Presses Renaissance Press

Presses Renaissance Press Renaissance Press is a Canadian publisher of diverse Canadian fiction, nonfiction and table-top game

Renaissance Press is a brand new Canadian publisher, specializing in fiction but open to nonfiction. We prefer to work with books that have an element of the fantastic and/or which fit in one or more of these genres: historical, fantasy, romance, and horror, though all quality submission are considered. As of May 2015, we also have a table-top gaming department, looking for awesome projects!

Happy Book-a-versary to “A Congress of Ships” by Stephen Graham King published in 2019! In a desolate system on the oute...
02/24/2025

Happy Book-a-versary to “A Congress of Ships” by Stephen Graham King published in 2019!

In a desolate system on the outer edge of Pan Galactum, the skin of the universe has ruptured, tearing open a portal to an alternate reality. Witnessed only by the sentient science vessel N'Dea, a massive, battered ship falls through, housing a community of refugees fleeing an enemy that has pursued them across the cold reaches of space for decades.

But have they come alone?

Summoned by N'Dea while en route from a reunion with dear friends on the Galactum's capital, the mystery is a lure that fellow Artificial Sentience, the Maverick Heart, cannot resist. It's now up to Vrick, along with humans Keene, Lexa-Blue and Ember, and allies old and new, to come to the aid of this ship of lost souls. Together they must find a way to seal the breach for good, before a ravening hunger can spill through and rip the Galactum apart.

Get it here: books2read.com/u/bovjNV

Feb 21 Happy Book-a-versary to “Black Wolf” by Una Verdandi published in 2019! Love and loyalty are powerful ties, but e...
02/21/2025

Feb 21

Happy Book-a-versary to “Black Wolf” by Una Verdandi published in 2019!

Love and loyalty are powerful ties, but even the strongest fetters can be broken. Odin has established absolute dominion over the Nine Worlds, but he knows that one day a Jötun named Loki will destroy everything he has created. To avert a bloody war, he adopts the peculiar child and forges a bond of kinship with him. However, when a powerful seeress foretells the death of Baldr and the coming of Ragnarök, Odin and F***g begin to redirect the course of their foster son’s life. As the future’s shadow grows longer, their measures grow more desperate.

Embittered by Odin's manipulations, Loki becomes ever more sly and secretive; when he discovers that his own brothers have betrayed him at Odin’s command, he spirals into madness. Soon, Loki and Odin are circling one another, and the fate of the worlds depends on two men who will sacrifice everything to get what they want.

Get it here: books2read.com/u/bzoe8G

Happy Birthday to Aleksandar Cimeša, most recently the editor of the upcoming “West Coast Larry”, and the published “Th...
02/20/2025

Happy Birthday to Aleksandar Cimeša, most recently the editor of the upcoming “West Coast Larry”, and the published “The Infinite Heist”, and “You Would Have Done It Too”. We hope you have a fantastic day!

If Pisces was a book, its genre would be fantasy adventure, mythological retelling, and poetry. Check out “Assassins! Ac...
02/20/2025

If Pisces was a book, its genre would be fantasy adventure, mythological retelling, and poetry.

Check out “Assassins! Accidental Matchmakers” and “Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests” by Jen Desmarais and Éric Desmarais - Aspiring Something published in 2022 and 2024!

Get them here: books2read.com/u/mKd9YP and books2read.com/u/mVYq56

If Aquarius was a book, its genre would be science fiction and dystopian. Check out “Blood State” by Raluca Balasa, publ...
02/18/2025

If Aquarius was a book, its genre would be science fiction and dystopian.

Check out “Blood State” by Raluca Balasa, published in 2020!

Get it here: books2read.com/u/b6Zwky

Happy Family Day! Whatever your family looks like (found or biological), we hope you have the opportunity to spend time ...
02/17/2025

Happy Family Day! Whatever your family looks like (found or biological), we hope you have the opportunity to spend time with people you love and that bring positivity and happiness. We also hope that you're staying safe in the midst of all the snow!

If Aquarius was a book, its genre would be science fiction and dystopian. Check out “Spaced!” by , published in 2024! Ge...
02/16/2025

If Aquarius was a book, its genre would be science fiction and dystopian.

Check out “Spaced!” by , published in 2024!

Get it here: books2read.com/u/b5RA71

Happy Birthday to , author of the upcoming sci-fi fantasy “Turn to Burn”. We hope you have an awesome day!
02/15/2025

Happy Birthday to , author of the upcoming sci-fi fantasy “Turn to Burn”. We hope you have an awesome day!

Happy Valentine's Day! Only one of the books in today's post is currently available: "Consensually Complicated" by . But...
02/14/2025

Happy Valentine's Day! Only one of the books in today's post is currently available: "Consensually Complicated" by . But you can look forward to "Mrs. Victoria Buys a Brothel" by to be released this spring, and to "Winging It" by to be released this summer.

One day until Valentine's Day! Get yourself ready for tomorrow with these titles: "Assassins! Accidental Matchmakers" by...
02/13/2025

One day until Valentine's Day! Get yourself ready for tomorrow with these titles: "Assassins! Accidental Matchmakers" by Jen Desmarais & Éric Desmarais - Aspiring Something, "A Killer Match" by Joan Donaldson-Yarmey , and "Crushing It" by Jen Desmarais.

