts for co-publication— no works-in-progress or book outlines.

Note: Boularderie Island Press is not a printing house. Please do not contact us to provide printing quotes.

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