Book Publisher in Newcastle ON, Penumbra Press
http://penumbrapress.com
In human years, twenty-five years is not a long time; in publishing years it’s an eternity. That’s how long Penumbra Press has been publishing books … and we’re proud of it … not that I’m going to take time now to review our successes and achievements, but I would like to acknowledge the contribution of particular individuals who helped inspire the early days.
When the idea of starting Penumbra Press took full shape in 1979, I had already published the work of several notable authors and artists in the magazine that became Northward Journal: A Quarterly of Northern Arts. Earlier in that decade I had published special issues on Thoreau MacDonald and Carl Schaefer, as well as A.J. Casson and Franklin Carmichael. I had gotten to know Thoreau and Carl quite well; we shared a resonance that, in my mind, derived from the way they perceived and projected the northland both in pictures and in words. Although there was a kind of minimalism to it, their verbal expression was as audible as their figurative expression was visible. Sometimes, though, it was difficult actually to understand if the shared sensibility was a real or imagined thing.
In human years, twenty-five years is not a long time; in publishing years it’s an eternity. That’s how long Penumbra Press has been publishing books … and we’re proud of it … not that I’m going to take time now to review our successes and achievements, but I would like to acknowledge the contribution of particular individuals who helped inspire the early days.
When the idea of starting Penumbra Press took full shape in 1979, I had already published the work of several notable authors and artists in the magazine that became Northward Journal: A Quarterly of Northern Arts. Earlier in that decade I had published special issues on Thoreau MacDonald and Carl Schaefer, as well as A.J. Casson and Franklin Carmichael. I had gotten to know Thoreau and Carl quite well; we shared a resonance that, in my mind, derived from the way they perceived and projected the northland both in pictures and in words. Although there was a kind of minimalism to it, their verbal expression was as audible as their figurative expression was visible. Sometimes, though, it was difficult actually to understand if the shared sensibility was a real or imagined thing.