Assembly Press Submissions

Assembly Press

(Novels, Novellas, Non-fiction, Culture, Memoir)
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About Assembly Press

Assembly Press is an independent Canadian publisher based in Prince Edward County, Ontario. Founded in 2023 by former House of Anansi publisher Leigh Nash, Assembly focuses on fiction, non-fiction and poetry from both Canadian and international authors. This publishing season will only be the new publishers 2^nd run.

Assembly Press Submissions

Assembly Press welcomes all comers. No agent necessary.

They’re big fans of shorter novels and even novellas. Interests include ideas, science, psychology, nature writing, culture, memoir, business, and to a lesser extent, history and politics.

Not looking for straight-up commercial projects, including crime, thriller, mystery, romance, speculative fiction, and chick-lit.

No agent required. Send samples first; ms on request.

Submission schedules for 2025/2026 are:

Fiction submissions – March and September
Non-fiction submissions – April and October
Poetry submissions – May and November

“It’s our hope that this schedule will allow us to be more attentive readers and to respond to submissions in a more timely manner. This is an experiment in real time; we’re going to try it for a year and see how it goes, so please be patient with us as we roll it out.”

TIP: Query first. See how the great experiment is going.

Submit through their submission form.

Assembly Press 2025/2026 titles

– The Orange Notebooks by Susanna Crossman
– The Road Between by Bindu Suresh
– The Seers by Sulaiman Addonia
– Story Is a State of Mind by Sarah Selecry
– Field Work by Andrew Forbes

Meet the Editors

Leigh Nash (Publisher) – Leigh was most recently the publisher at House of Anansi Press. She has also worked for Coach House Books, served on the boards of eBOUND Canada, the Association of Canadian Publishers, and currently teaches in the Creative Book Publishing program at Humber College. Leigh is a writer herself, with an MFA in Creative Writing, and has published one poetry collection, Goodbye, Ukulele.

Andrew Faulkner (Strategist) – Andrew is a long-time literary arts organizer and the former managing editor of Invisible Publishing. A graduate of the University of Guelph’s MFA in Creative Writing, he’s also written two books of poetry published by Coach House Books (Need Machine and Heady Bloom) and was shortlisted for the bpNichol Chapbook Award.

Debby de Groot (Communications) – Debby has been in the publishing business in South Africa, England, and Canada since 1982. She has worked at William Collins & Sons, Southern Book Publishers, and African Book Centre. After immigrating to Canada in 1997, she moved into publicity at Key Porter Books, McClelland and Stewart, Penguin Pearson Canada, and House of Anansi Press.

What a great team! Good luck to you.

Before you submit, see if it fits with these Assembly titles.