dunfield andrew steeves headquarters kentville nova scotia website www.gaspereau.com gaspereau press is a canadian book publishing company based in kentville nova scotia . established in 1997 by andrew steeves and gary dunfield the company s philosophy emphasizes making books that reinstate the importance of the book as a physical object maintaining control over the design and the manufacturing quality of its titles as one of the few canadian publishing houses that continues to print and bind its own books in house . 1 the company attracted press attention in 2010 when one of its titles johanna skibsrud s novel the sentimentalists won the scotiabank giller prize . 2 the book which had been rejected by several larger publishing houses before gaspereau picked it up had originally been published in a limited run of just 800 copies ; however the award win pushed demand for the book well beyond the 1 000 copies per week that the company s printing press could produce at maximum capacity resulting in the book being unavailable in stores for almost two weeks after the giller announcement . 2 the company in the meantime announced that it had sold the novel s trade paperback rights to douglas & mcintyre while it will continue to print a smaller run of the novel s original edition for book collectors . 3 references edit owners return to hand publishing the sentimentalists . ctv news november 18 2010 . a b author s angst grows over unavailability of giller winner . the globe and mail november 11 2010 . deal clears way for skibsrud s giller novel to ship this week . toronto star november 15 2010 . external links edit gaspereau press this article about a canadian corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gaspereau press & oldid 684293761 categories book publishing companies of canadacompanies based in nova scotiapublishing companies established in 1997small press publishing companies1997 establishments in nova scotiacanadian company stubshidden categories all 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 5 october 2015 at 19 20 . 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