Elevating diverse voices, publishing multi-genre works

Latest news!

We have six new titles available for pre-order! Official release date is October 31, 2020! See the titles below or visit our shop! Also, read about our call for submissions for an upcoming anthology, Artificial Divide!

Featured releases

Book cover: Purple sky with black silhouette of bare trees and two fairies whispering
Whispers Between Fairies, by Nathan Caro Fréchette and Derek Newman-Stille
Book cover: Sepia photograph of smiling man in drag
Our Story: Coming out in the time of HIV and AIDS, by Robert Hamilton
Book cover: Barren rocky terrain under an amber sky featuring a moon and planet
Blood State, by Raluca Balasa
Book cover: Swirling design of a woman with long flowing hair and birds
A Refuge of Tales, by Lynne Sargent

Book cover: Red background with cypher symbol
The Cypher, by Matti McLean
Book cover: Purple background with smiling skeleton
Distant Early Warning, by Elizabeth Hirst
Book cover: Brick wall with faded beige, yelloe, aqua, and red paint. Spray-painted in black is Nothing Without Us.
Nothing Without Us, edited by Cait Gordon and Talia C. Johnson
Book cover: Steampunk being and two humans
Murder at the World’s Fair, by MJ Lyons
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From our Blog

Dorothy Palmer

Dorothy Ellen Palmer is a mom of two, a binge knitter, a former English/Drama teacher, improv coach and union activist, now a disabled senior writer and disability activist. Her novel, When Fenelon Falls, (Coach House) and adoption-disability memoir, Falling for Myself, (Wolsak and Wynn), were acclaimed by The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, and… Continue reading Dorothy Palmer

Molly Desson

Molly Desson is an editor/typesetter who prides herself on making books look good, whether it be visually or grammatically. She has a diploma in professional writing and a B.A. in classical studies. Outside of work, she’s either talking to or about her dog. Some of her non-dog interests include the ancient world, crafts, and being outside.

Mariam Pal

Born in Montréal, Mariam Pal spent her childhood in Victoria, B.C. where Ballet is not for Muslim Girls is set. Mariam returned to Montréal four decades ago to study economics and law at McGill. A former resident of Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire and Manila, Philippines, Mariam has traveled extensively in Europe, Asia and Africa. She is… Continue reading Mariam Pal

Who we are

Renaissance was founded in May 2013 by a group of authors and designers who wanted to publish and market those stories which don’t always fit neatly in a genre, or a niche, or a demographic. Like the happy panbibliophiles we are, we opened our submissions, with no other guideline than finding a Canadian book we… Continue reading Who we are

Acquisitions committee

The Renaissance Acquisitions Committee has the difficult (sometimes heartbreaking!) task of reviewing all the manuscripts which come our way and deciding which ones we will make an offer on. Decisions are reached by majority agreement between the members. The team is made up of two of our production team members and two of the members of… Continue reading Acquisitions committee

Authors/Anthology Editors

Meet our authors and/or anthology editors! ’Nathan Burgoine, author of Blurbed. Raluca Balasa, author of Blood State S.M. Carrière, author of Daughters of Britain and Skylark. Kaitlin Caul, author of Life After Redby. Heather Chambers, author of Death’s Lover Éric Desmarais, author of A Study in Aether, The Sign of Faust, Parasomnia, Everdome, and A Case of… Continue reading Authors/Anthology Editors