Snare Books (publishing)
| Founded | Spring of 2006 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Jon Paul Fiorentino and Robert Allen |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Headquarters location | Montreal |
| Key people | Jon Paul Fiorentino Founder & Publisher |
| Fiction genres | Contemporary Poetry and Prose Fiction |
| Official website | http://snarebooks.wordpress.com/ |
Snare Books is a Canadian independent book publisher.
Founded in spring of 2006, and located in Montreal, Snare Books is a publisher of contemporary poetry and prose fiction. They make a point of publishing Canadian authors who specialize in experimental literature. Although their main focus is on poetry, Snare Books has more recently expanded to pushing a limited number of experimental novels and short stories.
Snare Books, launched in the spring of 2006, was founded by Robert Allen and Jon Paul Fiorentino. With the death of Allen in the fall of 2006 Fiorentino became the owner, operator, publisher, and editor of the company. The reason behind starting this small Montreal based literary publishing company was due to the result of a discussion between Allen and Fiorentino based on Canadian literary arts. Through their work together on Matrix Magazine, they had developed a fan base consisting of young writers. Many of these writers had trouble getting their new, innovative and experimental manuscripts published. While other small publishing companies, similar to Snare Books, are moving on to publish commercial fiction, general fiction, and mainstream poetry, Snare Books believes that they are the home for the young, innovative poets and writers of Canada. After their launch in 2006, some of the first published works they produced included: Melissa Thompson's Dreadful Paris, Zoe Whittall's The Emily Valentine Poems, Angela Carr's Ropewalk, and Jason Christie's Canada Post.
Robert Allen, born in 1946, died in November, 2006 just months after the founding of Snare Books. He is the author of three novels, nine poetry collections, and one work of short fiction. Allen was a mentor to co-founder and owner of Snare Books, Joe Paul Fiorentino. Robert Allen worked alongside Joe Paul Fiorentino at Matrix Magazine.
Jon Paul Fiorentino is currently a Concordia University Professor in the Department of English. He received his undergraduate degree in English Literature at the University of Winnipeg. He fulfilled his Honours and Distinction Bachelor of Arts in English and Creative Writing, as well as his Master of Arts in English Literature and Creative writing at Concordia University. Fiorentino was the Head Editor and Founder of Dark Leisure Magazine (1998–2000) and is the Editor-in-Chief of Matrix Magazine. He has helped edit books for Insomniac Press, Conundrum Press, Cyclops Press, and DC Books. He is the author of several poetry books such as Indexical Elegies (2010), The Theory of the Loser Class (2006), Hello Serotonin (2004), Resume Drowning (2002), and Transcona Fragments (2002). He is also the writer of the anthologies, Career Suicide! Contemporary Literary Humour (2003), Asthmatica (2005), as well as Post Prairie (2005), which included a collaborative work with Robert Kroetsch. His works, Stripmalling, The Theory of the Loser Class, Transcona Fragments, and Indexical Elegies, have been nominated and have received various awards.
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