Goose Lane Editions is a Canadian

Canada

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 book publishing

Publishing

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 company founded in 1954 in Fredericton

Fredericton, New Brunswick

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, New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

 as Fiddlehead Poetry Books by Fred Cogswell

Fred Cogswell

Fred Cogswell, CM was a Canadian poet.Born in East Centreville, New Brunswick he served overseas in the Canadian Army during the Second World War. A teacher at the age of sixteen, Cogswell gained a BA and MA at the University of New Brunswick and received a PhD from Edinburgh University...

 and a group of students and faculty from the University of New Brunswick

University of New Brunswick

The University of New Brunswick is a Canadian university located in the province of New Brunswick. UNB is the oldest English language university in Canada and among the first public universities in North America. The university has two main campuses: the original campus founded in 1785 in...

. After Cogswell retired in 1981, his successor, Peter Thomas, changed the name to Goose Lane Editions. From 1989 to 1997 Douglas Lochhead

Douglas Lochhead

Douglas Lochhead, FRSC was a Canadian poet who lived in Sackville, New Brunswick, of which town he was the official poet laureate...

 was president of Goose Lane. It is now headed by publisher and co-owner Susanne Alexander. The Canada Council for the Arts says the publishing company "has evolved to become one of Canada's most exciting showcases of home-grown literary talent."

Publications from Goose Lane Editions include literary fiction

Literary fiction

Literary fiction is a term that came into common usage during the early 1960s. The term is principally used to distinguish "serious fiction" which is a work that claims to hold literary merit, in comparison from genre fiction and popular fiction . In broad terms, literary fiction focuses more upon...

, poetry

Poetry

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, cookbooks, and guide book

Guide book

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s, as well as fine art

Fine art

Fine art or the fine arts encompass art forms developed primarily for aesthetics and/or concept rather than practical application. Art is often a synonym for fine art, as employed in the term "art gallery"....

 volumes for museum

Museum

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s and galleries

Art gallery

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. Authors published by Goose Lane include Alden Nowlan

Alden Nowlan

Alden Albert Nowlan was a critically acclaimed Canadian poet, novelist, and playwright-History:Alden Nowlan was born into rural poverty in Stanley, Nova Scotia, adjacent to Mosherville, and close to the small town of Windsor, Nova Scotia, along a stretch of dirt road that he would later refer to...

, Nancy Bauer

Nancy Bauer

Nancy Bauer, née Nancy Luke is a Canadian female writer and editor who writes about craftspeople, visual artists, and writers for various maritime magazines.Born north of Boston, Massachusetts, Bauer received her B.A...

, Herb Curtis

Herb Curtis

Herb Curtis is a Canadian novelist and humourist who writes about and has long lived in New Brunswick. He is best known for writing the Brennen Siding Trilogy, three connected novels set in the fictional community of Brennen Siding, New Brunswick...

, Reg Balch

Reg Balch

Dr. Reginald Ernest Balch was a Canadian photographer and scientist.-Biography:He was born in Sevenoaks, England, the son of the Rev. Alfred Earnest Balch and Sarah Hawkes. He was educated at Bedford Grammar School and Kingswood School...

, Lynn Coady

Lynn Coady

-Life and career:Coady grew up in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia. After high school, she attended Carleton University in Ottawa; after graduating, she moved to New Brunswick, where she worked at odd jobs for several years and began a career as a playwright...

, Alan Cumyn

Alan Cumyn

Alan Cumyn is a Canadian novelist who lives in Ottawa, Ontario.Alan Cumyn studied at Royal Roads Military College in 1983, and Queen's University before earning an M.A. in Creative Writing and English Literature at the University of Windsor...

, Sheree Fitch

Sheree Fitch

Sheree Fitch is a Canadian children's author. Though she was born in Ottawa, Ontario and grew up in Moncton, New Brunswick, she spent many of her adult years in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She earned a B.A. from Saint Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick and an M.A. from Acadia University,...

, and Douglas Glover

Douglas Glover (writer)

Douglas Glover BA, M.Litt., MFA is a Canadian writer. He was raised on his family's tobacco farm just outside Waterford, Ontario...

 whose novel Elle won the 2003 Governor General's Award

Governor General's Award

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 for English-language fiction.

The company's imprint, BTC Audiobooks, is Canada's leading provider of Canadian literary fiction in audio book

Audio book

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format.

Executive

• Carmelita Thompson O'Neill, Chair of the Board of Directors
• Susanne Alexander, Publisher
• Julie Scriver, Art Director and Production Manager