needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . october 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message house of anansi press founded 1967 1 founder dennis lee and dave godfrey 2 country of origin canada 3 headquarters location toronto 4 distribution university of toronto press distribution in canada publishers group west in the united states 5 key people sarah maclachlan president and publisher 6 imprints the massey lectures 7 spiderline 8 anansi poetry 9 a list 10 arachnide 11 astoria 12 anansi international 13 groundwood books official website www.houseofanansi.com 14 house of anansi press is a canadian publishing company founded in 1967 by writers dennis lee and dave godfrey . the company specializes in finding and developing new canadian writers of literary fiction poetry and non fiction . contents 1 history 2 select bibliography 3 references 4 external links history edit anansi started as a small press with only one full time employee writer george fetherling . it quickly gained attention for publishing significant authors such as margaret atwood matt cohen michael ondaatje marian engel erin mour paulette jiles george grant and northrop frye . the company also published many translations of french language works by authors such as roch carrier anne h bert lise bissonnette and marie claire blais . anansi publishes the transcripts for many of the massey lectures . citation needed house of anansi press was purchased in 1989 by stoddart publishing . in june 2002 it was acquired by scott griffin founder of the griffin poetry prize . select bibliography edit survival a thematic guide to canadian literature margaret atwood 1972 references edit http site.houseofanansi.com http site.houseofanansi.com http site.houseofanansi.com http site.houseofanansi.com http site.houseofanansi.com contact us http www.quillandquire.com omni anansis sarah maclachlan among publishers chosen for inaugural scottish fellowship program http houseofanansi.com collections imprint massey lectures http news.nationalpost.com afterword a publishers year a quest for survival http houseofanansi.com collections imprint poetry http cj1.chroniclejournal.com content news local 2012 10 28 anansi % e2 % 80 % 99s list honours classic canadian works http houseofanansi.com collections imprint arachnide editions http news.nationalpost.com arts books a publishers year mastering the perilous trade http www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca en article house of anansi http www.houseofanansi.com external links edit official site list of references this article about a canadian corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a publishing company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title house of anansi press & oldid 734924898 categories book publishing companies of canadapublishing companies established in 19671967 establishments in ontariohouse of anansi press bookscanadian company stubspublishing company stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from october 2015all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2014all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 17 august 2016 at 15 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view