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FREE virtual conference, hosted by Presses Renaissance Press! There will be readings, panels, an online vendor room, and more. The conference will be held on June 6th and 7th, 2020. Register early because spots are limited! Learn more…

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The 2020 Prix Aurora Award nominees have been announced and they include Renaissance creatives! Nathan Caro Fréchette has been nominated for Best Artist for his 2019 Renaissance book covers, MJ Lyons’ Murder at the World’s Fair has been nominated for Best Young Adult Novel, Cait Gordon and Talia C. Johnson‘s Nothing Without Us has been nominated for Best Related work, Derek Newman-Stille‘s multi-award winning Speculating Canada has been nominated in Best Fan Related Work, Evan May and Brandon Crilly’s Broadcasts from the Wasteland podcast has been nominated for Best Fan Related Work, and Jen Desmarais’ Travelling TARDIS has been nominated for Best Fan Writing and Publications! Learn more about the ballot and voting process at the CSFFA website!

Featured releases

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A Case of Synchronicity, by Éric Desmarais
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The Unavoidable Quests, by John Haas
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To Pluck a Crow Book Two: Death Stalks the House of Herbert, by Sue Taylor-Davidson
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Death By Association, by Madona Skaff-Koren
Nothing Without Us, edited by Cait Gordon and Talia C. Johnson
A Congress of Ships, by Stephen Graham King
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We Shall Be Monsters, edited by Derek Newman-Stille
(2019 Prix Aurora Award Finalist)
Run J Run, by Su Sokol

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From our Blog

Bad Kid by Derek Newman-Stille

It’s finally here… The last story in this year’s holiday blog roll, Bad Kid, a moving story by Derek Newman-Stille about the Yule legend of Gryla. If you enjoy this story, check out the book Derek Newman-Stille edited to commemorate the 200 years of publication of Frankenstein, We Shall Be Monsters!  Content Warning for discussions… Continue reading Bad Kid by Derek Newman-Stille

Who we are

Renaissance was founded in May 2013 by a group of friends who wanted to publish and market those stories which don’t always fit neatly in a genre, or a niche, or a demographic. We weren’t sure what we wanted to publish exactly, so like the happy panbibliophiles that we are, we opened our submissions, with… 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. S.M. Carrière, author of Daughters of Britain and Skylark. Kaitlin Caul, author of Life After Redby. Éric Desmarais, author of A Study in Aether, The Sign of Faust, Parasomnia, Everdome, and A Case of Synchronicity. Jen Desmarais, creator of Blush. Nathan Caro Fréchette (writing as Caroline Fréchette), author… Continue reading Authors/Anthology Editors