03/11/2024
Another Benchmark Press book published. Our team worked with this client to design this book inside and out and bring James' vision to life.
Benchmark Press is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Benchmark Public Relations. This would enable authors to concentrate on the area they enjoyed most — writing.
It was founded in 2006 to provide contract book publishing services to businesses and individuals. The company started after Benchmark Public Relations wrote and developed a number of corporate histories for organizations such as the Roadbuilders and Heavy Construction Association of Saskatchewan, the Saskatchewan Amateur Speed Skating Association, the Saskatchewan Cycling Association, and the Cro
wn Investments Corporation of Saskatchewan. It had also provided research and writing for a variety of textbooks in the Canadian, American and British school systems. With this experience, the company’s partners decided to embark upon a new venture, Benchmark Press, to assist people and businesses to publish their books. In researching the marketplace, the partners realized that there was a limited number of options for people and businesses that wanted to tell their story. Traditionally, there have been a small number of printers who only provided printing services. With experience in publishing and a background in public relations, the partners felt that Benchmark Press could provide a complete array of publishing services ranging from editing and proofreading to marketing and retailing. By providing an à la carte service, customers could pick and choose the services they most required. Since its inception, Benchmark Press has published dozens of works and given a voice to new writers. Benchmark Press continues to expand its stable of writers and offers support as they undertake new book projects and initiatives.
Another Benchmark Press book published. Our team worked with this client to design this book inside and out and bring James' vision to life.
We are delighted to help Joanne bring 'Grandmother Medicine Reclaiming Who We Are Created to Be' to life.
Seasons Greetings from everyone at Benchmark Press. We wish you and your family the most magical holiday season. We look forward to working with you in 2024.
A reminder that our office will be closed from December 23rd, 2023, until January 2nd, 2024.
Have a safe and happy holiday season.
Outlier: Life, Law and Politics in the West is full of astute personal insights, intriguing anecdotes about growing up during the drought and depression of the 1930s and firsthand accounts of political and legal life. Garrett Wilson’s entertaining and intimate portrait of Saskatchewan, its politics and its people imbues a sense of place that speaks to anyone interested in the province.
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Known around the world as the “Father of Family Medicine”, Ian McWhinney was born in England in 1926 into a medical family. In 1968, at the age of 42, he immigrated to Canada to start the country’s first Department of Family Medicine, located at the University of Western Ontario. This memoir shows the evolution of Dr. McWhinney’s ideas on the role of the family doctor, the nature of the doctor-patient relationship, and the meaning of humanity and goodness.
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In 2023 one of your New Years resolutions is to read more. Head over to our website https://www.benchmarkpress.ca/ to place your order for The Dormouse Princess by Michael McQuarrie.
Princess Minerva of Dorr is a fiery princess determined to plot her own course in life. Useless lived his entire life in Dorr, studying under the tutelage of his master, Dorr’s Chief Alchemist. He believed that he would spend his entire life studying alchemy and eventually take his master’s place. Until an assassin walked into the lab one day and asked Useless for a phial of poison. Now on the run from a deadly assassin and a mad sorcerer, Useless and Minerva must join with unexpected allies and venture to places they had never dreamed of to break the princess’s curse and stop a madman from making his horrible dream a reality.
WRITING NORTH X RIVER VOLTA READER PROFILE: With roots in New Brunswick and Saskatchewan, Karen Wood recently completed her Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) in Writing at the University of Saskatchewan. Her MFA project, Inheritance, is a linked short story collection of eight fictional narratives of lives impacted by interpersonal violence and abuse. Karen’s creative writing is fueled by a commitment to address gendered violence and informed by her years of related experience in both research and community practice. Karen delights in the extraordinary capacity of artistic expression to create space for social and political engagement, activism, and change.
Woods will be reading from her work on January 27, 2023. More details to come!
Join us at Writing North 13: Connections on January 26-28, 2023. All Writing North events are free and open to all!
