On May 24, Dundurn Press celebrated its 40th anniversary with a well-attended party at the Arts & Letters Club of Toronto.

Founded as a niche publisher of Canadian history, Dundurn is now one of Canada’s largest independently owned publishers, with annual sales of more than $5 million. The firm is nominated for publisher of the year at the 2012 Libris Awards, alongside HarperCollins Canada, Penguin Canada, and Scholastic Canada.

Read a Q&A with Dundurn founder and publisher Kirk Howard (from the June 2012 issue of Q&Q).

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Editor Jennifer McKnight and author Eric Zweig

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Author Rick Padulo displays Steven Skurka's book <i>Tilted</i>

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House of Anansi Press business director Matt Williams, Westwood Creative Artists vice-president and director Linda McKnight, and author Penelope Williams

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Dundurn vice-president Beth Bruder with author Allan Fotheringham

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The crowd on hand at the Arts & Letters Club of Toronto

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Kobo's Ashleigh Gardner (left) and Dundurn publicity manager Karen McMullin

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Authors Jeffrey Round and Farzana Doctor

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