Biblioasis Publishing
Novels, Fiction, SS, Non-fiction, Poetry

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WINNER – French-American Translation Prize, 2025

Biblioasis is a Canadian independent bookstore and publishing company, based in Windsor, Ontario.

Founded by Dan Wells as a bookstore in 1998, the company began publishing books in 2004 with poetry collections by Salvatore Ala and Goran Simić.

Biblioasis has gone on to become one of Canada’s most prestigious small press publishing houses. Biblioasis publishes 20 to 30 works of literary fiction, including short fiction collections, non-fiction, translation, and poetry per year.

Biblioasis Submissions

Unsolicited submissions welcome. OK to send complete ms.

There are no firm rules regarding styles and genres. However, they rarely consider fantasy, sci-fi, self-help, YA, cookbooks, picture books, or Kid’s books.

Electronic submissions only. To submit electronically, please email your manuscript as an attachment to submissions@biblioasis.com.

SUBMISSIONS UPDATE

Starting September 2025, Biblioasis will only be accepting submissions through Duosuma. Unsolicited manuscripts sent directly to the submissions@biblioasis.com email address will be deleted unread.

Please visit the submission portal linked below to view full guidelines and send your work through the Fiction, Non-fiction, or Poetry calls.

Submit through Duosuma.

Please note:

– Biblioasis is currently closed to poetry manuscript submissions: check back on their site for updates on future open periods.
– No previously published works
– Manuscripts must be entirely human-created. No A.I.

Biblioasis 2025 titles

– Dark Like Under: by Alice Chadwick
– The Notebook: by Roland Allen
– Question Authority by Mark Kingwell

2026 titles

– Near Distance by Hanna Stoltenberg
– Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson
– On Book Banning by Ira Wells

Biblioasis in the news…

THE HOLLOW BEAST wins the French-American Translation Prize!

The prestigious French-American Foundation announces that Lazer Lederhendler, translator of The Hollow Beast by Christophe Bernard, is the winner of the 2025 French-American Translation Prize in Fiction.

Since 1986, the French-American Foundation has awarded the Translation Prize for the best translation from French to English in both fiction and non-fiction, guiding these important works of French literature to the American market. The prize is awarded to translators to recognize and celebrate their work.

The Hollow Beast: Don Quixote meets Who Framed Roger Rabbit in this slapstick epic about destiny, family demons, and revenge.

– Winner of the 2025 French-American Translation Prize
– Finalist for the 2024 Governor General’s Literary Award in Translation
– A Globe and Mail Most Anticipated Spring Title

See if your book fits in with these Biblioasis titles.

Biblioasis Publishing
1686 Ottawa Street
Suite 100
Windsor, ON
N8Y 1R1
Canada
519–915–3930

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