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Seasons Greetings from Benchmark Press. We wish you and your family the most magical holiday season. We look forward to working with you in 2023.
A reminder that our office will be closed from December 23rd, 2022, until January 2nd, 2023.
Have a safe and happy holiday season.
From the staff at Benchmark Press.
We are now OPEN for applications to our 2023 Winter Writer/Artist Retreat, held at St. Peter’s Abbey in Muenster, SK from February 3-24, 2023.
The SWG’s Winter Writer/Artist Retreat is a self-directed retreat for established and practicing writers and artists who are able to work independently. Writers can choose to attend 1-2 weeks of retreats. Spaces are limited.
Details here: https://skwriter.com/events-and-workshops/call-for-applications---winter-23-writerartist-retreat
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The Festival you know is going to look a little bit different!
Congratulations to Dennis and Denise Fox for their new book Our British Ancestors. This is the fifth family history book they have published through Benchmark Press. The others include A Pasqua Family (2015), The Webbs (2016), The Meadows Family (2017), and The Les and Irene Fox Story (2018).
: Write a story inspired by a childhood memory
This Saturday is !
Only a few more days!
We will be doing three large draws. Miranda will also be going around the store with trivia, giving away gifts courtesy of our lovely publishers!
Thank you for supporting your local independent bookstore!
OPPORTUNITY: we are looking for writers and hosts for our summer virtual reading series, Book Bytes! This is a great opportunity for writers to read from their new (or old!) works and for others to host a reading event!
Application guidelines for both can be found here: https://skwriter.com/events-and-workshops/summer-reading-series---book-bytes-2022--call-for-readers-and-hosts
The SWG is now accepting applications for the Writer and Artist Summer Retreat for the weeks of July 8-29, 2022.
For more information and guidelines on how to apply, please visit our website here: https://skwriter.com/events-and-workshops/call-for-applications-for-2022-summer-writers-retreats
Read the five works contending for $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and a writing residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. The winner will be announced on April 28, 2022.
Submission Call:
Elegant Literature
Deadline: January 31, 2022 (last day monthly)
January theme of “Dire Days”. Short fiction magazine for new writers only. Any genre. 500 – 2000 words. Must use monthly theme. Pays 10 cents/word.
https://www.elegantliterature.com/magazine/
https://www.elegantliterature.com/submission-guidelines/
Join our Winter Virtual Writer-in-Residence Gail Bowen on February 10, 2022, at noon as she discusses how writers can make thoughtful decisions about the elements of writing in this interactive Zoom webinar called Measure Twice/Cut Once.
Full details and how to sign up, here: https://skwriter.com/events-and-workshops/measure-twicecut-once-with-gail-bowen
We are pleased to announce that one of our titles, Blood Formula, has received the Translated Book Award from the Peterson Literary Fund. The $10,000 award was recently presented at the Peterson Literary Fund Reception and Launch in Toronto. The book was authored by Lllia Titko and was translated by Jeffrey Stephaniuk. Blood Formula tells the story of Senior Lieutenant Illya Titko, a combat veteran from Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. He was drafted in September 2015 for the mobilization that was underway. Titko writes his book from the perspective of a citizen-soldier, as a man who continued to maintain one foot firmly in the civilian world, even though his new environment was a war zone, and “war is when your entire world is turned upside down.”
We're seeking submissions to the 2022 City of Regina Writing Award, funded by the City of Regina.
Open to writers in all genres, this award recognizes literary merit in creative writing.
Check your eligibility and apply by Jan 17, 2022. here:https://skwriter.com/events-and-workshops/2022-city-of-regina-writing-award-call-for-submissions
Learn how three Manitoba Writers self-published their novels.
Do you have a novel, a collection of poetry, or stories collecting dust? Are you unsure of the words you've written?
Send your words to the SWG's Manuscript Evaluation Service and receive feedback from our evaluators.
To learn more, visit: https://skwriter.com/programs-and-services/manuscript-evaluation-service
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