Happy Birthday to Evan May, author of the thrilling novels “The King in Darkness”, “Bonhomme Sept-Heures”, and “Easter P...
02/12/2025

Happy Birthday to Evan May, author of the thrilling novels “The King in Darkness”, “Bonhomme Sept-Heures”, and “Easter Pinkerton and the Case of the Heretic Blood”. We hope you have a thrilling day!

Today is not only 3 days before Valentine's Day; it is also the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. And we ...
02/11/2025

Today is not only 3 days before Valentine's Day; it is also the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. And we happen to have a romance title featuring a woman in science as one half of the lead couple: "Assassins! Accidental Matchmakers", by & ! (Also check out the sequel: "Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests")

Get it here: books2read.com/u/mKd9YP

Four days until Valentine's Day! Here are some suggestions for the romance aficionados in our audience: "Hunting a Sea-G...
02/10/2025

Four days until Valentine's Day! Here are some suggestions for the romance aficionados in our audience: "Hunting a Sea-Glass Heart" by .carolyn, "Crushing It" by and "The Stealth Lovers" by Cait Gordon.

If Aquarius was a book, its genre would be science fiction and dystopian. Check out “Skylark” by .m.carriere, published ...
02/06/2025

If Aquarius was a book, its genre would be science fiction and dystopian.

Check out “Skylark” by .m.carriere, published in 2018!

Get it here: books2read.com/u/bP97jA

Happy Birthday to , author of the upcoming sci-fi fantasy “How (not) to Date a Wizard”. We hope you have an amazing day!...
02/05/2025

Happy Birthday to , author of the upcoming sci-fi fantasy “How (not) to Date a Wizard”. We hope you have an amazing day!

Happy Birthday to , author of the mythological fantasy “Black Wolf”. We hope you have a fantastic day!
02/04/2025

Happy Birthday to , author of the mythological fantasy “Black Wolf”. We hope you have a fantastic day!

Happy Birthday to .emily.gillespie, co-editor of the super anthology “Mighty”. We hope you have a supremely awesome day!...
02/03/2025

Happy Birthday to .emily.gillespie, co-editor of the super anthology “Mighty”. We hope you have a supremely awesome day!

Happy Book-a-versary to “AfriCANthology” by published in 2022! Truth spoken plainly and powerfully is difficult to dism...
02/02/2025

Happy Book-a-versary to “AfriCANthology” by published in 2022!

Truth spoken plainly and powerfully is difficult to dismiss and impossible to ignore. Edited with purpose by A. Gregory Frankson, AfriCANthology: Perspectives of Black Canadian Poets brings together some of Canada's most influential dub, page, and spoken word poetic voices and gives them space to speak freely about their personal journeys in piercing verse and unapologetic prose. Just as individual experiences of Blackness are diverse across Canada, each contributor recounts aspects of navigating their unique personal, professional, and artistic paths in Black skin with fearless candour and audacious forthrightness. Unforgettable in its charged emotional potency and stirring in its unrelenting urgency, AfriCANthology: Perspectives of Black Canadian Poets is a stunning tour de force by a celebrated gathering of truthtellers that demands we comprehensively reassess the present and reimagine the future of Blackness in Canada.

Get it here: books2read.com/u/4Nw0O9

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Two of our authors (Jen Desmarais and Éric Desmarais - Aspiring Something ) will be at Ottawa Comiccon Winter Edition this upcoming weekend with all their books! Check your bookshelves and go get the ones you're missing - remember that "Winging It", the sequel to "Crushing It" is coming out this June. Jen will have some sneak peek bonus content on hand to give out! #canadianauthor #indiepublishing #CanLit

Here's a bit of a riddle to brighten your Sunday morning: What do all these books have in common? Éric Desmarais - Aspiring Something , Jen Desmarais , Joan Donaldson-Yarmey , Talia Johnson , Elizabeth Mary Ann Hirst , Sue Taylor-Davidson , and Cait Gordon, Author ; I know you guys know what the answer is, but give everybody else a chance to play. (And spare a thought for Betty Guenette, may she rest in peace.) #indiepublishing #canadianauthor #CanLit

Samantha's Sandwich Stand reading snippet
Samantha's Sandwich Stand reading snippet

“Samantha’s Sandwich Stand” by Sonia Saikaley Thanks to Dragon and Pegasus Desmarais for consenting to be in the video. Samantha is bored. It is summer and her friends are on vacation. When she sees a lemonade stand, she wants to open one, but her father convinces her to sell something different: her mother's homemade Lebanese cream cheese and cucumber pita sandwiches. But can she convince others that her sandwich treat is just as refreshing and delicious as lemonade? When her friends return from their holidays and offer to help her, along with a very hungry eagle, will customers finally come and buy her sandwiches? Samantha's Sandwich Stand is an inspiring story about believing in yourself, accepting help from others when something doesn't succeed at first, and celebrating each other's differences. Get it here: https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/samanthas-sandwich-stand/9781990086038.html #indiepublishing #canadianauthor #canlit

By Evan May. Available here: https://www.amazon.ca/Easter-Pinkerton-Case-Heretic-Blood/dp/1990086330 & https://books2read.com/u/ba6P0q Music: Music by UNIVERSFIELD from Pixabay #mystery #bookstagram #spookyseason

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Diverse Canadian Voices

Renaissance Press is an Ottawa-based publisher of diverse Canadian fiction, narrative non-fiction, graphic novels, and games. We are multi-genre and tend to enjoy stories that do not neatly fit in one single genre; we are dedicated to publishing stories by and about people from marginalized communities first and foremost.