Coteau Books

Coteau publishes and promotes examples of the best fiction, poetry, drama and young readers’ fiction written in Canada. We are one of only a few publishers in the country who work in all these genres, as well as producing regional and creative non-fiction. Our lists contain many Saskatchewan and prairie writers, and we continue to publish many first-time authors every year (which means, frequently, extraordinary editing time and costs). Coteau provides substantive editing for its publications, and quality production values in all cases, assurances of quality that make a great deal of difference to the present success and the future careers of our writers. Coteau Books is a registered non-profit production cooperative. Our current ten-member Board owns the press cooperatively, donating a great deal of volunteer time to operations. Coteau is contracted with Canadian publisher/distributor Publishers Group Canada to undertake Canadian sales and distribution for Coteau Books and for our agencies. We also have distribution in Australia (John Reed) and New Zealand (Jay Books). We are a “regional press” in terms of our geographical location only, not in terms of our editorial and marketing reach, or in the availability of our books.