Red Deer Press is a Canadian book publishing company located in Leaside, Ontario. It publishes trade titles in children's fiction, literary fiction, poetry, drama,

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, and creative nonfiction focusing on the Canadian prairies. Red Deer Press was founded in 1975 as a subsidiary of

Red Deer College , mottoeng = To Greater Things Through Learning , established = 1964 , type = Public polytechnic institute , president = Stuart Cullum , city = Red Deer , state = Alberta , country = Canada , students = 7,500 , undergrad = , campus = Ur ...

. Red Deer Press operates as a

Fitzhenry & Whiteside Fitzhenry & Whiteside is a Canadian book publishing and distribution company, located in Leaside, Ontario. It publishes trade titles in children's and young adult fiction, textbooks, reference, history, biography, photography, sports and poetry. ...

Company. Red Deer books have won several awards over the years, including the 2009

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for Children's literature (text) for

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's Greener Grass: The Famine Years.

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* {{Authority control Book publishing companies of Canada Publishing companies established in 1975 Companies based in Ontario 1975 establishments in Alberta

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